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Storm8 has some 39 free and paid games on the App Store, ranging from the free Zombies Live, to iMobsters for $19.99. Many of the company’s games have different levels of free versions and versions priced at multiple tiers. Mr. Turner’s attorney, Michael Aschenbrener of Kamber Edelson told MediaPost that the purpose of the lawsuit…

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RIM’s stock was hit by a selloff following its earnings report for the August quarter of 2009. The stock hit a high of $88.08 per share prior to its August quarter announcement in September, but those results were considered disappointing in terms of revenue and earnings, and RIM warned that pricing would be weaker in…

Programmers and sysadmins often use BBEdit to write code or scripts. As a result, it’s often handy to have a helpful integration between a GUI text editor and the UNIX shell. That kind of elegant pairing is what makes working with the Mac so much fun. Here are the the three commands that BBEdit can…

In an updated complaint filed in Florida, Psystar said “A declaration by this Court of the legal rights of Apple and Psystar with respect to Psystar computers running Mac OS X Snow Leopard would clarify, to put it bluntly, the legality of Psystar’s business — and would remove the substantial negative effect on Psystar’s business…

Microsoft has been battling declining revenues exacerbated by the economic downturn that manifested in 2008. The company recently reported results for the September quarter that were ahead of analyst expectations, but the company felt the need to further react to its current business levels. In a statement released to PaidContent.org, Microsoft sounded much like Apple…

Apple is also adding more older music-related titles to its catalog such as “The Song Remains the Same,” “U2: Rattle and Hum,” “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Don’t Look Back-Bob Dylan,” John Lennon Imagine,” “Neil Young: Heart of Gold,” “This Is Spinal Tap,” “Purple Rain,” and “The Doors.”The new iTunes Store section looks to be a…

“Apple’s recent 10K forecasts FY10 CapEx increasing a whopping ~70%Y/Y to US$1.9B from FY09’s $1.1B,” Mr. Cihra wrote. “And while we recognize this might just be typical Apple conservatism (e.g., FY09 capex originally seen +36% vs. ultimately reported +5%), we do believe Apply may be in motion on some strategic new infrastructure.” Mr. Cihra also…

Five Minutes to Kill (Yourself) (US$2.99) shines the harsh light of satire on office life, giving players to figure out how to kill themselves before the next boring meeting starts. Things found around the three-story office building include not just staplers and copy machines but also a shark tank, a pack of rabid weasels, and…

For users of Mac OS X 10.5 and above, you can download the binary (avoiding all the fun of compiling it yourself) for both the streaming server and the streaming proxy from the project page. For users of other operating systems, which includes Solaris, Redhat Linux, FreeBSD and others, you can download the source and…

The newspaper reported that fans of Microsoft and Mr. Bieber began lining up on Wednesday, the day before the store opened. Many of those people wanted to be sure they were in time to get their hands on some of those free Justin Bieber tickets – this included one Mac user who there as a…

By that time it’s usually Wednesday or Thursday, and I’m scrambling to write the article, format the photos, then put it all together in Dreamweaver before publishing it for edit and review. As Bryan or Jeff will attest, I often don’t get the article finished until late Friday afternoon. This Friday will be a bit…

Some claim to have seen this video before, but I never have. Imagine Steve Ballmer, back at the release of Windows 1.0, circa 1985, that’s Windows 1.0!, showing the Microsoft troops how to sell Windows. Warning: no matter how bad you think this is going to be, it’s far worse. Have your finger on the…

Almost every writer experiences a time when the essential seed of an idea is lacking, and the author can’t proceed. It’s a time of great frustration. The goal of Writer’s Block Buster is to carry the writer through the process of creating people, places and things and then let the app suggest interactions that might…

ICANN is the organization that’s responsible for managing identifying codes on the Internet including domains and country codes.”The coming introduction of non-Latin characters represents the biggest technical change to the Internet since it was created four decades ago,” commented ICANN chairman Peter Dengate Thrush. “Right now Internet address endings are limited to Latin characters –…

Apple announced it had passed the 85K milestone on September 28th, and will likely announce the 100K milestone the day that number is available for actual download, which could be as early as the next three or four weeks at the current rate of progress. Google’s Android platform is #2 in terms of the number…

Instead, I wanted the absolute best combination of photo printer and scanner/copier that I could find. I settled on the new Canon MP990. So far, I’ve been very happy with it. It’s fast, photos are sharp and accurate, and scanning quality appears excellent. Perhaps my biggest surprise was to discover how much Canon’s application software…

Features: Rugged, soft silicone protection Contains anti-microbial additive Docking port is safely covered until you need it Access to all buttons and ports INCLUDES: silicone skin, clear film protector, and microfiber cleaning cloth and Marware’s Lifetime Warranty Sport Grip is priced at US$19.99, and is available now from Marware. Sport Grip for iPod nano 5G

Have you ever wished you could dispense with cables and just wirelessly upload your photos from an SD card in your camera to a Mac (or PC) — all with geotagging in the EXIF data? Eye-Fi has had this capability for some time in the Explore card for $99.99, but in July this year, the…

The comment came during a briefing last week on the recently announced iMac and MacBook updates, but Gizmodo ran the quote today for those still holding out for some kind of big announcement still to come. In recent weeks, Apple has launched Snow Leopard, introduced new iPods, updated the iMac, updated the MacBook, and introduced…

I kid, or at least I exaggerate, but there’s something here that speaks to broader issues, and that’s the ongoing transformation of the book, newspaper, and magazine publishing businesses. For context, let’s back up a bit and look at the fundamental issues behind what both John and I are on about: Apple is rumored (or…

Another problem with getting older is that you tend to forget things. Increasingly I find that I have trouble recalling facts that I use to regurgitate at will. Song lyrics are getting fuzzier, and more often I find that I can’t recall that actress in that movie…, you know, that actress who played that girl…

The move comes in the midst of a legal battle between Psystar and Apple over the former’s selling of unauthorized Mac clones, and hot on the heels of an audacious move by Psystar to certify third party computers for Snow Leopard. The release of Rebel EFI, however, is a direct-to-consumer way for Psystar to profit…