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Moshi Zefýr 2 Cooler Moshi’s Zefýr 2 Cooler for the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air is a high-efficiency cooler that dissipates heat and prevents overheating. It works amazing well and can help extend the life of a Mac simply by preventing overheating. It’s priced at $80, and TMO has already reviewed it.   Energizer Dual Universal…

First, pick the product you wish to turn in. In the figure below, we picked a 32GB black iPhone: Choose your product Apple will then ask questions specific to the product that you picked. If it’s a computer, it will ask about your display and the case, for instance, but in the case of our…

“As its entry-level iPhone strategy, Apple is expected to cut iPhone 3GS to $0 (on contract, $399 unsubsidized) in conjunction with iPhone 5 launch,” the analyst wrote in a research note obtained by Forbes. “This approach is intended to target mid-market smartphone buyers and counter Android’s mid-market expansion.” Mr. Abramsky cited a proprietary survey conducted…

Apple announced the dates for this year’s WWDC event on Monday, March 28, and within hours had completely sold out of conference passes. With demand far outstripping supply, several entrepreneurial developers took to eBay to auction off their $1,599 passes for substantially more than face value.Open eBay auctions are still on track to hit high…

Sports Illustrated “All Access” Subscriptions – Wither iPad in This Picture? The announcement comes amidst a (mostly) behind-the-scenes battle between publishers and Apple on how subscription models will work, with Apple being rumored to want to forbid any kind of subscription access through iOS apps unless the subscription is handled in-app, where Apple controls the…

Users need to complete the online registration process at the American Express Web site to link their credit card to iTunes before picking the tracks they want to download. The first five songs purchased with the linked American Express credit card will be automatically refunded.There aren’t any restrictions on which songs can be downloaded, and…

The contest was introduced to help draw attention to the upcoming iOS version of the game, called iOOTP, which will ship around the same time OOTP 12 does this spring. 

The media outlet said that Sony has added these features for The Other Guys (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg), Salt (Angelina Jolie), and Resident Evil: Afterlife (Milla Jovovich).

Yeah, whatever. My theory is far simpler. See, zombies offer us a certain freedom from one of our most ingrained cultural taboos; dissing the dead. Think about it. What fun is it to unload a clip into body that is just lying there all rigamortified and gross? And we certainly don’t want to unload on…

TKO Solutions X-BandThis product is for anyone who ever has to, or wants to, make presentations to others using their iPad. There is nothing more awkward than trying to hold your iPad with one hand and demonstrating something with the other. The X-Band, at US$19.99, grips the four corners of your iPad and gives you…

iPhone Playing Cards There are plenty of card games for your iPhone, and now there are playing cards that match your iPhone thanks to Meninos. The iPhone playing cards look like an iPhone with traditional hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds. Since they’re also iPhones, some cards include iOS-style dialogs and other surprises, too. At US$24.99,…

The new Powis iCase for iPads comes in Spanish Leather, is stylish, and provides excellent protection for your iPad. Oh, and there is one more thing. This iPad case, released November 17, 2010, is a well designed and attractive case. It is sturdy and lightweight. It is a book style design and the iPad snaps…

Short version: Book first, then {[email protected] title=email us your confirmation}. Relax and enjoy!The HistoryYou’ve come to know TMO as the place where you can find hotel deals for both Macworld Expo and WWDC. This year we’re here again for you, but the deal is a little different.Long-time TMO readers and podcast listeners know that for…

Sam’s Club is a division of Wal-Mart, which announced earlier this week that it, too, would sell the iPad starting on October 15th. Target and Best Buy have also been announced as retail distribution points for Apple’s market-defining tablet. In September, Best Buy CEO Brian Dun waxed eloquent when he announced his company would expand…

The crossgrade promotion carries the clever name of UnParalleled, and represents a $30 savings from the company’s normal upgrade pricing. The company is extending the offer to users of VMware Fusion 1 or 2, as well. The full version is priced at $79.99.

Bloomberg cited three unnamed sources “familiar with the plan,” and those sources said Apple was talking to CBS and Disney (which owns ABC), as well. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is a major shareholder and board member of Disney, and the two companies have often worked together on content deals for iTunes. “This is a smart…

The phones are still locked, however, which means they will still work only on AT&T’s network. Apple used to require an AT&T contract for its phones, even for the ones being purchased without a contract subsidy. The FAQ included in the memo specifically states, “Q: Do you have to be an AT&T customer to purchase…

Attendees wanting to take advantage of the free expo registration can sign up at the Macworld Expo Web site. 

McGraw Hill, Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt K-12, and Kaplan are among the publishers that have teamed up with ScrollMotion to develop digital versions of their books that are more than text-to-screen conversions.ScrollMotion is working on enhancing text books by adding in video, the ability to highlight text and record lectures, note taking support, searching, and…

Technocel PowerPak Sometimes you’re lucky enough to grab an iPhone and hit the road. But sometimes you have to travel with a whole collection of gadgets, any one of which might run out of charge at the wrong time. Technocel’s PowerPak is the answer: it’s a wall charger and external battery pack rolled into one.…

LCD or Plasma? Manufacturers would have you believe that LCDs, even LED backlit LCD HDTVs are just as good as Plasmas. That turns out not to be the case. In the September 2009 issue of Widescreen Review magazine, Raymond Soneira, Ph.D. in a series of instrumented and calibrated tests reported that a lot of, ah,…

Some parts of the globe area already on Calendar, of course, such as Japan and Australia, but the UAE is still on Thursday, as of this writing. U.S. customers must wait until 8:00 AM on August 28th (Friday morning) for their local Apple Stores to open to get their copies (or wait for their deliveries,…

SSD drives use MLC NAND flash components rather than the usual disk (or platters) used in a traditional hard disk drive. With no moving parts, the drives make substantially less noise, are often cooler, and are currently considered more robust. The company said the new drive, part of the M225 series, offers 250MB/sec read speeds…

I took some golf lessons last fall. I was told by my instructor, a golf pro, that the average difference in handicap between the top 10 money making pros and the 2nd tier guys who struggle to make a living is about 1 or 2 strokes. That is, as a very good pro, if you…