While at MacWorld Expo, my fiancee’s goal was to find a good set of noise reduction headphones for her iPod Mini. She rides the Washington Metro to work every day and it’s a fairly noisy environment, where she found herself constantly raising and lowering the volume of the music. She wanted headphones where she could [...]
A quick note on Apple’s In Ear Headphones, many people have bought them and quickly came to the conclusion that they were horrifically bad.
However, the secret is that you just have to shove these things right IN your ears (not too far, I’m not trying to cause any injuries here). Once the malleable plastic is [...]
We all know about VoIP and how it’s going to be the next big thing, but one of the big issues is interface and cooperating with the existing analogue and digital ‘Plain Old Telephone Service’ (POTS).
There are a few companies in the US that offer VoIP to POTS gateways and there are numerous devices [...]
You Software puts it’s new Desktops Beta virtual desktop app out for a public test drive. See what it’s got going for it, and what other options are out there.
Ok, it seems that you all have a lot to say about iEmulator. But, since we are all busy, Im just going to sum up all of your comments. Most of the feedback Ive received is saying that while the 30 dollar price point is great, the software its self is only worth about that. [...]
Christmas season is upon us and online magazines have been musing about an “iPod Killer”.
Here’s why I believe these “other guys” are looking at a sizable challenge:
iPod has struck the ultimate balance of features, portability, usability and outstanding design. The “other guys” are trying hard to match this balance, but inevitably run into the next [...]
It seems that there is a new Windoze emulator out for Mac. iEmulator claims to be just as fast as Virtual PC, but are more realistic in their approach.
The G4 numbers are lower than what another commercial emulator is telling me; it says my emulated PC is running at over 1 GHz!
The numbers we quote [...]
If you’ve got a lot (1 or more) servers that you connect to from your OS X machine, you’ve probably been frustrated that it’s not simpler to keep that server or servers saved for the next time you need them. Sure, the Finder will save the list of servers you’ve recently connected to, but [...]
With the XtremeMac audio splitter, you can easily share your music with a friend. The XtremeMac audio splitter does pretty much what you would expect, it splits the audio and sends it to two jacks. Never get stuck sharing only one headphone with a friend again.
BagReview.com is a great recource for all of you ‘Book users. It has reveiws of all of the most popular laptop bags, including, messenger bags, backpacks, and sleeves. They also have reviews of iPod cases. The reviews are broken down into Asthetics, Comfort, Construction, Organizational Features, and Protection. All of the reveiws also feature a [...]
Raise your hand if you’ve ever struggled managing contacts and calendaring information on your computer, across various programs, handheld devices, and remote systems? I have.
Here’s a nifty little shareware program that’s perfect for storing all your usernames and passwords. It’s called PasswordWallet. It’s better than Apple’s keychain for a couple of reason. 1) It has a very easy export function incase you need to print your information out or save it for retrieval on a computer that doesn’t [...]
Mactracker - Get info on any Mac
Heres a cool little program for all us Mac historians. Mactracker will show you system information on practically any Mac you can think of, along with information on peripherals that will work with that Mac.
