http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/29/earthdesk.50.ships/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/earthdesk-ver5.0-29.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Xeric Design has released EarthDesk 5.0, featuring a complete rewrite in Cocoa, faster rendering and higher resolution maps. The realtime desktop worldmap provides users with an image of Earth featuring Sun, Moon and city-based illumination and cloud cover. The Cocoa rewrite provides a new rendering engine for both faster rendering speed and lower processor usage. It is a 32- and 64-bit applicatio... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/29/earthdesk.50.ships/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/25/gateway.debuts.new.pcs/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/24-gateway-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Gateway on Wednesday evening introduced smaller, more powerful back-to-school desktop PCs, including its small form factor SX Series and its compact DX Series mini-tower line as well as its FHD Series of monitors featuring a new edge-to-edge glass design. Both the SX Series and DX Series PCs include a unique ìdigital photo frameî button that quickly delivers a slide show of favorite photos along w... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/25/gateway.debuts.new.pcs/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/16/print.it.ifind/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />iWeb Valet 2.0 ($19) is a tool for enhancing and uploading iWeb pages. After creating a page in iWeb, instead of publishing to MobileMe, iWeb Valet allows users to publish the site to a local folder and then upload it to an FTP sever. The update includes the ability to add new interactive widgets and also allows users to preview the modified pages in a browser at any point, instead of having to up... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/16/print.it.ifind/ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/desksaver/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />CheckUp 2.1 ($25) is a tool designed to check and monitor the behavior of a Mac system, either locally or remotely. The software scans a computer and provides information on the systems functionality and overall performance and can also allow any unused applications to be removed. The latest update includes a revised interface, support for Raid disks, improved support for Spaces and a better memor... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/desksaver/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/23/xmart.volume.iworkservice/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Currency Assistant 3.0 ($19) allows users to convert values between 174 world currencies (all major circulating currencies plus the 16 Eurozone legacy currencies). The software also automatically updates exchange rates over the Internet using the rates published by the European Central Bank, the Bank of Canada, the International Monetary Fund, and the Bank of Italy. In the latest release the softw... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/23/xmart.volume.iworkservice/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/30/apple.tops.pc.mag/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/pcmagiphonereview.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Readers of PC Magazine have awarded top scores to Apple Products, during a recent survey on electronic products. Apple received the highest ratings in all of the categories it was involved in, laptops, desktops, routers, cell phones, media players and tech support. In all of these categories Apple received Readers Choice status and performed "significantly better than average." This year the iPhon... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/30/apple.tops.pc.mag/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/25/aol.xdrive.5gb.backup/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/25-xdrive-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Following Adobe's announcement of the AIR application platform, AOL has unveiled Xdrive Desktop Lite, a backup application based on the AIR standard. Computerworld reports that AOL is offering users 5GB of backup for free, which is accessed using the downloadable Xdrive application ñ a first time offering for Mac users. Xdrive Desktop Lite gives users drag-and-drop functionality to backup any data... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/25/aol.xdrive.5gb.backup/ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/18/conjure.23.desktop/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/18-conjure-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Conjurebunny today unveiled Conjure 2.3, an update for its replacement desktop front-end, bringing a number of changes related to contacts, Clusters, and Clothesline. Contacts within Conjure are now considered desktop entities, just like applications, folders and files, allowing them to be viewed directly from the desktop level. The upgrade is free for existing v2.x users, while new users can purc... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/18/conjure.23.desktop/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/08/pandocalendar.706/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/8-pando-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Panda Systems today unveiled PandoCalendar 7.0.6, an update to its desktop calendar application, adding several new features and bug fixes. In addition to increased Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility, users can also browse through all recurring events by group in a dedicated window. Two new File menu options allow users to create new notes and appointments, while a popup menu with preset snooze t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/08/pandocalendar.706/ Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:25:00 GMT