Archive for the ‘Technology & Gadgetry’ Category

Remote Enable your G3, G4, G5, or MacPro w/ Manta TR1

Friday, July 24th, 2009

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Twisted Melon has a product on the market called Manta, which remote enables any Mac G3, G4, G5, or MacPro. It is also a good product to have if you store your mac in a different room (i.e. media closet) and want to use your Apple Remote from the couch. Combine Manta with Twisted Melon’s Mira software and you’ll be able to control most of your Mac through your Apple Remote. Buy it here.

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Warranty Hero for Mac

Monday, July 13th, 2009

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Warranties are a fickle thing. Everyone buys extended warranties for the added insurance or relies on the standard one, in case a product fails prematurely. But hard to remember when the warranty runs out. This is where Warranty Hero can be incredibly useful. With a focus on ease-of-use, adding new product (or service) information is as simple as entering its name, vendor, purchase date and a time the warranty expires.

Warranty Hero Benefits:

  • Remind Me feature
  • Save Money
  • Fast Entering
  • Receipt Managing
  • Works with iSight Camera
  • Fast Search
  • Inexpensive

Warranty Hero comes with a 30-day free demo and then costs $9.95 for a single-license copy or $14.95 for a 5-user license.

10 Mac Apps That Make Windows Users Drool

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Here is a great artcile written by Fast Company. Take a look.

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TuneUp your iTunes Library

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

TuneUp is a must-have organizational tool that automatically cleans up your digital music collection. Get 10% off TuneUp Gold with promo code: UNCRATE2. Promo code powered by Uncrate.

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Elan Form Graphite Case for the iPhone by Griffin.

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

For the past few weeks I have been using the Graphite case from Griffin to protect my iPhone 3GS. Normally I prefer the naked look of the iPhone but this case was able to win me over. The Graphite features a 2-part slider back for the best protection offered by a hard case. It also has a very nice textured back in a carbon fiber “graphite” weave pattern. The face of the case features a hyper-black chrome trim that circulates around the borders and seam lines of the body. It leaves the top and bottom exposed so you can even leave the case on to remove the SIM card. All in all I was very happy with this case, it does have a little bit more bulk than I prefer, but its overall aesthetics are enough to over look that.

The Graphite case is available for the iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G at most apple retail stores as well as apple online and through Griffin.
Price: $34.99

Buy Every App… bring on the check book

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Finally a tally for the total cost to buy every application in the iPhone App Store.

“The total cost of all 55,732 apps in Apple’s (AAPL) iTunes App store as of Monday, July 6? $144,326.06, according to the folks at metrics outfit Busted Loop, who note that the average app price is about $2.59, if you don’t include free apps.”

Read the full story here.

iPhone App: Rowmote

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

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Download this cheap app (Rowmote) for your iPhone or iPod Touch and enjoy the freedom of having a wireless mouse, keyboard, and remote for your Mac. I have this app installed on a few iPod Touch units and use them to control the Macs connected to my TVs and can control them from any room in my house.

Rowmote Pro adds a wireless touchpad and keyboard – complete with landscape mode, two finger scrolling and right clicking, dragging, accented / extended character support, and more – to the clean and powerful remote control of Rowmote!

Rowmote requires Mac OS X 10.4.0 or later or an Apple TV.  The free Rowmote Helper program must be running on the system to be controlled; please see the special Apple TV instructions if needed. (Apple TV notes: The ‘Apps’ remote is for the Mac only, not for the Apple TV; the Rowmote Pro keyboard works in all Mac applications and currently in some third party Apple TV apps, such as Boxee).

Rowmote is a steal at $0.99.  Couple it with Apple’s free Remote app to turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into the ultimate controller for home stereo, mobile presentation, or casual video viewing.  Rowmote Pro is better than the competition and still less expensive at $4.99. Choose Rowmote Pro if you want complete control over your computer, or choose Rowmote if you want to emulate the Apple hardware remote on your device. Download today!

TomTom for iPhone 3G & 3GS

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

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TomTom has made navigation available for your iPhone 3G. All you need is:

  • TomTom app including the latest maps (coming soon to the iTunes App Store)
  • TomTom car kit that offers secure docking, enhanced GPS performance, clear voice instructions and hands-free calling, while charging your iPhone at the same time.

Starting Price $TBA

Stealth Macbook Pro by Colorware

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

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Colorware has just released the Stealth Macbook Pro ($6,000) limited edition notebook. The notebook is coated in black SofTouch material and features the following specs:

  • ColorWare Custom Stealth MacBook® Pro
  • 15″ Matte Widescreen Display
  • 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2×4GB)
  • 256GB solid-state drive
  • SuperDrive 8x
  • Backlit Keyboard

There are only 10 of these machines being produced so buy yours today.

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Understudy for Front Row

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Have a Mac with FrontRow? Now you can watch Netflix movies and Hulu directly from your computer using FrontRow. Download a free plugin called Understudy. You’ll also need to download and install Hulu’s free desktop program.

Understudy allows access to streaming video through the Front Row interface of Mac OS X. The user can subscribe to multiple feeds, and select a video to watch from them. Understudy currently supports Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, and to some degree the BBC iPlayer.

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