Get your ebooks ready for iPad

If your expecting your iPad soon then your going to want to load it up with goodies as soon as you tear through that packaging.  iTunes 9.1 (available now) supports the management of ebooks in the ePub format to sync with the new iPad that drops this Sunday. If you already have a hefty collection of ebooks in the DRM free format of ePub then you can simply load them up into iTunes and your good to go. However if your collection of ebooks are not in the ePub format (PDF, LIT, MOBI, RTF, PDB, T...

Secrets: Recommended OS X Download

I'm noticing a trend of in depth tutorial posts from my fellow writer and site founder Skafia surrounding OSX related tweaks and enhancements. To kind of add to this I would like to bring up a great little System Preferences add-on called Secrets. It's a pretty awesome tool that I have yet to use to its fullest potential. It has a strong database of hidden setting tweaks and adjustments that can easily be toggled and experimented with. To name just a few of the useful tweaks look below: E...

Remote Tap: VNC on your iPhone

If you're familiar with VNC you’ll already understand how handy it can be in a pinch. If not, then chances are you're missing out on a valuable productivity and kick ass power tool to log-in and control your computer remotely. There are a variety of clients for Desktop-to-Desktop virtual network computing, and I won’t go into that, what I will be covering is it's uses on your iPhone so that you can remotely log-in and use your Mac. VNC Choices There are several choices for VNC Apps on the ...

MacHeist Bundle 1 Day Left

MacHeist is offering 6 Mac Applications which normally run Up to $154 (The 6th Application has to be unlocked) for free. The page says there is only one day left so I would recommend jumping on it ASAP! The unlockable application, Mariner Write normally $50, is only unlocked if there are over 500,000 participants and since there is only 1 day left and at the time I'm writing this there are only 274,256 participants its very unlikely that they'll reach that goal. The rest of the apps you can ge...

WD TV Live is Awesome

I recently purchased a WD TV Live after owning a WD HD TV for a short period of time, and I've got say it's pretty awesome.  If you're looking for a cheap and easy way to incorporate your media from your computer into an all in one powerhouse for your existing living room/bedroom setup, then you can do no wrong with one of these little machines. The best thing about this setup is the ridiculous amount of file formats it supports.  It’s hard enough trying to find a software media player (other th...