Stories about: mBox

The changes in Apple's Leopard touch every part of the Mac OS, including its built-in applications and its system tools. The tweaks made to the Safari Web browser, which has been out in beta form for months, have been well documented, and we won't go into them further here. Likewise, the impressive Time Machine backup tool and even speedier Spotlight have already been amply covered.

So you're switching from Windows to Linux? Great. Like other users and organizations who've taken the plunge, it's likely you're making the move to take advantage of Linux's stability and reliance on open standards. Now all you have to do is prepare carefully for your move.

From time to time I get recruited to help someone export mail and contacts from one e-mail program and import the data into another. The fact that a civilian must recruit a geek to accomplish this seemingly mundane task speaks volumes about our industry's sad history of data lock-in.

Take new-year trade shows, mix in new technologies, then add a dash of gee-whiz and you've got some of 2005's most interesting music tools.

In the April 2005 issue of PC World, available now: DV movie magic -- Part one of our Digital Video Special; Centrino notebooks compared -- We put 10 of the latest Sonoma-powered portables to the test; Save big bucks on expensive overseas phone calls by using Voice Over IP! Smart talkers guide-- shows you how to do more with your multi-talented mobile phone. In the Test Centre -- Hard drives: internal and external drives compared. PLUS, Best Buys reviews of PCs and Notebooks, Sweet Spot and the regular sections of News, First Looks and Quick Takes, Here's How, and Backbytes.

PLUS, on the cover CD: Two free full programs -- Internet Business Promoter 4 and Starry Night Enthusiast; Exclusive video tutorial -- Back To Basics shows how to install an optical drive; Massive 430MB game demo -- Star Wars: Republic Commando; Top shareware -- protect yourself online; plus, free phone calls over the internet; plus PC Essentials, Web Essentials, Patches and Updates, HelpScreen, Browsers, Here's How and Features software.

In my last column I introduced the SpamAssassin e-mail filtering tool. This intelligent spam detector employs a large number of techniques to accurately identify and tag unsolicited bulk e-mail (spam). This time around, we will examine some of the techniques you can use to fine tune SpamAssassin to the e-mail you receive to better improve its classification results.

The browser wars continue on the Linux platform with the release of Opera version 7. Opera is a browser famous for its high performance, standards compliance and very small size, not to mention its position as the first browser to use the now widely implemented tabbed browsing interface. This latest version of Opera for Linux introduces many new features, which until now were only available in the Windows version.

One of the inclusions in OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) is Apple’s newly improved built-in Mail application. Working in conjunction with Apple’s own .Mac Internet services (including Web e-mail), Address Book, iChat and iCal calender software, Mail is designed from the ground up to be easy to use.

David Ellefson has been a professional musician, performer, recording artist and songwriter for the last 25 years. Most notably the last 18 years have taken him to the recording studios and stages around the world as the bassist for the rock group Megadeth. As a long time Macintosh enthusiast his Macs, include desktop machines, iMacs, iBooks and PowerBooks.