Mozilla recently released Firefox 2.0. While the esthetics of the changes were minimal, the browser has clearly come a long way. With 2.0, the interface icons are more refined and the tabs look a little more polished. Perhaps the most impressive and long overdue feature to be added is spellchecking. But for all of its refinements, sometimes Firefox still manages to leave me frustrated. In this case, the browsers autofill feature can be problematic...
Another threat has surfaced that could to be the greatest threat to the privacy of American internet users. It’s not a security hole in Microsoft Windows this time. Now the federal government is proposing legislation to effectively destroy the anonymity of the internet as a whole.
Last week, US Attorney General Gonzales and FBI Director Mueller privately met with members of AOL, Comcast, Google, Microsoft, and Verizon. And the topic of conversation? The Washington brass wants ISPs (Internet Service Providers) to retain mail, web, and radius logs detailing their users activities for a long as two years. ISPs normally use these sort of files for billing purposes and to troubleshoot technical issues. The logs typically have a very short life span, mainly because there is simply too much data to be easily stored and organized. For example, once and ISP has completed a billing cycle, the authentication logs are typically purged in preparation for the next billing cycle...
When Apple added Dashboard to OS X 10.4, it opened the door to limitless possibilities. Widgets can be created to do almost anything. And while this is a very good thing, it can also be a very bad thing. People are creating widgets that do a lot of crazy and ultimately useless things. That's why I enjoy finding a widget that is exceptionally useful. Once such widget is called, appropriately enough, Gas...
Be sure to keep track of Maclive.net's latest news and posts. Download our Widget for OS X 10.4's Dashboard. It displays up to the minute headlines as they appear on our site. The widget is now also available via Apple's Dashboard page...
On January 24th, the Walt Disney Company announced the acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios. The sales price has been reported as $7.4 billion. The acquisition puts Steve Jobs, Pixar's majority share holder, on the Disney Board of Directors...
Apple announced a new Intel processor based iMac's and PowerBook's (now called MacBook Pro) at MacWorld last week. As part of the product demonstration, Phil Schiller (Apple Vice President) joined an video iChat session with Steve Jobs from a wireless MacBook Pro. Schiller was sitting out in the audience watching the keynote address with the rest of the press and the Mac faithful.
According to a story posting on AppleInsider.com, Schiller was connecting to iChat via an 802.11a access point in order to avoid signal overlap with all of the 802.11g access points on the show floor...
One of the coolest uses of Bluetooth so far, is undoubtedly the use of wireless headsets. I have two that I use with my cell phone, and I use the all the time. It has gotten so that I can't stand using the phone without the wireless headset. The freedom and mobility are second to none.
And since I have two Bluetooth headsets, I always intended to use one with my PowerBook. A wireless headset would finally make the voice capabilities of iChat something useful to me. Unfortunately that was easier said that done. My PowerBook is a 1.25GHz Aluminum model and it has built-in Bluetooth support. But every time I tried to pair my headset...
In an effort to add greater functionality to the site, Maclive.net has added support for Pricegrabber.com. This new functionality allows Maclive.net readers to search Pricegrabber's price index for virtually any computer related product without ever leaving...
Project Motorsport started out as a fun way to spend an afternoon. We set out to shoot some motorcycle video and have a good time. Once when we brought the video back and began to edit, we realized we had the making of a music video.
Check out the video and see for yourself. And, if your interested in further information on the project, we give you that too!
The Freedom to Switch:
In 2003 Apple Computer released a marketing campaign with the intention of showing Wintel users how easy it would be to "switch" platforms.
One of the Mac's main selling points, ironically enough, was Digital Video Editing. Apple wanted the world to see how easy it was to edit video on the Mac platform. And, in overwhelming response, Mac users set out to show the world just how easy it really was.
The campaign was effective for Apple, but also spawned a unexpected parody campaign in the Mac underworld. Users from all of the world whipped out their camcorders and set to work making spoofs in the same cinematic style as the acclaimed commercial line.
With this, Maclive.net rose to the challenge and shot our own spoof. We think it proves that a Mac can be a powerful tool in the wrong hands. It also shows how far a couple of Mac fans will go for a laugh. We hope you enjoy our contribution, aptly named The Freedom to Switch.
Mozilla recently released Firefox 2.0. While the esthetics of the changes were minimal, the browser has clearly come a long way. With 2.0, the interface icons are more refined and the tabs look a little more polished. Perhaps the most impressive and long overdue feature to be added is spellchecking. But for all of its refinements, sometimes Firefox still manages to leave me frustrated. In this case, the browsers autofill feature can be problematic...
Another threat has surfaced that could to be the greatest threat to the privacy of American internet users. It’s not a security hole in Microsoft Windows this time. Now the federal government is proposing legislation to effectively destroy the anonymity of the internet as a whole.
When Apple added Dashboard to OS X 10.4, it opened the door to limitless possibilities. Widgets can be created to do almost anything. And while this is a very good thing, it can also be a very bad thing. People are creating widgets that do a lot of crazy and ultimately useless things. That's why I enjoy finding a widget that is exceptionally useful. Once such widget is called, appropriately enough, Gas...
Be sure to keep track of Maclive.net's latest news and posts. Download our Widget for OS X 10.4's Dashboard. It displays up to the minute headlines as they appear on our site. The widget is now also available via Apple's Dashboard page...
On January 24th, the Walt Disney Company announced the acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios. The sales price has been reported as $7.4 billion. The acquisition puts Steve Jobs, Pixar's majority share holder, on the Disney Board of Directors...
Apple announced a new Intel processor based iMac's and PowerBook's (now called MacBook Pro) at MacWorld last week. As part of the product demonstration, Phil Schiller (Apple Vice President) joined an video iChat session with Steve Jobs from a wireless MacBook Pro. Schiller was sitting out in the audience watching the keynote address with the rest of the press and the Mac faithful.
One of the coolest uses of Bluetooth so far, is undoubtedly the use of wireless headsets. I have two that I use with my cell phone, and I use the all the time. It has gotten so that I can't stand using the phone without the wireless headset. The freedom and mobility are second to none.
In an effort to add greater functionality to the site, Maclive.net has added support for Pricegrabber.com. This new functionality allows Maclive.net readers to search Pricegrabber's price index for virtually any computer related product without ever leaving...
