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Sighting

iPad Tower Photos Debut

An article over at The Dubai Life shows multiple photos of the design of the iPad Tower, a Dubai-area construction project inspired by Apple’s iPod music and video players. Real estate developer Onmiyat Properties will begin construction on the building in 2007 and be 23 stories tall with more than 200 living units with construction […]

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Software

First Photoshop CS3 Public Beta Speed Tests Emerge

The guys over at creativetechs.com have put the recently-released Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta through its paces via a battery of tests and discovered that the new version is on average 40 to 55 percent faster (some test results being as much as 60% faster) than the present Photoshop CS2 version. For the full rundown as […]

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Accessory

XtremeMac Tango: iPod Speaker System



I’ve been using the XtremeMac Tango speaker system for the iPod (US$199) for about a week and it’s fantastic. Over the holiday it was really nice to be able to plug in my iPod and crank the Christmas tunes (Trans-Siberian Orchestra rocks, btw.) Then when it’s time to get down with some, you know boogie music, you can switch playlists and rock out.

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Environment

Apple Store Using Wasteful Packing?

An e-mail from reader R. Emory Williamson-Lundberg pointing to a Flickr.com photo demonstrates that despite Apple’s efforts to become more environmentally conscious via reduced packaging and computer recycling programs, small items are still being shipped in excessive materials: “I can’t believe that is the box a mini-DVI video adapter came in. No bubble wrap. No […]

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Software

Micromat Releases Security Patch, Repairs Serial Number Visibility

Micromat, makers of the TechTool Pro utility program, released a small patch for installed versions of TechTool Pro 4.5.1 and 4.5.2 as of December 18th. The patch, a 1.3 megabyte download, removes the visibility of the computer’s serial number, user name and other machine information from TechTool Pro’s local area network scans (full details of […]