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Twitterrific will tweet on the iPhone

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 6:52pm
Iconfactory is poised to launch their award-winning iPhone version of Twitter client Twitterrific.

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Mariner Calc brings Excel editing to the iPhone

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 6:28pm
Mariner Software is bringing its spreadsheet program to the iPhone. And with it comes the ability to edit Excel files in their native format.

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Seven open-source Mac apps you need right now

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 6:22pm
CIO.com looks at seven enterprise-ready open-source solutions that are must-haves for Mac users in the workplace.

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Wheeled/rolling laptop bags

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 4:59pm
Looking for a wheeled laptop bag to take the load off your back? Dan Frakes takes a look at four candidates in this week's Mobile Mac.

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Google and Yahoo strike deal, Microsoft's out

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 4:01pm
PC World looks at the aftermath of the Google-Yahoo deal—particularly how it affects one-time Yahoo suitor Microsoft.

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OS X virtualization options limited for desktop users

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 3:33pm
OS X does many things better than does Vista. Its restriction on virtualization is not one of those things.

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Animated comic reader coming to iPhone

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 3:04pm
Aquafadas is developing a new comic and manga reading application that will let you store your favorite graphic novels on your iPhone.

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Apple updates Xsan software to 2.1

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 2:13pm
Apple has updated its Xsan software -- storage area network software for Mac OS X Server.

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Snow Leopard: Back to Basics

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 1:46pm
Apple's new Snow Leopard announcement -- no new features, just stability and speed improvements -- is music to Jason Snell's ears.

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Opinion: What I hate about Leopard

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 1:45pm
Rick LePage has been using OS X since the earliest days. And yet it's Leopard's instabilities that have him up in arms.

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TomTom GPS Update

MacLife - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 1:42pm
Company issues resounding MaybeMaybe
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Add full-page zooming to WebKit

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 1:29pm
Learn how to implement a full-page (text, images, etc.) zoom feature in the WebKit version of the Safari browser.

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A farewell to iCards

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 1:21pm
There was plenty of news coming out of this week’s Worldwide Developer Conference, from new iPhones to future OS X updates. But in this video, we’ve decided to pay tribute to an Apple offering that’s about to disappear.

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Opinion: Snow Leopard—an OS without new features

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 12:49pm
Computerworld’s Dan Turner takes a closer look at the few details Apple has disclosed about Snow Leopard, the next version of OS X.

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Video: Woz Hacks Kathy Griffins iPhone on TV

MacLife - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 12:45pm
He really knows the way to a woman's heart.
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HTC iPhone rival launches in Taiwan Saturday

MacWorld - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 12:27pm
HTC's iPhone rival, the Touch Diamond, goes on sale in Taiwan on Saturday for $786.

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Make Your Own TV Show!

MacLife - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 12:25pm
Create a pilot by yourself and distribute it on the Web.
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One possible fix for low iPhone headset volume levels

Mac OSX Hints - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 10:30am
Here's a solution to a big problem with the Apple headset for the iPhone: the sound level in my headset had become so low, I could hardly could hear a conversation in the car. After some experimentation, I found the solution: high pressure air to clean the earpiece -- evidently the plug was clotted. The same can of pressurized air I use to clean my camera was the solution for my iPhone headset as well. It is now loud and clear again.

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Really dim down an external display

Mac OSX Hints - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 10:30am
I recently got a Dell 20" LCD to act as an external monitor for my MacBook through its Mini DVI-to-DVI connector. When working at night with only a small lamp for illumination, it was impossible to set the brightness low enough so that I wouldn't have to squint at the screen.

Inverting colors using Control-Option-Command-8 made it just slightly more comfortable, but I didn't fancy the weird colors. Calibrating the screen to a lower gamma didn't do much either. In the end, I found these two freeware utilities:Both act by applying a color filter to make the screen look darker. I like Nocturne because it activates/deactivates darkening with a single click. I assigned a trigger to Nocturne in Quicksilver, and now I can get a dimmed screen with just a keypress ... and no more bloodshot eyes!

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Listen to music on iPhone 1.1.4 with a Bluetooth headset

Mac OSX Hints - Fri, 06/13/2008 - 10:30am
Prior to the iPhone software version 1.1.4, you could listen to the iPod audio over a Bluetooth headset if you did the trick of switching to the voicemail screen and selecting the headset for audio. This still works, but you can't leave this screen and you can't sleep the phone, or the headset audio is disabled.

What I found was that you can get the old functionality back by doing the following:
  1. Start the iPod audio.
  2. Go to the voicemail screen and enable the headset audio.
  3. Double tap the home button to bring up the iPod controller.
  4. Press "iPod", which will take you to the iPod app.
  5. Double tap the home button again, which will take you to the speed dial screen.
The headset audio will now be on, and you can also go to other apps or sleep the phone and it will continue. If you go back to the voicemail screen and move away from it normally, the headset audio will stop. In fact, you have to do this step to turn it off (I think a...

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