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Apple has updated its MobileMe iDisk app today to version 1.2.  It now has support for multitasking and finally works natively on the iPad.

Features:

• Designed for both iPhone and iPad
• Multitasking support for iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS (iOS 4 required).
• Quickly switch to another app and back to iDisk
• Play audio from your iDisk while using another app
• When app is opened, the last file or directory viewed is displayed
• Option to open iDisk documents in compatible apps such as iBooks
• When sharing a file, an email can be sent from any configured email account
• The URL for a shared file can be copied and pasted
• Various stability improvements

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Now Apple needs to update the MobileMe Gallery app with iPad support.

This might not be very useful, but I thought it was pretty cool.  Mongoose Studios has created a mini video wall out of 12 iPod touches.

From MacRumors:

A couple of discoveries have revealed early Mac support for the high end ATI and NVIDIA graphics cards, raising hopes that Apple will soon be updating their desktop computers. Both the Mac Pro and iMacs are overdue for product refreshes with no solid timeframe for either update.

The newly released Mac mini has revealed a new set of ATI drivers buried within its default Mac OS X installation. New Macs always have a slightly newer version of the system software installed that provides support for the new hardware. In this case, the software also revealed early support for the ATI Radeon 5 series. Some tinkerers have been able to use the software to drive an ATI Radeon 5870 on an actual Mac Pro. Meanwhile, a recent NVIDIA Driver release have shown references to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 400 series support.
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Air Display lets you use your iPad or iPhone as a secondary display on a Mac. You just install an extension on OS X and it will trick the OS into thinking your iPad or iPhone is a monitor. It works over your Wi-Fi connection, giving you a wireless monitor you can carry around anywhere in your house.

It works great if you need a little more screen space for email, notes or maybe your IM client. You can easily drag a window from your computer screen to the device. Another cool feature is that it lets you use your iPad or iPhone’s onscreen keyboard and also and works as a multi-touch input device.

I tested some videos with Air Display on the iPad and didn’t get the best results. The videos played okay in window mode, but as soon as I made it full screen they would start to lag. This isn’t a big drawback for me though, if I want to watch videos on my iPad I would much rather just use the native video player or another very cool app, Air Video.

For $9.99, this is a pretty cool app for the iPad. As far as the iPhone, the screen isn’t really large enough to be able to use it for much, but it is nice to be able to use it for multi-touch.

Air Display display is currently only compatible with Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Intel only) or higher. Windows support is coming soon.

Check it out in the App Store.

The frontman of the music group the Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am, recently had $10,000 worth of stuff, including an iPad, stolen out of his Bentley.  He was able to track the thief by using the MobileMe Find My iPad service.  will.i.am forwarded the iPad location to the police and so far they have been able to recover most of his stuff.  This is an awesome story that helps reassure us that Steve Jobs is watching over us to keep our Apple devices safe.

Thanks James for the tip!