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  • Apple’s Gaming Future is Full Steam Ahead

    Apple’s Gaming Future is Full Steam Ahead

    Posted on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember back when anti-mac fanboys use to say that “the Mac doesn’t have gaming, it’s not 1337”. Then Apple entered the gaming world as a noob, and now look, OS X is running Steam.

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  • Hey, what about OS X?

    Hey, what about OS X?

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s interesting that this WWDC keynote was all about mobile. Obviously he had a big reveal this year – last year was all about the 3GS and Snow Leopard – but there was a decided lack of desktop talk this year. iOS looks like the horse Apple is betting on, at least this year. The uptake [...]

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  • Half-Life 2 launching on Macs this Wednesday

    Half-Life 2 launching on Macs this Wednesday

    Posted on May 25, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s so appropriate yet sad that Alyx is tasked with announcing the six-year old Half-Life 2’s Mac launch. But really there’s no shame in playing the some-what old Half-Life 2 even today. It’s one of the games that we agreed with in PC Gamer’s top games of all time list. But it’s yet another sign [...]

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  • mSpot stores your music* in the cloud, makes it available anywhere**

    mSpot stores your music* in the cloud, makes it available anywhere**

    Posted on May 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Whoa there, vaquero -- don't get too excited just yet. As with just about every other gratis backup service on the web, there's a catch you should know about with mSpot's latest endeavor. The free limit is right around 2GB (exact size is TBD), so if you've got more than a second generation iPod's worth of audio, this here service will only serve as a tease. For those who fall under that threshold, there's plenty to love, and if you're down for ponying up, you'll be able to secure 10GB for $2.99 per month or 20GB for $4.99 per month. Launched today at Google I/O, this "freemium" music cloud service essentially syncs your entire music library (either in iTunes or a user-designated arrangement of folders) with mSpot's servers -- provided your library is less than 20GB, of course -- and then makes it available anywhere. Phones and other computers should have no issue tapping in (though only Android will be supported out of the gate), and the app itself runs quietly in the background in order to check for new additions / subtractions and mirror said changes in your online library. For now, the service is available by invitation only through mspot.com, with public availability slated for next month. Size limits aside, the service worked well for us in our limited testing, though that first 20GB upload is a real pain over Time Warner Cable's obviously capped Road Runner internet. Oh, and if you're bummed about not being guaranteed an invite today, you shouldn't be. Hit that source link and enter "engadget" as the password -- the first 500 get immediate access, but once they're gone, they're gone.

    *20GB tops, buster!
    **Only on Android, Macs and PCs at first, chief!

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  • Windows 7 was in fact inspired by OS X, says some random Microsoft manager

    Windows 7 was in fact inspired by OS X, says some random Microsoft manager

    Posted on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Anyone that has used both Windows 7 and OS X can see the similarities. It's clear that some Windows 7 parts were sampled from OS X, but now there is confirmation from Microsoft's partner group manager, Simon Aldous, that OS X was indeed the mold all along.

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  • iTunes update creates problems for Mac users

    iTunes update creates problems for Mac users

    Posted on September 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Uh oh, sounds like there's some bugs being introduced into the gilded cage that Mac users seem to enjoy so much. People using older versions of Safari are discovering that they can't connect to the store. Turns out that the new version of iTunes is deeply attached to Safari. This is causing problems for users of older versions, and also for users that have pre-release versions of Snow Leopard.

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  • OS X drops Palm HotSync support, Newton support next?

    OS X drops Palm HotSync support, Newton support next?

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    iSync 3.1.0, to be shipped with Snow Leopard, has struck another blow against Palm. What is it this time? They've removed Palm HotSync support, relegating thousands of Centro, Treo, Zire, Tungsten, and Palm Pilot users to the darkest corners of Obsoletia. When will this arms race end?

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  • Parallels Switch the Mac bundle lets you switch to Mac

    Parallels Switch the Mac bundle lets you switch to Mac

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Are you ready for Windows 7? Remember, you need go out and get a really nice computer with a nice monitor and lots of hard drive space - basically you're going to have to get a Mac. Don't worry, though. It's easy to switch. Parallels is essentially a virtual machine that can run almost any version of Windows. The $100 software and hardware solution lets you drag everything from your old Windows PC to your Mac and then run almost all your apps natively under OS X. Viola!

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  • Snow Leopard’s secret power

    Snow Leopard’s secret power

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    You’re telling me Snow Leopard isn’t a major update? Well affix your chapeau to your pate, sir, and go forthwith on a long walk off of a short fjord! The most important feature in Snow Leopard has been revealed and it’s a doozy. That’s right: something PCs have been doing since I was still spermatozoa is [...]

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  • Snow Leopard ships this Friday

    Snow Leopard ships this Friday

    Posted on August 24, 2009 | No Comments
    The elusive Snow Leopard upgrade for Mac OS X is now officially available for pre-order at the Apple Store. It costs $29 and will ship out this Friday. So after all the hoopla last week about whether or not it’ll ship this month or next, the answer is “pretty much this month but maybe by [...]

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  • Preview: Snow Leopard (10A432)

    Preview: Snow Leopard (10A432)

    Posted on August 17, 2009 | No Comments
    scaled105579_boxWe're a few weeks away from the official release of Snow Leopard and I'm here to tell you things are really heating up in the realm of Exchange Support, OpenCL, and being able to click on an icon to make all of its windows appear. Sorry. I'm just a crank. Every time Apple comes out with a new version of OS X I expect bells, whistles, and dancing dogs. This is an incremental upgrade, as we described it back at WWDC, and it's a strong one. However, it's not nearly as exciting at first blush - at least visually - but it does give countless IT guys some serious tentpole action especially considering built-in Exchange support. This review is based on the purported Gold Master, 10A432, the version that will be shipped to stores world-wide this September. It may or not be the official final version but I've been using versions of Snow Leopard for about two months now.

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