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[31 May 2011 | No Comment | 1,183 views]

Tumultco’s Hype, a timeline-based WYSIWYG HTML5 animation creation app, arrived on Friday, May 20 and has been generating shockwaves ever since. However, the rollout hasn’t been entirely problem free with some users reporting inconsistent behavior.
If you’ve been following the Hype …

Mac, Software »

[31 May 2011 | No Comment | 1,536 views]

This web video downloader has been in my Applications folder for years. Interestingly, unlike other downloaders, which come and (mostly) go with the wind, VideoBox just keeps getting better and this latest update is a great example of the developers’ …

Games, Mac »

[30 May 2011 | No Comment | 2,500 views]

While investigating the activities of the SS Paranormal Division in Germany, B.J. Blazkowicz and Agent One are captured by the Nazis. Agent One dies during interrogation, but B.J. manages to escape Castle Wolfenstein’s dungeon. He then fights his way out …

Deals, Mac »

[30 May 2011 | No Comment | 1,489 views]

Mac models come and Mac models go. A fairly sure sign that the MacBook Air is about to be updated is that Apple has cut the price of the refurbished units. And, yes, they come with the usual trimmings — …

Apple luv, Mobile »

[30 May 2011 | No Comment | 956 views]

Here’s a thought. Wouldn’t it be something if the government had upgraded the “football,” the briefcase carrying the nuclear launch codes that travels everywhere with the President Obama, to an iPad (it might even save taxpayer)? However, this particular Apple …

Mac, Rumors, Software »

[29 May 2011 | No Comment | 2,103 views]

What’s different about today from about a year ago? Beyond a lot of hater vituperation, not much. That is, the Mac is no more or less vulnerable than it was, and don’t download crap and definitely don’t give your credit …

Mac, Music, movies, TV, Software »

[28 May 2011 | One Comment | 5,035 views]

How do you play asx/asf — yup, another form of Windows Media munge — streamed content without installing Flip4Mac? For long-time Mac users, the answer is obvious, an app that plays pretty much any media file type you can throw …

Mac »

[27 May 2011 | 8 Comments | 4,744 views]

Credit card in hand and ready to buy a built to order Mac? If you are in Taiwan, the home country for many of Apple’s Asian OEM partners, then you should have a look at MAQ.tw which has three — …

Mac, Software »

[27 May 2011 | One Comment | 1,825 views]

Microsoft recently announced it was buying Skype for $8.5 billion. Just days later, Redmond was rewarded with a worldwide Skype outage that only served to underscore the inflated price they paid for the VOIP vendor. Now, there’s a patch, but …

Deals, Mac »

[27 May 2011 | No Comment | 2,617 views]

Apple’s smallest, most affordable desktop is fanless and super efficient, making it ideal for both office and living room. Although Apple keeps a pretty tight leash on prices, there are significant deals to be had — check ‘em out.
Like most …