TOO MUCH MAIL

Here’s how we get hung-up: You have an important email message to send. So you go to your email program and are just about to send it, when … you… Read more

NETWORK YOUR MAC AND WINDOWS COMPUTERS

“Network Your Computers and Devices,“ $18 at Amazon.com, is the latest in Microsoft’s excellent “Step by Step” series. The book covers… Read more

NEW FOR THE MAC

A goodie for Mac users is “CrossOver Games.” With it you can run popular Windows games on your Mac or Linux computer.  The games include the… Read more

SWITCHING FROM PC TO MAC

Laplink just came out with “Switch & Sync” which copies all files and folders from a PC to a Mac. This includes your documents, email,… Read more

MONKEY ISLAND 2 FOR THE IPAD

Avast mateys! You scurvy dogs. Monkey Island 2, Special Edition, is out for the iPad, and there’s a free trial. This was a smash hit and our… Read more

IPAD BAGS, “MAN PURSES” AND SLEEVES

Should guys carry their iPad in a “man purse?” Probably not, but we don’t want to wear our iPad either. Instead, we bought the $39 case that… Read more

BUYING A LAPTOP PC OR MAC

Our niece just asked us if she should ask for a PC or a Mac for her birthday, as she gets ready to go off to college. We told her to go with a Mac,… Read more

INTERNUTS:NETWORKING, MAC TOOLS, BAN.ORG

   Vreebit.com is a new social networking site that attempts to combine aspects of Facebook, LinkedIn, and other sites. Besides the usual photo… Read more

TAKE CONTROL OF THE MAC — PC TOO

Back in the dim, dark reaches of the 1980s you controlled your computer with keyboard commands, using a program called DOS. It stood for Disk… Read more

BOOKS

 ”Switching to the Mac, Leopard Edition,” by David Pogue ($30 from missingmanuals.com ). Mac users get very few viruses, no spyware and very little… Read more