For Mac users, Roxio Toast Titanium is a must-have software title. There’s another software title from the same software developer. No, it’s not Roxio Crunch, which we introduced about 3 months ago. It’s Roxio Popcorn. Roxio Popcorn is designed to let the user compress video files for external devices or burn DVDs.

We came across Roxio Popcorn for the first time almost two years ago. Initially, it was just a ripped version of Toast Titanium 6.5. And we weren’t impressed with it at all. In fact, we were pretty sure that Roxio Popcorn would be a dead Mac software title. And we never updated our Popcorn to version 2.

Several days ago, Sonic Solutions introduced a new version, Roxio Popcorn 3. Is there anything new with this version of Popcorn? Roxio Popcorn is not exactly a ripped version of Toast Titanium any more. Sonic Solutions has found a way of reviving this Mac software title. That means Toast Titanium and Popcorn can coexist at the same time. And we are quite impressed with the new version of Roxio Popcorn. Continue reading →

Unlike Windows applications, few Mac applications come with an uninstaller. AppZapper is a relatively affordable solution that helps Mac users uninstall applications. One license costs only US$12.95.

We became aware of AppZapper’s existence for the first time almost 18 months ago. Initially, we weren’t impressed with it at all. That’s because we could delete any application entirely for ourselves, we thought. Continue reading →

NBC Universal sells popular TV show downloads at Apple’s iTunes store. But both parties say that this contract will end soon.

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Screen Mimic is a screen capture shareware title from Polarian Technology. The latest version is 2.1.0. One license costs US$64.95. It’s a relatively expensive solution to screen capturing because the last shareware title we introduced, iShowU from shinywhitebox in New Zealand, costs only US$20 for one license. Screen Mimic comes with no screenshot function. It solely allows you to record desktop movements and compress video to QuickTime, FLV or SWF. Continue reading →