Here are some of the latest hardware and accessory announcements: ° Withings has launched the US$279.95 Withings BodyFit, an at-home body composition scale delivering 6-zone segmental analysis via its retractable handle, giving athletes, fitness-focused...
Here are some of the latest software announcements. ° The final releases of DaVinci Resolve 21 and Fusion Studio 21 are now available from Blackmagic Design. DaVinci Resolve 21 is an update introducing hundreds of features including new AI tools like...
A new patent filing (number US 20230088498 A1) shows that Apple wants one person to be able to easily create a secure user account for another person. For example, a parent could create an account for a child on an Apple Watch, iPhone, or iPad. About the patent...
Today is World Backup Day, the “day to back up and better protect your data.” You are backing up your data, aren’t you? If not, you’re inviting disaster. There are several great external drives and cloud services for backing up the data on your Mac. (A quick...
By Dustin Darnell The US$389.99 Yeedi Vac- Accessible Smart Vacuum is very good product though, initially, I had some difficulty pairing it with my iPhone through the Yeedi app. After a quick reinstall of the app, it paired easily. The iPhone...
I finally got my iPad 2 on Tuesday, after days of my local Apple Specialist, the Mac Authority, the Nashville Apple retail store, Best Buy, Target and Wal-Mart being sold out. I liked the original iPad, but the sequel is even better.
The original iPad was hardly chunky, but the second gen tablet is even more svelte — 33% thinner and up to 15% lighter than the original iPad thanks to, among other things, tapered edges and a completely flat back. From a practical viewpoint, that makes little difference, but Apple and CEO Steve Jobs do love their slim and trim.
When it comes to capturing, copying and converting digital media and entertainment — and burning disks — Roxio Toast Titanum from Rovi Corp. has long been the leader. And with the just-launched Roxio Toast 11 Titanium (US$99) for Mac this hasn’t changed. I’ve just finished test driving the Pro version and recommend it as one of the best buys around in Mac software.
I’ve always found database programs to be a necessary evil. However, when FileMaker Inc. (http://www.filemaker.com) debuted Bento they offered a database app “for the rest of us” that almost makes creating a database fun.
By Steve Baczewski
On the heels of the E-P1, Olympus (http://www.olympusamerica.com) has released its latest Micro Four-Thirds camera, the Olympus PEN E-P2 (US$1,099.99). Like the E-P1, the E-P2 is an homage to their 1959 35mm film rangefinder Pen camera series.
The E-P2 uses the same 12.3-megapixel Live MOS sensor and 3-inch, 230,000-dot LCD as the E-P1. And, like the E-P1, it has no prism or mirror assembly, so light travels directly to the sensor. The result is a relatively light, compact camera that supports interchangeable lenses.
