Apple’s strongest security feature: the Mighty Mouse

Apple’s strongest security feature: the Mighty Mouse
Luckily, Apple has got you covered with a $49 ($69 for the wireless version) security device known as the Mighty Mouse. Using a Mighty Mouse virtually ensures your computer will be inaccessible to just about any jealous PC-using evildoer who may wish to do your Mac harm

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Kernel Panic Screensaver!

Kernel Panic Screensaver!
The perfect prank. A kernel panic is basically the most shocking crash that you can get on a Mac. It
’s Apple’s equivalent to the famed Blue Screen of Death.

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MGM and United Artists Join iTunes Store

MGM and United Artists Join iTunes Store
MGM and United Artists movies have started appearing on Apple's iTunes Store this evening. United Artists and MGM have now joined Lionsgate, Paramount and Disney in selling movies on Apple's iTunes Store.

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Can you tell 128kbps AAC from the original? Take the test!

Can you tell 128kbps AAC from the original? Take the test!
Apple just announced songs at 256kbps, but I wondered how many people could even tell 128kbps encodes from the originals. I whipped up this little app in the hopes of finding out just how good the average Digger's ears are, or how good Apple's encoder is, depending on how you look at it. So get out those Sennheisers and listen carefully!

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Macs making inroads in the corporate sphere

Macs making inroads in the corporate sphere
The Mac is a better choice than ever for business tasks besides photo retouching or video editing.

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Tutorial: How to Play DIVX & XVID on your APPLE TV

Tutorial: How to Play DIVX & XVID on your APPLE TV
The two biggest Apple TV limitations are the lack of codec support (like XviD, DivX, etc.) and not even having the ability to do basic surround sound like Dolby Digital 5.1. These issues were resolved almost immediately after the Apple TV was released, although the hacks were somewhat less than practical.

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Man deletes /usr, blames Apple for his mistake!

Man deletes /usr, blames Apple for his mistake!
I like OS X as much as the next guy, but man do we Apple users deserve some of the flak we get. With articles like this one floating around then it's no wonder Mac users have a poor reputation with some folks. The guy deleted /usr, and then blamed it on Apple! He states: "You can still cripple a Macintosh computer." ... No?! Surely you jest...

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