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[26 May 2010 | 2 Comments | 979 views]

When it comes to cars, the German car giant is strictly cutting edge. However, the sales side of their operations have lagged, still relying in part on hand-written notes — that’s changing for 40 US dealers.
Wall Street Journal reports that …

Games, Mac, Software »

[26 May 2010 | One Comment | 408 views]

By all accounts, Steam for Mac is already a huge success with millions of the rest of us already downloading and playing on the industry-standard gaming platform.
However, one of the big holes in Steam for Mac support to date has …

Mac, Software »

[26 May 2010 | One Comment | 447 views]

See also: Mac OS X 10.6.4 Combo tips the scales near 900MB
Apple’s released a second OS X 10.6.4 developer seed in under a week. Generally speaking, seeds coming in stacked like this “without issues” often indicates that the general release …

Deals, Music, movies, TV »

[25 May 2010 | No Comment | 322 views]

Lost — The Final Journey
Reviewing the events of the series: past and present cast members discuss their experiences while making one of the best loved and most memorable broadcast TV series in recent decades.
Get Lost — The Final Journey
Also, iTunes …

Deals, Mac, Mobile »

[25 May 2010 | 2 Comments | 1,184 views]

It must be that time of the year — Apple’s announced their annual Back to School promotion, whose aim is to put a new Mac and iPod in the hands of students and teachers. But there are terms and conditions, …

Mac, Software »

[24 May 2010 | No Comment | 1,204 views]

A milestone beta release of my favorite open-source BitTorrent client — strong features, compact and easy on the resources — is now available for your testing and downloading pleasure.
Transmission 2.0 beta (release notes) is a serious BitTorrent client that nicely …

Deals, Mac »

[24 May 2010 | One Comment | 455 views]

I’m a big, big fan of Apple Certified Factory Refurbished Macs — same great product at greatly reduced prices. Also, it’s probably the only way to source previous generation Macs and get a full warranty.
Case in point is the 2.13GHz …

Apple luv, Mac, Music, movies, TV »

[24 May 2010 | 3 Comments | 595 views]

Apple’s pulled their Get a Mac ads, but they live on YouTube. However, as entertaining as John Hodgman and Justin Long are, that’s only just part of the story. Scores of Get a Mac and Mac vs. PC inspired parodies …

Mac, Reviews, how to, Software »

[24 May 2010 | No Comment | 1,368 views]

In its Snow Leopard prerelease demos, Apple hyped QuickTime X. Needless to say, what finally arrived in our hands proved to something of a disappointment, especially the things that Apple hid from view.
The easy way to regain some of those …

Apple luv, Mobile, Software »

[23 May 2010 | One Comment | 817 views]

Since the App Store launched back on July 11, 2008, the iPhone has been all about the apps with 200,000 now available and billions downloaded. Now, Apple’s latest creation is following the same path to success.
The iPad App Store is …