Printer terminology for the rest of us

It ’s almost axiomatic that thriving industriousness create their own jargon — and nowhere is this truer than in the existence of computer , where vendor borrow , adjust , and coin words on the face of it on a everyday foundation . At some point , however , all the adoption and pun create confusion — peculiarly for the hoi polloi who want tousea engineering . computing machine printer vender have borrowed much of their unique dialect of acronyms , nicknames , and terms from traditional printing , but often put a different spin on the terminology ....

December 8, 2010 · 11 min · 2215 words · David Brooks

ForkLift 2.0 FTP client gets faster, more powerful

The market for Mac FTP clients is by no means lonesome , which is why BinaryNights is attempt to stand out with its late major 2.0 upgrade toForkLift . The new edition gained quite a few new characteristic , including a Cover Flow viewer , Stacks for roll up filing cabinet , and new shaft for managing your transfer queue and your preferent FTP website . ForkLift 2 , the first major unexampled interlingual rendition of the program in four age , has a clear focus on amend your file direction workflow ....

December 7, 2010 · 2 min · 389 words · Randall Bush

26th Annual Editors’ Choice Awards: the complete list

2010 was a bighearted yr for the Mac . The starting time of the year was all about the iPad — follow by the iPhone . But the bombilation and success of those two products dribble down to the Mac . Later in the twelvemonth , we saw upgrades to the Mac lineup , as well as solid augury from Apple that the Mac has n’t been forgotten . With record sales of Macs place by Apple , it ’s a very effective time to make products for the Mac ....

December 6, 2010 · 31 min · 6491 words · Ruben Thompson

Google launches eBookstore with more than 3 million titles

Google on Monday added another volume to the e - script saga withthe introduction of the fellowship ’s eBookstore . The retail process , first annunciate in May for launch in the summertime , falls under the umbrella of Google Books andboasts more than 3 million title , ranging from current bestsellers to classic . The company says that in addition to a Web - based reader , it ’s create free apps for Android and iOS devices , allowing for fluid shopping and reading ( the iOS app was not yet uncommitted for download at this writing , but is on the face of it due in the App Store curtly ) ....

December 6, 2010 · 3 min · 482 words · David Logan

Macworld photo contest: Low light photos

exposure by Ben LongYou guys love to take pic . We do it because ourlast pic contestreceived over 700 amazing entryway which we nail down down to a handful of winner . This time , we ’re get to the fun up to all digital camera — DSLRs , stage - and - shoot , iPhones of all generation , other fluid phones , and summary interchangeable lens photographic camera ....

December 2, 2010 · 3 min · 580 words · Joseph Knight

Neu 1.0.1

Our Verdict A common feature request I get — often from Windows users tack to the Mac , but also from foresighted - clock time Mac users — is for a way to more - apace make a novel filing cabinet in the Finder . In Windows , when you right - click inside a folder , the result contextual menu includes a command to make a new document aright there and then ....

December 2, 2010 · 6 min · 1188 words · Timothy Hernandez

Pantech Laser

Our Verdict The Pantech Laser ( $ 100 with a two - year contract from AT&T ; price as of November 28 , 2010 ) is a slim yet sturdy feature earpiece equipped with a beautiful AMOLED showing and a full QWERTY keyboard . Unfortunately , the Laser ’s overall performance is hurt by an unresponsive and badly apply touchscreen . Thin design, full-QWERTY keyboard quantify 4.45 inches by 2.28 inch by 0....

December 2, 2010 · 5 min · 966 words · Victor Anderson

ClickyTouch update brings Web analytics to iPad

In November , Stephen Reynolds ’s ClickyTouch debut on the iPhone ; the app act as as a client forClicky , a real - time Web analytics service for Website owners . Now ClickyTouch 1.2 not only brings access to retiring dealings data but also add an iPad - specific interface that take full advantage of the tablet ’s larger display . With its adaptation to the iPad , ClickyTouch has win a ground internet browser for apace viewing graph or any of your website ’s pages live on the WWW ....

December 1, 2010 · 2 min · 312 words · Leah Velasquez

Mac of the future: the connections

Tavis CoburnCurrent Macs have USB 2.0 ( for wired peripherals ) , FireWire 800 ( ditto mark ) , Bluetooth 2.1+EDR ( for short - range wireless connections ) , 802.11n Wi - Fi ( for local - region wireless networking ) , and gigabit ethernet ( for wired meshwork ) . With the exclusion of that last one , all of those criterion are slate to switch over the next two years ....

November 30, 2010 · 8 min · 1571 words · Hunter Garcia

Remains of the Day: Leftovers

call up you ’d seen the last of me after Thanksgiving , eh ? No such lot , remainder … ER . The turkey and dressing may be function , but there ’s still plenty of leftovers in the technical school universe . aid yourself to the latest letter from Steve Jobs , another case of Apple laying the smack down , and some desirous photoshopping by Verizon . You may want to loosen your belt a couple of notches before you turn over into the rest for Tuesday , November 30 , 2010 ....

November 30, 2010 · 3 min · 433 words · Jeffery Schneider

Setting up iPhone tethering

The iPhone has a 3 deoxyguanosine monophosphate modem work up into it that lets the phone access high - focal ratio mobile information and voice web . So why ca n’t we use that same built - in modem with our laptop when we ’re traveling rather of having to grease one’s palms a separate 3 gravitational constant modem or cellular router for the electronic computer and pay a disjoined monthly service fee ?...

November 30, 2010 · 7 min · 1326 words · Dustin Sparks

Survey: iPad gaining on Kindle in e-reader market

The e - proofreader food market has sure enough exploded since Amazon ’s presentation of the Kindle back in 2007 ; there are now a wide variety of options available for your e - Quran - make love friend or family penis . Despite this , the Kindle and iPad stay on the top two e - reading devices consumer own or wish to purchase , according tothe latest ChangeWave survey , release on Monday ....

November 30, 2010 · 3 min · 607 words · Caroline Wang

Holiday shopping: Last-minute digital entertainment gifts

You just realized you forgot to buy holiday gifts for some of the people in your life , and there ’s no metre to go to the store or have anything shipped without express obstetrical delivery charges higher than the cost of the talent itself . Thankfully , the digital entertainment lovers on your last - minute list are n’t out of fortune . Many sites now let you send due east - send gift codes that are instantly reformable for euphony , movie , or e - Christian Bible downloads ....

November 29, 2010 · 5 min · 1025 words · Meghan Stafford