I’ve never been deer hunting. The words alone don’t even evoke images of wearing orange vests and shooting animals, but, rather, images of Christopher Walkin playing Russian roulette. Oh yes, there is deer hunting in that movie, but I don’t really remember it. Does anyone?
Last month, the original source code for Jordan Mechner’s Prince of Persia was found in a cupboard, stored on a bunch of old, old Apple II floppy disks — we’re talking over two decades here. While a floppy disk is hardly a difficult piece of media to access, getting the data off the disks wasn’t something Mechner was prepared to leave to chance. Enter the professionals.
The iPad and the iPhone must be made in China. Ditto for, well, most everything. And it’s not only because of cheap Chinese labour. Or sprawling factories. Or lax regulations. Those are reasons, but there’s another one. And it’s one you might not expect: mud.
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Valve head Gabe Newell did not actually meet last week as rumored, according to a new podcast interview with Newell.
The inevitable iPhone 5 might not be out in the West yet, but it’s out in China. And it’s delicious-looking.
This is one of those things that’s just so pathologically stupid that you can only hope that it’s satire. MacWorld Australia reports that three Australian artists have created a new perfume designed to replicate the smell of opening a MacBook Pro for the first time…
A report on website Cult of Mac claims that, in addition to Apple’s widely-expected foray into the world of TV sets later this year, the company will also be trying its hand (again) at the video game console market.
Apple’s arguably the most important company in mobile gaming. Valve not only makes great games like Portal 2 but they also run Steam, the heavyweight champion of video game digital distribution. What would happen if they teamed up? We don’t know.
While the iPad is roughly the same size as a cutting board, that doesn’t mean it is a cutting board.
South Korea’s BuffLab shows off its series of “shock absorption” screen covers by cutting cabbage and smashing walnuts. As one would.
If you need more stabby-stabby, the other videos feature a nail, a screwdriver, a hammer, and a scraper going at an iPhone. There’s also a mug.