Rockstar Games is known for not pulling any punches with its incredibly popular video games offered on consoles, desktops, and mobile gaming devices. Frequently controversial and in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, Rockstar's games are violent and give players the freedom to do whatever they want -- both good and bad.

This week, Rockstar added another of its classic games to the iTunes App Store with the same dark, compelling storylines and action-oriented gameplay that made the developer famous. So leave your morality at the door and make sure the kids are in bed, because when you're dealing with the gangster underworld in this collection of games, you often have to make deadly decisions.

This week's collection of iOS apps is not for kids, but there is an enormous amount of dark underworld content to explore. The first game started on mobile gaming devices and is a huge hit for its top-down open world and interesting use of the touch screen. The second lets you play in a similarly gritty world in full 3D with the game that made Rockstar the megapopular gaming company it is today. The third is the latest from the developer to reach iOS devices, and it offers the same dark storyline and gun-blasting action that made the original a hit.

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For the first time, the Daily Show Headlines app comes to Android, bringing content from Comedy Central's award-winning satirical news program to a swath of additional mobile users.

This means that Android users can now get mobile access to videos of Jon Stewart and "The Best F#@king News Team Ever," up to two weeks after original episodes air. In addition to the clip archive, the app offers a quote generator, guest news, and scheduled alerts to help keep you from missing an episode. Plus, it promises viewers exclusive content, which should be a treat for the show's most die-hard fans. And any content you consume through Headlines can be shared through the built-in Share buttons.

One thing to note is you do need an active data connection in order to use the app, which is not surprising.

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The Apple community is tackling the Flashback malware threat for OS X. Despite these efforts, the malware is still out there with the potential to infect unpatched Mac systems or even those that are patched, but for which the user fell for the fake Flash updater traps used by earlier variants of the malware.

You can check for the presence of the malware using our instructions or others, or use automated online options such as Dr. Web's checker to determine if your system may be compromised. So far, a number of tools have been released by some reputable security firms that will detect and remove this threat from OS X systems.

1. F-Secure Flashback Remover The first of these tools is F-Secure's Flashback remover, which will extract known variants of the malware from its location within applications and user accounts, and save them in a benign zip file, which can then be destroyed or sent in for analysis.
2. Kaspersky Flashfake removal tool The second such tool is from Kaspersky labs and is called the Flashfake removal tool. This tool runs a number of Unix commands within an AppleScript that will remove any known malware and notify you of the results. Unlike F-Secu... [Read more]

Many of the newer Android phones on the market are missing a notification light. This isn't a huge deal if you check your phone every 5 minutes, but what if you're in a meeting or listening to something when the alert goes off? For these situations and others, here's a selection of three awesome notification apps that help you notice every message or missed call.

NoLED

NoLED will allow you to set custom notifications, like icons or dots that appear on a black screen. The whole screen is considered "on," but only the icon is illuminated. The app supports a lot of different functions like texts, missed calls, calendar notices, e-mail or Gmail, and all other third-party apps. Yes, all. NoLED will take the icon for the app and use it as your notification! There's tons of ways to customize this app, from vibration patterns that apply to all alerts, to timed reminders for the notifications you've received so you won't miss anything. Check out my previous post about How to add LED-style alerts to your Android for the steps to setup NoLED.

We can't all be professional photographers, but we can still envy their camera hardware and trained eye. So how can you get a look similar to their awesome photos without shelling out hundreds or thousands of dollars to do it? That's exactly why apps like AfterFocus exist.

This Android app allows you to take a picture, or import one from your gallery, and then set up focus and background areas. Then you'll be able to adjust the amount of blur applied to the background, as well as adjust the aperture and apply two types of filters. This will leave you with a professional-looking photo at no cost other than your time. Let's get started:

Step 1: Grab a copy of AfterFocus for your Android.

(Credit: Screenshot by Nicole Cozma/CNET)

Step 2: Open the app and choose to take a new pic or add one from the Gallery. (The Take Two option is for the Pro version only, which is supposed to help you focus more clearly on the object in the foreground.)

Step 3: Use the Focus tool to draw on the parts of the photo you want to keep in focus.

Tip: Stay within the lines of your focused object for a cleaner edge that meets the blurred background. You can use the Zoom and Erase tools for close-ups and mistakes, respectively.

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A new app lets you run Windows 8 on your iPad from your PC.

Want to see how Windows 8 looks and feels on a tablet? Now you can tap into the experience on your iPad via an app called Win8 Metro Testbed.

Designed by the folks at Splashtop, the new app lets iPad users drive the current Windows 8 beta in all its touch-screen glory by remotely controlling the OS from a desktop. All of the Windows 8 tablet features and gestures are fully accessible on the iPad.

The app will set you back $24.99 in the App Store. And that's a special introductory price; it will normally cost $49.99. So it's not geared toward casual users as much as toward developers and other professionals who need to test Windows 8 on a tablet.

How does it work?

You first install the Win8 Metro Testbed app on your iPad, where for some reason it gets renamed Splashtop Win8. You then download and install the free Splashtop Streamer client software on your Windows 8 PC so it can talk to the iPad. The Streamer prompts you to enter a security code so only you can access your PC from your iPad.

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