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Reminder: Woz on Big Bang Theory tonight

by Mike Schramm (Sep 30th, 2010)

Finally! Tonight's the night! We first heard months ago that our own Steve Wozniak was coming to the nerdy sitcom Big Bang Theory, and tonight is the night that he makes his appearance. We're still not sure how or why he'll show up, but tonight's episode is about scientist Sheldon trying to put his ...

Italian Tourism official not too happy with iPhone travel app

by Mel Martin (Sep 28th, 2010)

iPhone travel app What Country describes Italy as "Pizza, Mafia, Pasta and Scooters." That isn't sitting too well with Italian Tourism Minister Michela Vittoria Brambilla, who says that the app's description of her country is offensive. She is threatening legal action against the developers, Apalon ...

Griffin's Woogie turns iPhone into a plush

by Mike Schramm (Sep 25th, 2010)

When I was a kid, we just played with regular stuffed animals, and then Teddy Ruxpin came along and blew us all away. But kids these days, they get all kinds of cool stuff. Like look at this thing: they can stick an iPod touch in a "huggable plush accessory" called the Woogie, and run around with ...

Introducing the iPod ninja

by Mike Schramm (Sep 25th, 2010)

We here at TUAW fortunately passed on reporting the obviously fake story of Steve Jobs being denied access to Japan because of ninja stars he was reportedly carrying in his luggage. But we did like this fake Apple page from the folks at Scoopertino, featuring the iPod ninja, a brand new throwing ...

No Comment: The iPhone of night clubs

by Mike Schramm (Sep 20th, 2010)

We will say kudos to Red Devil -- it's a rare company that can fess up to providing crappy service. A rare company indeed. [via TDW] ...

Etsy Find: Mmmmmmmm iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Aug 20th, 2010)

Just in time for the weekend, here's an awesome vinyl sticker for the back of your iPhone that has Homer Simpson taking a bite out of your favorite brand's logo. It's made by Etsy user apjam, and while I'm sure it's not quite, you know, ... legal, it is a pretty funny way to play with the logo ...

Found Footage: Case-mate will freak you out with iPhone case commercials

by Mike Schramm (Aug 13th, 2010)

Case-mate has decided to promote its new iPhone and iPad case-making site (one tip, Case-mate: Don't create an iPhone case site that requires Flash) with some videos, and rather than put together images of how great the cases work or how good they look, the ad people decided to just jump right ...

Pocket God comics out now for iPad, coming soon to stores

by Mike Schramm (Aug 5th, 2010)

From iPhone app ... to comic book? That's where Pocket God is apparently headed. The extremely popular iPhone app has "inked" a deal to release a set of comics based on the little islanders. The books will be available on the App Store first, in virtual form, and they will eventually take the form ...

Letterman lists 'Top Ten signs you've purchased a bad iPhone'

by Mike Schramm (Jul 14th, 2010)

The iPhone's ongoing technical issues made it to David Letterman's Late Show last night, as he presented a "top ten signs you've purchased a bad iPhone." It's as funny as Letterman usually is -- I especially liked the Pop Tart one, and you even get a nice less-than-sincere apology to Larry King ...

The Onion: Apple announces Friend Bar

by Mike Schramm (Jul 8th, 2010)

The Onion makes with the funny in this satirical video short about the "Apple Friend Bar," a new section of Apple Stores where Apple fans can go to discuss major issues at length, such as how much better Safari is than any other browser, or "what 'the Woz' has been up to." As usual, they pretty ...

Grating cheese on a G5

by Mike Schramm (Jul 2nd, 2010)

Ah, the once mighty Power Mac G5. It used to be the envy of film editors and art designers everywhere. With a 1.6 GHz CPU, a whopping 256MB of RAM, and an 80GB hard drive, it was once the tower-iest of PC towers. Just seven short years later, it's reduced to grating cheese in some nondescript ...

Mac dating site Cupidtino opens beta to the public

by Mike Schramm (Jun 8th, 2010)

Good news, everyone! Cupidtino, the Mac dating site that we posted about a little while ago, has finally moved into open beta. Now anyone can go on over there, make a profile and start meeting Mac-minded single men or women looking for a partner. Anyone with a Mac, that is -- the site is only ...

Steve Jobs introduces the Death Star

by Mike Schramm (May 31st, 2010)

This is an idea so beautiful in its execution that you wonder why it hasn't been done before -- take Steve Jobs' rapturous introduction of the iPad, and put it over the footage from Star Wars of the Death Star briefing. It's a perfect geeky mashup -- I especially love Han Solo's indifference ...

Keep the tomatoes at home: Ballmer not coming to WWDC

by Mike Schramm (May 27th, 2010)

Just as quickly as the rumors started, they're over: the official Microsoft Twitter account confirms that no, even though it would be hilarious, CEO Steve Ballmer will not be appearing at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. It's too bad -- having Ballmer around would have definitely been ...

Steam for Mac, Portal, Torchlight out tomorrow

by Mike Schramm (May 11th, 2010)

Tomorrow's the big day: Valve's Steam platform is officially coming to the Mac, and it's bringing two of my favorite games along with it. Portal is the first one -- hopefully if you're a gamer you've already played it, but it was my absolute favorite game of 2007 and one of the best games I've ...