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Deals, Mac »

[30 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 740 views]

Like the changing of the tides, when Apple ships a new product it invariably discount the previous generation — both new in-box and refurbished units. And, here are the deals — get a previous generation Apple TV with 160GB for …

Mac, Software »

[30 Sep 2010 | One Comment | 1,351 views]

Like a lot of people, after the extensions I used in Firefox became available for Google Chrome, Mozilla’s browser fell by the wayside — too slow, too bloated and the zeitgeist had definitely moved on. Now, with a faster rewrite …

Apple luv, Reviews, how to »

[30 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 621 views]

What would we do without them? The guys at iFixIt wasted no time — I imagine they had someone stationed at the door waiting for Fedex — in taking apart the new Apple TV. Theruepon, in addition to a list …

Mac, Software »

[29 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 1,078 views]

Choice is good. If you’re a graphics pro, then Adobe Photoshop is probably the weapon you already have. For lots of folks, specifically bloggers and students, smaller set of tools and a commensurately reduced price are what’s needed. Acorn fits …

Deals, Mobile »

[28 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 796 views]

The wait, my friends, is now officially over. The mothership has begun offering Apple Certified Factory Refurbished iPads on the Apple Store. As of this writing, the company’s selling Wi-Fi only models and the standard discount across the board is …

Mac, Software »

[28 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 1,382 views]

A pay forever antivirus solution or more games for the iPad right now and for years to come, hmm? This is best (free) AV software for the Mac. Since being completely rewritten in Objective C (Java is gone), ClamXav …

Mac, Software »

[27 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 888 views]

How does your day go? Well, if you blog, then you’re probably also deeply into social networking, as well. Gosh, wouldn’t it be nice if we could automate a lot of the click, post, paste, comment, share, drag, etc. drudgery …

Mac, Software »

[27 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 1,254 views]

The Mac version of the official BitTorrent client has lagged the Windows version for years. Thereupon, even with bandwidth and network management automation, and enhancements like DHT, PEX and Protocol Encryption and magnet link handling, this latest release is still …

Mac, Reviews, how to, Software »

[26 Sep 2010 | One Comment | 1,156 views]

Later on Friday, Apple rolled iTunes 10.0.1, a maintenance update that quashed some bugs and extended the company’s Ping social network for music to users’ libraries via the Ping Sidebar. For internet radio aficionados, in this instance defined as people …

Apple luv, Mac, Software »

[25 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 1,135 views]

The Mac blogsphere was pretty good about reminding the rest of us that Mac OS X was born a bear with the release of the first beta, Kodiak. However, wedged in between OS X 10.0 Cheetah and OS X 10.2 …