Software
View PDF Documents Right in Google Chrome
The newest beta of Google Chrome includes a built-in PDF viewer. This is a big deal for Windows users, since you’ll no longer have to install something just to read those types of documents. Chrome will let you open them right within the browser without waiting for an external program or app to load it [...]
Does Microsoft Hate Open Source Software?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Josh represented Microsoft during OpenCamp recently. People were quite confused as to why Microsoft would be interested in Open Source products. While Windows and Linux may be competitors, much of the Open Source applications are not. They run really well in [...]
CA Offers Savings to Stay Safe Online
Malware is everywhere. You don’t have to download torrents or visit adult sites in order to have your computer infected. Seemingly innocent sites aimed at kids have been known to have drive-by malicious content embedded within their pages. These drive-bys install themselves silenty onto your machine to do their dirty work. There is no warning. [...]
Microwave Gadgets Safely with an iPad
How often have you wondered what would happen if you stuffed your old phone into the microwave and turned it on? More sparks would fly than you could possibly imagine, I’m sure. The light show that would ensue likely would be of the magnitude found in the latest thriller at your local theater. Even though [...]
A New Parallels Mac Download – for Your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed On the heels of Parallels 6 being launched, the team behind the software today announced their new offering in itunes: the Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac Mobile App. The app will allow users of Parallels 6 or Parallels 6 Switch to [...]
Parallels 6
Parallels 6 is being released on September 14th to much fanfare and blowing of Vevuzelas. Wait… I’m still hearing echoes of those in my head. Real Networks was a sponsor during Gnomedex a few weeks ago, and they were kind enough to give one of those lovely little noisemakers to each conference attendee. The Parallels [...]
The Story about Ping (and iTunes 10)
To me, Ping is a duck who gets left behind one afternoon and spends a whole children’s book trying to get back to his family and their boat on the Yangtze River. Like my fowl little friend Ping, Apple’s iTunes app has been left behind for a while. Still sporting a CD in its icon, [...]
Chrome Experiments Come to Life With The Wilderness Downtown
I tend to receive a LOT of email. Quite often, they contain requests to check something out, click a particular link or download the “hottest” new program. I always take a look at what you’re sending me. How else would I know when something seriously cool is out there just waiting to be discovered? Isaiah’s [...]
How Do You Define Bloatware?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed A caller the other night asked simply: “What is Bloatware?” That’s actually an easy one to answer! Bloatware is when you have a piece of software that should be a certain size. However, due to several unnecessary things being added in, [...]
The Problem with Google Android: Its Users?
I love open source. I do. I really, really do. I also love Google. I was sent the HTC Evo 4G (courtesy of Sprint). After hearing so much about it, I couldn’t wait to dive into my second Android experience and give ‘er another go. I’ve been told that the platform improves with every increment, [...]
Someone is Getting a Free Mac Computer…
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed There are a lot of Geeks in our community. One of the best of the best is UncleJohn, who is a moderator in our chat room. He also has saved my butt over the past several months on a near-daily basis. [...]
Safari 5
http://apple.com/safari/ This update contains new features including: Safari Reader: Click on the new Reader icon to view articles on the web in a single, clutter-free page. Improved Performance: Safari 5 executes JavaScript up to 25% faster than Safari 4. Better page caching and DNS prefetching speed up browsing. Bing Search Option: New Bing search option [...]
Thumbs Up on New Seesmic App for the iPhone
Seesmic is already one of the leading desktop Twitter clients available right now. @loic and his team have put together a very solid client and they work hard to keep it that way. Just a few hours ago, they announced the brand-new Seesmic for iPhone app, and @Scobleizer is already lovin’ it. He’s stated publicly [...]
Make a Backup of Your iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad Apps List
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed It occurred to me recently that I have installed almost 600 applications on my MacBook Pro. Many of them were given to me to review, and quite a few of them were free. As I was going through the list in [...]
Visually Impaired Software is Built Into Mac OS X
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I had a community member call in the other night asking me about accessibility features inside of OS X. He specifically wondered about things that may help those of us who have impaired vision and need some extra help to maneuver [...]
