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Amazon has quietly launched its Kindle Reader desktop application for Mac OS X, without so much as any advance notice or a press release. This follows last month’s launch of the reader application for RIM’s BlackBerry lineup.
The desktop Kindle Reader application allows users to purchase books from Amazon as well as easing sync between [...]

Valve today announced Steam for Mac. The announcement ends years of Valve’s absence from the Mac platform.
Originally, Valve went all-in with a Mac port of the original Half-Life. However, shortly before its release, similar to their Dreamcast port, the game was cancelled with few reasons given. Gamers have been playing both generations of Half-Life on [...]

To answer a burning question in the minds of so many potential consumers of Apple’s forthcoming iPad tablet, an intrepid emailer by the name of Jezper Söderlund (a well-known trance DJ/producer) worked up the courage to email Apple CEO Steve Jobs the one question many enthusiasts and potential general customers who already own iPhones the [...]

The Apple iPad will be up for pre-order on March 12th, with the Wi-Fi-only versions going up first and launching in the US on April 3rd. Versions for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK will launch in late April along with 3G-equipped versions for the US.
Statement from Apple CEO Steve [...]

Apple has long had a Mac developer program in place for small and medium size development houses to subscribe to in order to create software for Mac OS X, with the only stumbling block for many being its prohibitive $500 per company pricing for access to the SDK limited hardware discounts and subsequent documentation.
Now, the [...]

This morning, Apple formally filed suit against HTC, alleging that HTC is infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware specifically, citing HTC’s Android implementation and Windows Mobile/Android hardware in recently unveiled filings.
The lawsuit was jointly filed with the International Trade Commission in Delaware district court. Apple didn’t [...]

The Problem: Your 13-inch White MacBook has two hard drives (lucky you). You use your USB DVD drive to install Windows on your 1 TB dream machine, only to find that once installed, Windows doesn’t see your DVD drive, and you can’t install Boot Camp.
Here’s what’s going on: Your shiny new MacBook relies heavily on [...]

Foe the few that own a Daimler-manufactured SmartForTwo urban transit vehicle, Daimler will be offering a companion Smart Drive Kit for installation in the vehicle, which allows owners with iPhones handsfree communication plus charging capability via the cradle and a companion app that “combines features by means of extra-large buttons and letters.”
The app also allows [...]

Apple has rolled out its latest Digital Camera Raw Compatibility update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which now stands at version 3.0. The update adds compatibility with the Canon sRAW image format for Aperture 3 and iPhoto ‘09 for the following cameras and sub-formats:

Canon PowerShot S90
Canon sRAW
Canon mRAW
Leica D-LUX 4
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
Panasonic Lumix [...]

Screenshots from the latest build of the iPhone SDK indicate that Apple will integrate video calling into a future version of the iPhone. With this latest discovery, it’s assumed that the next forthcoming model will feature a front-facing camera to facilitate two-way video calling.
On the other hand, it’s possible that the feature may not [...]