A number of websites posted about this information a few months ago, but in case you’re a new Mac users and haven’t yet heard the news… You can get even more iMovie than what comes with your new computer.

The best part is, its FREE!

All new Macs come with iLife 08. The main movie making tool in iLife is iMovie, but with iMovie 08 a lot changed from previous versions of the software.

Some of the strengths of iMovie 08 is that it made making home movies quick, easy, and shareable… But in its efforts to do just that iMovie 08 lost many of the customizable features and tools that made previous versions of iMovie so great.

In what appears to be Apple’s way of accounting for those lost features is to allow all owners of iLife 08 the ability to download iMovie HD for free.

So, if you want to gain some additional movie making tools for Free, head over to this Apple web page and download iMovie HD.

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html

Use both tools to make great home movies that you can quickly share with the world!

Over the past few weeks a number of software bundles for the Mac have been announced that brings a significant number of Mac applications to users at incredible prices. Of course, the deals become much more incredible once a certain number of people have purchased the bundle and thus unlock the best apps included.

MacUpdate recently announced their “Parallels Promotion” which includes a number of applications that make creating word art, writing that book you’ve always dreamed of authoring, and keeping backup copies of your DVDs quick and easy.

A solid deal as once all applications are unlocked purchasers will receive $469 worth of software for just $69. If a large number of people purchase the bundle additional software including Parallels virtualization machines that allow you to run Windows on your Mac will be part of the bundle.

Additionally, after recent success on previous bundles, Macheist has announced a new bundle for $49. This includes some software from previous bundles as well as ways to make managing your clipboard easier and providing a solid writing environment for all the would be authors.

But, if you’re not sure you’d like to put down any money for some of these software options… There is plenty of powerful free software available.

Lifehacker.com recently described a number of free alternatives to the available software included in bundles. Check out some of their suggested apps and let us know how they work.

The traffic to Maciverse.com has increased significantly over the past few weeks. Incase you didn’t catch all of these posts, here are the ones that have gained the most attention:

1. 10 Ways to Enhance your Safari Browsing Experience - This article shows a number of ways to get the most out of Safari. It includes a number of tips and hints as well as some less use features that make Safari one of the fastest and most enjoyable web browsers.




2. Import Your iWeb Blog to Wordpress - Many new Mac users start their first weblog using the built in iWeb software included with each new Apple Computer. Unfortunately, iWeb lacks some of the capabilities that many users want in their blog. Wordpress, a free and powerful bloging software allows for some additional customization to your blog. Use this guide to move all your iWeb posts to your new Wordpress blog.




3. OS X 10.5 Screen Sharing - One of the great additions to OS X Leopard is the ability to quickly share screens with other computers in your network or over iChat. This post will walk you through how to do each




4. Macbook Air Passes Airport Security - I brought my Macbook Air on a recent trip to test out how Airport Security would react to the thin and wonderful device.




5. MacWiiTv - Follow the instructions in this post to connect your Mac, your Nintendo Wii, and your HDTV to gain one amazing Media Center. Use your Wiimote as your mouse and launch FrontRow with a single “A” button click.

Another interesting article to check out is 4 Steps to Turn RSS Feeds into Audio Files. Use this to pull your favorite RSS feeds from the web, convert them to mp3s and load them onto your iPod for the go.

Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed so that you don’t miss any Maciverse.com article. We’re also interested in anything you have to see. Leave us comments and we’ll be sure reply!

Recent years have sign a continual growth in new and amazing web technologies.

Applications have been developed to make communication easier, to share media, and to provide endless amounts of information to people looking for it.

Adobe has been so impressed with the web technologies that have been developed that they developed a way to bring all these web technologies to the desktop. Adobe Air does just that.

One of Adobe Air’s strengths is that it allows developers to write code that works on all operating systems… Windows, OS X, and more.

If you’d like to check out Adobe Air, head over to the Adobe product website to download the technology that will allow multiple applications built on web technologies to run on OS X desktop.

After you’ve installed Adobe Air. I suggest trying out Twhirl, an Adobe Air application that brings your twitter experience to your desktop.

Additionally, Twhirl adds some basic functionality to make sending Twits to your friends and followers as well as make some as favorites. Send links, pictures, and your basic twits without having to launch Safari.

iChat is a great and powerful Instant Messaging client that comes standard with all releases of OS X. While it has its strengths, it also has its weaknesses.

The lack of ability to communicate with the MSN and Yahoo networks and its default way of separating even your AIM, .Mac, and Jabber contact list can cause a lot of clutter on your desktop. If you don’t use chax, you may need to have a separate Space for each IM network you’re using.

If these issues bother you with iChat, then you may be interested in Adium. A free Instant Messaging client that allows you to connect all your IM networks and keep your contacts in one contact list.

Adium has a lot of customizable features and integrates well into the rest of the OS X environment. Although Adium has some great features, it does not have Screen Sharing capabilities, solid video chat, or some of the other strengths of iChat.

Now… if they could just merge their features..