Add Another Computer or Laptop as Additional Monitor

Do you have a second computer, Mac or PC, with a good display that you wish you could use as another display on your Mac? I have an old Flat Panel iMac that has a fantastic display but there is no way to access the display to use it with the extended display feature of my MacBook Pro.

I found a great program that allows you to do just that. It’s called ScreenRecyler. Use your old iMac as a second screen for your new iMac as pictured. You can even use an old Windows PC. It’s easy to setup and is surprisingly fast. Try it out!

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 on the ScreenRecycler computer.

Nambu: Twitter, FriendFeed, Ping.fm, And More, Sweet!

I’ve been checking out Nambu for the past few days and I’m falling in love with it. There is an iPhone app and a desktop client for the Mac Leopard. It’s still in beta, but it does look very promising.

I use multiple social network clients with multiple accounts and this program can handle my needs. Nambu can also manage your ping.fm account that lets you update multiple social network accounts in one update.

My top list of features that make this program stand out:

• Integration with FriendFeed accounts, coming soon to desktop version.
• Being able to see your reply in context of the original tweet, very nice.
• In-line translation of the tweet makes it easy to see everyone’s messages
• Automatic saving of searches is a nice touch, desktop only
• Group capability is great. Being able to right click a user and assign them to group is very handy. You can even assign to more than one group. Desktop only.
• Multiple Twitter accounts. Desktop only.
• Details on a user are useful to see if you want to follow or not.

• Scrolling past a tweet marks it read, very convenient.
• Replies are highlighted in the normal flow of tweets, or selected with predefined categories in the desktop client or in the star section of the iPhone app.
• And last cool feature of the Mac client is that the domain name of shrunken URLs appear in the message so you have an idea of where you are going when you click on the link (i.e. http://is.gd/nxwn appears as www.instantshift.com). Very sweet!

Nambu looks interesting so far. I definitely like the Mac client better than the iPhone app, hopefully they add more features in the iPhone version and then sync between the programs (i.e. groups and searches).

Anyone else tried Nambu yet? If so, comment your brain out…

New MacTech Forums: Ask, Discuss, Slew of Black Friday Deals

MacTech recently brought online a completely new set of online forums to
discuss a wide range of issues related to Apple, products, and the
community.

The new forums have a “Deals and Special Offers” area. Already, there’s
several dozen special offer from a wide range of vendors in the community, with more being added every day.

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Call of Duty 4 for Mac Now Available

The big news amongst Mac gamers this past week was the release of Call of Duty 4 for the Mac. The sequel to the popular first-person shooter has been available on PCs and gaming consoles since November of 2007, but the Mac version has only just been released. Featuring a tense storyline, filled wit…

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