Hotter Stuff

47 gadgets, apps, and web sites you need to check out now

Macworld editors can be a jaded bunch. We’ve been looking at Mac hardware and software for so long, we sometimes feel as though we’ve seen it all before. But then, every once in a while, something new comes along—a desktop gadget, a way to keep a laptop safe, or an oddball USB device, for instance—that makes us stop and say “Wow.” (Although it’s not always “Wow, that’s great.” Sometimes it’s “Wow, what were they thinking?”)

Every month, we collect a few of our favorite new things in our Hot Stuff section on the magazine’s back page. But sometimes we have more than a few new things to tell you about. So this month we decided to let Hot Stuff stretch its legs a bit. You’ll still find it on the back page, but it also gets a little extra room in the pages that follow. That’s where you’ll find a bunch of the hottest—and a few of the wackiest—gadgets, programs, and Web sites we’ve seen or heard about lately. We hope that more than a few of them make you stop and say “Wow,” too.

Hotter Stuff

47 gadgets, apps, and web sites you need to check out now

Gadgets for around the house

Macworld editors can be a jaded bunch. We’ve been looking at Mac hardware and software for so long, we sometimes feel as though we’ve seen it all before. But then, every once in a while, something new comes along—a desktop gadget, a way to keep a laptop safe, or an oddball USB device, for instance—that makes us stop and say “Wow.”
iPod speakers

Apple’s iPod Hi-Fi certainly garnered its share of headlines and reviews, but it’s not the only game in town. Here’s a few speaker systems that will still deliver quality sound without breaking the bank.
Products for the paranoid

Is your loved one always talking about conspiracy theories or sending urban myths to you via e-mail? Could we call them paranoid? Here are some tools to help them secure their digital lifeblood (we’ll leave the theory debunking to you).
For that geek in your life

Geek cred is nothing to be ashamed of. These little knickknacks will let the world know your loved one isn’t afraid of technology nor the fashion it inspires.
Four cameras, four accessories

Not too long ago, a 4-megapixel camera was considered pretty hot stuff. These days, even basic point-and–shoots pack a whopping 6 megapixels. Drooling yet? Take a look at some of the newest cameras shaking up the photography world.