By Travis Harvey |
Here’s a video from the Game Developer Conference held in San Francisco last week that previews the upcoming software update headed to WebOS sometime in the first half of 2010. Everyone’s up in arms that mobile devices don’t have Flash capabilities since a majority of…
By Sean P. Aune |
Microsoft is getting ready to release the latest version of Microsoft Office, and this is one of those products that you have to every so often ask yourself, “Is it really making enough updates that I absolutely need to buy it?” Unlike with operating system…
By Sean P. Aune |
It has been nine long years since Microsoft released Internet Explorer 6 (IE6), in Internet time, that may as well have been a century. Despite the fact that IE6 finally seems to be disappearing from our lives slowly, one does have to wonder why it…
By Winston Sih |
Many are already aware of Google’s attempt to take over the world. You can run, drive and now bike, but you can’t hide. Google made an announcement Tuesday night on plans to add bike routing and maps to their Google Maps service. During the National…
By Travis Harvey |
PC gamers have long held the upper hand over Mac gamers, but Valve hopes to extend an olive branch to with their announcement that their digital distribution platform Steam will soon make its way onto the Mac. Following image slipups and a series of Mac…
By Travis Harvey |
We realize not everyone is head over heels in love with the iPad and it’s pretty clear that HP does too. Those let down by the iPad’s shortcomings are looking to the inevitable HP Slate to offer a full desktop experience that includes Adobe Flash,…
By Sean P. Aune |
It would seem that not only is Google’s Chrome browser growing in market share, but its the only browser to be doing so. According to the latest data released from Net Marketshare, the available date posted for April 2009 through Feb. 2010 shows that Chrome…
By Travis Harvey |
Flash on mobile phones has been a touch subject for most mobile companies. Until version 10.1, there’s really been no source of optimization for the mobile world. Adobe’s already shown off Flash running on WebOS but they’re prepared to adopt any platform that’s willing to…
By Travis Harvey |
One of the most well known software distributors for the Mac has another bundle of software for sale from which 25% of proceeds from are donated to charity. Today’s User Blog Feature comes from Tyler Payne with a rundown of MacHeist’s latest nanobundle. If you’re…
By Travis Harvey |
There are some incredibly cool augmented reality applications that are already available for both Android and iPhone. Yelp’s monocle feature displays nearby restaurants and ratings and New York Subway displays nearby subway lines atop the camera layer using the compass, accelerometer, and GPS. Recognizr follows…
By Travis Harvey |
Last week, a few members of the Valve forums noticed some files that that were included with the new Steam beta, hinting that Valve may be working to release a Mac client for their popular Steam platform. For those unfamiliar, Steam is a digital distribution…
By Travis Harvey |
As the New York Times showed off the iPad application they had been working with Apple to produce, the future of traditional print saw a glimmer of hope for its new platform. Publications like the NYTimes and WSJ crave a means by which they can…
By polrid |
You can of course part with your hard-earned cash for top notch system security software but why bother when there are so many excellent free programs available?…
By Travis Harvey |
Where does anyone get the idea to base an entire music video off a computer? Dennis Liu did just that for a group called The Bird and the Bee and their song “Again & Again.” Keep in mind this was pre-Snow Leopard but it still showcases…
By Travis Harvey |
In the days leading up to the iPad announcement, a passionate tech crew thought that we’d see the future of computing within Apple’s tablet. Steve Jobs was vaguely quoted as saying it was the most important project he’s ever worked on and hysterical rumors of…
By Jon Rettinger |
Earlier this week Google Earth was released for Android 2.1 giving stalkers and nut-jobs yet another way to know where you live. Seeing how the Nexus One is the only 2.1 equipped device at the moment, this free download from the Android Market is really…
By Travis Harvey |
Explaining Google Voice to someone who has never heard of the idea is no easy task. It’s more than just one phone number that rings all your phones — it provides free SMS messaging, free voice calls, incredibly cheap international calls, and even more that…
By polrid |
It’s either being deliberately overlooked or added in later as an afterthought. And with HTML 5 just around the corner, things are not looking good for the future of Adobe’s Flash.…
By Sean P. Aune |
Even though Windows 7 is still rolling out to customers who get their first taste of the latest operating system from Microsoft when purchasing a new computer, a lot of people are already wondering what Windows 8 will hold for us when it appears a…
By Travis Harvey |
Not a whole lot has come out of Microsoft’s Surface since it’s unveiling years ago. It’s made itself cozy in the new Microsoft stores and its idea has been pushed even further. Devin Coldewey from CrunchGear swung by the Microsoft campus to find some Carnegie…
By Travis Harvey |
One scarcely used features that’s often overlooked by many Mac users is the Dashboard. The Dashboard brings subtle time savers to the front of your screen, allowing you to calculate, tweet, check the weather, and a whole lot more. Windows users can add many of…
By Sean P. Aune |
You know how they say cockroaches can survive a nuclear war? How they are the most reliant species on Earth, and can survive just about anything to go on annoying us for years and years? Apparently Internet Explorer 6 is the Web browser version of…
By Travis Harvey |
As February’s Mobile World Congress approaches, Microsoft’s already hogging the spotlight and for good reason. Windows Mobile 7 is set to be officially announced and demoed as a preview of what’s expected to hit the market later this year. As most rumors suggest the OS…
By Travis Harvey |
Since the debut of the first device to run the iPhone OS (iOS), there’s been a substantially loud community calling for the inclusion of Adobe Flash. Nearly three years later, there’s been no progress made and none in sight. With last week’s announcement of the…
