I don’t know about you, but I love iChat. I love it because it’s a video/audio conferencing, OS-integrated, beautifully-looking, full-featured IM application. There’s only one problem with it; iChat only supports AIM, .Mac, and Jabber. To make matters worse, iChat only supports one AIM or .Mac connection, and one Jabber connection. So, if you want [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Buy Newsfire, Get Inquisitor Free
I normally don’t blog about these types of things, but this is one offer I can’t pass up. During this weekend, if you purchase Newsfire, you will receive a copy of Inquisitor for free. What are these wonderfully little programs? Well, Newsfire is only the hottest RSS reader to hit the Mac since NetNewsWire, and [...]
Google Releases Google Notifier for Mac
Today, Google has released a new version of the Gmail Notifier for Mac, now called Google Notifier. The new version sports a new notification system, and now integrates with Google Calendar, hence the new name.
While the new features are certainly welcoming, I’m not completely thrilled with the way the features are implemented. First of all, [...]
Speed Up Mac OS X While Running Parallels
If you use Parallels on a Mac, you may notice that Parallels consumes massive amounts of RAM; even above and beyond the amount you gave the client operating system. What’s worse is the performance hit lingers even after the application is closed. This is due to a bug in the Parallels software. Parallels tries to [...]
WWDC 2006 Keynote Impressions
Now that they dust has settled a bit from yesterday’s keynote, I think it’s time to give my opinions of it. First of all, it seems that the general consensus is disappointment. Speculated products weren’t announced, and neither were some of the speculated Leopard features.
Part of the problem might be our mindset. It’s easy to [...]
