The Web's best free stuff (InfoWorld)
March 24, 2008
InfoWorld - Free: It's the magic word for an ever-expanding wealth of downloadable software and online services. Free doesn't necessarily mean good, however, and hunting for freebies can mean sifting through a lot of junk.
Macworld
Best of Both Worlds: Games you won’t find on the Mac
Some computer games never appear on the Mac. Sometimes the game makers don’t think the limited Mac market is worth it. Other games depend so much on Windows-specific technologies that it’s not feasible to port them without major reengineering. Whatever the reason, here are Peter Cohen’s ten top reasons you might want to install Windows on your Mac.
Microsoft isn't doing all it should to help PC gaming
Microsoft may be responsible for the foundation of Windows-based gaming, but its recent efforts to help the waning PC gaming industry have done little: developers and gamers alike are clamoring for more love from Microsoft.Read More... 
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Codeweavers CrossOver Mac Professional 7.0.2 uses just the Windows application programming interface (API) to run Windows apps on your Mac, without the Windows OS. It's an...
08/05/08
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Macworld - The new rules for buying a Mac
The world has a lot of unwritten rules: In social etiquette. In baseball. And in buying computers. For years, we have unquestioningly followed numerous unwritten rules when...
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Back in 2004, shortly before the release of Mac OS X Tiger, Delicious Library 1.0 arrived as a slick looking inventory cataloging application designed to manage listings of...
03/03/08
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Count 'em down but hardly out, as Games For Windows magazine (nee Computer Gaming World for 27 years) goes online-only in a transition just announced following publisher...
04/08/08
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Microsoft refunding gamers, Games for Windows Live goes free
Microsoft made a series of announcements this week that the company hopes will reinvigorate the PC gaming market, including the announcement of DirectX 11 and the advent of free Windows Live gaming. Ars spoke with Microsoft's Kevin Unangst about the company's present and future plans, including DX11, Games for Windows Live, and the PCGA.Read More...
iPhone SDK to require Mac OS X?
More details of Apple's iPhone SDK announcement, scheduled today for 10AM Pacific time and 1PM Eastern, have allegedly leaked through anonymous sources. It is indicated that although the iPhone can be used on both Macs and PCs, developers will only be able to acquire the SDK for Mac OS X, leaving Windows developers stranded. The development envir...Macworld - Apple announces Mac, iPhone Design...
Apple awarded five Mac applications, 5 iPhone applications, and an iPhone web app at this year's Apple Design Awards on Wednesday.
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Reuters - Microsoft Corp reports
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The War for the Web
Not only hasn't the Internet yet matured, it's becoming an ever-more high stakes game.
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Flash Wars: The Many Enemies and Obstacles of Flash [Part 2 of 3]
While widely deployed as a web plugin and among the few web technologies that have become a household word, Adobe's Flash has more than a few substantial enemies that would like to see it replaced, cloned, or erased. Additionally, Flash faces a nu...
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Macworld.com - Hothead Games on Thursday revealed pricing and system specifications for its forthcoming game, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness....
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