As in politics, in business too, there are no permanent friends or enemies; only permanent interests. At least we know it now.

(Editor’s Note: Sparkz is free today, October 20 for a one-day promotion!) Sparkz is a puzzle game with a long history. The app is a reproduction of the vintage Mac game Qix, which was in turn based on an earlier arcade game

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Mac mini , Mac OS X Server A few minutes after we heard about all of the new product announcements this morning, this email came in from TUAW reader Daniel: Can you god blessed brains explain in some easy-to-understand way what are the possibilities for a Mac mini server for us non-tech brained mortals? Why, of course we can, Daniel! That’s why we’re here. I have personally used Mac minis as servers since shortly after the first G4 models came out on the market

The Facebook iPhone app is one of the most widely used applications and there are a couple of quick updates coming to this iPhone app. Joe Hewitt, the developer of the Facebook iPhone app confirmed on his Twitter account the impending release of Facebook 3.03 that will seek to fix…

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , TUAW Business , Podcasts We’re all so excited about the announcements today that we want to talk to TUAW readers about them! TUAW is going to have a special “The Apple Store is down” edition of the TUAW Talkcast, starting at 10 PM EDT (7 PM PDT). Bring your questions, commentary, and good cheer tonight to chat about all of the new Apple goodness.

Filed under: Hardware , Peripherals , Retail , iMac , Apple , Mac mini , MacBook Today, as is frequently the case, the Apple Store Online was taken down and modified to feature new goodies from our favorite fruit-flavored technology company. Now that the store is back up and ready for your ordering pleasure, what’s changed?

Filed under: Hardware , Peripherals , Wireless , Airport OK, so it’s not nearly as exciting as a shiny new iMac or a Mac mini server , but the Airport Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule also received a mild update today. Both are now certified to the 802.11n specification (not draft-n), and along with this certification come improvements in antenna design, which promises 50% better Wi-Fi performance and 25% better range. So, not earth-shattering, but for those of us who rely on complex Wi-Fi setups, having the extra range and more optimized antenna design may make or break the setup

Filed under: Macbook Pro The Macbook Pro , a formidably-powerful laptop, is a bit pricey for most consumers. Today saw a price drop for a top-of-the-line configuration , which makes the price almost $1000US cheaper

Filed under: iMac We asked our colleague over at Download Squad, Matt Heerema, for a designer’s eye view on the new iMac 27″ model. Designers everywhere will rejoice at the announcement of the 27″ iMac

Apollonia Kingdom is an action-adventure game where you must fight your way through a variety of monsters, zombie-like skeletons and goblins to find and retrieve the red jars, which will somehow save the entire Kingdom of Apollonia. (I’d love to know what’s in those jars!) The backstory may be thin, but the game has more depth

Filed under: Hardware , Multimedia , Apple , Apple TV , Music In the universal scheme of things, it’s not a big thing, but it’s a welcome update.

This physics-based puzzle game requires you to build elaborate machines out of all kinds of objects. Crazy Machines offers loads of challenging puzzles that put your problem solving skills and creativity to the test

Filed under: Portables , MacBook Apple announced an update to the entry-level MacBook computer today. This is the only true “MacBook” now that the rest of the models have been promoted to the MacBook Pro