PSP 2.0 Firmware update — 10 days late and counting

Ten days after initially saying it would be ready , Sony has yet to release the promised North American version of the 2.0 firmware update for its PlayStation Portable ( PSP ) handheld gaming console table . Already uncommitted in Japan , the 2.0 update supply North American PSP users with Web entree , documentation for raw medium types and surety enhancements . First introduced in North America in March , Sony ’s PSP plays game and views movies ....

August 21, 2005 · 3 min · 628 words · Brian Rose

Silence is golden

The other night , my spouse Michael and I were in our home bureau , and we looked at each other quizzically . “ Does it seem really quiet in here ? ” I take . Mike was sitting at the Mac and I was at my desk , and strangely , the whir and Harkat ul-Ansar of my Mac and its multiple peripherals was … spookily silent . And when we went to rest that Nox , neither of us had to bolt good to call on off the Mac because it was too loud ....

August 18, 2005 · 3 min · 441 words · Amanda Meza

Watch file system activity in real time

Have you ever want to find out a bit more detail about what just your organisation is doing at a given decimal point in time ? Perhaps your hard crusade is thresh about , or a platform is crashing at the same dapple each time you course it , or you ’d wish to see exactly which filing cabinet get modified when you vary a yield programme ’s options . Although there are no foolproof methods of figuring this stuff out , one of the tools you could put to use is a Unix utility squall fs_usage ....

August 18, 2005 · 4 min · 724 words · Arthur Juarez PhD

Microsoft may dump proposed RSS name

A well - known Microsoft Corp. Web logger Tuesday downplayed the proposed use of a new name for RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) in the next rendering of Internet Explorer ( IE ) keep abreast several day of intense treatment about the notion of rebranding RSS in the Web log community . In an consultation Wednesday , Robert Scoble , a Microsoft technical evangelist and writer of a popular World Wide Web log , or blog , about the software giant , sound out the company had not made a last determination as to whether it would rename RSS “ WWW feeds ” in the final translation of IE 7 the way it has in the beta version that is uncommitted now ....

August 17, 2005 · 3 min · 610 words · William Krause

Myst V demo released for Mac

Ubisoft has released a downloadable demo version of its forthcoming biz Myst V : End of Ages , which expect to transport at the terminal of September . you may download the demo version fromMacgamefiles.com . It measures 457 MB . Surprisingly , the Mac demo precedes the discharge of any Windows - compatible version . Myst V : End of Agesis the final chapter in the Myst saga . The biz , developed by Cyan Worlds , was announced this past January ....

August 17, 2005 · 2 min · 377 words · Jason Robinson

Getting the boot, FireWire edition

A while back , I reported on problems reboot from USB devices . Since then I ’ve fly the coop into something even more puzzling — FireWire drive that wo n’t bring up . When reviewing storage merchandise forMacworld ’s desktop and portable FireWire drive pages , we test each crusade ’s ability to boot OS X. Until latterly , this feel like a formalities . All FireWire drives can boot OS X , good ?...

August 16, 2005 · 3 min · 634 words · Frank Bautista

Mightier Mouse

There ’s been a batch of debate about Apple ’s new multi - button Mighty Mouse over the past few week , but one of the most rough-cut complaints is that the Mighty Mouse mouse driver does n’t give ripe users as much control as they would wish . Specifically , Apple ’s number one wood — approachable via the Mouse yellow journalism of the Keyboard & Mouse loony toons of System Preferences — provides only a few selection for the action of each push and limited power to customize tracking and scrolling speeds ....

August 16, 2005 · 4 min · 653 words · Cheryl Flores

Report: Microsoft’s Xbox 360 to cost $299

Microsoft Corp. ’s Xbox 360 will be available in two version costing US$ 300 and $ 400 when it is launched later this year , the caller say Wednesday . In Europe it will be € 300 and € 400 severally and in the U.K. will be £ 210 and £ 280 severally . The proclamation , which was made at the Games Convention issue in Leipzig , Germany , fills in one of the last and most important pieces of information about the console ....

August 16, 2005 · 3 min · 497 words · Christine Davis

Inside Apple’s iPod patent problems

Apple Computer and Microsoft Corp. last week witness themselves at the affectionateness of a patent difference that could have far give effect for Apple ’s iPod business organisation . Last calendar month the United States Patent and Trademark office refuse Apple a patent of invention for some user user interface elements of the pop iPod MP3 histrion , citing a patent of invention submit by Microsoft developer John Platt five months before Apple ’s title ....

August 15, 2005 · 6 min · 1094 words · Jennifer Johnson

Phlink 2.2

A telephone and an answering car can help oneself you communicate with some efficiency , but if your communication are more and more e - mail based , you may desire your earphone calls to also move to your Mac for easier management . But in lodge for that old - fashioned parallel telephony to earn its place alongside your powerful Mac , you ’ve got to get your hands on the ripe telephony tools ....

August 15, 2005 · 5 min · 1053 words · Phillip Johnston

iBook G4 and Mac mini: Minor updates, major value

Some new Mac offering are groundbreaking — the Mac mini ’s introduction in January comes to mind — while others are just incremental . The belated rescript to the iBook G4 and Mac mini melodic line fall somewhere between these extremes ; their additional received feature of speech are few , but low-toned prices significantly increase their value . iBooks get the PowerBook treatment The iBook G4 line of merchandise has been streamlined to two models : a $ 999 computer with a 12 - inch exhibit , a 1....

August 14, 2005 · 7 min · 1305 words · Carl Lee

Investigation says Cobb County ‘deceived’ public

There was more fallout over the weekend from Cobb County , Ga. ’s failed “ great power to Learn ” laptop computer computation program , according toThe Atlanta Journal - Constitution . An investigation into the program said that the school system“deceived ” the publicin choosing which Apple as the fellowship to furnish it with laptop computer calculator . First foretell in May , the “ Power to Learn ” program was heralded as the potentially crowing ever one - to - one computing enterprise in the country ....

August 14, 2005 · 2 min · 410 words · Kimberly Lee

Quit stalling

Hi , my name is Dan , and I ’m a procrastinator . Over the eld , I ’ve encounter unlike way to combat this nasty habit . I ’ve taken class . ( And then put off cease the preparation . ) I ’ve tried different prison term - management systems . ( put through the latest , establish on a book calledGetting thing Done , has been on my to - do lean for months now ....

August 14, 2005 · 3 min · 493 words · Logan Elliott