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Learn to control iTunes using keyboard shortcuts that work in any app, take decent photos with your iPhone, and make a Wi-Fi hotspot on the fly using just your MacBook and a hard Internet connection. Also: Eminem sues Apple (again), the Adium IM client reviewed, and more.
Learn to control iTunes using keyboard shortcuts that work in any app, take decent photos with your iPhone, and make a Wi-Fi hotspot on the fly using just your MacBook and a hard Internet connection. Also: Eminem sues Apple (again), the Adium IM client reviewed, and more.
- Review: Adium, the Mac-based instant-messaging king -- "Adium is quite simply the best instant-messaging (IM) client available. Period. It has its flaws and is, in some ways, deficient compared to iChat, Apple's own IM client. But its strengths vastly outnumber its weaknesses. "
- Microsoft Releases Remote Desktop Connection Client 2.0 (Beta) -- The standard for connecting to a Windows computer from a Mac and running the Win desktop. New features: Universal primary, improved Windows Vista compatibility, multiple sessions, and user interface improvements.
- Rapper Eminem sues Apple (again) -- Even though Apple has an agreement with Universal Music Group, Eminem alleges that Apple has no right to offer his music for download.
- Review: Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset -- The Bluetooth headset works well for telephony, but doesn't let you listen to music or life podcasts. What's the point, then?
- SizzlingKeys -- Mac keyboard shortcuts for controlling iTunes from any app -- Useful utility for the many people who like to listen to iTunes while they work at their computers.
- iPhone 101: Take decent photos with your iPhone -- "There's one aspect of the iPhone that's counter-intuitive -- the camera. Unlike nearly every camera ever made, the iPhone takes a picture when the "shutter button" is released, not pressed." To take a good photo: Press the button, frame the image, then release the button.
- UltraNewb: Share your Mac's Internet connection wirelessly -- Create your own little Wi-Fi hotspot using nothing but your Mac and a hard Internet connection.
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