Filed under: iPod Family
Forget the Nike + iPod kit, Life Fitness wants to make “iPod” synonymous with “workout.”
Earlier today they announced a new line of equipment that features built-in iPod integration. Once an iPod is docked, users can control playback and watch video via the machine’s built-in LCD. Also, headphones can be plugged [...]

Filed under: Software
WriteRoom, the application for “distraction-free writing,” reached version 2.1 today. Changes include:

Generate word counts for any part of a document.
“Typewriter scrolling” setting is more flexible.
Many squashed bugs

Some call it gimmicky, but I’ve been using it since version 1.0 and enjoy it. WriteRoom requires Mac OS 10.4, and a single license will [...]

Filed under: Audio, Odds and ends, iTunes
She was among the most mysterious figures in classical music: Joyce Hatto, a renowned pianist who retired from active performance in 1976 due to ill health. With the help of her husband and his private recording studio, however, Hatto released scores of recordings in the 1990s, performing the complete [...]

Filed under: Software, Productivity, Internet Tools
While it isn’t a major release that adds big features like tagging or AppleScript support, Yojimbo 1.4.1 does fix a lot of miscellaneous bugs that users have been battling. A full changelog is here, listing fixes for things like crashes when viewing web archives and some scripting operations, as well [...]

Filed under: iPod Family, Software, Freeware, iTunes
Adam Pash over at lifehacker has a great post up on managing your iPod without iTunes. The post focuses on cross-platform tools for adding music and video to your iPod from practically any computer, the most interesting of which is Floola. Floola has a bunch of features, allowing you [...]

Filed under: Multimedia, Video, How-tos
Somebody we know around these parts has posted a nice tutorial over at MacDevCenter on how to use VLC to stream live HDTV from an EyeTV compatible tuner to other Macs around your house. This way if you set up a Mac media center computer to record HDTV, you can shoot [...]

Filed under: Software, Reviews
Now that Adobe has officially shipped Lightroom (as we recently mentioned), the natural question is: which one is better, Lightroom or Aperture? Of course folks have been playing with the Lightroom beta for quite some time, so this is not new question, but Derrick Story over at MacDevCenter posts on two new [...]

Filed under: Humor, iTS
All Headline News reports that “What Goes Around, Comes Around” has sold more than 50,000 downloads to become the most downloaded iTunes video ever. The “director’s cut” edition of the video is over 9 minutes long and stars Scarlett Johannsson. TUAW is unable to confirm whether any boxes or gifts (link is [...]

Filed under: Hacks, Airport
Got to hand it to the MacBidouille/HardMac crew, they are not easily discouraged. Rather than accept the perpetual second-class status of the Core Duo MacBook 802.11g Airport Extreme card, they bravely attempted to transplant the N-capable wireless card from a Mac Pro into the forlorn laptop. The result? A fully functional battle [...]

Filed under: iTS, Deals

Attention Billy Joel fans: iTunes has a few things that will interest you. Billy Joel’s studio albums are now on sale for $7.99 each (that’s 2 buck off for the mathematically challenged out there). For you Billy Joel completists there is also an iTunes exclusive single called ‘All My Life‘ which will [...]

Filed under: Retail
If you’re excited about Apple Store Boston (I sure am), then check out this webcam which will be providing live images of its construction. As of this writing, demolition has begun! Check back often to track the process of this year-long project.
As we say here in Massachusetts, “Wicked awesome.”

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Filed under: Gaming, Software
I should start this off by admitting that I am not very good at puzzle games. They often frighten and confuse me. Add that to the fact that I am not all that bright (as evidenced by my work on TUAW) and things do not look good for me and puzzles. I’ll [...]

Filed under: Software, Freeware, Open Source, Developer
Mono is an interesting Open Source Project, sponsored by Novell, that “provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix.” The most recent version, 1.2.3, adds support for a Visual Basic 8.0 compiler meaning that Visual [...]

Filed under: Rumors, Cult of Mac, Blogging
I’ve been covering Mac news for over two-and-a-half years, and I’ve been keeping a close eye on the rumor mill for at least twice that long. While I’m certainly not the most experienced reporter in the field- especially when compared to some industry veterans, I have a pretty good [...]

Filed under: Video, Apple TV

I’m a sucker for those fancy movies that play when you first install OS X. It is just another way in which Apple takes care of the ‘little things.’ Today we find out that when you hook up your Apple TV for the first time you’ll be treated to a startup [...]

Filed under: Software, Universal Binary, Beta Beat
Back in the day, Mike Bombich’s Carbon Copy Cloner was one of those must-have Mac apps. It was the first solution for making bootable backups to an external hard drive. Unfortunately, CCC had not been updated in quite some time (2003) and its former place has been taken on [...]

Filed under: Enterprise, Apple
Sorry about the original headline, folks: editing error on my part. Apple quietly added two more high-speed Fibre Channel cards to the product lineup last week: dual and quad-port 4Gb cards are now orderable from the Apple Store with ship dates 7-10 days out (dual-channel card) or 4-6 weeks out (quad-channel card). [...]

Filed under: Software
Reinvented Software’s Keep It Together hit version 1.3 (and then 1.3.1) last week, which got me to take another look at the organizer app. If you’re familiar with Bare Bones’ Yojimbo, then the interface for KIT will seem reasonably familiar, and the feature set is pretty close as well — both can serve [...]

Filed under: Hardware, Multimedia, Software
Judging from the buzz surrounding it, the NewTek TriCaster is a great piece of kit. To borrow from NewTek’s perhaps slightly hyperbolic praise of itself, the TriCaster “combines the functionality of a live television truck into a 10 pound, 1 cubic foot appliance” which runs about $5000. Basically, it allows you [...]

Filed under: Software Update
Earlier today, Apple posted WWAN Support Update 1.0 for Intel-based Mac portables. According to Apple, this update offers support for the following:
Available on the Cingular network:

Novatel Merlin XU870 ExpressCard (HSDPA)

Available on the Sprint network:

Novatel Wireless Merlin EX720 Express Card (EVDO Rev. A)
Novatel Wireless Ovation U720 USB Modem (USB [...]