Want to buy Starcraft 2 for cheaper than retail? Thanks to Amazon, you can pickup SC2 for $49.99, which is a 17% discount from the $59.99 retail price offered by Blizzard. Not a bad deal for a sweet game with tons of replay value, and as far as I know this is the cheapest deal to get Starcraft 2 yet.

Starcraft 2 comes on a multi-platform compatible DVD so you can install it on a Mac or Windows PC. So what are you waiting for?

Head over to Amazon and grab Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty for cheaper than retail, plus it includes free shipping.

Branching out a bit from the Mac Setups, here is a great iPad setup: the iPad rests comfortably in a dock and is connected wirelessly to a bluetooth keyboard, surrounded by a glass of red wine and an iPhone. Classy huh? Thanks to Andy for sending us the link from MinimalMac.

Want to mount an iPad in your car? You can install an iPad onto your dashboard for easy access, this is a great idea that will surely improve the time you spend in traffic. I’ll cover two solutions here, one is a car mount kit that is probably the best solution on the do-it-yourself market, and the other is a cheap no-frills hack that gets the job done on a tight budget.
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Apple now allows iPhone ringtone creation apps to be sold on the App Store, in a somewhat strange turn around from their previous policy. The reason I say this is strange is because you can make ringtones with iTunes 10 for free without any additional software, and you can also buy ringtones on iTunes for $0.69, so allowing ringtone apps is sure to cut into their own business of selling them.

The ringtone maker app market has already proven to be popular, with several of the apps now climbing the ranks of the App Store top paid apps, as AppleInsider notes. I suppose the convenience of being able to create a ringtone directly on the iPhone is nice, but I think I’ll stick to making them free within iTunes (Garageband works too).

I did a double-take too. One of our readers sent in this unusual picture of a guy inside an Apple store with a miniature horse (pony?) next to him. The best part about this picture is that everyone else in the store is ignoring it and totally nonchalant.

Maybe the little horse just wanted to check out the latest Apple gear?

Update: As a few commenters pointed out, the pony appears to be a service animal.

An underused feature of Mac OS X is the ability to use any Finder window as an application launcher. Simply drag any application into the Finder windows titlebar and the apps icon will stick to it, allowing you to launch the app directly from anywhere within the Finder. You can also drag and drop files into the app icons, making this feature even more useful.

To remove launchable apps from the Finder windows just right-click on them and select “Remove Item” to clear the space.

Office 2011 for Mac is scheduled to be released at the end of October according to Microsoft, but ZDNet claims that the official release date will be October 26.

This expected ship date date came from Amazon sales page for Office 2011, but now the date is no longer shown. which is now confirmed as October 26.

Microsoft has publicly announced the ‘end of October’ release for Office 2011, which is expected to come in a few flavors at different price points.

We just got a rather amusing email along the lines of: “Hey I tried to share a story on Facebook but your site is broken!” but with more swear words and other nonsense.

Facebook is down, it’s not us. Blame them.

Contrary to rumors, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg suggested that Verizon will not be getting the iPhone in the immediate future. Speaking to an investors conference, the CEO emphasized they’d like to sell the device and hopes that Apple comes aboard their network:

“We would love to carry it when we get there, but we have to earn it,” Seidenberg said.

Perhaps more interesting is the follow-up remark:

“I think 4G will accelerate the process, and any other decisions Apple makes would be fine with us,” he added. “Hopefully, at some point Apple will get with the program.”

Does this mean that Apple may be waiting for Verizon to complete the 4G rollout before offering the iPhone on their network? If this is the case, the Verizon iPhone likely won’t exist until later in 2011 if not 2012, when the 4G network is large enough to have near nationwide coverage. It’s also possible that the iPhone will never come to Verizon, but that seems less likely.

Earlier reports from analysts suggested that the iPhone 5 will use 4G as it’s data network, in addition to being offered on Verizon and AT&T concurrently. The recent comments from the Verizon CEO could be interpreted to corroborate that claim, however there is no concrete information available on a Verizon iPhone, or any new iPhone for that matter.

Did you know that Apple offers free video tutorials for using the iPad? They’re incredibly easy to follow and well worth watching if you’re new to the iPad or just know someone who is.

Topics covered include: Safari and browsing the web, Mail and how to write and respond to emails, Photos, Videos, YouTube, iPod, iTunes, App Store, Maps, iBooks, and the productivity suite; Keynote, Pages, and Numbers.

Head over to Apple.com to watch the guided video tours

The iPad and iOS interface is pretty intuitive but that doesn’t mean that a little help won’t go a long way. These have been a lifesaver, not because I personally need them – my family members do! When my aunt first got an iPad I constantly got emails and calls from her asking how to do this and that. Finally I figured out that Apple has the guided tours, so I sent her the URL to watch the tutorials… they have been a big help.