Utilities
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Kirk

Jajah is a platform agnostic, web based intermediary for placing very low cost (Free!) telephone calls anywhere. Unlike Skype-type approaches, this is a web site that you can call into from any phone - land line or mobile - and place phone calls to anyone anywhere, for a fraction of the cost or traditional telephony. Continue reading ‘Web Enabled Telephony from any Phone - JAJAH’
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Kirk

Data Rescue II is a cross-platform data recovery application, running on Windows and OS X.
From the Prosoft OS X web page: Data Rescue II
The best data recovery software for the Mac platform is now even better with the new and improved Data Rescue II. Continue reading ‘Data Recovery: Data Rescue II’
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Kirk

ReadIRIS is a series of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software packages that runs on Windows and OS X, and has a range of OCR packages with ever increasing capabilities.
From the ReadIRIS Pro OS X web page: The Most Powerful OCR Application for Macintosh
Windows web page: ReadIRIS Pro 11
Readiris Pro 11, the most advanced Optical Character Recognition software for Mac, quickly and easily transforms your paper documents into electronic files you can edit into your favorite application. Continue reading ‘Optical Character Recognition: ReadIRIS Pro’
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Kirk

Running on Windows, this MacDrive 6 provides for both the mounting of OS X formatted disks, CD, or hard drives on a Windows machine, as well as transparent file conversion for many file formats. If you have BootCamp on OS X, this is a great addition, allowing access to the Mac partition as if it were just another Windows drive.
Continue reading ‘File Conversion: MacDrive 6′
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Kirk

MacLinkPlus Deluxe is a file conversion utility that runs on OS X and provides bi-directional file format conversion to/from Windows formats. It can convert almost any file format to be viewed and opened on either platform, and can even convert files to be displayed on an iPod. At version 15 Continue reading ‘File Conversion: MacLinkPlus Deluxe’
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Kirk

This site show a brief descripton and a set of links to various efforts to sync the Sharp Zaurus platform with OS X. Rather than list each one individually, go to this site to check them all out.
http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/~kdurbin/zlinks.html
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Kirk

Nova Media provides bluetooth iSync compatible conduits for a number of devices that Apple does not yet, nor may ever, support, including the new Nokia E61. If you have one of these devices, this is a great, low-cost solution.
Use more mobile phones with your Mac
Continue reading ‘Handheld Sync: Sync to Other Mobile Devices - Nokia, Sony, etc. to OS X’