Category: Apple

Blinkx Desktop Search for Mac

12 Jan, 2005

Blinkx released a Pre-Beta v.05 yesterday of it’s desktop searching software. This is the first desktop search software, that I know of, for the Mac. No Google, MSN or Yahoo yet and Spotlight, part of Mac OS 10.4, won’t be out for months. I haven’t seen many good reviews on this yet and I don’t […]

Mac Mini, iPod shuffle & Final Cut HD

11 Jan, 2005

The keynote is over and the two biggest announcements are the iPod shuffle for $99 and the Mac mini for $499! Both are amazingly tiny and priced just right! PC users have no good excuse not to check out a Mac now. Also announced was all new iApps for 2005. iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD, iWork with […]

Mac Mini is REAL!!

11 Jan, 2005

Apple announced the Mac mini for $499 and $599!! available Jan 22 most important new mac ‘ever’ 1.25 Ghz G4 another at 1.4 Ghz comes with Panther & iLife 05 analog, digital video out quiet, fw, usb2, video out, ethernet More Mac mini information. Also the Flash iPod – iPod shuffle autoplay shuffle or playlist […]

Happy MacWorld Day

11 Jan, 2005

Today is MacWorld! Stay tuned for great new Apple hardware and software that’ll get released today. A flash iPod for $150? An iBox? Headless iMac for $500? New PowerBooks? Who knows, but we’ll all know by the end of today!!!

Kensington PilotMouse Issues

10 Jan, 2005

My PilotMouse issues linger on. I bought this ultra cool mouse at Best Buy, where I got a really good deal, about a month ago and my happiness level is still so so. It looks sweet, has many buttons, is wireless, optical and so comfy. However it’s on screen performance lacks. It seems to be […]

Motorola iTunes Phone

7 Jan, 2005

Another MacWorld hardware product we’ll see is the Motrolola iTunes phone. This phone will sync to iTunes just like the iPod does. When will it be available? Sometime in the first half of 2005 probably! Find out more information in the PCMag article : Motorola Previews iTunes Phone.

Mac Attack is Back

6 Jan, 2005

It happens a couple times a year and next week will be a big Mac week. Why? MacWorld January 10-14 in San Francisco! The rumor sites are buzzing about all the new possibilities. There is iWork – like Microsoft Office only made by Apple, Asteroid – some audio interface to use with garage band, the […]

Firefox G5 Optimized

4 Jan, 2005

Lately I’ve been running a version of Firefox optimized for the G5. [updated link] Now I’m not sure exactly how this works. Someone re-builds Firefox from the source given out by Mozilla. (it is open source so it’s free) Then then change some code to take advantage of the G5 processor. While in there, they […]

Wanted: Site Map Software

4 Jan, 2005

I’m on the lookout for some good software to create site maps. Either computer based or internet based. You’d think it’d be easy enough for a program to spider a site and output the list of URLs with titles, however I’m having a hard time finding something that’s easy to use and works well. Any […]

Get a new Mac for less than an iPod?

29 Dec, 2004

How about walking into an Apple store and seeing a new Mac for less than the cost of the top of the line iPod? It could be possible. The idea is to take an iMac G4, chop off the head and charge half as much. Meaning a price around $500? Possibly a box that is […]