To start off the new year I'm going to do a couple of awards list. Best Mac developers and best Mac applications. Not included in the list will be Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, or Macromedia. Who's your favorite developer and why? Here's a few from my Favorites list. Full Story »

We're a couple of weeks away from Macworld Expo San Francisco. The Rumor Mill™ is cranking up toward full speed. High on the list is a $500 headless (no monitor) Mac. Here's why I don't want, don't need, and won't buy a $500 Mac. Unless... Full Story »

Spam continues to get worse each month. I've tried everything except giving up email entirely (I'm thinking about it, though). Here's what works well for me. Remember-- you're stuck with spam forever. Full Story »

By almost all accounts, it was a merry selling season for Apple: iPods were hotter than hot, iMac G5's were in short supply, and accessories for Macs and iPods were the gift giving rule, rather than an exception. What'd you get this year? Check our reader poll. Full Story »

They say the way to success is not "what you know" it's "who you know." It's easy to argue with that. With a little knowledge, some patience, almost any recently new Mac, and Mac OS X, you can build a powerful, database-driven web site. And run it off your Mac. Full Story »

PC Magazine recently rated the Top 10 Worst Products for 2004. Tops (or bottom, depending on your perspective) was Apple's humble eMac. Plus, Tera finally finds a decent solution to the file madness on Mac OS X and Mac users respond. Full Story »

Content, as they say, is king. A few inexpensive Mac tools can make your home Mac into a web server complete with whatever content you choose. Start simple, scale up. Your Mac and Mac OS X make the transition very easy. Full Story »

Any new Mac and OS X are a perfect combination for a home-based web server for your own personal web site. Cheap. Use your DSL or cable broadband connection, grab a domain name, and set up your Mac. Point and click. Here's one way... Full Story »

I've crusaded for file organization in previous articles (entries, for you web log folks). This is no different except that now I'm crusading with a solution. Files are a mess on the Mac. Spotlight search technology only helps find what's lost. Here's a solution available now. Full Story »

The folks are Microsoft are running an uphill battle. Internet Explorer on Windows is a security risk and losing market share (quickly) to Open Source Firefox. A Microsoft employee asks, "Can you trust Firefox?" Is that the right question? Can you trust Microsoft? Full Story »

Just last week I downloaded Tomato Torrent and began checking out the Peer-to-Peer file swapping scene. It's changed a bit since the early Napster days. It's about to change again. Can you say, L-A-W-S-U-I-T? Full Story »

Say it ain't so, Joe. Apple gets kudos, glory, awards, growing sales, and a tripling of the stock price for the iMac, PowerMac, PowerBook, iPods, iTMS, iLife, and more. Now Apple gets one of the Top 10 Worst Products of the Year. Full Story »