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Scott Steinberg, a technology expert and publisher of Digital Trends, always has interesting things to say about all things technology. So, we decided we’d ask him his thoughts on what’s going to happen closer to the end of this month with the Apple tablet. Between pricing strategies and features, Scott… Continue Reading »

Bill Synder over at PCWorld has written an article bashing the usefulness of Apple’s rumored “iSlate” as a business device, even before the product has been seen, let alone announced. As my colleague Bill Stiteler tweeted, “... that’s some good old-fashioned Mac hate ...” And since Mr. Snyder finds it… Continue Reading »

Do you want to share that amazing movie, TV show or song you just discovered with a friend or family member who is too far away to show personally? Then you are just going to have to send it as a gift. These quick steps will show you how. Continue Reading »

Every time I’ve shared a song with a friend from my iPhone, it has always been followed by the same comment. “How did you get the lyrics to show on the screen?” Easy. The key to adding lyrics to your songs easily is a program for Mac called Get Lyrical.… Continue Reading »

Let’s face it—an iTunes library can get very big, very quickly. You don’t want to clog up your system, but deleting things would be a waste of your money. The best choice, therefore, is to save your library on an external drive. No, not for storage, for active use. Let’s… Continue Reading »

Ever since the advent of the iPhone and iPod touch, album artwork has become more and more important to me. I mean, face it, seeing the artwork of the song you’re listening to is a lot nicer than staring at a large, white/gray musical note in the place where a… Continue Reading »

According to Wikipedia, Subversion, or SVN, is “a version-control system to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation.” Macs come with the back end of SVN installed, so you won’t need to worry about that. However, you will need to find a… Continue Reading »

Macworld has long been the event for Apple users to gather and interact with the companies that produce their favorite pieces of hardware and software, in addition to Apple. We all remember last year, when Apple decided they didn’t need to attend Macworld anymore. Many in the industry have said… Continue Reading »

Steve Ballmer, I have a problem with something you said yesterday. During CES, you made a great dig at Google, saying that Microsoft’s intent with Bing is “... not just trying to provide people with a list of links; we want to understand user intent and anticipate what users are… Continue Reading »

Having trouble getting further than, “It was a dark and stormy night?” Same here, mostly. Motivation and focus are my two biggest obstacles when it comes to completing writing projects. It’s quite easy for me to get started on a new novel or play, much more difficult to actually complete… Continue Reading »