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DIY Upgrade Kit Bumps Your Apple TV to 160GB

If the thought of cracking open your newly minted Apple TV doesn’t make you weak in the knees, WeaKnees just started shipping its do-it-yourself hard drive upgrade kit. For $199, the unit lets you replace the drive in your Apple TV with a pre-formatted 160GB Seagate drive. You get the tools, setup pictures, and phone/email…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Apr 12

Apple’s New Mac vs PC Ads: Could this be a Cure for Insomnia?

Apple’s latest Mac vs PC ads are out. Yawn. See the second one after the ju….. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Apple Releases Two New “Get a Mac” ads[TechEBlog]

Tech News Ad Dugdale Apr 12

Some CEO: Apple Mulling Subscription Service for iTunes

The CEO of Intent Media Works is telling CNNMoney that Apple is “is seriously considering a subscription offering” for iTunes based on what’s he heard in “meetings with people from Apple.” We’re skeptical. IMW is “a digital distribution system that works with peer-to-peer networks.” Why is Apple meeting with him? That aside, if he was…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 11

Make Your iPod Kid-Safe

It’s never too early to start indoctrinating your children into the Church of Apple, and this iFrogz Tadpole iPod Case can do just that. Featuring big ol’ handles to let the young ones grab it and kid-sized headphones, it’s the perfect way to let your kid appreciate the clean design and intuitive functionality of the…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 11

16GB Nanos, Touchscreen iPods and More By September, Says Citigroup

Citigroup analyst Richard Gardner couldn’t hold back on speculating about Apple’s upcoming products, and their subsequent success, according to a report released to clients this week. Follow the jump for the best nuggets of prognostication, pulled from AppleInsider’s account… •OSX Leopard release will happen on June 11 and will mean $50 to $75 million extra…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 11

First Third Party iPhone App Probably a Bluff

I don’t know how this managed to pass Apple’s Dashboard editors, but apparently there’s a new widget that claims to be compatible with the iPhone: Scenario Poker. The description includes “Zoomable!”and “Designed for the size of iPhone’s touch screen.” Apple claims that Dashboard submissions are “subject to review” and reserves the right to “omit, edit…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 10

Made For iPhone (Or Any Other Phone You May Own)

It happened. “For the iPhone” has become a sales catchphrase. And in these first instances, when nary a third-party manufacturer is likely to have his hands on anything like an iPhone, the use of the term is fairly lame. Amazon is selling a Gomadic Wireless Bluetooth Headset for the Apple iPhone. If you read the…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 10

iTunes Streaming Music/Video to Phones: Whatchu Talkin’ Bout CNet?

Dude, CNet’s Erica Ogg just pulled quick one on me! Her headline is “iTunes streamed to your phone? Possibly.” Whoa! Actually, No Whoa. What they’re talking about is using the excellent, yet non-specific ability of a Slingbox to stream iTunes to an Apple TV, and then using a HD equipped Slingbox Pro to stream Apple…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 9

Adwatch: First Apple TV Ad On, Well, TV

It’s the first broadcast ad for Apple TV, which plays content from your computer on your TV, shown on TV, that you’re watching on your computer—sorry, I think my brain just exploded, but I’m not sure if it was on my TV or on my computer. Update: Replaced ultra-meta version showing the ad on a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 9

100 Million iPods—in Sony’s Face

It’s official. Apple has sold 100 million iPods. According to the press release, this isn’t just some round number. Apparently, 100 million units sold in five and a half years makes the iPod “the fastest selling music player in history.” As if that wasn’t enough of a potshot at Sony, makers of the now-forgotten Walkman,…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 9

Apple TV Hack Brings RSS Feeds to Your Living Room

So now that Apple TV has gotten the mandatory Mario hack, the guys at twenty08 are giving Apple’s slim box another feature, the ability to read basic RSS1.x/2.x feeds. Once downloaded, the plug-in gives Apple’s box an extra channel, letting it display your favorite news headlines. ATOM feeds and video RSS support are coming soon.…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Apr 9

Super Mario Brothers Running On Apple TV: Video

A reader, Rusty, sent in this video of himself playing Super Mario Bros. on his Apple TV, which, in my Nintendo fanboy opinion, totally blows away those other top 5 hacks. Who cares about running XviD files—or hell, even the legit functions—when you can play Mario? He says: Standard ATV OS with a few hacks.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 8

FastMac Upgrades Your Mac with Blu-ray Drive

Wanna give your Mac a high-def kick in the nads? FastMac’s new Blu-ray optical drive lets you load up your spankin’ new iMac or MacBook Pro with a slot-loading Blu-ray drive that’ll give you 1x BD-RW speeds and support for 50GB Blu-ray discs. Unfortunately, because it’s a slot-loading drive, there’s no Mac Pro support (although…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Apr 6

A Balda-Faced iPhone?

Though Apple usually prefers two sources for its components—better to foster competition among the vassals and keep supply chains nice and smooth—BusinessWeek says “it’s an open secret” that German touchscreen maker Balda is the only squire worthy enough to build the Apple iPhone screen. Balda now makes glass-surfaced screens that are far more sensitive, thinner,…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 6

Apple Patent Brings Multi-Size Icons to the Finder

Looks like Apple has some hidden tricks up its sleeve for OS X. A recent patent shows how the Mac OS X Finder may one day be able to display different-sized icons. So the bigger the icon, the more important it is in that particular window. (Users will also be able to assign which icons…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Apr 6

The Best iPhone Guide Ever Now Available for Pre-order

Did you guys see that iPhone for Dummies book cover floating around the blogs today? That’s a weird cover, isn’t it? The girl’s holding an iPod up to her ear. I mean, aren’t these guys supposed to know the difference between and iPod and and iPhone? Plus, you guys aren’t dummies, so why would you…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 6

Confirmed: Apple TV Has No Backdoors

Remember that rumor about Apple locking out hacked Apple TVs? Well, their official word is that no, they don’t do that. https://gizmodo.com/pirate-fighting-rumor-apple-locking-hacked-apple-tvs-247983 Apple’s just said they did not put a backdoor into the Apple TV and whatever you do with your box is your own business. Just don’t come around with a broken Apple TV…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 5

Apple TV Hard Drive Upgraded For a Price

Now that you know everything there is to know about Apple TV, here’s a service where you can pay someone to upgrade it for you. Sure, you may be comfortable swapping out the disk, but your mom or uncle—who the Apple TV is targeted to anyway—may not. https://gizmodo.com/round-up-reference-the-best-apple-tv-posts-from-giz-an-246487 To upgrade the 40GB disk to 60GB…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 5

Madonna Gets an iPhone, Is Still an Old Floozy

I usually try to stray away from the celebrity gossip goods and leave it to my Gawker brethren at Defamer, but this is too good to pass up. It seems Madonna is the proud owner of an iPhone a few months prior to the official release date, at least according to the fine folks at…

Tech News Travis Hudson Apr 5

Rumor: New Apple TVs with Mystery Features Coming Soon

Thanks to a keen-eyed Apple fanboy, rumors of new Apple TVs are starting to spread. Why? Well, it appears that the Apple TV “Buy Me” page has a “Select Your Apple TV” option up top. That option is only used when the product has various models (like the Mac mini). Apple is gonna have new…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Apr 5

DIY Upgrade Kit Bumps Your Apple TV to 160GB

Apple’s New Mac vs PC Ads: Could this be a Cure for Insomnia?

Some CEO: Apple Mulling Subscription Service for iTunes

Make Your iPod Kid-Safe

16GB Nanos, Touchscreen iPods and More By September, Says Citigroup

First Third Party iPhone App Probably a Bluff

Made For iPhone (Or Any Other Phone You May Own)

iTunes Streaming Music/Video to Phones: Whatchu Talkin’ Bout CNet?

Adwatch: First Apple TV Ad On, Well, TV

100 Million iPods—in Sony’s Face

Apple TV Hack Brings RSS Feeds to Your Living Room

Super Mario Brothers Running On Apple TV: Video

FastMac Upgrades Your Mac with Blu-ray Drive

A Balda-Faced iPhone?

Apple Patent Brings Multi-Size Icons to the Finder

The Best iPhone Guide Ever Now Available for Pre-order

Confirmed: Apple TV Has No Backdoors

Apple TV Hard Drive Upgraded For a Price

Madonna Gets an iPhone, Is Still an Old Floozy

Rumor: New Apple TVs with Mystery Features Coming Soon

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