There's a growing trend for traditionally Windows-centric software
companies to release Linux versions of their products. Nero AG
recently decided to jump on the bandwagon by releasing a Linux port of
their very popular CD burning software. In this review I'll take a
look at what it offers and how it compares to K3b, an established
Linux CD writing application.
Waterfield Bags launched a SleeveCase designed specifically for the
Mac Mini within weeks of the official Apple announcement. In its
default configuration as I received it, the SleeveCase is merely what
it claims to be, a case into which a Mac Mini will fit. However,
Waterfield offers a configuration with a detachable shoulder strap.
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"The cornerstone of most open source application serving is the
ubiquitous LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP/Python/Perl) stack. Yet it's
not always as easy as you'd expect to get all the elements of the
stack properly installed and working together. Enter XAMPP..."
The iPod Camera Connector finally lets you download and immediately
view your pictures on an iPod photo. Handy though it is, it will tax
your iPod’s battery.
DVForge releases another inspired product hampered by quality-control
issues.
Digital Web is running a big triple-issue today, with a book
review and author interviews.
Review of
Wac by
Coffee MonsterThe coffee at Wac is good. Not so sure about the
food.
Great environment - both tables and couches, to
suit your mood.
My take
Can you feel teh magic percolating?
That's good coffee! How's Mr Kim?
Review DRAMS 4.0
Review DRAMS 4.0
10/31/2003 02:47 AMWebmasterBase Oct 31 2003 2:23AM ET
Filemaker Pro 7 Review
Filemaker Pro 7 Review
04/18/2004 09:51 AMFileMaker
Pro 7 review by PC Magazine: Here an interesting review of the new
FileMaker Pro 7.
Compared with Microsoft Access, FileMaker retains a
distinctive edge in usability. Granted, Access has the advantage when
it comes to implementing larger-scale applications that have heftier
programmatic needs. But Version 7 extends FileMaker's appeal farther
into the midrange database space.
I played with this app once, and, true to its Mac roots, it was
intuitive and anything and just as easy to use.
I was encouraged to find a few ODBC
drivers as well, but if you're going to remove the interface,
what's the point? (Maybe not fair — I think there's a
legitimate use for data creation and administration via the client
app, and publishing to the world via the Web, but that's just me. Use
the app to manage to content, then just FTP it up to your
server.)
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Review: Bionicle
Review: Bionicle
04/12/2005 01:14 PMIf there’s a Bionicle fan in your house who hasn’t already
played this on a console, it may be worth your while. Otherwise, the
game’s frustrating camera controls alone make this one to
avoid.
Week in Review, 12/4/04 to 19/4/04
Week in Review, 12/4/04 to 19/4/04
04/18/2004 05:32 PMATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro Review
ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro Review
12/24/2003 02:30 PMInternet.com Dec 24 2003 1:12PM ET
Review: OpenBSD 3.5
Review: OpenBSD 3.5
07/22/2004 07:55 AMThe OpenBSD Project released OpenBSD 3.5 exactly on schedule on May 1,
adding support for new functions and devices in the kernel and
updating the base system. While it may not be the most versatile
operating system in the world, OpenBSD shines when it comes to
security, providing a default installation that doesn't have to be
locked down and partially disabled before using it.
Review of the Rio Chiba
Review of the Rio Chiba
10/31/2003 10:32 AMThe Register review of the Chiba, Rio's new compact MP3 player, which
comes with only 256MB of internal memory but fortunately has a slot
for SD memory cards if you want to add extra capacity to it. Read...
Lian Li PC-V65 Plus Review
Lian Li PC-V65 Plus Review
04/12/2005 08:45 AMHardware Avenue Apr 12 2005 1:15PM GMT
Review of RCN CABLE
Review of RCN CABLE
11/05/2003 08:21 PMLater I found out searching Google that this is normal for that brand
of modem, gee I wished tech support would have told me this in the
first place. ...
Review: Power Mac G5
Review: Power Mac G5
06/05/2005 11:16 PM“The Power Mac G5 Dual has been, and is still,” writes Joel
Santo Domingo for PC Magazine, “ the one system that graphics
artists dream of when they take their catnaps between editing
sessions. The latest Power Mac, the G5 Dual 2.7GHz ($3,648 direct,
without monitor), represents the pinnacle of Mac computing. Artists,
Art Directors and well-heeled Mac-heads will wheedle, beg, and plead
with their managers, parents, or spouses to attain this
top-of-the-line Mac.” [Jun 01, 2005]
Review: Kid Pix Deluxe 3X
Review: Kid Pix Deluxe 3X
03/30/2005 05:42 PMBroderbund’s Kid Pix Deluxe 3X has been—brought to Mac OS
X by the folks at Software MacKiev—is a re-imagining of the
once-popular kids’ creativity software, now integrated with
Apple’s iLife applications.
Review: FreeBSD 5.4
Review: FreeBSD 5.4
06/05/2005 11:29 PMReview: DVD Studio Pro 3
Review: DVD Studio Pro 3
07/09/2004 08:31 PM“The attraction to Apple’s DVD Studio Pro for me is
threefold: ease of use, flexibility and power,” David Nagel
writes for Digital Producer magazine. “These three factors came
together in one tight, highly intuitive package known as DVD Studio
Pro 2 last year, when, for the first time, we gave the program our
rare Must Buy recommendation (a first for any DVD authoring system).
Now, at version 3, it’s even more powerful, flexible and
intuitive than ever.” [Jul 9]
Review: NewsFire 1.0
Review: NewsFire 1.0
03/30/2005 05:42 PMNewsFire 1.0 is an excellent application. It’s a great value
compared to other RSS readers in its category and should only continue
to improve.
Review: DVD Studio Pro 4
Review: DVD Studio Pro 4
06/24/2005 09:37 PMDave Nagel writes for Digital Media Net, “Apple’s DVD Studio
Pro is, in short, the very best authoring package you can get for the
money — or anywhere close to the money. DVD Studio Pro 4 expands
on this leading application’s capabilities with the addition of
high-definition DVD encoding and authoring, plus even deeper access to
the DVD -video specification.” [Jun 22, 2005]
MSI K8N Neo FSR Motherboard review
MSI K8N Neo FSR Motherboard review
01/02/2005 06:58 AMReview: PDFpen 2.0.1
Review: PDFpen 2.0.1
03/30/2005 05:43 PMThis utility offers a variety of tools to let you easily create, use,
and interact with PDF documents and forms, at a reasonable price.
Review: Mirror
Review: Mirror
11/05/2003 02:28 PMAndrei Tarkovsky: The Mirror My favorite Tarkovsky film. An
autobiographical portrait of his childhood...
Review: AG Neovo M-17
Review: AG Neovo M-17
03/30/2005 05:43 PMThe USB ports on the front of the AG Neovo M-17 are a nice touch, but
the noisy speakers and color-uniformity problems at the top and bottom
of the screen make it difficult to recommend.
SF-201 Alu Gehäuse Review
SF-201 Alu Gehäuse Review
03/21/2003 10:19 AMi-Tee Case Review
i-Tee Case Review
04/12/2004 06:06 PMSweepEZE Review
SweepEZE Review
08/08/2004 03:30 PM
First of
all, the name is horrid. It might not be so bad if searching for
"sweep ez" on Google didn't turn up a different product altogether,
but it's not like 'SweepEZE' is that strong to begin with. That is, of
course, presuming that it is pronounced "Sweep Easy" and not "Sweep
Easy E," in which any appeal to the hip-hop crowd is probably
mitigated by the uncomfortable image of using an automatic vacuum to
sweep up E's cremains. So I'm thinking Sweep Easy is what we're
working with here.
I had a Roomba in here last week, reviewing it for another
publication, which was actually the first time I'd had one of the
robot vacs in my home. I liked it -- I mean, how could you not, with
all the bleeps and whoops -- but I don't think I'll be dropping $250
on one quite yet. The main issue was simply that for all its
greatness, it kept choking on rug fringe and my girlfriend's panties
(my panties were too larger to be inhaled, thankfully), so the
"automatic" part of the thing became entirely too hands-on. So back to
the broom I went.
Gmail review
Gmail review
04/11/2004 05:14 PMI don't know if it's due to the increased pressure on spammers or
what, but since I put the post up Friday night begging for spam I've
only gotten one spam email. It showed up about 5 hours after the post
was up and I haven't gotten anything since. It didn't flag it as spam,
which I assume is a feature Google will be developing more as time
goes on (or perhaps auto-recognition of spam isn't turned on yet). A
lot of friends have imported spam to see if gmail would auto-flag it
and no one seems to have tripped any spam filters yet. Oh, the spam
was also in Chinese, which gmail didn't do such a hot job displaying,
but I'm sure they're still working the unicode bugs out in the
beta.
update: apparently the spam filters are turned on
and working well, because checking my empty spam folder this sunday
afternoon, I found three Nigerian 419 scams, automatically filtered
into the spam folder. Cool!
I can say that after using gmail for a few days I finally get what
everyone is raving about. On first glance there's nothing impressive
there. To see what it is capable of doing well, you have to
use it: get a few email discussions going with folks and the
more you use it the more obvious the benefits become. I bet you could
say the same thing about blogging. Show a blog or the Blogger.com app
to someone that has never seen it or heard of blogging. I'm sure
they'd dismiss it as nothing special, one page being some sort of
boring public diary, while the app itself is just a giant form and a
button marked "post and publish", whatever that means.
Gmail is pretty incredible about tracking discussions. I've tried
several email packages that offer threading and gmail's is simpler and
more straightforward. It automatically trims replies and shows email
threads as top-down discussions, so it's easy to keep track of where
people are in a discussion. Replying to email is really easy, you just
start typing in the textarea below a message and it automatically
starts a response.
Gmail relies on the universal inbox with good searching and flags.
A lot of email power users I know have no filters of any kind,
prefering everything to drop into the inbox with custom quick searches
to find stuff and generous use of the flag message command. It takes a
little getting used to if you've been using filters for a long
time.
Everyone's raving about the keyboard shortcuts, but I haven't
gotten to use them much. I assume that's a power user feature I'll
pick up eventually. So far I've been impressed by email address
auto-completion. That's something I've never seen in a web app before
and it's quite a time-saver. As I get more familiar with it, I hope to
be able to navigate all my mail with simple keystrokes.
I think Google's really got something amazing here. It's a useful
app that feels almost like desktop software, the storage means you
never have to delete anything, and the simple flags and searching in a
threaded inbox is both a power users and new users dream setup. As
this develops along, I just might convert over to it from pop and imap
based accounts.
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