Safari for Windows has been updated to 3.0.4 (still in beta on PC side, but Mac is finally final on 10.4.11… 10.5 of course also being final). You can download it from Safari’s web site or by running Apple Software Update. In all the fury of Apple’s updates today (there were plenty to go around), […]
In addition to security updates, and Zune 2.0, Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday dropped an unexpected gift: An updated Xbox 360 controler driver for Windows. The driver is dated 11/12, but the info on the driver still points back to the older August update… in other words, we don’t know what Microsoft changed. But, you can […]
iPod touch software update 1.1.2 adds one disabled feature that is present on iPhone, but not on iPod touch. You can now add calendar events on the device, and iTunes will sync that back to iCal/Outlook on your Mac/PC. iPod touch could always do this, in fact, once jailbroken, it was found to be a […]
About this time, over in Cupertino, the team that handles the keynote gets together… actually it starts anywhere from 90 to 60 days from the day of the big show. Now, lots of people will tell you what is coming to Macworld Expo the week/day/hour before the big show… I’m going to lay out the […]
As many have pointed out, Java 6 SE is missing from Mac OS X Leopard. Apple had committed to Java 6 SE, and even seeded a preview for Tiger, to give developers a head start. Now, Leopard is out, Java 6 SE is missing, and there is silence from Cupertino. I am not suggesting that […]
A lot of people are complaining about features in Mac OS X Leopard being buggy. And, they do have a point… some features are buggy. However, I think people are missing an important point: The vast majority of issues are surrounding features that were not in Mac OS X Tiger. For example, there are significant […]
Great news for fans of Goldeneye, the amazing independent port of it to Valve’s Source engine is alive and well, after a hiatus since its beta release. For those that haven’t yet played it, Goldeneye: Source aims to re-create and enhance the genre-defining Nintendo 64 game, Goldeney, created by Rare back in 1997. The beta […]
As luck would have it, no less than two minutes after I post the Best Buy article below… then what do I find in my inbox? Why the Circuit City Black Friday ad scans. Of course, download link at the bottom. There are much better deals here, thanks to the reward of mail-in rebates (and […]
As usual, all the Black Friday ads have leaked onto the web from various sources, and others have leaked the Best Buy ad. You can download it at the bottom of this article… Best Buy for years has been known for people camping outside their stores, just like all the other retailers. The main reason […]
Paul Thurrott’s review of Windows Home Server ends on a very similar note to my previous WIndows Home Server article. Windows Home Server OEMs would benefit from integrating a wireless router into the box, easing configuration and reducing the number of boxes and cables to add a home server to your network. In fact, the […]