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Solid Explorer (Android)
May 19, 2012 7:12 pm
Developer Quote: "...the most attractive, eye catching and intuitive file manager for the Android."
One of Android's features that sets it apart from iOS is the ability to see what's on your device. Sweet freedom. But with freedom comes responsibility, or so we've been told, so you have to... [more]
MacOS KenDensed: MacOS KenDensed: Killing Off Unlimited Data & Big iPhone Rumors
May 19, 2012 7:09 pm
Foxconn waffles on its Apple television confirmation, Apple calls out Samsung for destroying evidence, investors are talking about a bigger iPhone, and cell carrier unlimited data plans are another step closer to the grave. This week may not have been all happy stories, but Mac OS Ken’s Ken... [more]
Windows 8 Desktop With Less Eye Candy, Drops Aero Glass
May 19, 2012 7:09 pm
One of the first things that I do after installing Vista or Windows 7 on a new computer is to change some of the default visual effects the operating system ships with. On Windows 7, I immediately switch from the Windows 7 (Aero) theme to Windows 7 Basic which does away with lots of the [...] [more]
The Listening Machine converts 500 people’s tweets into music
May 19, 2012 7:05 pm
Composer Peter Gregson turns the words of hundreds into music. [more]
Retro Travel Posters Feature Iconic Superheroes [Pics]
May 19, 2012 7:00 pm
Dave Ault from Portland, Oregon created these retro-inspired travel posters featuring some of the most iconic DC Comics superheroes. You can purchase prints of them here. They’ll go great with all those postcards you collect on vacations! [Source: Geekologie / Via HiConsumption] No... [more]
Doremisoft M2TS Converter Mac Adds 1080P Support for New iPad 3
May 19, 2012 6:55 pm
Doremisoft has announced that Doremisoft Mac AVCHD Converter adds 1080P support for new iPad 3 and Apple TV 3. Compared with iPad 2, the new iPad is more clear and has a different sense of the world. Doremisoft Mac AVCHD Converter supports preview almost all video/audio files smoothly, extract... [more]
Weekly Wrap: Hotkeygate, iOS 6, and a slew of reviews
May 19, 2012 6:45 pm
Once a week, we catch you up on Macworld's biggest stories from the past week, in case you missed them. This week, we ruminated on the futures of iOS and OS X, covered Hotkeysgate, and offered a slew of reviews.
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Introducing "Lean and Hard (dot com)"
May 19, 2012 6:19 pm
My regular readers, I ask you, have I not served you well these past many years? Have I not consistently posted good and wonderful apps that you have been able to use for fun and profit? Now that I have your attention then, allow me to introduce you to my newest blogging venture, Lean and Hard... [more]
GoldKey Secure Flash Drive Receives PC Magazine Perfect Five-Star Rating
May 19, 2012 6:11 pm
GoldKey Security Corporation announced that it has received PC Magazine's highest editorial honor, the Editors' Choice Award and a perfect Five-Star Rating. In the review, the editorial staff preferred GoldKey with Flash over all other USB security products. GoldKey with Flash is currently the... [more]
Week in Apple: stalkers, antivirus, and MacBook Pros. Oh my!
May 19, 2012 6:00 pm
Perian, Airplay speakers, and jailbreaks, too. [more]
Amazing Portal 2 Rube Goldberg Machine [Video]
May 19, 2012 6:00 pm
So geeks, who’s ready to scrounge around for some science? [MegaBenPerry] No related posts. No related posts. [more]
This week in Crave: The Facebook phone home edition
May 19, 2012 5:36 pm
The world kept moving ahead of Friday's Facebook stock debut, which, it turned out, wasn't all that spectacular. Did you manage to tear yourself away from the IPO coverage?
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Smartphones reignite the OS wars
May 19, 2012 5:28 pm
Smartphones have become the preferred computer of the masses...
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Apple Commits To 100% Renewable Energy Sources for NC Data Center
May 19, 2012 5:18 pm
judgecorp writes "Stung by continued criticism from Greenpeace and protests at Apple's headquarters over its use of electricity from non-renewable sources, Apple has promised that its data center in Maiden, North Carolina will use 100 percent renewable electricity,, 60 percent of it generated by... [more]
Amazon Deal of the Day: 55% Off Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 12.1MP Interchangeable Lens Camera – $314 + Free Shipping
May 19, 2012 5:10 pm
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 12.1MP Interchangeable Lens Camera for just $314. That’s 55% off the camera’s regular retail price of $699.95. Panasonics LUMIX DMC-GF3 realizes all the features you want from a bulky DSLR... [more]
Apple Spaceship Campus Plans Leaked
May 19, 2012 5:03 pm
Apple is asking its Cupertino neighbors to voice out any requests or concerns they might have regarding the Planned Campus 2 which will occupy roughly 300,000 square feet, according to leaked documents.The company’s chief financial officer, Peter Oppenheimer, has issued a brochure to... [more]
Week in tech: $74 Android computers, hardening your smartphone, and Android fragmentation
May 19, 2012 5:00 pm
Also: how much bandwidth your office needs, and the dawn of the 802.11ac age. [more]
Disney-Pixar Presents…’The Avengers’! [Pic]
May 19, 2012 5:00 pm
What if ‘The Avengers‘ was an animated movie, created by none other than Disney-Pixar? Well, one cinephilic geek (yes, I made that up) not only imagined it, he created a poster for it! How many characters can you name?? [Source: Cartoon Brew / Via Flicks and Bits] No related posts. No... [more]
Ghost Recon: Heroes Unleashed 1.0b6 - Mod for Tom Clancy Ghost Recon game.. (Free)
May 19, 2012 4:58 pm
Ghost Recon: Heroes Unleashed is a mod (as in modification) for the squad-based military tactical shooter game "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon", which was published for PC by Red Storm Entertainment and Ubisoft in 2001, and for Macintosh by Aspyr Media in 2002. (For additional information on Tom... [more]
Lemke Software releases GraphicConverter 8 for Mac OS X
May 19, 2012 4:57 pm
GraphicConverter has been completely rewritten and now supports 64-bit...
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ieBuddy 2.0 - Run eBuddy Messenger as a native application.. (Free)
May 19, 2012 4:56 pm
ieBuddy is a Mac OS X web service that allows you to run eBuddy Messenger as an application without opening a browser. It supports all eBuddy Messenger features and has some extra features as well.Version 2.0: Performance improvements. [FIX] About us has been improved. [FIX] Better security.... [more]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Selected Recordings
May 19, 2012 4:52 pm
As I mentioned in a post yesterday, after hearing of his death, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was one of my favorite singers, and the one who introduced me to the lieder genre. Lieder – plural of lied, or song in German – is often translated by “art song” in English. It’s... [more]
Apple files for immediate Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban in the United States
May 19, 2012 4:50 pm
Apple's motion is fairly likely to succeed…
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Sony’s Hayabusa same phone as Xperia GX? Leaked pictures and video!
May 19, 2012 4:49 pm
Though Sony’s LT29i Hayabusa has already been sighted in the wild, we’re still in the dark about the phone’s official Xperia branding, at least one that we know of. Unwired View believes that the flagship phone will be named as the Sony Xperia GX, the same phone that DoCoMo just introduced... [more]
Eye Candy 6.1.1.1139 - 30 professional Photoshop filters.. (Demo)
May 19, 2012 4:49 pm
Eye Candy 6 is a set of 30 Photoshop filters that elegantly handle a wide range of design tasks, from slick Web interfaces to tasteful logos to spectacular titles. Realistic simulation of natural phenomena gives beautifully detailed results. Eye Candy's simple interface makes it easy, saving you... [more]
Motorola: If ICS won't make our device better, we won't update to it
May 19, 2012 4:36 pm
Motorola yesterday updated its device update schedule, with the crux being that we'll finally start to see some phones get Ice Cream Sandwich in the next month or so. Specifically, that's the Droid RAZR/MAXX, with the Atrix, Atrix 2, Droid 4 and Xyboards getting it in Q3. Have a... [more]
The best headphones in the world?
May 19, 2012 4:36 pm
Audeze LCD-3 headphones are made in the U.S.A., and like the best cars, clothes, and everything else high-end, they're expensive.
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Inside Apple’s secret plan to kill the cash register
May 19, 2012 4:33 pm
Apple, apparently, thinks the whole process for buying things in retail stores is dumb...
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Google Wallet Wants Root Access Suddenly, Why If It’s Not Needed?
May 19, 2012 4:29 pm
We all know the benefits of rooting your smartphone. By rooting your device, you can unlock a world of potential benefits such as operating on custom ROMs as good or better than stock Android OSes and improved overall performance of your device for starters. While the Android community needs... [more]
WWDC sneak peek: Don’t let iOS 6 blind you to the real action in iCloud
May 19, 2012 4:28 pm
New Intel Ivy Bridge-based MacBook Pros, probably including...
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The HTC One X banning debacle: the winners and the losers
May 19, 2012 4:27 pm
On Tuesday, news broke that the US Customs has blocked the imports of the HTC One X and the HTC EVO 4G LTE, effectively preventing HTC’s flagships from reaching American customers. The embargo was enforced due to an exclusion order by the International Trade Commission (ITC). The ITC ruled back... [more]
Catalysts driving apple to $800 by year end; post, Facebook doesn’t have any of them
May 19, 2012 4:21 pm
I believe that today, with Apple in the $530-$540s, represents...
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jOBS Movie to Film in the Actual Los Altos Home, Garage
May 19, 2012 4:20 pm
Five Star Feature Films has confirmed that the movie chronicling the life of Steve Jobs will film early scenes in the actual Los Altos home where Jobs grew up, including the garage where he and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer.Starring Ashton Kutcher as the Silicon Valley visionary, jOBS will... [more]
XDA dev Chainfire roots Samsung Galaxy S3 weeks ahead of release
May 19, 2012 4:11 pm
What do we have here? The well-known Android developer that goes by the name of Chainfire has managed to root the Samsung Galaxy S3 even before the phone is released. Isn’t that amazing? Well if this is the first time you hear such news it is indeed amazing. But for the more avid Android... [more]
Law & Disorder wrap up: PC-stabbing pedophiles and ditching software patents
May 19, 2012 4:00 pm
The FCC is also wondering what's up with some unused Verizon spectrum. [more]
The Ghostbusters Tour of New York [Video]
May 19, 2012 4:00 pm
Director Patrick Willems, producer Max Rouzier of Lumberjack Films, and Matt Torpey of Bleeding Cool have used their collective geek powers for good & created this 7-minute video showcasing all the locations used in ‘Ghostbusters.’ They hit all the famous locations in one day.... [more]
The Macalope Weekly: Cause and effect
May 19, 2012 4:00 pm
Some people, it would seem, are unable to accurately determine cause and effect.
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Android Central international round-up - May 19, 2012
May 19, 2012 3:39 pm
Compared to all the drama stateside surrounding the customs woes of HTC's new handsets, it was a fairly quiet week for international Android news. But even a quiet week here in the Android world has its share of phone launches, update news, release announcements and the like, so let's... [more]
John Gruber jumps ship
May 19, 2012 3:26 pm
The equivalent, in podcasting news, of Conan O'Brien leaving NBC for TBS
FORTUNE -- On Friday, Daring Fireball's John Gruber, one of the most influential Apple (AAPL) commentators on the Internet, began the latest episode of his Talk Show podcast by launching without preamble into a riff about... [more]
Apple sends out Apple Campus 2 brochure to new neighbors
May 19, 2012 3:24 pm
Apple has reportedly sent out a shiny brochure to their new neighbors, detailing aspects of the futuristic campus they're planning to build on the old HP lot. [more]
ESET Rogue Application Remover
May 19, 2012 3:19 pm
Rogue applications are malware that try to fool the user in believing that they are legit programs. The most common form are rogue antivirus applications that are disguised as antivirus software, when in fact they are the exact opposite of that. It can be quite difficulty to remove rogue... [more]
Samsung Canada holds Galaxy S3 training sessions till June 27, could the launch follow?
May 19, 2012 3:14 pm
It’s no doubt that the most anticipated Android smartphone right now is the Samsung Galaxy S3. The excitement over the S3 continues to heat up, as many are still uncertain as to when it will become available in Canada and the U.S. Last we heard, a U.S. version of the phone has just reached... [more]
Motorola infringes Microsoft’s patent on ActiveSync, may face import bans in the US
May 19, 2012 3:05 pm
If you can’t beat your competitor, sue them for copyright infringement and have the court ban their products from entering the market! That seems to be the strategy that tech companies are using against each other with varying degrees of success. Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win – and... [more]
Thoughts on Steve’s Jobs’s dream to design an iCar
May 19, 2012 3:02 pm
Could an iCar still happen? Steve Jobs, alas, is gone. But automotive designer Gordon Murray—most famously associated the top-tier and highly-successful McLaren Formula 1 motor racing team where he was technical director for two decades prior to 2006—thinks an Apple iCar could be a market... [more]
Week in science faces our cyborg future
May 19, 2012 3:00 pm
Medical science fiction, green power moves forward, and Cambrian worm sucking. [more]
Venn Diagram of Yoda It Is [Pic]
May 19, 2012 3:00 pm
[Source: Stephen Wildish | Via Neatorama] No related posts. No related posts. [more]
This Week’s Must-Have iOS Games: Sonic 4: Ep II, Bejeweled HD, Jumping Knights & More [Roundup]
May 19, 2012 3:00 pm
It’s been nearly two years since Sonic The Hedgehog: Episode I made its debut on consoles, and Sony has finally managed to deliver a sequel. Thankfully, it was worth the wait — and it leads this week’s roundup of must-have iOS games. We’ve also got Bejeweled for the iPad, a... [more]
This Week’s Must-Have iOS Games: Sonic 4: Ep II, Bejeweled HD, Jumping Knights & More [Roundup]
May 19, 2012 3:00 pm
It’s been nearly two years since Sonic The Hedgehog: Episode I made its debut on consoles, and Sony has finally managed to deliver a sequel. Thankfully, it was worth the wait — and it leads this week’s roundup of must-have iOS games. We’ve also got Bejeweled for the iPad, a... [more]
Valkyrie adds more adventures to Galaxy On Fire 2 for OS X
May 19, 2012 2:49 pm
The outer space adventure game Galaxy on Fire 2 for OS X gets an expansion with Valkyrie. It takes place right after the events of the original game and adds three to five hours of additional gameplay. The graphics and visuals have been completely revamped with new 3D models that have four times... [more]
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer sends brochure to Cupertino neighbors inviting feedback on new ‘Campus 2′
May 19, 2012 2:42 pm
Apple is currently involved in an outreach program to its new neighbors in its planned ‘Campus 2′ area. This week, a brochure was mailled to residents surrounding the new campus providing new information and inviting feedback in a variety of ways. Although the project seems to be... [more]
Feed Summary
- Solid Explorer (Android)
- MacOS KenDensed: MacOS KenDensed: Killing Off Unlimited Data & Big iPhone Rumors
- Windows 8 Desktop With Less Eye Candy, Drops Aero Glass
- The Listening Machine converts 500 people’s tweets into music
- Retro Travel Posters Feature Iconic Superheroes [Pics]
- Doremisoft M2TS Converter Mac Adds 1080P Support for New iPad 3
- Weekly Wrap: Hotkeygate, iOS 6, and a slew of reviews
- Introducing "Lean and Hard (dot com)"
- GoldKey Secure Flash Drive Receives PC Magazine Perfect Five-Star Rating
- Week in Apple: stalkers, antivirus, and MacBook Pros. Oh my!
- Amazing Portal 2 Rube Goldberg Machine [Video]
- This week in Crave: The Facebook phone home edition
- Smartphones reignite the OS wars
- Apple Commits To 100% Renewable Energy Sources for NC Data Center
- Amazon Deal of the Day: 55% Off Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 12.1MP Interchangeable Lens Camera – $314 + Free Shipping
- Apple Spaceship Campus Plans Leaked
- Week in tech: $74 Android computers, hardening your smartphone, and Android fragmentation
- Disney-Pixar Presents…’The Avengers’! [Pic]
- Ghost Recon: Heroes Unleashed 1.0b6 - Mod for Tom Clancy Ghost Recon game.. (Free)
- Lemke Software releases GraphicConverter 8 for Mac OS X
- ieBuddy 2.0 - Run eBuddy Messenger as a native application.. (Free)
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Selected Recordings
- Apple files for immediate Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban in the United States
- Sony’s Hayabusa same phone as Xperia GX? Leaked pictures and video!
- Eye Candy 6.1.1.1139 - 30 professional Photoshop filters.. (Demo)
- Motorola: If ICS won't make our device better, we won't update to it
- The best headphones in the world?
- Inside Apple’s secret plan to kill the cash register
- Google Wallet Wants Root Access Suddenly, Why If It’s Not Needed?
- WWDC sneak peek: Don’t let iOS 6 blind you to the real action in iCloud
- The HTC One X banning debacle: the winners and the losers
- Catalysts driving apple to $800 by year end; post, Facebook doesn’t have any of them
- jOBS Movie to Film in the Actual Los Altos Home, Garage
- XDA dev Chainfire roots Samsung Galaxy S3 weeks ahead of release
- Law & Disorder wrap up: PC-stabbing pedophiles and ditching software patents
- The Ghostbusters Tour of New York [Video]
- The Macalope Weekly: Cause and effect
- Android Central international round-up - May 19, 2012
- John Gruber jumps ship
- Apple sends out Apple Campus 2 brochure to new neighbors
- ESET Rogue Application Remover
- Samsung Canada holds Galaxy S3 training sessions till June 27, could the launch follow?
- Motorola infringes Microsoft’s patent on ActiveSync, may face import bans in the US
- Thoughts on Steve’s Jobs’s dream to design an iCar
- Week in science faces our cyborg future
- Venn Diagram of Yoda It Is [Pic]
- This Week’s Must-Have iOS Games: Sonic 4: Ep II, Bejeweled HD, Jumping Knights & More [Roundup]
- This Week’s Must-Have iOS Games: Sonic 4: Ep II, Bejeweled HD, Jumping Knights & More [Roundup]
- Valkyrie adds more adventures to Galaxy On Fire 2 for OS X
- Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer sends brochure to Cupertino neighbors inviting feedback on new ‘Campus 2′