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Apple to Launch Smaller iPad?

Believe it or not a smaller iPad is the conclusion Andy Hargreaves, an analyst for Pacific Crest has reached (quoted by Forbes). And thinks the device will be launched before the holidays, this year.

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How To Redeem an Apple App Store Code on an iPhone, iPad or iPod?

Question from Reader: How do I redeem a code for an app at the Apple App Store?

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Apple Wants iPhone5.com Now!

Believe it or not, nobody at Apple had thought about buying iphone5.com, and now the company wants to…

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Star Wars in Windows, Tetris in OS X via Command Line

Working with the command line doesn’t always have to be painfully boring. Here’s are a couple of tips to watch Star Wars IV in ASCII format or play Tetris on a Mac. These tricks have been around for quite a while, but they’re fun if you’re new to computing or just forgot about them.

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Apple OS X Lion: How To Create Bootable Disk Image

Sometimes you’ll find yourself in a situation where installing OS X Lion from the app store or from the recovery partition isn’t an option. If you’re installing a new, blank hard drive for example, or perhaps you’re having problems with your hard disk. Here’s how to make a bootable USB drive or DVD, just like one you’d have back in the good old days.

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Splashtop Win8 Metro Testbed for iPad

While waiting for Nokia and other companies to release Windows 8 tablets, you can experience the Windows 8 Metro UI on your iPad…yes, your iPad. Here’s a look at Splashtop’s Win8 Metro Testbed iPad app.

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Review: Parallels 7 Runs Windows on your Mac Easily

Are you a Mac user looking to run Windows or Linux in a virtual environment? If yes then you will want to read my review of Parallels 7 for Mac.

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Sick of iTunes? Try Foobar2000 as an Alternative

If you’re sick of using iTunes to manage your music collection, try the free and light Foobar2000 music player. It’s fully customizable with plugin components. It loads up faster than iTunes and is light on system resources.

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Mac OS X Lion: Save-As with Versions

One of Lion’s touted features is Versions for files. While it’s supposed to make it more convenient to find previous versions of documents similar to Time Machine retrieve old files, it has turned into a hassle for those wanting to save a copy of that file with a new title. Here’s the new way to [...]

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Log Into Mac OS X Automatically

If you want to save time when you restart or power on your Mac running OS X, it’s helpful to set up the feature to automatically log in.

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