Articles in the Software Category
Mac, Software »
Whatever the subject or setting, shooting Camera RAW helps you retain more pixels than garden variety JPEGs. Apple’s latest RAW update adds new cameras to the mix, bringing compatibility to the company’s one-two consumer and pro punch — iPhoto and …
Mac, Security, Software »
Viruses on the Mac — self replicating and spreading malware — are nonexistent, though there seems to be no shortage of trojans, such as the infamous FlashBack Trojan which infected hundreds of thousands of Macs. Whether the current threat is …
Deals, Mac, Software »
Amazon’s more than 50-percent off one-day sale on Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements and both products is over, but the savings continue with markdowns direct from Adobe, as well as reduced Mac App Store and, yes, Amazon pricing.
Amazon still has the …
Mac, Software »
In the entry-level image editing space, we essentially have Photoshop Elements, Acorn, Pixelmator and Lemke Software’s GraphicConverter. Of course, the latter is the only product available as shareware and ships with perhaps the best integrated slideshow functionality. Good stuff and …
Deals, Mac, Software »
The battle for the entry-level image and video editing markets is hot and Adobe, faced with able sub-$50 competitors, is staying in the fight with big discounts on Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements or a bundle of the two. However you …
Mac, Software »
Google Search is useful and many of us it dozens of times a day. Whereas search results are generally spot on, clicking or copying one of those links doesn’t get you the true URL, but rather an indirect one generated …
Apple luv, iPad, Software »
Suitable for digital framing and/or a place of pride on your coffee table. What exactly does one do with a digital only version of a special commemorative magazine? Dad used to hide memorable editions of the newspaper in the storage …
Mac, Software »
Why did hackers create the Flashback trojan and systematically seek out and infect more than 600,000 Macs? Of course, they did it for profit and it was speculated hackers could be making $10,000 a day from the resulting botnet. Intentions, …
Mac, Software »
Like a lot of Apple decisions, dropping the open source SMB (a.k.a. Samba) for its own proprietary SMBX has produced a mixed bag of loathing and love. Yes, SMB was being moved to the restrictive GPL 3 license, obviating it …
Mac, Music, movies, TV, Software »
As Perian begins its slow farewell comes news that world’s best loved open-source media player has hit an important milestone — one billion downloads. The odd things about the story is that VideoLAN, the group behind VLC Media Player, didn’t …

