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Get the most for your gear-buying dollar
As part of our annual Gear Guide, we've rounded up some tips to help you get the most out of your gift-buying dollar this holiday season.
Review: iRemember 2.5
We review iRemember 2.5.1, a digital scrapbooking app that gives you the basics, but without a lot of style or flair.
Review: Camera Genius for iPhone
This app -- which adds a number of features to improve on the iPhone's built-in camera -- is a handy tool to have if you use your smartphone to shoot a lot of pictures.
Report: Twitter gets phone users to surf the Web
Micro-blogging site Twitter is having a positive effect on the number of consumers using their mobile phone to access the web, says Novarra.
Gems I’m thankful for
Sometimes we take for granted the little things that make our Mac-using lives easier. On this Thanksgiving holiday (here in the U.S., at least), Dan Frakes gives props to the Mac Gems he uses every day.
Four years not enough for 'Godfather of Spam'
Is four years and a $250,000 fine really the best punishment for the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam?" David Coursey thinks not.
Six ways to watch movies on your Mac
The iTunes Store now has a respectable movie catalog, but it's not your only source for movies and TV shows on the Web.
CookieThief syncs cookies between Safari and Camino
CookieThief is a simple utility that lets you sync Website cookies between the Safari and Camino browsers.
Apple updates Final Cut Server
Apple releases minor update to Final Cut Server.
Ableton releases Max for Live
Ableton and Cycling '74 release Max for Live, which integrates the Max/MSP audio visual programming language with Ableton's Live 8 digital-audio workstation.
A quarter of office workers say they'd steal company data
A quarter of office workers would steal sensitive company data if they thought it would help a friend or family member in securing a job, says CyberArk.
Facebook worm spreads with a lurid lure
Facebook was hit with a worm that infected users' profiles and then redirected them to pornography sites.
Review: Mindjet for iPhone
Mindjet has managed to squeeze the power, ease, and versatility of its desktop mindmapping application into an iPhone app. It's an effective tool, though it comes with some limitations.
Five ways to lose your identity (and wallet) this holiday season
Computerworld offers tips to holiday shoppers looking to expose their personal data to online thieves.
Review: MacScan 2.7 spyware protection software
Although most iPhone users seem satisfied with the smorgasbord of applications delivered by Apple's iPhone App Store, power users yearn for more. Copy and paste...
Free (and some not free) live music
Many bands allow people to tape their concerts, sell live recordings of shows, or both. Here are some places to look if you crave the rush of live music.
Review: Perfectly Clear for iPhone
This image-correction app is best for photos that you want to look as clean and clear as possible. In most cases, a quick run through Perfectly Clear should leave you pleased with the result.
Apple's Schiller talks App Store, approval process
In an interview with BusinessWeek, Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller discusses the App Store, its controversy-laden approval process, and what it's doing to improve matters.
Skip the crowds: Online shopping tips for Black Friday
PC World talks to three bargain-hunting experts about how online shoppers can score great deals on the day after Thanksgiving.
Report: Microsoft may pay News Corp. to delist from Google
Microsoft has held talks with News Corp. about paying the company to remove its news Web sites from Google's search listings.
Third iPhone worm targets jailbroken iPhones in Europe, Australia
Another iPhone worm is targeting jailbroken iPhones throughout Europe and elsewhere. Like its predecessors, it takes advantage of default passwords.
Twitter turns on geolocation functionality
Twitter has turned on its geotagging functionality for external applications.
Cloud Engines updates Pogoplug media sharing device
On Friday, Cloud Engines introduced the second generation of its Pogoplug multimedia sharing device. The Pogoplug is designed to plug into your home or small office network and let you access and share content of USB hard drives over the Internet using a standard Web browser.
Google's Chrome OS stands to make waves
Google's Chrome OS may be a year away from shipping, but the potent mixture of one of tech's most prominent companies and the mostly stagnant OS market is worth watching.
Review: Photo geotagging apps for iPhone
Geotagging -- adding data to a photo that reveals the location it was taken -- brings a new dimension to enjoying and sharing photography. Several apps let you start tagging your photos with GPS data. We'll help you find the one that's right for your needs.
Yahoo's search news shortcuts gain 'tweets,' videos, photos
Yahoo has enhanced the news "shortcuts" it displays in Web search result pages.
Agile Web Solutions releases 1Password 3
After two private betas and a public beta, the well-received Mac OS X password manager 1Password 3 has been officially released.
Review: Quip for iPhone
This app aims to let you send pictures with text messages to your friends' cell phones a la MMS, only without the texting charges. But Quip doesn't offer iPod touch support, and it has a number of flaws that make it a poor choice for most iPhone users.
Slideshow: CatPaint got your iPhone?
The newly-released CatPaint iPhone app makes a simple promise: to let you insert cats in your photos. But does it deliver? Macworld editors put the application to the test.
CatPaint iPhone app adds cats to any photo
CatPaint lets you add cats to your photos. For some reason.