In his review of Safari 3, Jason Cranford Teague (macworld.com) awards the “solid, streamlined browser” 4.5 (out of five) stars, and he offers this recommendation: “Mac users who need a streamlined Web browser for simply browsing the Web should use Safari 3. (So should their Windows counterparts, since Safari runs on both platforms.) Safari has all of the features that most Web surfers will ever need, it’s extremely fast, and it integrates seamlessly with other Mac applications.”

I’m not sure this is what Ron Johnson had in mind when he set out to create Apple’s chain of retail stores, but recently the shops unexpectedly topped a list of hot spots.

Cosmo says that if you are looking to meet a man, you can’t do …

Where’s My Cell Phone is a handy new single-serving app to help track misplaced mobile phones. It’s for those times when your cell phone is nowhere to be seen and you simply don’t have another phone available to make the call.

Instead of using Google Maps and …

No one knew what would become of Panic after the tragic loss of guitarist Michael Houser in 2002, but the seminal Georgia jam act continues to offer excellent new material. “Free Somehow” showcases their classic mix of grizzled vocals, Southern rock grit, and jammy extrapolations.

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The EX is coming to Europe.

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Driving around the streets of London and Geneva over the last couple of days, I have noticed a conspicuous absence of Infiniti and Acura models. The premium brands of (respectively) Nissan and Honda are virtually unknown in Western European countries, where …

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As every laptop maker tries to outdo each other in colors, patterns, and even textures, MSI has decided to zig where the rest are zagging: It’s going back to basic white.

The Taiwanese company today is officially introducing its “PR200 Crystal Collection,” a luxury laptop most notable …

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Apple co-founder and sometimes Steve Jobs antagonist Steve Wozniak was characteristically outspoken when talking to reporters this morning in Sydney at a tech conference. According to a transcript posted by APC Magazine, on the subject of the new MacBook Air, Woz minced no words, telling …

To say that the Virtual Console is “falling off” is an understatement. It’s now been more than a month straight of less than three releases per week.

Super Turrican (1993, Super Nintendo, 800 Wii points): From Factor 5 came Super Turrican, a 2D platformer that reminded us a whole

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Two decades ago, video games, like comic books before them, were written off as a form of entertainment strictly for children. Just like the comic book industry eventually produced mature, extremely-not-for-kids books like Alan Moore’s Watchmen or Garth Ennis’ Preacher, the video game industry has produced mature, extremely-not-for-kids games

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‘Find the Lost Ring,’ a new alternate-reality game that seems to be tied to the Olympics in Beijing, went live Monday morning.

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As I predicted Sunday night, the Web site for a new alternate-reality game that seems to be tied to the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing

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