Apple introduces iTunes Movie Rentals

Apple on Tuesday introduces iTunes Movie Rentals, a new feature of the iTunes Store that enables users to download movies and watch them for a short time rather than having to buy them. Movie rentals will be priced at $3.99 for new releases and $2.99 for older films. High Definition (HD) movies will be downloadable [...]

An Apple TV With a Blu-ray Player?

Rumors are flying fast and furious over what Steve Jobs will pull out of his blue-jean pocket a week from Tuesday at his annual speech at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. These include a movie rental service for iTunes, a super small notebook computer perhaps with a solid-state hard drive, a notebook docking station, [...]

New OPEN SOURCE software archive hits the Web!

This project rocketed from just a personal list of free software links to a full-scale Open Source archive project, with multiple contributors and a new community in under 5 days.
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Guitar Hero III gets sleighful of fresh tracks

You may remember drooling over/staring quizzically at a load of new tracks we first reported on earlier this month. We just wanted to drop a line and let you know they’d become available, with “The Warner/Reprise Track Pack” (catchy title, guys) going for 500 points or $6.25 and the “popular European bands” going for 200 [...]

Lifehacker’s 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps

Sprinkled throughout Lifehacker’s archive of over 14,000 posts, we’ve featured hundreds of free web and desktop apps that help you get things done—but which are the best? As we wrap up the year 2007, it’s the perfect time to put together a quick list of our favorite pieces of free software and web services
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The 20 Best iPod Utilities

With a new generation of iPods on the market this holiday season, your reliable old iPod may not seem as shiny as it once did. But with the help of third party applications and utilities, you can unlock tons of useful functionality you never knew was there and revive that aging iPod so it doesn’t [...]

Downloadable Content for Guitar Hero III (Wii) Next Year.

Wow, well this was certainly an unexpected surprise. It’s now been confirmed that next year downloadable content will start to become available for the Wii Guitar Hero III in a letter from Red Octane. Naturally, it’s highly likely they’ll only be used to download new songs however I guess this could be for a range [...]

TV on Your PC: Hulu, Joost and Miro Reviewed

The Writers Guild strike already stripped us of our Daily Show and Colbert Report, and now it may take away Heroes and House as well. Looking to escape Reality TV hell? We’ve painstakingly reviewed three free (and mostly legal) video services—Joost, Miro and Hulu—for your faux-TV enjoyment during these dark times.
The Contenders:Hulu: NBC Universal/News Corp.’s [...]

First Beta of Firefox 3 Now Available

Firefox 3 Beta 1 is now available for download. This is the ninth developer milestone focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3 can be followed at the Firefox 3 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and [...]

25 Greatest Viral Video Hits of All Time

From crooning politicians to a grocery store manager who can crush windpipes with his mind, these are the greatest hits of the YouTube Age.
There’s no formula for creating a video that millions of people will be inspired to watch and tell their friends about, but if there were, it would have to include some portion [...]

Opera Mini 4 released

After three beta releases Opera Mini 4 is finally here!
We’ve done a lot with this new Opera Mini. For example, we rewrote the entire code for Opera Mini 4 and added lots of improvements and new features to make the browser even better.
Opera Mini 4 is based on the same rendering engine as the Opera [...]

Top 100 Mac Apps

I’ve compiled a list of my top 100 Mac apps for your perusal, since so many people have been asking for it. Thanks to Taylor Olson and Jason for helping me put all the icons and links in place! These apps are certainly Tiger compatible, and most of ‘em work inside Leopard (though the VNC [...]

Say goodbye to Blockbuster ( I’ll miss those late fees..Not)

It looks like the bottom has finally fallen out of Blockbuster. After numerous failed attempts at attracting new customers, the company is finally spiraling out of control.
Sad as it is, the end is near for Blockbuster, and all that pressure it has been placing on Netflix will be lifted.
And in the end, Netflix will [...]

I Have a New Favorite Web Browser: Flock

More than two years ago, I blogged about the preview version of Flock, a browser, built with Mozilla Firefox at its core, with a social bent. I said it showed promise and said I’d keep an eye on it.
And then…the Flock folks failed to release a final version and I sort of forgot about it. [...]

Turn Thunderbird into the Ultimate Gmail IMAP Client

Gmail’s IMAP support roll-out this week had nerds all atwitter about the possibility of synchronized email access across devices, computers, and clients. IMAP is far superior to regular old POP for fetching your messages and maintaining your folder list whether you’re on your iPhone, office or home computer. If IMAP’s got you curious but you’re [...]