A recent report by The NPD Group (http://wwww.npdgroup.com), a market research company, shows that no one — not even Apple — should underestimate the Mac or the Blu-ray market.
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By Daniel M. East
After the impressive CX1 model last year, I was optimistic about the new, US$329 Ricoh CX2 (http://www.ricoh.com). It offers the same body type and long-life battery, but with a few updates as well.
The new model sports a 10.7x optical zoom lens (28–300mm) versus the CX1’s 7.1x (28–200mm). Like any more powerful zoom, this requires a steadier hand, a tripod, or monopod for best results. Beyond that, the majority of the features between the two models remains the same.
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By Greg Mills
Those who read Greg’s bite regularly may have noticed I tend to dump on Microsoft and the pope of Anti-Mac, Steve Ballmer. It seems I am not alone as numerous articles have come out lately which confirm my observations, exactly. Some have speculated that Microsoft will actually go belly up even after Ballmer is forced out. They are riding the Windows PC Operating System monopoly into the ground.
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PFiddlesoft (http://pfiddlesoft.com/pfiddles/) has released Waccy Accy 1.0, the second application in the PFiddle Collection. It’s an US$4.99 game based on Apple’s Accessibility API (application programming interface). A 30-day demo is available for download.
To win Waccy Accy, you reveal your full user name by flipping the placards displaying placeholders so they show their hidden characters. You fill in the blanks by moving the mouse pointer over text elements on the screen containing the missing letters.
Read MoreLost Bytes has released a new version of Tuples (http://www.tuplesapp.com), a PostgreSQL native client for the Mac. The new release includes previously requested changes to the user interface along with bug fixes such as adding space to the Connection List, allowing each connection to take up as much space as necessary.
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