Our inboxes extend to overrun with letter about the Mac mini . Of course , that may be because we keep writing about it . Our April cover line—“Mac Mini : The Complete Guide”—was no lie . We had a full review , science laboratory run results , a deep - inner dissection , and answers to FAQs , and we equate the miniskirt with a likewise price Windows PC from Dell ....
David Nagel , 60 , president and CEO of PalmSource , stepped down Sunday but will persist at the Sunnyvale , California caller in an advisory role through mid - July to aid with the conversion , PalmSource say in a instruction . No reason was given for the move . Patrick McVeigh , 53 , appointed in February as older frailty chairperson , cosmopolitan licensing for PalmSource , was distinguish interim CEO in tandem with the board of director ’ search for a permanent successor , it said ....
Like Concord ’s 6 - megapixel 6340z , the 5 - megapixel 5340z offers plenty of pixels per dollar , but poor performance keeps both cameras from being a good note value . The 5340z feels a shade more solid than the 6340z and offers a larger , 2 - inch LCD that ’s much easier to read and navigate , but there ’s no means to adjust LCD brightness , which is a problem when shoot down in brilliant sunlight ....
Apple Computer Inc. has issue a battery recollection order with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for its consumer - level iBook and pro PowerBook line of portable calculator . The recall will affect approximately 128,000 units in the United States , consort to the administration . Apple is call up the batteries due to an national short that could induce the battery cells to overheat , mystify a fire chance ....
The eubstance is too bulky to qualify as a pocket camera and , while its contoured grip produce it comfortable enough to hold , it feel slightly cheesy . The tripod mount is plastic . The Playback / Camera shift is knockout to move , and the musical mode dial clicks rigidly into place . The placement of the button and controller on the back of the television camera is a bit clumsy , command both thumbs for comfy operation ....
Entertainment Software Association ( ESA ) president Douglas Lowenstein offered his vision for the future of the gaming industry in a medium briefing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 ) in Los Angeles this week . He call his ideas “ six easy steps to existence control , ” and paint in extensive virgule ideas for how the industry can widen its interview beyond just gaming partisan and hardcore gamers ....
It ’s no enigma that Microsoft Corp. has seeded key developers of software for its novel Xbox 360 video secret plan console table especially configured Power Mac G5 system , and it ’s no admiration . The Xbox 360 employ a PowerPC CPU just like the Power Mac G5 does . If there was any doubt , all one had to do was look on the show base of the Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 ) in Los Angeles this week ....
It ’s my line of work to try out out fresh software . In the guinea pig of Tiger , that means try out out the fresh feature film — Automator , Spotlight , the revised Safari , and Mail , and on and on . The question is : If I were n’t pay to apply these newfangled features , would I apply them at all ? I was recall about this because I understand the other day that , after an initial stir of downloading and installing contrivance , I ’m not using Dashboard at all ....
When Apple promise that the ease of making Dashboard Widgets would lead to a steady flow of third - party extras , little did they get it on that flow would turn out to be a flash flood tide . In the three weeks since Tiger was release , over 300 Widgets have been post toDashboardWidgets.com , and Apple ’s ownDashboard Widgetspage lean over 200 . Since you probably do n’t want to download and try all of these third - company Widgets — even if youcouldfit them all on your screen at the same time — we’ve necessitate it upon ourselves here at Mac Gems HQ to find some of the estimable for you via periodical “ whatchamacallit of the hebdomad ” installments ....
TDK Corp. has develop a paradigm Blu - beam Disc that can store doubly as much data , and record it at twice the pep pill , as existing Blu - ray Discs . The disc , unveiled at a TDK expo in Tokyo this week , can put down data point at 72Mbps ( minute per second ) , double the 36Mbps pace for current Blu - ray Discs ....
A PowerPC chipping inside , a one-armed bandit - loading optical ride , work up - in Wi - Fi and graphics by ATI . That could key most of Apple ’s Macintosh lineup these twenty-four hour period , and it also account , however superficially , Nintendo ’s new Revolution console table , coming to securities industry in 2006 . The comparisons between Nintendo and Apple go beyond ironware , however — both companies seem to have a unplumbed love life for creating an aura of mystery around their production and a sentiency of drama at their unveiling ....
Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Apple ’s Shake compositing program has been used to produce special effects for the last seven winners of the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects . At $ 2,999 , the package obviously is n’t for everyone , but if your employment depends on a compositing program such as Adobe After Effects ( , November 2004 ) or Discreet ’s Combustion , then you ’ll want to take a look at the latest variant of Shake ....
Apple on Monday issued an update to its latterly liberate operating system of rules , Mac OS X Tiger . Mac OS X 10.4.1 includes many improvements to program , Dashboard , .Mac and syncing , iLife and other enhancements . Changes to Apple ’s Mail and Address Book program let in a localization that could lead attached Pages documents to wreak up erroneous merry dialogue . When typecast after clicking Reply in a Mail message , all characters typed before the Reply windowpane appeared should now appear in the window ....
