Leopard looms off Aruba

Hello from the Caribbean ! Yes , it ’s that time of twelvemonth , whenMacworldeditors write about what ’s going on at the late MacMania sail — where gobs of Mac users ( but not you ) are mixing a fantastic , exotic holiday with the latest and greatest Mac info from a team of adept speakers . This installment , MacMania 7 , is a 10 - twenty-four hours cruise in the Caribbean aboard theMS Volendamwith the highlight of the tripper being a passing into the Panama Canal ....

November 5, 2007 · 6 min · 1183 words · Kristen Scott

Analysis: Google’s Android adds to mobile complexity

While Google may be pitching its new mobile computer software political platform as a way to unite the mobile market , even members of the new alinement recollect other than . Google billed the platform as one primarily aimed at making it easy for app developer to write applications that can break away on any phone . But French telephone Creator and operators are regarding Android , the fresh Linux - based mobile telephone set software program announced Monday , as one more of many platform that they already apply ....

November 4, 2007 · 4 min · 764 words · Elizabeth Pennington

MYOB FirstEdge 3

I ’ve been using MYOB FirstEdge to meet my little commercial enterprise account statement need since it first came to market back in 2002 ( ) . My reasons for take FirstEdge are quite dim-witted : The programme meets my very basic pauperization with the same layer of lineament as its much more expensive sibling , MYOB AccountEdge 2007 ( ) , or of any of its competitors , like Intuit ’s QuickBooks ....

November 4, 2007 · 5 min · 865 words · Lauren Cox

Bugs & Fixes: Fix Leopard glitches

Who wants the excitement of installing a unexampled operating system to be muffle by dastardly hemipteran ? Here ’s how to deal with problem you might encounter after installing OS 10 10.5 . Stuck at the Blue ScreenAfter you update to Leopard and resume your Mac , you might find yourself stuck at a drear screen . Do n’t panic . The potential cause is an old version ofUnsanity ’s free software Enhancersoftware ....

November 1, 2007 · 3 min · 521 words · Kristen Andrews

ConeColor inks for Epson pro printers

Jon Cone , who for years has been develop thePiezography BWfine - art black - and - white ink sets for Epson printers , this week denote a set of replacement inks for Epson ’s Stylus Pro 4800 , 7800 and 9800 pressman , along with refillable magazine for the ink . harmonize to Jon , ConeColorinks have been formulated to touch the UltraChrome K3 ink exercise set used in those printer , letting you could use the inks with Epson ’s existing ICC profiles , while still saving importantly over Epson ’s ink pricing ....

November 1, 2007 · 3 min · 472 words · Julie Lara

EVE Online developers outline Mac conversion

When EVE Online introduction on the Mac political program in the coming week , it will be thanks to technologies like Python and Cider , the massively multiplayer game ’s developer told attendees at an yearly gather of gaming enthusiast . In a roundtable discussion at this week’sEVE OnlineFanfest in Reykjavik , Iceland , the developers and quality assurance faculty responsible for for bringing the biz to the Mac and Linux platform discussed some of the issues involved bring the game to fresh platforms ....

November 1, 2007 · 5 min · 876 words · Jeff Mathis

First Look: Google Presentations

Google wants to wrench your World Wide Web browser app into an all - purpose app . As if einsteinium - ring armor , word processing , spreadsheets , and programing were n’t enough , you may now also create presentation without leaving your web browser , thanks to Google Presentations . I took a face at the other Google vane applications — Docs , Spreadsheets , Calendar , and Gmail — in The Google Office ....

November 1, 2007 · 7 min · 1292 words · Ricardo Schroeder

First Look: Hulu video service

NBC Universal and News Corp. fire what both companies hope is the first shot across the prow of digital capacity giants like Apple ’s iTunes Store and Google ’s YouTube with the launching of a secret beta variant of Hulu , their long - have a bun in the oven Web - base video program . Positioned as a competition to both on-line media stores and free video - deal sites , Huluis mostly an attempt by content supplier to exert more controller over their own intersection , abbreviate out middlemen such as Apple ....

November 1, 2007 · 8 min · 1641 words · Michelle Reilly

More from the land of ice and snow

EVE Online makersCCP Gameshave turned up the heat onits gameand Mac news program this hebdomad at itsFanfestin Reykjavik , Iceland , and it ’s a secure thing , because the weather is pretty cold . In fact , it ’s been reminding me a lot of “ Immigrant Song ” by Led Zeppelin : We come from the state of the crank and snowfrom the midnight sunshine where the spicy springs reversal ....

November 1, 2007 · 4 min · 767 words · Michael Davila

MySpace joins Google’s OpenSocial project

Google ’s OpenSocial got a major boost on Thursday when MySpace , the world ’s most pop social networking internet site , declare it will enter in the project to streamline the creation and adoption of societal Web applications . This means that MySpace , like other OpenSocial participants , will be able to offer all applications created by third - party developers that are compatible with the OpenSocial coating programming interface ( API ) ....

November 1, 2007 · 5 min · 917 words · Samantha Lowery

NovaMind 4 Pro

head - mapping is a pattern of visual outlining that can help oneself you get a better overview of your projects , open your thinker when brainstorming , take notes , and organize disparate ideas easily . Unlike text - based outline , mind maps do n’t lock you into a fixed upright structure : you could move items around , modify their spatial human relationship , and link them as you require ....

November 1, 2007 · 5 min · 899 words · Valerie Rodriguez

PC World: AT&T adds int’l flat-rate iPhone data plans

After much ado this summer about giant iPhone notice that ratchet down up so high because of international data roaming fee , AT&T has introduced two flat - rate datum plans . Heavy Internet and chain mail users will apprize the $ 60 Data Global Plan , offers 50 M of data per calendar month in 29 Asiatic and European nation ; more casual users will like the $ 25 20 MB program ....

November 1, 2007 · 2 min · 401 words · Cody Brown

Revisiting the OptiBay with Time Machine

Back in June , I covered MCE ’s OptiBay Hard Drive , a unequaled acclivity for MacBooks and MacBook Pros that replace the laptop computer ’s ocular drive with a second intragroup heavy drive . ( You employ an outside optical drive when necessary . ) As I notice back then , the ascent is n’t for everyone , but it ’s a slap-up solution for masses who need to maximise their on - the - go laborious - drive space , want a totally freestanding drive for Windows ( via Boot Camp ) , or desire the security of always having a bootable backup right there inside their laptop computer ....

November 1, 2007 · 4 min · 795 words · Robert Williams