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Entries for December, 2008

Review: iPhone games for small kids

An iPhone or iPod touch is a great tool for keeping the young ones amused when you’re running errands, so it makes sense to invest in a few kid-friendly games. Jeff Merron looks at three, with Disney Fairies Fly soaring above the other options.
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CES Preview: Windows 7 may add spice to CES

While Macworld Expo is underway in San Francisco next week, the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas kicks off. And Microsoft’s Windows 7 OS could steal the thunder away from the latest gadgets at that trade show.
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Intuit hopes new version of Quicken leads to summer of love

Intuit’s planned revamp of Quicken—dubbed Quicken Financial Life for Mac—has been delayed, with the software maker now slating the rewritten application for a summer 2009 release.
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Mac games in 2009: What to watch for

Circumstances can change very quickly in the Mac gaming market. But Peter Cohen and Chris Holt are still willing to gaze into a crystal ball and tell you what six trends should define Mac gaming in 2009.
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iPhone apps round-up: Apps to ring in 2009

New Years Party, New Years Ball Drop, and New Years Eve Webcam promise to help you celebrate the holiday, while Diet Tracker can help you get a head start on those New Years’ resolutions.
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2008 in Review: The year in Mac gaming

Mobile gaming ruled the roost in 2008, as game makers focused on the iPhone. Chris Holt looks back at the past 12 months of highlights and lowlights in the Mac gaming market.
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Review: Television for iPhone

Television does serve a useful purpose as a reasonably well-organized clearinghouse for TV news. But it suffers from some limitations that show just how far developers have to go before getting video on the iPhone and iPod touch right.
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The best iPhone apps not in the App Store

All week long, Macworld editors have picked their favorite App Store offerings. But Christopher Breen notes that some very useful apps don’t have Apple’s official seal of approval. Here are the top applications for jailbroken iPhones.
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Hands-on with the Chill Mat for Mac

Mac laptops can get hot, and one of the biggest liabilities of laptop computing is a burned-out lap. Jackie Dove takes a look at the Chill Mat for Mac, a mat that sits underneath your laptop and keeps your laptop (and your lap) cool.
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Interested in Science?

Then you’ll enjoy the Forum Network Lectures brought to us by WGBH. In the mostly video lectures, we hear noted planetologists, mathematical physicists, authors, and biologists explore such subjects as the birth and death of stars, the canopy ecosystem of coastal redwoods, and time travel. Come and “entertain your brain” with the Cambridge Forum [...]

App Store Pick of the Week: The Weather Channel

If you’re traveling this holiday season, be sure to take the Weather Channel with you. Yes, everyone’s favorite source for weather now takes to the road on iPhone and iPod touch. The Weather Channel app offers location-based weather, customizable weather maps, and severe weather alerts. You can even share a weather alert or forecast by [...]

Our Favorite iPhone Apps: Stay entertained

We wrap up our look at our favorite iPhone and iPod touch apps of 2008 with a half-dozen more choices sure to amuse divert you. From finding showtimes to providing badly needed diversions, these final six apps will never fail to keep you entertained.
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Coming Attractions: Defiance

In Defiance, the four Bielski brothers (played by Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, and George MacKay) recruit Jewish refugees to the Belarussian forest, where they ultimately build a 1200-person strong force of resistance fighters. The film, directed by Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai), opens in theaters on December 31.
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Smashing Research at CERN

“The 17-inch MacBook Pro is my main computer,” says Brian Cox. A particle physicist, Cox works at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, which scientists will soon use to try to recreate the “Big Bang.” Cox uses the Mac because it can run both UNIX for research and productivity apps for everything else. And he’s not [...]

Coming Attractions: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Ever wish you could grow younger with the years? Then you’ll want to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Coming to theaters on Christmas Day, the film, based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was written by Eric Roth and directed by David Fincher. It stars Brad Pitt as Benjamin and Cate [...]