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It should be pretty obvious by now that smoking cigarettes is bad for your health . What's not as obvious is that it might be bad for your Mac, too. According to The Consumerist , two different people got turned down for AppleCare maintenance because their Macs were used in a house with a ...
Hardware
Mac
Here it is, T-7 days until Black Friday, and you don't have any gift ideas?
I joined MacJury podcaster Chuck Joiner earlier this week to provide my ideas for gifting. This was part two of a holiday gift ideas episode on the popular podcast.
Joining me on the podcast were MacMouseCalls ...
Hardware
Mac
Pioneer
MacUpdate announced today the release of version 5.0.2 of the MacUpdate Desktop utility, which allows users to manage application and widget software updates on their Mac OS X machines. The new version of the application adds some features and bug fixes as well as support for more languages.
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Software
Mac OS X
Twitter has flipped the switch on some new features, including geotagging of tweets and automatic retweeting. As a happy user of Stone Design's Twittelator Pro 3.3.1 [iTunes link ], I was even more giddy when I found out that my favorite Twitter app already supports both of these features.
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Online
Gee, we were just saying how competitive it is getting in the iPhone nav department, and Navigon has gone and cut prices for holiday travelers.
For 10 days only, beginning today (November 20-30) Navigon's iPhone app, Mobile Navigator [ iTunes link ]will be on sale for U.S. $69.99 instead of ...
Gadgets
Navigon
iPhone
The folks behind CrossOver Games sent us a note that version 8.1.0 of their software has come out , and it's got some nice upgrades for Mac and Linux folks who prefer to run their games in Windows almost-emulators (it's based on Wine , and as we all know, Wine Is Not an Emulator) rather than ...
Software
Linux
There are several photo-stitchers available for Mac (and several for iPhone as well ), and most do a stellar job for stitching together 3-4 images into a panoramic image. However, I recently completed a project that required stitching together hundreds of images into some very large ...
Hardware
Mac
Photoshop
The iPhone is getting yet another carrier in the great white north. Virgin Mobile Canada has announced that it'll start selling the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in the coming months.
When exactly? How much? Can I get a Richard Branson ringtone? Actually, I can make my own ringtones , but what ...
iPhone
iPhone
Virgin Mobile
At the risk of invoking a round of reader rage , I'll admit that I've never really been that hyped on the idea of MMS on the iPhone (and, by the way, get off my lawn). If I want to send someone a picture, I've got their email address; I'll just send them a picture. No big whoop.
I do have ...
Online
Flickr
iPhone
Since iWeb comes with just about every Mac, it's surprising that it isn't used by more Mac users. For some people, coughing up US$99 a year for MobileMe hosting is the barrier, but there are other ways to get your iWeb pages out where the world can see them.
Last night, while participating ...
Hardware
Mac
I don't know if this was the right thing for Steve Jobs to say, but on the other hand, I do think it's the perfect thing for him to say. The story, as reported by our buddy Daniel Brusilovsky over at Crunchgear , goes like this: A company called The Little App Factory got a letter from Apple, ...
Software
Steve Jobs
John McCain
Like most "mobile versions" of websites, Google News was simplified for use on devices featuring what Steve Jobs once called "the baby Internet." Sadly, this simplified version also showed up by default on the iPhone , leading to an experience that was, to put it charitably, subpar.
That's ...
iPhone
iPhone
iPod Touch
Android
Palm Pre
While Bill Gates looked on, Microsoft shareholders asked CEO Steve Ballmer about Apple at their annual meeting this morning . Steve's CEO-speak responses illustrate the larger problem. Portfolio reports that one investor asked about the company's reputation with young customers: "I'm just ...
Software
Apple
Steve Ballmer
Microsoft
iPhone
tuaw.com - 38 hours ago
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Here's a great video assembled by applemctom that
presents the history of Apple (more or less) in
two minutes. There are some huge leaps in time and some obvious errors (Apple Mac II? MacIntosh?), but that's OK. It isn't easy to cram decades ...
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Found footage: History of Apple in 2 minutes
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It's no secret that Flash is a blight on the Internet and should be killed with fire. However, some sites insist on using it, and so you may be interested in having it around.
Towards that end you may have read about the pre-release of Flash player 10.1 and decided to install it for the ...
Software
Adobe
Earlier today, Apple released version 2.2 of Boot Camp drivers for Windows . Installation requires Boot Camp 2.1 to have been previously installed as well as Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista.
Boot Camp is included with Leopard and Snow Leopard and lets you install Windows on an Intel-based ...
Hardware
Mac
Apple
Windows Vista
Intel
Mac OS X
tuaw.com - 40 hours ago
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The day that Apple killed Atom support with
the release of 10.6.2 was a sad one for
many in the hackintosh community. Just as many expected, however, Atom support has returned; and no, Apple had nothing to do with it. InsanelyMac forum member ...
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It's alive: Intel Atom support returns to 10.6.2
TUAW told you it was coming, and it has arrived. TomTom has updated its U.S. GPS navigation app [US$99.99, iTunes link ] and added text-to-speech, advanced lane guidance, and a 'help me' feature for use in emergencies.
TomTom has been a little late to the text-to-speech party, with most ...
iPhone
TomTom
iPhone
Novelty and social applications are a big hit on the iPhone . A new one from the folks of Taptivate is sure to be a big hit when it is released in the near future. Voices for iPhone is touted as an "audio recorder with a twist" and even a "social voicemail" utility.
With Voices [ iTunes Link ...
iPhone
iPhone
CIO.com has posted an article (single-page reprint here ) covering one company's foray into the app development scene. Recently, clothing retailer Gap held an app development contest. The goal was to develop the "best" app to represent the retailer on the iPhone or iPod touch. Gap partnered ...
