The rock group Gorillaz recorded their new album entirely on an iPad. The apps they used?Speak It! SoundyThingieMugicianSynthFunk BoxGlissAmpliTubeXenonKorg iElectribeBS-16iMellotronics M3000 HDCleartuneiOrgel HDOlsynthStudioMini XLBassLineHarmonizerDub Siren ProMoog FilatronWhat? You don’t... Read More »

Terry White’s list of 3 Things For The New Mac User:Use a login passwordBackup to an external hard disk driveJoin a local Mac Users GroupOld school.... Read More »

Walt Mossberg’s Best and Worst Products of 2010:Best:Apple’s iPad4G Wireless networksApple iPhone, Samsung Galaxy SWorst:Dell StreakGoogle TVTiVo PremiereGalaxy S? Walt says the screen is worse, it wasn’t as smooth, didn’t have as many apps, and no iTunes app to sync... Read More »

Do you collect cars? Me, neither. What cars of today might become collector items of the future?Dodge ViperCorvette ZR-1Mercedes SLR McLarenFord GTPorsche Carrera GTAll the cars have over 200 horsepower and ranged in price from $100,000 to $400,000. I’m not yet ready to have a car collection.... Read More »

President Obama says Americans should expect Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs to be rich. From CNET’s Brooke Crothers:What is…a fact is that people in the top 1 percent, people in the top one-tenth of 1 percent, or one-hundredth of 1 percent have a larger share of income and wealth than... Read More »

New York Giants defensive end Dave Tollefson suffered a knee injury during the Giants-Eagles games and went to the locker so the team’s medical staff could check it out. Doug Farrar reports:Tollefson’s mom, Debra Crocker, was waiting for her son in the locker room, and she made it very... Read More »

Yet another sign that Apple’s hot-selling iPad is pushing Windows netbook PCs out the door. From Jonny Evans at 9to5 Mac:Apple’s iPad is so popular there’s an increasing wave of two or more iPad households, according to reputable research from YouGov. Researchers found nearly a fifth (17%)... Read More »

Apple’s stock hit another all time high today, closing at $321.21. The company’s market cap is just under $300-billion (from MDN).Apple’s previous all-time closing high was $321.67 set on December 13, 2010. Apple’s all-time intraday high stands at $325.06, set on December 13,... Read More »

Nick Kurczewski from Road & Track on the six fastest automobiles available in North America. All six top 200 miles-per-hour. The fastest is the 2011 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super sport, available now at $2.7 million.The Veyron’s astounding price tag is matched only by its outrageous top speed,... Read More »

Engadget’s Joanna Stern lost her beloved but ancient BlackBerry Curve, lamented the state of BlackBerry’s in general, and bought a Droid.I had always known that RIM was behind the curve (always a great pun!), but I also always had hope that the company would catch up with modern smartphones... Read More »

It’s tough for Microsoft to get much respect in the tablet market. Charlie Sorrel reports for Gadget Lab on Microsoft’s newest tablet and iPad killer:The New York Times has detailed “rumors” of upcoming Windows “slates” that will be shown off by Steve Ballmer at... Read More »

If you’ve wondered how Apple managed to put $50-billion in the bank in recent years, look at the simple math. Philip Elmer-DeWitt in Fortune on How Apple’s revenues grow nearly 3 times faster than its expenses. The chart says it all.It shows that since the platform achieved a major milestone... Read More »

This is the changing of the guard. Apple is hiring while Nokia is firing. The cell phone handset giant is under siege by the rapidly growing smart phone.Nokia says it plans to cut up to 800 jobs in Finland, following redundancy talks that began in October and ended on Tuesday. The figure is down from... Read More »