Weekly App Store Picks: Aug. 29, 2009

Snow Leopard isn’t the only exciting release this week, as ever there are tons of new additions to the App Store. Here are my top picks from the week’s releases.


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Eraser with built-in brush for eraser bits – absolutely brilliant

How many times do you think you’ve used a pencil eraser and then brushed off the little rubber bits with your pinky? A million times? — a billion


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Personas Turns Vanity Searches into Keyword Art [Fun]

Want to add a novel twist to your vanity searches? Personas is an art installation that turns a vanity search of your name in a spectrum of keywords associated with it.

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How Video Games Are Really Made [Gaming]

You may think that video games are forged in development studios on fancy computers. You’d be wrong.

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Future Robots Are Scumbags [Robots]

If photographer Markku Lahdesmaki ’s vision is correct, humanoid robots of the future are going to be Bender-esque scumbags. I mean, on one hand they enjoy bike rides and do their laundry like everyone else—but in their spare time they get loaded, loiter, and pick up robo-hookers

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Zune HD’s Packaging, Release Date Leaked: September 15th [Zune Hd]

We got exclusive leaked shots of Zune HD ’s packaging. It’s final: It will be available on September 15th . It’s a little later than we thought (we had guessed a week earlier) but we suppose we’ll wait.

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Art Lebedev Navigarius GPS Concept Really Belongs In a Spaceship [Concepts]

Art Lebedev ’s concepts don’t always come to fruition, but they’re great eye candy even if they’ll never actually exist. This round-screened Navigarius GPS concept is one of their prettiest.

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Zune HD Release Date and Packaging Leaked, Will Hit Stores September 15th [Zune Hd]

Some loyal Giz readers and Best Buy employees sent us a couple shots of the much-anticipated Zune HD ’s packaging, and they clearly state that the gorgeous PMP will be available on September 15th . Break out the wallets, people. It’s a little later than we thought (we had guessed a week earlier) but we suppose we’ll wait.

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Zune HD Release Date and Packaging Leaked, Will Hit Stores September 15th [Zune Hd]

Some loyal Giz readers and Best Buy employees sent us a couple shots of the much-anticipated Zune HD ’s packaging, and they clearly state that the gorgeous PMP will be available on September 15th . Break out the wallets, people. It’s a little later than we thought (we had guessed a week earlier) but we suppose we’ll wait

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Pixel Light Adds Bloom Lighting to the Drab, Analog World [Furniture]

There comes a time in every geek’s life when he must unplug. While ingenuity, like carrying a laptop to the bathroom, can often stall such inevitability, it cannot thwart all of the social pressures of friends and loved ones.

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