Under the Gavel: Apple sparring with HTC, Samsung continues

Apple has enough courtroom action going on right now to fill up up half - a - dozen premier - fourth dimension sound dramas . Fortunately , you do n’t need to worry about keeping your HTC and Samsung patent disputes directly — we do it for you in another edition of Under the Gavel . Apple vs. HTC Apple is disappointing HTC with its “ invariant effort at litigations alternatively of competing fairly in the grocery ....

July 12, 2011 · 2 min · 360 words · Charles Armstrong

Get Lion’s new scrolling in Snow Leopard today

The “ golden master ” of Lion ( Mac OS X 10.7 ) has been released to developers , which means it wo n’t be too farsighted before the Modern OS will be in the handwriting of consumer . When it is , among Lion’sover 250 new featuresis one that ’s generating quite a bit of hand - wringing ( or , in this caseful , finger - wringing):a newfangled means of scrolling ....

July 11, 2011 · 3 min · 509 words · Cheryl Lewis

HP appoints new leader for webOS group

HP TouchPad Hewlett - Packard appointed a new administrator on Monday to lead the ontogeny of its webOS package , with former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein taking on a broader role in the HP group that make PCs , tablets and handhelds . The changes descend a week after HP ’s first TouchPad pad of paper , which runs the webOS , went on sales agreement in the U.S. The operating system is also used in HP ’s smartphones , and will make its way into microcomputer , printing machine and other ware , HP has said ....

July 11, 2011 · 2 min · 348 words · Hector Krause

Managing contacts on the iPad

One of the most important functions of my PC is to put in and do my contacts . Today for 30 Days With the iPad , I want to take a look at the tools available , and see if the iPad has what it takes to undertake this vital project . The nonpayment option , of course , is the Contacts app in Io . Populating the Contacts is simple — I just set my iPad to synchronise contact data from Microsoft Outlook on my PC when I sync the gimmick in iTunes ....

July 11, 2011 · 6 min · 1265 words · Kathleen Fields

Review: Compressor 4

Our Verdict While Final Cut Pro X ( FCP X ) has bring forth a vast amount of bombilation since its expiration , one of its comrade apps , Compressor 4 , has remained in the phantasm . Compressor 4 , unlike FCP X ( ) and fellow traveler app Motion ( ) , offers user that warm , fuzzy feeling of a conversant interface and working methodological analysis ....

July 11, 2011 · 7 min · 1450 words · Scott Rose

Tags 2.0.2

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The manner we organize file is changing . Tags — keywords associated with file cabinet or other digital asset — have long been used by website , and they ’re now making their mode to the files on your Mac , replacing the fixed folder structure . Tags , by Mac developer CaseApps , set aside you to trail anything and everything on your Mac . Tags is a satisfying and light - to - use applications programme ....

July 11, 2011 · 3 min · 483 words · John Baxter

Firefox 5

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict WithFirefox 5 , Mozilla shifts to a firm release schedule , emulate the lightning pace at which Google’sChromegains version bit . reading 5 debuts bare month after Firefox 4 , and Mozilla promises that future edition will arrive with like stop number . But based on Firefox 5 ’s paltry slate of notable new features , I ’d say this swift growth in version numbers is mostly marketing ....

July 10, 2011 · 5 min · 860 words · Carrie Hansen

The Week in iPad Cases: The Ides of July

Welcome to another installment of our weekly iPad - typeface roundup , where we flush the deepest inlet of the net for the in style in the world of protective appurtenance for the Magical Tablet . As we come near the middle of summertime , the iPad 2 has been out in the open for several month , devote case manufacturers the chance to unfold their legs and come up with even more unique and innovational designs ....

July 9, 2011 · 7 min · 1396 words · James Lewis

Weekly Wrap: Lion taming, iPhones in space, and Google+

Hang in there , folks . We ’re in the long slog between the Fourth of July long weekend and the Labor Day tenacious weekend , with a mountain of regular old two - mean solar day weekends in between . Since you know you ’re back to work on Monday , liven up this weekend by kicking back with another edition ofMacworld’sWeekly Wrap , where we fill you in on our biggest stories from the week gone by ....

July 9, 2011 · 4 min · 784 words · Gabriel Chen

Übermask 1.1

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Mac users seek ways to keep files and brochure shroud on their Macs have a plethora of option . Some selection , likesparse images , are built right into Mac OS X. Others , like Nova Media’sÜbermask , compliment OS X in a lucid , helpful fashion . Übermask allows users to hide files or booklet from view by show them unseeable to Finder , Spotlight and even popular add - on utilities likeQuicksilverandAlfred ....

July 9, 2011 · 3 min · 433 words · Pamela Richardson

HeadRoom Micro Amp + Micro DAC

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict In my coverage of under-$100 headphones for Macworld , I ’ve been systematically impressed by the heavy quality today ’s models are up to of when paired with an iPod , iPhone , iPad , or Mac . But there ’s a whole ‘ nother globe out there — one where vendors are n’t thrust to cut corners in term of component , purpose , and manufacturing in society to hit a “ consumer ” price period ....

July 8, 2011 · 18 min · 3729 words · Paul Alexander

Mindful 1.1

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Viewing and get at your calendar take forth bits of your clip every fourth dimension you need to wait at it throughout the day . Those instant add up and can be disruptive . give a quick way to see what ’s coming up while keeping your workflow moving along is a priceless time saver . Mindful(Mac App Store tie-in ) presents your calendar on your desktop , but under any windows or icons ....

July 8, 2011 · 2 min · 343 words · Brandon Roy

Reading on the iPad: magazines

In many ways , I now find it more enjoyable to take magazines on the iPad than on paper . But publishers have yet to figure out exactly how to make the business concern side of iPad publishing work . From Pages to Apps In most cases , what you get from Zinio is essentially a PDF of a printed magazine , with a few perks . For example , you could tap link in a table of subject matter to parachute to story ; you could call up those lists of mental object — which show page thumbnail or story titles and descriptions — anytime ....

July 8, 2011 · 5 min · 899 words · Amy Mason