Adobe Director 11.5 Review: Audio Mixing, Embedded Flash
With Adobe Director 11.5, HD has arrived in full force. Along with H.264 support in the Shockwave player, you now get the benefits of full-screen HD multimedia capabilities for any apps and games you author using the platform. Foremost on the list of talents for this version is audio mixing (16-channels, 5.1 surround) with a [...]
Mobile Shell 3.0: The Easiest Way To Improve Your Windows Mobile UI
Most new phones from major manufacturers that use Windows Mobile as its main OS already come with a customized interface on top of it, no doubt to mask the ugly UI that Microsoft has still been unable to sufficiently fix. If you’re using a WinMo-powered phone without the benefit of an extra GUI (like Samsung’s [...]
Blackberry App World Review
RIM’s Blackberry App World opened its doors early this week and eager Blackberry owners began their onslaught (including curious onlookers like me). I have an older Blackberry (which I don’t really use anymore) and, as it turns out, only devices with trackballs plus the Storm are supported by App World. I borrowed a Blackberry Curve, [...]
Boxee Review: Every Multimedia Fan Needs One
Boxee is a free multimedia application that currently works with both Linux and OS X, with a Windows version currently in private alpha and expected in June. Apart from allowing playback of your own media files, it seamlessly integrates streaming videos, TV and music from the web along with social networking elements. You’ll need to [...]
BumpTop Finally Comes Out of Beta
After years of endless beta versions and announcements, Bumptop finally surfaces as a downloadable retail application. I’ve been using BumpTop since an early beta and I have to agree with their claims that it’s going to be the future of desktops in operating systems. What’s so good about BumpTop? Let me list the ways: It [...]
Comparison Shopping Apps For The Android
Comparison shopping blew up as a service for shoppers for one very simple reason: it saved people money with their purchases. It wasn’t a surprise, then, that the same functionality is slowly becoming a staple in mobile phones as well. The Android platform currently has two popular comparison-shopping apps in its list of offerings, CompareEverywhere [...]
Review: Apple iLife ’09
With each new Mac sold on the market coming with the excellent iLife, there’s little doubt as to what kind of stock Apple is putting on their excellent app suite as a solid incentive to upgrade. It’s no surprise, either, given the depth of thought Apple seems to have given to the way people use [...]
Open Office Servers Crashes as Users Raced to Download the New Suite
Open Office just recently released the newest version of their free, open-source office productivity suite, the Open Office 3.0. Needless to say, the launch was a hit. Several millions of users logged on to the company’s website to download the software. The result? Their web servers crashed. Released yesterday at around 10 am, the servers [...]
Zoho Mail Ready for your iPod
Zoho mail is yet another email service and software provider. And it is currently passing the beta stages of its newest version, making it the perfect suite for all people who need to check their emails while on the go. One of the major changes seen has something to do with the suite’s functionality. Now, [...]
Facebook 2.0: A Big Improvement for the iPhone
Facebook, one of the most popular social networking sites today, had enhanced their iPhone application features. And it’s about time. With the Facebook 2.0, iPhone users can now do more than just update their profiles and pictures. With the upgrade, interaction with friends, navigation, and adding threads are way easier. The major issue with Facebook [...]
