Windows on Mac and DRM

This sequence of the Macworld Podcast looks squarely at Apple but just a fleck to the left and right field of the Mac . To the left field are Apple ’s past and present digital rights management effort . To the right wing , running Windows on the Mac . Somewhere in between , the opening of Boston ’s Boylston Street Apple Store . We cover all three in episode 121 ....

May 20, 2008 · 2 min · 358 words · Tamara Rice

AT&T: With partners like this…

About this clip last year , most every conversation I had with someone started to sound like this once they come up out where I solve for a support and what I did there . Them : So you write about Apple products ? Me : That ’s correct . Them : That ’s cool … so what do you think about this iPhone that ’s get out ? How ’s that going to do ?...

May 19, 2008 · 6 min · 1227 words · Victoria Williamson

Essential mobile gear

For many people , laptops are just a way to take work down to the corner café . But for honest road warriors , portable computing means fetch along all your computing necessary without having to schedule a sojourn to the chiropractor . As aMacworldeditor , I ’m often asked what I pack in my laptop bag ; here ’s a look at the kinds of accessories that are on my must - have on - the - go list , along with some specific examples of them ....

May 15, 2008 · 6 min · 1217 words · Savannah Johnson

Review: HP Photosmart Pro B8850

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict The incoming grade of the archival - timber photo pressman market is heating up flop now , with the simultaneous spill of Epson ’s Stylus Photo R1900 ( ) and HP ’s Photosmart Pro B8850 . HP ’s entry is a lower - price rendering of the Photosmart Pro B9180 ( ) , offer that model ’s very expert photographic print calibre and substantial feature ( with a few thinking omissions ) at a low terms ....

May 15, 2008 · 7 min · 1358 words · Jason Richardson

EarthLink to remove Philadelphia Wi-Fi

EarthLink next calendar month will close down its Philadelphia Wi - Fi electronic web , the flagship of its now - flash municipal wireless initiative , and then remove it from the city ’s street lights . Unless a deal to hand over the connection can be salvaged , it will be a somber ending to the projection that put municipal Wi - Fi on the mapping in the U.S. just three years ago ....

May 13, 2008 · 4 min · 654 words · Andrea Weiss

Widespread iPhone shortages fuel 3G rumors

Apple ’s iPhone has gone missing from most retail shelf , fueling speculation that the arriver a new version of the fluid machine — possibly featuring support for faster 3 G wireless technology — is imminent . “ We are currently out of broth , ” Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris confirm on Monday . That goes for brick - and - trench mortar Apple Stores as well . Macworldcalled five Apple Stores located across the U....

May 12, 2008 · 6 min · 1243 words · Janice Lambert

Aspyr reveals Game Agent online store details

Digital River on Thursday let on a collaborationism with Mac secret plan publisherAspyr Mediato create Aspyr ’s long - expect online game store . The store is coming this summertime , according to the statement . Back in 2006 , Aspyr first announced plans to develop Gamerhood , their solution to dwindle away ledge space for Mac biz . The party envisioned it as an on-line statistical distribution system to enable users to buy games then download them , rather than suffer to go to a store and buy a strong-arm box ....

May 8, 2008 · 3 min · 477 words · Evan Chan

Cablevision plans Wi-Fi network in NYC

A day after Comcast and Time Warner Cable announced investments in aWiMax stick venturespearheaded by Sprint and Clearwire , Cablevision say it would build its own wireless broadband internet , using Wi - Fi . While Cablevision ’s promulgation may vocalise outdated given the failures of some once - hot municipal Wi - Fi networks , its model makes horse sense , said Phil Solis , an analyst with ABI Research ....

May 8, 2008 · 2 min · 369 words · Hector Lopez

The new rules for buying a Mac

The earthly concern has a lot of spontaneous dominion : In societal etiquette . In baseball game . And in buy estimator . For years , we have unquestioningly followed legion oral ruler when purchase a Mac . Like many customs , these rule were once free-base on a foundation of facts and ground . But in the past few years , many longstanding Mac truths have been upend . All Macs run on multiple - core Intel processors now ....

May 7, 2008 · 16 min · 3302 words · David Townsend

Mac buying advice

computer hardware takes midway point in this edition of the Macworld Podcast — whether it ’s calculator built by Apple or Mac OS decade - compatible machines from other sources . In the first one-half of the podcast , I ’m unite by senior word editor program Jonathan Seff , one of the co - authors of “ The New Rules for grease one’s palms a Mac , ” which appears in the June 2008 issue of Macworld ....

May 6, 2008 · 3 min · 486 words · Claudia Brennan

Starbucks free Wi-Fi vanishes into thin air

As a wise man once said , “ Starbucks giveth and Starbucks taketh away . ” Scant days after iPhone users cover ascertain complimentary entree at certain coffee chain locations that had switched to new Wi - Fi provider AT&T , that feature article now seems to have vanished into the divinyl ether . I revisit the Davis Square , Somerville , location at whichI’d find devoid access last week ....

May 6, 2008 · 2 min · 394 words · Matthew Barnes

After abandoning iTunes, NBC shows up on Zune

After a pricing pettifoggery with Apple led NBC to pull its video recording subject matter from iTunes , the spreader has struck a lot with Microsoft ’s Zune online store . On Tuesday , as part of an announcement about new Zune features , Microsoft planned to say that it will start selling television program at the Zune store for viewing on its portable music player . NBC is among the broadcasters provide telecasting for the service ....

May 5, 2008 · 4 min · 691 words · Deborah Rivera

T-Mobile launches 3G in NYC

T - Mobile launch its first 3 G ( third - generation ) web , in New York , but customers ca n’t yet use the fast speeds that the web offers . Customers can apply phones that will let them download data at UMTS ( Universal Mobile Telecommunications System ) speeds of as flying as 384 K bps ( bite per second ) . While the meshwork affirm HSDPA ( High Speed Downlink Packet Access ) , which offers download stop number of around 1 M bits per second , T - Mobile does n’t have any handsets yet that are compatible with the web ....

May 5, 2008 · 3 min · 568 words · Cynthia Baird