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The company apparently plans to open its store on June 1, although how long they can keep their doors open remains to be seen since Apple doesn’t take kindly to Mac cloners. Company founder Rashantha De Silva, however, sees his business as a positive for Apple and consumers. “There are others doing this, but we…

Step #1: Preserving Your Data The first thing to remember is that there are two kinds of backups. The first is a static backup such as, in the case of a Mac, a Finder copy to an external drive. Specifically, I’m talking about copying /Users and /Applications. Every time you do that, you create a…

Hulu Desktop can display content in a window or full screen, is compatible with the Apple Remote, lets users rate videos and view content from their queue and manage their show subscriptions, and more.The application requires at least a 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo processor, Mac OS X 10.4, Flash 9.0.124, and a 2 Mbps Internet…

Apple introduced its latest line of MacBooks back in October 2008. The new aluminum unibody MacBooks largely replaced the prior white polycarbonate models. The least expensive aluminum model featured a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor. This model is still available for $1299. At the same time, Apple…

Version 2.6 adds the following features and fixes:A new popup control panel to the desktop status bar that adds full control over iTunes playback.Ability to see the iTunes cover art and set track ratings.Improved podcast support.Improved launcher utility.English, French and German language support.Cover Stream 2.6 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later and iTunes 7.5…

Also available now is the iBiz Professional package. This package includes iBiz Server 4 and two licenses for iBiz Client 4. iBiz Professional allows all connected users to share the same set of data, so changes made by one employee are seen by all other employees as soon as they select that project. iBiz Pro…

Back in 2000, Apple thought it would be really cool to reduce cable clutter for displays, so the company conceived of a combination DVI, power and USB to come up with a 30 pin (3 x 10) connector called the Apple Display Connector. The end of the cable attached to the monitor looks like this:Apple…

We believe Apple could eventually sell select Mac products in Wal-Mart stores,” he wrote, “which could significantly increase distribution and unit shipments of Macs (starting with a pilot program).” He added, while we don’t expect an immediate impact this year and believe Apple would need to reposition its line-up first, we believe that closer ties…

To pair an Apple Remote with your Mac, do this: Make sure your Mac is on and awake. Hold the dark end of the remote a few inches away from your Mac. Press and hold the Menu and Next buttons for about five seconds or until the paired remote icon appears on your Mac’s display.…

Luxor 3 features more than 140 levels, seven unique game modes, upgradeable power-ups, new bonus level gameplay, and new ways of making matches, including reflectors. Pricing is US$19.95 and Mac OS X version 10.4 is required. MumboJumbo’s now-defunct sister company, MacPlay, brought many games to the Mac, including Aliens vs. Predator, SiN, Baldur’s Gate II,…

Its features include 3D modeling, rigging, animation, particle effects, dynamics, compositing, and integrated rendering.Houdini 10 also features the Pyro FX toolset which enables visual effects artists to create high-quality smoke and fire. Houdini 10 includes support for viewport display and final rendering of Stereoscopic 3D content. Visual effects artists can download Houdini Apprentice, a free…

The publisher said inspiration for the game came from the way players interacted with its previous release, Virtual Villagers: Players liked pairing up villagers with each other and creating storylines about them. In Virtual Families, players must not only deal with their characters’ situations, with trophies awarded for meeting certain goals, but also solve mini-puzzles…

Nehalem die Credit: Chip Architect The Nehalem series, based on a 45 nanometer (nm) process, has several, notable technical improvements that will be of interest to Mac Pro users, namely: Turbo Boost Technology. The CPU can, during heavy computational loads, boost its speed in increments of 133 MHz until the thermal threshold is reached. Each individual…

Talk about speed. The new Mac Pro is blazingly fast, even for someone like myself who doesn’t do much processor intensive stuff. Everything, from startup time to opening applications to copying files, takes significantly less time. As a bonus, the Pro is also much quieter than my old Mac. Of course, my old G5 was…

The new version reads all of the standard features and annotations associated with each sequence, follows the Genbank format for the features table and is always kept up to date with the latest Genbank release. It also has the added benefit of migrating any old and deprecated feature information contained in the Vector NTI file…

Many times a week, a Mac user experiences that sickening realization that a treasured MacBook has been lost or stolen. LoJack for Laptops from Absolute Software Corp. recovers about three out of four of the stolen computers and can initiate a remote wipe to protect sensitive personal or corporate information. It’s an all too common…

Mac OS X version 10.4.11, a 1GHz G4 processor, 256MB RAM, and 64MB video RAM (Intel GMA950 chipsets are supported) are required. Dr. Tools Maths Trainer, also priced at $19.99, offers three difficulty levels, plus a training mode, and comprehensive evaluations of the user’s progress through math problems that begin with basic arithmetic and continue…

Sometimes people, especially scientists, are anxious for Apple to jump ahead of the competition. That’s a natural reaction — Apple’s ease of use and UNIX roots make it a natural for scientists on the desktop. However, Apple often ends up lagging. Apple was slow to move from PCI-X to PCI Express, and they were also,…

The Equinux TubeStick is a combination NTSC and ATSC tuner the size of a large pack of chewing gum. It can be connected via an antenna or home cable (coax) connection and comes with TiVo-like software to tune, watch, pause, do instant replay, record, and export directly to iTunes. The TubeStick has two components. The…

The book shows how to get the most out of VMware Fusion, Parallels Desktop, VirtualBox and BootCamp, how to install applications, and compatibility issues. It also covers problems with peripherals, Mac OS X and Windows file sharing, avoiding Windows malware, and backing up a Windows installation.Take Control of Running Windows on Mac is priced at…

The latest edition of Prince of Persia, which was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC last December, takes the venerable series in a new direction. Players take control of a new unnamed Prince as he makes his way across a mysterious land with help from Elika, a woman he meets after a sandstorm…

ChangeWave surveyed 3,115 U.S. consumers from February 2nd to February 9th in its survey. The survey measured consumer plans for spending, investing, and saving, and found that overall plans for spending are down, a reflection of the current global economic crisis. General Computer Buying Plans The firm said that plans for buying computers, consumer electronics,…

I spent all of last week skiing in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. For those not familiar with the area, Steamboat is a major destination ski resort in the northwestern part of Colorado, about a three hour drive from Denver. It’s a week of heaven for skiers, and with 24 years of skiing under our belts, my…

Apimac 6.5 retails for $19.95 and is free of charge to current customers with a free demo available for download. The application requires Mac OS X 10.4 and a 1GHz or faster G4, G5 or Intel-based processor to install and run.