Macworld back issues from October 2007:
To get the shot, Vincent Laforet battled vertigo, high winds and the pressure of an early deadline.(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Atop Manhattan's famous Chrysler Building, routine maintenance is no easy task. Neither is capturing breathtaking photos of it. So with just a limited amount of time to shoot an engineer at work on one of the building's famous eagles, Vincent Laforet enlisted the help of Aperture[TM] and ...
The rise of the Mac: the iPod and iPhone? Try record Mac sales and exciting new Mac products.(FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK)(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2007; ... While iPods and iPhones have been garnering all the newspaper headlines, the untold story is that the Mac itself is on a roll. In Apple's most recent financial quarter, the company sold more Macs than it ever has before (see Mac Beat, "Apple's Record Sales," page 18.) And more ...
The digital darkroom: plus: backlit LED displays and lessons in arithmetic.(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Aperture versus Lightroom I just read with great interest your comparison between Apple's Aperture and Adobe's Lightroom ("The New Digital Darkroom," July 2007). It seems to me that you left out the most important difference between the two: their hardware requirements. I ...
The other advantage.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Your article on Apple's use of LED backlit displays ("LED-Backlit Displays Coming Soon," Mac Beat, July 2007) missed a key point about this issue: battery life. It's been reported that in ...
Safari's incompatibilities.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2007; ... One thing Safari needs to get right is compatibility with secure sections of Internet commerce sites. Several times, when trying to make a purchase via the Internet, I've been stonewalled on the last link before checking out, and Safari has just given up on ...
All the way to 11.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Somewhere between the time you polled readers about their plans to upgrade to Leopard and the appearance of that poll's results in the July Feedback, the number of respondents grew: according to your pie chart, 125 percent of respondents indicated that they were going to do something or ...
Apple's record sales: earnings show best Mac quarter ever.(BUSINESS)(Financial report)
Oct 01, 2007 ... We write a lot these days about all the things Apple makes that aren't the Mac, but the Mac business has never been better than it is right now. For the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2007, Apple had record Mac sales--and continued iPod sales growth--for an $818 million profit. Meanwhile, ...
Intel breaking European antitrust rules?(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... The European Commission has accused Intel of abusing its dominant position in the micro-processor market to exclude its rival Advanced Micro Devices, in breach of European antitrust rules. The Commission sent Intel a Statement of Objections giving the company ten weeks to reply. A ...
Quark lets students keep educational licenses.(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Quark announced that students world-wide who acquire their desktop publishing software QuarkXPress under educational licenses can continue to use the software commercially after they've graduated. QuarkXPress is commonly used in graphic design and publishing courses at design schools and ...
Wozniak's words: Apple cofounder talks about Steve Jobs, Apple.(PEOPLE)(Steve Wozniak)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Steve Wozniak isn't perhaps as well known as his fellow Apple cofounder, Steve Jobs, but "Woz" invented the Apple I in 1976 and, in 1977, the Apple II, which was one of the best-selling PCs of that time. In this interview with Peter Moon, the 57-year-old Woz talks about how he met Jobs, ...
AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix Edition.(CREATIVE NOTES)(IK Multimedia)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery--especially for guitar players. Over the years, many of us have bought equipment similar to that of our heroes, trying to duplicate the tone mastered by players such as Eddie Van Halen and Eric Clapton. It doesn't necessarily make us any better ...
Hardware.(PRODUCT WATCH)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Wave, from Logitech (www.logitech.com): Keyboard features U-shaped constant curve design, and a cushioned, contoured palm rest along with hot keys (corded version, $50; cordless version with mouse, $90). Data Traveler 100, from Kingston Technology (www.kingston.com): USB ...
FileMaker 9 released: new version focuses on ease of use.(DATABASE)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... In July, FileMaker (www.filemaker.com) unveiled the latest version of its popular cross-platform database software, FileMaker 9 -- what the company calls its most dramatic offering in years. As with the FileMaker 8 and 8.5 releases, version 9 focuses on making tasks easier for customers to ...
Dialog box.
Oct 01, 2007 ... "The iPhone with AT&T is kind of like a 'Hotel California' service. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave." Representative Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), during a House subcommittee hearing "The iTunes Store and the iPod have done more to change ...
Software.(PRODUCT WATCH)
Oct 01, 2007 ... CrossOverMac 6.1, from CodeWeavers (www.codeweavers.com): Windows-compatibility program for Intel-based Macs adds the ability for Microsoft Outlook users to work remotely, using RPC over HTTP ($60) ....
iPhone causes wireless problems? Duke University mistakenly blames iPhone for network woes.(INTERNET)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... The iPhone has been getting a lot of publicity, but not all of it is good. A few weeks after the iPhone's release, Duke University said that the device's Wi-Fi connection was responsible for taking down between a dozen and 30 of the school's Cisco wireless access points at a time, due to ...
The iPhone's halo effect.(TECH TRENDS)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Marketers like to talk about the halo effect--the positive feelings a buyer may feel about one product because of favorable impressions of other offerings from the same company. A new study from ChangeWave Research shows that ...
Transparency overkill? New menu-bar effect may be too pretty.(OPERATING SYSTEM)(Apple Leopard)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... When Steve Jobs showed off Leopard at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, one of the new features included in the revised Desktop is a semitransparent menu bar. It's clearly visible in the streaming video of the keynote, and in many of the screenshots on Apple's Web site. ...
Baseball 2.5.(WIDGET OF THE MONTH)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... For fans of our national pastime, Andreas Amann's free Baseball widget provides an at-a-glance scoreboard of all the day's games. And if you choose your favorite team ...
Software.(PRODUCT WATCH)
Oct 01, 2007 ... ColdFusion 8, from Adobe (www.adobe.com): Internet application-development software adds Server Monitor, to help developers identify code bottlenecks, and the ability to provide data to applications and frameworks that use Ajax (Standard, $1,299;upgrade, ...
Gears of war is Mac-bound.(GAME BUZZ)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Gears of War, the popular third-person action game, is coming to the Mac along with Unreal Tournament 3. Mark Rein, Epic Games' vice president and cofounder, revealed the news during an interview on Spike TV's Game Head show. Gears of War has elements of tactics and horror, putting you in ...
I want buttons; Why the next iPod shouldn't be like the iPhone.(iPOD)(Product/service evaluation)
Oct 01, 2007; ... When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, he said it was the "best iPod ever." In many ways, he was right--the larger screen and touch-screen content browsing are stellar. On the other hand, the iPhone also has something in common with the worst iPod ever, the third-generation (3G) model: ...
Tiki Magic Mini Golf.(GAME BUZZ)(Freeverse Tiki Magic Mini Golf)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Freeverse has announced the release of Tiki Magic Mini Golf, a new game for OS X and Windows. The $30 3-D action game features three different courses--the tropical paradise of Lono's Lagoon, the Lost Temple, and a volcanic region called Fire Mountain. You can play solo or against as many ...
YummySoup 1.5.(Hot Stuff)(Hungry Seacow YummySoup 1.5)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... As a strict vegetarian, I have some pretty hefty requirements when it comes to recipes, and those extend to the software I use to keep them all together. While there are numerous recipe programs out there, I really like Hungry Seacow Software's $20 YummySoup 1.5, a flexible, Mac-like ...
PXC 450.(Hot Stuff)(Sennheiser PXC 450)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... If you think Bose's well-known noise-canceling headphones are expensive at $349, avert your eyes; Sennheiser's PXC 450 headset costs a whopping $450. But for frequent travelers, the PCX 450 may make up for its high price with features and versatility. The design is comfortable for long ...
Jawbone Bluetooth headset.(Hot Stuff)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... One of the most useful accessories for the iPhone is a Bluetooth headset. I chose Aliph's $120 Jawbone model because its noise-cancellation features were supposed to be better than those of any other headset on the market. I've tried a lot of headphones over the years and they all claim to ...
Simplify Media.(Hot Stuff)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... The music-sharing feature in iTunes has always been one of my favorites. Since iTunes limits music sharing to local networks, though, the free Simplify Media software (currently in beta, from the company of the same name) might be your ticket if you want to ...
Cog.(Hot Stuff)
Oct 01, 2007; ... I like listening to music while I work, but most of the time I don't use iTunes. That's because much of my aural enjoyment comes from downloaded lossless concert files--in formats that iTunes can't understand. For years I've been using MacAmp Lite X, which ceased development not long after ...
Mac, camera, action! Adobe's Production Premium restores Premiere Pro and introduces Soundbooth.(Reviews)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Adobe's Creative Suite 3 Production Premium is unique among the [CS.sub.3] bundles in several respects. It features the return of an old favorite and the introduction of a newcomer--Premiere and Sound-booth, respectively--and it is the only suite to feature Intel-only programs. Premiere ...
Premiere Pro [CS.sub.3]: Adobe's video-editing software returns to the Mac.(Product/service evaluation)
Oct 01, 2007; ... HOW WE RATE OUTSTANDING: ***** VERY GOOD: **** GOOD: *** FLAWED: ** UNACCEPTABLE: * If you remember Adobe Premiere 6.5 (GOOD 1/2; macworld.com/2963), the first thing that will strike you about Premiere Pro [CS.sub.3] is that it's an entirely different animal. ...
Soundbooth [CS.sub.3]: audio editor provides essential multimedia tools.(Product/service evaluation)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Soundbooth [CS.sub.3], Adobe's new Intel-only audio-editing program, was created with videographers in mind. Soundbooth makes it easy for multimedia creatives--including Flash developers and motion graphics artists--to fix common audio problems. However, the program may be too limited for ...
After Effects [CS.sub.3] Professional: Adobe adds new tools and improves integration with the suite.(REVIEWS)(Product/service evaluation)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Adobe has added impressive new animation features and improved functionality to After Effects [CS.sub.3] Professional. New timeline tools, true 3-D animation of individual text characters, and tight integration with Adobe Photoshop [CS.sub.3] Extended and Flash [CS.sub.3] Professional ...
Desk Doctor 1.3 [DELTA].(SOFTWARE)(Enispine Desk Doctor 1.3.1)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $139; download, $129 COMPANY: Enispine URL: www.einspine.com For some people, working at the computer all day can be a painful experience--literally. Einspine's Desk Doctor 1.3.1 offers to help by keeping you mindful of your work habits and ...
iFamily for Tiger 2.2.(SOFTWARE)(KS Wilson iFamily for Tiger 2.2)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $30 COMPANY: KS Wilson & Association URL: www.ifamilyfortiger.com iFamily for Tiger 2.2 is a genealogy program that allows you to gather and organize information about your family in an easy-to-navigate, two-paned window. The top half of the window ...
MindManager7.0 [DELTA].(SOFTWARE)(Mindjet MindManager 7.0.270)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $129; upgrade, $69 COMPANY: Mindjet URL: www.mindjet.com/us MindManager 7.0.270 is a top-notch brainstorming tool. As with many other mind-mapping tools. As with many other mind-mapping tools, you start with a topic and add branches as you develop ...
Sequel.(SOFTWARE)(Steinberg Sequel 1.0.1)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $100 COMPANY: Steinberg URL: www.sequel-music.net Trying to beat GarageBand as its own game, Sequel 1.0.1 seeks to appeal to both entry-level musicians and pros frustrated by the daunting interfaces found in most high-end music software. The program ...
Wacky Mini Golf [DELTA].(SOFTWARE)(DanLabGames Wacky Mini Golf )(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: VERY GOOD1/2 PRICE: $25 COMPANY: DanLabGames URL: www.danlabgames.com Although the new Wacky Mini Golf doesn't offer quite as many holes as its predecessor, Islands Mini Golf, it's much more challenging, and throws up a greater variety of hazards to keep you from ...
Drobo.(HARDWARE)(Data Robotics Drobo)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $499 COMPANY: Data Robotics URL: www.drobo.com Drobo is an external USB storage device that accepts up to four SATA drives. It features built-in RAID-like redundancy, that can protect you against drive failure. If one of your hard drives dies, just ...
NX-PS1 digital music speaker system.(HARDWARE)(JVC NX-PS1)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: GOOD PRICE: $250 COMPANY: JVC URL: www.jvc.com Whereas previous JVC minisystems offered CD players, radios, and even MiniDisc decks, the NX-PS1 has no audio source of its own; it's up to you to provide the music, in the form of an iPod or other digital media player. But ...
Mac Pro 3GHz eight-core.(HARDWARE)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $3,997 COMPANY: Apple URL:www.apple.com Power-hungry computer users are always looking for tools to speed up time-consuming tasks. Many hotshots go straight for the top-of-the-line models when shopping for a new Mac. And now Apple has added ...
Pixma Pro9500.(HARDWARE)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $850 COMPANY: Canon URL: www.LlSa.canon.com The new Pixma Pro95oo represents Canon's entry into the higher end of the photo-printer market. It prints on papers up to 13 by 19 inches and offers support for thick media types. Though no speed demon, it's a ...
Vibe Duo.(HARDWARE)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $101 COMPANY: V-Moda URL: www.v-moda.com The Duo is essentially V-Moda's original Vibe headset with the addition of an in-line microphone. With it, you can make and take calls on your iPhone without having to remove your headphones ....
WiDock.(HARDWARE)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $150 COMPANY: Silex Technology URL: www.silexamerica.com At $150, the WiDock--a wireless iPod dock--is not cheap, especially considering its lack of a full-featured remote control; the convenience of a wireless dock is in some ways compromised by the ...
Printers.(Top Products)
Oct 01, 2007 ... LASER PRINTER C6100dn RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $676 COMPANY: Oki Data URL: www.okidata.com The C6100dn, from Oki Data, produces great-looking prints and includes built-in duplexing. It also offers easy network ...
Flatbed scanner.(Top Products)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Perfection V700 Photo RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $415 COMPANY: Espon URL: www.epson.com The Epson Perfection V700 Photo is an ...
Digital cameras.(Top Products)
Oct 01, 2007 ... DIGITAL SLR D40 RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $399 COMPANY: Nikon URL: www.nikonusa.com The Nikon D40 is a great value. This 6.1-megapixel camera comes with every feature you'd desire in a DSLR, such as adjustable ISO, Raw ...
MiniDV camcorder.(Top Products)
Oct 01, 2007 ... PV-GS320 RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $385 COMPANY: Panasonic URL: www.panasonic.com Compared with other 3-CCD MiniDV camcorders, the Panasonic PV-GS320 is a ...
LCD monitors.(Top Products)
Oct 01, 2007 ... LARGE DISPLAY LP2465 RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $585 COMPANY: Hewlett-Packard URL: www.hp.com The LP2465 is an affordable and flexible 24-inch desk top LCD with a 16:10 wide-screen aspect ratio that immediately makes one ...
Dual-layer DVD burner.(Top Products)
Oct 01, 2007 ... DRX-830UL-T RATING: VERY GOOD1/2 PRICE: $98 COMPANY: Sony URL: www.sony.com The Sony DRX-830 UL-T is an external ...
Firewire hard drives.(Top Products)
Oct 01, 2007 ... DESKTOP DRIVE G-Drive Q 500GB RATING: OUTSTANDING PRICE $243 COMPANY G-Technology URL: www.g-technology.com The G-Drive Q SATA hard drive has nearly every type of connection you could want, and it operates without a fan, ...
SafariSource 1.7.2.(DEVELOPMENT)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: payment requested COMPANY TildeSoft URL: www.tildesoft.com One complaint I hear from Safari users--especially those who do Web development--is that Safari's source view (View: View Source) doesn't provide syntax coloring like many other browsers do; ...
iConiCal 1.2.(PRODUCTIVITY)
Oct 01, 2007 ... RATING: GOOD 1/2 PRICE: payment requested COMPANY: BlockSoft URL: www.blocksoft.net Apple introduced iCal back in July 2002. Yet here we are five years later, and iCal's Dock icon still shows the current date only when iCal is actually running. Quit iCal, and time suddenly ...
Finder Window Manager 1.9.7.(UTILITY)
Oct 01, 2007; ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $15 COMPANY: Jonathan Nathan URL: www.jonn8.com/fwm In this column, I've covered a number of ways to work with Finder windows, but most have focused on letting you quickly switch to particular windows or easily move and resize windows. What if you want ...
PDF roundup.
Oct 01, 2007; ... I've got PDFs scattered all over my hard drive, and it's getting harder to keep them all in order. Ironic Software's Yep 1.6.4 (GOOD1/2; $34; macworld.com/2961) is here to help. Simply put, Yep is a file manager specifically designed for handling PDFs, and it does so in much the same way ...
The iMac makeover: new desktop model sports a suave aluminum finish and an innovative keyboard.(Product/service evaluation)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Let's face it--the iMac, Apple's flagship consumer desktop Mac, was long overdue for a face-lift. The thin-display-on-a-solid-foot design first arrived on the scene in August 2004, as the iMac G5, and survived through the January 2006 Intel transition (the iMac was Apple's first ...
First look: iLife and iWork 'o8.(The iMac Makeover)(Product/service evaluation)
Oct 01, 2007 ... iLife'o8 iPhoto'o8 The bulk of the enhancements in the new iPhoto are about organizing, rather than editing, your photos. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Instead of Rolls (which group photos by import date), your photos are now organized into much more ...
Now playing: watching television on your computer has never been easier.(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... The phrase watching TV used to mean sitting on the couch in front of a stationary set. But these days, you can watch an episode of Law & Order on your iPod or your computer as easily as you can on the boob tube in the den. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION ...
Stream programs to your Mac.(NowPlaying)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Uh-oh--when your DVR lost power during the season finale of Heroes, you thought you'd have to wait for the DVD release to find out if Sylar blew up New York after all. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] But you didn't need to worry; the Internet could have saved you when your ...
Watch and record live television.(Now Playing)(Elgato Systems EyeTV)(Product/service evaluation)
Oct 01, 2007; ... DVRs, such as the ubiquitous TiVo and even those nameless boxes that many cable companies provide, have changed the way we record and watch TV. While they do a great job of time-shifting your favorite TV programs, DVRs either tether you to your TV or require extracting and converting ...
Internet-calling FAQ: curious about VoIP? Here's what you need to know.(Secrets)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Making calls over the Internet can shrink your home phone and cell phone bills. But voice over IP (VoIP) is more than just thrifty--it mixes traditional calling with new features that simply aren't possible with a plain old telephone. Ready to jump on the bandwagon? Here are answers to ...
Take a video snapshot.(TRY THIS)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Whether it's the second when your child carved the perfect nose on her first jack-o'-lantern or the moment when your spouse took a particularly wild tumble off the mechanical bull, sometimes you want to capture your favorite instants from video clips. Upgrade to Quick Time Pro ($30; ...
The iPod study buddy: turn your player into the ultimate learning guide.(Playlist)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Walk down the street in most cities--or through any college campus--and you're likely to see more iPods than you can count. But those iPods can do more than just pump up gym-goers as they work out, or enable students to rock out as they walk to class or watch videos during study breaks ....
Five Great Courses.(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Wish you had paid more attention when you were in school? Visit the iTunes Store and check out these podcasts of some popular college classes. Astro C10: Introduction to General Astronomy If you're interested in the universe, start with this University of California, Berkeley, ...
Printing on unusual surfaces; From fine-art paper to fabric, there's a world of possibilities.(Digital Photo)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Many people assume that when printing photos at home, you have to use paper from the same company that makes your printer. But while there are certain advantages to sticking with the same brand--a printer's driver is fine-tuned for the manufacturer's papers--it's not your only option. If ...
Laptop gems: low-cost software that can really help when you're on the road.(Mobile Mac)(Buyers guide)
Oct 01, 2007; ... It's obvious that using a MacBook or a MacBook Pro isn't like using an iMac or a Mac Pro. But the differences go beyond simple issues of portability. You interact with a laptop in different ways (relying more on the keyboard and using a trackpad, for example), and you may use a laptop for ...