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Blu-ray Internal Recordable Drive for Mac Pros

Mac professionals keen on mastering their own Blu-ray movies can finally get started thanks to MCE’s internal Blu-ray drive. It supports 50GB dual-layer discs and ships now for $699. You’re not spending the better part of a grand just for a drive—on no! You also get Roxio Toast 8 Titanium, which enables you to write…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 24

Rumor: Widescreen Touch iPod, Beatles Edition, To be Announced at Super Bowl?

Yeah, right, Steve Jobs is going to get on the field at half time and announce a new iPod and Beatles collaboration with cheerleaders backing him up. Good one. Wait, what’s that? They’re going to announce a product by commercial? Yeah, that’s even more Apple-like. Uh huh. One more thing….Touchdown! UPDATE: Oh, how could I…

Tech News Brian Lam Jan 24

The Sidekick III Gets iPhoned

Who else thinks skinning your phone like the iPhone has jumped the shark? iBored [mrpunk2u – THanks Matt!]

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 24

MyOrigo MyDevice Becomes Relevant Again Thanks to the iPhone

We covered this way back in the Johnson administration, but this MyOrigo MyDevice is a tilt-sensing touch-screen phone that looks nothing like the iPhone. It was released in late 2003 to little fanfare, even though there’s only one exterior button and an auto-switching portrait/landscape function. Sound familiar? After the Macworld announcement, F-Origin made up a…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 24

How To Read Gizmodo Without the iPhone Posts

Getting tired of the iPhone? Here’s a way to read Gizmodo and get everything BUT iPhone posts. Here’s what you do: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/not:ip… Easy, right? If you don’t want posts about boobies: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/not:bo… And if you don’t want posts about Microsoft or boobies: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/not:bo… Have fun! Thanks Gina! https://lifehacker.com/how-to-exclude-tags-from-lifehacker-feeds-231000

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 24

Leaked: Screenshots of OS X Leopard Terminal, Parental Controls, More

Click to viewWe have stumbled upon what appears to be the latest developer’s release screenshots of the newest installment of Apple OS X, Leopard. The screenshots show some of the new screensavers, a nice media browser, Bluetooth controls, parental controls and a whole slew of terminal options. Looking pretty good, so far. We’ll just have…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 24

M&Ms: Apple Logo Melts in Your Mouth

A tipster who works for the sister company of M&M Mars picked up a few bags of the chocolate candies at the company’s outlet store where he works in Australia, and what did he find but Apple logos printed on some of the M&Ms inside. A fluke? Part of an upcoming promo campaign in Australia?…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 24

Ry Cooder Uses iTunes to Master his New Album

Ry Cooder, prolific solo artist and talented session musician, was having a lot of trouble getting his new album to sound right. Then, by accident, he discovered the magic method to mastering his record and making it sound awesome: iTunes. By burning it with the “sound enhancer” accidentally turned on, Cooder got his album sounding…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 24

CNET Jokingly Reviews the iPhone (Verdict: Groundbreaking, Expensive, Not Out Yet)

You think our coverage of the iPhone is overblown? Hah! CNET has already reviewed the damn thing (kinda), giving it an 8.3 and the much coveted Editor’s Choice label. Ok, so maybe the review is more of a “what would a review look like” type deal, but many of the comments are still relevant. The…

Reviews Nicholas Deleon Jan 24

XSKN Keyboard Skin for Photoshop Users

If your photoshop skills suck as bad as ours does—queen of poop anyone?—this keyboard skin for Apple laptops may just be the thing for you. The XSKN is just a silicone keyboard skin with the appropriate Photoshop shortcut keys silk screened onto the surface. This way you can just look down at your keyboard to…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 23

The “i” in iTunes Doesn’t Stand for “International”

Paul Collins has a great piece detailing the restrictions blocking users from buying tracks on iTunes across national lines. For instance, if you switch your country setting to Japan looking to score some Japan X or Gackt tracks, your US credit card tags you as “illegal,” barring your entry into international digital cosmopolitanism. Of course,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 23

Afternoon Timekiller: Apple iBlinds

Sometimes people just have too much damn time on their hands. Nevertheless, good craftsmanship. Thanks, Michael –Travis Hudson

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 23

Rumormill: Next Apple Event on February 20

Anonymous sources have told Apple Recon that the next Apple special event is slated for February 20. Let the rumors begin! Well, the widescreen iPod iPhone thingie was already announced, so uh, what could be left? Software and desktop updates, of course! Leopard, iWork ’07 and updated Mac Pros are all being speculated. If you…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 23

Steve Jobs on the iPhone: It May Change the Whole Phone Industry

For anyone who may have missed it, Planet iPhone has a recap of Steve Jobs’ CNBC interview on the iPhone. In it he discusses why Apple got into the handheld market (it’s cause they feel the category needed to be reinvented), why they backpedaled on video (turns out there is demand for video—go figure), and…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Jan 23

iPhone Lookalike: Pimp Your Smartphone

Just can’t wait until next summer to get your hands on that scrumptious iPhone? You can modify that smartphone you’re using now to have icons that look a whole lot like it. That’s what W.G. did with his 6700 from Sprint, ending up with an odd mix of WinMo menus and iPhone icons. He did…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 23

Cisco Responds to iPhone GPL Clusterlovemaking – Open Source Wi-Fi Phone Coming?

Cisco’s iPhone GPL violations may be delicious irony to Apple fans, but it’s actually something even better to open source fans. How? Let us remind you of the Linksys WRT routers. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-ironic-cisco-fiasco-230261 Yes, Cisco/Linksys has had problems with GPL before. From what we heard from the tech industry when that scandal hit (2003-ish), Linksys was…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 22

Accountants Say Apple’s $1.99 802.11n Tax is Bogus

Remember Apple’s $1.99 charge to update current laptops to 802.11n? Well, according to Lynn Turner, former chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, “[generally accepted accounting principles] doesn’t require you to charge squat.” https://gizmodo.com/update-apple-to-charge-1-99-to-activate-802-11n-229773 She adds, “You charge whatever you want. GAAP doesn’t even remotely address whether or not you charge for a significant…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 22

iPhone Ringtone Remixed Into 90’s RPG Soundtrack: Listen Here

Last week, we posted the iPhone ringtone Steve Jobs showed us at the Keynote. Yay! Then we were asked to take it down. Awww. But not before some reader transcribed the ringtone into sheet music. Which many readers have gone on to make into personalized versions, including this full on song by music education student…

Tech News Brian Lam Jan 22

Sad and Confused Girl Sings Love Song to 24-inch Display

This girl sings that terrible James Blunt song "You’re Beautiful," but changes the lyrics to be about a Mac Pro with 24-inch cinema display. She then videotapes herself fawning over said computer at the Apple store and cuts it with her singing. If you ever wanted solid evidence that Apple fanboys and fangirls are totally…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 22

iSkin MacBook Sheath Reviewed (Verdict: Like a Condom—Safer, Less Feeling)

Remember those IBM clacking keyboards from way back in the day? And sometimes they would have a piece of plastic covering it that conformed perfectly to each key? iSkin unretired that 10-year-old idea with these Apple keyboard sheaths. These plastic sheaths sit on the top of MacBook, MacBook Pro, Powerbook and iBook keyboards and protect…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 22

Blu-ray Internal Recordable Drive for Mac Pros

Rumor: Widescreen Touch iPod, Beatles Edition, To be Announced at Super Bowl?

The Sidekick III Gets iPhoned

MyOrigo MyDevice Becomes Relevant Again Thanks to the iPhone

How To Read Gizmodo Without the iPhone Posts

Leaked: Screenshots of OS X Leopard Terminal, Parental Controls, More

M&Ms: Apple Logo Melts in Your Mouth

Ry Cooder Uses iTunes to Master his New Album

CNET Jokingly Reviews the iPhone (Verdict: Groundbreaking, Expensive, Not Out Yet)

XSKN Keyboard Skin for Photoshop Users

The “i” in iTunes Doesn’t Stand for “International”

Afternoon Timekiller: Apple iBlinds

Rumormill: Next Apple Event on February 20

Steve Jobs on the iPhone: It May Change the Whole Phone Industry

iPhone Lookalike: Pimp Your Smartphone

Cisco Responds to iPhone GPL Clusterlovemaking – Open Source Wi-Fi Phone Coming?

Accountants Say Apple’s $1.99 802.11n Tax is Bogus

iPhone Ringtone Remixed Into 90’s RPG Soundtrack: Listen Here

Sad and Confused Girl Sings Love Song to 24-inch Display

iSkin MacBook Sheath Reviewed (Verdict: Like a Condom—Safer, Less Feeling)

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