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Daily Deals: $2,149 Mac Pro Xeon Workstation, App Store Price Drops, Blu-rayRipper Pro

As the U.S. enjoys some above-normal temps after a deluge of rain, we take a look at a variety of Mac-related deals. First up is some Mac Pro Xeon workstations, including a 2.66GHz quad-core model model starting at $2,149. Next is a new batch of App Store price drops, including the venerable "Boggle." We wrap [...:]

KamAlert Will Email Video Of The Bad Guys To The Cops

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXTbpJt7nn8
Like the Silent Bodyguard app we mentioned two weeks ago, KamAlert will, in an emergency, text authorities — or whomever the user wants — and include details like GPS data in the messege. But KamAlert claims to add two powerful security features: a sensor that uses the camera to detect motion that can automatically trigger [...:]

Watch Full iPad Episode of Modern Family Here

"Next week! That's like the worst thing you could say to an early adopter!"
Thanks, Hulu. Of course, the only people who won't be able to watch are those lucky bastards who already have an iPad…

iPhone Apps Weekly Digest: Battlezone Goes Crazy, Drum Machines and Loops, Art Toys and Games

It's time for our weekly digest of tiny iPhone reviews (well, it's a day early, but, you know, it's a holiday weekend, so…), courtesy of iPhoneTiny.com, with some extra commentary exclusive to Cult of Mac.
This time, we review Chemical Pixel, Color Magic Deluxe, ..™, Easy Beats Pro, Looptastic Gold, Rotate Video, Saturation, Vector Tanks Extreme, [...:]

The iLoser Returns to 5th Avenue Apple Store to Wait for the iPad

Remember this grossy? The greasy hair, the unshaped moustache adorned with old bits of scrambled egg and dollops of congealed bean juice, the belly as super-inflated as the abdominal cavity of some male pregnancy fetishist's dream hunk? His name's Greg Packer, and in 2007 he was the first guy in line outside of Apple's Fifth [...:]

Scammers Use iPhone to Plan Crime

Two men charged in federal court with planting credit card skimmers at gas stations used an iPhone to plan the crime.
The Hummer-driving, iPhone toting pair hit eight gas stations in central Utah before an attendant noticed the devices. He provided security cam footage of Robert Fichidzhyan, 27, and Levon Karamyan, 55, both of California, installing [...:]

The iPhone-to-iPad Converter: Not A Bad Little April Fool's Gag

I may hate April Fool's Day, but I can still appreciate a good gag product when I see one, like this iPhone-to-iPad Converter. It's like a microfilm reader for your iPhone: Just slap your iPhone in, let the display upscaler do its thing and you've got an iPad for just a fraction of the price [...:]

The Otterbox Defender Case Is Armor For The iPhone [Review]

The Otterbox Defender iPhone Case is the Hummer of iPhone cases. Offering three layers of plastic armor, it protects the iPhone in any terrain.
The Defender case is chunky but offers serious protection for tough jobs. This is a case for construction workers, firefighters, and stunt skateboarders.
The Otterbox Defender has three layers to protect your iPhone [...:]

Survey: Android Edges Out iPhone

The number of people planning to buy an Android-based phone in the next 90 days jumped to 30 percent in March, nine points higher than the December survey conducted by ChangeWave. First-adopters interested in buying an iPhone over the next three months hit 29 percent, inching up just a single point since December. The researchers [...:]

iTunes 9.1 Says Remote.App Will Work On The iPad

Mostly because every oom in my house right down to the bathroom contains a pair of speakers hooked up to an Airport Express, the true killer app on the iPhone and iPod Touch is Apple's official Remote app, which allows you to control and stream your iTunes library with painless ease.
I always assumed that [...:]