If you’ve ever delved into the world of having your own web site, you will inevitably have a need to send and retrieve files from your server via FTP. FTP is really (and I mean really) old and still widely used. While it’s true you can send or receive files from the command line in any OS, the GUI way of doing it is much easier because you get things...

I’ve mentioned on the PCMech Live show many times my disdain for the fact that if you’re one of the few running a 64-bit processor, your options for native 64-bit applications are few and far between on the consumer end. Chances are very high that the computer you’re using right now has a 32-bit CPU in it. Here’s the short-short...

We live in a world where marketing is reality. All you have to do is look at the world of politics to see that. Perception is reality. Apple is the king of perception marketing in the tech industry. The “Mac versus PC” commercials have successfully put forth the idea that a Mac is different than a PC. It isn’t and it is about time we get this right. No, I...

Since the release of Mozilla Firefox 3 there have been issues with the Adobe Flash player (currently at release 9), particularly with Flash video. What happens is that you’ll attempt to watch a video (say on YouTube) and the first 2 seconds will play and then stop. And you’re left with no choice but to restart the browser and sometimes that...

29% of Internet Users Admit Purchasing from Spam Gmail Account Hacking Tool Mac clone maker Psystar: We’re Still in Business! Macs Being Installed on Cruise Ships,...

The fire that rages on concerning Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux as far as “which is better” continues to burn hotly. You will find zealots (a.k.a. “fanboys”) for each party, but the plain fact of the matter is this: that they’re all wrong because that’s not what the future of computing is about. What is...

One feature common to many Windows firewall programs is not only the network port filter but the ability to monitor and approve programs attempting to communicate to the Internet. For you Mac users out there looking a program to do this, check out Little Snitch. Little Snitch is not a firewall, as this is what it does: Little Snitch informs you whenever a...

As Rich reported yesterday, Apple finally got around to filing a lawsuit against Psystar. The lawsuit was filed in the northern district of California and alleges all of the obvious charges, including license infringement, copyright violation, etc. Psystar very blatantly entered this market – almost as if they were wishing they’d get sued. They very...

The interest in Mac is an at all time high these days. The public follies of Windows Vista, coupled with the superb marketing and positioning of the Mac by Apple, has led to an increased presence of the Mac in the eye of the computer user today. A tech bloggers like myself really enjoy covering Apple because they really are on the cutting edge of things and...

When Apple came out with OS X Leopard, one of the more innovative things they included with it was Time Machine. This is, of course, the automated backup utility with a snazzy graphical interface which automatically backs up and archives your Mac. You can restore your entire Mac if needed or simply a single file. To use it, though, you need an external hard...

There has been buzz going around that .Mac will finally (maybe) be updated to something that may be useful. While Apple may score points for having the coolest looking computers on the block, they’re nothing but a big ball of fail in the web department. I’ll put it to you this way: Compare .Mac to Windows Live Services. Then compare .Mac to...

While Apple is getting both eyes poked by Psystar, they are being sued by a company called “Man and Machine”. Why? Because of the Mighty Mouse. The Mighty Mouse is, of course, that hockey-puck looking contraption that Apple passes off as a mouse. I like Apple computers, but I personally find the Mighty Mouse to be anything but mighty. That said,...

We all know that the OS wars will wage on until the end of time. You’ll have the Windows guys unenthusiastically entering the battlefield in their suits and ties. The Apple guys staggering into the battlefield in rainbow gear smelling like hemp. And the Linux guys will be tripping over their pocket protectors. OK, see, I just fueled the debate. Again! And...

Apple has released two new additions to their “Get a Mac” series of commercials. One features a group of cheerleaders, but the other one is just plain funny. And for your Tuesday enjoyment, I bring them direct to PCMech:You can view them all in their Youtube...

It has been a long time coming, but OpenOffice version 3 has officially been released to public beta. The current stable version of OpenOffice is pretty good, but as a Mac user, I have been waiting for a native Mac version of OpenOffice. I am currently running NeoOffice for the Mac, which is good but it is a bit of a tangent. Aside from the native Mac support...

I saw someone over at DailyTech ask a question about building a Mac and watched him take machine gun-like shots over and over from PC and Mac fanboys for asking a stupid question. You know it’s bad when you have both sides of the computer world bashing you. Of course you can’t build your own Mac. But, Why not?Since Apple’s conversion to Intel’s Core...

I bought my MacBook Pro over a month ago now. I have been meaning to do a quick review of the unit here on PCMech. Well, finally, I’ll scratch that small to-do off my list. Two words: LOVE IT. But, you want a little more detail, perhaps. Fine, I’ll provide it. Warning: don’t expect me to benchmark this machine. I’ll leave that to the...

Psystar, the Florida company that made news for making and SELLING a hackintosh, is today releasing a video in hopes of showing people that it is the real thing. The video is short and it shows their “Open Computer” running Windows XP, Ubuntu and Mac OS X. But, the video is shot from a bit of a distance and you really can’t see much. And the...

The “Mac versus PC” debate will rage until the end of time, but one constant argument I hear about the Mac is that it is overpriced. In fact, an anonymous employee of Psystar (the makers of the so-called Mac clone) was quoted as saying that Apple marks up their hardware as much as 80%. Whether that is true or not, the notion that Apple overprices...

Last week, Jason authored an article on reasons why to use Linux. Jason is a real fan of Linux and I was part of the “heated discussion” he refers to at the beginning of his article. His article really did touch a nerve and has quickly become one of those most popular articles on all of PCMech. Seeing as I was, indeed, part of said “heated...