Review: Razer DeathAdder Gaming Mouse
There are many reasons to look for alternatives to Appleís Mighty Mouse, and one of the latest is the Razer DeathAdder Mac Edition. Razer is known for its mice, especially in the world of Windows gamers, but up to now, there were no Mac drivers for gamers. This does not render Razer mice entirely useless on the Mac, but makes them act like standard mice, stripping them of most special features ...
published today, 1 hour 18 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Disable Growl pop-up notifications via AppleScript
This happens to my friends and I all the time ... you're giving a presentation, watching a movie, or whatever, and the Growl notifier starts popping up with your gChat messages or messages from GMail. I finally wrote an AppleScript to easily toggle the two notifiers for such circumstances; I hope this is helpful for others! Here's the script: tell application "System Events" set isRunning_Growl to (count of (every process whose name is "GrowlHelperApp")) > 0 set isRunning_Google to (count of (every process whose name is "Google Notifier")) > 0 end tell if isRunning_Google then tell application "GrowlHelperApp" set the allNotificationsList to {"Growl Toggler"} reg...
published today, 2 hours 13 minutes ago, macosxhints
Netflix streaming for Mac leaves beta
All Mac owners with a subscription to Netflix should now be able to stream select movies online, the company has announced. Though best known for mail-based DVD rental, Netflix also offers a bonus "Watch Instantly" service, which primarily lets Windows PCs (as well as various set-tops) stream some 12,000 movies and TV shows. To stream movies on a Mac, users must have Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later, 1G...
published today, 2 hours 18 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Haier tries Wi-Fi players again with Sport model
Haier on Thursday has quietly released the second generation of its Internet-capable portable media players. The ibiza Rhapsody Sport is ruggedized compared to the original player and has both a more easily gripped, rounded body as well as a weather-resistant covering that partly protects against rain or snow. The player continues to center on an 802.11g Wi-Fi link that lets it download podcasts...
published today, 3 hours 28 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Control iTunes with iPhone headset
This might be obvious, but I just discovered that if I plug my iPhone headphones (the Apple-supplied set) into my late-2008 MacBook Pro, I can control iTunes just as I control music playback on my iPhone -- the button on the cord lets me play, pause and skip a song. [robg adds: I imagine you can also jump back a song, too, using a triple-click as described in this hint. I'm not sure what other portable Macs this may work on.]
published yesterday, 1 day 2 hours 13 minutes ago, macosxhints
Thought Out announces iPhone/Touch car mount
Thought Out has announced the PED3-Auto, a rotating car mount for the iPhone 3G or iPod touch. A five-inch flexible steel neck is used for device positioning, while the holder rotates 360 degrees to change orientation. Owners can also adjust the device-gripping fingers for a customized fit....
published on Tuesday, the 2. December 2008, macintosh-news-network
Create a Mac-friendly Firefox window resize bookmark
It has always bothered me that hitting the green "maximize" button in Firefox makes the window take up the entire screen, instead of just maximizing it vertically. However, by reading this how-to and combining it with this javascript from the Mozilla documentation, I found a work-around: Open the Bookmarks manager. Create a new bookmark on your bookmarks bar with the Name set to resize and the Location set to this string: javascript:self.moveTo(0,0);self.resizeTo(window.innerWidth+window.scrollMaxX,screen.availHeight); There you go -- you're done! The bookmark should be in your bookmarks bar, so you can just click on the book...
published on Tuesday, the 2. December 2008, macosxhints
Review: Belkin Mini Surge Protector -USB Charger
If you travel, even just occasionally, you know that hotel rooms usually lack power outlets to charge your growing list of devices. If you're like me, you carry a power strip to augment the hotelís offerings. I must carry a few different chargers, to charge my cell phone, iPod, digital camera, and computer. All this hardware takes up a lot of space in my suitcase, and with the increasing cost of l...
published on Tuesday, the 2. December 2008, macintosh-news-network
Apple makes Mini DisplayPort license free
Apple is opening up access to its Mini DisplayPort standard, according to an announcement. Though Apple did not develop DisplayPort proper, the company has created a more compact version of the technology to accompany its new unibody MacBooks, as well as the revised 24-inch Cinema Display. Hardware makers looking to build peripherals compatible with the standard -- most likely third-party monito...
published on Monday, the 1. December 2008, macintosh-news-network
Apps: Entrance, POPFile, GlimmerBlocker
Entrance 1.3 ($50) is a browser for MySQL database that uses data to draw histograms, line charts and more. Entrance also supports an new data mining feature dubbed "data painting" and an explore tree with drag and drop support for tables, queries and scripts. The SQL script editor also features a built-in error detection feature and lets users edit and run SQL scripts against their data. With the...
published on Monday, the 1. December 2008, macintosh-news-network