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[27 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 2,268 views]

In addition to refreshed iMacs, as well as in-the-wings Cinema Display and Mac Pros, Apple has released the Magic Trackpad (Apple Store, $69). This long-rumored product brings the mothership’s rapidly evolving gesture-based input repertoire to the desktop.
The new Magic Trackpad …

Mac, Software »

[27 Jul 2010 | 2 Comments | 5,241 views]

You love Trek and you have a Mac, here’s yet another way to bring them together — screensavers. Actually, I should say “more” screensavers, because the Fairer Platform is kind of obsessed with this kind of eye candy. The three …

Mac, Mobile, Software »

[27 Jul 2010 | One Comment | 1,710 views]

Whatever kind of Mac wrangler you are — sys admin, eBayer, reseller, go to guy — it pays to have the facts at your fingertips and this is the one and only app that can deliver. Mactracker is the all-in-one …

Mac, Software »

[26 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 1,088 views]

Yes, there are other choices, but VLC Player is easily the best loved alternative playback solution for the fairer platform. Thereupon, after more than 17-million downloads of VLC 1.1.0 in a single month, VideoLAN.org has pushed out VLC Player 1.1.1 …

Mac, Software »

[26 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 1,300 views]

Think your installation of Firefox is up-to-date? Yes, you’ve probably updated multiple times in recent weeks, but Mozilla’s back again with yet another patch, this one arriving just two days after the previous release — feeling a sense of deja …

Mac, Software »

[26 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 797 views]

This updated update arrives with new bug fixes for June’s server OS update. Specifically, the 1.1 updater improves Software Update Services reliability, improved VPN connection reliability, improved reliability LDAP directory lookup, improved security, Safari 5 bundled and more. Interestingly, the …

Apple luv, Mac »

[25 Jul 2010 | One Comment | 1,618 views]

Trolling through the ComicCon redux this morning, I came across a blurb about Michelle Rodriguez starring in Battle: Los Angeles, an alien invasion film set for release in March 2011. In the inevitable search for photos that followed, up popped …

Mobile »

[24 Jul 2010 | 2 Comments | 573 views]

Rather than backing off Apple keeps pushing their spin on the “antennagate” controversy by applying the “death grip” to more competitor handsets, videoing the test and posting the predictable result to their YouTube channel. The latest smarthphone held firmly in …

Mac, Rumors »

[23 Jul 2010 | One Comment | 1,518 views]

Same day, similar story, different product. We already know that Apple’s drawing down iMac stocks ahead of an imminent refresh and it appears a similar situation’s play out for the company’s pro tower product line, as well. Whereas the online …

Mac, Software »

[23 Jul 2010 | One Comment | 2,758 views]

Looking for an online image editor that isn’t based on Flash or other plugin? CloudCanvas, an app and eponymous startup company incubating at the Founder Institute, could be the answer as it’s based on the HTML5 Canvas spec and, at …