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Hands on: Roku's updated Player software and new Channel Store
Roku has updated the software for the company's lineup of streaming-media players, and introduced a new Channel Store that offers additional streaming content.
Review: iPhone Thanksgiving apps
Stressed about Turkey Day? The App Store has many offerings that aim to help you plan and prepare a meal. We'll help you find the worthwhile apps while staying away from the real turkeys.
Review: T-Mobile Tap mobile phone
The inexpensive T-Mobile Tap is a stylish touch phone.
Review: Canon Selphy CP780 snapshot printer
The Selphy CP780 is an inexpensive and nearly idiot-proof snapshot printer, but you make major compromises in performance and price per page.
Why go Pro when iMac goes faster?
The new Core i7 iMac is a potent machine -- so potent, in fact, that it outpaces a couple of Mac Pro models in benchmarks. It's also an incredible bargain, offering tremendous power given its price.
The Macalope Weekly: Stupidium is an infinite resource
The Macalope does a do-see-do with his opposite number, sets fire to a a Droid strawman, and issues a quarantine for those afflicted by the ever dangerous tablet fever.
Review: The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile 4
Once you set it up, The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile 4 will do the job for syncing a variety of types of data from a Windows Mobile 4 smartphone with your Mac.
Review: Samsung SyncMaster 2233SW LCD
This reasonably priced LCD makes up for its no-frills feature set with solid image quality.
Gameloft to cut back on Android development
Mobile games developer Gameloft has announced it's cutting back on development for the Android, citing a lack of revenue.
Review: Geared for iPhone
In spite of some flaws -- it can be hard to position pieces and the game is a little picky about when you're allowed to move things -- Geared is a perfectly fine puzzler that satisfies after its too-easy early stages.
Bugs & Fixes: Screensavers in Snow Leopard
After a little wait, many third-party screensavers are now compatible with Snow Leopard. But there are glitches. Ted Landau has details.
Google adds captions to YouTube search
In a step to make YouTube videos more accessible to deaf people as well as to anyone else searching for videos online, Google has launched an automatic video captioning service.
iPhone owners demand to see Apple source code
iPhone owners charging Apple and AT&T with breaking antitrust laws asked a federal judge this week to force Apple to hand over the iPhone source code.
Review: Mad Skills Motocross
Mad Skills Motocross is an addictive, fast-paced, and entertaining side-scrolling motocross racing game. 40 tracks spread across five levels provide tons of play time, and a track editor and time challenge mode make the fun last even longer.
Toggle sidebar visibility in all open Finder windows
Using an AppleScript, create a Service (in 10.6) that will let you toggle the visibility of the sidebar in all open Finder windows. This also works in 10.5, but it's not quite as useful there, as the script can't fully hide the sidebar.
Twitter turns on geolocation functionality
Twitter has turned on its geotagging functionality for external applications.
Review: Canon Selphy CP790 snapshot printer
This printer is cute and stylish, but it wastes ink and has an awkward paper-handling setup
Slideshow: Unconventional (but useful) input devices
In this slideshow, we present to you several input devices that are a lot different from the mouse (or laptop trackpad) and keyboard used on a daily basis.
Macworld Buying Guide: Mice
We’re in the Golden Age of Rodents. It’s time to look at the mice you’re missing. However, the wealth of choices can be daunting. We have a few tips to help you.
Macworld Buying Guide: Keyboards
The keyboard you choose is based on a personal decision, but there are some features and terms you should understand so you make the proper buying decision. And that’s what this guide is here to do. Here are our tips to buying a new keyboard.
Torture tests on an Olympus camera and Sonim phone
The Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 point-and-shoot and the Sonim XP3 Quest rugged phone are supposed to be tough. How tough? Sarah Jacobsson and Chris Holt drop them, dunk them, toss them and run one over with an SUV. Take a look to see if they survive.
Review: Snapture for iPhone
As a one-stop solution for the shortcomings of the iPhone's built-in camera, Snapture does an admirable job. It should be one of the first apps you turn to for improving your phone's camera.
Review: iScrapbook 2.1
Scrapbooking program offers high-quality design, easy layouts, and a seemingly unlimited supply of inspiration.
Cloud Engines updates Pogoplug media sharing device
On Friday, Cloud Engines introduced the second generation of its Pogoplug multimedia sharing device. The Pogoplug is designed to plug into your home or small office network and let you access and share content of USB hard drives over the Internet using a standard Web browser.
Will secret copyright treaty restrict your digital rights?
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is rumored to outlaw your iPod, but the treaty's text is secret.
Review: Curio Professional 6
Curio is a single application for note taking, outlining, mind mapping, project management, charting, drawing, presenting, and more.
First Look: Super Monkey Ball 2
Super Monkey Ball 2 not only intends to improve upon the original, but to live up to the considerable potential of the popular monkey-rolling franchise. I sat down with Sega’s associate creative director Ethan Einhorn to discuss this new game for the iPhone. Slated for a Holiday 2009 launch date, the price for this game still has not been revealed.
Review: 27-inch Core i5 iMac (with Core i7 option)
The wait is over: The 27-inch Core i5 (and Core i7) iMacs have arrived. We've tested the new quad core iMacs, and it was worth the wait.
California Energy Commission rule to impact HDTV industry
For the California Energy Commission, the voluntary guidelines of the Federal Energy Star program aren't enough to curb energy guzzling by HDTVs.
Google's Chrome OS stands to make waves
Google's Chrome OS may be a year away from shipping, but the potent mixture of one of tech's most prominent companies and the mostly stagnant OS market is worth watching.