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Ninja Fishing for iPhone looks eerily similar to popular Flash title

by Mike Schramm (Aug 11th, 2011)

Ninja Fishing is a new title coming on the App Store that combines Fruit Ninja's hacking and slashing mechanic with a fishing game, where you throw fish up in the air and then chop them down for fun and profit. Unfortunately, quite a few people have noticed a resemblance to a Flash game called ...

Saving your surfing on the Mac

by Brett Terpstra (Mar 15th, 2010)

I'd wager that most of you spend as much of your time on the web as I do, and that it's one of the first places you look for answers to just about any question. As a web designer, I look there for inspiration, solutions and am constantly learning how to improve my design and my code with the help of ...

Count The Beats: Interview with a film & TV composer

by Matt Tinsley (Oct 13th, 2009)

If you've ever played Gears of War 2 (who hasn't), or watched Desperate Housewives (we know you secretly love Mrs Van De Kamp), then chances are you've heard music composed by Pieter A. Schlosser from PaaxMusic in Los Angeles. Pieter's been in the music business for the last five years working ...

iMac design vs. Audi

by Mike Schramm (Aug 11th, 2007)

We've already seen the iPhone's influence on the new iMac, but the Audi? A British ConceptCar site claims the aluminum and glass casing of the new iMac reminded them of another chrome, aluminum and glass design-- that of an Audi. As you can see in the picture above, the comparison kind of works. ...

iPod accessories that you cannot buy

by Erica Sadun (Dec 13th, 2006)

Techeblog has a post up about seven of the best iPod accessories made by do-it-yourselfers; accessories they wish they'd be able to buy. They include a tiny foamboard Pac-Man-style Nano cabinet, a full-sized iPod-holding grand piano style table, a bulletproof iPod case, and more. You've seen ...

iTMS introduces "New Rock Revealed" weekly band explorations

by David Chartier (May 23rd, 2006)

The iTMS has introduced an intriguing new service called "New Rock Revealed", where one band's music will be dissected each week to find who their roots and inspirations were, as well as similar sounds you can find today. This first week looks at Pearl Jam's new album (which rocks, by the way), ...