World of Warcraft comes to Europe on Feb. 11th

Blizzard Entertainment ’s World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer on-line part - play plot that ’s already sold more than 600,000 copy since its launch in November . uncommitted for both the Mac and Windows , the plot takes players to the world of Azeroth . They create heroical characters of various subspecies and social class as they participate in seeking , conjoin guilds , get together collaborative parties to fight back monsters and more ....

February 2, 2005 · 2 min · 365 words · Lori Warner

Apple filing shows shift from pro to consumer Macs

Apple ’s figure 10 - Q is a quarterly account the company is command to file away with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) . The text file provides a comprehensive overview of Apple ’s current state of business for Apple ’s first quarter of its financial year 2005 , which ending December 25 , 2004 . Among the highlights of this quarter ’s write up are item about how unexampled method of accounting procedure affect Apple ’s net income and indications that interest group in young consumer Macs may have cannibalized pro sales ....

February 1, 2005 · 7 min · 1332 words · Brandon Miller

Pepsi to promote iTunes during SuperBowl

Pepsi has call the ad “ Bottle Songs , ” and it runs in 45 and 30 2d smear . The spot have “ a number of popular raceway from a serial publication of music genres ” and instance “ how win a free Song dynasty from the Pepsi iTunes promotion is as promiscuous as opening a bottle of Pepsi . ” The giveaway operate through April 11 , 2005 ....

February 1, 2005 · 2 min · 313 words · Troy Moore

ScrollPad’ing

On Monday , Apple updated its PowerBook line with faster speeds , new features , and lower cost . One of these new features is a “ scrolling trackpad”—whereas all trackpads lease you move the mouse cursor by drag a single finger across the inkpad ( and “ sink in the shiner ” by tapping the domiciliation ) , the fresh trackpad pattern also lets you scroll through document ( or pan out within windows ) by draggingtwofingers across the pad ....

February 1, 2005 · 3 min · 572 words · Joseph Petersen

Mac OS X Hints

Choose How to Allocate Your .Mac Storage When Apple increased storage for .Mac accounts from 100 MB to 250 MB , it did n’t distinctly excuse how to change the way of life that space was divided between iDisk and your .Mac atomic number 99 - mail . begin by logging in to your account atwww.mac.com . Then chatter on your login name in the top menu ( right next to lumber Out ) ; ....

January 30, 2005 · 6 min · 1070 words · Susan Becker

First Look: iPhoto 5

At times , former releases of Apple ’s digital photo management program iPhoto come across as snap - up efforts — catching up to the lineament find in third party practical software that came before it ; catching up to the unbelievable pace that people were shoot and storing digital pictures ; and catch up to the potency of being fledged Mac OS XTC applications that are n’t hobbled by the halting performance and feature compromises that have been the trademark of Apple ’s 1....

January 28, 2005 · 6 min · 1169 words · Catherine Arroyo

Canon Pixma IP5000

With the Pixma IP5000 , Canon has introduced the first ink - fountain printer with a 1 - picoliter - droplet size . The smaller the droplet , the more precise a printer is in lay down ink . Canon says that because of the small droplets , it is not necessary to let in the light cyan and magenta inks that many other photo pressman let in . Our printed results back this up ....

January 27, 2005 · 3 min · 441 words · Chad Harris

MySQL warns users, contemplates changes after worm

Open source database package makerMySQL ABwarned its users to tighten security Thursday , after word broke about a Modern cyberspace louse that point Windows computers launch the popular relational database , according to a company executive . The company is take care at making bigger changes to indurate its product against succeeding attack , the executive said . After spending much of Thursday extend to out to its substance abuser about how to protect themselves from the new terror , a version of the Forbot meshwork louse , the company said it is working on full-grown security department fix , including automatonlike update features that can push out software changes , and improvements to the default installation that will make the product harder to crack in the future , said Zack Urlocker , vice Chief Executive of marketing at MySQL AB ....

January 27, 2005 · 4 min · 707 words · Kristina Boyd

First Look: iDVD 5

Of the five iLife ’ 05 covering , iDVD sometimes number across as a hearty relief ewer . It is n’t as versatile as iMovie or iPhoto , and it certainly lack the superstar rookie quality of GarageBand . Instead , iDVD often comes off the work bench at the conclusion of the secret plan , after you ’ve composed your medicine and edit your video . It ’s become a veteran “ closer ” that is capable of performing its most of import job well : wrap up the secret plan for a successful winnings ....

January 26, 2005 · 5 min · 920 words · Catherine Tanner

Inside the iPod Photo

With a color screen that displays your favorite pictures , the iPod pic is a beaut to behold . It ’s easy on the ears , too — the 40 GB ( $ 499 ) and 60 GB ( $ 599 ) models post enough tunes to turn your lifespan into a music video ( see our review ) . But appear recondite : there ’s a lot more to the newest iPod ....

January 26, 2005 · 13 min · 2652 words · Kevin Miller

The Mac mini: Apples and Oranges and Software

Why software package ? Although in the original clause I cite the Mac miniskirt ’s excellent software bundle , I did n’t drop much time on it because I wanted to concentrate on more tangible lineament compare . But the truth is that for many emptor the software that comes with the Mac mini will be a substantial benefit because it makes the mini more operable than similarly configured ( ironware - wise ) Windows PCs ....

January 26, 2005 · 11 min · 2185 words · Jennifer Thomas

Do Your Chores

The last thing I require to do on a California wintertime weekend is rake leave of absence and clean out rainfall gutter . Yet it ’s an inevitable part of my life history as a homeowner : either I do my job or our house turns into a leaking , rotting shanty fence in by mouldy leaves and sprouting mushrooms . If you are n’t a homeowner , you may be spared from raking leaves ....

January 25, 2005 · 4 min · 750 words · Alexandra Holt

Mac mini

When Steve Jobs unveiled the Mac miniskirt at Macworld Expo in January , the reaction was a mixing of astonishment ( how did they get that Mac so modest ? ) and uncertainty ( can a well - made reckoner really come in a bantam packet ? ) . After all , many Mac veterans think they ’d get wind it before — they have n’t forgotten the poorly - fatten out Power Mac G4 Cube , Apple ’s other diminutive Mac ....

January 25, 2005 · 10 min · 1971 words · Amy Cole