Need to know the difference between a “disc” and a “disk”? There’s an Apple knowledge base article for that.

The VolksWagen GTI could possibly be the first-ever car to be launched by an iPhone app – and what’s more, those creative folks at Firemint were chosen for the job. With the new Real Racing GTI now available on the App Store for free, what’s not to love?

Another day, another patent application. This time around it’s not the fabled Apple Tablet, nor a magical mouse. Instead, it’s a patent for something so grotesque it can only be described as insane: an ad-powered operating system. Yes, our very own Cupertino have filed an application for an OS that is “free or cost-reduced”, but at the cost of ads? In our operating system? Really?

Earthworm Jim is out on the App Store! As with any 2D-sidescrolling platformer on the iPhone, it’s got interface niggles – where else to put those joysticks and d-pads – but once you get over those, it’s all jumping, shooting madness you know and love. Still sitting on the fence? Touch Arcade take a look.

Like the Magic Mouse, redesigned polycarbonate Macbook, and every other machine that’s come before it, those crazy teardown kids at iFixIt have now done their worst on a new 27″ iMac. Compared to the older generation, it looks pretty different internally. Don’t say we didn’t warn you though: this one isn’t for the faint hearted.

Powon and NNN Mono are two new synth-like apps for the iPhone – one is a sound generator, and the other is a “monophonic synthesizer and musical instrument”. One’s also free, and the other comes in at $4.99.

There’s something called the Windows PC Scout tool on the Microsoft website, and by all appearances it seems to be some flash monstrosity to help you choose the right laptop. That’s all well and good, but what I don’t understand is why it’s called the PC Scout when it only tells you about laptops… ? Bizzare.

If you’ve ever wanted to know how to control your optical device via the standard volume controls, but have been continually audio-blocked by the “not allowed” display, then fear no more – Mac OSX Hints shows you how.

The Small Wave (no, it’s nothing like Google Wave) shows us just how far the Finder has come. One particularly interesting thing to note is that icon sizes are now larger than screens used to be. How’s that for progress, huh?

Finally, if your Mac is one of the ones that has been added to the vintage and obsolete hardware list, it’s probably time to upgrade. Just don’t forget the affiliate link, alright?