When it comes to an RSS newsreader, my needs are on the whole quite simple: Google Reader sync, basic keyboard shortcuts and OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility. Although I’ve been until recent weeks a very satisfied NetNewsWire user, that application …

Would somebody please make an iPad competitor? Dell, Samsung, Motorola, RIM and, now, Hewlett-Packard have all failed. Perhaps the best that can be said about the TouchPad is that it has an email client and shows promise, perhaps realizable a …

If a Python can’t have a laugh at a dead friend’s expense, then who can? The surviving Monty Python members that matter have reunited to voice a 3D animated feature film based on Graham Chapman’s (the dead one) A Liar’s …

And, what of Thunderbird 4? Mozilla’s skipped it in order to synchronize the releases of their web and email clients, which says that both products are now on an accelerated development path. Thereupon, here we are looking at the first …

As the month of June winds down, the company is winding up Snow Leopard development. The recent release of Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update and, now, a Java Runtime refresh clearly demonstrate that the mothership is covering its bases ahead …

All kinds of major tweaks and build outs, as well as a browser engine update. Taken altogether we’re looking a fairly major release that extends and enhances Opera’s industry leading Speed Dial, extensions, CSS and Widgets features.
Alpha, beta and RC …

There are few to none Thunderbolt devices available, but Apple’s already issued a patch covering unnamed performance and stability issues. Thereupon, if you’ve got a 2011 MacBook Pro or iMac, currently the only Macs that ship with the next-gen I/O …

Where can you find the highest concentrations of cool people (a.k.a. Mac users)? Pretty much in the places you would expect to — mostly in the urbanized states on either coast. However, you’ll also find concentrations of Mac heads in …

For the last week, my family has been away and they won’t be home until Thursday. In addition to eating out of a can — I’m the cook and we eat fresh — I’ve been watching a lot of TV. …

For years, I used a cheap D-Link router and, as experiences go, it was passable in that time-honored way PC users have come to expect. That said, I picked up a dual-band 802.11n Airport Extreme Base Station at bargin price …