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December 22, 2009

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	Camino Skype		Shrook Lexikon-Sonate

Last Mac newsletter of 2009


	Jason Parker Senior Associate Editor Twitter: @cnetdownloads Contact Jason

Every year at CNET, we close down for the winter holidays to recharge for the coming year. In 2009 we saw (and covered) the last Macworld Expo with Apple at the helm, the launch of the iPhone 3GS, and updates to almost all of Apple's hardware and software. Meanwhile, we returned every week in this newsletter with the latest Mac software and news so readers might try some of the very many third-party software offerings available at Download.com.

2010 promises to be another great year, with rumors of the Apple tablet and a (more or less) confirmed new iPhone launch in June. Over the break, we will not be sending any newsletters, but we will start up again on January 4. This is the last Mac Download.com newsletter of 2009, so get your downloads now!

This week's software includes Things, the powerful, easy-to-use, task-management app that can help you enter, organize, and act on items in your to-do lists. We also have the latest update to VMware Fusion, the virtualization program that lets you run Windows applications on any Intel-based Mac. Our game this week is Vendetta Online, the expansive space combat MMO that challenges you to captain your own ship and explore the galaxy.

Don't forget to check out our iPhone apps of the week!

Recent reviews

Camino
Camino is a relatively fast and lightweight Web browser that uses the same rendering engine as Firefox, the other open-source browser from Mozilla.

Skype
Skype is a great starting point for those interested in voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology offering a graphically pleasing interface that's much like a chat program.

Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 is a serious reaction to the prevalence of Web mail, and can scale to your needs whether you're looking for a strong desktop client, an Outlook replacement, or a powerful tool for managing archives and Web mail offline.

OnyX
If you're not already a pro at using the command line, OnyX is a solid choice for conducting routine maintenance and tweaking the interface on your Mac.

TeamViewer
TeamViewer is an app that lets you connect to other Macs and PCs via the Internet to share desktops, transfer files, walk through presentations, and control other computers remotely.

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New releases

Shrook
RSS & Atom news reader.

Lexikon-Sonate
algorithmic music generator

BatchTouch
Batch-change the creation and/or modification date of files and folders.

TagoMan
Tag, openmeta, automator, applescript, workflow, spotlight.

TweetDeck
Access Twitter and Facebook from your desktop with this Adobe AIR app.

CNET TechTracker
Updating your software just got easier. Download the app for free.

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