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Black Friday Deals You Don’t Have To Leave Your House For
While lots of people stand out in line waiting for the two items a store has drastically reduced you can save time and money by shopping online. While not all deals on line are truly a deal you can find some great bargains. And you can do all your ...
Orb For Mac Now Available
Orb for Mac is now available for download. There are lots of people that have been waiting for this especially since they released the iPhone app. “The free Orb application and service enable the streaming of any media type from computers running ...
Video Walkthrough: AppleTV 3.0
Apple today released version 3.0 for AppleTV. It now has Genius Mixes, iTunes LP and radio stations. Not anything ground breaking for a 3.0 release. While it does a great job syncing with iTunes for the price it should be able to take more media ...
Plex Media Center Updates for Snow Leopard
Plex, media center for OS X, has updated for Snow Leopard. There were also some new features added to the update. * FIX: On Snow Leopard, 5.1 audio had issues. We’ve cleaned up the code, fixed the problems, and it now runs great on 10.6. Ma...
New Apple Ad Targets Microsofts “Broken Promises”
It wasn’t enough for Apple to launch a bunch of new products the week Windows 7 was released. Their new ad called “Broken Promises” points out all the problems Microsoft has had with their OS since version 2. I wasn’t expec...
DVPRemote Updated For Better Roku Control
I posted about DVPRemote before, which allows you to control your Roku box with your iPhone or iPod Touch. There is a new version that has some major improvements. The graphics has been redone to look like the Roku remote. It auto-discovers the Ro...
Live Mesh Updated for Snow Leopard
Microsoft updated Live Mesh to work with Snow Leopard. There are no new features so Leopard users don’t have to do anything. I still use Live Mesh occasionally and it’s nice to have the updated client. To upgrade to this new release, ...
Firefox 3.6 Works with Accelerometer
The video above is Firefox 3.6 repositioning web pages using the laptops accelerometer. I’m having a hard time thinking of the benefits to this but it looks really cool. The accelerometer is built into laptops to protect hard drives from fall...
Remote Car Starter with iPhone from Viper
Viper has a add-on to its alarms that allow you to start your car from your iPhone. You can also access other features from the app like unlocking the doors and opening the trunk. It’s not a cheap add-on at $300 but it would be pretty sweat t...
Use iTunes 9 Home Sharing Across the Internet
When I first read about Home Sharing in iTunes 9 I thought that I would have the ability to stream from home. It wasn’t like that but it’s still a good feature. Mac OSX Hints has a how to on streaming music over the Internet with Home S...
doubleTwist Provides Alternative to the iTunes Store
doubleTwist offers up a very nice alternative to iTunes. The new version allows you to purchase music through the Amazon MP3 Store. Browsing and buying music has a very basic and clean look. The best part about the doubleTwist software is that it ...
Review: iPod Nano 5th Generation
I have been playing with the iPod Nano Video or 5th generation for a couple of weeks now. It has to be one of the best iPods I have used besides the Touch. With its $149 starting price, it’s hard to beat with what it has to offer. I don̵...
Video: Sesame Street Copies Apple Ad
Nothing like getting kids into Apple products early. The video above is Sesame Street D for Dance video that reminds me, well everyone, of a Apple iPod commercial. I don’t think into these sorts of things too much. It’s taking a popula...
Review: BlackBerry Desktop for Mac
BlackBerry Desktop for Mac was released today. This is great news for BlackBerry owners that use Mac. The software auto-launches when you connect your BlackBerry. My options are a little more limited than others because I’m on a BES server t...
EyeTV Releases Placeshifting iPhone App
Elgato has released a placeshifting app for the iPhone. The app is $5 and allows you to watch, record, and enjoy live and recorded TV on your iPhone or iPod touch. I always like the eyeTV software because of its OS X look and feel. I haven’t...
I Fell in Love at the Apple Store
This song is really catchy and was filmed at that 5th avenue Apple Store in NYC. You just have to watch it. (via Gizmodo) Related Posts:No Hacking Snow Leopard Install on a Hackintosh PCAxiotron ModBook First Looks VideoEyeTV Releases Placeshi...
How-To: Install iTunes 9 on Windows Home Server
With the new iTunes Home Sharing it makes perfect sense to install iTunes 9 on your Windows Home Server. You can manage one copy of your tunes on the server and stream them to all the computers in your house. The problem is the install doesn’...
Video: Apple Will Let You Know How Incredible They Are
While watching Apple’s keynote you might not have realized that you were bombarded with amazing, easy, great, wonderful, exciting, awesome, incredible, better products. The video above will take out all the fluff of them talking normally and j...
No Hacking Snow Leopard Install on a Hackintosh PC
I posted a few weeks ago about installing Snow Leopard on a Hackintosh. Lifehacker has a new post on how to install Snow Leopard with no hacking required. It doesn’t get much easier than that. As before there is a complete hardware list if y...
Zune HD vs iPod Touch
With the Zune HD launch today it was only a matter of time before someone put the two head to head to see which is better. Digital Trends has a nice comparison of the two. The winner after the break down is Microsoft’s Zune HD. I’m not...
AppleTV Receives a Price Cut to $229
Apple today dropped the price of the AppleTV 160GB version to $229. They also dropped the 40GB version all together. That’s good news for people in the market but it might also mean that something else is going to replace it. Sine it has bee...
Video Comparison: iPod Nano vs. Flip Video SD
NewTeeVee did a video comparison between the new iPod Nano and the Flip Video SD model. While it’s nice to have the camera on the iPod Nano, I was expecting better quality. The video above shows that the Flip is considerably better than the i...
New iTunes and iPods Today
Today was Apples big announcement on the new products coming out. The iPod Nano now has a camera, built-in fm tuner, bigger screen and the size got smaller. The iPod touch got a price drop for the 8GB and new sizes of 32GB and 64GB. The best part ...
Building a Hackintosh for Snow Leopard
Lifehacker has a great how-to on building a machine from scratch to use with Snow Leopard. The how-to is complete with parts list and a price tag of $900. It’s basically a Mac Pro when your finished. The steps are easy and with the parts lis...
Snow Leopard is HDTV Ready
If you connect your Mac to a LCD or plasma you might have experienced some issues getting it to output the display properly. Now in Snow Leopard’s display preferences you can set the resolution to 720p, 1080i or 1080p. This will help out a lo...
i.TV 2.0 Coming Soon to iPhone
i.TV 2.0 is coming soon to the App Store. i.TV does a lot with movies and TV shows. It does TV programming schedules, community-sourced reviews, local movie schedules, ticket purchasing, streaming trailers, Netflix queue management and many other t...
Mac OS X Netbook Compatibility Chart
Netbooks are huge right now taking top sales on a number of online stores. But what if you want a Mac. Boingboing.net has a compatibility chart to help you decide which netbook is best for Mac OS X. If you don’t want to do a lot of hacking g...
iTunes Streaming with pulpTunes
pulpTunes allows you to stream your iTunes music over the Internet. It works with Mac, Windows and Linux. It is also free of charge. The only configuration is to open up a port on the firewall. It is recommended to setup a username and password s...
Apple’s Cool Matrix-Style App Wall
Today the Internet is all about Apple. I didn’t want to talk about all the new products because you have probably already read all about them or watched a live blog on someone’s site. The video above I thought I should share though. It...
Video: RX-8 Controlled by iPod Touch
The video shows an RX-8 being controlled by an iPod Touch. There is some major lag in the controls but it’s a very cool project. With a setup like this you could build in your own On Star features. (via hacked gadgets) Related Posts: Video...
