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Want to Keep Your iPod? Don’t Leave It in the Car

Yeah, it’s common sense to take your valuables with you when you park. Online police blotters make it seem, however, that a parked car is a virtual shopping mall for thieves. A few recent examples: – An iPod was reported stolen from a vehicle broken into in the 3100 block of...

Apple Relents, Issues Promo Codes for +17 Apps on iTunes

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This article is copyright Cultomedia Corp. Apple has started re-issuing promo codes for +17 apps  on iTunes. It’s unclear whether the lack of promo codes for these apps — which range from adult-oriented pics to eReaders which allow unfiltered content — was a glitch...

Transform Your Old Mac into a Second Screen

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This article is copyright Cultomedia Corp. If you feel there’s no such thing as too much screen real estate, you might want to recycle your old Mac as a display for your laptop. Popular Mechanics suggests downloading  ScreenRecycler (there’s a gratis or $29 version) a...

Go Retro-Fabulous with Happy Mac iPhone Case

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This article is copyright Cultomedia Corp. This handmade iPhone cover enlists an Apple icon born in the early 1980s to protect your smart device. The gray felt case sporting a Happy Mac face is 5.125″ high x 3.25″ wide, so it should fit all iPhone...

Microsoft Laptop Hunter Ads Sans Prices After Apple Complains: So What?

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This article is copyright Cultomedia Corp. Apple recently complained to Microsoft about its “Laptop Hunter” ad series where pseudo-everyday consumers go on a shopping quest to buy computers on a limited budget. In what Microsoft Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner called “the greatest single phone call,” Apple lawyers rang up...

DIY Acrylic iPhone Dock A Clear Winner

Tod Kurt put together this clean, clear iPhone dock from four pieces of acrylic scraps. He was inspired to create it after buying a case that wouldn’t work with traditional docks. More details and close-up pic after the jump. He says of his clear confection: “it’s made of four slices...

Cringe As Bikini Babes Smash “Unpatriotic” iPods in Anti-Apple Video

This video, from Drew Carey’s libertarian-leaning ReasonTV, is supposed to convince Americans that they shouldn’t buy iPods. Why? They may be “designed by Apple in California” but almost all of the 451-odd parts hail from abroad — the screen from Japan, the battery from Chile the CPU design from Britain — and it’s assembled, of course, in...

Five Apple Stores to Visit Before You Die

As Apple ponders a makeover of some of its stores — the first international remodel is underway in Brighton now — it’s a good time to consider which of the over 250 retail outlets are worth making a pilgrimage to, or a slight detour if something goes awry while...

Apple Lawyers Downplay iPod Overheating Problems?

Reports of faulty iPod batteries — from the torched Saab or the recent problems in Korea over Nanos –  are occasionally in the news. One investigation now claims that Apple lawyers tried to hush-up battery problems that have led to fires. Amy Clancy at KIRO TV, the CBS affiliate in Seattle,...

Conman Switching Apple iPods for Potatoes Bagged By Police

A British thief was busted in Germany after posing as broke tourist selling his iPod and electronics gear to get home. The sorta-samaritans walked away and realized instead of MP3 players and video gear they had bought a camcorder bag full of potatoes. It’s one of the oldest tricks in the...

Kids Be Gone: Noise Deterrent App Keeps Kids at Bay (And Parents Sane?)

If you’ve told the kids 100 times not to interrupt while you work in the home office, maybe it’s time to download a new app that emits a high-frequency pitch that anyone under the age of 25 finds seriously annoying. Called Kids Be Gone, it works like a teen deterrent...