Although donations to Haiti via texting have already surged past $20 million, rescue efforts and redevelopment will certainly cost many times what’s already been raised.  Two a unique campaigns bring relief, several Mac, iPhone, and hardware developers are donating all of their proceeds on January 20th to a variety of charitable organizations lending a hand

If you find Microsoft’s Office suite is either too bloated or too costly, you’ll no doubt be pleased to know there are free alternatives available. Let’s take a look at five of them.

Office 2010, the successor to the much-loved Office 2007, will be release in June of this year (for PC), and pricing has just been leaked. The new version of office will bring further changes to the ribbon interface, plus a new integration with the web (to compete against Google Docs). See a list of the

After losing its appeal against a multi-million dollar patent infringement ruling, Microsoft was faced with withdrawing Word 2007 from sale or altering the program. Naturally the software behemoth has chosen to issue a patch that removes the offending code.

Musicians are a demanding bunch. In the same breath they voice preferences for both vintage and new technology. I take a look at some of the latter to have caught my eye over the last year.

In this edition of TechnoBuffalo’s User Blog Feature, we have a post from Big Antonio, from the blog bigantonio. His post is about a potential Google netbook and the specs it’ll bring. If this netbook does come out, it could be out sometime after Google’s upcoming Chrome OS is released and could be pre-installed too.

Don’t you just hate it? iPhoto has to open up every time you plug in your iPhone or iPod Touch. It’s very annoying if you ask me. Well, there is a way to keep iPhoto from opening up every time you plug it in your Mac . It’s simple really, but the option may not

As Microsoft prepares Office 2010 with online features, our thoughts turn to the obvious battle that is about to be raged between Google Docs and the king of the office suite software.  Is there even really a fight here? If you are here reading TechnoBuffalo, then odds are that you are at least passingly familiar

A report issued in July by the UK’s Chief Surveillance Commissioner, Sir Christopher Rose, reported that two people had been convicted during 2008-2009 for failing to comply with section 49 notices issued under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). In simple terms, when asked to hand over passwords to encrypted files or hard drives

With the recent sale of Skype to its original founders and some venture capitalists, you have to wonder if this may be the route back to Skype being able to get back to being the “cool kid” again. In Oct. 2005 Internet auction house eBay purchased the popular VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service Skype.

One of the biggest problems for a data junky is being able to manage their data effectively. Eventually, you’re either going to run out of disk space, or you’r going to have to re-organise your entire library. To help with this dilemma, DaisyDisk have come up with a novel approach to understanding how your data

To all you OS X users who have jealous of your PC counterparts ability to browse the web at blistering speeds, be green no longer.  Google has (finally!) unleashed the fist official Beta build of Chrome for Mac. Previously only available as a developer preview, the Beta brings with it a slew of updates behind

Remote access has been around for a while, but mobile remote access is just starting to reach its maturity.  Windows Mobile has had an integrated client for years, but now Apple (or the App Store Developers) are getting into the game.  Remotetap is a $4.99 application that lets you take full control of your Macs

Nobody can argue against Twitter’s exploding popularity.  We’ve seen developers create applications, both mobile and desktop, that create a more powerful user experience than the web’s offerings.  Facebook has hundreds of millions of users, so where are all the Facebook applications? Sadly, there aren’t many  specifically developed to expand the Facebook experience.  We see integration

Most of us deny it, but all of us spend excessive amounts of time browsing our Facebook profile and friends list. It’s a wonder then that we treat this mass of information with such disregard. I might not admit it often, but if I lost my friends list, photos and profile information thanks to a

Back during the release of iTunes 8, Apple included a new music visualizer based on a rumored version named ‘magnetosphere’.  With more customization than at first glance, it’s a great way to sit back and enjoy your music in an often jaw-dropping way. iTunes comes standard with five different visualizers, iTunes Visualizer being the most

In my experience, one of the most commonly used application in the Mac OS environment is TextEdit. Though it might look like an inconspicuous little text editor, it does in fact have some rather useful features. Default Layout When you first open TextEdit, the default settings mean that it will open as a relative small

It’s been a few months since the most drastic update in iTunes’ recent history dropped, so it’s probably safe question to ask: how have you found yourself using iTunes 9? Again, the point isn’t to remind you all of what iTunes 9 brings to the field, but rather get everyone feedback of how it’s affected

I remember a time when the internet was something that you had to ask your parents not to use the phone for. Dial-up was the way forward, and as a result of the low bandwidth requirements, MSN messenger took off as the IM of choice. If you didn’t have a hotmail account, you weren’t part

Being a self-confessed gadget junky, I like to take good care of my gear. Aside from screen protectors and case covers, there are other ways to keep your Mac in top shape. One such application is iStat pro, a free widget from the folks over at iSlayer. iStat pro comes packed with some great monitoring

One of the most popular Mac software resellers, Macheist, is known for their unique advertising strategies.  Every now and then, Macheist offers deeply discounted bundles of the most popular software.  Their latest bundle, the MacHeist nanoBundle, includes 6 applications all being given away for free. Shovebox makes it easy to cram your information into one

I’m becoming somewhat of fond with these top-five lists. That’s not to say that there are only five applications worth using for the Mac, but these are my top-five of all time… ever! Or at least until someone comes out with some better applications. In no particular order: Skype Skype is jam-packed and bursting with

Gone are the days of opening the browser to tweet (if they were ever there to begin with).  Whether it’s texting, mobile applications, or desktop clients, users are looking for the fastest way to tweet without sacrificing depth.  We’ll run a comparison between three popular twitter clients. TweetDeck – Mac/PC/Linux Probably the most popular out

I am a bona fide news hound. Every day I pour over hundreds of RSS feeds in NetNewsWire for Mac, synced to Google Reader. Alternatively I choose to go straight to the browser form of Google Reader, pure and simple. When I’m in Windowsville however, I rely on a different desktop aggregator to feed my

With storage solutions dropping in price year-over-year, companies are building their solution on the back this change. Dropbox is such a company, offering a fast and secure online storage solution, with a starting package that’s absolutely free. Yes, you read that right, free. With the going rate for a 2GB thumb drive floating anywhere between