iOS is all about simplicity, and so Apple has built no-configuration printing capability for it, called AirPrint. The trick is that your printer needs to be AirPrint-compatible -- but if you already have one you want to use, there may be still be an answer for you. Apple maintains a list of ...
Lion users finally get Quicken
When Apple released Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, they also left many Quicken users in the cold, because Lion no longer supports PowerPC applications. Quicken Essentials 2010 does run on Lion, but it has been widely panned due to its meager feature set as compared with its predecessor. Intuit has finally ...
Thunderbolt lets you have FireWire and Gigabit Ethernet for your MacBook Air
The MacBook Airs are lovely machines, but they lack ports. You get USB 2.0, SD (on the 13") and headphones, and ThunderBolt. No FireWire, no Ethernet, no eSATA. In other words, no fast connectivity, except for Thunderbolt. Apple's $29 Ethernet adapter is only 100Base-T, not Gigabit; Belkin has a ...
How great is the new iPad?
I recently had my first hands-on experience with the “new iPad” at an Apple Store. The screen does look incredible, especially when reading books or web text—the sharpness of the words makes reading an effortless experience. The one thing I noticed is that many images, especially the ones on ...
No More Computer Passwords?
An article by Randall Stross that came out in the New York Times last week, Bypassing Those Passwords, discussed an exciting future for those of us who are tired of remembering all those computer passwords. Many people and organizations, including Darpa (the federal government’s Defense Advanced ...
How Bad Do You Want the New iPad?
The new iPad went on sale this morning. We happened to be passing by the Fifth Avenue Apple Store. Check out our photos of the long wait for the latest iPad. ...