Category Archive

The following is a list of all entries from the MacMerc category.

A Few Open Source AJAX Applications

In this week’s Freeloader Friday, Brian presents us with a few useful and Open Source AJAX web applications. From reading your favorite blogs with your own web-based aggregator, to reading your email with your own webmail interface, AJAX is the wave of the future.


Jon Takes his iPod for a Spin Cycle

I would like to report that Jon Gales has successfully washed his iPod nano.
The [iPod] nano is light enough that it turns out you can’t really tell when it’s in a shirt pocket and when it’s not. On this Saturday morning it was, and unfortunately the shirt was in the washer. I got ahold of [...]


New .Mac Features

MacMerc has announced the launch of a re-vamped .Mac service.
.Mac has come out from the darkness with 1GB of storage (2GB in a Family Pack). All that space would make a handy place to back up your files and Apple has also posted an updated to its Backup utility. Its got one-step iLife backups, Spotlight [...]


Review: Drive Genius

As far as professional-grade utilities are concerned, Drive Genius is the new kid on the block. Though it is young, it does exit the starting gate with quite a few useful features. Read the review to learn more about Drive Genius.


Motorola Releases the First iTunes Phone

MacMerc has announced the launch of the Motorola ROKR line, the “world’s first mobile phone with iTunes.”
Apple, Motorola and Cingular Wireless announced the availability of the world’s first mobile phone with iTunes, enabling users to transfer up to 100 of their favorite songs from the iTunes jukebox on their Mac or PC to this mobile [...]