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StreamWriter 4.4 Review

More and more radio stations are streaming online, and there's a lot of great music and other programming broadcast throughout the Interwebs everyday. With Alexander Nottelmann's fab freeware StreamWriter, you can record streaming audio as easily as you could pop a tape in a deck and press "record" to capture traditional broadcasts. Not only is StreamWriter free, it's open source and community supported, with regular updates, bug fixes, and enhancements. StreamWriter can record multiple audio streams simultaneously and save them as MP3 or AAC files and worked great for me in my evaluation.

StreamWriter offers … Read more

Locate personal information from public records with Elite People Search for Mac

Despite the available information on the Internet, users still find it difficult to find contact information of certain people. Elite People Search for Mac is a simple application you can use to find personal information, but it often does not return any results.

Elite People Search for Mac is available as freeware with no costs or subscriptions required. With a small size and native installer, the program setup completed quickly and without any user agreements required. The program's dated interface needs some refining, but it is easy to use for any experience level. There is a simple column on … Read more

iPad 4 now in stock at Apple Store

Consumers eyeing the fourth-generation iPad can now buy one through Apple's online store without any wait time.

The Apple Store shows all three flavors of the Wi-Fi-only edition now in stock. The 16GB version goes for $499, the 32GB version for $599, and the 64GB version for $699.

The new iPad's immediate availability is a change from the earlier shipping estimate of three to five business days. The status also is the same for Apple's online stores in the U.S. and abroad, a sign that the supply of the tablet seems to have caught up with … Read more

Video viewing offline

The TubeTilla YouTube Downloader is an easy application for downloading videos from YouTube and converting them into a number of supported formats.

This application offers a number of conversion formats. There's YouTube FLV, MP4, MP3, iPhone, WMV, and a few more. It took about 3 minutes to download and convert a 3-minute video into YouTube MP4. A 15-minute video took 16 minutes, so the download time varies depending on the length of the video. The videos came out clear and with good sound. There isn't any noticeable difference between the downloaded version and the one on YouTube. Not … Read more

Fifteen hot reviews for summer's hottest days

If you're still enjoying the dog days of summer, sitting by the pool drinking lemonade (hard or otherwise), good for you. But here in CNET-land, we're already gearing up for the fall rush. This week, we've had our noses to the grindstone reviewing Samsung's most lovely laptop, as well as do-it-all NAS drives, among other tech products. We had a little fun too, though, with an iPhone case you can use in that pool should you decide you absolutely have to surf the Web while you surf the waves. (You don't by the way, but … Read more

Mophie gets tough with Juice Pack Pro iPhone 4/4S case

Think of Mophie's new Juice Pack Pro as an Otterbox case that's packing a 2,500 mAh battery that more than doubles the battery life of your iPhone 4 or 4S.

Mophie would probably argue that the Juice Pack Pro is actually tougher than an Otterbox case. It's touting its first ruggedized battery pack case as exceeding military specification MIL-STD 810G, which is pretty tough.

That said, the case is water-resistant but not totally waterproof (it can't go underwater). It has a built-in screen protector and comes with a rotating belt clip. According to Mophie, that … Read more

Camalen Hexa: A unique flip case for iPhone 4/4S

Camalen is a new accessories company that makes stylish leather cases for Apple mobile products.

I highlighted one of its iPad 2 cases in our Ultimate iPad 2 case roundup, and while it makes several iPhone cases, the one I found most impressive (they're all pretty impressive) is the Hexa.

First, the leather is really nice--the case comes in multiple colors--but more interestingly, it also converts into both a vertical and horizontal stand for your iPhone.

I'd seen the swiveling-case design in iPad cases but not in an iPhone case. What's also nice is that the swiveling … Read more

Top iPhone 4 and 4S extended battery cases

We have an ongoing list of top tough iPhone 4 and 4S cases, but a lot of folks have requested a roundup of top battery cases for extending your iPhone's battery life, so here it is.

A few notes: While you should be able to go a day without recharging your iPhone 4 or 4S, some people use their phones more than others--or use battery-intensive applications such as video--and need more juice than what's offered with the iPhone's internal battery. Most, but not all, of the cases in this roundup are designed to double the battery life … Read more

TACO eats cookies

TACO or cookies; which are better for your system? If it's your computer system, then TACO is the clear answer. It stands for Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out. This program identifies and monitors the tracking cookies that advertisers and marketers try to insert in your computer, from which they report your browsing habits and other activity. With TACO, you can see, track, and delete these cookies, both globally and on a site-by-site basis. Abine's free add-on adds TACO to Firefox.

Abine TACO installs like any Firefox extension and places an icon with a drop-down menu in the add-ons area … Read more

Motorola's Droid 4 is the greatest Android keyboard slider yet

LAS VEGAS--The first Motorola Droid was perhaps the greatest Android handset the world has ever seen, that is until the new Droid 4 came along. This keyboard slider is what the Droid 3 should have been, an LTE-equipped dual-core monster of a smartphone. … Read more