Macworld back issues from March 2008:
Apple's latest moves: analyzing the announcements at Macworld Expo.(FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Macworld Expo is without a doubt the high point of the year for anyone who follows Apple. While this year's announcements were not on a par with last year's mind-blowing unveiling of the iPhone, they were still fascinating to behold. MacBook Air For Mac users, the ...
You've got the touch.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2008 ... I was surprised by the modest rating you gave the iPod touch (GOOD 1/2; "iPod Evolution," December 2007). I bought the 16GB version, which I take with me on my frequent trips to Europe, and I think it's fantastic. Videos I've ripped from my DVDs provide hours of entertainment, I use it ...
In the Pocket.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Your "Pocket-Friendly Compact Cameras" review (December 2007) included the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100. Readers interested in a similar compact camera should consider Panasonic's DMC-LX2. It's slightly more expensive (about $60 more on the street), but it adds full manual controls and ...
Adobe versus Apple?(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)(Column)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Pamela Pfiffner's article about Adobe's history ("Adobe Turns 25," Mac Beat, December 2007) ended by telling us that Mac users "are the beneficiaries of [Adobe's] record of excellence." Huh? The latest PC version of Photoshop Elements is version 6, while we Mac folks are ...
The new Windows.(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008; ... The December Mac 911 column made me very sad. The answers to the various "vexing Mac problems" reminded me of Mac discussion forums 10 or 15 years ago: Someone would compare the instructions for doing something--anything--in Windows, a confusing list of a dozen or more steps, with the two ...
Praise for a genius.(FEEDBACK)
Mar 01, 2008; ... In the Dallas airport recently, I turned on my iPod. Some sort of test screen showing many types of numbers appeared. My efforts to get to my iTunes playlists were unsuccessful. Fortunately, I am a ProCare member and have the number of Apple's ...
Welcome back.(FEEDBACK)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Things I never expected to happen in my lifetime: the Red Sox winning a World Series, and my owning another Macintosh. In the mid-1990s, I jumped to Windows and never expected to look back. It took a decade for me to come around, but in the last few weeks I have begun to regard my little ...
Overheard on the forums.(FEEDBACK)
Mar 01, 2008 ... <Pre> I get the most work done in the shed at the back of the yard-partly because it's quiet, but mostly because my wireless connection doesn't reach it and so there's no e-mail checking or news-site reading to distract me. FortranGuy macworld.com/3270 </Pre> ...
Leopard: your take.(FEEDBACK)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Having spent the last two days in Apple's discussion forums reading about the many problems Mac users have had when upgrading to Mac OS X 10.5, I am still very leery of installing it on my PowerBook G4. I have never seen such problems with Apple before. # S. Mayer I ...
Apple introduces iTunes movie rentals: despite some minor glitches, iTunes rentals work well.(MACWORLD EXPO)
Mar 01, 2008; ... In the weeks leading up to Macworld Expo, widespread reports predicted that Apple would abandon its hard-line stance against rentals and begin offering movies for rent on the iTunes Store. Those reports proved to be dead-on. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We don't think ...
Apple TV gets updated.(Mac Beat)
Mar 01, 2008; ... During his keynote, Jobs showed a remarkable amount of humility about the Apple TV's first iteration, though he did suggest that Apple was not alone in having failed to solve the issue of providing digital downloads to the living room. But that should change with a free software ...
Music matters.(TECH TRENDS)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Mac users are not only more likely than PC users to listen to digital music, they are more likely to pay for it as well. An NPD Group study of U.S. Internet users age 13 and older found that 50 percent of Mac users had bought music online during the third quarter of 2007, while only 16 ...
iTunes Digital Copy.(Mac Beat)(Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008; ... During his keynote, Steve Jobs invited Jim Gianopulos, chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox, to speak about the movie-rental partnership between the two companies. Gianopulos also told the audience that Fox would begin including an iTunes-and iPod-compatible file, known as the iTunes ...
Amazon Album Art 2.12.(WIDGET OF THE MONTH)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008; ... iTunes can find album art for tracks in your library, but only if those tracks are labeled exactly as in the iTunes Store. For other tracks, the Widget Foundry's Amazon Album Art 2.12 (payment requested) can ...
Netflix offers unlimited streaming--still Windows-only.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Movie rental company Netflix has announced unlimited streaming of movies and TV episodes to the PCs of all subscribers on an unlimited rental plan (previously it handled streaming as a metered service). Netflix currently offers 6,000 ...
DRM in its death throes?(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Amazon.com Inc.)(Sony BMG Music Entertainment)(digital rights management)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... In January, Amazon announced that it was adding music from Sony BMG to its Amazon MP3 digital music down-load service. Amazon MP3 sells all its songs in the MP3 format, which eschews any sort of digital rights management (DRM) technology. The files, which are encoded at 256 Kbps, can be ...
Best of show: our favorite products from Macworld Expo 2008.(MACWORLD EXPO)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Every January, Macworld's editors scour the Expo show floor for the most intriguing new products we can find. This year, these 11 products stood out from the rest of a very large, very full field. (For video of our "Best of Show" ceremonies, go to macworld.com/3332.) BusySync, ...
First look: Photoshop Elements 6.0; Image-editor update delivers welcome additions.(GRAPHICS)(Product/service evaluation)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Patience can indeed have its rewards, and when it comes to the newly unveiled Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0, the payoff promises to be big. In fact, it's been so long since Adobe has come out with a Mac release that Elements skipped version 5 entirely, going directly from 4 to 6. ...
Eudora Mailbox Cleaner 4.8.(What we're raving about this month)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008; ... I've been using Eudora for my e-mail ever since I gave up on Pine in the early 1990s. The thought of moving to another e-mail client was too daunting until two pieces of software gave me the courage to enter the modern age--Leopard's version of Mail and Andreas Amann's Eudora Mailbox ...
Waterproof Data Storage Chest.(What we're raving about this month)(Information storage and retrieval systems from Sentry Software Corp.)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Although a good backup system includes keeping an off-site copy of your data, protecting your on-site backups is important as well. SentrySafe's $170 QA0121 Waterproof Data Storage Chest is a compact media safe that holds up to 60 CDs and DVDs, along with a portable 2.5-inch hard drive, a ...
Warp.(What we're raving about this month)(Kent Sutherland's new services)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Let's be honest--not everybody loves Leopard's new Spaces feature, which gives you multiple virtual desktops; users who rely heavily on the mouse to get around may find it downright inconvenient. From Kent Sutherland, who brought us the very useful Chax plug-in for iChat, comes the ...
Anxiety.(What we're raving about this month)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008; ... With my upgrade to Leopard, I've vowed to start making better use of iCal, but I haven't quite gotten around to managing my to-do lists. Both iCal and Mail now have the ability to handle to-dos, but neither of them integrates very well into my workflow. A new task manager from Model ...
MicPort Pro.(What we're raving about this month)(CEntrance's small USB preamps)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008; ... Are you ready to take your podcast on the road but don't want to lug along the bulky USB interface required to move your voice from mike to Mac? CEntrance provides a portable solution in the form of its $150 XLR-to-USB microphone preamp, the MicPort Pro. About the size of a roll of ...
2-Port Dual-Link DVI KMP & Multimedia Switch.(HARDWARE)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... 2-Port Dual-Link DVI KMP & Multimedia Switch, from logear (www.iogear.com): Device shares a ...
DroboShare.(HARDWARE)
Mar 01, 2008 ... DroboShare, from Data Robotics (www.datarobotics.com): Companion product to Drobo ...
eGo USB 2.0/FireWire.(HARDWARE)(Iomega Corp. (San Diego, California))(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... eGo USB 2.0/FireWire, from Iomega (www.iomega.com): Flask-shaped USB 2.0 and FireWire hard drive ...
Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M.(HARDWARE)(Fujitsu America Inc.)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M, from Fujitsu (www.fujitsu.com): Mobile scanner measures 11.2 by 3.7 by ...
Photosmart Pro B8850.(HARDWARE)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Photosmart Pro B8850, from Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com): B-size printer uses eight ...
Podcast Studio.(HARDWARE)(Belkin Corp.)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Podcast Studio, from Belkin (www.belkin.com): Two-channel iPod-based audio mixer offers two XLR inputs, two 1/4-inch inputs, ...
SeriTek/5PM SATA enclosure.(HARDWARE)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... SeriTek/5PM SATA enclosure, from FirmTek (www.firmtek.com): Hard-drive enclosure can hold up ...
Tango X2.(HARDWARE)( XtremeMac )(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Tango X2, from XtremeMac (www.xtrememac.com): Updated iPod speaker system adds an AM/FM ...
Doozla.(SOFTWARE)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Doozla, from Plasq (plasq.com): Drawing program for kids includes Coloring, Drawing, Webcam Drawing, and ...
EyeTV 3.(SOFTWARE)(Elgato Systems's television software )(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... EyeTV 3, from Elgato Systems (www.elgato.com): This television software gets an iTunes-like interface, ...
Interarchy 9.(SOFTWARE)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Interarchy 9, from Nolobe (www.nolobe.com): File-transfer program adds support for a ...
LightWork 7.8.(SOFTWARE)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... LightWork 7.8, from LightWork Design (www.lightworkdesign.com): Updated rendering program offers improved accuracy and performance, ...
NetNewsWire 3.1.(SOFTWARE)
Mar 01, 2008 ... NetNewsWire 3.1, from NewsGator (www.newsgator.com): RSS reader, which ...
PDF2Office Personal 4.(SOFTWARE)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PDF2Office Personal 4, from Recosoft (www.recosoft.com): PDF-to-Word converter adds complete ...
Phlink 4.(SOFTWARE)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Phlink 4, from Ovolab (www.ovolab.com): Updated telephony software gets revamped ...
Universal Type Server.(SOFTWARE)(Extensis Inc.)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Universal Type Server, from Extensis (www.extensis.com): New client-server font-management program ...
Huge hard drives: desktop drives help Time Machine move forward (and back).(Reviews)(DriveStation TurboUSB)(Mercury Elite-AL Pro)(My Book Studio Edition)(Product/service evaluation)
Mar 01, 2008; ... While the improvements in Leopard (aka OS X 10.5) are many, they're anything but cosmetic. This is nowhere more evident than in Time Machine, Leopard's powerful automated backup feature. For some people, Time Machine has been the most hotly anticipated feature of Leopard and arguably the ...
Mac OS X Server 10.5.(SOFTWARE)(Apple Mac OS X 10.5 from Apple Inc.)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: ten clients, $499 COMPANY: Apple URL: www.apple.com Mac OS X Server 10.5--popularly referred to as Leopard Server--is the sixth major update to Apple's server operating system, and Apple's strongest version to date ....
Sound Studio 3.5.(SOFTWARE)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $80 COMPANY: Freeverse URL: www.freeverse.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sound Studio 3.5.5, an easy-to-use program for recording, editing, and applying effects to digital audio, can help you do everything ...
Final Cut Express 4.(SOFTWARE)(desktop video software)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $199 COMPANY: Apple URL: www.apple.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the past, Apple offered three tiers of video-editing software. iMovie HD catered to beginners. At the other end of the scale, Final Cut Pro ...
Madden NFL 08.(SOFTWARE)(video game)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $40 COMPANY: Electronic Arts URL: www.madden08.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Only once in a blue moon does the storied Madden gridiron football game come to the Mac. In this case, it's been seven years. The game ...
Colin McRae Rally Mac.(SOFTWARE)(video game)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $50 COMPANY: Feral Interactive URL:www.feralinteractive.com Colin McRae Rally Mac is unarguably the most realistic and intense auto-racing game on the Mac right now--this game re-creates the thrills and spills of ...
VectorWorks 2008.(SOFTWARE)(CAD software)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $1,195 to $2,395 COMPANY: Nemetschek North America URL: www.nemetschek.net [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] VectorWorks has been one of the premiere CAD (computer-aided design) programs for the Mac for years ....
DiamondVest for iPhone.(HARDWARE)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $25 COMPANY: Agent 18 URL: www.agent18.com A ruggedly designed skin case, the black DiamondVest for iPhone is a single piece of silicone that slips easily onto your iPhone. A tactile pattern resembling diamond-plate ...
imagePrograf iPF6100.(HARDWARE)(digital printing system)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $3,495 COMPANY: Canon URL: www.canon.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The imagePrograf iPF6100 should put an end to talk that Canon can't compete in the professional photo-printer market. With a better ink ...
Leather Folio for iPhone.(HARDWARE)(leather mobile case)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $40 COMPANY: Incase URL: www.goincase.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A leather, horizontal holster-style case, the Leather Folio offers quick access to your iPhone while you carry it on your belt. Available in ...
Laser printer.(PRINTERS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... C6100dn RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $799 COMPANY: Oki Data URL: www.okidata.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The C6100dn, from Oki Data, produces great-looking prints and includes built-in duplexing. It also offers easy ...
Ink-jet photo printer.(PRINTERS)(Epson's Stylus Photo 1400 )(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Stylus Photo 1400 RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $276 COMPANY: Epson URL: www.epson.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Epson's Stylus ...
Compact photo printer.(PRINTERS)(PictureMate Zoom)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PictureMate Zoom PM 290 RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $200 COMPANY: Epson URL: www.epson.com [ILLUSTRATION ...
Multifunction ink-jet.(PRINTERS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Photosmart C7180 RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $320 COMPANY: Hewlett-Packard URL: www.hp.com [ILLUSTRATION ...
Multifunction laser.(PRINTERS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... X500N RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $396 COMPANY: Lexmark URL: www.lexmark.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NEW ...
Perfection V700 Photo.(FLATBED SCANNER)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $478 COMPANY: Epson URL: www.epson.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Epson Perfection ...
Digital SLR.(DIGITAL CAMERAS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... D40 RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $470 COMPANY: Nikon URL: www.nikonusa.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Nikon D40 is a ...
Compact digital camera.(DIGITAL CAMERAS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... NV11 RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $263 COMPANY: Samsung URL: www.samsung.com [ILLUSTRATION ...
PV-GS320.(MINIDV CAMCORDER)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $359 COMPANY: Panasonic URL: www.panasonic.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Compared with other 3-CCD MiniDV camcorders, the ...
Large display.(LCD MONITORS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... LP2465 RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $589 COMPANY: Hewlett-Packard URL: www.hp.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Medium display.(LCD MONITORS)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... MultiSync 2190UXi RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $977 COMPANY: NEC URL: www.necdisplay.com [ILLUSTRATION ...
d2 DVD+/-RW with LightScribe.(DUAL-LAYER DVD BURNER)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... RATING: VERY GOOD 1/2 PRICE: $97 COMPANY: LaCie URL: www.lacie.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Speedy and ...
Desktop drive.(FIREWIRE HARD DRIVES)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... G-Drive Q 500GB RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $279 COMPANY: G-Technology URL: www.g-technology.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The ...
Portable drive.(FIREWIRE HARD DRIVES)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Rocbit 2B RATING: VERY GOOD PRICE: $213 COMPANY: Rocsecure URL: www.rocsecure.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Macs.(Top Products)(Statistical table)
Mar 01, 2008 ... <Pre> PRODUCT PROCESSOR RATING PRICE (A) DISPLAY DESKTOP iMac Intel Core 2 VERY GOOD $1,194 20 inches Duo/2GHz Intel Core 2 VERY GOOD $1,490 20 inches Duo/2.4GHz Intel Core 2 VERY GOOD 1/2 $1,779 ...
iPODS.(Top Products)(Statistical table)
Mar 01, 2008 ... <Pre> PRODUCT CAPACITY RATING PRICE (A) DISPLAY iPod classic 80GB VERY GOOD $230 2.5-inch color iPod classic 160GB VERY GOOD $329 2.5-inch ...