Crazy Apple Rumors Site announces their first two titles in the new "Take Control of ...: The Missing Manual for Dummies" series.

In this important update from Take Control, we address the pressing issue of candied sweet potato sauce compatibility with the 2007 Thanksgiving feasting season. No really. For a geekly approach, check out Joe Kissell's "Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner," our most unusual ebook.

Navizon uses Wi-Fi to figure out where your iPhone is. Accuracy relies on a network of lightly rewarded volunteers, but the results give a picture of the future of location-based information on the iPhone.

Making a call hands free with the iPhone's supplied headphones could lead the police to think that, just maybe, you're violating the law. John Stafford found out the hard way; he's got the summons to prove it.

Ambrosia Software has released iToner 1.0, a simple utility that lets you add MP3 or AAC audio files to an iPhone for use as custom ringtones. What's notable about iToner is that it doesn't require any iPhone hacking software to work.

Ever wondered how to dry out a cell phone that has taken an unexpected swim in the pool? Andy Ihnatko explains the best and worst ways on TV.

It turns out the programming language Erlang has been around for about 20 years, making it almost old enough to drink. Alcohol would definitely enhance the Erlang video experience.

Don't you hate it when your online promotional materials imply that your product is the market-leading solution for the dissemination and acquisition of viruses?

Who knew that Twitter turns out to be both fun and useful - I'd been curmudgeonly about it for months. But with some judicious setup, I've become a Twitter convert.

Lights Off is the first truly native iPhone game... but getting it onto an iPhone isn't for the faint of heart.

Want to see how the new low-profile Apple Keyboard compares to a variety of other keyboards from Apple's past? Check out Blake Peterson's image gallery showing the new keyboard next to the Apple Lisa Keyboard, the Mac Plus keyboard, the Newton keyboard, and others

An iPhone version of the Bejeweled game accessed via the Web, is sure to sap even the most productive worker.

Who would be so bold as to put an iPhone into a blender? A firm that makes a high-powered blender, that's who.

In a marketing move that hearkens back to summer days of yesteryear, FedEx - currently Apple's primary overnight delivery vendor - announced that starting today all of its commercial vehicles will broadcast a distinctive musical tune while making package deliveries

The Mac mini was recognized from its debut as one of the most stylish Macintoshes ever introduced because of its sleek simplicity and compact size. Call it the Cube perfected

Having recently published my ninth Take Control ebook in two and a half years, I finally had to admit that my productivity is slipping. While that level of output may seem prolific to some, my own standards are higher; in the 2004-2005 season of my Interesting Thing of the Day site, for example, I published an article of up to 1500 words every single day (while also writing ebooks and magazine articles, of course); I also wrote an entire novel during the month of November

While preparing for this past Macworld Expo in San Francisco, a number of us journalists found our requests for media passes denied by IDG World Expo, whose representative claimed that the new policy was to allow only a single representative from each media outlet access to the keynote

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Joe Kissell Leaving TidBITS -- Senior Editor Joe Kissell, after a record-setting tenure, announced that he will be leaving TidBITS, reportedly to spend more time with his family

Announcing the TidBITS Video Podcast -- One aspect of being an all-digital publication is that we can take advantage of new technologies that are out of the reach of paper publishers