Why Aren’t CPUs Getting Faster?

There was once a time when CPU clock speed increased dramatically from year to year. In the 90s and early 2000s processors increased at incredible speeds, shooting from 60 MHz Pentium chips to gigahertz-level processors within a decade. Now, it seems that even high-end processors have stopped increasing their clock speeds. Dedicated overclockers can force…

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Where to find Live Macworld Coverage Today

Of course we’ll have coverage for you today at this link when the Keynote starts, but here is a list of some of the other places you’ll find Live Macworld updates today throughout the Keynote. AppleMatters ArsTechnica Daily Tech Talk Engadget LoopRumors MacBlog (Italian) MacUser MacRumors MacScoop MacTeens POMCast (In four languages) Share MacWorld Stuff…

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Software Spotlight: Fish

Software Spotlight is a new ongoing feature of Apple Gazette.com to feature Mac software, both old and new, from around the web. Fish is a completely free Aquarium simulator for the Mac.  It is compatible with OSX 10.3 and up, and was recently released as a Universal Binary. Fish is much more than the Aquarium…

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