It seems that fewer and fewer companies are providing release notes concurrently with their software, especially maintenance updates. Perhaps it’s a tacit realization on their part that few people apply patches and fewer still bother to read about what’s new. …

Charge your iPod and play audio through a pretty decent pair of consumer speakers — some models offer alarm and radio functionality, some come with their own apps. In general, that’s what iHome’s about and we have a pair here …

As I set up a second Mac in as many days, I found myself getting irritated with OS X’s default “Are you sure you want to permanently erase the items in the Trash?” warning. Aside from the semantic issue that …

Extensions were pioneered on Firefox by the open-source coders of Mozilla. Although a popular feature in that browser, it was also a performance suck and source of instability. Thereupon, extensions didn’t gain broad currency until Google Chrome shook up the …

Refurbished, yet with a brand new battery, as well as free shipping, free (after rebate) printer and a full one-year warranty that’s extendible. Take your savings and bump up the AppleCare or just put that cash back into your pocket …

How many old iPods do you have — doesn’t everybody have at least one? Well, if you’ve got a thick skin and good innate BS detector, there’s always Craigslist and eBay. However, if it (or they) are still functional and …

When Apple announces new Macs and demos what everyone expects will be OS X 10.7 “Lion” next Wednesday, the Cupertino, California-based company will likely release a fairly significant Snow Leopard maintenance update with important iOS 4.2 dependencies. As we consider …

Chances are you can find something in this 10 track album that appeals to you. And, of course, if free music attracts you regardless of listenability, then there are at least 10 reasons to get this collection celebrating the most …

Another week, another security update. Whereas last week it was Adobe with a big Acrobat patch, covering 24 vulnerabilities and late September saw Apple roll Snow Leopard security fix. This time ’round we’ve got Microsoft, which likewise seems to have …

Everyone’s favorite Norwegian code monkeys, ever in the hunt for more users, aren’t ones to rest of their laurels. Although this particular release doesn’t bring new features, the guys and gals at Opera have put a prejudicial thumb to 10 …