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Ever been frustrated that the mouse is just out of reach when you are kicked back watching YouTube? Or do you have your laptop hooked up to the TV, and you are just too far from the keyboard? Logitech’s Touch Mouse app solves both problems handily. By turning your iPhone, iPod Touch, or, in just a few short months, iPad into a WiFi mouse or keyboard, couch potatoes and Hulu watchers the world over can now change up their media without getting up.

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If Adobe’s products keep adding features you never use, Pixelmator may just be a (much cheaper) alternative. Serious Photoshop users take note; if you are doing extensive photo retouching or basic layer-based image composition, Pixelmator blazes by Adobe’s products. In the time it takes Photoshop to start up, Pixelmator can veni, vidi, vici before the PS splash screen is gone.

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Steve Ballmer, I have a problem with something you said yesterday. During CES, you made a great dig at Google, saying that Microsoft’s intent with Bing is “... not just trying to provide people with a list of links; we want to understand user intent and anticipate what users are really looking for.” That sounds good, until you really think about it. Microsoft, as a company, is famously bad at anticipating what users want.

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Given its broad acceptance as an audio technology, it is only natural that Bluetooth is now cutting the cords between music players and speakers. The Tenqa SP-109 is an excellent introduction to that market, handily allowing the separation of your music source (laptop/iPhone/other device) from the speakers on which you listen to it.

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First impressions are everything, and the OtterBox Commuter series of iPhone cases certainly know how to make an entrance! Careful attention to detail, quality construction, and several other thoughtful features make both cases continually satisfying to use. Depending upon your needs, either the Commuter or Commuter TL cases are standout choices among the bevy of soft silicone iPhone cases.

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First, let me congratulate you on a fairly witty pun-based ad campaign. You’re making a point, and with quite a bit of gumption, given the lack of cool smartphones available on your larger-than-life network. Second, I’ll acknowledge our past relationship; nine good years with excellent coverage and several fairly decent phones. You still insist on sending me flyers trying to lure me back, but I’m just not that into you right now. And here’s why…

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Back in the day, Steve Jobs whipped a Macworld Keynote audience into a frenzy by announcing the iPhone. Removed from the reality distortion field, people began to wonder about the strategy that Apple was pursuing. Originally, apps on the iPhone were a no-no. Steve pontificated the wonder of web-based applications, like Facebook and Flickr; the iPhone’s killer apps were to be accessed via Safari. This was an interesting, and obviously ill-fated strategy, but several events lately set me to thinking…

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Gizmodo broke a story about a Microsoft dual-screen, multitouch table currently in the “late-prototype” development phases, dubbed “Courier”. This means that the prototypes are working and being refined, and the design concept is now being shared with other agencies who might have a hand in development, such as third party software vendors, channel partners, or testers. While the device certainly looks cool, long time Apple fans and more recent converts will feel an eerie sense of deja vu watching the video (after the jump).

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Many years ago, back when lamp-style iMacs were cool and iPods came in only one color, Apple promoted a vision of the Mac as the hub of the then-emerging “digital lifestyle.” With so much of the spotlight on iPhone OS products, there has not been a clear central pillar of this digital hub strategy. The recent release of Snow Leopard for Mac users, coupled with the just-announced iTunes 9, has refocused the digital hub strategy squarely on the Mac, and brought a wide audience some extremely cool features.

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Slick. Speedy. Sexy. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. You could easily replace the word “snow” in “Snow Leopard” with any other “s” adjective and still describe it accurately. Snow Leopard, by Apple’s own admission, is “The worlds most advanced operating system [Leopard]. Finely tuned.” It is, however, a truly unique experience for Mac users. And for 29 bucks, it can not be denied that this is easily the best OS upgrade the Mac has ever seen.

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