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There are a whole bunch of Mac software bundles out there, with users able to snag a selection of shareware at a bargain price. However, the PMC Bundle is different: you make a selection from a diverse array of software, negotiate an offer, pay the agreed price to the Pan-Mass Challenge (a cancer charity) and then get all your apps in a download bundle.
It's a real win-win—you get a bunch of software at a potentially bargain price, and a cancer charity gets some cash. Be quick, though—there are only a few left of many of the applications on offer!
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Vote now in Future’s 10th annual .net Awards
Internet users across the globe are being asked to come forward and have their say about the best and worst of the internet, as voting opens for the 10th annual .net Awards.
The public vote for the .net Awards 2008 is now open at www.thenetawards.com and runs through until 13th October 2008.
The influential.net magazine has held the awards annually since 1998 and celebrates the best in web design and development, mixing public opinion with those from a leading global panel of online gurus, including experts from Yahoo, Microsoft, Adobe, the BBC and many more.
In 2007, the .net Awards attracted their largest haul of votes ever, Google led the way with two awards, including ‘innovation of the year’ for its map service, Google Earth. Russell Brand’s popular BBC Radio 2 show scooped ‘podcast of the year’ whilst Facebook beat its rivals to scoop ‘socially powered site of the year.’ MySpace collected the dubious honour of ‘infamy of the year’ with judges condemning customisation features which often led to ‘eyeball-bleeding’ design.
Celebrating its tenth anniversary – the .net Awards are the UK’s longest-running Web awards. With 16 categories ranging from Best Redesign of the year and Viral Campaign of the year, through to the Infamy award – a chance to name and shame those ruining your web experience. Visitors to www.thenetawards.com can vote on as few or as many of the award categories as they wish.
.net Awards 2008
Interactive site of the year
Web application of the year
Socially-powered site of the year
Mashup of the year
Blog of the year
Podcast of the year
Vodcast of the year
Mobile site of the year
Design agency of the year
Innovation of the year
Web personality of the year
Viral campaign of the year
Standards champion – best use of accessible design
Open source application of the year
Best redesign of the year
Infamy award
Editor of .net, Dan Oliver said:
“The .net Awards give web users the chance to vote on the sites, services and people that they believe have made a serious impact in 2008. Our Awards combine nominations from the public and the opinions of more than 30 leading industry figures, making a .net Award the ultimate seal of approval!”
For more information and the chance to vote, visit www.thenetawards.com
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In this edition of MacFormat This Week...
Deputy editor Christopher Phin joins host Brad Gibson to review Apple's replacement for the .Mac internet services suite, MobileMe; and following the launch of the App Store, we turn the spotlight on six of the very best applications you can download for your iPhone and iPod touch. Plus, Trevor Middleton answers your technical support questions.
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This month, MacFormat has teamed up with Motorola to offer eight readers the chance to win ultra-lightweight MOTOROKR S9 headphone bundles. The included iPod adaptor syncs your iPod with the S9 over Bluetooth. With your mobile phone synced, too, the S9 will pause your iPod’s playback so you can take the call, and take you back to your music afterwards.
Weighing barely an ounce, the S9 is lighter than most sunglasses. The behind-the-head form and small earbuds (1.3cm) help provide true comfort even during extended use. The water and sweat resistant design is ideal for jogging. Integrated touch-sensitive buttons give you control over volume, track browsing and calls. Play your music or answer a call by simply pressing the buttons on either side of the headphones.
The S9 will connect with any brand of Bluetooth-enabled phone or music device that supports Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) and Audio Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP).
For more on Motorola’s Bluetooth products and huge range of mobile gear, please visit www.motorola.com
To enter this competition please click on this competition link.
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The next issue of MacFormat will be our two hundredth, and we'd like to invite you to help us celebrate our bicentennial with a little nostalgia.
We'd like you to record a short video – no more than 60 seconds – telling us what your Mac-using life has been like over the past two hundred issues (we launched in 1993) and beyond. It could be about the magazine – have you been reading from the start? miss any of the old team? have a favourite feature that we once ran? – about the Macs that you've had over the years, about favourite moments in Apple's history... in fact it can be about pretty much anything Mac- or magazine-related you like!
How to shoot
If you have QuickTime Pro you can simply create a new video recording and capture straight from your iSight camera, and while you're welcome to break out an HD camera to shoot a scene worthy of Ridley Scott, what you have to say is much more important than what your video looks like. iMovie 06 also allow direct recording from an iSight or connected FireWire camera.
How to submit
Upload your video to YouTube and tag it with macformat200 – that way, anyone will be able to click on this link and, when people have started uploading their memories, we'll all be able to browse and enjoy them.
What we'll do with the videos
We'd like to put your videos on our coverdisc, and to showcase them on our website and Facebook group. To give us permission to do this, email us a link to your video on YouTube; doing so confirms that you give us permission to use the videos in these and other ways in promoting the magazine and its bicentennial.
Get shooting, folks! We're excited to see what you come up with!
