This article in USA Today describes an invention by a Chicago-area Boy Scout who saw an opportunity to streamline airport inspections at the world's busiest airport (still O'Hare). The invention (and I've actually seen these at Dulles as well) is a box with a metal detector in it that is …

Apparently, if you have a Macintosh, you aren't supposed to even visit BuyMusic.com, Buy.com's new web-based WMP music store. Despite the fact that they're more than happy to bash Apple in their ads (yeah, right "music for the rest of us"), they can't seem to stand the heat …

Are you paying too much for your dial-up ISP service? Once you read this article from PCWorld, you may think so. The article surveys some very basic ISPs that run in price from $4.50 per month (that's right, dial-up internet access for ~$50/year) to $22 per month (EarthLink …

Don't like the way Safari looks or acts? Microsoft Internet Explorer got you down? If you're a Macintosh developer and have installed the latest SDK from Apple, you can write your own web browser with "one line of code" by following the instructions in this article from CocoaDevCentral. Admittedly, the …

It's only available via the "premium download", but for $5.95, not bad. For those who have been hiding under a rock, America's Army is the world's leading online advertisement for military service.

Apple's stock was up in after-market trading after the company announced that they had earned a profit on increased revenues of 1.55B in the last quarter. Although still much smaller than the Microsoft Windows market (Apple is number 7 in personal computer sales), the showing was strong enough to …

Macintosh users with Apple's Dot Mac service now have the ability to synchronize their bookmarks between their Macs and also to use those same bookmarks from anywhere on the internet. Once enabled, your synchronized bookmarks are available through the web interface at mac.com. I've tried it and it works …

Those interested in programming or learning to program the Macintosh using Cocoa, may find the large collection of sample code from Scotland Software All of it is under a pretty liberal license (basically, you need to say where you got the code). Everything from services, to apps, to nibs in …

A posting from ActiveWin indicates that Microsoft is readying a full version of Windows Media Player 9 for Apple's Macintosh computers, to be released this fall. Indications are that all of the CODECs will be supported, including the WMP9 Voice CODEC used by MSNs Messenger Voice service.

Those who don't want to carry around their open laptops looking for a WiFi signal will be happy to hear that Kensington is now introducing the WiFi Finder. The device (2"x3"x.4") is small enough to fit in your hand and comes with a loop, presumably so that …

The results are in, PC Magazine has tallied the votes, and the Apple Macintosh is clearly sitting atop the computer industry in terms of service and reliability. Dell was also rated an overall A+, with somewhat lesser rankings in some of the areas than Apple. Compaq continues its streak in …

The positive reviews for Apple's new iSight camera and iChat AV software continue to roll in. This time, it's Popular Mechanics adding their kudos for the pair. Once again, the comparison is made to Microsoft's MSN Messenger offering, but once again, the issue of tight integration has given the Apple …

Although the press announcements were about the upgrade, I'd never heard of the program Maxi Bidder from Colourfull Creations before yesterday. The software is a $9.95 program for doing eBay sniping from a Macintosh. Sniping is the practice of lurking until a few seconds before the bidding is complete …

The first accessories to show up for the new Apple iSight camera have come from MacMice Workspace Products (makers of a wide variety of physical accessories for the Macintosh). The $39.95 set of three SightClips (also available individually for $14.95 each) includes clips that clamp to the desktop …

An article from CNet quotes Adobe executives as saying that it "would have taken a lot of work to have cross-platform support" and that in a small and crowded market for video products, Adobe was not interested in making the investment to release a new version of Premier Pro for …

An email from the Full Disclosure security mailing list indicates that the MacOS X screen saver will quit itself thus exposing the Macintosh desktop. There is no patch to fix this at of right now, and the individual who published it says that he gave Apple 3 days before posting …

For those who are looking for detailed information on OS X Panther, Apple's upcoming OS for the Macintosh, Rail Head Design has a visual tour.

Alias|Wavefront, makers of the high-end 3D package, Maya, announced earlier this week that 25% of its commercial sales in North America (and 20% world-wide) are for the Mac OS X version of the software. The exact quote was: "Twenty-five percent of all commercial units of Maya are now sold …

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that EverQuest for the Macintosh is now shipping.

With Monday's (hopefully) impending announcements from Apple, here are some thoughts on the individual technologies mentioned in the "leak" last week. G5 (aka IBM PowerPC 970) The 970 (which it looks like Apple will be calling the G5), is the first workstation-class chip released from IBM's Power4 architecture of CPUs …