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Expensive corn dogs, plus 10 other things that are totally Apple's fault

by Chris Rawson (Jul 25th, 2011)

Seattle Times columnist Brier Dudley speculates that we should expect the price of corn dogs to skyrocket from US$0.99 to $1.50 each. Since Dudley's report, U.S. financial markets have been in a tailspin over the news. Who does financial speculator Dudley say we should blame for the rising ...

Conan O'Brien blasts Final Cut Pro X

by Dave Caolo (Jun 24th, 2011)

Apple released Final Cut Pro X this week. Despite the price drop, many users were disappointed with this version, and others were downright upset. Heck, even host Conan O'Brien blasted the software on his late-night TV show. Conan notes that this update is "so different," that editors are having ...

LogMeIn goes disk -- and saves my weekend

by Erica Sadun (Jun 21st, 2011)

Ages ago, we posted about LogMeIn's new file management and transfer capability. It wasn't until this weekend that it sunk in how utterly brilliant this feature is. Look at me. I'm a parent to a teenager. (Yes, there's proof.) When visiting Fort Collins over the weekend, disaster struck. I'd ...

Webcam antics with Rita and Frank

by Dave Caolo (Jun 13th, 2011)

Here's an unintentionally amusing and decidedly sweet video of an older couple, Rita and Frank, trying to photograph themselves with their computer, referred to in the video description as "their new Mac." According to YouTube, the couple wants to take a photo commemorating Frank's 84th birthday, ...

iPhone 4's Operation Doorbell reveals mystery ringer

by Chris Rawson (Jun 12th, 2011)

One of our readers sent us a story that was too good not to share. James, an iOS developer living in the UK, cleverly rigged his iPhone 4 against the peephole in his front door to catch a prankster that had been ringing his doorbell and running away every morning. His story is below. For the ...

No comment: WWDC wristbands

by Steven Sande (Jun 9th, 2011)

We're pretty sure that these are for WWDC attendees who will be at the annual beer bash tonight, and not meant to be attached to devices that are loaded with REDACTED (iOS 5)... Somebody at Apple has a very good sense of humor. Overheard at WWDC: "How do I know if I'm drunk enough to wear ...

Richard Dreyfuss offers a dramatic reading of Apple EULA

by Dave Caolo (Jun 8th, 2011)

License agreements are dull...until they're dramatically performed by an Academy Award-winning actor. The folks at CNET asked Richard Dreyfuss to read sections of an Apple EULA in dramatic fashion, and he obliged. The result is silly, hilarious and enjoyable. Don't miss the last section, ...

Win big at Keynote Rumor Bingo on Monday

by Steven Sande (Jun 3rd, 2011)

On Monday morning at 10 AM PDT (1 PM EDT), Apple CEO Steve Jobs will kick off the fun at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. TUAW will be liveblogging the event, and now you can join in on the fun thanks to the good folks at KrazyBig. They've come up with a browser-based ...

South Park makes fun of all things Apple in season opener

by Michael Grothaus (May 1st, 2011)

South Park has aired the opening episode of its 15th season, and it blasted not only Apple's products, but the culture surrounding the company as well. We knew this was coming based on a Steve Jobs parody keynote promo that was shown leading up to the premiere. Some of the best bits were the ...

Declaring love with the Mac OS X Finder

by Chris Rawson (Apr 29th, 2011)

Not only is this really cute, it made me think to myself, "Man, I wish I'd thought of that first." Sean Ohlenkamp put a folder on the desktop of his wife's Mac as the gateway to expressing his sentiments on their third wedding anniversary. The video above walks through a whimsical nest of folders ...

NMA explains Locationgate in animated form

by David Winograd (Apr 27th, 2011)

Those wild and crazy guys from Taiwan's Next Media Animation have weighed in on the Locationgate blow-up, and as usual, they haven't let the facts get in their way. The video states that the location information is sent to Apple's servers for all sorts of nefarious purposes -- but of course, ...

Star Wars Stormtroopers use Mac System 6

by Chris Rawson (Apr 26th, 2011)

The evil Galactic Empire is well-known for cutting corners in its engineering, with gaping chasms scattered seemingly at random throughout the Death Star without a single guardrail in sight. It turns out the Empire's computer systems are also woefully out of date; as designer Matt Chase ...

No comment: Steve Jobs in Carbonite

by Steven Sande (Apr 25th, 2011)

Did you ever wonder what happens when the reality distortion field meets Star Wars? You get these cool/cheesy/ready-for-cease-and-desist Steve Jobs in Carbonite iPhone skins and cases from Society6. Until the Apple lawyers get ahold of this and breathily note "I am altering our agreement. Pray ...

South Park introduces the HUMANCENTiPad

by David Winograd (Apr 25th, 2011)

South Park is starting its 15th season on Wednesday, and Apple will be there. Comedy Central has posted a very short clip of Steve Jobs presenting the newest iThingy, which seems to be a mash-up of an iPad and The Human Centipede. The latter is a movie so bad that it garnered a Rotten Tomatoes ...

iDea: A new Apple product courtesy of TeamCoco

by Steven Sande (Apr 21st, 2011)

With RIM promising that the BlackBerry PlayBook is going to be an "iPad killer" (yeah, right), what do the geniuses in Cupertino have in the queue to make everyone else play catch-up again? According to the highly authoritative tech news source TeamCoco, spearheaded by none other than Conan ...