Organizers for next February’s Macworld 2011 have opened up free Exhibit Only registration on the show’s website. Full registration for the conference is also online, but Expo-only registration will be free through July 26. The show’s organizers are also offering attendees immediae discounts on selected products for the Mac and Apple mobile systems. In addition [...]

Apple’s mail program, Mail, is gaining a regular place for our business. One of the best things about this software is its ability to travel. We’ve learned to use it on our iPhones to keep up with e-mail while we’re out of the office. The 3G capability is what makes this possible, but you can [...]

Filemaker has announced a new Business Productivity Kit which works with its new Filemaker 11 database, a collection of charts and reports that are “a fast-track way for small businesses to get instant results and grow their businesses,” according to VP of marketing and services Ryan Rosenberg. The kit is available as a free download [...]

An iPhone problem led me into my library of O’Reilly Missing Manuals, an ever-growing sheaf of pages that’s approaching one full foot of dandy advice and training. A Missing Manual for Apple products is often likely to have the crack advice of David Pogue among its authors, making them a pleasure to read and a [...]

Wiley Publishing thinks that you can, running into Apple Mac territory with its training book Teach Yourself Visually: Mac OS X Snow Leopard. The book series that promises you can “Read Less – Learn More” unspools more than 300 full-color pages of instruction on the full range of everyday use of the Mac’s latest operating [...]

Throughout March, the organizers of Macworld Expo 2010 are making the conference session presentations available to attendees. These are usually PowerPoint slide decks, and they are offered without audio commentary. But they are online this month at the Expo’s Web site, a real value for any attendee who couldn’t find enough time to sit in [...]

One of the busiest booths at last week’s Macworld 2010 Expo was one staffed by a 500-year-old company, showing a sparkling-new product. Papershow makes a presentation interactive over the Web or inside a meeting room. It relies on the magic of Papershow paper, a frame of microscopic points, almost invisible to the naked eye, which [...]

A trade show is an odd thing, an entity that exists only in a brief span of time like a polliwog, a text message or an NBC talk show host’s gig. Afterward, it’s remembered best by those who were actually attending the conference, like last week’s Macworld Expo. But the Web is full of ace [...]

The 25 percent-off discount for Macworld Conference packages has been extended through midnight Pacific time Tuesday (Jan 5). The two-day extension includes the offer of a $10 Expo Pass, which can educate about business solutions as much as many training sessions. But even one day of those sessions is only $79 through tomorrow night. Some [...]

The Take Control Of e-book guides are on sale through the end of the year, Dec. 31, at the company’s Web site. These are well-written, easily-search guides to all level of Mac use, including some aspects of Apple computing that a business operator can benefit from. We’ve reviewed the guide for securing WiFi, for example, [...]