How to remove CD Spin Doctor and/or perform a clean Install of Toast

This information is from Roxio: To perform a clean install of Toast. Please follow all of the instructions below: Please go to the following folder locations:BE SURE TO REMOVE THE FILES FROM BOTH LOCATIONS Macintosh HD> Library> Preferences Macintosh HD> Users> your username> Library> Preferences: trash the following files: * com.roxio.Toast.plist * Roxio Toast Prefs […]

Supreme Commander 2 coming to the Mac

After delivering ports of two The Chronicles of Riddick game to the Mac, Virtual Programming plans to bring Supreme Commander 2 to the platform later this year. I loved Total Annihilation, and Supreme Commander is considered by some to be the unofficial spiritual sequel….  So I am looking forward to see this on the Macintosh….

Mac OS X 10.6.4 Build 10F46

World of Apple dishes out information on 10.6.4 Build 10F46…. Apple today gave a select number of developers access to the second build of Mac OS X 10.6.4. Build 10F46 includes a multitude of fixes and just one known issues affecting a font within the operating system. Mac OS X 10.6.4 build 10F46 weighs in […]

I wonder if this is true? Star Trek IV

This was found in a SlashDot article, so take it with a large brick of Salt, but I wonder if it\’s true??? It\’s taken on a kind of Urban Legend patina, so take it with a grain of salt, but here goes: Seems that the Art Department and Properties guys — the crew responsible for […]

Top 10 things Hollywood thinks computers can do

The site is slashdoted at the moment….  So once the fire department is done putting out the flaming wreck of a server, feel free to take a look… A couple of weeks ago we covered the Top 10 biggest tech flaws in films, this week we\’ve got a kind of sequel (in the best Hollywood […]

Mark Bernstein: Platform Control

Mark Bernstein is exactly right here. This is a matter of Apple being able to control their own destiny, and not being blackmailed by other companies… John Gruber’s recent analysis of Apple’s policy is, I think, almost exactly correct. He is right to pinpoint PowerPlant/Metrowerks as a source of Apple’s anxiety. (Tinderbox is still struggling […]

Steam On the Mac – May 12

Valve today announced the public release of Steam for the Mac is May 12. Please stay tuned for more information. Finally we have a finalized date…  In case you happen to be wondering, yes, that was the press release in its entirety. What more needs to be said? Steam\’s presence on Mac may revitalize the […]

The Mac OS isn\’t really virus proof…?

The argument goes something like this: Fan Boy: \”Mac OS X is immune to viruses\” Windows: \”No it isn\’t.  Windows is just more dominant, so of course people are making viruses for it\” Fan Boy: \”No it\’s Windows poor security\” Windows FB: \”Honestly, if OS X was really virus proof, don\’t you think Microsoft would […]