Open vs. closed software platforms
Windows is a rare breed: an open software platform that has seen a great deal of success. Open platforms are what people tend to think of when they think of software platforms in general because they are more accessible. If…
How to resize your Boot Camp partition without reinstalling Windows
If you’re a hardcore gamer, using Boot Camp to run Windows on your Mac is a fact of life. If you enjoy the MacOS, you’ll probably find yourself devoting as little of your hard disk as possible to your Windows…
Console-quality iPhone games
Apple’s launch of the app store last year was an amazing success with games making up a large part of the catalog. However, with rumors of iPhone Flash getting hot and heavy, the need for 100 native Sudoku apps, 20…
iPhone review: Heavy Mach.
I picked Heavy Mach. up after seeing the review over at TouchArcade. It illustrates one of the most fantastic aspects of the iPhone gaming marketplace in the app store: a small-time developer can make a game that, while it is…
Get Emoji on non-jailbroken iPhones for free
I recently tried a little hack using a $.99 iPhone app to enable the cute Japanese Emoji icons on my iPhone. They are definitely a novelty with limited utility as they only show up to other iPhone users, but, if…
Track iPhone app price drops through RSS
The next time you’re on the fence about whether or not to purchase an app and price is a factor, here is a simple way to watch for a price drop. App store games and applications seem to drop in…
MacHeist 3 lets you legally steal software
Mac users can forget about Bittorrent because the new Macheist is up. You can win free software for solving a few puzzles that aren’t too difficult. The haul for this mission is ShoveBox, KavaTunes, and some Valentines e-mail stationary. Not…
Macbook Pro XP/Vista audio stuttering fix
My PC has seen less and less of my gaming activity in recent years. It makes me a little sad, but the current generation of consoles is delivering a more cohesive and simple gaming experience than the PC ever could….
Collection of 351 iPhone wallpapers
This is my collection of iPhone wallpapers. It includes 351 wallpapers I have collected during my six months as an iPhone user. Only the absolute best wallpapers I have found are included. This should be plenty to keep you busy…
App brings MMS to iPhone
One of the oft requested iPhone features has come to the iPhone by way of a (currently) $4.99 app called Fetch MMS. The implementation is far from perfect. AT&T users must first change a setting through the carrier’s online messaging…