Boxee 1.5 Update
For those of you who prefer to rock the Boxee rather than Cupertino's hobby hockey puck, we've got a good news/bad news situation. Good news: update is in Early Access testing before it drops as a beta and it's packing some sweet new features. Bad news: there won't be any more updates for the computer version, as the company is focusing on boxes and enabled TVs.

iOS 5.0.1 Jailbreak Goes Untethered, Excludes iPhone 4S and iPad 2
The tethered jailbreak's been around for a while, and you know once that's up that untethered is just some time away. Turns out that time was this week, though still not for the latest iOS devices. Their day will come too, we're sure. Your move, Apple.

How to Set Up Your Gmail Accounts as Push Email
It's practically 2012 and Google still hasn't managed to get Gmail to push to your phone? How does that even compute? Well, we can help you solve this pesky problem in a few short steps. It requires an unholy alliance of Google, Apple, and Microsoft (yes, Microsoft!) but it works like a dream. Follow us.

iPhone 5 Rumors
Yes, it's never too early to begin dreaming of what kind of features the newest hardware out of Apple will be sporting, and we've got some early news on what kind of dreams the techarazzi are having when they think iPhone 5. Completely redesigned! Bigger screen! Bezel surround!

10 Apple Easter Eggs You May Have Missed
Who doesn't like a good Easter Egg with their product? Apple is known for these, whether it's Siri singing "Daisy" or the ASCII Star Wars, there's always domes of tricks to see. Here's 10 you may not have heard of to get you started.

Law & Apple: Italy/Germany Edition
In this week's ongoing patent war action, it appears that Apple may have sustained a few hits in Italian court for selling a product consumers didn't need and already got as part of the law. While Germany looks ready to hand Apple a win and force Motorola back to the drawing board on a few bits.

Hands On: Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs. iPhone 4S
Sure, we love our Apple products here at Mac|Life but that doesn't mean we aren't prepared to give the other guys a fair shake. And with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, it looks like the competition (including Google) are finally taking things to a new level and nipping at the heels of the king of handsets. So who's the winner here?

Kindle Holiday
Speaking of the competition, Amazon looks ready to push itself up in the device market with this Kindle Fire that's burning up the town. A recent announcement from Bezos et al. tells a story of a device users just had to have, with the kind of buying frenzy we usually see associated with an iOS device. So a very merry Christmas at Amazon.

10 Most Impactful Events in Tech in 2011
Make no mistake, 2011 will go down as the year a lot shifted in the tech world. Often these things are hard to see at the time, but some, like the death of Steve Jobs, will reverberate for years to come. Here's a look at our Top Ten of the year that was.

6 Things We Look Forward to Next Year from Apple
Sure, we got a lot of great gear from Apple over the years, but we're greedy people. Don't blame us! Blame Cupertino with their high quality work and their release schedule that gets up drooling. Now here's what we're expecting in the New Year. Goodies!