Terminal, the Bash shell,and command line applications still have an important place in the Mac's GUI environment. Here are 10 Unix command line tips that even the most Mac GUI loving user will find useful for the Mac toolbox.

Microsoft Live Mesh Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:25:17 read more Coming Soon: Login to Zoho with Your Google ID Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:19:31 I'm still trying to understand why this is reported on CNet but not mentioned anywhere in Zoho's official blog... Zoho to integrate with Google sign-on However, assuming this is true, that will be one less login/password...

The Internet has revolutionized the distribution of software: search for what you need (or want), download it, install it -- instant digital gratification! And yet, some developers still manage to make this process a highly unpleasant experience. Here's one example of how _not_ to distribute your software. Plus a few ideas to consider when publishing your own software as a download.

Summer travel beckons, and here's how to make sure your trips to the airport are correctly timed.

Psystar, the company that caused a bit of a stir recently by announcing a Mac-clone called "Open Computer" have now posted a video which, they claim, shows that machine in operation.

If you've ever looked closely at a daffodil like this beautiful specimen, you'll know that within the outer yellow petals is an orange "trumpet" (sometimes the trumpet is yellow like the outer petals of the flower, not orange). The trumpet itself contains the reproductive parts of the flower: ovaries, pistil, and the stigma, style, and anthers shown in my photo...

As the new iPhone SDK hit the streets, I decided to take another look at those iPhone Panda protocols I wrote about just a month ago. To my slight surprise, the protocols disappeared from Apple's public iTunes listings.

Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I unpacked a Hewlett-Packard accessory: a 24 inch LCD monitor, to hook up to my MacBook Air. I am not one for unboxing porn, especially given how little there would be to wet your appetite, but I felt compelled to share a few thoughts. First of all, a MacBook Air drives this...

Seven hours. Go on and ask. I know you're dying to. What could possibly waste seven hours of time in a developer's life? Why downloading an SDK and installing new firmware! Needless to say, I'm in a particularly grumpy mood this morning.

Now that Jens Alfke has gone independent, he is working on an infrastructure that supports "a distributed, secure application-level messaging system."