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Tricky Software has released Armado Lite, a free version of the accelerometer-based game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Tricky has also lowered the price of the full version for the holiday season. The new Lite version gives players a chance to test the game, following the adventures of Armado the armadillo as he works to save eagles from ants. Players navigate terrain such as woodlands, mountain...

With Finnish handset maker Nokia releasing its first touchscreen handset, the 5800 XpressMusic, early last month, now comes evidence the company will focus on a gesture-controlled interface, as per the company's Chief Designer, Alastair Curtis. He hinted at the potential of the gesture technology being incorporated into upcoming handsets earlier this week and Nokia already has a patent for the tec...

Deals at DealNN today include a variety of iPod accessories and storage solutions. The lowest priced deal for today is on a three pack of Init metal covers for the current generation iPod shuffle, priced at $2.99 at BestBuy.com. Next up is the Logitech FreePulse Bluetooth wireless headphones for $29 at MacMall.com. The Griffin Journi portable iPod speaker system is priced at $56 at OnSale.com. ...

Apple has released its latest iPhone software developers' kit, build 9M2621. The development tools have been updated for the new iPhone 2.2 firmware, as well as the matching iPod touch 2.2 software. The download is larger than the last release, jumping to 1.56GB....

Epson Japan has introduced the EH-TW4000 projector to its Dreamio line-up, which is capable of creating 1920x1080 resolution images and has a fast 120Hz response time. Thanks to a new, twice as fast D7/C2 Fine panel, black levels are said to be improved over previous projectors and endows the EH-TW4000 with a 75,000:1 contrast ratio. Brightness is rated at 1,600 lumens....

The calls of iPhone-wielding foodies have been answered. In the last two weeks, the App Store has seen the addition of the two premier dining resources for U.S. residents -- Zagat, the de facto restaurant rating guide, and OpenTable, the real-time online reservation service. We take a closer look at both.

Jumsoft has continued its Goodies series of free releases by publishing 10 Keynote Themes. The themes are available to everyone but geared towards professionals, and include titles such as Artistic, Black, Education Pro, Iron, Old Paper, Simple and Wood. Each theme is presented with standard sizes from 1280x1024 through to 2560x1600, and also has custom bullets. Themes can be exported to PDF, Quic...

Apple's newer MacBook range continues to exhibit an unusual design behavior that slows the system down when the battery isn't attached, testing by Gearlog confirms. Although only publicized in a support article from August that predates the late 2008 refresh, the unibody systems deliberately throttle back the processor when relying only on AC power. The company argues that the move is necessary ...

Macware on Thursday released two expansion packs, Big Concept 1 and Alphabet Art 1, for its Logo Design Studio Pro software. Both packages include over 150 new logo templates. Big Concept also offers more than 1,100 additional vector-based logo objects, the vector format allowing independent customization of each object layer....

Apple has filed for a trademark on OpenCL technology, documents from the US Patent and Trademark Office show. The standard is intended to better distribute processing power on a computer, by using the normally segregated processing on a video card to help with tasks unrelated to graphics. Video cards can be extremely powerful, Apple notes, but only tend to maximize their use in certain applicati...