The latest Macs ship with a remote control that allows you to control Front Row and a couple of Apple's applications. Beyond that, you can't do much else with it, though. Remote Buddy fundamentally changes this. It gives you control over the rest of your computer via the remote control. But not only Apple's - you can use other remote controls, too!
Okay so I have a fancy dangle new duo mac book pro. It came w/ a remote that sorta looks like a shuffle. It's neat in the sense that I can play movies full screen w/o paying for quicktime pro. Remote Buddy makes that remote kick some serious ass. For instance. You can use the remote to advance slides in powerpoint. You can use the remote to go back and forward in firefox. You can control vlc with the remote... OMFG the remote rocks. Remote Buddy is in "beta" and the developers say you'll get free upgrades for all the 1.x releases if you pay the low low price of 9.99 euros (that's $12.81 in girly-man american dollars. Remote Buddy | 
