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Black Friday Deals: Five point-and-shoot cameras
PC World's Tim Moynihan turns to PriceTrace.com to find good deals on point-and-shoot cameras.
Best Black Friday storage deals
Among this year's Black Friday bargains, PC World has found 1TB external models for $80, and a wave of 500GB portable drives for between $60 and $80.
iPhone Central
Review: Big Buck Hunter Pro for iPhone
This iPhone version of the arcade classic features outstanding graphics and realistic movement, though the accuracy of where shots are placed is a source of frustration.
iPhone Central
NDrive intros low price iPhone GPS apps, Black Friday sale
NDrive has released two new low cost GPS applications for the iPhone in NDrive New York City and NDrive Los Angeles and announced a Black Friday sale.
In depth with Apple's Snow Leopard Server
Computerworld's Ryan Faas shares his impressions of the OS X 10.6 version of Apple's server software.
Game Room
Ostendo 43-inch curved monitor: The ultimate gaming display?
If your existing display just isn't cutting it any more, then it might be time to step up to Ostendo's 43-inch curved monitor. This long-awaited display is now...
Macworld Video
Gear Guide short: 3 accessories
Jason Snell with three gift items from Macworld's 2009 Holiday Gear Guide.
Mac Gems
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.
MacUser
Black Friday deals for Mac and iPhone software
’Tis the season of festivities and shopping and these great deals on Mac and iPhone software are just what you need.
iPhone Central
Review: Touch KO for iPhone
With hard hitting gameplay, impressive graphics, and an inventive control scheme, Chillingo's boxing game is ready to take on all comers.
iPhone Central
Review: Sony Ericsson Equinox mobile phone
The Equinox is a very middle-of-the-road phone with solid call capabilities and mediocre Web and camera capabilities.
Review: LG Electronics W2353V-PF LCD
This well-rounded display showed nice image quality in our tests, and includes a handy auto-adjust button that controls brightness in dim conditions.
iPhone Central
Opinion: Why the delay on the iPhone 3GS in India?
Despite Apple's promise to release the iPhone 3GS around the world by August, Aayush Arya notes that the phone still hasn’t shown up in at least ten countries around the world, including India.
Creative Notes
Plug-in Suite 5 for Photoshop now available
onOne Software today announced the immediate availability of Plug-in Suite 5 for Adobe Photoshop.
iPhone Central
Review: My Brute for iPhone
This online fighting game for the iPhone and iPod touch has a lot going for it -- if you can accept the limitation on how many times you can fight on a given day.
Holiday Gear Guide: Great gifts over $150
Part three of Macworld's 2009 Holiday Gear Guide looks at gifts that cost more than $150 and are worth every penny.
Working Mac
Five reasons to partition a disk
Apple's Disk Utility makes it easy to split a hard drive up into multiple parts called partitions. But why would you ever bother? Joe Kissell shows you five things partitioning a disk allows you to do.
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.
MacUser
Apple posts guidelines on 27-inch iMac’s Target Display mode
The new 27-inch iMacs can serve as external displays for other devices. An Apple support document lets you know how to get the most out of the new feature.
Buffalo ships USB 3.0 hard drive
In spite of rumors that the first USB 3.0 products wouldn't surface until the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Buffalo Technology has now shipped an external hard drive with USB 3.0 support.
iPhone Central
Review: vTie and vTie Premium for iPhone
If you're an occasional wearer of neckties or a student just getting a start in the working world, both of these apps from Lab48 offer a handy reference for assorted knots and how to tie them.
Working Mac
What Mac users need to know about Wi-Fi Direct
It’s that time of year when travelers brace themselves to suffer the many small indignities of the road. Next year, a new networking standard, Wi-Fi Direct, will make it easier. Here's how.
iPhone Central
Smartphone: From threat to asset
Rather than worrying about bottling up mobile experiences, the real question for IT departments is how to embrace this phenomenon and make smartphones like the iPhone part of a company's mobility strategy.
iPhone Central
Touch DJ brings full-featured DJ skills to iPhone
Amidio has released Touch DJ, a DJ app, which offers realtime independent manipulation of two MP3 files.
Playlist
The Google-TiVo deal: What it means for you
Google and TiVo are teaming up for a new deal that'll put your clicking habits into the hands of advertisers.
Holiday Gear Guide: Great gifts under $150
Part two of Macworld's 2009 Holiday Gear Guide looks at gifts between $50 and $150.
iPhone Central
Review: Pzizz Relax for iPhone
This impressively relaxing sleep aid provides plenty of variety in a small package.
iPhone Central
Excerpt: Understand the iPhone backup
During a sync, iTunes not only syncs managed information and media, but also creates or updates an iPhone backup. The main function of the backup is to permit you to restore personal data and settings to your iPhone during a Restore. In this excerpt from Take Control of iPhone OS 3, Ted Landau takes a closer look at the process of backing up and restoring your iPhone's data.
Microsoft CFO to leave at end of year
Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell plans to leave the company at the end of the year after managing the software giant's finances for nearly five years.
Apple asks judge to shutter Psystar's clone business
Apple wants a federal judge to shut down Psystar's Mac clone operation and to pay more than $2.1 million in damages, according to court documents.
Digital Photo
Take memorable holiday photos
Follow these tips to take flattering photos of loved ones at Thanksgiving dinners and other family gatherings, as well as to capture the excitement of holiday decorations.
iPhone Central
Gameloft does a backflip, supports next generation Android phones
After announcing a cutback to Android development last week, the mobile games developer seemingly does the opposite and announced further support instead
From the Lab
Review: iStoragePro Pocket portable hard drive
Ci Design's iStoragePro Pocket is one of the fastest portable hard drives we’ve ever looked at.
Playlist
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.
iPhone Central
Review: Silent Swords for iPhone
This 2-D stealth platform game may not have advanced features or sophisticated graphics. But it offers a truly challenging set of missions.
Mac Gems
CookieThief syncs cookies between Safari and Camino
CookieThief is a simple utility that lets you sync Website cookies between the Safari and Camino browsers.
Creative Notes
Apple updates Final Cut Server
Apple releases minor update to Final Cut Server.
Digital Photo
iPhoto 8.1.1 fixes Faces bug
A minor update to iPhoto '09 fixes a problem with the app's Faces feature, as well as issues with book ordering and the iPod touch.
Creative Notes
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.
Hack allows for Magic Mouse scrolling in Windows
Apple's new Magic Mouse, billed as the world's first Multi-Touch mouse, is now reportedly available to Windows users.