Looks like Apple’s “hobby” is starting to gain quite a following not because of it’s simple, one-sided function. Instead, it’s the potential this little baby holds. At $99, the AppleTV is a cheap iOS device. We’ve already seen that it can be jailbroken. Even more hopeful, however, is that according to developer Steve Troughton-Smith, iOS apps can be installed on it. That right there has huge potential. I say potential because while...
Why isn’t this a fine way to end a Friday — Grand Theft Auto is officially coming to Mac. That is, if a Rockstar community Q&A hosted on the company’s Facebook Page materializes into reality. When questioned about the whole GTA/Mac topic, Rockstar simply responded by saying: “Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would all indeed be released for Mac…most likely later this year.” Any...
If you happen to have an old Mac keyboard or two sitting around the house, why not get crafty and USB-ify it? Stuffing USB flash drive internals into mundane objects is the latest rage. But you know what, I love it. Many years from now, geeks will compare their flash drive collection as a sort of “right of passage”. No joke, I want this. If DIY isn’t your cup of tea, thesleekgeek (Etsy) will happily do the grunt work for you, $60 donation provided of...
A bit skeptical? So am I. I know tuned drivers can make a pretty big difference in certain situations, but there’s only so much a software developer can eek out of a mid-grade graphics card. But aften looking over a few comments by a claimed Valve employee, things could be at least getting a minor boost in the near term. Specifically: Performance is going to improve as drivers are updated,” rbarris writes. “I would expect modest improvements in short...
I was having myself a good time last night searching for a new game on Steam when I stumbled across this little survey detailing the type of machines that flock to the popular service/storefront. It’s interesting because Mac’s have a pretty prominent position after a rather short time with Steam access. Specifically, a larger percentage of the Mac user base has higher amounts of RAM and more cores per CPU than their Windows counterparts. Though as any self...
