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Apple Releases ILife, Raw, and Aperture Updates

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:30:17 -0800

In the wake of Apple's release of Aperture 3 on Tuesday comes a flurry of related image software updates: iLife Support 9.0.4, Digital Camera Raw Compatibility...

Deals of the Week

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:30:00 -0800

Our budget choices for this week include the HP Envy 13 laptop, the Motorola Droid, and some Xbox 360 games.

ATI Introduces Radeon HD 5570, Targets Small Desktop PCs

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:44:00 -0800

ATI's newest graphics card brings DirectX 11 and its Eyefinity technology to small-form-factor desktops.

Apple Releases Aperture 3

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:50:23 -0800

Apple may not be at Macworld 2010 this week, but the company still managed to announce a new product just in time for the trade show. On Tuesday Apple announced...

Apple Offers 'find out How' Tutorials as Podcasts

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:40:14 -0800

For some time, Apple has given the Designated Family Tech Support Personnel among us a small reprieve with its "Find out how" selection of tutorial videos. While...

E-mail App Postbox Adds Tighter Integration With OS X

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:20:18 -0800

For Mac e-mail software, Apple Mail is good enough, but barely just. Microsoft Entourage has retail polish and bloat, while Mozilla Thunderbird is clearly a...

RealPlayer SP Beta Now out for Mac

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:10:18 -0800

On Monday, RealNetworks released a beta of RealPlayer SP for the Mac, the latest version of the company's free multimedia playback software.

PrintMaster Platinum 2.0

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:00:23 -0800

So you've just snapped some great pictures of your new puppy and you want to do something special with them. You could use your favorite photo editing tool--like...

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Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:00:23 -0800

Apple and the Importance of Macworld Expo

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:50:17 -0800

This week, Macworld Expo opens in San Francisco. And, as everyone likely knows, it's a particularly significant episode of Expo because Apple will not be counted...

Mozilla Discusses Dropping Tiger Support in Firefox

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:20:13 -0800

According to our cousins at Computerworld, the developers of Mozilla's Firefox Web browser are deep in discussions about the future of the program on Mac OS X...

Contextual Consolidation in ITunes 9

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:40:16 -0800

If you have your iTunes library set to not copy media files into the iTunes Music folder when adding to your library, you're probably familiar with the File ->...

New Macfriendly Software Bundle Offers Great Savings

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:00:12 -0800

MacFriendly, a company known for releasing bundles of apps at far lower prices than their combined values, has released its latest bundle of goods, MacFriendly...

Freedom Locks Down the 'Net So You Can Work

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:20:25 -0800

Ah, the Internet: Fountain of information, smorgasbord of entertainment, nexus of social networking. Oh, and bane to productivity.

InDesign Tip: Tinting Grayscale Photos

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:17 -0800

Changing the colors of photographs in your InDesign project requires Photoshop, right? Not necessarily. If the photo is black and white and saved in grayscale...

Lenovo Adds Mobile Phone Details, Posts Profit Rise

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:30:12 -0800

Lenovo's work on mobile phones with Google's Android OS is focused on its Lephone handset, but the company also wants to reach other price points, it said.

Intel Preparing Six-Core Chips for Desktops, Servers

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:40:00 -0800

Intel is preparing new six-core processor for desktops and servers.

Trillian IM Client Alpha Available for Mac

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:20:14 -0800

Those of you who've migrated to Apple from the world of PCs most likely remember Trillian--a popular Windows-based, multi-protocol chat program that lets you log...

BackOff Disables Automatic IPhone Backups

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:10:11 -0800

iPhone and iPod Touch backups take a long time. A really, really long time. Even canceling them takes a long time. That said, it's extremely nice to have the...

Google Email Uploader Gets Old E-mail to Gmail

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:20:17 -0800

Google's Gmail service offers vast amounts of storage, a unique approach to organization, one of the best e-mail-searching features around, and access to all...

Monotype Imaging Upgrades Font Management Software

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:20:20 -0800

Monotype Imaging has unveiled version 2.5 of its Linotype FontExplorer X Pro font management software for individual users, and version 1.5 of the FontExplorer X...

Possibly Reduce IPhoto Launch Times

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:40:22 -0800

If iPhoto is slow to launch on your machine--as in taking over a minute to load, including visits from the spinning beach ball--here's a possible fix that also...

HDR PhotoStudio Launches for the Mac

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:10:14 -0800

Unified Color Technologies has announced that HDR PhotoStudio, its High Dynamic Range software package formerly available only on the Windows platform, is now...

Apple Releases Firmware Update for IMac Screen Flickering

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:50:16 -0800

If intermittent flickering on your 27-inch iMac display has you down, Apple has the firmware update for you. On Monday, the company released 27-inch iMac Display...

QuickerTek's NCard Offers Wi-Fi Speed Boost

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:10:11 -0800

When it comes to Wi-Fi, it's all about speed, baby. Well, speed and reliability. Okay, speed, reliability, accessibility--and the price needs to be reasonable...

ITunes 9.0.3 Update Fixes ITunes Store Password Bug

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:00:14 -0800

Have you ever wished that iTunes wouldn't constantly forget your iTunes Store password? There's a patch for that.

The IPad Isn't a Third Device, but a Third Revolution

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:10:13 -0800

A few years ago I brought my MacBook into an Apple Store to get it serviced--this was a first-generation model, which had the rather unenviable habit of...

The IPad's Future Shock

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:50:23 -0800

[The following is excerpted with permission from the blog of independent software developer Fraser Speirs' blog at speirs.org.]

IMac Customers Report Yellow Tinted Displays

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:30:35 -0800

Last November, Robert McGovern bought a 27-inch iMac equipped with a quad-core Core i7 processor. When it arrived 12 days later, McGovern, a British citizen...

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Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:30:35 -0800

Five Rib-tickling Tech Sites

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:20:09 -0800

Growing up around Stanford University and the greater Silicon Valley (before it was Silicon Valley) I encountered my fair share of electrical engineers--a...

CPUs in 2010: Desktop and Mobile PC Forecast

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:12:00 -0800

From mighty six-core desktop chips to minuscule smartbook processors, here's what's in the CPU cards this year.

Virtualization: Behind the Scenes

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00:26 -0800

I recently wrapped up my second (nearly) annual look at three leading Intel Mac virtualization products--VMware Fusion, Parallels Desktop, and VirtualBox--along...

Google Email Uploader Moves Your Archives to Gmail

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:30:13 -0800

Mail storage is the organizational conundrum of the early 21st century for many longtime Mac users. On your hard drive, you probably have an e-mail archive...

Apple Inside: the Significance of the IPad's A4 Chip

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:20:15 -0800

Just one day after the unveiling of the iPad, Apple's long-rumored tablet has ruffled feathers and turned heads. With a familiar interface, Apple's momentum...

Reason 4.0

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:40:13 -0800

Replace racks of hardware instruments and drum machines with virtual software? When Reason 1.0 was first released nearly 10 years ago, the idea was still largely...

One Way to Access the Mac's Boot Menu

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:50:30 -0800

Do you use multiple partitions on your Mac? Maybe you use Apple's Boot Camp tool to boot your Mac into Windows occasionally, or maybe you've got a Mac Pro loaded...

Hands on With the IPad

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:40:15 -0800

Unlike the iPhone, which Apple kept under such tight guard at its introduction that only a few special types got to touch it for a few minutes, there were iPads...

Bagmakers Tout IPad Carrying Options

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:36 -0800

In the 24 hours since Apple announced the iPad, a number of veteran vendors of laptop bags and sleeves have announced new products specifically for protecting...

Capturing ITunes Videos

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:50:15 -0800

Like all educators these days, reader Jennifer Chestnut is looking for ways to cut costs in the classroom. She writes:

IPad: Perfect for Digital Comics?

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:40:16 -0800

There are three major comic-book buying apps for the iPhone: Panelfly, Comics, and iVerse Comics. And there are also a bunch of comic-reading apps for the...

The IPad's Five Worst Surprises

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:20:14 -0800

My colleague Dan Frakes has chimed in with his take on the five best surprises from the iPad's launch. I'm in total agreement with his list--well, except for the...

The IPad Is Cool -- but Where's the Dvorak Keyboard?

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:20:28 -0800

I'm impressed by the iPad. It has just about everything I want, and most of what I expected. (Wednesday morning, I wrote a post on my blog Kirkville with my...

The IPad's Five Best Surprises

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:50:23 -0800

The "Apple tablet" is finally official, and it has a name: iPad. Though this super-sized iPod touch is largely what we expected, Apple's announcement included a...

Summary: Apple Puts an End to Tablet Rumors With IPad

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:50:21 -0800

As had been widely expected, Apple released a tablet device Wednesday. But the details of the new device--called the iPad--and its price tag may have caught some...

Quick Draw? Publisher Leaks Apple Tablet Details

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:00:20 -0800

If you want to head into Wednesday's big Apple announcement without the hint of anything that Apple may unveil, you had best click on the Back button of your...

Find Only Exact Duplicates in ITunes

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:10:29 -0800

Here's a very simple iTunes hint that may come in very handy for those of you who may have duplicate song issues in iTunes. As you're probably aware, iTunes...

Unsanity Plans to Bring Haxies, APE to Snow Leopard

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:10:26 -0800

Hey, remember Unsanity? That developer became famous--perhaps even infamous--for introducing haxies, software that injected code into other Mac OS X apps through...

What Might a Tablet's Home Screen Look Like?

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:50:12 -0800

Apple's still-mythical tablet has generated an incredible amount of speculation, about everything from how you'd type on it to what tasks it would be capable of...

Office Integration Highlights MindManager 8

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:40:21 -0800

MindManager users who've clamored for the Mac version of the mind-mapping application to work with Microsoft's Office programs should welcome the arrival of...

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Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:40:21 -0800

Rocketbox Enhances Mail's Search Capabilities

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:30:12 -0800

Central Atomics's Rocketbox integrates with Apple Mail to provide several advanced search-and-retrieval features to OS X's beloved e-mail client.

Reliability and Service: Technology's Most (and Least) Reliable Brands

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:00:00 -0800

When you buy a new PC, camera, printer, or TV, you want a dependable device from a manufacturer that’s committed to supporting its customers. We asked 45,000 readers and found out which companies you can really trust.