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iPhone Personal Theater, Download Version Now $12

Gary Katz, patron saint of kids and parents stuck indoors with his iPhone theater in a box, has now developed a download version. (The mail-order version cost $20.)
For just $12 you get high-quality images and a choice of walls, ceilings, roofs and curtains and plus extras for a touch of customization.
It comes with instructions, you [...:]

MSI Wind netbook hackintoshed into a poor man's iPad

In the Hackintosh community, the MSI Wind is somewhat legendary for being the first netbook out there that could essentially run OS X out of the box, with all features working and no hardware hacking required.
Now it looks like the venerable Wind has another Apple bragging point: with its keyboard ripped out and its [...:]

id software's John Carmack promises "Rage" on the iPad

Although most famously known for his system-crushing, next-gen 3D engines, id software's John Carmack has been a passionate enthusiast of iPhone app development. He's personally cited the platform as a return to the older school of game design, where a single enthusiast can turn out a great game in a matter of a couple months, [...:]

iPad 3G sign-up keeps it simple (stupid)

When the iPad was first announced, Apple promised that the process for signing up for 3G service would eschew the iPhone's Mephistophelean contract with AT&T. Instead, it would be simple, allowing end users to sign up and cancel their 3G service on a month-by-month basis.
If these screenshots of the iPad's Settings panel are anything [...:]

Monday Giveaway: Entertainment iPhone App Bundles

Our Monday giveaway is looking pretty good! This week we're giving away eight apps aimed at keeping you entertained to six random Twitter Tweeters.
Make sure you follow @cultofmac on Twitter and tweet this to be entered to win a sweet app bundle of fun:
All the true gamers go to @cultofmac for Monday Giveaways! #cultofmac
Contest ends [...:]

Bottom-Feeding Jeweler Unveils Despicable Diamond iPad for $20,000

We all know the wait for the iPad, at least in the U.S., will be over on April 3, right? Wrong. True connoisseurs know they need to wait until June 1, when Mervis Diamond Importers will unleash the hideous and despicable Diamond iPad on the world. It's a bejeweled and bedazzled monstrosity boasting 11.43 carats [...:]

iPhone App Magnets To Appify Your Fridge

If – like me – your fridge is black, then these shiny iPhone app fridge magnets from Jailbreak Collective will look very smart indeed displayed on the door.
Just 13 bucks gets you a set of these icon almost-replicas. I say almost because if you look carefully, you'll see they're not identical to the Apple originals. [...:]

Tech Site Recommends 7-Year-Old IE5 Download

Soft Sailor is a tech blog I've not encountered before, but today I stumbled across a very odd post indeed. Published just yesterday, it recommends downloading something a little bit unusual: Internet Explorer 5.2.3.
Which is only, let's see now… about seven years old.
The author Dragos Pirvu writes:
"Although it's not that popular on Mac computers, [...:]

Which iPad To Buy? Get the 32GB iPad With Wi-Fi + 3G. Here's Why.

If you're in the market for an iPad — and you know you are, because it's killer — you're probably wondering which model to buy.

Naturally, you're looking at the cheapest $499 iPad, which has Wi-Fi only, but you're thinking you might also want 3G. After all, you can pay-as-you-go for data, and who knows when you [...:]

Five Fun Games: A Roadtrip Across America, Relics With Mystical Powers, Freedom with Words and More

Happy Friday! Here's this week's selection by Mac Games and More featuring fun casual games you can play into the weekend. The games include a gripping adventure game that takes players into wall paintings, a colorful road trip across America, wizardly word magic and more.




Little Shop Road Trip – It's time to hit the road [...:]