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Classic Elite, Interplay titles coming to iOS

by Mike Schramm (Oct 31st, 2011)

Touch Arcade has some good and bad news for fans of classic PC RPGs out there. The bad news is that the expected Elite Collection (which was set to come out last week and round up some of old developer Elite Systems' best games on iOS, has been delayed due to some rights issues. One of the ...

Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Sep 27th, 2011)

We've been sitting on a tip for a while until things came into greater focus, but now that the speculation meter has exploded (see this CNet story), it's a good time to tell you all what we've heard. It seems that the "product transition" Apple mentioned on the last earnings call could very ...

(Two) Grand Central locals worry about an Apple Store

by Mike Schramm (Jul 26th, 2011)

New York's PIX11 has a report up about the new Apple Store that was just confirmed to be installed right in the middle of Grand Central Terminal. While most are excited about the idea, some are not. One Grand Central visitor complains that the place is already too crowded (it is, after all, ...

Apple hasn't buried the iPod classic yet

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Sep 1st, 2010)

Rejoice, ye lovers of magnetic drives and scroll wheels! While Steve announced no updates to the iPod Classic, that doesn't mean it is going anywhere. In fact, it is prominently displayed on the iPod page over at Apple.com. So if you're into "retro" tech and you like big capacities and thick ...

Need to run Classic under Snow Leopard? SheepShaver can do that.

by Steven Sande (Oct 24th, 2009)

I'm beginning to think that some other writers on the Mac beat are reading my mind. About two weeks ago, one of my consulting clients was asking if there was any way that she'd be able to upgrade to Snow Leopard and still be able to run two legacy applications in Classic, one of which was ...

eBook Roundup: 8 Apps for iPhone readers

by David Winograd (Aug 13th, 2009)

An e-book (or ebook, or eBook, depending upon who you ask) is the digital equivalent of a paper book. According to KiwiTech, the publishers of Classics2Go, the market for eBooks has increased more than 60% over the last six years and growth from this point is expected to be very strong. We can ...

Snood Redood coming to the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Aug 11th, 2009)

Fortunately, World of Warcraft didn't exist while I was in school, otherwise I might not have finished my venerable BS degree at the storied Ithaca College at all. But if there was one game that almost kept me from finishing all of those essays and homework... well, it was Civ. But if there were ...

How old is your oldest working Mac?

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 27th, 2009)

A few months ago I brought my family's old Macintosh SE/30 to my home office. While it booted fine a few years ago, it looks like mine has developed SimasiMac, which means a trip inside the machine to replace a few capacitors (I hope). Along with the SE/30 I brought a Powerbook 540c, one of the more ...

Twitterers remember their first Mac

by Mike Schramm (Jan 21st, 2009)

Reader Sam K. (thanks!) noticed the fun on Twitter -- lots of folks are sharing their memories of the first Mac they bought/used with the #firstmac hash tag, and boy is it fun reading through them. The responses are all over the place, from the old ][e (technically my first computer ever at ...

Found Footage: Good grief, NCIS, do you take us for fools?

by Michael Rose (Jan 13th, 2009)

Resident NCIS geek Tim McGee (the same character who, in a past episode, managed to download a taxicab security video directly onto his iPhone) unpacks a boxful of his childhood computer gear; he proudly announces the computer you see above as his "Mac SE," when you don't need HDTV to know that it's ...

Vintage games for the iPhone: Crystal Quest is back

by Michael Rose (Nov 14th, 2008)

Back when the Macintosh meant a machine with a built-in black & white screen, there were some extremely popular games -- but for the generation that remembers the introduction of the Mac II's color display, the unmistakable gameplay of Crystal Quest is sure to spark a deep sense of joy. ...

iPod 101: Make your iPod speak menu items

by Cory Bohon (Nov 11th, 2008)

If you have a current generation iPod nano or classic, then you have the ability to access spoken menu items throughout the iPod. This is an accessibility feature that Apple built into the current iPod line, but I found that feature is handy while walking around, or driving, if you don't want to ...

New iPod game: Tamagotchi

by Cory Bohon (Nov 6th, 2008)

This week, Apple added a new game for the iPod nano and iPod classic. Tamagotchi: 'Round the World allows you to take care of a small pet, which you raise from birth. There are four pets to choose from, interactive environmental items, 6 mini games, and three activities to play with your pets. ...

Apple Store back online, with changes

by Cory Bohon (Sep 9th, 2008)

With the day's Apple news slowing down, the Apple store finally came back online after what seemed to be an eternity. We've been looking around and here are the changes that we found: New iPod nanos are now available for order and ship within 24 hours New iPod touches are available for order ...

Outspring puts the final nail in QuickMail's coffin

by Michael Rose (Jul 28th, 2008)

Back in the summer of 1989, as an eager, green college intern for a major publishing company, I arrived on my first day of work to find that my office wasn't so much an office as it was a storage room. Sure, it had ample space and ventilation, but it was a glorified closet all the same -- home to my ...