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Apple Donates MacPaint Source Code!

If you don’t remember it, well, you should! MacPaint has been called the greatest program ever created, and rightly so. (Well, OK, maybe KidPix was better, but that’s beside the point.) The real news here is that Apple has donated its source code, along with Quickdraw’s, to the Computer History Museum.
You can read more about the [...]

Pulse New iPad and iPhone App Review

I never have a been much of an RSS fan. The idea is great: the ability to quickly view headlines and ready articles aggregated from multiple sources in one place. I just never liked the format. Most RSS readers, Google’s for examples, never impressed me. I want form and function!
Pulse News for the iPad and [...]

EA iPhone Games on Sale $0.99

Most of Electronic Art’s best iPhone games are on sale for $0.99 for the next 48 hours. This includes my two favorite games for the iPhone: Comand and Conquer and Need For Speed.
The full list:
• Battleship
• Clue
• Connect 4
• Command and Conquer Red Alert
• FIFA 10
• Madden NFL 10
• NBA Live 2010
• Need for Speed [...]

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STEAM FOR MAC IS HERE!

Steam for Mac is finally here! This is big news for gamers since Steam and Valve will be releasing most of their Windows and XBox titles for OSX. Up until now Mac users wanting to play such titles as Left 4 Dead 2 and Half Life had to run Windows via Bootcamp. Steam for Mac [...]

Video Splicer vs RealDirector for iPhone 3GS

With the iPhone 3GS you can now record video and publish to YouTube while on the go, but you can’t “really edit”. Their is no bult-in way to splice two clips together like you can on OSX with iMovie or Final Cut. Video Splicer and RealDirector gives you the ability to do this on the [...]

Crusade of Destiny Review

Their is only way to describe Crusade of Destiny, Beta… The game has a lot of potential, but it isn’t flushed out enough. The story line is terrible!
You start off as a kid who doesn’t know how to fight. The elder of your village says that the Queen needs you help, but before you [...]

Skype over 3G with Nimbuzz iPhone Review

As cool as Skype on the iPhone is, it is also just as lame since VOIP only works when connected to a wifi network. Luckily Nimbuzz comes to the rescue.
Nimbuzz allows you to send and recieve calls through the Skype network to Skype users as well as regular telephone users. This is awesome for people [...]

Windows95 has taken over the iPad

It maybe Windows, but it this is still an awesome site to see… Windows 95 running on the iPad in the palm of your hand.
Windows 95 and 98 are the only versions of Windows I truly enjoyed using.

iPhone OS 4.0 Breakdown

Yesterday was a day that Apple reveled its new OS for iPhone, iPod, and iPad. Basically everything that will be included in the software update should have been available a LONG time ago. The big new features will include; Multitasking, Home-screen Background Images, Folders, Camera Zoom, Unified Mailbox and the iBook app from the iPad.
Multitasking [...]