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Think you’ve got a good computer set-up? Think again.

by Kirk Hiner on Apr 7, 2009 at 09:22 AM

The folks over at Ahoys have put together an article called “7 Seriously Enviable Office Desk Setups.” I’m satisfied with my iMac at work and the MacBook at home, but have secretly dreamed of a set-up like a Geoff Downes keyboard arrangement at an Asia concert. Those covered at Ahoys… Continue Reading »

Microsoft jumps into the retail store game

by Aaron Kraus on Feb 13, 2009 at 06:28 PM

It’s official: Microsoft has answered Apple’s challenge in retail store sales. Locations and opening dates have not been specified yet, but it appears the number of stores will be small, with a focus on building brand awareness and excitement for Windows products. The effort is being spearheaded by a former… Continue Reading »

You’ve just been vintaged! Apple renders G4 Macs obsolete

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Feb 5, 2009 at 09:47 PM

It happens every so often: Apple declares certain older products obsolete or vintage. Vintage machines are those made between five and seven years ago, and obsolete machines are those made more than seven years ago. What’s been interesting of late is the amount of Macs on the list that are… Continue Reading »

Mac clones continue as German company joins the frenzy

by Alec Feld on Feb 4, 2009 at 10:38 PM

Although Psystar may be old news, another company seems to want to challenge Apple with their own Mac clones. Against Mac OS X’s end-user license agreement (EULA), the clones are attempting to compete with Apple’s Mac line of computers, and clone makers are always trying to find ways around Apple’s… Continue Reading »

CES sells out of “Mac space,” is Macworld doomed?

by Kirk Hiner on Feb 2, 2009 at 01:59 PM

PCMag reported late last week that the CEA has announced they’ve sold out their section devoted to the “Mac” for CES 2010. The iLounge Pavilion, as CES is calling it, sold out in one week, so CES had to quadruple the size to accommodate the demand. And so, the PC… Continue Reading »

Apple patent offers automatic volume controls

by Ed Parry on Jan 23, 2009 at 01:02 PM

A patent filed yesterday from Apple shows off a possible option for dynamic sound control on Macintosh computers and, potentially, the iPod/iPhone ranges. The patent suggests the device is fitted with an ambient sound sensor to detect sound around the user and alter the volume as necessary. So, a loud… Continue Reading »

Need a MacBook case? Try a wooden sleeve

by Alec Feld on Jan 21, 2009 at 07:00 AM

Everybody has a MacBook nowadays, and with most people taking the notebooks on the go, many seek sleeves and protectors to encase them in. Woodworker Rainer Spehl has come up with a, well, more alternative case. Continue Reading »

What the death of VHS means to Mac

by Bill Stiteler on Dec 23, 2008 at 05:34 PM

It’d be hard to think of a more popular technology than the VCR, which transformed the way people could watch TV, created the home video market, and brought the piracy issue out of back alleyways and into the home of everyone. And while home video is going stronger than ever,… Continue Reading »

A couple of the best and worst Macs of the past 25 years

by Anthony Parkinson on Dec 8, 2008 at 08:36 AM

January 24, 1984; a date that forever changed the computing world for everyone, even Windows users. That was the date the Mac made its debut. Some of you reading this were not even born when the Mac came out. I, however, was, so I would like to take some time… Continue Reading »

Unique gift ideas for music loving Mac/PC, iPod and iPhone users

by Kirk Hiner on Nov 26, 2008 at 10:40 AM

Okay, so Black Friday is just a couple days way, officially kicking off the holiday shopping season, and you have no idea what to get your music loving family member/friend? First of all, don’t panic. With the sorry state of the economy and the multitude of online stores and retail… Continue Reading »

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