Equipped with a detached air of superiority and the bitterness that can only come with covering Mac gaming, Chris Holt entered the fray at a GameStop party to celebrate the release of the new World of Warcraft expansion pack, The Wrath of the Lich King.
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Tapulous has brought a new rhythm section to its highly popular Tap Tap Revenge. The first special edition of the music game — Nine Inch Nails Revenge ($4.99)— lets you tap and shake to the beats of 13 Nine Inch Nails tracks. Play solo or against a friend in head-to-head two-player mode.
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The pictorial browser Cooliris believe there’s still benefit to the image as a means for relaying information. That benefit comes in the form of Cooliris’ 3D Wall—a three-high, ever-expanding string of related images and videos that link to locations around the Web.
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iPhone and iPod touch have become “serious competitors to Nintendo’s DS handheld and Sony’s PlayStation Portable,” report Nick Wingfield and Christopher Lawton (online.wsj.com). And for good reason. Says one gamer who “sold his PSP and may get rid of his DS soon”: “‘I can listen to my iPod and play games at the same time, […]
Interviewing guitarist Dave Keuning prior to the release of The Killers’ new album, Ben Rogerson (musicradar.com) learned that “ the band’s hotly-anticipated third album Day & Age was demoed in Apple’s Logic.” In fact, each member of the band “recorded demos separately in Logic, which allowed us to email our ideas to each other and […]
Adobe Illustrator CS4 is a time-proven production drawing tool with a clean, efficient interface, and well- thought-out tools that work seamlessly with the rest of the Adobe creative suite. The addition of multi-page capabilities and Blob Brushes make it must-have upgrade.
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By downloading the Bento 2 Holiday Pack. In addition to a free, 30-day trial of Bento 2, the Holiday Pack comes with pre-designed templates you can use to organize contacts and keep track of the cards you send and the gifts and donations you make.
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NPD announced today that iPhone 3G “surpassed Motorola’s RAZR as the leading handset purchased by adult consumers” last quarter, reports Jim Goldman (cnbc.com). “That’d be a big deal no matter when it happened, but it ends RAZR’s 12-quarter winning streak as the nation’s top handset.”
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“Move over, Motorola,” says Alana Semuels (latimes.com) iPhone has become the top selling handset in the U.S. “Consumers are buying more iPhones than RAZRs because there is a ‘watershed shift in handset design from fashion to fashionable functionality,’ said Ross Rubin, NPD’s director of industry analysis.”
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Apple has a growing presence in corporate environments. But look inside the companies that have been treating Apple as a first-class enterprise citizen for a while now, and you see a mixed bag of satisfaction.
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A federal judge has told newly hired Apple senior vice president Mark Papermaster that he must immediately cease working for Apple until further notice, as former employer IBM looks to stop him from heading Apple’s iPod and iPhone engineering teams.
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Thanks to AirPort Express with AirTunes, you can easily stream music wirelessly from your Mac or PC to a stereo or other powered speakers in your house. AirTunes lets you stream music to multiple speakers. And you can even choose the music you want to hear and control its volume — remotely — using […]
James Bond returns to theaters next week with the Quantum of Solace. Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, and Olga Kurylenko (as Camille), the 22nd James Bond film continues the story begun in Casino Royale with Bond relentlessly pursuing the man whose ambitions led to the death of Vesper Lynd. In addition to the film’s trailers, […]
At the centennial of his birth, the Artistry of “Pops”: Louis Armstrong at 100 celebrates the legacy of “the man whose name is synonymous with jazz music.” The program, courtesy of Columbia University’s Center for Jazz Studies offers historic clips of “Pops” and a discussion about Armstrong’s contribution to jazz and American culture by musician […]
A U.S. District Court judge said he would rule in a few weeks on Apple’s motion to dismiss Psystar’s antitrust complaint against the company, after the two sides made their argument during a hearing on Thursday.
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“Because iPhone apps seem to multiply with every click,” Michelle Maltais (latimes.com) offers a new weekly series for those with “an irresistible urge to download iPhone applications.” Called appiphilia, the new LA Times column “highlights and reviews” new apps “that catch our fancy.” So what tempting apps does Maltais serve up in her first installment?
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Now available in the App Store, Fake Calls will make it look like you’ve just gotten a phone call on your iPhone, allowing you to escape from meetings, conversation, and other awkward situations.
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Awarding it an “Excellent” rating of 9.1 (out of 10), Tom Yager asserts that “on the criteria that matter most to me — durability, longevity, flexibility, power efficiency, and ecological impact — I’ve yet to come across a mainstream notebook that measures up to the unibody MacBook Pro. Apple’s MacBook Pro,” he adds, “is still […]
Children have been reading and falling in love with Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit for more than 100 years. And now they can relish it on iPhone or iPod touch. While Grandma Janice Greene reads the story aloud, young listeners can enjoy the illustrations or read along with the provided text. Just $0.99, […]
“The Mac has really become an indispensable aspect of the lab” explains Adam Gazzaley, an assistant professor studying the mechanisms of human memory and attention at the University of California, San Francisco. “Our entire workflow integrates the Mac at all the different levels” — from “stimulus presentation and data acquisition” to “the actual publication and […]
Apple today announced that Mark Papermaster is joining the company as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering, reporting to CEO Steve Jobs. Papermaster, who comes to Apple from IBM, will lead Apple’s iPod and iPhone hardware engineering teams. Papermaster has 25 years of product and technology experience and was previously a vice president at […]
Line 6 gave Mac using guitarists a new way to make and customize tones when recording on their computers. Pod Farm is a GarageBand, Logic, Pro Tools, and Cubase compatible plug-in that lets you shape your guitar tone and then record.
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Premiere Pro CS4 strengthens Premiere’s reputation on the Mac as a capable video-editing program. For those who already have an allegiance to other programs in the Creative Suite—but not to another video editing system—Premiere Pro CS4 will be tempting. The inclusion of OnLocation, Adobe Media Encoder, and a variety of new features make an upgrade […]
“Within days of buying his iPhone, John Furrier discovered that his 13-year-old son, Alec, was sneaking off with the device and downloading games.” Alec’s not the only one. “Games,” reports Alex Pham (latimes.com), ”have become the fastest-growing and most popular type of application for iPhone and iPod Touch,” inspiring developers to create “nearly 1,700 games […]
It’s rare for consumer-oriented companies such as Apple to take sides in political debates on controversial issues. But while there are risks to such stands, they may be outweighed by the rewards.
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“After months of reviewing Windows desktops and laptops,“ exudes Josh Quittner (time.com), “I put the new $1,600 MacBook through its paces — and it was like returning from a backward country where nothing works only to find your homeland is even better than you remembered.”
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As Joe Hutsko (greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com) reports, a new application on the App Store — greenMeter — can help you lower your “car‘s impact on the environment” by tapping “into the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer to gauge the car’s rate of forward acceleration, which in turn informs a series of real-time vehicle readings like fuel efficiency (miles per […]
They’re back. Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), King Julien (Sacha Baron Cohen), and the rest of the shipwrecked Central Park crew reprise their roles in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. The new Dreamworks animated film opens next week on November […]
Thanks to the Utah Education Network, students at the Utah Electronic High School get to watch weekly science fiction films, many of which would be perfect candidates for Halloween. That includes films like Black Dragons, Curse of the Aztec Mummy, The Devil Bat, or Werewolf in a Girl’s Dormitory. Though iTunes U can’t show you […]
Apple’s anti-Vista response last week to its rival’s “I’m a PC” marketing campaign blunted the impact of Microsoft’s efforts, according to an Internet metrics firm.
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LocalEats provides you with very specific reviews of very specific restaurants in very specific cities—and apart from one or two interface quibbles, it performs this task well.
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When you add photos to your iPhoto or Aperture libraries, you probably take a few minutes to assign keywords that will help you find those images faster the next time you need them. Did you know that you can also assign keywords to your presentations, spreadsheets, pdfs, and other files? Keywords allow Spotlight to find […]
Handing out business cards is so last century. Especially if you have beamMe installed on your iPhone. As MG Siegler (nytimes.com) explains, using beamME, you can send your vCard directly to a new contact from your iPhone. Just enter their cell number or email address and beamME does the rest. The free app even lets […]
Wouldn’t it be great, if during your long commute to or from the office, you could have iPhone automatically dial a list of numbers—hands free—while you concentrate on driving? That’s the premise of iDialUDrive. Using the low-cost ($0.99) application, you can assemble a customized call list before you leave. In the car, iDialUDrive dials each […]
Netflix Instant Watching, which lets Netflix subscribers watch a limited selection of movies and TV shows via the Internet, has come to the Mac at last. Jason Snell has a hand-on first look.
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“If you’re considering a small to midsize laptop of any kind or operating system,” suggests Ken Mingis (computerworld.com) in his review of the new MacBook “you really owe it to yourself to look these over before deciding.” He calls the new MacBook “the most solid-feeling laptop I’ve ever used,” one that “ exudes a feeling […]
“Google Earth on the iPhone is a clear winner,” exclaims Frederic Lardinois (nytimes.com). Now available on the App Store, Google Earth “is a gorgeous application and thanks to the multi-touch interface, it’s extremely easy to use.” “Just like the desktop application,” Lardinois notes, “it is also a great application to just play with when you […]
Pull down a menu on your Mac, and you’ll see many of the keyboard shortcuts you can use. Some involve just two keys and are easy to understand. To copy selected text, you hold down the Command key and press the “c” key. Other keyboard shortcuts involve multiple keys, and you’ll see multiple symbols representing […]
Canon’s new EOS Rebel XSi is a great digital SLR camera, no matter how you look at it. If you’re shopping for a DSLR that costs less than a grand, this camera must go on your short list.
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