Bluelounge CableDrop

Whew! If you’ve been paying attention to the Mac Gems Weblog for the past six weeks, you know that it’s been home to GemFest 2009, a Gem-a-day marathon of over…

Create Events-based IPhoto Albums With Specific People

If you use iPhoto ‘09 and its Events organizational feature in a true events manner–separating your photos by actual event–then you may have stumbled onto a…

Final Draft 8

Hollywood may love remakes, but ticket buyers beware: it’s often tough to tell whether you’re about to see a modern reinvention of a tried-and true tale, or a…

Dell and HP Take Knocks in India Over Recycling Programs

Dell and HP face criticism from Greenpeace in India for their take-back and recycling programs

Windows 7 May Get Family Pack Discount

Windows 7 will reportedly come with a Family Pack option that will allow multiple installs of the OS on PCs per license purchased.

China Will Still Require Green Dam Web Filter Program

China has not lifted its mandate that a Web filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country, even though the plan was postponed this week.

Greenpeace Pans PC Makers for Toxic Products

Greenpeace on Wednesday panned some major PC makers for backtracking on commitments to reduce hazardous substances in hardware.

Mac News Briefs: Omni Group Releases OmniGraphSketcher

The Omni Group’s OmniGraphSketcher is a new tool for creating graphs. It imports data from spreadsheets or text files, or lets you input information by hand. You…

Cataloging Mail by Date

Reader Kent Pletcher is a generally heppy ket with his move from Microsoft Entourage to Apple’s Mail. He has one concern, however, that goes like this:

Netbook Vendors Overhype, So Consumers Underbuy

Analysis: Before you shell out for a smaller, cheaper — and less powerful — netbook, decide if you actually need a notebook instead.