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10,000 minutes of Skype Access For free

Happy St. Patrick's Day! And in the spirit of St. Patty's Day, the folks at Skype have a special treat for you Mac fans. Sorry, PC users, you're out of luck this St. Patty's Day...Skype's Peter Parkes wrote:As a special... Full Story

Posted on March 17, 2009 1:21 PM

HP Debuts First Multi-touch Notebook -- Yes HP, Not Apple (Now That's a Surprise!!!)

From the first time Steve Jobs demonstrated "the pinch" -- the two-finger gesture used to zoom in and out of photos and Web pages on the iPhone -- some Apple observers assumed it was just a matter of time before... Full Story

Posted on November 19, 2008 4:11 PM

How About OS X on EEE?

Feel like stepping beyond the limits of Apple hardware? Want a Mac netbook for under $650? How about an EeePC running Mac OS X? If you answered "Yes!" to any of these questions, then read on! At least part... Full Story

Posted on September 17, 2008 8:03 PM

Seinfeld To Battle Mac Guy in Ads

Microsoft, weary of being cast as a stodgy oldster by Apple advertising, is turning for help to Jerry Seinfeld. The software giant's new $300 million advertising campaign, devised by a newly hired ad agency, has been closely guarded. But... Full Story

Posted on August 21, 2008 9:02 PM

Mac Clone Maker in Trouble -- Did You Even Know about Mac Clones?

The Miami-based Macintosh clone maker that was sued by Apple has retained a law firm that has beaten Apple in the past, court documents show. Apple has charged Psystar with multiple counts of violating copyright, trademark, breach-of-contract and unfair-competition... Full Story

Posted on August 12, 2008 2:06 PM

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 -- Gettin' Better All the Time ...

We get all excited about Adobe PhotoShop and the suite of related products that make it such a great graphics program, but there are other solid choices out there for you to take into consideration.CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 is at... Full Story

Posted on July 21, 2008 4:18 PM

What's Your Favorite Widget?

We've got widgets for the Mac and widgets for the PC. These little apps can be very helpful!I've got these widgets -- calendar, gas price finder, calculator, my local weather, iTunes, Stickies, clock and the very cool GuitarChords.Some days I use... Full Story

Posted on July 11, 2008 10:11 AM

Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro webcam for Mac

Logitech today unveiled its first Mac-compatible webcam with premium autofocus technology and Carl Zeiss optics - the Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro webcam for Mac. The new Logitech webcam of course works with iChat and Skype and features a 2-megapixel camera... Full Story

Posted on June 24, 2008 2:22 PM

Is Virtual for You?

Does anybody really like running PC software on a Mac through such virtualization software as VMWare or Boot Camp or Parallels or ...? Had one of them on my iMac and did use it for a couple of PC-only... Full Story

Posted on May 19, 2008 9:55 PM

CNET's Tech Tips Can't Be Beat

So many tech sites and so little time! With that in mind, I've always found CNET to be very useful, especially for its handy Tips & Tricks. In fact, it's usually my first stop when I've got to figure... Full Story

Posted on May 12, 2008 4:45 PM

Apple Pays Up Over Battery Woes

Apple has agreed to pay refunds of $25 to $79 to more than 2 million Mac owners to resolve claims that some of its power adapters were prone to spark. Nice to see cash actually going to the consumers... Full Story

Posted on May 9, 2008 8:07 PM

Skype 2.7 for Mac Released

Today Skype released Skype 2.7 for Mac. Mac users will enjoy better sound in this latest release and they claim they've made it "look better". If you Apple Mac fans feel left out of the cool high-quality video capabilities of... Full Story

Posted on February 14, 2008 10:11 AM

Macs get first dibs on new Skype features

Skype today released Skype for Mac 2.6, which includes improved quality, stability and more features. But more interesting is that for the first time, Mac users will be able to enjoy a new Skype feature before it's available to Windows... Full Story

Posted on May 16, 2007 1:27 PM

Reasons To Switch to a Mac 1, 2, 3 ...

Of course you've seen the Apple TV ads with the "PC guy" and the "Apple guy" (makes me wonder what the "Dell Dude" is dude-ing today). And you've probably considered (or at least thought about) heading away from the PC... Full Story

Posted on March 8, 2007 9:07 AM

Why Can't Vista See Clearly Now?

All that software development time! yet we have problems already springing up in Microsoft's new Windows Vista! Today's dilemma is all about speech recognition (more here from the BBC) -- truly a technology that would seem to be embraced by everyone,... Full Story

Posted on February 1, 2007 3:02 PM

Skype for Mac 2.5 Goes Gold

Skype for Mac 2.5, as I previously mentioned back in November, has now gone into public release and can now be downloaded This from their PR rep... As you know, the beta version of this beautiful piece of software has... Full Story

Posted on January 31, 2007 10:16 AM

Skype 2.5 Beta for Mac

Today, Skype has released a new version of Skype for the Mac - Skype 2.5 Beta for Mac. The previous Mac release was October 23, 2006 which was version 2.0.0.6., so this is a 0.5 (half point) release upgrade. This... Full Story

Posted on November 15, 2006 12:00 AM

PowerSquid's Got the Power Protection!

Flexity has put a whole new spin (and look!) on one of the essential "back office" elements of personal computing -- the lowly surge protector. (Is there anything more utilitarian than that?) Yes, believe it or not, that dull black... Full Story

Posted on November 7, 2006 2:45 PM

Skype for Mac 2.0 has video!

Just received word that Skype for Mac 2.0 beta now has video. Mac users have been clamoring for this video feature that PC users have been enjoying for some time. So Mac users, rejoice!... Full Story

Posted on September 13, 2006 7:23 AM

Firefox VoIP extension

Seems like everyone and his brother is developing VoIP extensions for Firefox. I wrote about Zoep which adds a VoIP extension to Firefox. It appears that Zoep's website is no longer available, so that project may have been killed. Openwengo... Full Story

Posted on September 8, 2006 11:21 AM

Mac vs. Windows: Considering a Switch?

With all of the excitement around Apple and little (or at least not so much) around Microsoft computer products and gadgets, many may be thinking of switching from a PC to a Mac. (Not too many going the other... Full Story

Posted on August 11, 2006 8:20 AM

Mac users finally get Skype video feature

It's official! Skype has released a new version (1.5.0.47) of Skype for the Mac. Finally, video is available to Mac users, which up till now must have felt like 2nd class citizens since the Windows version has had video for... Full Story

Posted on July 25, 2006 1:22 PM

Dual boot Mac and Windows

Apple fans can now dual-boot into either Microsft Windows XP or the Macintosh operating system (Mac OS X). Today, Apple announced the beta release of Bootcamp, a boot-time utility that lets you create a 2nd partition to hold the Windows... Full Story

Posted on April 5, 2006 11:18 AM

New Skype version for Mac

Skype today released their new version for the Macintosh operating system. Their site lists it as, "Official release. Version: 1.4.0.35. Release date: January 5, 2006". The new features include:Forward calls to other Skype accounts or regular phones Pause iTunes... Full Story

Posted on January 5, 2006 8:09 PM

Bye Bye Internet Explorer

Mac users still browsing with Internet Explorer will need to consider moving to another browser press soon, as Microsoft plans to discontinue support for Internet Explorer by December 31st. The news is not a surprise to Mac users since Microsoft... Full Story

Posted on December 19, 2005 10:20 AM