The Next X

In a yr that has been chockablock with big announcements from Apple ( the MacBook and MacBook Pro , Intel versions of the iMac and the Mac mini , the Mac Pro tugboat , and a lot of new iPods — and that ’s just the hardware ) , one announcement attracted more attention than any other : Steve Jobs ’s prevue of OS X 10.5 , also know as Leopard , at last summer ’s Worldwide Developers Conference ....

December 4, 2006 · 6 min · 1254 words · Robert Bishop

The year in Mac games: Seven trends for ’06

macintosh gamers often find oneself themselves on the wrong side of disparities with the personal computer gaming market . But there ’s one prospect of microcomputer gambling that Mac user should be grateful not to replicate — microcomputer game sales plummeted in 2006 . Meanwhile , on the Mac side of things , the commercial-grade game publishers I ’ve talked to have suppose that unit sales did n’t drop dramatically this year ....

December 4, 2006 · 13 min · 2609 words · Tammie Myers

WoW update adds multi-threaded OpenGL on Intel Macs

Blizzard Entertainment has released an update to its massively multiplayer on-line role playing gameWorld of Warcraft(WoW ) . The new 2.0.1 update is uncommitted for download from the WoW servers the next time you connect , and have a major execution melioration for Intel - based Mac drug user . World of Warcraft is the popular on-line RPG available for both Mac OS X and Windows . place in the world of Azeroth , scene of past Warcraft real - metre scheme game battles , WoW puts you in the theatrical role of a hero of various slipstream within the plot that are coordinate into two factions : The Alliance and The Horde ....

December 4, 2006 · 3 min · 584 words · Billy Rice

Macworld’s 2006 Game Hall of Fame

If you ’re a pessimist , 2006 might have looked like a bleak year for Mac gambling . There were few major releases , even before the passage to Intel mainframe added more items to game developers ’ to - do tilt . significant game makers cut back on their oblation during the year . And the biggest thing to slay Mac play was the ability to install and run Windows on Intel - establish Macs — unfortunately , however , the programs that allowed this were n’t really quick to do by the graphics- and heavy - intensive games that PC users take for grant ....

December 3, 2006 · 10 min · 1999 words · John Rodriguez

All you need is Hub

Computer - based video is everywhere now . you could get it from your video camera and your digital tv camera , you could make your own movies using iMovie or other multimedia apps , and the Internet is a regular cornucopia of clips . Which is dandy news for proprietor of 5th - genesis iPods , since you ’ve got so many places to get stuff for your spiffy portable movie player ....

November 30, 2006 · 8 min · 1510 words · Gary Perez

Excerpt: Take Control of Digital TV

The long - hyped digital convergence of home media is at long last under way . Digital TV is the key to bringing this unification to your own home . In this excerption , I briefly explicate how to fetch your boob tube - base and electronic computer - based systems together in gross concord . Consider an A/V Receiver Instead of attaching all your sound and video inputs to the dissimilar connectors on your DTV set , or daisy - chaining them in a potentially signaling - degrading sequence from one machine to another , you’re able to buy an A / V receiving system to act as the hub of your home base amusement connection ....

November 30, 2006 · 13 min · 2684 words · Douglas Lawson

Open Unix manual pages in OS X 10.4’s Preview

Many Unix commands admit comparatively elaborated manuals . You access these manuals using themancommand , as inman cporman ls . For simple Unix commands , readingmanpages in Terminal is fine . But for anything even slightly long — or especially for something gargantuan likeman bash — I encounter Preview to be a much skillful solution . you’re able to search for dustup , easy scan backwards and forwards , keep the whole thing as a PDF for future citation , change the soar storey of the document , and so much more ....

November 30, 2006 · 5 min · 959 words · Lydia Andrews

PocketMac for BlackBerry 4.0

inquiry In Motion ’s BlackBerry is one of the easiest - to - habit equipment I ’ve ever encountered . The BlackBerry is unmatched in its simplicity of doing what it does best — observe in touch with the great unwashed via e - post . Unfortunately , the software program that allow you to sync the BlackBerry and your Mac does not bring quite as well . Information Appliance Associates recently update its PocketMac for BlackBerry sync software program to version 4....

November 30, 2006 · 3 min · 603 words · Tyler Smith

The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile 3.0

You may have reckon purchase a smart phone or hand-held personal organiser that work Microsoft ’s Windows Mobile operating organization , but as a Mac user , you ’re unable to synchronize data point to your data processor out of the box . fortuitously , you do n’t require to wait for Microsoft to bestow compatibility upon the machine . The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile 3.0 , from Mark / Space , provide all the tools you involve to transfer your personal data point ....

November 30, 2006 · 3 min · 511 words · James Williams

InspireData

InspireData is a firm , straight information analytic thinking tool for child from fourth class through high school , which math , science , and social science teacher can use to help their students ferment abstract data into practical understanding . Using a simple and well-to-do to understand spreadsheet - style data point entry system , students can chop-chop make a variety of graph types ( such as Venn diagram ) , rearrange the datum in a variety of ways , and even sum controls to liven up the data found on different criteria ....

November 29, 2006 · 4 min · 792 words · Tyler Pineda

Intuit to buy Digital Insight for $1.4 billion

With a promise to make new types of online banking services , fiscal computer software vendorIntuithas tally to corrupt fiscal service provider Digital Insight for $ 1.35 billion in cash . Intuit take theQuickenandQuickBooksfinancial management computer software , whileDigital Insightprovides outsource cyberspace banking services to thousands of financial institutions . The society will build penny-pinching ties between the work flow in Intuit ’s software program and the serving from Digital Insight , in a bidding to make banking online better for consumer and small businesses , they said in announcing the wad Thursday ....

November 29, 2006 · 2 min · 396 words · Anna Jones

Nvidia ends options probe, takes $127 million charge

art chip manufacturer Nvidia found some irregularities in past breed - based compensation practices during an intimate probe , and took a amount of US$ 127 million in non - cash thrill over associated expense , the company said Wednesday . The figure fell within the $ 150 million charge Nvidia tell it might have to take . The company also improve financial results for its fiscal class 2006 and the first two quarter of 2007 as a answer of the internal investigation ....

November 29, 2006 · 2 min · 359 words · Jerry Logan

All washed out

I ’ll be the first to admit that I know almost nothing about the professional world of colour — specifically , the issues affect in coloring material matching between unlike mediums . Theoretically , I know it ’s vitally important to endeavor to keep the colors uniform between , say , your digital camera source image , the edits you perform in Photoshop , and the last printed result on your color photo printer ....

November 28, 2006 · 8 min · 1592 words · Stephen Gallegos