Filed under: Software , iPhone , App Review The $9.99 pro version of RunKeeper [ iTunes link ] serves as a nice alternative to Nike+ , especially for the interval-training minded runner. While the Nike+ kit serves a means to an end for many runners, it may not suit everybody’s needs. There’s the additional cost of the transmitter and receiver (USD $30) for iPod nano owners — iPhone and iPod touch owners need only purchase the transmitter for USD $19

Filed under: Software , How-tos , Productivity In Apple’s iWork suite, the “Paste and Match Style” or “Paste Style” options, as implied in their names, allow you to paste the style from one element onto another; or to paste an element into a document and to match the style of the document that it’s getting pasted to. In many ways, they’re the iWork equivalent of “format painter” found in Microsoft Office . And, in many ways, they’re much better.

Archmage Defense is a darkly humorous, clever, addictive, and beautiful tower-defense game that puts you in the shoes of an evil necromancer. An in-app purchase option ratchets up the difficulty and the fun.

The recent spate of worm attacks in the past week has brought the focus on the importance of your root password. Unlike feature phones, smartphones like the iPhone run on operating systems, which very much like our computer have administrator privileges.

Filed under: Cool tools , Odds and ends , TUAW Interview , iPhone , iPod touch It must be nice to be Evernote CEO Phil Libin right now. His company’s product / service, Evernote , is about to break 2 million customers, they’re past the days of initial development and beta testing, and the future is looking bright. I had a chance to chat with Mr

Filed under: iPhone , iPod touch , First Look , App Review There’s a lot of buzz about iPhone IM clients.Other applications have gotten a lot of coverage for allowing iPhones to chat from their AOL, Google, ICQ, Jabber or a host of other screen names. WhatsApp [ iTunes Link ] is different, calling itself an “iPhone-to-iPhone chat application” that provides direct messaging between iPhones. The application features push notifications and provides functionality similar to SMS.

We kick off another week with more bargains from Apple and others. MacBook Pro laptops are always a popular item and this time the Apple Store has nearly two-dozen factory-refurbished units.

Apple’s much-awaited tablet device may include graphics capable of “stunning resolution” able to outshine the iPod, iPhone and possibly sound a death-knell for Amazon’s Kindle. The device, which many expect to see during the first quarter of 2010, may also offer a Webcam for mobile video conferencing, according to a survey of analyst speculation. Analyst

Though there are several different clock apps available for iPhone, it’s actually kind of daunting to browse the app store for a useful alarm clock app. At least that has been my experience.

Filed under: Software , Snow Leopard Fujitsu has finally updated the ScanSnap Manager app for Snow Leopard. “Version 2.1 L12″ is available for download for the following models: ScanSnap S300M ScanSnap S510M ScanSnap S500M ScanSnap S1500M Unfortunately, for some bizarre reason they require that the previous version be installed before installing this version, which means that if you did a clean installation of Snow Leopard (like I did), you will have to download and install the old, incompatible version first, and then run the new installer. The installer also forces the ScanSnap manager into your Login Items which is only slightly less obnoxious than forcing itself into your dock.

The Economist’s quarterly mag Intelligent Life did round robin interviews with a number of design luminaries, literati and museum curators about what objects define life in the aughts. The iPod and iPhone came up most frequently, leading the editors to name this the iDecade. That doesn’t mean they have anything nice to say about them, however.

You know how the new amazing new augmented reality concept, in apps like Bionic Eye and Urban Spoon, have you blindly following the screen’s marker and bumping into people? Or the side of buildings

Apple has now approved an application that provides contact information for every representative in Congress in addition to bobble-head caricatures of them.