2005 December

It’s tough to get the most out of your system some times. But there are little things that can be done that the average user doesn’t think of. For example, Widgets are nice, but even though you don’t see them, they’re stealing all your memory from you. The more of these you […]

Not everyone dislikes trends. Nope, Apple is probably very happy with its trend, the iPod. Because of this trendy product that can be found on people from sub-ways to health clubs to school buses, Apple’s stock leaped an amazing 128.5 per cent. The rise was greater than any other stock and because […]

So I’ve been using the Mighty Mouse since the day it came out and I have only one major compliant. The cord. When you have a cordless keyboard and you can move about the room freely, it kinda sucks to have a mouse that’s not so mighty after all. In fact, didn’t […]

Everyone knows that Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, is a practical joker. He’ll keep you going all day with his stories like the one he told the TWiT guys last week where he and his son used laser pointers to flash cars’ rearview mirrors to mimic a police cruiser so the car would […]

An interesting post at MacSlash has a poor Safari user highlighting his holiday online shopping woes with Apple’s Web browser. He found site after site that just didn’t work in Safari and it led him to not having a very jolly Web surfing experience. Now we’ve all been there as Mac users and […]

Okay, not the MSN, but aMSN. aMSN is an open source clone of MSN that allow you to chat with your Windows friends using the Microsoft Network service. It supports displaying of pictures, custom emoticons, webcams, multi-account sign in, file transfers, group support, and tabbed chat windows to name a few things. […]

Hey, here’s a rumor to add to the already busy wheels of Macworld: Apple will reveal its first tablet computer. Ya, with the new Intel chips inside and with the ability to keep heat down and speed up, it would only makes sense, right? I mean I’ve been trying to figure out what […]

Where’s Apple going to be in 2006? An Intel powerhouse? Media hub of the family entertainment center? A consumer electronics company? All possibilities and all predicted by the big names in the industry. One such name, a writer for Business 2.0, Om Malik has his own little list of predictions. […]

I travel many web sites daily in search for news, information, and the latest in technology (mmm, see a tag line in there? ;) ) for you the faithful reader. Organizing my finds have always been an issue and at the end of the day, it seems like I have a junk drawer more […]

Wonder why those 1GB shuffles are all out until January? Interesting timing, no? I’d say you can expect some new shuffles from Macworld as well a bump up in storage, too. There’ll probably be a 2GB shuffle along with the 1GB. I’d be surprised if the 512MB sticks around. As […]

One thing that bugs me about the iPod is that if I plug it into a PC or Mac that has never seen it, the host asks if it can sync iTunes to it. I say, “No way!” and then I have a dead attachment in the eyes of iTunes. Can’t really share […]

Voice over IP is the new rage and as a Vonage user, I can tell you it is the best thing since Ma Bell was broken up. While Skype is getting a lot of the computer VoIP attention, there is another game in two and its called the Gizmo Project. Like Skype, you […]

I found an interesting article over at Digital Media Thoughts in which Jason posed the question, is the CD dead? His proof is CD’s diminishing sales in the last few years and its continued downward spiral. Jason feels services like iTunes Music Store is to blame for the lowered sales of the shinny […]

The title is a bit of a misleading one since this is really a cross-platform audio editor, but hey, you can get just about everything for Windows, so who cares. ;)
Audacity is a great audio editor that has the power of Dodge Hemi behind it. When you take a look under the hood, you’ll […]

If you’re new to the Mac or been around for a while and are just looking for something new, then there are two sites you need to check out. The first is a great starter. 10 Apps Every New Mac User Should Download is an excellent list put together by Paul Stamatiou. […]

In the last two weeks, I’ve posted a couple of articles about Firewire and how it appears to be going bye-bye on Apple’s product line. Well thankfully there are indications out there that would dispute that.
First off, the High Definition Audio Video Network Alliance has given Firewire the honorable, and huge support, […]

Man, I know how the Bay Area NeXT Group feels today. After OS/2 went down the pipes of the great toilet of failed operating systems, I was heavily saddened. Now another group dies and does so without a bang.
BANG was the group that stuck it out after Apple bought NeXT in 1996 from […]

Infiniti’s don’t seem to hold that same “cool” factor the ultra-large Escalades hold but once someone peaks inside this M45, that might change things a bit. Sporting a Mac mini inside with a fold down LCD “big” screen, this Infiniti can take a corners at speeds far greater then that over price big ‘ol […]

People may not be switching their operating systems in droves toward Apple but they definitely are switching their homepage to Apple.com. Nielsen//NetRatings released today figures that shows Apple’s site growing an amazing 57 percent in traffic year-over-year since last year. The main drive for users was Apple’s number one online music service, […]

There is a rumor going on that Apple will drop FireWire support on the new Intel laptops. This rumor is based on the fact that there is no FireWire sync option within the iPod nano.
Another fact is that the FireWire Web page on Apple.com has been moved from a top location to one of […]