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The iPhone kill switch - it KILLS you

Your iPhone's kill switch doesn't remove undesirable software -- it kills you. Stephen Colbert reports.

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From my cold dead hands

It's inevitable that technology progresses faster than IT's budget to keep up with it. But some people don't want to give up their tried-and-true methods. They'd rather stick with what they know than learn the new toy that's swayed everyone else with its bells-and-whistles.

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WarGames returns to theaters for 25th anniversary

One night only (Thursday, July 24th), the classic film of hacking and global thermonuclear war returns to theaters to ask us once again: Shall we play a game?

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Google Maps now offering walking directions

Google's driving directions are now complemented with walking ones. If you're accustomed to a variety of perplexing and congested one-way streets and restricted turns that are easier to navigate on foot than on wheels, you can now ignore those motorist restrictions to achieve the quickest, shortest routes.

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iPhone 3G: Will It Blend?

Is your iPhone 3G not living up to expectations? Blendtec sets the example for what happens to iPhones that misbehave.

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The day the 2D died

Music group 8 Bit Weapon performs chiptune music — original tunes produced using classic hardware, from an Apple II to a Game Boy processor. A free download of their soundtrack to the game Reset Generation comes with a bonus track that, like the game, is a love letter to gamers of ages yore.

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Rosetta-free makes life merry

I've been ignoring Safari updates for years, sticking with an older version of the web browser that had proven to be stable. But eventually its limitations caught up to me, and I had to consider if the cost of running older, slower software was really worth it.

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Five reasons why GS/OS beats Vista and OS X

The conventional wisdom that newfangled operating systems are superior to tried-and-true ones is flat-out wrong. Obviously the Apple IIGS perfected the OS decades before Leopard and Vista. Here are five reasons why.

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Old school tax refund

The government is sending some money your way. Before you blow it on the latest toy to catch your eye, what about that toy you never got twenty years ago? It's not too late!

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Anatomy of an Apple IIc

PC World recently dissected a 25-year-old Apple IIc in a fun and insightful photo gallery. Only a few technical errors keep it from being a flawless romp down memory lane.

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Getting started with the Apple II

Dan Budiac paid $2,600 last month for a brand-new Apple IIc. That's a story in and of itself — but it doesn't end there. Now that he has a vintage computer, what does he do with it?

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A very geeky Valentine's Day

"Everyone knows that people who play video games don't celebrate Valentine's Day, because they are sad, lonely shut-ins with no social lives, and no hope of dating, or even meeting, another human being." So goes the stereotype on this happy holiday ...

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Hollywood meets MIT

Tomorrow sees the release of the film Jumper, in which Hayden Christensen can instantly teleport himself to anywhere on the planet with ease. Are we ourselves only a jump away from real-world teleportation? When Christensen and film director Doug Liman recently spoke at MIT, we found out teleportation is already real -- but it's not as easy as Star Trek makes it look.

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The case of the crashing iPhoto

Apple's iLife applications are tightly integrated not only into Mac OS X, but also into each other. When iPhoto starts crashing, the hunt begins to determine what's gone awry in an otherwise stable environment. Is it a corrupt library file? A byproduct of a recent QuickTime upgrade? Or something far less obvious?

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The cure for a hungry, sleepy laptop

Both Mac OS X and the MacBook Pro have some great safety features — but if they don't apply to your daily use, you're more likely to benefit from reclaiming the resources these features consume. Here's a look at two problems that were resolved with one patch.

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