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				Realmac Software Release RapidWeaver 4.2. Brighton, England – November 3rd 2008 – Realmac Software today announced a significant update to RapidWeaver, the company's critically-acclaimed website creation tool for Mac OS X Leopard. RapidWeaver 4.2 is now fully localised into French, German, Italian and Japanese, as well as featuring a number of bug-fixes. What's new in RapidWeaver 4.2?     •    RapidWeaver 4.2 is now fully localised, shipping with French, German, Italian and Japanese translations.     •    Improvements in application performance.     •    Numerous bug-fixes. For an in-depth list of all RapidWeaver 4.2 features please visit: http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/ RapidWeaver Information

				Westminster University moves to Google Apps Search giant lands desktop tools on another 25,000 seats Martin Veitch CIO UK The University of Westminster is to deploy Google Apps to over 25,500 users, marking another stage in Google’s encroachment onto the desktop space owned largely by Microsoft. The central London college will make the hosted applications, email and collaborative programs available to staff and students under Westminster’s domain name. Although the programs are provided free and Westminster says it only spent about £5,000 on external consulting, the deal is another small step in Google’s plan to challenge Microsoft’s desktop ubiquity.

				iPhone gets classic books Classics brings real book reading experience to iPhone Jim Dalrymple, Macworld US A new application called Classics has been released for the iPhone that brings some realism to reading books on the iPod touch and iPhone. When you first launch Classics, the interface looks like a bookcase with the book covers facing you. You can double-tap on a book to begin reading it or tap and drag to rearrange the books. Classics brings a realistic view of a traditional bookshelf. Classics features animated page turns and sound effects, so you get the feeling of actually reading a book. Swiping your finger to left advances the page and going right turns the page back. The interface also includes a home button and a button to list the chapters of book. If you are reading a book and exit the application, a visual bookmark is placed on the page where you exited, making it easy to pick up where you left off. Classics is available from the App Store and costs £1.79.

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				Just got an iPhone this week.  Wonderful.  Have you tried out Stanza - the e-book reader?  All that out of copyright literature from the late 19th and early 20th century is all there for grabs totally free.  I've just loaded up on the complete Sherlock Holmes books and The Origin of Species.  And not a bad interface to actually read either!  Check it out if you haven't seen it yet. Cheers Graham

				Google Earth for iPhone is available now iPhone and iPod touch users can carry the world in their hands Macworld staff Google Earth for iPhone 2.0. is available now from the App Store. The software displays the same high-quality imagery you may be used to when using the desktop application, including high-resolution imagery for over half of the world's population and a third of the world's land mass. The well-featured application provides satellite and aerial imagery, local search features, and access to geo-located Wikipedia articles. The application also has some support for the accelerometer - tilt the iPhone and you can adjust your view of mountainous terrain, for example. The free software is available now in 18 languages and 22 countries through the App Store.

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				Aperture - black and white photography and the colour wheel. If you apply the monochrome mixer in Aperture have you ever wondered what the colour filters do? In film black and white film photography you wished for instance to lighten the sky in the photo you apply a blue filter. This also has the effect of darkening the opposite colour, in this case green. Use a complimentary colour wheel to find out the opposite colour - or press ctrl+option+command+8 to invert the colours on your Mac. Applying the colour filter in the monochrome mixer in Aperture does exactly the same thing - start by using the presets, then move onto mixing your own filter.

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				Hi Will, That'd be great, thanks!  I really only allowed Blurb to send the link out to people in my Googlemail address book but I've been suprised by how many people have come back to me with compliments. The book was put together just for my own reference and a bit of fun. It's a shame I wasn't able to use iPhoto for the book but it is a little restricted with what format you can produce hardbacks in, i'll explain more in my next Switcher piece!  I'm glad you enjoyed the Fred Dibnah musical item at the end of my last piece. It is great and I thought it might fit British Mac well. I have spoken to Justin (the lead singer of The Old Signs) and he's happy for us to play any of the bands tracks on British Mac. If it's OK with you, the next track could be the gem 'Real Ale', a tribute that would fit nicely in 'Ye Old Mac and Mouse'.   Hopefully i'll have my next piece ready soon. All the best mate, Jules. It's a book release, and you're invited -- check out my new book at Blurb: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/274629/08fec376ea1bd648e4309263d711ff87

				Only the second show I have listened to and I'm hooked but one major problem for me is that I am a blind mac user who would like to register on your web site for forum participation, however you have a graphic capture which voice over can't read.   So I'm locked out in the cold, sob. Such a shame as there are more and more blind people switching to macs because of the outstanding access built right in to the operating system which means that Apple have the only computer in the world that is accessible right out of the box  with the coolest voice synth ever, namely Alex. Go on, let us in - pretty please. Cheers Gordon From glorious Devon, England.

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				Vivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall, 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995) was an English musician, painter, singer, broadcaster, songwriter, poet, writer, wit, and raconteur, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his surreal exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for narrating Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.

				Sir Henry at Rawlinson End is a 1980 British film based on the eponymous character created by Vivian Stanshall. It starred Trevor Howard as Sir Henry and Stanshall himself as Henry's brother Hubert. Unusually, the film was released in sepia-toned monochrome. After a long wait, while the film obtained cult status, Sir Henry at Rawlinson End was finally released on DVD in 2006. The bonuses include a rather drunken (as is fitting) commentary track with the director, Steve Roberts, as well as Sheila Reid (Aunt Florrie) and Jeremy Child (Peregrine Maynard), as well as a picture gallery, character listing, family tree, English subtitles etc...

				Quotes from the film "Generally speaking, if I've eaten something I don't want to see it again" "I never met a man I didn't mutilate" "...and this grave-digger had tied a piece of cardboard to his back saying, 'I'm a Turkish Student, please stop me and I'll show you my bum for a shilling." "If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink" "If a thing is worth doing, it's worth forcing someone else to do it" "My dear Henry, if filthy fingers were trumps, what a splendid hand you'd have" "If I want your opinion I'll thrash it out of you" "I don't know what I want, but I want it now" "How dare you belch in front of my wife" " Sorry old man, I didn't know it was her turn"