iPad App Review – The Elements

The first thing you notice about The Elements is the HD graphics. In a word, they’re stunning. The app opens with Tom Lehrer’s famous Elements song where he sings the names of all of the elements. As the song plays, each element’s native state appears as a rotating high-definition video, filling up the Periodic Table of the Elements as it goes. If you’re interested in science at all, it’s awesome.

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Review – Blast Application

Apparent Software makes working on a Mac just a wee bit easier with its new offering, Blast. This inexpensive application runs on your Mac’s menu bar, providing a quick way to access any file or application you’ve recently worked on. Blast has proven to be a real asset to my daily workflow and productivity.

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Review – Macally Metropad iPad Cases


Apple’s release of the iPad means that many of the biggest selling accessories right now are cases to protect your new addition to the family. With the bewildering number of cases already on the market, MyMac.com’s reviews over the coming weeks will help you come up with a choice of case that best suits your needs. This week: Macally Metropad iPad Cases

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Colcasac iPad Sleeve – Review


One of the first things that comes to mind when you purchase your new iPad is how to protect it. The iPad is a thing of beauty, so anything you can do to minimize bumps and scratches is important.

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Bento for iPad – Review


There are times when I find my life becomes just too busy. Between planning my high school science classes, grading papers, writing reviews for MyMac.com, maintaining a home and running about for our children, I really need to keep track of my constantly changing schedule without being tied to my iMac. The folks at FileMaker have come up with an elegant solution for iPad owners with Bento for iPad.

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Guitar for Dummies CD – Review


As a relative beginner to playing the guitar, I’m always on the lookout for ways to improve my playing skills. I take weekly lessons and I learn a great deal from my guitar teacher, but perhaps there is a way to improve myself, and perhaps even impress my teacher a bit in the process. When I saw Wiley’s new Guitar for Dummies CD, I knew this was a piece of software that was right up my alley, and I wasn’t disappointed.

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iPhone 3GS Portable Genius – Book Review


Most iPhone users take it for granted that they know how to use most of their phone’s features. An iPhone is a thing of beauty, a device so well designed that most of us can figure out how to utilize its basic functions in short order. Apple surely realizes this – the iPhone ships with a manual, doesn’t it?

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