iTunes 9

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Last September , Apple debuted iTunes 8 , which brought some major new characteristic ( Genius playlists , a new visualizer ) , a turn of subtlety for browsing and wangle your media ( Grid view , better podcast control ) , and Modern iTunes depot offering ( HD television set show , a unexampled computer memory design ) . Only a year subsequently , we ’re already at iTunes 9 ....

September 11, 2009 · 24 min · 5018 words · Mary Keller

Producing the Macworld Podcast

Recently , Rob Griffiths proffer insight into how he produce his episode of the Macworld Video . This resulted in some confirmatory chromaticity and shout for data on how we produce the Macworld Podcast . As the podcast ’s host and producer I can extend some perceptiveness of my own on that subject . Gear I produce the podcast from my home base office . My microphone of choice is a vintageAKG C 414 EB ....

September 8, 2009 · 9 min · 1873 words · Courtney Lee

Intel releases first Nehalem chip for mainstream PCs

A class after its launching , Intel is pushing the Nehalem microarchitecture into mainstream PC with the release of its first Core i5 chip on Tuesday . The Core i5 - 750 is a space - Congress of Racial Equality mainframe aim at background PCs where multimedia is a anteriority . It is the first chip based on the Nehalem design that will be aimed at microcomputer price for the mainstream ....

September 7, 2009 · 3 min · 525 words · Kelly Perez

Report: iPhone MMS delay down to AT&T’s network

Should you be a stickler for signs galactic , there are less than two weeks left in summertime , which entail two weeks for AT&T to deliver on its promise of a “ late summertime ” reaching appointment for the iPhone ’s Multimedia Messaging Service ( MMS ) support . Apple denote the iPhone 3.0 software , which include support for MMS , at its June Worldwide Developer Conference , but in the inclination of supporting carriers , AT&T was conspicuously absent ....

September 3, 2009 · 3 min · 635 words · Brian Thomas

The $300 blogger challenge

If you ’re looking to promote your rocking horse , try out to develop customers , or just want to entertain the mass , the Web is rapidly becoming the medium of selection . These day , that means setting up a blog — preferably one that feature video and podcasts as well as text . Starting a multimedia blog is n’t gruelling . Mainly you demand tools for creating and entrance capacity and the means for staying up - to - date in your area of expertise — technology , in my case ....

September 1, 2009 · 8 min · 1590 words · William Shelton

Apple’s Snow Leopard OS: Ultimate Upgrade FAQ

In buildingSnow Leopard , the a la mode rendering ofMac OS X(version 10.6 ) , Apple focused more onunder - the - hood improvementsto rise speedand stabilitythan on supply novel features . That contrast with its precursor , Leopard ( Mac OS X 10.5 ) , whichadded more than 300 unexampled featureswhen it was released two years ago . In Snow Leopard , Apple focalize on making the oculus sinister run quicker using technologies like Grand Central Dispatch ( which allow a Mac with a multi - core CPU to more effectively distribute study among CORE ) and OpenCL ( which allows a Mac ’s nontextual matter central processing unit to be used for general computing chore whenever possible ) , and making all the heart and soul system applications and most center components 64 - bit ....

August 27, 2009 · 13 min · 2640 words · Andrew Porter

Find bargains online

on-line shopping exemplifies the gizmo of the Web : you could compare prices between retailers without leaving the comfort of your house . But the true stunner of denounce on the ‘ net is in letting the Web do that workforyou . Here are a few tips for finding the best prices on many type of retail products . 1. Check price-comparison sites If you ’re in the market for a particular product , whether it ’s an inkjet printer or a pair of shoes , the Web is full of tool to help you witness the well deal ....

August 24, 2009 · 4 min · 667 words · Michael Macdonald

9 Web-based office productivity suites

Both Google and Microsoft are making big promises about browser app - based environments that appropriate you to access document , spreadsheets , calendars , contacts , and more , all in one place online . But so far , it ’s not only open how these system of rules will work or what they will be able to do . Google ’s Chrome OS , for example , will be designed principally to get you online faster ....

August 21, 2009 · 19 min · 3976 words · Robin Sanders

Mac News Briefs: Default Folder X ready for Snow Leopard

summate Default Folder X to the tilt of apps that offer supporting for Apple ’s upcoming Mac OS ten 10.6 update . St. Clair Software on Monday rolled out Default Folder X 4.3 , which adds full backing for Snow Leopard to the file dialog enhancement utility . Default Folder Xlets you assign default folders for each app program . The utility also induce recently used and preferent file and folders easily accessible , and it lets the heart-to-heart and Save duologue boxes think back the last folder and file you worked with in each coating ....

August 17, 2009 · 3 min · 613 words · Anthony Melton

Sony moves its e-book reader technology in the right direction

I recently proclaimed the danger of vendor lock - in in the nascent east - script referee market place , so I was delighted this week to see Sony take a very positive footfall in this centering : The party has announced plans to support the ePub standard in its own eBook Store . Sony is contend with Amazon andits popular Kindle deviceto be certain . tocopherol - book bought through Amazon....

August 14, 2009 · 4 min · 730 words · Molly Horne

iTunes 9: A wish list

The up-to-the-minute hearsay banging around the Mac Web is that Apple will be infix a Modern version of iTunes next calendar month . Given Apple ’s caterpillar track record with iTunes versions ( iTunes 5 was expel in September of 2005 , iTunes 7 in September 2006 , and iTunes 8 was released in September 2008 … iTunes 6 was the geek , released a month after iTunes 5 in October of 2005 ) it is secure to say that iTunes 9 will probably be running on your Mac , and mine , sometime next calendar month ....

August 13, 2009 · 4 min · 688 words · Joshua Moreno

The Macalope Weekly: The anecdotal tempest

paginate Mr. Godwin . Mr. Godwin , please come to the white courtesy iPhone . Yes , this week it ’s more engineering industriousness pundits running off the rails about the Apple tablet and the iPhone . But do n’t worry , the Macalope ’s baffle the Twitter pop for when learned person get you down . Tablet derangement syndrome Apparently PC World has Michael Scalisi on the Apple beat full - sentence , which they imagine requires a lot of insurance coverage of a equipment that , as far as anyone sleep with , does n’t exist ....

August 13, 2009 · 6 min · 1143 words · Jeremiah Baxter

5 photo contests you could actually win

You ’ve pass a quite a little of money on digital camera , lenses , lights , memory cards , statement book , and course of instruction . Is n’t it time your photography rocking horse repaid the favor ? The on-line picture community is fill with amateur competitions that award booty for the most creative and push pleasing image . Here are five competitions for a chain of styles and skill levels ....

August 7, 2009 · 5 min · 1004 words · Adriana Dodson