Mighty messenger

Google was n’t the first company to declare oneself free e - chain armour account that you could access in a WWW web browser . But Gmail leave an remarkably muscular amount of depot ( at least 2.8 GB per exploiter ) , excellent junk e-mail filtering , and the convenience of fast , dependable Google searching through all those GB of store e - mail . Plus , you get all this in exchange for nothing more than some little , relevant , and unnoticeable textbook ads that appear near your messages in your web web browser window ....

July 10, 2007 · 8 min · 1498 words · Samuel Brennan

GameTap officially opens for the Mac

After announcing design to fetch its full gaming overhaul to the Macintosh in June , GameTaphas denote its sacking for Intel - based Macs . GameTap — have by Turner Broadcasting Service — lets Mac and PC user recreate hundreds of classic arcade game from the halcyon era of coin - manoeuvre arcade games and earlier generations of plate video recording biz consoles . The service is subscription - based ....

July 9, 2007 · 2 min · 423 words · Courtney Wilson

In the shadow of the iPhone

Eighteen days . The number hung over the auditorium like fog on a grey-haired San Francisco day . Although Steve Jobs spend most of his keynote address at June ’s Worldwide Developers Conference ( WWDC ) talk over the next version of Mac OS X ( Leopard ) , the impending release of the iPhone , which is go under for June 29 , colored every aspect of the presentment ....

July 9, 2007 · 5 min · 918 words · Katherine Garcia

Mac meets Windows

Parallels report Thanks for writing the article about running Windows on a Mac ( “ 4 way to Windows , ” May 2007 ) . I have one dubiousness : I ’m about to buy a new Mac miniskirt . I ’d really like to purchase Apple ’s Bluetooth keyboard and creep with it . But in your article , you said Parallels ’ Bluetooth support was inadequate . Should I just use Boot Camp instead?...

July 9, 2007 · 7 min · 1413 words · Kimberly Franklin

Notes from DevCamp: Developers tackle iPhone apps

People once bought just - on - the - market gadgets because they wanted the groundbreaking functionality those gadgets provided . Now , it ’s plebeian to grease one’s palms a twist and then straight off seek to enter out how to change or enhance its capabilities . It only hold a workweek after Apple released the iPhone for its new owners to need to get together and share all they ’d learned about hacking their phones ....

July 9, 2007 · 6 min · 1195 words · Shelby Fields

Anywhere wordsmith

Until recently , no one would have retrieve seriously about doing tidings work in a connection web web browser . Sure , you could spell and do very basic redaction in a handsome featureless textual matter theater , but the tools for function with text were archaic at best . As Google Docs capably demonstrates , those twenty-four hour period are over . Docs both handle the basics and offer powerful collaboration characteristic that make it easy to exploit on document with other multitude ....

July 8, 2007 · 10 min · 1929 words · Monica Knapp

Compressor 3.0.1

With translation 3.0.1 , Compressor joins the ranks of forward-looking , rapid video - compression tools such as Sorenson Squeeze ( ) and Autodesk ’s Cleaner 6.5 . Compressor 3.0.1 provide a simple setup for administer rendering and most unflawed transcoding to Apple ’s newfangled ProRes 422 codec . The programme now has the tools needed for a majority of compression tasks : third - company plug - in keep for professional encryption operation , filter capability for on - screen timecode burning and watermark protection , and changing a television ’s look proportion or frame rate during compression ....

July 8, 2007 · 6 min · 1153 words · Joseph Ramos

iConiCal 1.2

Appleintroduced iCalback in July 2002 . Yet here we are , five years later , and iCal ’s Dock iconstillshows the current date only when iCal is actually execute . Quit iCal , and time suddenly retrovert back ( or forrader , depend on your perspective ) to July 17 . ( Incidentally , July 17 was the date , in 2002 , when iCal was announce . ) Which is odd , when you think about it ....

July 8, 2007 · 3 min · 599 words · Henry Henry

The iPhone explored: Calling and contacts

Macworld ’s look at the different functions of the iPhone continues with this feel at its headphone features . Previous installment focused on music and television playback and exposure potentiality . The iPhone pack a lot of features into its 4.5 - by-2.4 - by-0.46 - in human body . But first and foremost , it ’s a earpiece . And if it ’s to be a successful one , the iPhone needs to make connecting with your contacts as simple as the push of a button ....

July 8, 2007 · 8 min · 1496 words · Monique Johnston DDS

Wacky Mini Golf

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict French Mac secret plan developer DanLabGames already had a mini golf game , but that did n’t imply the game ’s architect , Daniel Labriet , did n’t conceive he could n’t do better . Hence the company ’s recent passing ofWacky Mini Golf , the successor to Islands Mini Golf . There certainly are similarity between the two games — both use an island motive with mini golf course set on the body of water ....

July 8, 2007 · 4 min · 847 words · Bethany Banks

What computer should I buy?

Joe : I ’m in the market for a new reckoner . Any hint ? Jane : corrupt a Mac . Joe : But expect ; I have n’t told you anything about my requirements ! Jane : Ah , yes , you ’re right . Sorry about that . Are you a hard - core group gamer who postulate the rank latest in system and video card hardware ?...

July 8, 2007 · 3 min · 564 words · Terry Young

Coda 1.0.3

If you ’re like many Mac - based Web developers , you have a regular set of workings creature : a textbook editor in chief , an FTP client , a CSS editor , an e - book or two , a internet web browser , and the Apple Terminal windowpane . And contribute that you have a circumscribed amount of screen existent estate , you ’re no doubt constantly switching between them ....

July 5, 2007 · 4 min · 828 words · William Reeves

Developers gather to design Apple iPhone apps

After this weekend , if everything rifle according to plan , you ’ll be able to download the first vane 2.0 - based applications optimize for theApple iPhone . The apps will halt from the collective wit of developers , designers , and testers who turn out for this weekend’siPhone Developers Campin San Francisco . “ It ’s going to be the largest gathering of iPhone proprietor — we’ll probably have at least 150 iPhones in the same room , ” promises event personal organiser Raven Zachary ....

July 5, 2007 · 5 min · 999 words · Robert Wilkerson