Keeping track of passwords, logins, and account information can be an overwhelming task. Appleis Keychain Access does a fine job of tracking most of that data for you, but sometimes it just isnit enough. Thatis when itis time to bring in the heavy hitters – like Koingois Data Guardian. Data Guardian is a configurable password,…
Jeff Gamet
Jeff Gamet is the Mac Observer’s Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of “The Designer’s Guide to Mac OS X” from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also hosts TMO’s Daily Observations podcast, co-hosts The iOS Show podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other shows, too. Jeff dreams in HD.
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Soldius 1
We live in an age of portable electronic devices, which is perfectly fine until you need to recharge one and there isnit a power outlet around. The Soldius 1 solar charger from mysoldius can get your devices back in business as long as you have sunlight and a little patience. The Soldius 1 folds flat…
The Macintosh iLife '06
Apple Computeris iLife application suite is easy enough to figure out that you donit really need a manual to get started. Once you get beyond the basics, however, a little help goes a long way in making you an iLife pro, and The Macintosh iLife i06 by Jim Heid is one of the best all-in-one…
Analyst Bumps Apple Target Price to $110
ThinkEquity conducted a survey of 28 Apple retail stores over eight states on November 24, “Black Friday,” and counted as many as 1,750 visitors per hour with an average of eight purchases per 100 visitors. Mr. Hoopes commented “The overwhelming majority of purchases fit into a small bag. That said, demand for CPUs (notebooks and…
DragThing 5.7 Supports Dock Themes
. One of DragThingis spiffy new looks.
The iMac's Limited VESA Support
VESA adapters let you attach your iMac to a wall or articulated arm.
Australian Law Could Spell Trouble for iPod Owners
A new copyright law that’s under proposal in Australia could potentially lead to criminal action against iPod and other portable media player users. The International Herald Tribune reports that the proposed law substantially lowers the threshold for criminal infringement on copyrights in Australia. The nonprofit Online free speech group, Electronic Frontiers Australia, commented to the…
Keyspan VP-24A Cordless VoIP Phone
The Internet-based text and voice chatting system, Skype, is popular enough that some people have started using it instead of regular phone lines, so itis no surprise that companies are releasing products that untether you from your computer desk while you talk. Keyspanis VP-24A Cordless VoIP Phone is one option, and it works well enough…
Al Jazeera Looks to Apple for Tech
The new setup for the network includes 41 MacBook Pro laptops with Final Cut Studio, a 70TB storage system with 10 Apple Xserve 7TB XRAID systems and 14 Apple Xsan Software Licenses, 12 PowerMac G5 Quad workstations, two PowerMac G5 Dual Core systems, and 19 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays for editing and design. The…
Design Greeting Cards in iPhoto
Start by selecting a picture from your iPhoto library, and make any edits you need. The picture I chose had a building near the bottom, so I cropped that part out. When you are finished, click the Done button. Edit your image before using it in a card.
SidewinderX Traces and Reports spam Email
SidewinderX is priced at US$19.95, and is available for download at the Hendrickson Software Components Web site.
Virginia Tech Xserves Crank Out 15 Million Hours
Virginia Techis Xserve/Infiniband Cluster.
Apple Hot Deals Update For Macconnection, Sweetwater Sound
The new Macconnection Hot Deals page has offers on the Speck Products iPod case 3-pack for 60GB 80GB fifth generation iPods free with iPod purchase, LaCieis d2 Extreme 500GB hard drive with FireWire and USB 2.0, Acrobat 8 Pro with a free Logitech wireless notebook mouse, the TuneTalk stereo iPod voice recorder for 5G iPods…
SpamSieve 2.5
Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam. Without the aid of SpamSieve, Iim sure my eyes would bleed and angels would wail in despair every time I checked my email. For those not already in the know, SpamSieve is an add-on application that uses a Bayesian filtering algorithm to learn what types of…
Life2Go 1.6.4
Iill admit it: Iim an information junkie. Much to my delight, and chagrin, there are plenty of applications out there to turn my Mac into an Internet data siphoning monster. The trick is finding one with the right balance of flexibility, ease of use, and portability – something like Life2Go 1.6.4. Life2Go
NewsMac Pro 1.2.5
Information overload is easy to come by, especially in this age of pipes and dump trucks full of internets. Focusing your information gathering technique is critical if you want to effectively gather news and other data through the Internet. Enter NewsMac Pro. NewsMac Pro is an RSS and Atom news reader application, meaning it recognizes…
FireWire Depot Introduces tNASi RAID
FireWire Depot announced the immediate availability of the tNASi RAID 5 NAS/SAN Tower on Friday. The tNASi is a network-based file storage system that offers Gigabit Ethernet, RAID 0, 1, 5 and 6 support, up to 8 hot-swappable SATA drives, and supports volume sizes over 2TB. It also supports NFS, SMB/CIFS, HTTP/WebDAV, and FTP, account…
Apple Settles 17-inch Display Suit
Apple Computer has settled in a class action lawsuit that claims there is a defect in the company’s 17-inch LCD Studio Display. The Allen v Apple Class Action suit claimed that the inverter board in the display was faulty, causing half of the display to dim and the power light to constantly blink. Members of…
Apple Isn't Feeling the gPod Love
Ichiro Kameda’s sound-activated vibrating beat generator is designed to put a smile on a woman’s face, but Apple Computer isn’t exactly grinning over the product’s name: gPod. Mainichi Daily News reports the problem started when Mr. Kameda’s company applied for a trademark on the gPod name. Apple objected, stating that the gPod name was too…
OWC 320GB Mercury Elite Pro-AL Quad Interface
Flexibility and versatility are great things to have in your data storage devices, and Other World Computingis Mercury Elite Pro-AL Quad Interface hard drives deliver. These drives feature USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, and eSATA connectors, Seagateis 7200.10 Barracuda drive mechanism, and an aluminum case that matches Appleis Pro-level Macs. I tested the 320GB…
Quick Image Correction in Photoshop
Iim starting with an image that has a noticeable blue tint. Unfortunately, these elk wouldnit wait for proper lighting. Colorado snow isnit usually this blue.
A Better Finder Rename 7.5 Available
A Better Finder Rename 7.5 is priced at US$19.95, and is available for download at the publicspace.net Web site.
Docktopus 1.0.2
The Dock in Mac OS X is a perfectly fine tool, but it could do so much more. Startly Technologies is trying to make that happen with Docktopus. Docktopus is an application that enhances the Dockis functionality by adding icon badges that display additional information about your running applications. The badges display several types of…
Symantec Details Mac Proof of Concept Virus
So far, it doesnit appear that OSX.Macarena does anything other than attach itself to other documents, nor does it appear that it is being widely distributed. Symantec stated that its virus definitions have already been updated to recognize the proof of concept. Keep in mind that since OSX.Macarena is a proof of concept, it represents…