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Apple Store down, speculation runs wild in the streets for maybe another hour

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Apr 7th, 2009)

UPDATE: And we're back with new Xserves, featuring the snazzy (and totally expected) Intel Xeon "Nehalem" processor. Check out the specs on the store. The headline pretty much says it all. We'll pack up our crystal ball and stick with the refresh button until this clears up. Stay tuned! Note that ...

Shiny new stuff coming to TUAW in 2009

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 2nd, 2009)

The Macintosh turned 25 last week, but we'll be celebrating all year long. Keep checking back each month for Apple history, giveaways, new features and stories about our Apple gear and what we do with it. We may even have a few pleasant surprises this year... Coming this February: Giveaways to ...

A look at Leopard's iTunes visualizers

by Mike Schramm (Sep 28th, 2007)

Mac Rumors has posted screenshots of three new iTunes visualizers coming in Leopard (or sooner, if they're included in the upcoming update). They're called Lathe, Jelly, and Stix-- Lathe is a couple of particle fountains that "pulsate" to the bass notes, Jelly a kalediscope of little colored ...

New Leopard Build Introduces New Feature, Tweaks

by Dan Lurie (Nov 23rd, 2006)

The latest build of Leopard, (9A303) introduced some small but nifty features to the list of enhancements that will ship with the new OS next year. Lets take a look: QuickLook is a new feature which allows users to view a full size preview of any image by right clicking on it, without having to ...

Universal Binary of Flash Player 9 released

by David Chartier (Aug 12th, 2006)

Adobe has cranked out a Universal Binary of Flash Player 9 for Intel Mac consumption. Strangely, a PowerPC-only build is still available on the download page, though Insanely Mac is reporting that it's an earlier build. If you're interested in what's actually new in this latest version, check out ...

Columbia Records & Apple offer exclusive pre-order of Bob Dylan's new album, ticket promo

by David Chartier (Aug 8th, 2006)

I guess the times certainly are a changin', as the man Bob Dylan himself has hopped on board with Apple and the iTunes Music Store to offer an exclusive pre-order ($13.99) of his upcoming new album, Modern Times, which lands on August 29th. Ticketmaster has even tossed their hat in, just like with ...

iLounge releases The Free iPod Book 2.2

by David Chartier (Jul 18th, 2006)

Those iPod-obsessed kids over at iLounge have updated their Free iPod Book to version 2.2 (yes, books can have version point updates too). Four all-new sections are included in this updated version: Nike + iPod Sport Kit Troubleshooting Your iPod U2 iPod + iPod Pack-Ins Backstage at ...

VH1's Best Week Ever spoofs the new Mac ads

by David Chartier (Jul 10th, 2006)

Hooray for music television stations that do anything but these days: VH1's 'Best Week Ever' has spoofed the new Mac ads, and we have to say: they're pretty darn funny. They might not be safe for work (mild language), but they did a good job of capturing the somewhat pretentious and put-off ...

Dan Lurie Incoming

by Dan Lurie (Jun 10th, 2006)

Macs are beautiful. Macs are elegant. Macs embody the spirit of technological innovation and cultural progress we find so readily in this exciting period of human history. As we as a civilization explore and find new ways to interact with and manipulate information, we must have tools that allow us ...

New TUAW bloggers

by C.K. Sample, III (Aug 26th, 2005)

Just wanted to take a moment to point out something that some of you may have already noticed. We've enlisted the aid of two new bloggers here on TUAW: Victor Agreda, Jr. and David Chartier. You may know them both from DownloadSquad, and I am sure if you ever bother to read the comments here at ...