Calcalist, an Israeli financial newspaper, claimed today that Snow Leopard, the new Mac OS, will be released worldwide on the 9th of September.

In our discussion with their reporter, he claimed to have very reliable sources that validated this date.
The date coincides with Apple‘s official statement, that the new OS version will be released on September, but contradicts rumors on 28th of August release.

It is yet to be seen when the new operation system will be released. I am certainly going to upgrade. And you?

update – Apple Store was just updated with 28th of August delivery date for Snow Leopard - it seems the sources were wrong.

A good friend of mine asked me for a list of cool apps that I am using on my Mac. And because sharing is caring, here are some of the applications I love and use the most. Some of them provide a unique user experience that isn’t matched by Windows applications as well. Some of them are free and some requires a payment – but those which aren’t free are worth the money.

Comic life – An amazing, fun to use, comic book creation software. You can add pictures to a comic book style outline, add writings and apply amazing filters on images. Really cool stuff. ($24.95)

App Zapper – The ultimate application removal application (try to repeat this sentence as fast as you can three times)… ($12.95)

Fairmount – A cool little Mac software that takes any DVD and mount it as a drive on your Mac. Neat way to bypass region protection. (Free)

iShowU HD – screencast redording application, with HD support and easy import to Final Cut Pro. ($29.95-$59.95)

iStopmotion – a stop motion animation application that enables you to use iSight or any other capture device to create amazing stop animation films. ($49.95)

Livestation – my number one application for watching streaming live TV channels (Free)

Loader – if you are a FCP editor, you know how annoying it is to keep projects organized. This little application was made in heaven, as it replaces FCP import function, and creates media specific folders in each project, and converts some of the audio files to editable format. ($49)

Mpeg Streamclip – the magic video conversion applicaiton. Converts almost any video file to any format. (Free)

Timeline 3D – an AWESOME time line creation tool. Yep, timelines never looked so amazing before, including export keynote, video files, and pdf. ($65)

Widemail – Apple mail plugin that adds an Outlook like preview pane (Free)

Enjoy!