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Final Frame: Mac Ghosts

Mac Ghosts by Gary Gao lithograph, one of three hand-pulled screenprinted poster designs from the Mac Poster Trilogy....

Enable Multi-Touch and Hidden Features With Firefox 3.5

If you didn't know that Firefox released a major update this week, you should update your Firefox immediately. Why? There are a bunch of new features that are really interesting, including one that le...

Deskology DESKSET Made to Match Macs

Apple's come a long way. Once a company known for their designer-friendly yet boxy, beige and black-and-white desktop computers, they now dominate technology design and set the trends for everyone els...

Hulu Goes Browser-less, Now a Desktop Resource

We—and everyone else who enjoys the flexibility to watch their favorite shows on their own time—gush non-stop about the amazing, brilliant and oh-so-addictive online resource Hulu. You can...

Final Frame: Mac vs. PC Poster

A retro style boxing poster for the ultimate world title fight between the two heavyweight platforms. Ready to frame for your home office and available for about $17....

Look!: "News Desk" Plays B&W Against Silver

We'd all love one of a kind pieces in our homes that speak perfectly to our personalities and decorating tastes. But unless your last name is Gates, you're probably buying some stuff at big box stores...

Do You Ever Buy Off-Brand Accessories?

Above: An obviously not Apple power cord attached to my very Apple PowerbookI've just moved and I'm still getting settled unpacking my things. In an effort to save some much needed cash, I took on the...

Geek Sugar's The Stylish Computers of Gossip Girl

You've got to love girly tech blog GeekSugar for their technological tie-ins with pop culture. GeekSugar took time to reflect on their year spent watching gorgeous and expensive Manhattan high school ...

Final Frame: Mac, circa 2050

If they keep getting smaller, this prediction of a Mac Micro (via Worth 1000) doesn't seem too far off....

BatMac: Hangs Down From Kicthen Cabinets

We spotted this image on Lifehacker of their reader Kurt's kitchen workspace. We love the Campbell's Soup cans as pencil cups, especially because the repetition and the green color block behind them m...

Typeface Portrait of Steve Jobs

Apple fanboys and typographers, this one's for you. Florida Designer Dylan Roscover created this portrait of the Apple co-founder using only lines of type. It get's extra geeky when you realize that t...

No More Starry Skies: Change Your Mac's Login Image

So you're a technologically astute, self-proclaimed 'aesthetite,' huh? You spend all your time and effort making sure that everything in your tech world coordinates. You have a go-to color for all you...

Your New Business Trip Companion: A Card Scanner!

If you're the kind of guy who thinks business cards are silly and would rather just trade info with a connection by typing on your Blackberrys, you might also be the kind of guy who has a small, lid-l...

College Students Forced to Cut Into Beer Money for iPhones

Remember when Duke University gave each member of its incoming class of freshmen in 2004 a brand new iPod pre-loaded with freshman-orientation information, an academic calendar and even the Duke fight...

Geek Doormat: Slide to Unlock Your iDoor

Addicted to the iPhone? Want to let all your guests know about it before they even step a foot in your house? This doormat we spotted on OhGizmo! is designed to look just like the iPhone's distinct 'u...

The Foldout Mac Home Entertainment Wall Unit

Got an outdated but still usable laptop that has a working DVD drive? Mac owner Phil Long converted his outdated laptop as a wall-mounted entertainment unit that operates as a digital photo frame, hom...

How to... Customize Your Own Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

The always-on-the-run laptop faithful swear by keyboard shortcuts to keep the ball rolling—and keep their fingertips from scrolling the mousepad. But whether you're a dedicated and experienced l...

Final Frame: A Place to Create

Creation by Oliver Valle. And if you're wondering, the screensaver is one amongst our favourites....

MacBook Air Survives Airplane Crash!

It seems pretty obvious that if you are involved in any kind of crash, things will go bad for your gadgets. Things will go really bad for your laptop, since naturally, it's not wearing a seatbelt. Yes...

Look! Save Your MacBook's Life!

When your MacBook is running out of space, you need to save it's life, thanks to Dr. Hard Drive. It's either that, or your Mac is being overrun by a virus. No need to get all crazy, Dr. Hard Drive wil...

A Laptop Sleeve That Unfolds Into Mini-Workstation

Imagine you're about to meet up with some colleagues, classmates or friends at the local bookstore/coffee shop/place with free wi-fi. Wouldn't it be great to show up with this unfolding laptop sleeve ...

Go Black! Darkstar Computing By Dimo Trifonov

While some may argue against using the generic IKEA pieces for their home office, we definitely see nothing wrong with it, and neither does Dimo Trifonov who works out of his home office for Studio Nu...

Final Frame: DjD's Projected Desktop

DjD's Home Entertainment Setup [Creative Commons: DjD]...

Good Questions: Software Keep My Mac Clean, Healthy and Fast?

Yeo from Switzerland asks: Greets Unplggd! I've been a PC user for the longest time and I've always had to reinstall the OS every few months because of the leftover registry residues. I got fed up -...

How To... Display the Date and Time in Mac's Finder Bar

Here's a minor tech pet peeve of mine that maybe some of you relate to: The Finder Bar on my Mac will only show the time and never the date. To display the date, I've got to select and hold the time t...