If you're using a non-Apple branded WLAN router and value your wireless freedom more than a non-transparent menubar and improved Stacks, installing the recent Mac OS X 10.5.2 update may not be such a good idea just yet.

As part of a redesign of their real estate Web site, German immobilienscout24.de have added interactive maps based on Microsoft's Virtual Earth technology. Unfortunately, though, Safari users don't seem to be welcome to navigate those maps just yet. Question is, why?

If you value your data, you must have a reliable backup strategy in place, because, sooner or later, you will lose data. It's "when," not "if." With Time Machine, Apple has included backup software with Mac OS X 10.5 that is both easy to use and reliable, so there is no more excuse for not backing up your data. How 'bout sharing some best practices for personal backups, then.

With more than 450 exhibitors at this year's Macworld Expo, it's impossible to "see it all." Which is a shame especially because of all those countless small and medium sized companies whose product announcements are often drowned out by the major news from the big players like Apple or Microsoft. Hence, let me point out five products I stumbled over at the 2008 Expo which, in my humblest of opinions, deserve a bit more attention than they have received so far.

Chances are that, by the time you are reading this, Steve Jobs has already finished his keynote at MWSF2008, announcing shiny new Apple products. As a little counterweight to the springflood of news messages this will most definitely cause, I thought you might enjoy a little walk down memory lane to rediscover how it all began, and which milestones it took Apple and the Macintosh to get to where they are today.

Aahhhh, it's that special time of year again: the weather's getting colder, the lights are on even during the day, and there is that festive atmosphere all around. People wearing a gentle smile on their face and a twinkle in their eyes, eagerly awaiting the celebration of the year, their cheeks glowing with joyful anticipation. Yes, Macworld Expo San Francisco is drawing near!

At last week's Apple Expo Paris, music technology was pushed into a corner, and quite literally so! In the West corner of the expo hall, French music technology reseller, univers-sons.com, presented the "Music Performance" booth. Demoed by competent and friendly staff, visitors could take a close look at the latest products from major players in the industry like Steinberg, Mark...

When I recently reviewed Sequel, Steinberg's entry-level music production software, I was seriously impressed by the quality of the musical content that ships with it. If you wish to try out Sequel yourself, you can do so now, as Steinberg is offering a downloadable trial version of the software. For obvious reasons, the trial version offers only a limited subset...

Having finally recuperated from last month's visit to Musikmesse, I have created a Flickr set with more photos from the event, complementing the impressions from our Messe Report. Searching Flickr for the "Musikmesse 2007" tag will find many more photos from Frankfurt, providing you with quite a much broader view than my admittedly keyboard-centric perspective. Enjoy!...