On Monday, April 23rd, Adobe made a double announcement regarding Creative Suite 6 (no surprise) and the Creative Cloud (also no surprise). There was no surprise because Adobe has been presenting us with sneak peaks of upcoming features for some time, and the Creative Cloud was informally announced back in October at the Adobe MAX in Los Angeles. Now that details are coming in, this cloud has a very silver lining.

It was the quietest speed bumps of a model line from Apple I can recall. No public announcement. No press release. On October 24, Apple just upgraded the CPU and hard disk drive specification of the five MacBook Pro models on their Website, confirming rumors that a minor refresh was imminent. Happily, price points remaiin the same

Domain registrations, which should be a simple affair, can sometimes become a problem due to some questionable business practices.

The Golden Rule of Dragon Dictate is that when you're working with text, don't mix your voice with your hands - using the NotePad

Plus: Tracking Santa's Journey: There's An App for That and Santa Tracker 2011 App

Real Weather Girls is a fully functioning weather App for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad that also follows the lives of women in major cities arolund the globe who share everything from their daily lives to the newest trends in their hometown - possibly the first App-based reality show, if you will, currently offered as a free download for a limited time

Most of North America switches back to Standard Time from Daylight Saving Time this year at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 7. Love DST or hate it, don't forget to "fall back," and there's even an app for that

The fact that Google and Verizon felt that they needed to huddle together to secretly craft an Internet plan that we might all want to follow is - frankly - insulting. Evidently, I missed the meeting at which the these two behemoths formally became "The Internet". Now that I know, at least we can stop working so damn hard around here. Hey, last one out of the datacenter please lock the doors and turn out the lights and the edge routers. Google and Verizon have it all covered.

Unreasonable fear, or are the effects of electromagnetic radiation pollution from increasingly ubiquitous wireless devices a looming public health concern that's being swept under the rug?

I'm marking a significant milestone today, which is the eleventh anniversary of the day I signed on to Applelinks as a regular news editor, columnist, and product-reviewer

Finding the right combination of input devices and workstation configuration will likely require some experimentation and thoughtful consideration if typing pain is a present or potential issue for you, however, the effort to think it through and equip yourself with the optimum hardware for your particular needs will pay dividends in greater comfort (or at least less discomfort) and productivity.

AppleWorks Database R.I.P., but Bento, Smultron, or TopXNotes are potential substitutes as light database applications - Moore's MailBag