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Illusion Labs releases Touchgrind on Mac for free

Today, Illusion Labs released Touchgrind for Mac on the Mac App Store. You may already be familiar with the iPhone and iPad versions of this game. The game is one of the best uses of the multitouch capabilities of iOS devices. Now you can experience it in full screen glory on your Mac. And thanks to the success of this game on iOS, they’ve decided to release it free of charge.

Apple granted three new iPhone input patents

The US Patent and Trademark Office published several of Apple’s patent approvals today, all of which relate to different aspects of the iPhone’s functionality. The first patent that has been approved deals with organization of the iPhone’s interface, mainly to reduce the clutter of adding too many visual elements to a document. The patent indicates more »

Swiss Online Apple Store “Leaks” Info on New Airport Express?

Visitors of the Airport Express Page on Switzerland’s online Apple Store may notice that they are greeted with a description of the Airport Express that clearly identifies it as a new model, as reported by MacGeneration. “Connect to the Internet, print, and share music from iTunes with any room in the house. Everything without wires. more »

Apple unveils updated MacBooks

As the rumors predicted, the Apple Store was down this morning, and new MacBooks were announced. The MacBooks now use Intel’s latest Core 2 Duo (Penryn) chipset, and have been upgraded across the board. While prices remain the same, the processors have been bumped up from 2.0Ghz and 2.2Ghz to 2.1Ghz and 2.4Ghz respectively. Also, the two upper end MacBooks now come with 2GB of RAM standard, and the whole MacBook line has been updated to 3MB L2 cache.

Click for the full tech specs after the break.

Out with the old, in with the new; Save 10% on new iPods

If you are in the market for a new iPod, because your old one is dying on you, Apple has had a deal for quite awhile now, that allows you to save 10%. All you have to do is bring your old iPod into the Apple store and trade it in for a new one more »

Just “iPod” name dropped, now “iPod classic”

Today was a very exciting day for all Apple fans all over the world, but also a sad day. The original iPod which we just called “iPod” is no more, it is now suffixed as the “iPod classic.”

The latest update to the classic was announced today. The device is now available in only silver and black metal casings. Seems like Apple is tossing the “glossy” look on a lot of products lately.

New iPod Nanos released, big-boned version

Looks like those rumors that have been flying around these last few weeks have been true, with the announcement of the new “fat” nano’s during today’s stevenote. The new nano line does not only contain a new body, but many other features.

First, the new nano includes a larger screen. The screen has moved up from a tiny postage stamp sized screen to a large 2.0″ display, only 0.5″ smaller than the iPod video screen. But the best part is, there is no loss in display quality with the small 2.0″ screen pumping out an iPod-video resolution of 320×240 pixels.

iPod Shuffle gets new splash of color

Along with todays event came an update to Apple’s iPod Shuffle line. The update includes the addition of new colors to the lineup, as well as a “(PRODUCT)Red” iPod shuffle. The old color lineup consisted of Silver, Blue, Green, Orange, and Pink. The latest color refresh includes the original silver, red, light-green, purple, and a more »

Is this the new iPod nano?

There have been a lot of rumors circulating lately over the redesign of Apple’s iPod Video as well as the iPod nano. A picture appeared today on the brokenflicker blog portraying what is said to be the new iPod nano. The device shown looks a lot like images shown in previous rumors, and features a more »

New iMacs released

Apple has released a new line of iMacs, with a new look as well. The new machines come in three models, low end 20″, high end 20″, and 24″. The new, thinner iMac uses glass and aluminum, and sports a glossy display. Inside, the iMac has a (up to) 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, more »