Archive for November 27th, 2009

Apple’s Mac mini tops chart of ‘green’ computers

Filed under: Hardware , Odds and ends , iMac , Mac mini , MacBook Air The sust-it website, which provides rankings of energy usage and annual energy cost for thousands of appliances, home entertainment devices, and computers, has announced that Apple’s Mac mini fills the top four spots for the most efficient desktop computer in their latest listing. The 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mac mini is at the top of the chart, sipping just .94W when turned off (power still goes to circuits monitoring the power status of the computer), 1.71W when in sleep mode, and just 12.6W when turned on but in an idle mode

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Five Fun Games: A Steampunk Orb Shooter, Politics Mixed with Cards, A Celtic RPG and More

Fun Friday games are here! Mac Games and More has picked out a collection of casual games you might not have heard of, to play into the weekend. Games include a rescue mission in Egypt, steampunk orb shooters, a Myst-like adventure and more

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4iThumbs: Screen Overlay to Make Your Touch Screen Typing Easier

Ever looked at a Blackberry or Palm Pre and thought how cool it would be if your iPhone had a physical keyboard too? I’m sure you never thought that way, but what if someone actually did? In that case, you could go for the iTwinge, but if that embarasses you,..

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A Dozen Daily Deals, Day 3

Filed under: Deals Well, Black Friday is here! If you’re looking to save some money, here are another dozen deals from DealNews.com to consider once you wake up from your tryptophan-induced coma: Walmart : [Black Friday] Walmart Black Friday Sale now live Other World Computing : [Store Events] OWC Black Friday Sale: Accessories, HDDs, speakers, RAM, LCDs, more Apple Store : [Black Friday] The Apple Store Black Friday Sale: Up to $101 off select items Dell Home : [Black Friday] Dell Home Black Friday Sale now live iTunes Music Store : [iPhone / iPod Apps] App Store Freebies: UpNext 3D Cities, Sip-N-Store, PhotoScatter, Super Shock Football, more Staples : [Black Friday] Staples Black Friday Early Bird Specials available online OnSale : [Black Friday] OnSale.com Black Friday Sale live now TigerDirect : [Black Friday] TigerDirect.com Pink Friday Sale now live eForCity : [Black Friday] eForCity.com Black Friday Sale: Deals from $3 + free shipping MacUpdate Promo : [Mac Games] MacUpdate 2009 Black Friday Game Bundle: 11 Mac games for $30 AT&T Wireless : [iPhone] Refurbished Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB for $49 + free shipping, 32GB for $149 eForCity : [Black Friday] eForCity.com Black Friday Web Buster: 30% off sitewide TUAW A Dozen Daily Deals, Day 3 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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Review: Addicus for the iPhone

Addicus, an arcade puzzle from Get Set Games, looks like Super Mario Brothers (toadstools, green grass, blue skies) but tests your 1st grade addition skills instead of your princess-saving prowess.

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Is your iPhone your wingman for Black Friday?

Filed under: Cool tools , Deals , iPhone , App Store Happy Turkey Hangover Day — or, as it’s otherwise known, shopping chaos day 2009. As Mike S. noted earlier, Business Week is calling this season “mobile shopping’s first Christmas,” and indeed there are plenty of shopper-assist apps in the App Store to help you plot, plan and navigate your gift-grabbing course: Apple’s collection of essential Black Friday apps The full suite of apps in the store tagged ‘Black Friday’ ReadWriteWeb’s shopper hints and app list CNET’s list of Black Friday apps The BF app from our deal partners at dealnews [ iTunes link ] The $2.99 MallMaps [ iTunes link ], which has been featured in scores of breathless news reports and is now the #1 reference app in the US store Meanwhile, the App Store itself isn’t immune to sales fever: plenty of games and other apps have reduced or free prices for the weekend

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Daily Deals: Apple Black Friday, 70% Off iPhone Acces., $49 16GB iPhone 3GS

Are you looking for an Apple bargain, slashed prices on iPhone or iPod gear, or a refurbished 16GB or 32GB iPhones from AT&T? Well, catch your breath from all of the Black Friday scrambling and check out our latest daily deals.

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Apple mailing promotes Black Friday deals

Apple sent out a marketing e-mail on Friday promoting its Black Friday deals.

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Review: Derek Jeter Real Baseball for iPhone

All too often, Derek Jeter Real Baseball fails to live up to its title — there’s not much realism in this flawed baseball game.

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ReelDirector can spiff up your holiday iPhone videos

Filed under: Multimedia , Video , iPhone , App Review A few years ago getting video on a cellphone would have seemed out of the question. Now you can not only shoot passable videos with your iPhone 3GS, you can even edit them in style

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KT Takes 53K Advance Orders For South Korean iPhone

The iPhone is not yet selling in South Korea, but already tremors are being felt from its upcoming introduction. KT Corp., which will begin selling the smartphone Saturday, says it’s received 53,000 advance orders since Nov.

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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.

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iPhone Worm Creator Snags App Dev Job

The 21-year-old Australian guy who got chewed out by his parents for launching the first iPhone worm landed a job with an app company. Ashley Towns wrote Ikee, calling it an “experiment that got out of hand,”  a worm that  switched iPhone wallpaper for an image of 80s pop singer Rick Astley

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