Software Blogs
The Lion roars once more
- Thu, 16 Feb 2012
Apple has released the first information about OSX 10.8, along with a developers' preview, and it's to be called - Mountain Lion! Given this title, you'd expect it to do for Lion what Snow Leopard did for Leopard, and from what we can gather at this early stage, that's precisely what it does. Mountain Lion continues the 'back to the Mac' approach adopted by OSX 10.7, with several system applications making their way from iOS to the Mac's...
Siri, the woman of your dreams
- Wed, 08 Feb 2012
Raj has a problem. The India-born astrophysicist from hit American TV comedy The Big Bang Theory suffers from selective mutism, which severely inhibits his interaction with the fairer sex. In a nutshell, he can't talk to women unless he's drunk.
But in the recent Season Five episode 'The Beta Test Initiation', he finally finds a woman he can talk to. Siri. He's fascinated by the iPhone 4S's voice-activated assistant, and how he can hold a...
MacFormat 244 – 50 ways to improve your Mac and iPad
- Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Your Mac is an incredibly versatile beast, and it’s likely you’ve not even begun to scratch the surface of what it’s capable of. That’s where we come in. This issue you’ll find 30 new and exciting ways to make more of your Mac. And that’s not all. An iPad extends and augments your Mac life, which is why you’ll find 20 top tablet tips to take your iOS use to the next level too. It’s all here!
Also this month: Apple’s secrecy is legendary in the t...
Mariner Software MacJournal 6 review
- Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Key Info
Developer: Mariner Software
www.marinersoftware.com
Requirements
OS: OS X 10.6.8 or later
MacJournal 6 is the latest incarnation of the very popular blogging and journal software from Mariner. No matter what you want to keep track of with words, MacJournal can help, be it a private and personal diary or a public and published blog. Blogging is the natural fit for software like MacJournal and it’s no surprise to see you can automatically link ...
Great gaming bargains!
- Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Here's one for the gamers. Top Mac games publisher Aspyr has dropped the price of four of its top titles to just £2.99, but hurry – they go back up again at the close of business on 31st January. The games included in the sale are:
Hail to the king, baby! This politically incorrect first-person shooter wasn't well received, but as Andy Dyer argued in MacFormat's review, the journalistic backlash against its legendary...
Acer Aspire S3 – A Busy Life Travelling PC Companion
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
As readers of this blog, you know that I like to travel. Some may even say I have a wanderlust; this new spin-word is German and breaks down to exactly what it means: a lust for wandering. It’s for people who don’t just like to visit places but need to wander through them – meander, grow and learn as part of a new environment. I love my job a bit too much to give it all up for a lifetime of wandering but I try to book in all the travel I can. Thi...
2012 Small Business PC Academy Award Nominations
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
The nominations have been announced, the red carpet is ready to be rolled out, and the film industry is prepping for their biggest night of the year. With the biggest night of movie awards this weekend, we thought it might be fun to look at star PCs, recommended for small businesses with Windows 7 Professional, that could also be good fits for the characters in the Best Picture nominated films. Like the movies, these nine PCs all deserve the...
The war on graymail after 90 days: Over 100 million sweeps, cleanups and newsletters filtered
- Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Hotmail introduced advanced features for fighting the war on graymail this past fall, and since then, customers have conquered graymail over 100 million times using features like Sweep and Schedule Cleanup. In this post, I’ll talk about how Hotmail customers are taking control of their email with Sweep, Schedule Cleanup, and Hotmail’s newsletter filter, and we’ll show you how these tools can help you conquer graymail in your own inbox in just 60 ...
Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat – Hotmail #win7tech
- Mon, 20 Feb 2012
Living in Seattle, we see a lot of gray- gray sky, gray clothes, gray weather. So, they last thing we want to have overwhelming our inboxes is graymail. For those of you who don’t know, graymail is the mail that lives between spam and personal mail. It’s the catalogues you’ve signed up for, the school PTA letters, or the coupon buster newsletter. You want to get it; you just don’t want to read it all.
Hotmail has made it a personal mission to sta...
New “Minute of Mango” tips series begins
- Mon, 20 Feb 2012
Microsoft’s Channel 9 kicked off a new tips & tricks video series for Windows Phone today called “Minute of Mango” that’s fun and worth watching.
The series, hosted by the always vivacious Laura Foy, is geared toward anybody looking to save time and do more with Windows Phone 7.5. Check out the first episode on making custom ringtones below, then make sure to subscribe or share the series with friends or family. Trust me, they’ll thank you. L...
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