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A lot is made of web internet browser market - share figure . They ’re a fashion to trail the penetration of Mac OS X , via the appearance of Safari in server log . And of course they also track the maturation of the Firefox Web web internet browser , as it gradually eats into the market - portion trail of Microsoft ’s Internet Explorer . For a while now I ’ve been meaning to search at our own statistic : the combine Web stats for Macworld , Playlist , and Mac OS disco biscuit Hints ....

Do you utilize a background - only program ( no docking facility icon ) that ’s decisive to your workflow ? Something like Quicksilver , Butler , LaunchBar , orSnapzProX ? Like intimately all OS X applications , these programs do n’t crash very often . However , when they do , it can be troublesome , because they usually just sit there quietly in the desktop , waiting for you to do something ....

While Parallels , Fusion , and CrossOver are good for flow Windows apps from within OS X , if you want the ended Windows experience , you require Apple’sBoot Camp . In complimentary public beta at the time of this writing , and slat for inclusion body in Mac OS X 10.5 , Boot Camp is unlike the other three plan : it does n’t allow you persist Windows apps alongside your OS XTC apps ....

Adobe Bridge CS3 is much more than a data file web browser , but much less than Adobe Photoshop Lightroom ( ) . The new version of the Creative Suite ’s command and control center provide far more feature of speech for managing photos and other digital asset , and give you lots of flexibleness for viewing and organizing data point , but it stops short of being a full - mature photo - management tool , such as Apple ’s Aperture ( ) or Lightroom ....

A few week ago , I talked about ExpressCard - slot carte du jour readers , which permit you view the pic on your computer storage wit without taking up much blank space in your udder . But what if you ’re already using your ExpressCard time slot for something else , or you have a MacBook or other Mac laptop without such a slot ? You release to your USB ports ....

The rapid HP Officejet Pro K5400 is an ink - spurt printer design for businesses . It can impress decent - quality gloss or gray - scale of measurement documents , as well as surprisingly good photos . And it print color or gray - scale documents at speeds like to those of many laser printer . The most significant feature film this printer lacks is Ethernet networking compatibility — it sustain only USB connectivity ....

I love Vegas as much as the next someone , but a few days at a time in Sin City to extend theNAB barter showis more than enough for me . Everything is much farther away from everything else than it looks , I ca n’t drink enough urine to keep from getting dehydrate , and the city always finds some way or another to take my money — especially the activities I ca n’t write off ....

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict The Sims and The Sims 2 are EA and Aspyr ’s fabled series of simulated life games that put you in the part of an omniscient and more or less omnipotent perceiver of the lives of hoi polloi , called Sims , who go about their casual lifetime . You help them find occupation , grace their home , make friends , and finally establish relationships that lead to families ....

iMovie 6 ’s Media chit is a very handy puppet for tally audio and visual impression to your movie projects — assume your media are in a folder that ’s list in either the Audio or Photos tab within the Media segment . But what if they ’re not ? For instance , I will sometimes use a desktop picture as the desktop behind some scrolling textual matter . I can haul the image to be used into iMovie each time , of course , but thing would be much simpler if I could just make my substance abuser ’s Pictures folder available on the Photos pill in the Media shaft ....

You do n’t have to drop a flock of clip in Hollywood to see instances where Apple ’s Final Cut Studio is being put to utilise in film- and idiot box - yield . And , given the latest changes to the update editing suite announced earlier this week , analyst are n’t carry Final Cut ’s popularity to fade any prison term soon . unveil last Sunday by Apple at the National Association of Broadcasters barter show in Las Vegas , Final Cut Studio 2 introduces a number of modification to the applications that make up the video - production suite ....

This weekMacworldhas sport a multi - part serial on run Windows on your Intel - free-base Mac entitle Four style to Windows , covering Boot Camp , Parallels Desktop , VMWare Fusion , and CrossOver for Mac . There ’s another Mac - to - Windows applied science that merits a credit — TransGaming ’s Cider technology . In all comeliness , a direct comparison to these other technologies is n’t appropriate as Cider is n’t something you’re able to go out to a stock and purchase or download from a Web site ....

CodeWeavers’CrossOver Macis unique among virtualization syllabus in that it does n’t in reality demand a copy of Windows . That ’s right : once you ’ve paid CodeWeavers your $ 60 ( $ 70 for a CD ) , you ’re quick to start installing Windows programs , without paying Microsoft a dime . How is that potential ? CrossOver is a Mac execution ofWine , which provides versions of Windows - aboriginal libraries , so it appears to Windows apps that they ’re in a real Windows operat - ing system ....

As has been widely reported , the iTunes Store is offering aGreat Albums sale . flick the connection and you ’re read to a page at The Store where you could opt from 101 classic album from the 50 through the 00s priced at just $ 7.99 each . We ’re not talking second - rate fabric here . Among the album you findMiles ’ Kind of Blue , The Beach Boy ’s Pet Sounds , theStones ’ Beggars BanquetandSticky Fingers , Marvin Gaye ’s What ’s pass On , Janis Joplin ’s Pearl , The Who ’s Who ’s Next , Pink Floyd ’s Dark Side of the Moon , Prince ’s 1999andPurple Rain , U2 ’s WarandThe Joshua Tree , The Beastie Boys ’ Licensed to Ill , Nirvana ’s Nevermind , Smashing Pumpkins ’ Siamese Dream , haven ’ unquestionably perchance , andEminem ’s The Marshall Mathers LP ....