Check your Wi-Fi speeds
Editor's Note: This article accompanies Understanding Wi-Fi's two spectrum bands, posted elsewhere on Macworld.com.
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Netbook Battery Champs
Just a few months ago, you were lucky to squeeze much more than a couple hours out of netbooks such as the Acer Aspire One and the Lenovo IdeaPad S10.
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Beware the Social Media Charlatans
Lately it seems I can't go anywhere without running into a gaggle of social media consultants bloviating about the wonders of social network marketing. Sure, you've seen 'em, too. Slick shake-and-bake "experts" promising to help you leverage the power of Twitter and Facebook to raise your profile and, inexplicably, boost your profits. But scratch the surface on most of these claims and they instantly crumble. Meanwhile, it seems the only people making any money in social media are the consultants themselves.
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Tiffen Dfx 2
To photographers of a certain generation, a filter is an optical element that you screw on to the end of your lens; it alters the light to achieve some kind of effect. To the digital photographer, a filter is usually a plug-in that you add to your image editor. It's very fitting, then, that Tiffen, one of the leading manufacturers of lens filters, has released a package of plug-in filters that simulate the effects of their real-world lens filters; and it's very exciting that Tiffen has done such a good job in producing a plug-in collection that's useful and performs well.
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AppShelf tracks software licenses
[Editor's note: The following review is part of Macworld's GemFest 2009 series. Every day until the end of June 2009, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a favorite free or low-cost program. Visit the Mac Gems homepage for a list of past Mac Gems.]
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Google Street View hits privacy gridlock in Germany
Germany and Google remained at odds Wednesday over how the company holds certain data used for its Street View map imagery.
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Pirate Bay: Court looks at conflict of interest allegations
The Swedish court of appeals will look into allegations that judge who handled a case involving the Pirate Bay file-sharing service had a conflict interest.
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Yahoo to open research center in Beijing
Yahoo has built a global research and development base in Beijing that it will formally announce next month, the company said Wednesday.
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Gmail gains automatic translation
Gmail users can now automatically translate messages they receive into 41 languages, Google announced Tuesday.
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Interop: SAP customers creating 'cloud economies,' CTO says
SAP is already a major player in the cloud computing world because its customers are using their ERP systems to create "cloud economies" that expose system data to customers and partners, SAP's chief technology officer, Vishal Sikka, said during a keynote address at the Interop conference.
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