TotalTunes controls iTunes with ease

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Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Freeware, iTunes
We’ve all been there, you’re working on something and want to easily change a song in iTunes. What do you do? Well, you could right-click on the iTunes icon in the dock; but that will only give you rudimentary options. Well, here comes TotalTunes Control.
With TotalTunes, just create [...]

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Gear Live posts followup iPhone v1.1.3 video

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Filed under: Macworld, Software Update, Apple, iPhone
You may recall that yesterday we posted a link to Gear Live’s gallery of iPhone v1.1.3 snaps. In this season of rumors, we were trying to take it with a pinch of salt; we ended up with enough salt to make some Margaritas here at TUAW HQ, such was [...]

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Apple patent: iPhone to order from Starbucks?

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Something’s brewing for your iPhone, and you can get it in decaf. According to a patent filed by Apple, your iPhone may soon become a way for you to skip all the hassle of falling in line to order your favorite cup of coffee in Starbucks.
The patent describes a way for [...]

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Girl opens iPod, finds wacky note instead

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Filed under: iPod Family, Odds and ends
A Washington, DC area father gave his daughter a gift of an iPod classic this Christmas, surely thinking she would be thrilled. Sadly, when his daughter opened the iPod she didn’t find everyone’s favorite MP3 player waiting for her. Instead she found a note which read, ‘Reclaim your mind [...]

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iPhone v1.1.3 screenshots leaked?

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Filed under: Macworld, Rumors, Software, Software Update, Apple, iPhone
Fire up that chunk of your brain known as the Macworld Rumourbuster, readers! With just a little over two weeks before Macworld kicks off, let’s officially call the crowd to order, and let the rumour-mongering, blurry ‘leaked’ pictures, and Photoshop-ing begin.
Gearlive kicks off the “fortnight of [...]

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Starting bittorrent downloads remotely from the iPhone

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Filed under: Hardware, Tips and tricks, Odds and ends, Internet Tools, Open Source, iPhone
I like Mac OS X Hints a lot, although I will admit that most of the hints they post just aren’t for me– either they’re for things that I just don’t have a need to do, or they’re for things I already [...]

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iPhone firmware 1.1.3 breaks unlocks

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Filed under: iPhone
This continuing cat and mouse game reminds me of radar detectors. I recall when radar detectors first came out, and something akin to an arms race broke out between authorities and lead-footed civilians to stay one step ahead of each other. I’m fairly certain that’s a race that won’t end until modern transportation [...]

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iPod’s victims: first CDs, now DVDs?

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iTS, iTunes
Forbes’ Brian Caulfield suggests that Blockbuster and Netflix should be very concerned about Apple’s rumored move into digital movie rentals. He suggests that history has proven the iPod to be a very disruptive device. Just look at CD sales, says Mr. Cauflied, their decline over the last several years [...]

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