For today’s IT professional, the iPad is an addition, not a replacement
It has shortcomings, but the iPad is worth more to a sysadmin than you'd think.
Epson MegaPlex MG-850HD projector is a powerful iOS companion
When it comes to giving presentations, teaching classes, or even watching videos or photos in a group environment, there's still nothing to replace the traditional PC projector. Sure, there are little pico-projectors out now, but they lack the she...
Friday Favorite: PollEverywhere Mac Presenter grows up
When your job (or schoolwork) involves giving presentations to rooms full of more-or-less interested parties, you know how hard it can be to maintain a constructive level of audience attention. The economical cloud audience response system (ARS) p...
Feature: Practically impossible: The quest to decipher Fez’s cryptic final puzzle
Since its release last Friday, thousands of players have struggled to untangle the knotty thicket of puzzles hidden deep within Xbox 360 indie title Fez. The 2D-meets-3D puzzle platformer that drove...
Creating a DIY AppMates toy car
Our Dave Caolo likes the idea behind Disney's AppMates cars but felt the cost ($20 street price) was a bit steep for what is, essentially, a cheap car with a few capacitive pads.
He challenged me to see if I could turn a basic Matchbox unit into an...
Plants vs. Zombies updated with new mode
We haven't heard very much from PopCap on iOS lately. There was the Zuma's Revenge launch a little while ago, and before that was just the Bejeweled shakeup last year. So it's good to see the company is still working on the platform. The latest ev...
Feature: Raskally fellows: Are copyright infringers "pirates" and "thieves"?
The habit of relying on metaphors such as "piracy" and "theft" to describe violations of copyright protections can elicit enraged reactions online—“it’s infringement, not theft!” is one common l...
Feature: Electric ladyland: when battery-powered cars were built for women
In 1907, technology futurist Carl H. Claudy held forth on the electric car in the pages of Motor magazine. The vehicle, Claudy enthused, does "more work, in certain lines, than horses ever...
Feature: Hands-on: getting work done with Google’s new Aura interface for Chrome OS
Google attempted to introduce a new approach to computing when it first launched Chrome OS in 2010. The operating system consists of little more than a fullscreen Web browser perched atop...
A pair o’ docks: Edifier Tick Tock Dock and XtremeMac Luna Voyager II
Alarm docks are one of the most popular genres of charging docs for iOS devices. They not only charge your device while you sleep, but help to wake you up to tunes from your device, FM radio, or auxiliary sources such as chimes. I received a coupl...
Photojojo unleashes a trio of Belkin iPhone camera accessories: review and giveaway
One of the best places to get 1) fun, 2) useful, and 3) fun (did I already say that?) photo accessories is Photojojo.com. Since the advent of iPhoneography, Photojojo has become the go-to spot for those little attachments and goodies for your iPho...
Apple introduces VIP discounts for iBooks publishers
Some sharp eyes have once again discovered something new and cool in Apple-land. Apple appears to be offering rather hefty discounts to some (possibly all) iBooks publishers as part of a new iTunes VIP program. Information is still developing on t...
