As a lot of you may have heard, today I launched a new website, called The Tech Update. And from you title, you probably can guess it’s about technology. That’s all I ever seem to talk about these days! But anyways, The Tech Update is a blog full of wonderful writers, including myself, that blog about anything related to technology. And I mean anything. We may write about rumors, reviews, rants and lots more! Plus, if you want, you can even join the site as a writer here. I also …

smcFanControl… Control the fans of every Intel Mac to make it run cooler.
smcFanControl lets the user set the minimum speed of the build in fans. So you can increase your minimum fan speed to make your Intel Mac run cooler. However in order not to damage your machines smcFanControl doesn’t let you set a minimum speed to a value below Apple’s defaults.
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WHAT’S NEW
Version 2.2.2:

Offical support for every so far released Macbook, Macbook Pro, Macbook Air, mac mini included
Fans of iMacs, MacPro’s are read out on first startup. For official …

DESCRIPTION
Quinn is an arcade-style tetromino puzzle game written and designed specifically for Mac OS X. It features a clean, elegant user interface, beautiful graphics, and smooth, subtle animations for fluid gameplay. Instead of reinventing the game with yet another variation of the rules, the goal of Quinn is to combine the simplicity of the original idea with the genuine Mac experience for perfect user enjoyment.
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REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4.2 or later.
app info via macupdate
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EDITOR NOTES
This software is free during its beta period of development.

This app is amazing! You must download it to see for yourself!
DESCRIPTION
Ommwriter… A simple text editor for writers.
A wise man once said “We are all at the mercy of our wild monkey minds. Incessantly swinging from branch to branch.” With multiple windows and applications all vying for our attention, we have sadly adapted our working habits to that of the computer and not the other way around.
Ommwriter is a humble attempt to recapture what technology has snatched away from us …

iPaint is a painting application for Mac OS X. It is based off of a former painting application called Paintbrush. Paintbrush hasn’t been updated for almost 1 year and it was time to do something. Paint Brush and iPaint are open source and full credits are still given in iPaint. You will see dramatic changes in iPaint in iPaint 2.0. I am working hard on bringing a new evolution of painting to Mac.
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WHAT’S NEW
iPaint 1.9v11:

Added French Localization.
100% Hud.
New Preferences Window.
New Beta Features.
Leopard Only!

app via macupdate
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Jumpcut is an application that provides “clipboard buffering” — that is, access to text that you’ve cut or copied, even if you’ve subsequently cut or copied something else. The goal of Jumpcut’s interface is to provide quick, natural, intuitive access to your clipboard’s history.

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WHAT’S NEW

Version 0.6.3:

Bezel window now interacts well with Spaces, and will appear wherever your document is rather than reverting to the first Space it was used in
Tool tip for wraparound bezel
Rewording of existing tool tips

REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.

via macupdate‘

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Linkinus is the most advanced and easy-to-use IRC client for Mac OS X. Connect to thousands of IRC networks all over the world and find people to talk to about any topic, from sports to computers, cooking to auto repair.

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WHAT’S NEW

Version 2.1.1:

Added support for +z channel mode
Added option to choose the destination of incoming notices: disabled, new query, console, current channel. (see Miscellaneous prefs)
Added lnkdebug script
Memory management improvements

REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

via macupdate

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Technology

Wallsaver is written in AppleScript and allows users to run any screen saver as their desktop wallpaper.
On a side note: Please use the “File Bug Report” feature to report any and all bugs, no matter how small. This will tremendously help making Wallsaver better. Thanks.

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WHAT’S NEW

Version 2.5.3:

This update is ONLY for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Users on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger should NOT upgrade. More information is available here.
Added “Install Screen Saver” option under the “Extras” menu
Fixed & optimized code for populating list of …

TinyAlarm is a tiny alarm clock for your menu bar. It will play your chosen sound at some time in the near future. All of the configuration is done using the status menu item. Clicking around should reveal just about everything there is to know about Tiny Alarm. TinyAlarm is good for when you’re gaming or programming, but still have to get to class. It will also help you avoid missing your bus, or burning your pizza, or showing up late for meetings.

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WHAT’S NEW

Version 1.3:

Add alarm editor
Specify alarm time as …

Monocle is a simple search tool that puts a universal search field at your disposal. When you want search, you can choose from a number of engines to perform the search in different places. Monocle comes preloaded with engines for Google, Wikipedia, Windows Live Search and Yahoo! Search. You can easily add your own engines by performing an example search inside a web browser window in Monocle.

Monocle offers a menu bar status item and a configurable hot key for instant access to the search field, and also offers “callwords” to let …