Beth Nagengast, Product Marketing Manager for Bento, Filemaker Inc. joins hosts Scott Sheppard and Brad Wright for some details on the latest version of Bento 2, their personal database solution made for Mac OS Leopard. Unlike other complicated databases or contact management system, Bento is built for people who have never used a database before, or simply want to better organize their life and information. Beth explains that Bento works seamlessy with Address Book and iCal so any changes made outside of Bento are automatically updated. You can easily synchronize your data in these apps and changes you make in Bento update Address Book, iCal, Mobile Me, or your iPhone anywhere you choose to link your data.

For more information, download a trial version, or purchase for $49 visit: http://www.filemaker.com/bento

James Bishop, Director, Crackatonic Projects joins Inside Mac to explain some details about how Optimism 2.1.0 for Mac OS X can help people fight depression. Many individuals deal with depression, bi-polar, and other disorders and Optimism helps those easily track individual treatment elements including medications, exercise, diet, mood lifting activities and more. You can generate reports that can be very helpful in monitoring your progress and communicating with your counselors and other mental health professionals. James describes the impact of using a tool such as Optimism to track your treatment and results.

For more information about Optimism, visit: http://www.findingoptimism.com/software/

Alyssa Huber, Founder, iStik joins Scott and Brad to discuss their ultimate hands-free way to attach your iPod Nano to virtually anything. Great for active people, the iStik includes a magnetic holder and case that allows you to attach it to your clothing, hats, bags, almost anywhere. Alyssa explains that once you attach the Lexan case with the Neodymium magnetic system it is held very securely. Rather than relying on armbands or other cumbersome methods to bring your iPod with you, iStik makes it as easy and lightweight as your Nano. Although only available for the iPod Nano right now, Alyssa shares some additional products that are currently in development.

For more information visit: http://www.goistik.com/

Chad Sellers, Founder, Useful Fruit Software joins Inside Mac to talk about his unique note-taking utility for Mac OS X, Pear Note 1.0. Founded in January ‘08, Chad explains his background as a "Unix Geek" and code developer who developed Pear Note as his first foray into Mac OS X development. Pear Note records audio and/or video while you take notes, so later you can find what was being said when you typed something. You can play back an entire recording, or jump straight to the point you need. You can add/insert Keynote or Powerpoint slides and create markers to note the change in slide position. This is ideal if you find you usually have gaps in your lecture notes since it actually timestamps each keystroke making it easy to go back and recall the important points.

To download a trial version and find out more visit: http://www.usefulfruit.com/pearnote/

Video Post Production News of the Week with Philip Hodgetts from the Open TV Network. More information available at: http://www.opentelevisionnetwork.com/

Andy Shalat, Design Guru and Author of "Mac Design Out Of The Box" shares his Design Tip of the Week. For more about Andy and his latest works visit: http://www.shalat.com

Lee Givins, Principal Product Manager, Mac Product Team at AOL joins host Scott Sheppard for an update on the broad range of Mac compatible interface products developed for AOL America Online users. Lee explains his role at AOL and the importance of Mac users to AOL, which was originally launched on Mac OS platform. Their applications won an Apple Design Award at this year’s WWDC conference. Lee explains details about the new Mac versions of AOL Desktop, AOL Radio, and the iPhone apps which include AIM/Instant Messenger, TRUVEO video search, and AOL Radio.

For a complete list of AOL’s free Mac applications visit: http://daol.aol.com/software/mac or read details about their development for Mac on their blog at: http://macblog.aol.com/

Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus joins Inside Mac for some news on his latest happenings including updates to his books "iPhone for Dummies" & "Leopard for Dummies", expanded tech support services Dr. Mac Direct, and his current appointment as Reviews Director for iPod Observer. Dr. Mac gives us an overview of some of the coolest iPhone apps he’s tested including; FileMagnet that manages files, Shazam & Midomi that lets you identify music on the go. He also warns us that downloading too many apps (6 pages of apps or more) on your iPhone may cause your iPhone to freeze and lock, so it’s best to keep the number of iPhone apps to the ones you really use.

For more information about Dr. Mac visit: http://www.boblevitus.com

Art Cohen, President & CEO Aerielle Technologies Inc. joins hosts Scott and Brad to explain an innovative way to share and stream music between multiple audio devices including your iPod, home stereo, or your earphones up to 100 ft. using their i2i Stream system. Using a 2.4 GHz Wireless Transceiver connected to your equipment, the i2i Stream uses up to 7 color coded channels to easily allow you to change and share your source. The i2i Stream comes in a 2-pack, but can support an almost unlimited number of transceivers. Art describes the system produces CD-Quality sound, and is compatible with a number of devices including TV’s, stereos, computers, video games, electronic instruments, and more.

Art offers Inside Mac listeners a discount off their standard retail $99.99 pricing, to order yours and for more information visit http://www.i2igear.com and enter code "IMC2008I2I" to get 15% off your entire order.

Alan Cook, CEO, Bad Dog Apps explains how you can easily translate your most used phrases to 14 different languages directly from your iPhone or iPod Touch. Whether you are traveling for business or pleasure, BD Translator includes 250 common phrases that help you find your way, get a meal, shopping, find lodging and much more. You can take any of the programmed phrases and modify them then store them for quick retrieval. Alan also explains some of the background of Bad Dog Apps development and their other Mac OS products which include BD Calendar and BD Contacts. Bad Dog Apps will be launching a series of new iPhone apps before the end of the year including BD Pricer and others.

For more information visit: http://www.baddogapps.com/

Video Post Production News of the Week with Philip Hodgetts from the Open TV Network. More information available at: http://www.opentelevisionnetwork.com/

Andy Shalat, Design Guru and Author of "Mac Design Out Of The Box" shares his Design Tip of the Week. For more about Andy and his latest works visit: http://www.shalat.com