This is a rolling news page which shows all stories run over the last 7 days...one year ago. It's a great way to find reviews, software releases, or the elusive hack that you might otherwise have missed. Keep an eye on this page to catch all the "should not be forgot" items as they rotate through.

Best Mother's Day Gift Ever!
posted Saturday, May 12, 2007 - 08:07 AM EDT

Ok, so Mother's Day is tomorrow and we realize this news might be coming a little late to the party. But so perfect a gift is this that we had to put it out there. So, what to get mom? Best Buy's Apple iPod Nano and Chocolate Gift Set. It cannot be outdone. Trust us. (1276 reads) ( read more / comments? |   | )

Four New iPod Games On The Way From EA
posted Saturday, May 12, 2007 - 08:00 AM EDT

World-class gamemaker Electronic Arts announced this week, along with its financial results, that they will be bringing four new games for the iPod to market this year. Of the upcoming four, only Sims Bowling was mentioned specifically, leaving the exact nature of the other three to speculation. Five iPod games are currently published by Electronic Arts and sold through the iTunes Store: Tetris, Sodoku, Mahjong, Mini Golf, and Royal Solitaire. See the MacRumors article for more details. Related links: Namco's Ms. Pac-Man Available For Download At iTunes Store EA Mobile: 3rd Party iPhone Games On The Way Free Vortex iPod Game Demo Gameboy Emulator for iPod (3104 reads) ( read more / comments? |   | )

Apple Filing Points To iPod With Multi-Sided Interface
posted Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 11:11 AM EDT

AppleInsider reports that Apple is in the process of patenting the design of a handheld device (iPod, iPhone) featuring a small front-sided display and accepting touch input by way of a large, rear-mounted input surface. "Although a touch-screen interface could be embedded in or overlaid on the display, the use of even a single finger for input may occlude a significant portion of the display or cover more than a single operational control element," Apple wrote in the filing. "While this problem could be mitigated by limiting the touch area to a portion of the display screen (e.g., the display edges where horizontal or vertical motion could emulate slider controls), a single finger could still cover a substantial amount of the useful display area." Could this be Apple's answer to analysts' concerns that the iPhone will suffer from inevitable screen-smudging during typical use? Apple made this filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office on January 5th of this year. (1527 reads) ( read more / comments? |   | )

oFone: The iPhone Rendered Insignificant
posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 08:52 PM EDT

Surely every one of our readers is counting the seconds until July arrives, bringing with it the wonderous iPhone. Could you be, perhaps, backing the wrong horse? One look at the oFone might affect a paradigm shift in your gadget lust. Don't drool too much. (3147 reads) ( read more / comments? |   | )

Update To iPod Line Imminent?
posted Monday, May 07, 2007 - 07:08 PM EDT

As ThinkSecret reports, we may be hours from an announcement from Apple of an update to the iPod line. An unconfirmed tip points to the possibility of an iPod update as early as tomorrow [Tuesday, May 8th], with a touch-screen iPod taking center stage. advertisement The information, which comes from an unproven source, suggests that Apple will show off the new iPod tomorrow but will hold off on shipping the device until later in June when the iPhone ships. ThinkSecret reminds readers that the timetable cited in this report contradicts earlier tips from more proven sources, which indicate that the 6G (presumably widescreen) iPod is not scheduled to debut until late in the year. The fact that the touchscreen technology, expected to debut with the 6G iPod, is finalized and ready to go lends some plausibility to this new report. As with all rumors, time will certainly tell. Stay tuned. (2224 reads) ( read more / comments? |   | )

iTunes Plug-in: Magnetosphere 0.1 beta Released
posted Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 06:59 PM EDT

Barbarian Software has just released version 0.1 beta of Magnetosphere, hands down the most amazing looking and mesmerizing iTunes visualization plug-in we have ever seen. To quote its creator: Here is this thing that does stuff in iTunes. There is magnetism, there is gravity, but on top of all of that, there is awesomeness. Watch as all the dots and ribbons go bouncy bouncy when you play music and trigger this mo-fo of a visualizer. This is the future of visuals. God help you if you smoke the reefer cause you can kiss your productivity goodbye. If you are even remotely amused by the standard iTunes visualizer, you owe it to yourself to check out Magnetosphere. This plug-in is available for iTunes for both Mac OS X and Windows. Happily, despite the amazing visuals, Magnetosphere is not the most CPU or GPU-hungry visualization plug-in out there. [UPDATE: ...though, after enjyoing Magnetosphere on our 3GHz quad-Xeon Mac Pro w/ ATI X1900 XT gfx, we note that it pushes our 1.42GHz G4 Mac mini a little harder... Amazing!] Take hold! (13036 reads) ( read more / comments? |   | )