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 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…

When you run smcFanControl, it will place a small indicator in your menu bar showing you the current processor temperature and fan speed. This is is a great way to understand the correlation between temperature and fan speed. There is a fan RPM that you can’t set below a certain minimum, but you can use…

This isn’t the first delay for the Quicken update. Intuit originally promised an new version would ship in 2008, but then pushed the release out to summer 2009. Now that summer is here, Intuit has pushed the release out to February 2010, leaving users with Quicken 2007 for several more months.Mr. Gulbransen said the company…

Apple maintains a regularly updated list of keyboard shortcuts for Mac OS X at the Apple Support Web site. Along with key combinations for opening and closing windows, jumping to your Home directory and adding items to the Sidebar, the Web page also deciphers the symbols that represent the Control, Option, Command and Shift keys.As…

The company wrote in that note, “Our MacBook Family has been updated and all current stock of MacBook and MacBook Pros need to be sold. All current in store computers are on a first come first serve basis.” Pricing for the 13″ White MacBook was reduced from $999 to $899, while the 2.66 GHz MacBook…

The documents were donated to the museum by Dan Kottke and Mike Markkula. Both were active participants in Apple’s early years, Mr. Kottke as part of the Apple I design team, and Mr. Markkula as an investor.The early version of the Mac business plan was released in 1982 and underestimates how long it will take…

Players can also customize everything as well as have their characters interact with others in a seamless neighborhood. In previous Sims games, players had to wait through a loading screen to visit another house go to a specific location, such as a downtown shopping area. Through the game’s launcher, players can maintain profile pages where…

Step #3: Multiple Drives My old Power Mac G5 had two internal SATA drives. One was the factory original and one was an add-on. Because the new Mac is an Intel Mac with, for now, just one internal drive, I selected an external drive to receive all the files from the PMG5’s second internal drive.…

The company apparently plans to open its store on June 1, although how long they can keep their doors open remains to be seen since Apple doesn’t take kindly to Mac cloners. Company founder Rashantha De Silva, however, sees his business as a positive for Apple and consumers. “There are others doing this, but we…

Step #1: Preserving Your Data The first thing to remember is that there are two kinds of backups. The first is a static backup such as, in the case of a Mac, a Finder copy to an external drive. Specifically, I’m talking about copying /Users and /Applications. Every time you do that, you create a…

Hulu Desktop can display content in a window or full screen, is compatible with the Apple Remote, lets users rate videos and view content from their queue and manage their show subscriptions, and more.The application requires at least a 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo processor, Mac OS X 10.4, Flash 9.0.124, and a 2 Mbps Internet…

Apple introduced its latest line of MacBooks back in October 2008. The new aluminum unibody MacBooks largely replaced the prior white polycarbonate models. The least expensive aluminum model featured a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor. This model is still available for $1299. At the same time, Apple…

Version 2.6 adds the following features and fixes:A new popup control panel to the desktop status bar that adds full control over iTunes playback.Ability to see the iTunes cover art and set track ratings.Improved podcast support.Improved launcher utility.English, French and German language support.Cover Stream 2.6 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later and iTunes 7.5…

Also available now is the iBiz Professional package. This package includes iBiz Server 4 and two licenses for iBiz Client 4. iBiz Professional allows all connected users to share the same set of data, so changes made by one employee are seen by all other employees as soon as they select that project. iBiz Pro…

Back in 2000, Apple thought it would be really cool to reduce cable clutter for displays, so the company conceived of a combination DVI, power and USB to come up with a 30 pin (3 x 10) connector called the Apple Display Connector. The end of the cable attached to the monitor looks like this:Apple…

We believe Apple could eventually sell select Mac products in Wal-Mart stores,” he wrote, “which could significantly increase distribution and unit shipments of Macs (starting with a pilot program).” He added, while we don’t expect an immediate impact this year and believe Apple would need to reposition its line-up first, we believe that closer ties…

To pair an Apple Remote with your Mac, do this: Make sure your Mac is on and awake. Hold the dark end of the remote a few inches away from your Mac. Press and hold the Menu and Next buttons for about five seconds or until the paired remote icon appears on your Mac’s display.…

Luxor 3 features more than 140 levels, seven unique game modes, upgradeable power-ups, new bonus level gameplay, and new ways of making matches, including reflectors. Pricing is US$19.95 and Mac OS X version 10.4 is required. MumboJumbo’s now-defunct sister company, MacPlay, brought many games to the Mac, including Aliens vs. Predator, SiN, Baldur’s Gate II,…