Valve has done a lot for Mac gamers in the last few months: first releasing the popular Steam digital delivery service for OS X, then following by quickly releasing native ports of most of their catalog for Mac gamers to play. In fact, Valve managed to squirt all of their Source-engine games (including Half-Life 2,

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Left 4 Dead Series Coming To OS X by October

Blamed on everything from a software bug to greasy ear canals, the iPhone 4′s overly sensitive proximity sensor was supposed to get fixed with the release of iOS 4.1. Don’t hold your breath, though, says Apple’s Australian mouthpiece Fiona Martin. According to Martin, the company has yet to fix the proximity sensor issue, with no

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Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad , iPad , iPhone , iPod touch , iDevice Apps iPhone, iPod and iPad product updates and announcements for August 20, 2010: Apps Accessories Apps Danger! Dodgeball HD is now available for iPad. The HD version adds new features based on user feedback from the iPhone version that hit the #1 game and app slot last month on 4th of July weekend. Sigma3 Games has released Enigma Balls 1.1 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The game app provides arcade style fun and all of the challenge that even hardcore gamers could ask for. Offering more than one hundred levels of gameplay, players must create dividing lines between moving ion balls with their fingers. Using only touchscreen controls, each stage increases the level of difficulty as a player works at capturing 75% of the screen. Sauce Digital’s renowned Killer Pool has reached the App Store in three new versions today:  Killer Pool HD for iPad, Killer Pool 1.2 for iPhone and Killer Pool Lite 1.2 for iPhone. Olson Applications has announced 5 Minute Fat Loss 1.0 , its new health and fitness application for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. 5 Minute Fat Loss was specifically designed to help users lose weight and get into shape using 5 minute daily exercise routines. It consists of over 200 simple exercise routines that can be completed in a home environment. A timer function means users exercise and rest for the correct length of time to ensure each workout is as short as possible.

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iPhone, iPod and iPad product news – August 20, 2010

Staying organized is difficult when life gives you lemons. Fortunately, there are a whirlwind of applications that can help you keep tabs of all that is going on around you. If you’re prone to doing more than three things at once, it’s also nice to have your computer or mobile device keep you on top of everything. Read on for a list of the best free apps that will help you keep all of your eggs in one basket. It’s better late than never. Mac Dateline No, it’s not the campy news show, but actually a nifty Mac OS X application that shows the date in place of your dock (you have to hide the dock for this to work). Dateline gives you a linear calendar so you can see the weeks ahead without having to sift through iCal. Best of all, you don’t have to deal with widgets. We should note that DateLine is free, but if you want the added benefits of pop up iCal events or a vertical orientation, you’ll have to fork over the $5 for the full version. iPad Computer List You are the demographic for this app, stop kidding yourself.

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How do you say “completely unsurprised” auf Deutsch[1]? Berlin-based blog BZiPhone reports that the German-made eiPott has been delivered the death blow, courtesy of Apple Germany ( translation ). The computer and phone maker has gotten a restraining order against the Erbach-based koziol , maker of cute housewares for the stylish home. The lawsuit, which was presented in what Google Language assures me is the “Hanseatic Higher Regional Court,” means that koziol will no longer be able to use the eiPott name to sell their plastic egg holder . Apparently the item could have been confused with another product. Shocking. The iPod-inspired package will also need to be redesigned. Continue reading No Comment: Apple Germany says nein to eiPott No Comment: Apple Germany says nein to eiPott originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . No Comment: Apple Germany says nein to eiPott originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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We can’t confirm this, nor deny it, but according to Game Informer , Portal 2 is allegedly slated for release on February 9th of next year. Like we said, whether this is true or not is entirely up in the air. [Update] Valve has gotten back to us and has confirmed that Portal 2 will, indeed, be available through Steam on February 9th, 2011. Now go and mark your calendars. Joystiq has also learned that Stephen Merchant will play British robot Wheatley, so that’s cool. Stay tuned, because we’ll have more information as son as we learn of it.   Follow this article’s author, Florence Ion, on Twitter .

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With hundreds of thousands of applications and games already in the App Store, and more and more added daily, it’s often hard to notice some of the great apps that are available for your iOS device. That’s where Cult of Mac’s weekly must-have shortlist comes in: we’ll compile a list at the end of each

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This Week’s Must-Have iOS Apps & Games

This might be the wackiest patent that I’ve ever seen Apple apply for. The company has recently put in a patent to describe the process of making a digital comic book out of a video game playthrough . The idea here is that you’d play through a segment of a video game ( Mass Effect is the one used in the example), and then Apple would collect information about your character and the way that you played the game. It would then use that information to turn the experience into an e-book, which could either be sold digitally or printed. Say what? I guess that’s cool, but this just seems like Apple is laying down a quick patent on a pretty harebrained idea; it doesn’t seem like a preview of an actual service that we’ll eventually see implemented on the Mac. Then again, Apple has worked pretty closely with Comic Life in the past, and it has connected the popular comic creation app to both iPhoto and MobileMe. Maybe it’s looking at extending that service further. Another (presumably more practical) patent has Apple examining improved equalizers on iTunes and in the iDevices . This one I can get behind. The EQ that’s there right now works, but the patent involves more dynamic adjustments and some user-free audio enhancement. Again, Apple patents ideas, not actual products, but there’s still a possibility that we’ll see either or both of these ideas implemented in the future.

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Apple patent turns video games into comics

Monday’s rumor that Apple would throw its annual iPod event next week has been flatly contradicted by Cupertino’s failure to send out press invites, but don’t worry: according to AllThingsD, it’s definitely happening this year. The rub? It’ll be later than usual, not earlier: Kara Swisher’s floating a mid-September date as the most likely bet

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Apple’s Battery Recharger Uses Sanyo Eneloops Cells

It is only three words, but it was enough to get speculation revved-up: Is AT&T admitting it’s iPhone deal is coming to a close? In a late-Friday filing with the Security and Exchange Commission, Apple’s U.S. partner told regulators exclusivity contracts on ‘a number of attractive handsets’ are about to end. Although Apple’s iPhone was

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AT&T Tells SEC: ‘Attractive Handset’ Exclusivity to End