Jacket for iPad – Review

The one thing that everyone immediately notices is that you cannot just stick your iPad in your pocket as you can with your iPhone or cellphone and go. You either need to place your iPad in a case or into a bag to transport it around. Besides, why offer you and your iPad up as possible targets for those who would love to get their hands on your iPad… free of charge, of course.

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GoToMyPC Review

Choosing a remote computer access service can seem a little like wandering around the strip in Las Vegas  there are lots of interesting choices vying for your attention, and possibly some gambling involved. But it needn’t be that way. GoToMyPC from Citrix Online provides a quality, easy to use product backed by a name that’s well known in the online computer services industry. Citrix Online also provides the highly regarded GoToMeeting, GoToTraining, GoToAssist, and Webinar, which gives an indication of the company’s ability to run secure and scalable services.

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Commuter Series Case for iPad
Review

I decided to go with the Commuter series case for the iPad, wanting to protect my iPad but I didn’t really want to totally encase it. The Commuter is designed to be stylish yet protect your iPad from the everyday clumsiness that befall all of us. Inside the package is a polycarbonate outer shell to offer one layer of protection, a silicone skin that is there to cushion the impact and provide a soft interior shell for your iPad to rest in and a clear screen protector, designed to cut down on the greasy fingerprints and scratches that we all leave on the front of our iPads. As you can see in the pictures, Otterbox gives you everything you need to protect your iPad. Yet with all of this, the added weight to your iPad is minimal, being only 7.2 ounces.

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Lego Star Wars – The Complete Saga for Mac – Review

spotted Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, and decided to give it another go, regardless of my previous bad experience. And it was here, playing through not just the later trilogy but the original as well, that I learned the secret to playing a Lego video game: destroy everything!

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Resources for Apple Logic 9 Review

The advantage of (on-line and DVD) video tutorials, such as the series (“Logic Pro 9 Essential Training”) at lynda.com (membership required) and Logic 9 Explained (see below) is that you can see what’s supposed to happen as you follow along ‘” in real time if you like, with Logic running. The advantage of a book is that you have hard copy with an index for safe-keeping indefinitely. Each has its merits.

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Macally Bamboo Lapdesk and Rickshaw Commuter Backpack – Review

Macally has a reputation for making computer accessories that combine form and function without sacrificing aesthetics. The Ecopad is a typical Macally product minimalist in design, attractive to the eye and hand, and serving a useful function. The Ecopad is a bamboo lapdesk, suitable for any laptop.

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Brazil – Pocket Sized Podcast Episode 2

Welcome to episode 2 of the Pocket Sized Podcast about iOS devices. Open Source Legend Peter Nikolaidis of the Fresh Ubuntu podcast joins me in this interview episode to talk about his adventures with his iPhone in Brazil.

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Multi-Card 24-in-1 USB Reader – Review

With its innovative pop-up design, the 24-in-1 USB Reader from Lexar, provides its user with a compact and effective solution for transferring data from a wide array of memory card formats.

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TechFan Podcast #12 – Three Wise Men? Hardly!

The G-Men, Guy and Gaz, join Tim for a fun hour to talk podcasting, Apple Works, shopping, the Apple TV, and much more. David Cohen has a pre-recorded monolog, and Tim has some fun in post-production with it. Then, at the very end, a special guest shows up to help us close the show!

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MyMac Podcast 325 – It’s a MyMac Christmas!

Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast at Podfeet.com joins the GMen for a ROCKING Christmas show! We talk a bit about how she does her podcast and mention cute furry rodents a lot (SQUIRREL!). Turns out Gaz has never seen Pixar’s “Up!” but we love him anyway. The GMen do a Quick Review of Elevate Entertainment’s Zombie Ala Mode for iOS and somehow manage to keep the show under one hour.

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XCOM Global – International Unlimited aXcess Plan
Review

So there you are, you have secured a sweet fare for your flight to Europe. You have planned out your trip. You know how your are traveling and where you are traveling, and then it hits you like a ton of bricks as you hang up your call with AT&T, they are going to hose me for data. For the international traveler or potential international traveler, data usage is not a luxury today, it is a necessity. Read on and find out if XCOM GLOBAL is the solution data needs abroad.

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DryZone Rover – Review

If you are a photographer who needs a bag to brave extreme weather, the DryZone Rover must be on your short list of candidates. However, how you plan to travel to that destination could change your ultimate choice in an all-weather camera bag. Read on and find out why.

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Muzx Ultra Headphones – Review

As one of the best audio system manufacturers on market, Altec Lansing has long been known and revered for their portable audio systems designed for the many different portable music players on the market. So I was anxious to try out a pair of their earphones in the hopes that they would possess the same quality and performance as the famed audio systems. Read on and find out how they stacked up.

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Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3 – Book Review

If you check out Stephen Laskevitch online you will find that he has been teaching his subject for many years and cofounded Luminous Works, a training and consulting company in Seattle, WA. It would be a surprise if such background did not directly influence the structure of his book

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MOO – Customizable, Full Color, Business Cards
Review

Rarely does one use the words beautiful and elegant when speaking of business cards. Generally, business cards are a necessary evil which are, for the most part, an after thought thrown together without much effort or design. The great people at MOO Printing have changed the game in the, seemingly antiquated, printed business card space. Read on and find out why business cards have been reborn.

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MobileMe: The Final Conflict

In the age of Google, Dropbox, Chrome OS, online backup, and remote access solutions, it’s pretty evident that cloud computing is already mainstream. What types of cloud computing and how much of our data is going to wind up in the cloud are issues that are still being worked out. And nowhere do those questions need to be asked more than with Apple’s MobileMe service.

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