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FreeMacWare.com iPod nano giveaway

To encourage the development of free Mac applications, FreeMacWare.com is pleased to announce a competition for the “Best New Freeware”. If you’re a developer and …(read more)

Hot Topics on the Apple Matters Forums

Should iLife go cross-platform and FREE? The Apple/Think Secret Lawsuit: Good or bad for Apple? Apple “One More Thing” Invitation-Only Event Does Your Significant Other …(read more)

$.01 iPod nano cover

First off let me note that I don’t really know if this will set you back exactly one penny or if is a bit more …(read more)

Frustration at Redmond

Perhaps no industry has better exploited people’s craving for nuance free programming than pro wrestling. Wrestling is a place where the bad guys are always …(read more)

More Music Exec Idiocy

“It’s going to be difficult to get the consumer to stop thinking about owning music, and think about paying for participation instead,” said one executive. …(read more)

“Screw the nano”

“Screw the Nano. What the hell does the Nano do? Who listens to 1,000 songs?” -Ed Zander, Motorola CEO Ed probably has a point. I’m …(read more)

OS X Security Update Released (and installed)

Straight from the “I did it first so you wouldn’t have to” department Apple has released, and I have installed, a new security update. Security …(read more)

Finland is no different: Music Industry Still Predictably Asinine

Now, we need to understand that listening to music on your computer is an extra privilege. Normally, people listen to music on their car or …(read more)

Dell’s Ditty: Sheer Marketing Genuis!

The subtleties of marketing are lost on me. I get the excellent new iPod nano commercial: it is small, lots of people want it. The …(read more)

It’s the singer not the song

It is easy to drop a few grand on a Mac, Final Cut Express and a digital video camera. Once you have the tools you …(read more)

The Truth is Out There

When the nano was first unveiled people began opining that Apple was likely selling the device at a loss to bolster sales of songs via …(read more)

A Mac for $399?

$399 for a Mac? Is this some strange dellification of the product line? Nope, its a refurbed mini. Seems a pretty great value to yours …(read more)