''Is there a word for someone who blocks themselves from accessing everything work-related, leaving them only with Twitter?'' That's the question I asked shortly after blocking myself from everything Ars in an attempt to test out SelfControl, a simplistic (if not strict) distraction-blocking app for the Mac. Created by ...

iPhone forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski, who recently released the AMBER Alert for iPhone app, has a new app designed to help keep deleted data from being recovered from your iPhone. Called iErase, the app ''zeros'' all the free space on your iPhone and makes sure trashed files stay, well, trashed. The iPhone, like most ...

If flying a paper airplane to catch floating paperclips sounds like an appealing way to waste some time, then Paper Pilot for the iPhone is the game for you. In this first-person flier, you maneuver your aircraft through a variety of rooms, trying to catch each waiting paperclip. Catch it and it explodes for your pleasure. This ...

There's nothing worse than getting home from the grocery store and suddenly realizing you forgot something you needed. For those of us who aren't accustomed to making lists, it happens frequently. Paper and pen are so passé, though. Groceries, an iPhone/iPod touch app from Sophiestication Software, aims to remedy the problem ...

Imagine a game where you're the sadistic god of a very small island. You can create animated people at will and then torture them to your heart's content. Feed them to sharks, strike them with lightning bolts, throw them into a nearby volcano (it's actually an acquired skill) and, if you feel especially generous, feed them by ...

Once upon a time, there were six girls who had to visit their sick grandmother. No, wait, there were actually seven. In order to get to their grandmother's house, the Red Girls had to travel through a nearby forest to get there; it was a quick and safe journey, as long as they stayed on the path leading through the woods. But ...

The third-generation iPod shuffle is here, and not a soul saw it coming. (These days, that's a rarity.) Apple's new buttonless wonder has been making waves and ruffling feathers in the days since its introduction, so we took some time with it to really see whether the hype—and the hate—was warranted. Unlike the ...

It was only a matter of time before we got a Metal Gear Solid game on the iPhone. Given the quality surrounding Kojima's franchise, this was actually something we were all looking forward to. This isn't the first time the series has appeared on a mobile console, as the Metal Gear Acid games have proven to be popular adventures ...

The awkwardly-named 10 Balls 7 Cups provides a virtual skee ball experience on the iPhone. Like its real-world counterpart, you try to amass points by rolling balls up an inclined platform and bouncing them into a series of cups. Cups that are smaller and harder to reach offer higher point scores than the ones that are larger ...

I decided to take a look at ColorSplash, a new iPhone photo editing utility, in honor of Holi, the Spring festival of colors. ColorSplash works by desaturating images and letting you restore just parts of the colors by drawing them in with your finger. As the image shown here demonstrates, this can be extremely effective ...