How Parallels could control the Mac game market

I’ve been thinking about how Parallels has said they are working on DirectX and 3D support for their VM software for the Mac. The basic reason for doing this is so people can play games. Sure, there are some other Windows-only 3D apps out there that people want to use on the Mac, but games [...]

Garmin posts teaser shots of Mac Training Center, and hints at more to come

As I posted the other day, Garmin is going to show off the Mac version of Training Center at Macworld San Francisco next week. Attendees will be able to take home CD’s, but the rest of us will have to wait for the download to become available later in the month. Until then, Chet’s Corner [...]

GPS is coming on strong for the Mac

I was pretty excited when Google Reader showed me a new entry on the Garmin Blog last Friday about how they were going to release Garmin Training Center for the Mac. GPS (like its cousin, GIS) has always been a bit behind on the Mac. Still, we are starting to get some good tools now. [...]

OK. I’m getting pretty excited about MacWorld

The new teaser on Apple’s front page has me all worked up. I can’t wait to see what the message is tomorrow.

Promoting independent Mac software developers

There’s been a lot of talk recently about various software bargain schemes and the associated web sites that have popped up recently. MacSanta, MacHeist, MacAppaDay, MacZot! are all examples. I think what we need is a common tag that all independent Mac developers can use so that people can more easily find blog posts, reviews, [...]