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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Front Row and Photo Booth spotted "in the wild"

Apple released two compelling new applications with their October 12 announcements; Front Row and Photo Booth, the problem is that neither is available as a standalone application. When Apple announced the new iMac G5s with built-in iSight cameras they also announced an innovative application that essentially turns the iMac into an old-fashioned photo booth like […]

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Review

Review: FS1 Earphones for iPod

It’s no secret that I’m not a big fan of the earbuds that Apple includes with the iPod, they’re cheap and sound terrible. Some people find the Apple earbuds acceptable and happily use them while others replace them with better (and much more expensive) models. Many rationalize Apple’s decision to include basic earbuds with the […]

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Review

Review: Noreve Case for iPod nano

One of the fatal flaws with the iPod nano isn’t its scratchability, it’s the lack of cases that were available at the launch of Apple diminutive music player. Apple is so secretive about new product announcements that they don’t include third parties in on them. As a result, there’s no cases or sleeves available at […]

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Software

Aperture Questions and Extending Apple's Halo Effect

If one can argue that the iPod has had a “halo effect” to benefit Macintosh sales, then maybe one could also argue that releasing Apple’s new Aperture software for Windows would also draw more Wintel users to the Mac platform. Don’t laugh. Think about it. Read More…

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iMac

New iMac G5 Benchmarks (Updated)

Mitsunobu Tanaka, Ph.D (a.k.a. KODAWARISAN) has posted benchmark results for the 17-inch 1.9GHz iMac G5.