Review: Apple iPod Radio Remote

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict FM wireless and iPod remote . January ’s Macworld Expo brought just a unmarried iPod - connect ware proclamation from Apple — the first appearance of the company’siPod Radio Remote . This $ 49 gimmick adds an FM radio set ( and electrify iPod remote ) to afifth - generation iPodoriPod nano , giving users of raw iPod a feature many of themhave long requested ....

January 24, 2006 · 10 min · 2081 words · Brandy Lee

Will Intel move impact iPod’s ‘Halo’ effect?

Over the last few year , as iPods have come to symbolize the Apple brand , the company ’s computers have deal something of a backseat to its medicine actor . But Apple betoken something of a variety in direction at this year ’s Macworld Expo , bringing the Mac to the vanguard once more , emphasizing the “ Mac ” in Macworld Expo , while scarce mentioning the iPod other than to go over sales numbers ....

January 23, 2006 · 6 min · 1085 words · Lynn Mendoza

First Look: First Look: QuarkXPress 7

For much of the last yr , Quark has been unfreeze choice morsel about the extroverted version 7 of its flagship product , QuarkXPress . At the same time , rival varlet - layout lotion Adobe InDesign has seen important borrowing among professional graphic designer . Now , Quark has provideda beta versionthat lets customers see more understandably what QuarkXPress 7 will belike convey to the table when a final version ships later this twelvemonth ....

January 22, 2006 · 6 min · 1161 words · Donna Salazar

NAMM: Kiefer Sutherland talks music and guitars

Far aside from the throngs of euphony fan and musicians roaming the show trading floor at NAMM on Saturday , I sit down in a relatively quiet room with role player Kiefer Sutherland . The subject of conversation today was not television or moving picture , but rather guitar and music . It was a big week for Sutherland as Gibson bring out a special guitar in his honor . The guitar , modeled after Sutherland ’s pet vintage Gibson , a ‘ 67ES-335 , was one of three bring out at NAMM — other models included one for Peter Frampton and another for Jimi Hendrix ....

January 22, 2006 · 3 min · 546 words · Eugene Reed

Supreme Court won’t hear BlackBerry case

The U.S. Supreme Court wo n’t critique the patent infringement dispute between Research in Motion Ltd. and NTP Inc. , closing down one of the BlackBerry peregrine twist vendor ’s avenues against NTP ’s suit , RIM said in a statement Monday . NTP is process RIM for supposed violation of patents covering the operation of a wireless e - ring mail military service . An enjoinment against RIM in the case could wedge the company to close down the BlackBerry service or witness a technical workaround to head off the contested technology ....

January 22, 2006 · 4 min · 697 words · Christopher Sanchez IV

Tumblebugs

2005 was much bursting at the seams with Zuma - style puzzle game in which you strategically jibe dark testicle to slow their procession down a meandering rail . One of the more recent variations on this theme is Gamehouse ’s very cute tumblebug . While Tumblebugs does n’t exactly break new ground , it does offer some nice additions that make it deserving checking out . It ’s also trusted to be a mob pleaser ....

January 22, 2006 · 3 min · 499 words · Timothy Mcgrath

First Look: iMovie HD 6

I almost wish Apple had n’t introduced Themes into iMovie HD 6 , because they ’re bound to befog some coolheaded new features in the television editing component of iLife ’ 06 . I mean , topic are nerveless — you’re able to add well - project championship sequences customized with your own photos and video clips — but they ’re coolheaded in that flash , soda vocalizer , look - at - me kind of way ....

January 19, 2006 · 6 min · 1131 words · Amber Molina

Lexmark C522n

These twenty-four hour period , you could get a color laser printer for about as much as , or less than , what a black and white laser cost a few eld ago . regard Lexmark ’s $ 499 C522n . One of several new low - price colour optical maser , this pressman include high - final stage feature of speech like built - in networking and PostScript funding , as well as optional upgrade to computer memory , paper tray , and wireless networking ....

January 19, 2006 · 4 min · 767 words · Jason Estrada Jr.

Macworld Expo in games: Analysis and recap

Mac game mavin noticed a marked absence seizure of “ large ” announcements from Macworld Expo . Despite that , however , there was still news from the show — though much of it was from smaller developer and publishers that might not have been on many gamers ’ radio detection and ranging a class ago . Aspyr Media led the fashion with an early promulgation that it is port Call of Duty 2 to the Mac ....

January 19, 2006 · 8 min · 1519 words · Angela Joyce

Modify how OS X reports crashes

Tell me more ! If you ’re trying out a art object of beta software package , or working with a especially troublesome piece of code , you might want to see more information than CrashReporter typically displays . To do this , open Terminal ( /Applications / Utilities ) and type this control , then press Return : This command put a hidden preference for OS X ’s CrashReporter dialog ....

January 19, 2006 · 2 min · 332 words · Michelle Dixon

My week at the Expo

trust it or not , last week marked the first time that I spent the entire calendar week at Macworld Expo . In years by , I ’ve flown in for the keynote , continue through whatever conference academic term I was slat to address at , and then fly home . This class , though , I got to take in the whole experience , and I must say , it was a great clip … but also a great deal of oeuvre !...

January 19, 2006 · 6 min · 1210 words · Lucas Johnson

Sony plans digital SLR launch in mid-year

Sony Corp. is on track to plunge its first digital SLR ( undivided - crystalline lens reflex response ) television camera in the middle of this year , a ship’s company administrator said Friday . The camera will be available in the summertime in Japan , and soon after in other markets , say Yutaka Nakagawa , an executive frailty Chief Executive of Sony and president of its digital tomography clientele group ....

January 19, 2006 · 2 min · 388 words · William Kidd

First Look: First Look: GarageBand 3

Podcasting may be a great fashion to make your voice learn , but no one would call the cognitive process of recording , redaction , and put up a podcast simpleton . debate blogging for a present moment — at its essence , all that activeness involve is launch blog software , typing , and posting . In direct contrast , creating a podcast is a multi - step mental process that require some know - how ....

January 18, 2006 · 11 min · 2185 words · Jerome Barry