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My Windows needs have always been modest. When I bought my first Intel iMac I was advised to use Parallels Desktop instead of Boot Camp, which I did. It took me a while to set it all up but soon I was able to run those interesting little Windows-only programs and avoid previous bouts of impotent fury. I'd been happily using Parallels version 2 for quite a while until it started causing kernel panics and asking me to do some stuff that did my head in. And then last week, Parallels 4 was released at a special changeup price of US$39.99 -- too good an opportunity to miss, so I downl...
When Judge Kenneth Karas order Mark Papermaster to “immediately cease his employment with Apple,” he...
Jim Dalrymple | Nov 21, 2008
Samsung Electronics has started mass production of 256GB solid-state drives, which could make their ...
Agam Shah | Nov 21, 2008
Apple on Wednesday night released an update to its Apple TV set top box software. The Apple TV Sof...
Jonathan Seff | Nov 21, 2008
Like its predecessor, Adobe’s audio editing application, Soundbooth CS4, is a compromise. Although i...
Christopher Breen | Nov 21, 2008
Rumours of Fireworks’ demise should finally be put to rest with the release of Fireworks CS4. It i...
Cyndy Cashman | Nov 20, 2008
The pocket camcorder market is heating up. Pure Digital Technologies got the ball rolling with its...
Christopher Breen | Nov 19, 2008
The Iconfactory and Artis Software have announced the release of Frenzic for the iPhone and iPod touc...
The concept of a “tower defense” game isn’t particularly new: It’s where you build defensive structu...
Third-party applications for the iPhone and iPod touch have increasingly become part of Apple's prom...
The first version of Google Mobile App was strong on searches, but weak when it came to Google’s per...
Since Apple took away the option in Leopard of specifying which disks to search for individual smart...
Christopher Breen | Nov 20, 2008In iPhoto ’08’s thumbnail view, there are a couple of undocumented keyboard shortcuts that make wor...
Rob Griffiths | Nov 19, 2008
If you've noticed a picture of yourself in emails you send and would like to keep things a bit more a...
Christopher Breen | Nov 18, 2008
My Windows needs have always been modest. When I bought my first Intel iMac I was advised to use P...
Keith White | Nov 20, 2008
The iPhone has done more for the Mac gaming world than any number of late ports, cross-converted gam...
Alex Kidman | Nov 18, 2008
When Terry Weaver wants to create .Net applications, he fires up Visual Studio and types away like ...
Peter Wayner | Nov 18, 2008Meet Bento® 2, the new version of the wildly popular personal database from FileMaker®.
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Myvu has announced that its Crystal video goggles now work with the iPhone. The Crystal glasses require a new cable which costs $US24.95.Myvu has announced that its Crysta...