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Apple Juicz Solar ChargerThe Apple Juicz solar charger is available in 27 Watt and 55 Watt versions, and includes a 12 volt car outlet connector,, MagSafe connector, a three foot extension cable, and a messenger bag-style carrying case.The Apple Juicz is priced at US$700 for the 27 Watt version, and $1,200 for the 55 Watt…

The latest edition features a 3D match engine with over 500 individual player animations that show gamers what is happening on the field during a match. That engine is also key to the game’s two other key new features: the ability to set up and execute drills, including practice matches, and the set piece creator,…

Four game types are included: Survival, a single-player mode in which Starfleet captains must blast through waves of enemy ships while grabbing power-ups and taking care not to lose all three of their lives; Team Deathmatch, pitting teams against each other in winner-takes-all battles; Conquest, in which teams protect and conquer control points in space;…

When one lives on the Internet daily as I do, in the realm of Apple, it’s impossible to avoid the continuing ritual of Switchers who must deal with what seems, at first, to be a single button mouse on the Mac. It’s one of those myths that just won’t go away, as in, “AppleTalk is…

MacUpdate Desktop acts as an interface for the company’s database of more than 30,000 Mac apps and your Mac. It monitors your installed apps and lets you know when there’s an update to the third party apps on your drive. The release notes for the update: Fixed bug causing no apps to be found on…

The game was found by Takashi Katsuki, one of Symantec’s engineers in Japan. In the video and screeshots below, Symantec shows what happens when you play the game with a Finder window open next to the game’s play screen. Mr. Katsuki said that the game promises consequences to destroying the alien ships, while alluding to…

Imagine sending a Twitter message from wherever you happen to be, containing a command such as “open Safari,” and having the requested command carried out on your Mac back home. That’s the way TweetMyMac works. To get this set up, you need two Twitter accounts: your main one and a special one set up just…

“The most useful part of MacUpdate Desktop, beyond simply finding a lot of items you never realized were out of date, is the ability to update them all so easily — forget having to visit a Web site, download a dmg, mount it, run an installer, exit the installer, unmount the disk image… in most…

Kindle is Amazon’s eBook platform. The company’s main vehicle for Kindle eBooks is its own Kindle device, a standalone E Ink-based device that can download books via a 3G connection, and display them. Amazon also has Kindle for iPhone, a free iPhone app that can sync with your Kindle account, browse books, and display them…

The company is being a bit shy on the specifics of their improvements, but the AirPort Extreme Web page said, “improvements in antenna design give you up to 50 percent better WiFi performance and up to 25 percent better range than with the previous-generation AirPort Extreme Base Station.” The price for AirPort Extreme base stations…

“Apple is the Multi-Touch leader, pioneering the use of this innovative technology in iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads,” Philip Schiller, Apple senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, said in a statement. “Apple’s Multi-Touch technology allows us to offer an easy to use mouse in a simple and elegant design.” The device is…

Mac mini with Apple Cinema DisplayThe Mac mini includes five USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 800, a slot loading 8x SuperDrive, and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics, Mini-DVI and Mini DisplayPort video out, a Mini DVI to DVI adapter, Gigabit Ethernet, and built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth. The 2.26GHz Mac mini ships with 2GB RAM, and…

The unit houses a 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics. The unit weighs 4.7 lbs. and has a non-skid bottom surface. “The new MacBook includes many of the great features found on the innovative MacBook Pro, such as an LED-backlit display,…

Overall, IDC said that unit sales increased in the U.S. by 2.5%, propelled in part by increased sales of cheap portable computers and back-to-school purchases. The firm also said that companies with a strong retail presence were the “main beneficiaries” of the increased sales. Apple, for instance, has a very strong retail presence in the…

As players undertake missions and build wealth, they can become economic powerhouses dominating intergalactic trading lanes while amassing enough military might to engage in massive battles between fleets of ships. They can take the role of a member of any of the X Universe’s human, alien, and machine races, experiencing the story and the game…

Bullet Candy Perfect also features a skill-tracking system, rankings, 20 achievements to earn, three difficulty settings, and a global online high score board. The game is donationware, meaning players can decide how much they want to pay for it, starting at a minimum of US$1.It’s a Universal Binary that requires Mac OS X version 10.4,…

 A genetically-modified bad guy known as a splicerPlayers assume the role of a character who survives a plane crash at the beginning of the game and has no choice but to descend into the ruined city, where the victims of genetic engineering gone wrong wait for him. They collect and modify weapons as they explore…

The MyService 750GB hard drive upgrade is priced at US$375.

For reference, here are the system requirements for Snow Leopard. The first thing to remember is that a Mac has to have a 64-bit CPU to run 64-bit apps. The Core 2 Duo, (Merom and Penryn) and the Xeons are 64-bit CPUs. However, the original MacBook Pro and Mac Minis with a Core Duo had…

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The update requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or newer, and is available as a free download at the Apple Support Web site.

Hoyle Slots 2010 also includes three styles of animated bonus rounds and uses denominations between a penny and US$500. Its 20 video slots games pay on up to 20 paylines. Pricing is US$19.99 and system requirements call for Mac OS X version 10.4.10 or 10.5.4, a 1.5GHz Intel processor, 512MB RAM, 64MB video RAM, and…