The biggest surprise news from Apple in 2005 was the switch to Intel chips for the Mac. More surprises are due. Not only do Mac web sites, Mac rumor sites have their list of what to expect from … Continue Reading »
Archives for December 2005
Fastest Browser Test: Windows, Mac, Or Linux?
Which browser is fastest? How fast? Which is slowest and why? Are Windows browsers faster than Mac browsers? Or, are Linux browsers even faster? This Browser Speed Test compares all browsers on Windows to Mac to Linux? Is … Continue Reading »
New Print Shop Adds Tools, Effects, Art, CD Labels.
There was a day when I had 10,000 fonts for my Mac. My addiction grew to nearly 3-million pieces of clip art; bit map, vector graphics, photographs. I thought my addiction had passed until I saw the new … Continue Reading »
Great New Browser For Mac. Better Than Safari Or Firefox?
We all love our browsers. Next to email, browsers are our ‘personal’ Mac application. Is there anything out there better than Safari? Better than Firefox? Better than Camino, or OmniWeb, or Opera, or iCab, or Mozilla? Perhaps. Take … Continue Reading »
Get Flying Meat’s FlySketch, Draw On Anything.
Have you ever wanted to take a page from a web browser, or a Word document, or a spreadsheet, and draw on it, then send it to someone? Me neither. But now I do, thanks to Flying Meat. … Continue Reading »
WKRP Reporter On iPod: “Don’t Waste Your Money.”
What’s the hottest gift this year? It’s Apple’s diminutive iPod in every version. iPod shuffle. iPod nano. iPod. Even the discontinued iPod mini sells for more on eBay than they sold new at Apple. What does a reporter … Continue Reading »
Fun Joke Of The Day: Apple Should Buy Palm.
It’s that time of the year. Stress from holiday shopping. No iPods at the stores. Journalists stay out too late and drink too much. Add it all up and you’re likely to start a rumor that will affect … Continue Reading »
Microsoft’s Death Squeeze On Internet Explorer.
The announcement was not unexpected. Microsoft will stop supporting Mac Internet Explorer at the end of 2005. Surprised? What was surprising was that the announcement was on Yahoo news. MSIE for Mac has been dead for years. Why … Continue Reading »
Gates Part Of Time’s “Person of the Year”. Get Real.
It used to be that media hounds like me looked forward to Time Magazine’s annual “Man of the Year” award. Since 1927, Popes and Presidents, Judges and Generations, have made it to the top of Time’s list. Politically … Continue Reading »
pMachine Updates CMS Expression Engine Features.
Welcome to the CMS Fanboy club. Content Management Systems come of age for Mac users. Easy to install and run on a Mac, powerful and flexible, pMachine’s updated Expression Engine tops the latest class. Oh, there’s a free … Continue Reading »
Freaky Friday Mac News: It’s Freakier Than Ever.
The latest Mac news and rumors headlines are enough to send you back to bed to finish reading that book on Linux. What’s going on? The traditional effects of the run up to January’s Macworld Expo and new … Continue Reading »
How To Save Your iPod Music When Your Mac Dies.
First, backup, backup, backup. If you don’t have a good backup plan for your Mac’s hard drive, get one. Why? Try this: You’ve got 3,000 songs on iTunes and in your iPod. One day, your Mac wakes up … Continue Reading »
Free As In Beer: Friday’s Top 5 Free Mac Utilities.
I love Mac bargains. OS X seems to have reignited the creative juices of application programmers around the world. There are more high quality, useful, and free Mac utilities than ever. Here’s the Top 5 Free Mac Utilities … Continue Reading »
NBC Rushes The iTunes, iPod Video Gate. $1.99 Each.
It was a trickle at first, those videos from Disney and ABC that hit the iTunes Music Store video section when the new iPod with video launched. What was merely a few TV shows and music videos just … Continue Reading »
iVideo Blast: TV Shows, Movies 99-cents to $1.99.
The rush is on. iTunes Music Store has video: music videos, TV shows, movie trailers. The selection, though growing, remains thin with a limited number of TV shows and movies. iVideoBlast adds to your iTunes video collection with … Continue Reading »
How Many Ways Can You Talk On The Internet?
How many ways are there to use your computer to talk on the telephone? Honestly. Just when I thought iChat AV was so cool, along comes Skype. Now there’s Yak. Your Mac is truly becoming a digital hub … Continue Reading »
Tiger Gets Secure, Fast File Transfers With iGet.
Security has become a big deal on personal computers in recent years. Moving files back and forth between computers requires a new level of security. Often overlooked are Mac developers who focus on one thing, do it right, … Continue Reading »
Behold Macworld 2006: The New Prediction Stack.
I’ve been to Macworld in San Francisco. The noise over new product introductions from Apple is always fodder for conversation (to mix a few metaphors). This year, it’s not just noise. It’s a stack of new product predictions … Continue Reading »