The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -Julius Oppenheimer

Augmented Reality Apps

Seeded on Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:52 PM EDT (MacRumors)

Augmented reality uses the device's GPS, camera and digital compass to overlay real-time data onto live video. Other possibilities include iPhone games as well as the Layar browser we've highlighted before.

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New Quicktime and Snow Leopard Wallpapers

Seeded on Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:50 PM EDT (MacRumors)

Apple appears to be making some final visual tweaks to Snow Leopard in their latest developer build. Several people have noticed that Apple has provided new Desktop pictures that come with the OS. Uneasy Silence offers a complete gallery of the images:

technology, jobs, tech, internet, apple, computers, steve, quicktime, snow-leopard

Obama as Vulcan?

Seeded on Sun May 17, 2009 8:56 PM EDT (breitbart.com)

President Barack Obama said in a report Sunday that he saw the new "Star Trek" film recently -- and not just because it was last week's top-grossing movie. "Everybody was saying I was Spock," said the US leader, known to have a wonkish command of the minutiae of policy -- not un …

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Music Industry Heads to Apple

Seeded on Mon Feb 2, 2009 7:15 PM EST (MacRumors)

n interviews, several high-level music executives, who spoke on the condition that they not be named to avoid angering Apple, said they operated in fear of Apple's removing a label's products from the iTunes store over a disagreement, even though that has never happened.

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