Review – Otterbox Defender Series
Otterbox is a Colorado-based company whose goal is to make bombproof cases. Users have come to expect cases that can take a serious beating, from tough containers that might even…
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Review – Speck HandyShell & iGuy – Pelican HardBack – Davis Technologies e-Handle
Take a moment to think about all the product design, negotiation with vendors and manufacturers, and secret new technologies that go into creating a new piece of hardware. Do we…
Article – Yikes! Zapped By Apple Thunderbolt Software Update
I’m the sort of person who likes to keep their Mac system up to date – in fact, I wrote a command script that launches all my updaters to check…
Review – Phiaton PS 20 BT Bluetooth Stereo Headset & “Moderna Series” MS 400 Headphones
Summer means travel so many users want their audio on the go. We look at a couple of products from Phiaton that promise to meet those needs just in time…
Review – OS X Mountain Lion: An Analysis
OS X Mountain Lion is the eighth significant update to Apple’s OS X desktop operating system. It was formally announced on February 16, 2012 and became available exclusively from the…
Mac Edition Radio: Review – IK Multimedia AmpliTube Fender™ for iOS
Introduction I’ve been writing and recording music on some level for over 25 years, starting out with a Fostex X-15 4 track cassette recorder which shaped my predilection for portable…
Review – Thinking about DACs, or How an External Digital to Analog Converter Can Transform Your Mac or PC’s Audio on a Budget!
I’ve been thinking a lot about DACs lately. If that acronym doesn’t mean much to you don’t feel bad. It refers to Digital to Analog Converter or, the way that…
Review – A Tale of Three External Digital to Analog Converters (DACs) for your computer from High Resolution Technologies – the HRT iStreamer, Music Streamer II, and Head Streamer
HRT (short for High Resolution Technologies) is a U.S.-based audio engineering company whose minimalist design philosophy is consistent across their product line. For HRT, what matters most is the audio…
The Compleat Writer: The MacBook Pro DIY Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Hard Drive/RAM Upgrade, Part 1
While I’m evolving my relationship (and yours, if you’ve been following me) to backing up and protecting data, a more elementary issue intruded itself. The single most important storage device…
Rob Hoffman and Rob Maguire of 3-D Software Giant Autodesk discuss Sketchbook Mobile for the Apple iOS, the new port of AutoCAD for Mac, AutoCAD WS, and more! – MacWorld Conference, San Francisco
Rob Hoffman, senior product marketing manager at Autodesk and Rob Maguire, AutoCAD product manager discuss their initiatives in porting AutoCAD to the Mac OS for the first time in the…