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Two iPhone Apps You Might Actually Use
Sep 15, 2008 by Charlie
At Apple's press event last week, Steve Jobs announced that iPhone and iPod touch users have downloaded over 100 million apps since Apple's App Store came online. That's a lot of downloads, approximately twice the rate of song downloads from iTunes, according to Apple. But how many of those apps add value to our iPhones, and how many are simply diversions which illus...
Oct 26, 2007 by Buck
If you are interested in the evolution of the modern GUI (graphical user interface) you should check out the excellent "Road to Leopard" series on AppleInsider. More than just a look at the new Macintosh OS, the preview breaks down each component of Mac OS X and talks about the history of each, going all the way back to origins of the application. The chronology i...
Oct 3, 2006 by Adam
If you need to play Windows Media files in Quicktime grab a copy of Flip4Mac. Make sure you restart your browser before trying to stream content. Flip4Mac
Aug 11, 2006 by Travis
I recently purchased a MacBook and I'm slowly getting acclimated to its 13.3" widescreen. My old (PC) laptop had a 15.4" screen with monster resolution, so I had no problem with screen real estate. While I am getting used to the smaller screen and resolution, I am really looking forward to trying out Spaces, one of the new additions to Apple's upcoming release of OS X...
OS X Leopard to have Ruby on Rails
Aug 9, 2006 by Travis
I received a jubilant email today from Shawn that contained a link to this article officially announcing that Mac OS X Leopard will indeed be shipped with Ruby on Rails pre-configured. For anyone who's followed these great directions to get RoR up and running on a Mac knows that it takes a fair amount of time and a good bit of focus to get everything correct. Having...