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Review: DYMO DiscPainter CD/DVD Printer

In the beginning of the DVD era, it used used to be just handing your client a DVD with a Sharpie-written title on it was good enough. These days, however, it’s no longer enough that you were able to “magically” produce a stunning-looking HD video on your laptop, you now have to make the disc itself look as good as what’s on the inside. The problem is, as... Read More

Review: Mophie Juice Pack 3G for iPhone

Now that Apple has launched the iTunes app store, there are 1000’s of battery-draining reasons why you would seek out a dockable battery pack for your iPhone 3G. Mophie ‘s Juice Pack was the most publicized, if not the first, iPhone battery pack for the first generation iPhone, and, after a few false starts, they have finally begun shipping an iPhone 3G-compatible model.... Read More

Review: Marware Game Grip is a triple threat

At first glance the Marware Game Grip looks like the holy grail of iPhone gaming – a gaming controller for the iPhone that will free you from the sometimes flakiness of touch screen gaming. On second look, however, you realize that it actually has no buttons or controls at all, and instead is really just a case designed to make holding your iPhone a little more comfortable... Read More

Review: iAscii Art

Turning photos into Ascii art may seem like useless parlor trick (and it is) but to many tech geeks who began their lives using DOT Matrix printers to print out “pictures” using Ascii characters, Ascii art still holds a special place in our hearts. I actually remember the first naked woman I ever “saw” was an Ascii rendering of a woman from a program called... Read More

Review: Incipio’s Feather Slim case for iPhone 3G

I basically like two types of cases for the iPhone – first there’s the the “everyday, go anywhere, feel free to drop me, shock-absorbing monster case (currently the Speck Toughskin), and then there’s the “let’s go out in public and look cool in case someone asks to hold me” kind of case. Incipio’s Feather Slim Case for the iPhone... Read More

Review: GL Golf is slightly sub-par

One of the first computer video games I ever remember playing was a DOS-based golf game my dad brought home on a set of giant 5″ floppy disks to put on our IBM computer. I don’t remember the name, but I do remember it had about 8 colors with which to paint a pseudo 3D golf course, and it was pretty darn fugly. Of course I didn’t let that stop me from wasting countless... Read More

Review: Mister Bumblebee Racing Challenge is gorgeous (and a decent racer too)

I just picked up  Read More

Review: Speck ToughSkin for iPhone 3G

I remember the first time I dropped my 1st generation iPhone. I was getting out of the car and the phone hit the driveway (with no case) and received a very noticeable (to me, anyway) scratch on the corner bezel. Heartbroken, that night I began searching the web for the ultimate, shock-proof iPhone case, and by the end of the week I had settled on the ToughSkin case by Speck. Since... Read More

PhoneSaber finally re-released as Lightsaber Unleashed – Oh, and yeah, THQ ruined it

[Note, as of this writing, Lightsaber has not yet hit the iTunes store, but it DOES show up in your updates if you previously bought PhoneSaber] There was much speculation a few months back when THQ asked TheMacBox to remove their popular free PhoneSaber Star Wars app from the iTunes store citing copyright issues (apparently you can’t just make apps based on popular movies... Read More

Review: Is Brando’s iPower Power Station a “Juice Pack” killer?

When it comes to the external iPhone battery game, the current media darling is the Mophie Juice pack, and with good reason (we gave it a 9 out of 10 rating). However, Mophie’s $100 Juice Pack currently only fits 1st gen iPhones, and their delay in getting their 3G model to market has allowed other companies time to get their 3G offerings on shelves first. One promising... Read More