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SkyDrive updates for PC and Mac / Google Drive launches

April 24, 2012September 26, 2012 Doug Groves cloud storage, google, Google Drive, Mac, Microsoft, OS X, OS X Lion, PC, SkyDrive, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 84 Comments

Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage has been around for a number of years now, providing users with up to 25 GB of free storage, with their Live ID login. Yesterday, they updated the service by releasing an updated Skydrive application for both Windows (Vista, 7 and 8 ) and Mac OS X (Lion). Once installed and you provide the proper login, the SkyDrive folder simply appears as another folder in Windows Explorer and the Mac Finder, much like other cloud solutions such as DropBox. The maximum filesize has also recently climbed…

Team Fortress 2 now on OS X, FREE this weekend

June 12, 2010June 13, 2010 drsquid cross-platform, Gaming, Mac, Online, OS X, PC, Steam, Steam For Mac, Steam Play, Team Fortress 2, TF2, Valve3 Comments

After Valve’s successful launch of Steam for Mac, this weekend sees the release one of the most anticipated Valve Mac games, Team Fortress 2, where the eternal debate of Mac vs. PC can finally be settled on the digital battlefield (Steam Play supports cross-platform play). The day Ian Fleming invented penicillin. The day scientists invented the moon landing. The day Sir Isaac Newton distracted the policemen investigating his wife’s murder by discovering gravity. All of these historic moments have two things in common. They helped steer the course of human…

Aperture Laboratories grant allows Valve to release steam for Mac, Portal for FREE

May 14, 2010May 14, 2010 drsquid Aperture Laboratories, Apple, Mac, PC games, PC gaming, Portal, Portal 2, Steam, Valve3 Comments

Steam for the Mac has been released, and many of us wondered why Valve is giving away Portal for Free until May 24th. The video above makes it all clear. Gamers should thank Aperture Laboratories by buying their next home testing initiative, Portal 2, this fall.

Asus O!Play Air – Firmware Updates

April 13, 2010April 19, 2010 kingpinlei Asus, eSATA, HD, HFS+ compatible, Mac, media player, O!Play Air, PC, review, set top box, WiFi, Windows11 Comments

Asus has definitely been busy. Since my last review of the Asus O!Play Air, Asus has released a few firmware updates for it. The most notable is firmware v1.09 which surprisingly adds Internet accessible content to the O!Play Air. While it still does not add Youtube support (Asus, please, add YouTube support!!), Asus has provided apps to give access to such sites as Flickr and Picassa.

Portal 2 becomes a reality, and OSX support is not a lie.

March 8, 2010June 13, 2010 Danny X Apple, Mac, PC gaming, Portal 2, Steam, Valve3 Comments

In 2008, on Doug’s suggestion, I picked up a copy of the year-old Orange Box for the 360 on a whim. (Said whim was spurred on by Doug’s claim that if I didn’t buy it, there was something seriously wrong with me.) Turns out, he was right, as Orange Box was my first foray into the world of Valve, and from there, Steam, thanks to the brilliant PC version of Left For Dead. Orange Box spends very little time on my shelf, as I quickly found myself addicted to HL2…

Asus O!Play Air Review

January 17, 2010April 13, 2010 kingpinlei 802.11n, Asus, eSATA, HD, HFS+ compatible, High Definition, Mac, media player, O!Play Air, PC, review, set top box, USB, WiFi, Windows40 Comments

(Editor’s note: With newer firmware available Dave has taken another look at the functionality of the O!Play. You can catch the newness that is the update here…) I’ve been checking out HD media players lately; mainly because I’m not sold on the future of content being in the form of physical media. Sony’s Blu-Ray may have won the optical media war, but for an increasing number of people – not just us tech nerds like myself – shiny plastic discs are so last decade as digital distribution takes centre stage. …

Boxee Beta and Box unveiled

December 9, 2009December 9, 2009 Doug Groves beta, Boxee, Boxee Box, D-Link, Linux, Mac, Media Center, Windows5 Comments

I’m a huge fan of Boxee which is, outside of Windows Media Center, my favourite way to access media on my TV. Boxee, a social networking aware media center, has been in alpha for a long time, and Monday night’s beta announcement marked the next step for the company that wants to be your media portal to the world. With the announcement of the beta program (chock full of screenshots), Boxee has been given a new look along with new functionality. The menu system appears to have more polish, making…