The new, iPad-like Mail application in Mac OS X Lion (the revamped system software for the Mac that just went on sale) boasts just two columns: one with a list of messages, and another that shows the body of a selected message. Personally, I love the new, cleaner...
Ted writes: My T-Mobile Dash is on its last legs and it’s time for a new phone. Because T-Mobile is still likely to get swallowed by the cretins at AT&T I will probably just make the move to Verizon at the same time. So, I am wondering … can I buy a...
The new version of the Mac system software—Mac OS X “Lion”—is here, and it comes loaded with a slew of features that’ll have your iMac or MacBook feeling an awful lot like an iPad … in a good way. So, want to get “Lion” ($30) purring on...
Wish your Mac were as easy to use—and as easy to touch—as an iPad? Well, Apple’s just-released “Lion” system update packs in a series of swipable, pinchable, and scrollable new features that will make iPad users feel right at home on their iMacs and...
The Roku ranks as one of the best home-video bargains out there, if you ask me, with the cheapest Roku streaming HD-quality videos from the likes of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon for a mere $59—or forty bucks cheaper than Apple TV. Well, Roku just refreshed its entire...
Say goodbye to the old, clunky white MacBook, which used to be the cheapest Apple laptop you could get. As of today, Apple’s lowest-end, $999 MacBook also happens to be its sexiest: the svelte, 2.38-pound Air. On sale now, the revamped 11-inch, 0.68-inch-thick...
Apple’s new software update for the Mac operating system—dubbed “Lion”—just roared its way into the Mac App Store. Tech-minded Mac devotees, of course, can be expected to grab and install the upcoming Mac OS update the moment it arrives. But even if...
Gail writes: I used to love listening to podcasts on my old iPhone, but it died after I dropped it in a pool. Now I have a new Android phone (the Infuse), but it doesn’t work with iTunes, and I have no clue how to transfer my favorite podcasts to my new phone....
So, you’ve settled in to watch the perfect movie from Netflix’s collection, when all of a sudden … poof! The movie grinds to a halt, replaced by a rude “connection error” message. What gives? Well, it’s possible that something’s up...
At one end of the cell-phone spectrum, you’ve got your bargain-basement phone—you know, one with a black-and-white screen, number keys from “one” to “10,” mute and volume buttons, and not much else. At the other end lie the latest,...
