With household scattered across the earth , I ’m a magnanimous truster in cyberspace shopping , but this holiday time of year I wo n’t be spending all my money atAmazon.com . For me , this is the year of photo endowment . In the January 2006 ofMacworld , we order and evaluated a bunch of keen photograph gift for our Digital Photography Help Desk feature . I was favourable enough to be the test field for a number of those ....
I ’m a braggy fan of Mad Catz ’s PC Con biz controller — a wired USB secret plan pad that ’s similar in design to Microsoft ’s Xbox Controller S. Now Mad Catz has taken the same excogitation and made it wireless . Despite its awkward name , the personal computer Con Wireless is compatible with both Macs and PCs . The restrainer connects to the Mac via a rectangular USB sender about the size of a beeper ....
Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo once again rattle his saber at Apple , this timespeaking to the BBC . Sim reiterated Creative ’s threat to “ quest for sharply ” its U.S. patent for digital music instrumentalist navigation systems . U.S. patent of invention 6,928,433 , which originative callsthe Zen Patentfor short , describes a method for form content on a digital medicine player that , at least superficially , seems similar to the system used by Apple for its iPod intersection — music file are tagged with metadata , which is used to sire content in hierarchically unionized menus ....
Wireless remotes let you roam freely and switch slide while you ’re give presentations on your Mac , but you still have to put your work force on the computing machine if you need to deepen the volume or darken the screen . Not anymore : Keyspan ’s Easy Presenter lets you do both of those functions remotely . away from a venial ergonomic flaw , Easy Presenter is a good solution for anyone who desire to avoid handling the figurer when they ’re speaking , and it works well with Microsoft ’s PowerPoint ( , August 2004 ) and Apple ’s Keynote 2 ( , April 2005 ) ....
It ’s been a month since I started out as a Mac minimalist , challenging myself to only utilize the computer software that come on my well - equipped Mac miniskirt . And what a month — my Mac mini was clear , just cruise along . I was smug , I was feeling sound … Until I had to work at home one day and find that my Office 2004 Test Drive had expired ....
Advanced Micro Devices and IBM have added two new form of strained Si to their collectively developed 65 - nanometer chip - cause technology , which should improve the performance and reduce the power intake of future processors , the companies are require to herald Tuesday . AMD and IBM will break the latest fruits of their collaborative effort at the International Electron Devices Meeting ( IEDM ) , in Washington , D....
A Chicago world has filed a class action complaint against Microsoft that claims the party knowingly distributed defective Xbox game consoles in its hurry to beat rivals to market with a next - genesis play product . A charge filed in a U.S. District Court in Illinois by Robert E. Byers allege that Microsoft contrive a power supply and a CPU into the Xbox 360 that run too hot and overheat , cause the console to immobilise or lock up when being operated ....
Adobe Systems said Monday it will reduce part of its hands in light of its acquisition of Macromedia , saying other employees may be offered relocation packages . Layoffs will happen in business where there is duplication , said Pierre Van Beneden , vice President of the United States for Europe , the Middle East and Africa for Adobe . Other worker in Europe , for instance , some in the U....
Recommendations for what to purchase friends and family unit will be plentiful in the days leading up to the holidays as everyone give their opinion on what would make the unadulterated endowment . Macworld ’s Gear Guide debut on the site a couple week ago , and Playlist launched a hebdomad - long look atiPod - themed gift ideasearlier today . I thought I ’d try a dissimilar tack , chiming in with recommendations on gifts for musicians ....
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If you ’re like most digital lensman , a very modest per centum of your photos will ever escape the confines your computer . After all , there are only so many places you could hang a picture . But if you think that 4 - by-6 - inch photographic print are all your photo are good for , it ’s time to call back outside the bod . This holiday time of year , why not dig out some of those photos fade in your iPhoto library and put them to good economic consumption as photo gifts ?...
One could contend that Elgato Systems ’ EyeTV products ( or hardware that uses EyeTV software system ) govern the Mac personal video registrar mart . Miglia takes a valiant snap at EyeTV ’s dominance with its EvolutionTV USB 2.0 digital video recording recorder , but falls short because its software simply is n’t as mature as EyeTV ’s . Great hardware The EvolutionTV USB 2.0 social unit is fashionable , have an anodized aluminum case and an infrared remote control that let you exchange channels while you catch lively TV — something Elgato includes with its mellow - last models such as the EyeTV 200 ( , July 2004 ) ....
Stickies , those small Post - It - type notes you’re able to forget on your Mac ’s screen background , have advance a lot of functionality over the years . you may dress up notes with multiple fonts and colors , append images , and make notes float over all other practical program window ( Option - Command - F ) . Notes can appear translucent ( Option - Command - T ) and even take hold QuickTime movies ....
