Firefox tries again for URI fix, adds Leopard support

Mozilla has released a decisive security update to Firefox , take a third shot at patching hemipteran in the mode the web internet browser can be used to set in motion program from Web link . Thebug , rated “ temperate ” by Mozilla , lies in the URI ( Uniform Resource Identifier ) protocol handling engineering science that is used to launch programs — an east - mail client for example — from within the browser app ....

October 18, 2007 · 3 min · 555 words · Brittany Welch

Reset selected Web data in Safari 3

If you ’re using Apple’sSafari 3 Public Beta(which will become final when OS X 10.5 ships next week ) , here ’s a little feature film you may not have spot yet . In Safari 2 , the Safari - > Reset Safari carte item was definitely a “ breaking shabu in case of exigency ” feature . Selecting it wreak up a scary dialog , informing you that choosing this option would basically pass over out your cache , Downloads window , cooky , save up usernames , passwords , and other AutoFill information , and Google search launching ....

October 18, 2007 · 2 min · 388 words · Troy Richardson

The Apple we know and love

In the past few month , you ’ve heard the susurration — that Apple has lose its room , that it was on the road to becoming that most frightful of things — the new Microsoft . Issues like charging for ringtones and bricking unlocked iPhones have got people talking , if by “ talking ” you mean typing WITH CAPS LOCK ON . But just in the preceding few 24-hour interval , Apple ’s made at least three move that could be a falling out in the cloud , reassure me that Apple ’s not ready to join the ranks of the soulless corporations just yet ....

October 18, 2007 · 5 min · 1046 words · Brittany Kim

E for All Expo opens early for VIPs

IDG World Expo ’s inauguralE for All Expogame show opened to high-up at 11:00 AM on Thursday . The outcome , which head for the hills through Sunday , is a consumer - oriented game show at the Los Angeles Convention Center . panjandrum who pre - registered were permit on the show floor early ; the oecumenical public was n’t allowed in until 3:00 p.m. The dignitary lines extend out the door as they assembled into the convention center ’s South Hall to see the more than 70 exhibitor on the show storey ....

October 17, 2007 · 2 min · 350 words · Jimmy Saunders

Excerpt: Getting your Mac ready for OS X 10.5

Over time , most computers accumulate clutter , admit outdated software package , leave downloads , and files you no longer need . Not only can this clutter slow down your Mac and make it intemperate to happen thing , it can cause problem when you perform a major upgrade — incompatibilities may show up , or you may track down out of disk space , for example . In this selection , I suggest that you instal some software update and delete files you do n’t need anymore ....

October 17, 2007 · 10 min · 1967 words · Michael Thompson

Logic training online with MacProVideo

As I observe recently , I ’ve been a Logic Pro exploiter for several years and feel quite convinced in my ability to use the coating for my particular workflow . However , like most things in lifespan , I could always know more , specially with Apple ’s recent tone ending of Logic Pro 8 . The problem is : how can I line up the time to dive into Logic with a busybodied docket , two teenagers , a wife and a cad ?...

October 17, 2007 · 4 min · 736 words · Robert Tucker

Time Machine could give hard-drive sales a jolt

My ally and frequentMacworldcontributorKirk McElhearnwere having a give-and-take about Leopard and its Time Machine back - up feature the other day . We were speak about whether or not people would practice Time Machine , even though it would probably ask most of them to invest in an external ( or interior on some Macs ) punishing drive . I argued that , if it solve as Apple has describe it , Time Machine would get used and would invigorate hoi polloi to spend the money on that hard movement ....

October 17, 2007 · 2 min · 360 words · Cynthia Mcclain

Ambrosia, Games, and Leopard

We peach to a developer whose company is turning out some interesting third - party apps for both the Mac and the iPhone on this episode of the Macworld Podcast . We also tackle the humankind of play , in the form of this week ’s einsteinium for All Expo . There ’s also the small subject of an prescribed ship particular date for Mac OS X 10.5 . So it ’s a very eclectic slate of topics ....

October 16, 2007 · 2 min · 357 words · Melissa Smith

Review: Samsung NV11

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict You get a sense that Samsung ’s NV11 is different just from looking at its black , sculptured body . And there ’s great deal to back up this stamp once you get under the exhaust hood , get with Samsung ’s innovative Smart Touch control system . rather of a maze of circumstantially pronounce control , the 10.1 - megapixel NV11 sports a perpendicular and a horizontal quarrel of identical touch - sensitive buttons ....

October 16, 2007 · 3 min · 476 words · Mary Beltran

Customize your Mac

If you ’re like me , you spend a lot of time using your Mac , extend everything from piece of work to take on . In my sheath , my machine not only help me create my variousMacworldfeatures , but it also pays the bills , compose letters to friends , updates our family ’s website , and can once in a while be found drive a race car or sneaking in a virtual cycle of golf ....

October 15, 2007 · 27 min · 5639 words · Jessica Vega

Pixelmator 1.0.1

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict These days , most Mac users have , to one degree or another , a motive for an image editor in chief , and many require something with more functionality than iPhoto ’s built - in image - redaction tools . It was n’t long ago that the mart was fundamentally Adobe ’s Photoshop at the top withGimpand Graphic Converter fighting for a remote second and third position ....

October 15, 2007 · 7 min · 1309 words · Michelle Cross

Apple faces potential environmental lawsuit

The Center for Environmental Health on Monday say that it has break Apple 60 - days legal bill — a step required by California law before a lawsuit is launched . The action at law is based on the report by environmental group Greenpeace , release earlier today , that found hazardous fabric in Apple ’s iPhone . The Greenpeace test reveal chemical substance that included “ phthalates ” in the vinyl plastic headphone wiring at levels that are prohibited in youthful children ’s toys in San Francisco and the European Union ( EU ) ....

October 14, 2007 · 2 min · 361 words · Christina King

Greenpeace finds hazardous materials in the iPhone

Environmental group Greenpeace on Monday announced that it had found hazardous materials in Apple ’s iPhone . The groupcommissioned the testson the iPhone to measure out both intimate and outside components . According to Greenpeace the examination revealed chemical substance that included “ phthalates ” in the vinyl credit card earphone wiring at levels that are veto in untried children ’s toy in San Francisco and the European Union ( EU ) ....

October 14, 2007 · 2 min · 384 words · David Powell