About this time every year, reporters (and, of course, our readers) have to suffer through a slew of April Fool's jokes from tech companies, inevitably promising amazing things and then ending with "ha ha just kidding sucks for you!" And it does suck for us, because we get really, really excited about tech that seems too good to be true, and it's always a bummer when it's not. We get all mopey, seriously

It's a tad bit confusing. I have a computer with iTunes on it. I have a bunch of songs on it that I've downloaded

Several readers have noticed that Universal Studios' movies are now available for re-download through Apple's iCloud service. In March we reported that both Fox and Universal were not yet participating in iCloud video streaming due to contractual obligations with HBO.

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I have an iPhone 3 and recently, whenever I connect it to my laptop, it freezes itunes and freezes my computer to the extent that pressing control, alt and delete doesn't help. When I plug it in, itunes comes up and where my iPhone should be synching on the side tab, the little arrows stay still and don't spin. Please can someone help me?

Previously-released data from NPD on U.S. Mac sales for January and February have demonstrated relatively anemic year-over-year growth, with January sales tracking only 1% above the previous January's performance and February sales coming in 4% higher

Announced at CES earlier this year , the LaCie's new Thunderbolt eSATA Hub is now shipping . The device allows external eSATA drives to be connected to Thunderbolt equipped Macs.

Much has been made of the increase in battery capacity in the new iPad over the past week and a half, including its impact on charging and heat issues experienced by consumers. More recent discussions have focused on the device charging beyond the 100% indicator .

ArsTechnica reports on the discovery of Retina-sized artwork in OS X Mountain Lion's. A source with access to the latest Mountain Lion preview alerted Ars that double-sized graphics have popped up in some unexpected places, once again suggesting that Apple may be close to releasing MacBooks with high pixel-density screens. We'd previously spotted these same Retina-sized graphics in the Lion beta of Apple's new Messages application