Posted by Andy Atkinson on 12/9/07 in Hardware, Microsoft, Review
This article compares display quality of two budget-priced 1080p HD-DVD options, the Toshiba HD-A20 standalone player, and the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on drive. Results cover regular DVD upconversion performance, as well as HD-DVD results from Transformers and King Kong.
Posted by Matt Thommes on 12/3/07 in Freeware, OS X, Review
Witch is a System Preferences utility for Mac OS X, allowing you to customize the process of cycling between windows, which is traditionally accomplished with “Command + Tab” (“Alt + Tab” on Windows).
The traditional approach has a few drawbacks, specifically on Mac OS X:
You are limited to cycling only between open applications, as opposed to […]
Posted by Andy Atkinson on 11/12/07 in Google, Linux, Mobile, Open Source, Opinion, Programming, Software
Android is a recently-announced, open source mobile-phone operating system and development platform from Google. The Android software stack could be installed on any number of handsets, from various cell providers around the world. I’ll take a first look at Android, with an Eclipse project and an Android plug-in, to create and debug a simple Hello World application.
Posted by Matt Thommes on 10/26/07 in Freeware, Networking, Software, Tutorials
Desktop sharing is an incredibly useful approach for collaborating on ideas, holding presentations, or simply accessing remote computers. Zoho Meeting meets the needs of desktop sharing for small businesses and independent entrepreneurs. The product is straight-forward and practical. And did I mention it’s free?
Posted by Andy Atkinson on 10/22/07 in Apple, Google, Mobile, Software, Tips
Syncing iPhone Calendar with Google Calendar on OS X is easier due to Apple iCal. iTunes supports calendar sync only with Outlook in a Windows environment. This tip will take a look at bi-directional sync options, 2 of which are completely free, to keep iPhone calendar in sync with Google Calendar.
Posted by Matt Thommes on 10/21/07 in OS X, Tips
Most Mac OS X files are actually bundles. If you try copying and pasting bundles outside of OS X, they will copy in segments, ie: each piece of the bundle. This can cause unexpected behavior when uploading or emailing files that are actually bundles.
Posted by Andy Atkinson on 10/3/07 in Apple, Mobile, OS X, Tutorials
Testing websites and web applications that are optimized for iPhone is not possible everywhere unless the remote web resource thinks the client is an iPhone. Web-based and OS X applications exist to test iPhone compatibility, but this tutorial describes how to set Firefox up to fake the iPhone user agent.
Posted by Andy Atkinson on 09/30/07 in Events, OS X, Software, Windows
Adobe came to Minneapolis for their Summer 2007 On AIR bus tour, where they introduced the new AIR runtime environment built to deploy internet applications to the desktop.
Posted by Andy Atkinson on 09/21/07 in Freeware, Microsoft, Software, Tips, Windows
RSS Popper is a feed subscription plug-in for Outlook and Outlook Express users that bring RSS, RDF and Atom support, as well as auto-add from Internet Explorer and synchronization support with other readers like Bloglines.
Posted by Matt Thommes on 09/17/07 in Hardware, Networking, Opinion, Review
The Nikon S7c is one of the latest digital cameras to include WiFi capabilities. The 7.1 Megapixel camera sports a 3x zoom, 3-inch LCD, and a stylish design, but let’s not kid ourselves. The WiFi is the reason this camera is so attractive.
