Month: February 2009

Weeks and Nemo examine five innovative new products from Just Mobile, Targus, and Griffin

Have you thought about a Network Attached Storage drive so you can share files with others in your house or office, but the complexity of such a device scares you away? Here is a much more simple alternative.

Want an easy to use program for editing and adding special effects to your photos? You might want to check out Funtastic Photos.

Do you have an iPod Video, or maybe a PSP, and wish you could copy your TV, videotapes, PVR, or you playing a video game or some other video source and take them with you on that device? Well, have a look at this solution, no computer needed…

Recently, I reviewed a program called Artwork which turns your photos into paintings. In the past I have reviewed several other paint programs that have this feature. Well, now there is an iPhone/iPod Touch app called Artist’s Touch that does the same thing.

Given all the hype surrounding the term “high-definition,” along with the current proliferation of HD content-HD TV, HD Blu-Ray discs, HD camcorders, even HD radio-one might be forgiven for being more than a little jaded when a new HD service is announced. But it’s not every day that high-definition Web conferencing comes along, so the announcement of an HD-capable Web collaboration tool at MacWorld this past January caused us at MyMac.com to sit up and take notice.

If you are looking for an iPod/iPhone audio solution for your car, the Griffin TuneFlex AUX with SmartClick might be a good fit. With the ability to cradle, charge, and route your audio through a line-out auxiliary port, your iPod/iPhone can now fill your car with all your favorite tunes. This new revision to the TuneFlex product line adds two important features. Griffin has added the Works with iPhone technology as well as SmartClick. How have these added technologies improved the TuneFlex? Stay tuned for the rest of the story…

The Altec Lansing T612 in one of the first audio systems to adorn the new, "Works with iPhone" logo. This logo indicates that the T612 is certified to work in harmony with the iPhone in accordance with the specifications and standards established by Apple. We have all experienced the cellular bleed through resulting from using an iPhone with a standard iPod audio system.

This review concentrates on what’s new in FileMaker Pro 10. This means a closer look at four areas, which are by now quite familiar to FileMaker users since they have been the main areas for change and improvement in recent upgrades.

Recently, I had the opportunity to try out three VERY different games from the iTunes App Store: Board Games, Blurb, and Tatomi. What did I think? Read on.

Tim looks at the new Adobe Illustrator 14, or CS4 if you prefer. Many changes abound, and Tim takes a look at some of the new features, as well as problem legacy files could have in the newest version. And did someone say multiple pages in Illustrator?

Etymotic Research is a heavy hitter in the iPod earbud field. Their hf5 earbuds are a new addition to their wide selection of high-end earbuds. The Weeks Division of MyMac Labs spent some time with the hf5s. Here’s what we found.