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iTunes 9.1 Now Available Via Software Update, Jailbreakers Be Cautious

With the iPad's imminent arrival, we knew it would be coming, and now it's here: load up "Software Update" now to slurp iTunes 9.1 down to your Mac. The update weighs in at 102.1MB.
As reported, the changes involve the addition of a "Books" category, some improvements to the way Genius Mixes are handled and the [...:]

Beaming Down to an iPad Near You: the Star Trek iPADD App

In the final frontier of the App Store, the upcoming, Star Trek-inspired iPADD app boldly goes where no app has gone before beaming the tablet technology of the 24th Century to the iPad of the day.
Oh, sure, it's just a neat little skin with some clever sound effects for a rudimentary journal program (the "Captain's [...:]

The Desk Phone Dock Turns Your iPhone Into A Landline Speakerphone

Sometimes, I look at my iPhone and, fighting the quell of soul-sickness, remark to myself "Yeah, I guess it's a pretty good phone, but I wish it had a cord."
Cords, after all, are very useful things: they allow even the cheapest telephone to enjoy the dual-function of a tethered nunchuck, can be wound tight [...:]

iPad To Be Released Internationally on April 24th?

Perched like Olympians upon the penthouse patios of the gleaming skyscrapers that perforate the very sky of the home of the brave, you Americans are noble and blessed creatures who almost always get the latest Apple products long before the rest of us unfortunate indigents of the Earth's farther flung butthole shores.
This Saturday, [...:]

Ultimate Ears SuperFi 5vi Deliver Great Sound, Terrible Name [Review]

Let's face it: if there's one thing Apple is really not known for, it's making great headphones. The white buds that ship with every iPod and iPhone deliver mediocre-at-best sound (while constantly falling out of your ears), and the microphones built into the phone models tend to pick up nothing but wind.
I was converted a [...:]

Posterous Founder Predicts The Death Of The Finder

Sachin Agarwal is one of the founders of hip email blogging service Posterous – but he used to work for Apple, and like a lot of us, he has opinions about OS X.
His latest is something that sparks a certain amount of controversy, because he's predicting the imminent death of the Finder.

Sachin's been reading between [...:]

iPad Guided Tours Reveal More Of Apple's "My Documents"

The iPad Guided Tours that Apple published yesterday are a great way of getting a better idea of what it will actually be like to use an iPad.
But they also show us how Apple's own "My Documents" feature – first spotted by us back in February – will work.

Documents are displayed large, and you flip [...:]

Interview With An iPod Collector: "iPods Are The Symbols Of Our Time"

Keen computer collector Melissa Maloney has a lot of iPods. A LOT of iPods. And quite a few computers too, including an ancient Canon Cat.
I saw her stuff and wanted to ask her: Why do you have so many iPods? What's the appeal of these old computers? So I did. And here's what she [...:]

How Woz Gets Multitasking On His iPhone

Ever the genius engineer, Woz has figured out a simple and elegant way to run two iPhone apps simultaneously (otherwise known as multitasking).
He has two iPhones.
Having two iPhones also doubles his battery life.
"By the way, I solved the problem of battery life and [the lack of:] multitasking on the iPhone," Woz told Dan Lyons of [...:]

Daily Deals: $1,199 MacBook Air, App Store Price Drops, $49 iPhone 3G

We start off with another deal on MacBook Air laptops from the Apple Store. These deals include a 1.8GHz MacBook Air for $1,199. Also on tap is a new round of App Store price drops, including Amateur Surgeon, for you, well, amateur surgeons out there. Finally, we wrap up the top trio with some refurbed [...:]