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iPhone apps weekly digest: The day Mr Mediocre came to town and got smashed in the face by Gorillacam

It's time for our weekly digest of tiny iPhone reviews, courtesy of iPhoneTiny.com, with some extra commentary exclusive to Cult of Mac.
This time, we review 4×4 Jam, A Doodle Fly, Business Card Reader, Gorillacam, Magnetic Joe, Magnetic Joe 2, Neocell Fighters Evolution, Noise.io LE, Rasta Monkey, Samurai: Way of the Warrior, and Ultimate Video [...:]

What are you playing on your iPhone this weekend? Us: "Space Miner: Space Ore Bust"

It's Friday, and we're all a little tired, so welcome to a new weekly whatever here on Cult of Mac, where we'll spend Friday afternoon feverishly anticipating the forthcoming weekend to be spent gaming on our iPhones with a beer balanced on our bellies. Let us know what you're playing on your iPhone in the [...:]

Daily Deals: $990 MacBook Pro 2.46GHz, 1.8GHz MacBook Air, 17″ MacBook Pro

We close out the week (and winter in the U.S.) with a trio of MacBook deals. First up is a MacBook Pro with a 2.46GHz Core 2 Duo processor, along witha 15-inch screen for $999. Next is a 1.8GHz MacBook Air with 64GB of SSD memory for $1,199. Finally, is a fully tricked-out 17-inch MacBook [...:]

TV Becoming Next Competitive Arena for Apple and Google

For some time, Apple has viewed its Apple TV product as a 'hobby.' While the device has been updated occasionally, the streaming video gadget has not been seen as a weapon in Cupertino's battle with Google for media supremacy. However, that may change as word leaks that Google, Intel and Sony have teamed-up for GoogleTV.
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Would-be iPad killer, the HP Slate, is just a Windows 7 netbook on the inside

Back when everyone thought Apple's tablet was going to be called the iSlate, HP stole the rumored name for their own iPad-esque wedge of aluminum and metal, the HP Slate, but the specs remained a mystery. Now Spanish gadget blog Clipset has the details on HP's forthcoming tablet, confirming pretty much what we knew all [...:]

Security Expert: "Mac OS X Is Safer, But Less Secure"

Tech site H-Online has an interesting story today, quoting security expert Charlie Miller about his forthcoming talk at the CanSecWest conference next week.
He says OS X is full of security holes. There are lots more than in Windows, he claims.
And yet: OS X is a safer system to use. Why? Because, in the words [...:]

27-inch iMac's panel will be used for K59, Apple's next Cinema Display

It was inevitable that Apple's 27-inch iMac would eventually be stripped off the computer guts that drove it and pared down into Apple's long-anticipated update to their original LED-backlit Cinema Display… and now that the 27-inch iMac's perpetual quality assurance problems seem to have been ironed out, it looks like that's just what we're [...:]

UK Heritage Charity Opens Up, Releases iPhone App

The National Trust is one of the UK's national treasures – a charity that looks after all manner of old and ancient pieces of British heritage.
That means owning and maintaining miles of coastline, acres of woodlands, heaths, mountains and gardens, and quite a few stately homes.
The Trust is much loved, but it has something of [...:]

Square-Enix releases trailer for their next iPhone RPG, "Chaos Rings"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuiXjmhZ4-8
While not a Final Fantasy game per se, Square-Enix's latest game Chaos Rings (to be released sometime soonish for the iPhone and iPod Touch) has all the hallmarks of their most famous series of JRPGs.
A white-haired protagonist wielding a sword bigger than the length of his body? Check. NPCs androgynously envisioned by character [...:]

Apple Swears Developers to Secrecy for Early iPad Access

Although you can't read a Mac publication or talk about Apple without stumbling over lengthy coverage of the iPad, for developers wanting a sneak peak before April 3, the story is much different. Much. In a 10-page document, Apple binds developers to the strictest rules of secrecy outside the CIA.
In a requirement harkening back to [...:]