Capcom has released an update to its acclaimed Street Fighter IV for iPhone and iPod touch devices. First released earlier this year, Street Fighter IV is an iOS optimized version of the popular console game with the same visual style and artwork and a user interface specifically redesigned for the…
| Read more »Sonoma Wire Works announced Thursday the release of FourTrack 4 for iPhone and iPod touch. The new version adds several new features
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On September 16, 1985, seven years after he had started the company with his friend Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs resigned as chairman of Apple Computer. Twelve years later to the day, the company announced that he was back.
In the years leading up to his departure, Steve Jobs had been obsessively working on his personal project within the company: the Macintosh. The company's Apple II, designed largely by Steve Wozniak and debuted in 1977, had been hugely profitable, but subsequent systems like the clunky $10,000 Lisa were not as successful.
With his Macintosh team, Jobs set out to create a machine that would be a triumph not only for the company, but for himself, too. He instilled in his team a sense of creativity and rebellion—its said that he hung a pirate flag in their office (which was in a separate building from the rest of the company) and explained that it was better to be a pirate than to join the Navy. He grew increasingly antagonistic toward Apple's other...
| Read more »At a Wednesday meeting with enterprise IT managers, Verizon Wireless revealed it will launch its 4G network in 30 NFL cities before year's end. The high-speed network will be launched in remaining major US cities systematically until all are covered by 2013, said Verizon senior federal sales executive Bernie McMonagle. The major metropolitan areas are expected to be the 30 cities that are home to the 32 football teams in the NFL....
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| Read more »This document applies to iTunes 8.1 or later and Macintosh computers¬†managed by¬†Mac OS X Server v10.5 via Workgroup Manager only. Workgroup Manager is an administrative tool included with Mac OS X Server.
For information about administrative management of iTunes Control Features in Mac OS Server v10.4 or earlier, refer to Managed Client: How to manage iTunes Control Features for iTunes 7.1 or later.
For information about administrative management of iTunes Control Features for Windows, refer to Windows OS Managed Client: How to manage iTunes control features .
For information about the use of the iTunes Parental controls via iTunes preferences, refer to  iTunes: Using Parental Controls.
iTunes offers parental, enterprise, and education controls which give system administrators the ability to set content restrictions. The following information is for customers who want to pre-configure parental and/or other controls in iTunes for Mac OS X.
| Read more »Looks like a good bet. Newsweek scored a big viral hit with its iPad ap add called ‚ÄúFlypaper‚Äù (Dad discovers iPad makes a lousy flyswatter) but today the paper says it has taken the spot off YouTube and other copies are disappearing, too. Newsday won't say why.
| Read more »An innovative iPad app figures out what scene you're watching, and gives you additional information about the show in real time.
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Update: Reader Tim Y. found the iPad refurbs hiding out on Apple's online store. While they are accessible via searching the store, there's no navigation slot for them (or for the iPhone 4, for that matter) under Apple's clearance section.
So it's almost six months after the iPad's US release -- and there are still no iPad refurbs in the Apple Store. At a time when AT&T is already selling refurb iPhone 4's, which just debuted this Summer, iPad refurbs are noticeably absent from normal retail channels.
The iPad, in fact, remains in a launch phase. It will only start hitting major US retailers like Target in October...
| Read more »Recosoft has launched PDF2Office 5.1, updating it PDF translation software which focuses on Microsoft Office compatibility. PDF2Office recovers the data stored in PDF documents for use in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It recovers page breaks, graphics, annotations and formatting. PDF2Office Services also support Pages, Keynote and TextEdit....
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| Read more »Scosche Industries has outed its new foldIO case for the Apple iPad. The foldIO is a folio-style case featuring a leather-textured exterior surface, suede interior lining, open access to all ports and controls, a low-profile design, and interior ribs to allow the case to function as a three position‚Ķ
| Read more »Yahoo's CEO expects Apple's mobile advertising platform iAds to fail over Apple's insistence on creative control.
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On the right, Yahoo's incoming home page for iPads. Very nice and simple. I guess it will work with any other HTML5 tablet-based web browser. According to Business Insider, they are also releasing a native iPad application, on the left.
Chief Product Officer Blake Irving is saying that Yahoo! is going to push faster and harder on smartphones and tablets than on PCs, making two distinctive experiences for the two class of devices. If they really do this right, that's good news: We need companies to think about customizing their web products' user interfaces to the unique form factors of these platforms. As they become more and more popular, this a move that is not coming soon enough. [Business Insider]
| Read more »Microsoft may finally be working on iPad apps, a Twitter post by Windows SuperSite's Paul Thurrott suggests. "Shhh.... It's true: Microsoft is working on iPad apps," he says. The writer has not made any subsequent comments, but Thurrott has close familiarity with Microsoft, and the company already has several iPhone apps at the App Store....
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| Read more »The merger of iPad and television took another step forward with the release of ABC's My Generation Sync, which is the first iOS app to synchronize live with a TV show -- specifically, My Generation, coming this fall from the network that's owned by the company with Steve Jobs as its biggest shareholder.
If you've ever been a "Nielsen Family," you've had a box installed in your house that sends data on your viewing habits back to the Nielsen corporation. It works by monitoring a program's unique "audio watermark" emitted by your TV; human ears can't detect the sounds.
The My Generation Sync app uses the iPad microphone to check for...
| Read more »Computerworld profiles Data Robotics, maker of the Drobo line of small office/home office storage devices that have proven to be very popular among Mac users.
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A recent study by market research firm Technology Business Research (http://www.tbri.com) finds that the iPad will displace many consumers' secondary computers, creating a third major device category for personal computing and connectivity.
| Read more »LaCie introduced its new Wireless Space 1TB and 2TB network attached storage devices on Thursday. The hard drive-based storage systems connect to user‚Äôs networks via Wi-Fi and also support Apple‚Äôs Time Machine backup feature.
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References to an unreleased product dubbed "iProd2,1" that were discovered in Apple's iOS software earlier this year have turned out to be the new Apple TV.
A new Apple patent application suggests the company is working on a wireless transceiver accessory that would allow devices such as the iPad Wi-Fi and iPod touch to access cellular networks. Entitled “Accessory Transceiver for Mobile Devices,” the application describes a transceiver that can connect to a mobile device…
| Read more »In an article in The Wall Street Journal earlier this week on the prevalence of gadgets over traditional computers and TVs for the upcoming holiday shopping season, Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn is quoted as saying that his company is seeing the iP...
| Read more »Savant Systems (http://www.savantav.com), having delivered the first Apple-based home automation and control system, has announced the introduction of their Logitech Squeezebox user interface, giving users access to continuous music via free Internet radio stations and subscription services anywhere in the home.
 
Apple has released an update for its professional applications suites, which include Final Cut Pro, Logic, and other advanced creative professional applications. The update adds compatibility for new camera formats and addresses a number of stability issues.
| Read more »If you're holding out for Apple's new 27" LED Cinema Display, the wait might not be all that much longer. Back in July, the 27" model was announced with a September release date. Being that it's mid September, folks have been getting a little anxious with no sign of the new model, until now.
9to5Mac is reporting that a few days ago, on the customization page for Mac Pro orders placed on Apple's online store, the 27" display was being advertised for purchase on an updated description, although the 24" and 30" models were only available for selection. As it stands now, that description has been removed, but with reports of 24" and 30" Cinema Display stock beginning to dwindle, it's clear that some preparation for the release of the 27" display is...
Reports that Apple soon will allow users to subscribe to newspapers through their iPads highlight just how bumpy the road continues to be for traditional print publishers trying to make the transition to the digital age. The San Jose Mercury News broke the story of a possible iPad newspaper subscription service on Wednesday, saying Apple is likely to take 30 percent of all revenue generated from newspaper subscriptions sold on the iPad and a 40-percent cut from any advertising revenue newspaper publishers generate on the platform.
The Deal Brothers found the Powramid Surge Protector on clearance for $24.99. This is a surge protector intended to save space by using a pyramid shape.
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We've received a tip from an iPhone developer who was looking through the USB device configuration list in the new iOS 4.2 beta. Our source found the fascinating configuration descriptor shown above. Noted as iProd in the device configuration, this slip shows that this instance of iProd is the new Apple TV, not a new, unannounced iPad. TUAW previously broke the news that a similar iProd descriptor was used to denote the original iPad.
While the Apple TV demonstrations during Apple's launch event show that the new Apple TV isn't running the iPhone's central Springboard application, it's very possible that the Apple TV will be...
On Thursday, LaCie announced the Wireless Space, a network-attached storage (NAS) device.
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TUAW reports that configuration files within the new iOS 4.2 beta reveal that Apple's "iProd2,1" device that had been spotted in earlier iOS versions and presumed to be the next-generation iPad is actually the company's forthcoming Apple TV r...
| Read more »Final Fantasy I & II might have been on the App Store for the better part of 2010, but Square Enix's other turn-based FF game, Final Fantasy Tactics, has been delayed. The original launch date was September 15, but Square Enix just posted a note saying that the release date they originally gave at E3 was wrong, and that there is no date yet announced. Sad panda.
Here's FF One and FF Two, still both $9 each, to hold you over.
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| Read more »For Stanford University student Feross Aboukhadijeh, what started off as a bet fueled by youthful ambition and technical bravado, ended up an Internet hit and quite possibly a job.
| Read more »The extent of cloud computing: A total of 69% of all internet users have used cloud computing, whether that means they h
| Read more »A new Microsoft mouse has surfaced on Russian website TheVista ahead of any sort of official announcement. Called the Metro Mouse, it will be part of Microsoft's blue laser-based BlueTrack mouse line. Also, at a projected retail price of $20, it would be the cheapest in the range, below even the $30 Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500. The mouse is ambidextrous, like others in the range....
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| Read more »Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said Apple iAd will fall apart due to the iPhone maker's meddling.
| Read more »The second-generation Apple TV runs a variant of iOS, according to the USB device configuration list found in the first beta version of iOS 4.2. TUAW reports that the list contains a discriptor for ‚ÄúAppleTV2,1‚Äù referencing the new set-top box, and indicating that it is indeed an iOS device.‚Ķ
| Read more »Apple has announced that the iPad will be officially launched in five Latin American countries and China tomorrow, September 17, 2010.
The über-popular iPad will be available in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru starting tomorrow. In China, the Wi-Fi model is launching, while the Wi-Fi + 3G is listed on the online Chinese Apple Store as "Coming Soon."
TUAW also received a number of tips this morning that U.S. electronics retailer Micro Center is beginning to sell iPads in a number of locations. Recent rumors also point to mega-retailers Target and...
| Read more »Apple's forthcoming iOS 4.2 update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch includes a number of subtle improvements that have not yet been publicized, including expanded features for YouTube and FaceTime. AppleInsider offers a closer look.
A number of visitors to the iTunes Store have had a hard time trying to download anything in recent weeks, talk on Apple's support forums indicates. Attempting to buy or update an app, for example, will potentially trigger an error message, telling people their credit card is declined and to enter valid information. Updating the appropriate account data may produce a verification error, leaving people in the same situation as before....
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| Read more »The iPad has slashed Best Buy's sales of conventional notebook computers in half, Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn revealed in an interview this week [sub. required]. Estimates at the big-box retail chain have seen Apple's tablet drop notebook PC sales by "as much as 50 [percent]" since it started shipping to some Best Buy stores in April, the executive told the WSJ. In spite of shrinking the PC market, the iPad helped Best Buy grow its revenue for its just-ended quarter and even gave a lift to the portable computing category's results....
Chillingo has released Seed 2: Vortex of War, the fantasy RPG sequel to Seed 1: Rise of Darkness. In Vortex of War, players re-enter the world of Litta and his companion Gina five years after Litta’s previous adventure. Litta, now a teacher, experiences a powerful dream that encourages him to…
| Read more »China Unicom is now accepting pre-orders for the iPhone 4. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the handset is priced between 5,880 yuan to 6,999 yuan (roughly $874 to $1,040), in line with what the carrier charged for the iPhone 3GS when it launched in China last October.‚Ķ
| Read more »Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been named the most influential person in tech as T3 reveals the "T3 Tech 100 for 2010" (http://tech100.t3.com/).
Riding high on the success of the iPad and iPhone 4, T3's panel of expert judges felt that Jobs “embodies Apple, propelling the company forward as the instigator and first true genius of the tech lifestyle age.” 


| Read more »LaCie (http://www.lacie.com) has introduced its first network-attached storage solution to feature Wi-Fi. The LaCie Wireless Space can operate as a file or media server for multiple Mac and PC users, from anywhere in the home ‚Äì making it the most compatible and multifunctional network hard drive on the market.
| Read more »Known for her salty language and accordian playing, Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz isn't your typical Internet executive. Along with other comments in a recent Reuters interview, Bartz stated that she felt Apple's iAd service was "going to fall apart for them," since "Apple wants total control over those ads."
Apple, of course, is known for having total control over a number of things: the design of its products, content in the App Store, development of apps, ad infinitum.
AAPL (at 10:46 AM EDT on September 16, 2010): 271.81
YHOO.O (at 10:46 AM EDT on September 16, 2010): 14.04
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A new version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 4.2, was made available to developers recently. Although many of the new features in the OS have already been made public by the company, one was a revelation: wireless printing. The new feature, which Apple's calling "AirPrint," allows the iPad, iPhone and iPhone touch to find a printer on a wireless network and print text, photos and graphics with it without installing any software or device drivers on the iDevices.
Eye-Fi has released an update to its wireless photo uploading app for the iPhone and iPod touch, adding compatibility with iOS 4. The Eye-Fi application allows iPhone and iPod touch users to wirelessly upload photos from their device to various online photo services and their own computer via the Eye-Fi…
| Read more »In an interview with Reuters, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz made disparaging remarks about Apple‚Äôs new iAd mobile advertising service. Bartz criticized Apple‚Äôs strategy of controlling the content of and producing early ads, saying, ‚ÄúThat‚Äôs going to fall apart for them. Advertisers are not going to have that type of‚Ķ
| Read more »VMware has announced an US$9.99 VMware Fusion Upgrade Program for users of any version of Parallels Desktop for Mac.
For a limited time, users can make the switch to VMware Fusion for less than 10 bucks, a $30 cost saving from the usual VMware Fusion upgrade and a $40 cost savings from upgrading to Parallels Desktop 6. More information on the VMware Fusion Upgrade Program can be found at www.vmware.com/go/unparalleled .
| Read more »Have you ever considered that using the internet is making you physically ill?
| Read more »Werck BV today announced the release of a localized version of itsCheckout Point of Sale for Mac in Canada. Checkout is point of sale software for retail stores that use Macs to run their business.
The Canadian version of Checkout includes new sales tax features that allow for the setup of different tax rates for sales and purchases, improving support for GST, PST, and HST when buying and selling goods. Checkout is networkable, allowing up to 20 Macs to be connected on one network, and it plays well with others, integrating with AccountEdge for Canada.
| Read more »The Interbrand 2010 Best Global Brand Study, a guide to the world‚Äôs most valuable brands, has been released -- and Apple shines, as usual. Interbrand (http://www.interbrand.com), a brand consultancy, publishes the study each year, ranking the top 100 global brands using a unique methodology. Brands in the IT/technology sector dominate the list, occupying five of the top 10 brands. Some other interesting findings include:
 
Five Apple patents at the US Patent & Trademark Office show the company plans to beef up the interaction between accessories and the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
| Read more »China won't be the only new country to get the iPad this week. Apple announced that both the iPad Wi-Fi and iPad Wi-Fi + 3G will arrive in five Latin American countries on Friday, September 17.
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Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz believes that iAd is going to "fall apart" due to Apple's control freak tendencies.
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| Read more »ABC today put out the first mobile app known to sync directly with a live TV show. My Generation for the iPad (free, App Store) changes in real time with the TV show of the name through audio watermarking technology from Nielsen. By listening to cues from the show with the iPad's built-in mic, the app can provide background knowledge, polls and trivia games as the show progresses, without spoiling the rest of the episode....
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| Read more »Apple "has this obnoxious control" over what ads and content can show on some of its hardware, says Yahoo's Carol Bartz. The CEO criticizes Apple in a new Wall Street Journal interview, taking the company to task for iAd and App Store restrictions which limit many aspects of what can appear on iOS devices. Until recently, companies like Google were officially blocked from mobile advertising, if not in practice....
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| Read more »A new version of the cross-platform desktop-sharing software, TeamViewer, has been released. New to version 5.1 is terminal server support, allowing supporters to connect to different terminal server users and access their accounts remotely. The update also includes a new feature for transferring files using drag and drop functionality. Dragging a file to a partner's screen during a remote support session will automatically initiate a file transfer, placing the file on the users desktop. Other changes include: improved multi-monitor handling, an optimized remote tool...
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| Read more »OK, admit it.
The multi-touch screen on the iPad is amazing for most of the work that you do, but when you're really trying to type a lot of words quickly, the virtual keyboard sucks.
We've seen a few similar keyboard cases demoed over the past few months, but this is the first we can remember from a well-known accessory manufacturer like Kensington. When it begins to ship next month, Kensington's Bluetooth keyboard case for the iPad will cost $99.
The case has hotkeys for launching the home screen, searching, and controlling media playback, which will keep you from reaching up to tap the screen while you're working. According to the post on Liliputing, the case comes with a Lithium-ion battery that...
| Read more »Smith Micro Solutions (http://www.smithmicro.com) has released Stuffit Deluxe 2011 for the Mac, which introduces StuffIt Destinations, a new drag-and-drop toolbar application designed to help users securely transfer files quickly and easily, according to Matthew Covington, senior director, Product Management of Smith Micro Software.
| Read more »Intel at the tail end of its Developer Forum said it didn't expect Light Peak to be shipping in computers or other devices until 2012. The chipsets to drive the fiber optic data link will be ready by late 2011, but system builders are unlikely to have complete systems that year. The remarks push back the technology back a year later than initially suggested, although Intel hasn't attributed any delays to the new schedule....
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| Read more »The cult classic movie Army of Darkness is coming to the iPhone early in 2011 in the form of a new video game. The game is coming care of Backflip Studios, who is ‚Äúinsanely excited‚Äù about the project.
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| Read more »By 'Doctor Dave' Greenbaum
While many people can do occasional typing on the iPad or iPhone via the virtual keyboard, serious keyboarding simply isn't possible without a true external keyboard. While Apple offers two options, they are limiting and the US$99.95 Matias Folding Keyboard (http://matias.ca/foldingkeyboard/index.php) provides an ideal third option for serious iPad typists.
| Read more »A little earlier today, I posted about Symantec's brilliant new ad campaign, asking if any of you guys had any experience with their new Norton home security. The next thing I know, an anonymous user leaves this glowing review that I started to get a little suspicious. I grabbed the person‚Äôs IP (216.10.193.X), and did an IP lookup on it.
| Read more »Recosoft Corp., the developer of the PDF2Office family of products, has released PDF2Office Professional 5.1 for Mac OS X (http://www.recosoft.com/products/pdf2office/macintosh/macpro5.htm), the next version of the PDF-to-Office formats conversion tool for the Mac. The upgrade is compatible with the Office 2010/2011 family of products.
In particular several issues when converting PDFs to the native 2010/2011 formats have been addressed. What's more, PDF2Office 5.1 correctly integrates with the latest Office family of products.
| Read more »Since the dawn of the time, man has only dreamed of one thing: a robot who will do all the shit we don't want to. However, in this noble quest we have inadvertently given these soulless contraptions more than enough abilities to betray, overthrow, and enslave us. Maybe it would all have been fine if we weren't making them so goddamn smart and powerful, but instead we had to go ahead and give them...
| Read more »Apple is apparently finishing up work on a new feature for the iPad that would allow newspapers to charge for subscriptions to digital versions of their publications. Several U.S. newspapers are reported to be working on iPad apps targeted at subscription news delivery and have reportedly been working with Apple on their projects.
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Tension Software has released Url Extractor X 3.2 (http://pomola.com/products_urlextractor/urlextractor.html). Url Extractor X is a Mac OS X app for extracting emails address and generic URLs from files on the HD or directly from the web using a list of "starting" web addresses and working unattended after the startup. You can now retrieve and start search from web pages using keywords from various international Google sites.
| Read more »With the release of iOS 4.1, Apple has made it easy to create smart albums containing our iPhone 4 photos. This hint shows you what settings to use to create smart albums for your iPhones front and back camera photos.
Note: This hint will only apply to photos taken on an iPhone running iOS 4.1 or higher, and requires you to be using iPhoto '09 or newer.
This is a revisit of my previous hint for making a smart album in iPhoto to keep track of only your new iPhone 4 photos. With the release of iOS 4.1, apple has changed the camera model to 'Apple iPhone 4' making it much easier to filter these photos into smart albums. In addition to that, we can use the camera aperture metadata to filter between front and back camera photos.
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I recently performed a security patch along with a Safari update (I believe it was 5.0.1) using Software Update. I ignored the iTunes 10 update that was available. After the update, I could no longer access any websites, webdav iCal shares, or even connect to the Software Update server! I assume that the security update works for most people without doing anything harmful, but the only way I got Internet access back was by installing an earlier combo update at the Apple Store.
I spent all weekend trying everything I could think of. You can see a list of the things I tried in this Apple discussion forum thread. I had even performed a restore from backup from my Time Capsule (but it's possible that I miscalculated the date on which I performed the patch).
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Hamrick Software has released Vuescan 8.6.58, a new version of the VueScan software for Mac OS X that's designed to let users produce better digital images from color snapshots, negatives, slides and documents. The new version adds support for new Canon scanners and multi-core scanning.
The Standard Edition of VueScan costs US$39.95 and the Professional Edition is $79.95 for a single user license. Multi-user licenses are available. A fully functional, trial copy of VueScan is available for download from the Hamrick web site (http://www.hamrick.com).
| Read more »TED Talks After mapping humans' intricate social networks, Nicholas Christakis and colleague James Fowler began investigating how this information could better our lives. Now, he reveals his hot-off-the-press findings: These networks can be used to detect epidemics earlier than ever, from the spread of innovative ideas to risky behaviors to viruses (like H1N1).
| Read more »Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/) has released a preview version of Flash Player "Square" that enables native 64-bit support on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows operating systems.
Adobe says they've made this preview available so that users can test existing content and new platforms for compatibility and stability. Because this is a preview version of Flash Player, don’t expect it to be as stable as a final release version of Flash Player. Use caution when installing Flash Player "Square" on production machines.
| Read more »In practical use, things don‚Äôt always work that way. Don‚Äôt get me wrong ‚Äì I will be the first person to extol the benefits of technical devices for leisure time. But sometimes they can be just more effort than it seems deserving. So, let‚Äôs take a look at some of the scenarios that can turn leisure time into hard work.
| Read more »Apple has released Pro Applications Update 2010-02 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL949). It adds compatibility for new camera formats, improves overall stability and addresses a number of other minor issues.
This update is recommend for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic Studio. Pro Applications Update 2010-02 is a 321.1MB download and requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher and QuickTime 7.6.2 or later.
| Read more »Five more countries have been added to Apple's list of Friday iPad launches. New to the roster are five Latin American countries, namely Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Both 3G-ready and Wi-Fi-only versions of the tablet will go on sale, though an Apple press release does not mention local carriers....
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| Read more »Adobe yesterday announced the release of a beta preview version of Flash Player for Mac, Windows, and Linux offering 64-bit support. The new release, codenamed "Square", has been found to be fully functi...
| Read more »Kevin Mitnick first achieved notoriety for using social engineering to manipulate people rather than using hacking/cracking techniques.
| Read more »Olive Media (http://www.olive.us) has announced the US$999 Olive O3HD music server for home stereo systems. Based on the Olive O4HD, it requires no software installation, networking setup or virus protection. It features a 24-bit/192 kHz DAC, dedicated storage and color touchscreen navigation, allowing you to store and access your complete music collection right at your stereo system.
| Read more »Apple is juggling dwindling supplies of 24" and 30" Cinema Displays, suggesting the new 27" LED Cinema Display announced in late July is about ready to ship.
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| Read more »Yahoo Chief Executve Carol Bartz said she thinks Apple's control over iAd will drive advertisers away, causing the mobile advertising network to "fall apart."
Analysis of how net neutrality could affect business and innovation - boy do i support net neutrality
| Read more »Skyhook, well known for its Wi-Fi-based location triangulation services, has filed a lawsuit against Google alleging the Internet search giant is infringing on patents it owns. The company filed a second lawsuit alleging Google has been forcing companies to drop Skyhook‚Äôs services in favor of its own.
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Reuters publishes an interview with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz touching on a number of different topics, briefly including the burgeoning mobile advertising market and Apple's role in it through its iAd progra...
| Read more »Apple has deployed a series of software updates, including QuickTime 7.6.8, only available for Windows 7, Vista and XP SP2. The patch concentrates exclusively on security problems, which could be used to attack a PC by way of the app's ActiveX control, or else a path-searching flaw in QuickTime Picture Viewer. For Mac owners Apple has posted Pro Applications Update 2010-02, which includes Final Cut Pro 7.0.3, Motion 4.0.3, Color 1.5.3, Compressor 3.5.3 and Qmaster 3.5.3....
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| Read more »Yahoo! CEO, Carol Bartz, thinks Apple‚Äôs iAd service is doomed to failure because potential advertisers will eventually get tired of the company‚Äôs controlling nature.
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Honestly, I spent all day yesterday playing Pocket Frogs, so go try that if you haven't yet. But since we covered that one earlier this week, I'll tell you about Unearthed. To be honest, I don't exactly know how it all works. The app is complicated, and getting it to do what you want it to do is half the fun. It's designed to be like a government security app, except there's no five-inch thick manual binder to go along with it. The idea is that the app turns your iPhone into an "anomaly scanner," and with augmented reality, you're tasked with scanning various alien beings in the world around you. It's a little hard to explain, but once you play around with it, it's pretty trippy. You use the iPhone's camera (3GS or better required) to look around the...
| Read more »As Apple prepares to unleash its new AirPlay and AirPrint wireless standards this fall, details on the technology and what functionality it might gain in the future were detailed in a plethora of patent applications revealed this week.
Apple on Wednesday released the first external betas of iOS 4.2, which will debut features like AirPlay and AirPrint for iOS devices while also delivering a slew of long-awaited bells and whistles for the iPad, including multi-tasking, folders and threaded mail.
Per AppleInsider, a handful of more subtle refinements will ship along as well:
The biggest new feature for iPhone and iPod touch users is AirPrint, which allows wireless printing via a shared printer, or directly through some HP branded printers. The functionality is accomplished through a new Print Center application that is only available on iOS devices that can multitask, which means the iPhone 3G will not be able to print.
... | Read more »New York: the president of key game ‚ÄúTake-Two‚Äù and the CEO ‚ÄúBen Feder‚Äù suggested the new wave of motion controllers for hitting the Microsoft Kinect for 360 and Sony PlayStation 3. Both companies are providing the perfect bridge for kids ‚Äúraised‚Äù on Wii to ‚Äúgraduate‚Äù to a HD console.
| Read more »Intel CTO Justin Rattner described the next generation of computers, which he dubbed context-aware, during a Wednesday keynote address at the Intel Developers Forum.
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Apple will be launching the iPad in several South American countries on Friday, September 17. According to the company’s Latin America Web site, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru customers will be able to get their hands on both the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi plus 3G models.
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LaCie today became one of the few to follow Apple into the combination of a router and network-attached storage by launching the Wireless Space. Like the Time Capsule, it can share both an Internet connection over 802.11n Wi-Fi and to three Ethernet-linked computers, though with more sharing features. The NAS can serve content to other devices with DLNA or UPnP as well as serve as an iTunes host for a device like an Apple TV....
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| Read more »It‚Äôs hard to say whether the iPad will save the newspaper industry, but it looks like Apple might try.
Per the San Jose Mercury News, Apple will soon announce a newspaper subscription plan for the iPad, introducing a revenue sharing model similar to the one that has been employed for applications sold on the App Store, according to a new rumor.
Per sources close to the story, Apple has agreed to implement an opt-in function to allow subscribers to share their personal information with publications. Print publications rely on that information to share demographic data with advertisers.
Earlier this year, before the iPad was even released, publishers and Apple apparently struggled to reach a deal, as Apple...
| Read more »Adobe posted a preview version of the Flash Player, code named ‚ÄúSquare,‚Äù that adds 64-bit support to Mac OS X on Thursday.
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The white iPhone 4 is set to be released in 2011, but that does not mean you can't make your own now. I've seen many requests come through for white iPhone 4 conversions. Sometimes this happens because somebody has already broken their screen or back cover, and other times simply because people want it and they want it NOW!!! Regardless of whether you need an iPhone 4 repair or not, a white iPhone 4 could make you the most popular iPhone owner in your region, state, country or animal kingdom.
A recent Maximum PC article suggested that Monitor and HDTV companies are cooking the specifications for their products. Digital Trends separates fact from fiction on what really matters on your TV and monitor.
| Read more »The U.S. consumer electronics (CE) market has been hit disproportionately hard by the economic downturn, with U.S. households projected to spend 17% less on CE in 2010 than the previous year. This is the largest projected decline in CE spending among the 20 countries surveyed by the International Data Corp. (http://www.idc.com) in a recent ConsumerScape 3600 study. Strangely, this could be good news for Apple.
Let me explain.
| Read more »An Apple software update nearly sneaked by without notice yesterday. Pro Applications Update 2010-02 provides bug fixes and improvements and is recommended for users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic Studio. After the update, version numbers are listed as Final Cut Pro 7.0.3, Motion 4.0.3, Color 1.5.3, Compressor 3.5.3, and Apple QMaster 3.5.3. The Final Cut app updates include support for new cameras.
The update can be downloaded either through Software Update (where it will appear if you have one of the applications installed) or by going to the update Web page on the Apple site.
The patch notes show new features and fixes, and those are listed on the next page. Click the "Read More" link to view.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
| Read more »Japan√≠s Logitec has released what is claiming are the world√≠s smallest stereo Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR earphones. The LBT-PCHP02 series are designed for PC users, while the LBT-AVHP02 are designed for portable audio players. The batteries in both models allow for four hours of playback, while they weigh just a third of an ounce and are just 1.3 inches long and 0.23 inches thick....
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| Read more »Publicspace.net (http://www.publicspace.net/) has released A Better Finder Rename 8.6.7, an update of the renaming solution for the Mac. The new release adds new options for inserting space-saving alphabetical sequences into file names.
A Better Finder Rename costs US$19.95. Business, family and enterprise licensing is also available. Customers may chose to include a "forever upgrade" with their purchase.
A Better Finder Rename requires Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6. It's Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.
| Read more »PFiddlesoft has released UI Browser 2.1.1 (http://pfiddlesoft.com/uibrowser/), an update to the assistant for GUI scripting with AppleScript on Mac OS X. The new version adds Help buttons to many alerts and fixes a number of dead links in the UI Browser Help book.
UI Browser helps you to explore, manipulate, and monitor the user interface of most Mac OS X applications running on your computer. With the push of a button, it also generates AppleScript statements to control any application using GUI Scripting, even applications that are not otherwise scriptable.
| Read more »PwnageTool Bundle for iOS 4.2 Beta on iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) has been released. You can use this bundle to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS on iOS 4.2 while preserving your older baseband so that you can unlock it ‚Äúlater‚Äù (more on this below) using Ultrasn0w. The best thing about this bundle is that it supports hacktivation, but unfortunately, Cydia is currently not compatible with iOS 4.2.
| Read more »By Greg Mills
The news is full of stories related to a possible hack of the copy protection system common to HDTV, Blu-Ray disks, video game disks and even iTunes music. This is not unanticipated, but much sooner than many had expected. The sky is not falling, but this is a significant issue for reasons that go well beyond the companies that have content to protect.
| Read more »Intel's goal is to create devices that can function more like personal assistants and less like PDAs. These theoretical gadgets would gather and process both hard data (physical location, outside conditions) and soft data (calendar, social networking preferences, and your preference history). From this, the device can advise you in any number of ways.
| Read more »Cyan‚Äôs Myst was modeled and rendered on six Macintosh Quadras using StrataVision 3D by Strata, Inc. This 3D application has been around for some time and in many different incarnations. Strata will be introducing a new ‚Äòlow-end‚Äô version later this month. To kick off pre-orders, they will sell Strata Design 3D SE for just 99 [...]
| Read more »New data shows Apple, RIM, and Microsoft continue to lose ground to Google in the U.S. smartphone market.
Pentax showed off its new K-r DSLR at a press event in New York City, where Electronista had a chance to take a few pictures with the pre-release cameras. As expected, the K-r represents a step forward from the company's K-x camera. Both DSLRs still occupy a niche somewhere between most entry-level and midrange offerings....
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| Read more »Microsoft‚Äôs latest browser introduces some truly innovative new features. Here‚Äôs what‚Äôs new in Internet Explorer 9.
| Read more »A recent study from Gartner is forecasting mobile platform market share up to 2014, and echoes the results of earlier studies regarding Android‚Äôs current momentum.
| Read more »Desperate to charge your iPad quickly and willing to shell out $100 for it? Then the Mophie Juice Pack might be for you. It's an external battery that's compatible with most gadgets, but advertised particularly for the iPad. [Mophie]
| Read more »In late June at E3, Square Enix tantalized fans of Final Fantasy Tactics by revealing that the game would be brought to the iPhone. The company even announced a release date for the game: September 15th. But September 15th has come and gone now without a release for this highly-anticipated title, ... and Square Enix's response to the delay is highly unsatisfactory.
I played the original Final Fantasy Tactics on the PlayStation, and it's one of my all-time favorite games. I didn't play the remake on the PSP because I never really felt compelled to buy Sony's handheld. However, I was excited enough about FFT coming to the iPhone that I set up an iCal reminder to check the App Store today for the game. It hasn't shown up, though, and it's not going to for the foreseeable future. Only two days before the game's supposed release date,...
| Read more »By: nicholas.stokes
Pro Applications Update 2010-02was released today.
Here are the links to each applications release notes.
Final Cut Pro 7.0.3
Compressor 3.5.3
Firefox 4.0b6Firefox is a web browser that empowers you to accomplish your online activities faster, more safely and efficiently than any other browser, period. Built with Tab browsing, popup blocking and a number of other seamless innovations, Firefox stands out ahead.
WHAT'S NEWVersion 4.0b6: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
REQUIREMENTSMac OS X 10.5 or later.
PRICEFree
DEVELOPERMozilla.org
DOWNLOADS777868
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ForkLift 2.0 Beta 5ForkLift is a powerful file manager and ferociously fast FTP client clothed in a clean and versatile UI that offers the combination of absolute simplicity and raw power expected from a well-executed Mac software.
ForkLift will connect to any remote server FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3, WebDAV, the SMB, NIS and AFP shares on your local network, or your Bluetooth mobile phone- pretty much anything you can plug into or hook up to a Mac. ForkLift also carries a complete toolbox for managing your files, including Folder Synchronization, Batch Renaming, Archive handling, Application deleter, editing files over remote connections and many more. All these power features are packaged into a Finder-like, dual-pane interface that delivers superior workflow while remaining absolutely familiar to use, along with QuickLook, Spotlight search and all.
Key features:
CopyPaste Pro 2.3.3CopyPaste Pro... Time Machine for your Clipboard!
The latest incarnation of the one and only, award winning, easy to use, multiple clipboard editing, archive and display utility. See and edit any clip in your history of copies or in the more permanent clip archives. Use the new Clip Browser (horizontal) or Clip Palette (vertical) to see all clipboards in an instant. Save all clipboards through restarts. Tools to act on clipboard data. Never lose a clip again. CopyPaste is a time saver/life saver for all Mac beginners through advanced users.
If you have never tried it, now is the time, it operates invisibly in the background remembering your copies and allows you see a Clip History of clips going back in time or to keep clips permanently in the Clip Archive. Try it and find out for yourself why its so popular.
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Apple Pro Applications Update 2010-02Apple Pro Applications Update 2010-02 is a revision to Final Cut Studio (2009). This update includes Final Cut Pro 7.0.3, Motion 4.0.3, Color 1.5.3, Compressor 3.5.3 and Apple QMaster 3.5.3. This software adds compatibility for new camera formats, improves overall stability and addresses a number of other minor issues. This update is recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic Studio.
REQUIREMENTS
PRICEFree
DEVELOPERApple
DOWNLOADS53051
DOWNLOAD NOW (200 MB)
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Audyssey Laboratories has unveiled a high-end iPhone/iPod dock that aims to compete with the Bose SoundDock and other premium alternatives. The device allows users to wirelessly connect a variety of devices via Bluetooth, while a USB port connects to a computer for iPhone/iPod sync passthrough while the device is still docked....
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| Read more »Apple has changed the name of one of the key components used to determine whether or not damage was caused by liquid submersion. Though the change is subtle, now the Liquid Contact Indicator, it could signal a change in Apple's repair policies.
Originally posted at iPhone Atlas
| Read more »In late July, Apple announced a new 27" LED Cinema Display, set for launch in the "September" timeframe to replace the existing 24" LED Cinema Display and 30" Cinema Display, which are seeing remaining stock being depleted before being officially dis...
| Read more »Avid has introduced several new products in its M-Audio line of audio hardware, each paired with an update to the consumer-level edition of Pro Tools. Electronista had a chance to preview the new products at a special event in New York City. The new bundles include KeyStudio, Recording Studio, and Vocal Studio....
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| Read more »Digg has had a rough couple of years made worse by the rocky launch of its 4th iteration. Serious changes are in order if it hopes to stay relevant.
| Read more »Apple has released minor security and stability updates for QuickTime for Windows and its suite of Pro Applications.
I repeatedly harp on the iPad for its lack of ability for truly professional content creation. Well, I take it all back. This is one of the most ingenious things I’ve seen in days.
| Read more »Nokia's new CEO, former Microsoft executive Stephen Elop, will bring a touch of Silicon Valley to the Finnish cellphone giant. But there's a lot more Elop is going to have to do to get Nokia back on track.
While the company is still the world's largest cellphone manufacturer, it has lost much of its mindshare in the high-end smartphone industry to Apple and Google. (Apple has...
| Read more »Slacker has begun previewing an updated version of its streaming music service, which will soon provide access on-demand content. The Premium edition will expand music availability beyond random selections, allowing subscribers to play individual tracks from a particular artist or any other music in the connected libraries. Electronista took an early look at the new offering, which was featured at a special event in New York City....
Apple has announced that Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru will be getting the iPad on Sept. 17.
"Didn't you run over the first iPod nano?" an old friend who I haven't talked to in a decade asked during our recent high school reunion. "That was hilarious."
His statement echoed similar ones that I have heard from both distant friends and strangers consistently for the last five years. In 2005, Apple introduced the first iPod nano, a flash storage-based successor to the then-popular iPod mini. Everyone was curious about it—it was so thin and fragile looking! Could it withstand the punishing experience of everyday use? Could it really compare to the true iPod experience?
That's what we here at Ars set out to discover back then when we reviewed the original iPod nano. Since then, Apple has made annual revisions to the iconic...
| Read more »iOS 4.2 doesn't arrive in earnest until November, but the recently released beta 1 sheds some light on what we'll see when it goes public later this year.
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Left 4 Dead is the last promised Valve title to see release on Steam for Mac, and yet we haven't heard anything about an official release date. Valve was moving along pretty well for a while there, releasing games for our platform every Wednesday. But they've petered out lately, leaving a lot of Mac gamers wondering if we'd ever get to shoot zombies along with the rest of the gaming world. But a slip found by our former cohort David Chartier, now at Macworld, hints that we'll be exploring the zombie apocalypse soon -- he notes that Valve is bringing the game's new downloadable content, "The Sacrifice," to all platforms, including the Mac, by October 5th.
The Sacrifice is an extra level that's available for both the first and second games in the series, so there's still a chance that...
| Read more »This story is dedicated to old-timers like me who have a soft spot for Pascal. PascalGladiator is a free graphical IDE for Free Pascal and debugger front-end for GNU Debugger. The true reason for creating this program was out of desperation in the switch away from CodeWarrior. I like Xcode‚Äôs interface generally speaking but it‚Äôs [...]
| Read more »Adobe today posted "Square," a preview version of 64-bit Flash available for Mac and Windows. Expanding on the original Linux port, it gives users of Mac OS X Snow Leopard's 64-bit mode and 64-bit x86 editions of Windows a truly native plugin instead of having to use a compatibility layer or nothing at all. The release also gives these users performance optimizations specific to 64-bit processors....
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| Read more »iOS 4.2 is coming this November. With iOS SDK 4.2 beta, you can add exciting, new features to your apps including the capability to print directly from iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. iPad apps can now take advantage of multitasking, Game Center, iAd, and more.
iOS Developer Program members can log in to the iOS Dev Center to learn more and download the beta releases.
| Read more »As predicted earlier, Samsung's Galaxy Tab will be priced at significantly higher than its main competitor, Apple's iPad. The Galaxy Tab has shown up in an Amazon UK posting, revealing its price to be ¬£680 with VAT, or about $1,063. The device in question uses a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU, matching the iPad's in terms of clock speed, and gets a 3G data radio, Bluetooth 3.0 and Android 2.2. It has 16GB of storage space and a 7-inch LCD, slightly smaller than the iPad's 9.7-inch display....
If you plan to incorporate Game Center into your app, it's important to correctly enable Game Center in iTunes Connect before you submit it for review.
To enable your app for Game Center, follow these steps:
A site called Letem Svetem Applem has put together some performance comparison videos with the iPhone 4 and the new iPod touch, and the results may surprise you. In the startup speed test, the iPad actually beat all of the other iDevices, and the new iPod touch barely beats the iPhone 4 (but all of them were faster than last year's iPhone 3GS, so your upgrade was not in vain). The iPod touch's camera looks slightly darker than the iPhone 4's, and perhaps most interesting, the displays of the iPhone 4 and iPod touch look pretty different. The Retina Display on the iPod touch looks just as sharp, but without the in-plane switching tech found on the iPhone and the iPad, the sides of the display are slightly muddier.
Some of the YouTube comments on the speed video claim that if your iPhone or iPad is stuffed with music, documents, or apps, the speed...
| Read more »Apple released Pro Applications Update 2010-02 Wednesday, an update with fixes and improvements for Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic Studio. Those fixes includes support for new cameras, bug fixes, and other changes.
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Shure has released three new pairs of high-end, sound-isolating in-ear headphones, including the single-driver SE315, dual-driver SE425 and triple-driver SE535. The latter two were introduced at this year's CES. The SE315 set has a vented driver and sports a detachable cable that can be formed for a comfortable fit. It ships with isolating tips that can provide as much as 37dB of ambient noise....
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| Read more »Apple is working on a newspaper subscription engine for the iPad, according to a report from The San Jose Mercury News. Citing unspecified ‚Äúindustry sources,‚Äù an industry of which The Mercury News is obviously a part, the newspaper said that Apple is expected to announce the new service ‚Äúsoon.‚Äù
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Smartphone maker HTC today unveiled two new Android-based phones, along with an updated version of its own user interface, HTC Sense, and a new online service, called HTCSenhse.com, to let users manage their phones from a computer.
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Apple on Wednesday dished out the first external betas of iOS 4.2, which will debut AirPlay and AirPrint for iOS devices while also delivering a slew of long-awaited features for the iPad, including multi-tasking, folders and threaded mail. However, AppleInsider has also discovered a handful of more subtle refinements, all of which are detailed in this illustrated first look.
On Wednesday Apple issued Pro Applications Update 2010-02, with improved versions of Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 4, Color 1.5, Compressor 3.5, and Qmaster 3.5
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Skyhook on Wednesday sued Google for allegedly abusing its control over Android to exclude competitors for geolocation services. A Boston-based lawsuit accused Google of preventing Android phone makers from using Skyhook's positioning, such as its Wi-Fi triangulation, and instead requiring them to use Google's own. Motorola was supposedly forced to pull Skyhook from its devices to pass Google's compliance tests and wasn't even given the option of tuning the Skyhook software to meet the guidelines....
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| Read more »This is about the coolest thing done with an iPad since, well, the iPad itself was created. A firm named Dentsu London has used an iPad to create a series of stop motion shots assembled from sequential long exposure light paintings. They created a set of 3D graphics and then programmed the iPad to show a set of cross sections, frame-by-frame, of those graphics. The cross sections were "painted" into the air with long exposure photographs, and then the photographs were all put together into a stop motion animation.
The end effect is just amazing -- don't just watch the beginning on how they did it, make sure you stick around for the film itself. It's a beautiful piece, as well as an ingenious way of using the iPad to create something exceptional. If you're really interested in these...
| Read more »Image via CrunchBase
Im sure by now youve heard that Twitter is getting a face lift, allowing for more information to be available to you with a dual screen look. Twitter has become extremely popular over the years, contributing to a national government election, and allowing fans to get to know their favorite celebrities in 140 characters. We may like knowing what our favorite athlete is eating or what our favorite A-lister thought of so-and-sos dress. They may feel a little more special and even more famous knowing they have over 1 million people following them. Twitter is a great tool, in the hands of the right person.
The micro-blogging network could also be detrimental to someones image. Who knew 140 characters could get you in trouble? More publicists need to pay attention to what their clients are tweeting, including who theyre talking to and how theyre talking to them. One false send and youre on the verge of a public relations nightmare. There have been...
By Greg Robbins, Software Engineer
(Editor's note: Today's blog post is another cool one for programmers in the audience. Non-developer readers, thanks for bearing with us.)
Mac OS X and iOS provide developers with a high-level class, NSURLConnection, that makes interacting with servers pretty easy. NSURLConnection follows the system networking preferences, navigates through proxies, and handles other details just as users expect on their devices. But in applications that require a series of server requests and responses, NSURLConnection can be inconvenient to use. All connections made by an application’s class call back into a single set of delegate methods, and when there are numerous connections to be made, sorting out the responses is a bit of a chore.
So ever since Google’s first Mac application, Gmail Notifier, we’ve used a wrapper around NSURLConnection to make it...
| Read more »3M on Wednesday introduced two new pocket projectors with the MP160 and MP180. Either sports 30 lumens of brightness and can produce 800x600 pictures. The portable devices are also said to provide a record-setting two hours of operation from a single battery charge despite their miniscule sizes....
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| Read more »TUAWloha, everybody! It's time to put on your Hawaiian shirts, grab a Mai Tai or three, and join me for another hour of live mayhem at the mercy of my technological devices. Yes, it's time for TUAW TV Live.
As I noted in the promo post earlier today, we've got a lot of ground to cover. I'll talk about (and demonstrate) the pitfalls that one can run into when doing a livestream show like this, do a couple of giveaways with a fun Apple trivia game, demo some good (and some not-so-good) iPhone and iPad apps, show how to easily create iBooks, and more.
To join in from your Mac or PC, just go to the next page by clicking the link at the bottom of this post, and you'll find a livestream viewer and a chat tool. The chat tool allows you to join in on the fun by asking questions or making comments.
If you're driving somewhere and would like to watch TUAW TV Live while you're stuck in traffic, please don't -- keep your eyes...
| Read more »ModulR previewed its unique iPad case system earlier this year, which allows the iPad to be propped up for typing, mounted to a wall, or used as an in-car entertainment system. The case and some of its accessories are now shipping.
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H2O Audio's new Amphibx GRIP armband wraps around your arm like a sports band and lets you listen to and control your 6th generation iPod Nano or 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation iPod Shuffle while in or around water.
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137,000 iPhones per day. That's how many manufacturer Foxconn is reportedly making these days, its chairman tells the press. That's an amazing figure adding up to 50 million iPhones every single year, even as Apple struggles to keep enough hardware in stock. And the process isn't easy, either -- chairman Terry Gou says that the company found out it needed a certain machining rig usually designed only for prototyping in order to stay in line with Apple's strict manufacturing standards. Foxconn ended up buying over 1,000 of the machines at $20k each, even while other manufacturing companies are buying just one.
It's crazy to think about the scale of the operation over there -- not just the equipment, but the workers and organization required to churn out that kind of product....
| Read more »Apple seeded a beta version of iOS 4.2 to developers Wednesday. Developers who had received the new build told The Mac Observer that the beta release includes the printing features touted by Apple in an announcement released earlier on Wendesday, and that it requires a beta version of Mac OS X 10.6.5, which was also released in beta to developers, to test those printing features.
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Apple today announced the AirPrint feature that will allow iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches equipped with iOS 4.2 to print documents wirelessly from the devices. HP will be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices.
Apple today announced that it is releasing a beta version of its AirPrint wireless printing for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to members of Apple’s iOS developer program today, and that AirPrint will be included in the free iOS 4.2 software update in November. AirPrint automatically finds printers on local networks and can print text, photos and graphics to them wirelessly over Wi-Fi without the need to install drivers or download software. HP’s existing and upcoming ePrint enabled printers will be the first to support printing direct from iOS devices.
“AirPrint is Apple’s powerful new printing architecture that matches the simplicity of iOS—no set up, no configuration, no printer drivers and no software to download,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’...
| Read more »See that woman there? She's high on endorphins, after doing a 15-minute "bootylicious" work-out. For $2, you could be showing off your midriff‚Äîyes you!‚Äîafter some of FITNESS magazine's iPhone app tutorials.
Workouts for specific areas target the abs, arms, bum and thighs, or even a full body work-out, with photos, instructions and video included. Even if you're sat down with a bag of Doritos watching a bootylicious work-out, I'd say that's $2 well-spent. [iTunes]
| Read more »If you have an issue with your iPod touch, try these tips first.
| Read more »Importing MPEG-2 standard definition media can only be performed from SD cards, mounted disk images of SD cards (.dmg), or from folders on local storage, such as the internal drive or mounted FireWire or USB volumes.
| Read more »Apple has to make the iPhone available for Verizon and other carriers if it wants a chance at competing with Android, Bernstein Research analysts Pierre Ferragu and Toni Sacconaghi urged on Wednesday. Noting that Google has tripled its growth to 200,000 activations per day in just seven months, the bankers called Apple to make the iPhone available for the carriers that have become safe havens for Android, including not only Verizon but also O2 and Vodafone in Germany, China Mobile and Japan's NTTDoCoMo. If it doesn't happen, Android's total installed based could ove...
Itsasickness.com, the world’s first “object networking” website for obsessions, was founded by actor Alan Cumming and two other New Yorkers. It's about establishing deeper ties to the things that we obsess over, and in the process recognizing that our relationships with these things—favorite foods, TV shows, political causes, you name it—help define us.
| Read more »XtremeMac has released the Tango TRX, a speaker dock for the iPod, iPhone, and iPad that features a 2.1 digital audio system and wireless Bluetooth audio streaming.
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Apple appears to be taking measures to boost iPad production by adding another supplier of touch sensors.
According to DigiTimes, AU Optronics subsidiary Cando will start shipping 9.7-inch touch sensors for the iPad from its newly reformed 4.5G production line in September-October 2010.
The upgraded plant will mainly be producing iPad touch sensors with a monthly capacity close to one million units.
| Read more »If you're an Angry Birds player like me, you've hit a couple of levels you've had to play 10 or more times before finally being able to progress. Curse those speedy yellow birds! Give me more bombers! If that's you, Rovio Mobile -- creator of Angry Birds -- has the solution to your frustration, which it announced recently at the Nokia World conference. But the bad news is that it's going to cost you.
Meet the new, angriest of the Angry Birds: Mighty Eagle. Via an in-app purchase (with real money) of a can of sardines, you'll be able to summon this new bird for a one-time shot at clearing an entire level. If you want to make use of Mighty Eagle again, you can try going back to the previous level where he was used and clear it without him. Then, voila -- you can use him again in a later level.
... | Read more »Apple released QuickTime 7.6.8 for Windows Wednesday, an update that includes two security fix for Windows users. Both holes could allow the bad guys to take over your PC, and thus the fixes are important patches.
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In addition to China, Apple has announced (Translated Link) that it will launch the iPad in five Latin American countries — Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru — on Friday, September 17. According to the company’s press release, both the iPad Wi-Fi and iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G…
| Read more »This is a simple troubleshooting tip to help resolve occasionally slow or partial page loads, or when a Web page cannot be found.
| Read more »Developer KB made a series of blog posts about what will and will not be featured in the upcoming Scrivener 2.0. What I like is that he's not so focused on introducing new features, but improving on what's already there. The initial release came out back in 2007, but this is a case where slow and steady development is definitely worth it.
Some of the highlighted features of Scrivener 2.0 include:
It's a revelation. It's the way the iPad always should've been. With iOS 4.2 there's multitasking, a unified inbox, folders and... Helvetica in Notes.
We are talking about a beta that's two months from a final release, so not everything's done. But iOS 4.2 on iPad already feels so good, even if it is things we're just used to by now on the iPhone.
Multitasking, Mail and Folders
It works, just like it does on the iPhone or iPod touch, just bigger. Double tapping the home button brings up the much larger taskbar, and switching apps engages the...
| Read more »This document explains how to check the battery status of the iPod shuffle (4th generation)¬†.
| Read more »Several videos showing iOS 4.2 beta 1 running on the iPad have surfaced, shortly after the build was seeded to developers. As expected, the updated OS will bring the iPad up to speed with the features initially added to the iPhone and iPod touch with iOS 4.0. Apple appears to have changed the function of the orientation lock, which now works as a mute button in the first beta....
MacTech 2010 Conference announced Wednesday the addition of a new panel on virtualization hosted by MacWorld magazine editorial director Jason Snell. The panel is titled “Trends in Virtualization,” and will include discussion about both desktop and server virtualization.
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Motion 4.0.3 is an update to Motion 4, which is part of the paid upgrade to Final Cut Studio.
| Read more »Color 1.5.3 is an update to Color 1.5, which is part of the paid upgrade to Final Cut Studio (2009).
| Read more »Final Cut Pro 7.0.3 is an update to Final Cut Pro 7, which is part of the paid upgrade to Final Cut Studio (2009).
| Read more »Google Music may depend on an online-based locker, not subscriptions, as the cornerstone of its service, insiders said today. Label contacts said Google's initial proposal would charge a flat $25 per year to put any music a customer owns in cloud storage that they could then stream or download. Billboard understood that it would cross-check a user's library and give them access to any song Google would have a license to sell, even if it was a CD rip or bought from a competitor like iTunes....
Wireless printing finally comes to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch this November, and AppleInsider offers a closer look at the feature in its current state in the first iOS 4.2 beta.
This document describes the security content of QuickTime 7.6.8.
For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website.
For information about the Apple Product Security PGP Key, see "How to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key."
Where possible, CVE IDs are used to reference the vulnerabilities for further information.
To learn about other Security Updates, see "Apple Security Updates".
Today's release of the iOS 4.2 beta has given developers their first hands-on look at AirPrint, which will allow wireless printing from iOS devices. Macworld has published some details.
Dan Moren reports that users will be able to print text, photos, and graphics to networked printers without having to fiddle with drivers, special software, or network configurations. Also, it seems like the list of compatible printers is long, though details are still sketchy. Moren says that AirPrint will support printers shared via a Mac or a PC, and it will also handle various types of printing devices, from low-cost inkjets up to office laser printers. Additionally, HP will soon release a new...
| Read more »Sonnet Technologies has announced the Qio E3, (site not updated) a new 3-slot SxS reader that doubles as a three-slot expansion device for ExpressCard/34 adapters. The device expands the PCI bus outside the machine, with up 200MB/sec bandwidth to share across the three devices, either SxS memory cards or ExpressCard/34 units. The device allows adding FireWire, USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet or eSATA cards, among others, and supports dual usage, accessing both SxS cards and ExpressCard/34 cards at the same time....
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| Read more »IGG Software today announced iBank 4, a major upgrade of its Mac money management software. The software allows users to monitor account balances, track investments, maintain budgets and manage credit cards. It can also generate reports for further financial analysis and can reconcile paper statements. iBank can manage checking accounts and savings accounts, as well as 401K accounts, lines of credit, money market accounts and loans. It can create and manage multiple budgets....
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| Read more »iPad owners have some new options today as Targus has launched a number ofaccessories for the iPad and STM Bags has launched its iPad org board. Targus has released two cases, a charger and a stylus. The Spruce EcoSmart Mini Messenger for iPad is made of recycled polyester with environmental bonuses of PVC- and nickel-free manufacturing. It protects and stores an iPad, with pen loops, a business card holder, and a mesh pocket for other small accessories in addition to two zippered compartments. It arrives with an adjustable, padded, removable shoulder strap and ships...
A new line of mobile multimedia apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad have been launched by Encyclopaedia Britannica. The three applications, Volcanoes, Dinosaurs, and Ancient Egypt, are focused towards middle grade students, combining a mixture of information and age-appropriate games. Within each app, users will find overview articles from Britannica editors, as well as maps, puzzles, photos, videos, narrated slideshows, and quizzes. Volcanoes, Dinosaurs, and Ancient Egypt can be found in the App Store for $5 each, while additional titles are planned for relea...
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| Read more »The Deal Brothers found some deals on Apple‚Äôs AirPort Extreme base stations starting at $127.72
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TidBITS Publishing has announced the newest ebook in the Take Control series, "Take Control of iTunes 10: The FAQ," by iTunes expert and audiophile Kirk McElhearn.
The 146-page "Take Control of iTunes 10: The FAQ" uses a Q&A approach to help readers appreciate and understand the process of adding media to iTunes, tagging it, adding album art, and organizing it into playlists.
| Read more »Apple has made a change in the behavior of the iPad‚Äôs hardware under iOS 4.2, repurposing the device‚Äôs right-side orientation lock switch as a mute/unmute switch. Users of the updated software can now lock the device‚Äôs screen orientation via a software button in‚Ķ
| Read more »In an effort to refresh the Twitter.com site, pull users back in from third-party platforms -- and take a swipe at Facebook -- Twitter has launched a significant site redesign.
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Bernstein Research analysts Toni Sacconagh and Pierre Ferragu told clients in a research note that Apple needs a Verizon iPhone if it's serious about warding off the Android threat.
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| Read more »You may notice a rare issue that can cause the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) or MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) to stop responding during startup or operation. ¬†
| Read more »VirusBarrier X6 10.6.8Note: Intego\'s NetBarrier product has been rolled into VirusBarrier X6 (NetBarrier is no longer available on its own). One VirusBarrier X6 license can be used on 2 Macs.
Only VirusBarrier X6 provides comprehensive protection from malware and network threats. VirusBarrier X6 is the only antivirus program for Mac that includes full anti-malware protection together with firewall, network protection, anti-phishing, anti-spyware features and more.
As malware changes, protection needs to be reinforced
While viruses, Trojan horses, worms and other forms of malware are a constant threat to computers of all kinds, cyber-criminals are turning to new techniques to infect and control your Mac. These new threats come silently, with little warning, over the Internet: in many cases, simply...
So we've just had a chance to take our iPad out for a spin sporting iOS 4.2... and it's pretty great. The addition of multitasking, folders, and big improvements in mail (amongst other things) finally make the device feel more like a computer and less like a gigantic iPhone. Ironic really, since these updates rolled out to the iPhone first. In our brief use of the new and improved iPad (and particularly with multitasking), we're impressed to see that there doesn't seem to be any lag or slowdown on the device while swapping between apps (despite the smaller amount of RAM on board here) or throwing together folders. We're pretty heartened to see performance matching what we've come to expect on our iPhone 4 -- admittedly we had reservations about what the experience would be like. Folders are an especially notable inclusion here due to the pure silliness of scrolling through multiple iPad pages, and we're happy to see them intact on the bigger device. This is going to be a huge...
| Read more »PrintJinni for Epson lets iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users print Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files as well as PDFs and JPEGs from an e-mail account to any Epson all-in-one device with Wi-Fi capabilities.
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IGC Software (http://www.iggsoftware.com) has released released iBank 4.0, a new version of its financial management application for Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher.
| Read more »Eltima Software has released Flash Decompiler Trillix 4.2 (http://mac.eltima.com/swftofla-converter.html) for Mac OS X. It's an update of the SWF to FLA converter designed to help users decompile Flash movies and convert SWF elements into multiple formats.
Version 4.2 offers Adobe Flash CS5 support, P-code view of ActionScript 3.0 and a fixing mechanism for third-party SWF files that don't satisfy the Adobe SWF file format specification.
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System controls on multitasking tray in iOS 4.2 beta for iPad showing screen orientation lock
One of the text notes accompanying AppAdvice's video walkthrough of the new iOS 4.2 for iPad suggests that the physical switch on the iPad's ...
Syncro Soft (http://www.oxygenxml.com) has released version 12 of its Oxygen XML Editor and XML Author, which contains a set of tools supporting all the XML related technologies.
The user interface has been redesigned, and the Project view provides a simplified toolbar, an intuitive contextual menu and synchronized selection with the currently edited document.
A new Open/Find resource dialog has been added along with improvements in Outline and Attributes View.
Trtl Bot has unveiled its new Kickstand 4 and Minimalist 4 cases for the iPhone 4. The Kickstand 4 features a fold out support on the back that can be placed at different angles for portrait, landscape, or camera use, while the Minimalist features a slot on the…
| Read more »AppAdvice posts a brief video preview of the first beta version of iOS 4.2 for iPad, which was released just a few hours ago. The primary feature shown off in the walkthrough is multitasking, which allows users to easily jump back and forth ...
| Read more »Readdle has updated its all-in-one PDF reader for iPad, ReaddleDocs, to version 1.6, which introduces a an entirely new PDF reader that features smooth horizontal scroll and complete support for highlight and notes annotations, as support for VGA output.
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It's hard to believe, but TUAW TV Live has been appearing on your screens just about every Wednesday for 10 months now. I want to thank all of you who have joined in every week for an hour of discovery and discussion; you've made it a pleasure to produce the show.
This week, I'll be talking about a variety of topics: what would be good to see in iWork and iLife updates, iPad and iPhone apps (both good and bad), more iPad and iPhone cases, a demo of how to quickly make an e-book that will work in iBooks, and additional topics as well. And we'll even have some fun giveaways on today's show.
To watch and participate in today's show, just come back to TUAW at about 5 PM EDT (2 PM PDT), and I'll have full instructions on how to view the livestream and use the chat.
TUAWComing up at 5 PM EDT: TUAW TV Live...
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