Apple recently denote that it had sell more than one million videos on the iTunes Music Store ( iTMS ) in less than twenty days . Considering the limited video content that ’s uncommitted — presently there are only five different boob tube shows for cut-rate sale and just over 2,000 euphony video recording — combined with the limited accessibility of the new iPod with video capabilities , those seem to be pretty good bit ....
Every month , grassroots software system developers free dozens of new apps for the Mac . And every month , Senior Writer Dan Frakes reviews as many of them as he can inMac Gems . But a monthly tower just ca n’t include all the desirable ones — hence our September feature of speech “ 50 Mac Gems , ” in which Dan got to clear out some of his backlog ....
In a Mac OS 10 Hints Weblog entry last week , my colleague Rob Griffiths outlined a way to promptly change the working directory in Terminal — the directory you ’re “ in”—to the presently viewed brochure in the Finder . As Rob put it : Rob then went on , in distinctive Mac OS X Hints style , to show you how to make your own resolution to this dilemma using Mac OS X ’s build - in technologies ; in this case , a combination of Automator and AppleScript ....
Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Apple adds a dual - nub processor — two processing units on a undivided chip — to its Power Mac melodic line . The new desktop also add PCI Express , a high - performance interface that ’s particularly appealing to video pro . ( To that ending , the Power Mac phone line offers several picture notice build - to - order option above the Nvidia GeForce 6600 LE that comes standard on this model ....
The ultimate role of a calculator is mechanization . Even when you ’re doing something as simple as editing text in a word processor , you ’re automating action that would be rottenly tedious if you had to do them yourself , one at a time . ( If you do n’t conceive me , trade your computer in for a typewriter . thrash the pusher reappearance at the end of every line ; remember to add extra space before every paragraph ; get all the spelling right ; make a mistake and retype the whole page — no thanks !...
In this week ’s Dashboard roundup , I focus on diversions : keeping track of your preferent teams and playing cards and board games . More Conference Call thingamabob (; free ) Back in September , I told you about a nerveless widget called Conference Call , which display the schedule and results for your favored college football squad . Evidently Conference Call has been a hit , because the developer has since free a number of other version for fan of other sports and levels ( and rename the original):Conference Call Gridiron(college football),Conference Call Gridiron Pro(NFL football),Conference Call Hoops(college basketball),Conference Call Hoops Pro(NBA basketball game ) , andConference Call On Ice Pro(NHL hockey ) ....
Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Introduced in October 2005 , the refurbished iMac course now comes with a built - in iSight camera plus a distant control . The latter get in handy with a news software program that comes preinstalled on the iMac — Front Row , a digital media practical software for playing back film , DVD , QuickTime movie trailers , and television downloads from the iTunes Music Store ....
From the day the iPod debut , there was little uncertainty the bantam music player would become a significant product for Apple . With its ability to play MP3 data file and sync up with the jukebox software on your Mac , the iPod immediately jump off to the top of the crowded field of handheld music players . But the iPod turned out to be substantial in other — and more durable — ways as well ....
Automatoris one of my preferred 10.4 feature — it really does let nearly anyone create useful actions , even if you do n’t know the first thing about programming . This recent article demonstrates on the button that fact , with five mere action you may produce yourself , just to get a feel for how Automator cultivate . But where Automator really shines is when you combine its comparatively easygoing - to - use user interface with its ability to directly get at AppleScript and/or shell playscript through Automator actions — using this proficiency , you’re able to get at the full top executive of OS X through Automator ’s interface ....
Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict The 17 - in PowerBook adds a higher - result display and boast longer shelling life . Like its 15 - inch counterpart , this PowerBook now ships with truehearted DDR2 RAM and a threefold - layer 8X SuperDrive . In announcing the latest change to its PowerBook phratry , Apple highlighted the new models ’ high - resolution screens and longer stamp battery life sentence but made no cite of their lower cost ....
Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict fleet Publisher 1.0.3 is an inexpensive , sluttish - to - use desktop publication diligence that earmark you to easily create a wide variety show of written document — from newssheet and letterheads to bill and catalog . It is an first-class program for beginners . Getting started To create unexampled document in Swift Publisher , you start with a blank page or one of the program ’s well - designed guide ( there are more than 90 in the boxed adaptation and 60 in the download version ) ....
Front Row , a medium center lotion that let users manage moving-picture show , music , and slideshow playback , is at the centerpiece of the fresh iMacs unveil by Apple last calendar month . But despite the company ’s insistence that Front Row would remain an iMac - only program in its initial discharge , some users have figured out ways to put in the package on other Macs ....
As Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs leads his fellowship to record quarterly revenue and net income , contender Dell Inc. , led by Michael Dell , will miss its third - quarter revenue guidance . Dell company functionary blame lower than expected gross sales for the shortfall , which will be the second square financial twenty-five percent the caller will miss its revenue projections . In addition to dropping sales , Dell say that it would take a US$ 450 million bearing to replace cave in Optiplex desktops and restructure its workforce ....
