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[21 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 602 views]

Apple’s pay-to-play online service, which provides everything from email and photo publishing to calendar/contact syncing and Find My iPhone, gets a lot of grief, but it definitely has its uses and nothing else comes close for multiple app integration across …

Mobile, Reviews, how to »

[21 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 679 views]

Apple has rolled iOS 4 Update, a free download. In adition to a newish now phoneless name, this whole number mobile operating system upgrade includes an impressive array of new and improved features, including marquee functionality such as multitasking, iBooks, …

Mac, Software »

[20 Jun 2010 | 2 Comments | 1,706 views]

All praise to the gods of peer-to-peer, Tranmissions 2.0 (release notes) is out of beta and final code has been loosed upon the intertubes. My absolutely favoritist BitTorrent client — I’m soaking in it — now offers local peer discovery, the …

Apple luv, Mobile, Music, movies, TV »

[20 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 908 views]

“We’re bringing video calling to the world. We call it FaceTime. It’s going to change the way we think about phone sex,” Phil Shillz.
Apple’s management team like you’ve never seen them before. Really, you’ve never seen these guys before — …

Mac, Reviews, how to, Software »

[19 Jun 2010 | 9 Comments | 2,824 views]

I have tried lots of DVD rippers and they have all failed, alone and in combination. MacTheRipper, Popcorn, Fairmount and a half-dozen others have all been consigned to the dustbin history (actually, I’ve kept them all handy just in case). …

Games, Mac »

[18 Jun 2010 | One Comment | 663 views]

Kotaku reports that Valve will release Counter-Strike on Steam for the Mac next week. Given that the company has set aside Wednesday for “new” Mac releases, it won’t be arriving any earlier than that.
That said, this isn’t gonna be your …

Mac, Mobile »

[18 Jun 2010 | 2 Comments | 1,073 views]

Apple has updated their Find My iPhone (iTunes, free) app for universal compatibility (i.e. iPad, iPod touch). This app allows the user to remotely lock their device, to remotely play a sound, remotely display a message and, most famously, remotely …

Apple luv, Music, movies, TV »

[18 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 365 views]

Yes, you watch the recent Steve Jobs D8 conference interview in a browser window (icky Flash), but there’s nothing quite like owning your very own copy. Your opportunity to get it has come — the full Steve Jobs at the …

Deals, Mac »

[17 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 312 views]

Summer time savings on Apple Certified Factory Refurbished MacBook Pros with the usual trimmings — free shipping, free (after rebate) printer and a full + extendable warranty. My favorite in this category is always the $929 13-inch model, which comes …

Mac, Software »

[17 Jun 2010 | One Comment | 1,098 views]

Smith-Micro has announced the immediate availability of Anime Studio Pro 7, an application that automates the animation process by removing the frame-by-frame drudgery (and control).
“Anime Studio Pro 7 delivers everything needed to create and share professional quality animation in a …