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These utilities allow some Windows apps and games to run on a Mac without Windows itself. Major updates bring support for more apps and games, as well as a core software update that includes more than 23,000 changes.

Microsoft's CEO told analysts that the company is aggressively pursuing slates, although he gave few details.

This well-designed app replicates cross-processing effects on your mobile photos. It's a good single-purpose app, though other App Store offerings allow you to give a cross-processed look to your photos, along with many other popular low-fi options.

The American Museum of Natural History Explorer app gives visitors a guided tour of the museum, complete with turn by turn directions, and information on exhibits.

RIM is expected to announce details of the iPhone-esque BlackBerry 9800 next week. Tony Bradley of PCWorld looks at what the new smartphone could mean for RIM

The latest update to Synium Software's Mac Family Tree brings an overhauled interface and a handful of new features.

This virtual turntable app isn't inexpensive. But it produces realistic scratching sounds and effectively mimics the look and feel of using real turntables.

Dan Frakes updates his first look at the Magic Trackpad with a final review and rating.

Well, whether we like it or believe it, the numbers are in. The folks behind Mytype, a personality-typing application for Facebook (and we all know how accurate those can be) claim to have the scuttlebutt about iPad users. We are, according to a recent survey of 20,000 individuals, pretty terrible people. According to the survey results, if you own an iPad, you're pretty much the Devil:

"When asked about the iPad, these respondents answered that they already bought one or have a certain, near-term intent to buy one. These iPad Owners are best characterized as selfish elites. Wealthier, older and more educated, they are sophisticated, highly value power and achievement, and are not very kind or altruistic."

And what about the folks out there that haven't sprung for an Apple-branded tablet?

"iPad critics, on the other hand, tend to be independent geeks: self-directed young people who look down on conformity and are interested in video games, computers, electronics, science and the internet."

Wealthy, clever, selfish and power hungry. If you've read your Milton, you'll know that what you got there is a lil' bit of Lucifer and--Oh noes!  I own an iPad AND I've read Paradise Lost! Even worse, I spent so much money buying an iPad that now I don't have anything left to hand over to charity! I'm a sort-of educated, non-alturistic hedonist! MyType, you got me pegged!

All sarcasam aside, While the report's numbers might be sound, one must wonder over the presentation of the data. Pigeonholing a group of users as being wealthy elitest is hyperbole designed to elicit an inflammatory response. Suggesting, however, that the individuals surveyed who did not own an iPad tend to be interested in video games, computing, and the internet--all things that the iPad handles amazingly well--is a statement that while pandering to the hearts of iPad haters everywhere, defies logic. How can the key traits of an individual that wants nothing to do with an iPad also be used to describe some of the core features of the tablet? That sort of thing is bound to start a flame war.

And that may well be the point. A quick jaunt over to the company's Wordpress blog shows only two postings: One touting iPad survey results, and the other making snarky over the 2008 presidential elections. Both are hot-button topics for those that care, chosen and posted in the last few weeks, no doubt, to raise the company's public profile. While such tactics make for sound advertising, they detract from the respectability company, and as such, the reliability of the data as a whole.

 

 

 

Facebook launched a beta version of its new "Facebook Questions" service, which lets you pose questions that the rest of the Facebook community can answer.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is currently investigating concerns that the iPhone 3G slows down significantly after the device is upgraded to iOS 4. Though this response comes more than a month too late, it's comforting to know that the Cupertino-based technology giant is looking into resolving this slight annoyance.

Faithful Apple fans have resolved to posting parody videos on YouTube and complaining in the official forums, so it was only a matter of time until the company addressed the issue.

We'd gather that Folders and a unified Inbox are really not worth the hassle of a phone operating at snail-like speeds. For now, we strongly suggest not updating your 3G to iOS 4, and possibly rolling it back if you've already made that step.


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Once thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010.

Developed by Halfbrick Studios, Fruit Ninja HD is a funny, quick game for the iPad that combines two ideal game qualities: It’s easy to learn and fun to master.

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry are demanding a response from Apple Japan on the reports that overheating iPod nanos have caused at least 27 incidents in the country. The Japanese iPod nano owners left the iDevice charging for so long, that the battery pack became too hot and began sparking. There have been six different fires and four people burned as a result of this mishap.

Apple's Japan division has yet to issue a public statement, or respond to government questioning and requests for action. 

"The ministry repeatedly asked Apple Japan to take market measures, such as giving warnings or recalling the products, but it has failed to do so," says a Ministry official.

It appears that the iPod nanos in question are 2005 models, but Japan wants to know how many other similar incidents have happened around the world. The problem is believed to have been caused by potentially faulty lithium-ion batteries.

via iPodNN

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Now there's a better way to get your 15 minutes of fame on the internet--literally. YouTube has increased the maximum duration of video clips from 10 minutes to 15 minutes, which means that you've got an extra five minutes to tell the world why you deserve your own reality television show, or why you greatly despise the lol cat meme.

YouTube Partners--companies that have their own channels on the massive video streaming site--have already had the privilege to upload videos longer than 10 minutes, but now the Average Joe will also be able to rant and rave freely on the site's servers.

Well, if anything, this just means you'll be seeing longer videos from Mac|Life in the future. Wahoo! Fifteen minutes of more of your favorite editors.


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Melissa Perenson of PCWorld takes the third-generation Kindle for a spin and is impressed.

It was only a matter of time before someone made this idea a reality. According to iPodNN, Sprint is preparing a case to pair both a MiFi device and an iPod touch in a single design. The device, called the ZTE Peel, would allow the iPod touch and surrounding devices to connect via Wi-Fi to the mobile hotspot.

The FCC filing, which was uncovered late Wednesday, shows a few pictures of the device. And while we don't yet know the full details, the device may be able to charge via a mini USB port on the side. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that the iPod touch would attach to the device through the dock connector, which means you will still have to take the iDevice out to charge it.

There have been no rumors surrounding such a device from Sprint, and therefore there have been no leaked news regarding the device.

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Macworld's September 2010 issue features a cover shot of an iPhone 4 taken and processed with another iPhone 4.

SendStuffNow is a new, secure file-sharing service for small-to-medium businesses and professionals. It gets around the limitations of e-mail and FTP, and its new iPhone and iPad management app is now available.

Media player offers options collecting, managing, and enjoying audio and video from the Web.