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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…

At one point, the stock surpassed its all-time high of $202.96 per share, which it hit in December of 2007, but profit taking pared the stock back to the levels mentioned above. *In the interest of full disclosure, the author holds a small share in AAPL stock that was not an influence in the creation…

The ‘Afghan Girl’ photo is what any photographer would love to produce. The photo is so full of color and detail, which gives it life. It is the eyes of the Afghan Girl (her real name is Sharbat Gula) that demand your attention. As you might imagine, I’m a fan of photography, and, apparently, so…

2XL ATV Offroad ($7.99) features 18 race tracks, including a pair of freestyle levels, on which they can take on up to eight opponents in single-player mode or up to five others in multi-player. They can choose between 250cc two-stroke and 450cc four-stroke ATVs, with hundreds of ATV and rider skin combinations to choose from…

I have been involved in some fairly high level technical projects in my career. This was at NASA, White Sands Missile Range, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. What I’ve learned along the way is that there are two critical factors that will determine your success as well as the success of…

In the Summary Judgement, Judge Cote wrote, “Verizon does not recite, render, play, dance or act the ringtone either directly or by means of any device, and thus does not perform the music.” In other words, the judge ruled that Verizon, the main carrier in this particular suit, isn’t responsible for when and how a…

Here’s an example of such an article that caught my eye. It’s not that the perception that Apple isn’t widely used in the U.S. government is wrong. Rather, the perspective of the author is bound by ignorance of what Apple is actually doing. Namely, Apple has sales of about US$200M (from my experience) per year…

There is a new Mac utility out that greatly simplifies and accelerates the process of taking and naming desktop images. To get the basics out of the way, the app is called Sharpshooter 1.1 and it requires OS X 10.4 or later. Version 1.1 works with Snow Leopard. There is a 30 day trial available…

Match-three puzzle games are a dime a dozen these days, but Snood made a name for itself at a time when the casual market was still gaining steam on the strength of Solitaire and Tetris, which had begun to sap worker productivity everywhere. The requirement that you fire the Snoods into the field of play,…

The video is hosted by Kellie Eickmeyer, a senior program manager on Microsoft’s Windows team, who tells us at the beginning that, “Installing Windows 7 on a computer running Windows XP requires more steps than a typical upgrade; and we’ll be honest; it could take a couple of hours.” Enjoy the full video for a…