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Mobile, Rumors »

[25 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 834 views]

That’s pretty clear and the user demonstrates the effect with his left hand — covering the lower left corner of the iPhone causes the problem. Steve Jobs has emailed a couple iPhone 4 owners to say that the issue is …

Deals, Mac »

[25 Jun 2010 | 2 Comments | 1,123 views]

Apple’s all-new 2010 Mac mini has greeted by raves from users and pundits alike. As is often the case with “Designed in California” kit from the Cupertino, California-based iPad, iPhone, iPod and Mac maker, the one quibble many have with …

Deals, Rumors »

[25 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 772 views]

The lads and ladettes at Mozilla have been busy, busy, busy of late pushing out updated versions of their popular open source web and email clients. Earlier in the week, Firefox 3.6.3 hit the streets and that’s been quickly followed …

Games, Mac »

[24 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 467 views]

As promised, Valve is shipping Counter-Strike: Source for the Mac. This release comes alongside a major update of the franchise for the PC, which includes dozens of new and updated features:
• 144 achievements added
• New lifetime player stats and summary screens
• New match …

Mac, Reviews, how to »

[24 Jun 2010 | 4 Comments | 1,576 views]

When it comes to powered USB ports, I’ve never had enough. My 2007 iMac’s three ports, only one of which had the juice to “trickle” charge my iPad, plus four ports on an unpowered hub left me swapping cables a …

Mac, Software »

[23 Jun 2010 | One Comment | 3,892 views]

Little Apple Factory’s RipIt, the little DVD ripper that does, has been updated yet again. Version 1.5 offers some truly excellent features, including the ability to rip, compress and export video directly to iTunes with the option to target the …

Mac, Music, movies, TV, Software »

[23 Jun 2010 | 6 Comments | 2,471 views]

Previously, I reported that VLC Player includes hardware decoding. However, whereas our Linux and Windows (nVidia only) are already enjoying this benefit, GPU-assisted playback isn’t yet available on the Mac, though as there’s now a 64-bit version (Intel Macs only) …

Mac, Software »

[22 Jun 2010 | 2 Comments | 909 views]

It’s been a busy few days vis-a-vis internet application updates and here’s a quick list of the current releases from Mozilla and Opera Soft, two of the more nimble competitors in the browser space with products that often eclipse Apple’s …

Mobile, Reviews, how to »

[22 Jun 2010 | 3 Comments | 5,704 views]

There is no way to completely turn off iAds, Apple’s new mobile advertising service in iOS 4. However, with or without a tinfoil hat installed upon your head, you can stop those nasty, awful marketing and advertising people from gathering …

Mac, Software »

[22 Jun 2010 | 11 Comments | 5,910 views]

If you want, you can implement a highly functional animated LCARS desktop on your Mac — there’s a bit of challenge to it and the results are quite nice. However, there really is no need to go to all of …