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Apple luv, Audiobooks »

[31 Oct 2011 | 6 Comments | 896 views]

For whatever reason, when Walter Isaacsons’s seminal biography shipped on Monday, October 24, you could only get the audiobook on CD — yeah, bits encoded on a shiny plastic disk. Really? Well, Audible has stepped up with the offer we’ve …

Mac, Software »

[31 Oct 2011 | No Comment | 264 views]

Call it confirmation bias. This morning Ars Technica posted an extensive Acorn 3 review and they come to many of the same conclusions I reached in Hands on with Acorn 3 in April. Naturally, Ars delves deeper, illuminating the good …

iOS, iPad, iPhone, Software »

[31 Oct 2011 | No Comment | 356 views]

Steam Punk is cool. However, as much as I love the look, it’s 99 percent fancy. For the real deal — purpose built machines still grinding on all of these years later — nothing tops a massive steam locomotive, roaring …

Mac, Software »

[29 Oct 2011 | No Comment | 614 views]

It’s the weekend and there will be cooking, maybe even a milkshake or fruit smoothie. That said, I’ve never owned one of those little metal boxes stuffed with 3 x 5 cards and clippings, MacGourmet has been scratching this itch …

Apple luv »

[28 Oct 2011 | One Comment | 10,007 views]

She first appeared on an Apple stage at 2009′s iPod + music Special Event, sharing the spotlight briefly with Apple’s CEO. The occasion of her second 1 Infinite Loop bow was a decidedly more somber event, singing Forever Young …

Mac, Software »

[28 Oct 2011 | No Comment | 335 views]

Who remembers film? Aside from the kids’ school pictures, it’s difficult to the remember the last time I had prints made. Regardless, whether you’re pure digital or regularly go to paper, you need a way to manage it all.
Apple has …

Mac, Software »

[28 Oct 2011 | One Comment | 403 views]

Not feeling good about paying hundreds for Photoshop? You have choices, and one of the better ones has a new look, feel, drawing tools, shape shapes and, yes, it’s got lots of Lion above and below the skin.
Pixelmator 2 is …

Apple luv »

[28 Oct 2011 | No Comment | 672 views]

As always, if you’ve got just one Epson or HP printer, run Software Update to get the specific driver you need. For sys admins and archivists, you may begin downloading now and here’s hoping your collection is complete before you …

Apple luv »

[27 Oct 2011 | No Comment | 556 views]

The author, nay, historian that Steve Jobs hand picked to write his biography is still making the rounds and last night it was Piers Morgan on CNN. It’s more of the same except that each time he tells these stories, …

Apple luv, Music, movies, TV »

[27 Oct 2011 | 3 Comments | 828 views]

The former Vice President joined Apple’s board back in March 2003 and has been prominent in his activities since. And, as we’ve learned in Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO has been friends with both Gore and President Bill …