Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. If you're one of our more easterly readers, you're probably getting sick of the stuff. Unless you're a skier or a snowboarder or are inexplicably into curling. If you're out a little further west, it's just the thing for the slopes and you wish you were getting a little of that east coast action.

And if you're up north in Vancouver, you've been seeing it all the time. And in honor of the 2010 games, Mac|Life has a full slate of medals to hand out in the best writing of the week. Of course they're all gold, silly. It's Mac|Life, after all.


Features:

- 15 Awesome Google Services You Never Knew Existed - Will they stop at nothing? The constant stream of new products and services offered by the company that promises to "don't be evil" come fast and furious with new stuff every half-second. We take a look at some of their lesser known services that just might auto-complete your life.

- The Gregory Brothers Interview: Auto-Tune the News and Other Blatant Acts of Awesomeness - Seriously, need we say more? We bagged an interview with the gang behind the online sensation that is Auto-Tune the News. Why are you even still reading this?


How-Tos:

- Send Large Files Over the Internet Without Enraging the Receiver - We've all been there. Some dolt promises to send you a file, and he attaches it to an email, tying up your computer and timing out as the email server tries to handle the bulk. There's loads of better ways to do this, and as usual we've got the list.


Reviews:

- Logitech Harmony 900 - It's funny how many remotes you end up with around the house, even after you've bought your first, second, and third universal remote that promises to be the one remote to bind them. Logitech's $400 Harmony 900 might seem pricey for yet another so-called universal remote, but it goes many steps beyond universal remotes. This baby is programmable with macros that don't just turn on one product, but help you organize your entire entertainment experience.

- Google Nexus One - Sigh, another iPhone killer hits the market. They keep getting a step closer, but not really. Google's own branded and sold Nexus One is probably the closest yet, but trackballs are so 1997 we don't know what to think. Oh wait, yes we do: "cumbersome and imprecise." Maybe that can be the pull-quote for the review. Not without its highlights, such as background processing and no AT&T suicide pact, the Nexus One could kill the iPhone 2.

- G-Technology G Drive - Remember when a 100GB hard drive seemed like a vast vista of storage that would last you long into the future? Hahaha, yeah, those were the days. Now, we all look to terrabytes to save our souls, and G-Technology’s G Drive offers speed, size, and a beautiful aluminum case that perfect matches your Mac Pro. Cut down on the 2TB's spin volume and give us a vertical orientation for non Mac Pro users and this baby's just about flawless.


News:

It's to be expected that Apple business (not just products) were all the news in follow-ups to the iPad announcement. One slight tech note: some analysts claim that the new A4 chip for the iPad cost a cool $1 billion in research and development...that's apparently small change to the $40 billion in cash that is sitting around in Cupertino while Steve Jobs rolls around on it naked, demanding the company "think big"....shareholders might have been stoked about that news, but those shareholders who don't understand science found Al Gore's appearance controversial and wasted no time spouting their silliness, to no discernible effect...Apple COO Tim Cook sat down with some folks at the Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference in San Francisco and dished on the iPad, AT&T, Apple TV, and more...speaking of everyone's favorite mobile carrier, if this report is to be believed, AT&T actually improved; tell it to the judge, people...speaking of being judged, Apple's commitment to no sweatshops in their manufacturing partners is a nice reminder of the power of persuading corporations to do right...and speaking of corporations doing right, it seems more of them are finally seeing the value of switching to Macs. It's about time, gang.

Fallout continues from the great prude purge of the App Store. First there was the Purge. Which oddly enough didn't seem to touch big name profitable joints like Playboy or Sports Illustrated...then a few apps that were caught up in the same dragnet, but which did things like sell swimsuits, found their way back in...Phil Schiller was dragged out to answer a few questions and unsurprisingly said Apple is doing everything right and just be quiet about it after all...then there seemed to be some hemming and hawing going on about whether or not to let these kinds of apps have their own little private corner of the App Store...and finally the app whose name is synonymous with all of this, Wobble came back to the App Store, with toned-down marketing imagery...

In hardware news, analysts predict yet a cheaper iPhone to hit the market around mid-year....Boxee has managed to get itself back on Apple TV and the game goes on....touch interaction might just be coming to all your computers, and if this patent application is to be believed, Apple's definitely on the way to bringing it to the iMac...while there was no camera in the iPad that was shown off by Jobs & Co., tidbits of the SDK still manage to turn up that suggests that a camera is in the future, either very soon or not far off...speaking of that SDK, Beta 3 was out for a second and a half, then pulled back at the last moment....and Apple seems to think this mobile OS the iPhone sports might just work in more than just the three mobile devices we've all seen and loved; need a job working in Apple's mobile product line? Well, this posting could be your ticket....and while iPad pre-orders didn't start last week as the rumor mill had it, there's still the possibility that they could be taking orders aaaaannnnyyyyyy minute now...