Nokia's continuing decline in share is the result of a fundamental misunderstanding of software and the iPhone in particular, multiple current and former workers explained today. The company is entirely built around its hardware teams and gives them final say, even when it interferes with the actual experience of the software. Each phone design is isolated into a group and sets its own deadline rather than making sure the software is in sync....

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According to the latest data from comScore, both Apple and BlackBerry-maker RIM lost U.S. smartphone market share to Android during the three months ending in July 2010. First place RIM went from an average share of 41.1% in the three months ending in April to 39.3% in the three…

It looks like Apple may soon introduce the ability for app makers to charge on a subscription basis, which would make devices like the Apple iPad an ideal device for newspapers and magazines.

Group Logic (http://www.grouplogic.com) has updated ArchiveConnect, its File System Archiving (FSA) solution for Mac desktops.

Version 1.1 extends its s integration with Symantec's EnterpriseVault and CommVault's Simpana to include new usability enhancements and support for network-based home directory environments with active enterprise FSA deployments. Together, these new features measurably boost productivity for Mac users of Symantec and CommVault FSA systems, according to Brian Ulmer, product manager for ArchiveConnect at Group Logic. "

A Google engineer was fired for violating the company's privacy rules, Google said Wednesday.







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While full system crashes that result in a nonfunctional system are relatively rare these days, they do periodically happen. If not the result from a direct crash, sometimes corruption can appear and suddenly cause an otherwise healthy system to no longer boot.

The MacTech Conference for IT Pros and Mac developers, November 3-5, 2010 in Los Angeles, has announced two new additions this week: Macworld VP & Editorial Director Jason Snell will moderate a panel on virtualization, and Apple Authorized Training Center v.2 Consulting is offering a study hour and exam session for all Apple Certifications.

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As we suspected back in March, the iPad shipped without apps that are standard on the iPhone: Stocks, Calculator, Clock, Weather, Voice Memos, and Compass. Instead of going without, we've found the best examples of each for you to install and get your iPad on par with your iPhone.

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Our own Steve Sande pointed out several options for iPad owners, including Night Stand HD (US$4.99) and Clock Pro HD ($5.99). Go and check out the full article.

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A new survey shows that the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch have surpassed Sony PSP as a gaming platform in the United States and have almost caught up with Nintendo's DS, according to "GamePro" (http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/216511/apple-closes-in-on-nintendo-p...).

"If you could do anything to the iPhone 4 to improve it, what would it be?" asks mattrivett in this fresh thread started earlier today. Yesterday one forum goer posed the question "is there an app for joining two .jpgs into a single one?" and has received some responses, but as of yet there is no resolution to the question....

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PowerProduction Software has released Martini QuickShot Creator (Martini), the first plug-in for post-production visualization. Designed to work within Apple’s Final Cut Pro, Martini (http://www.martiniquickshot.com) lets editors direct additional shots and sequences.

With Martini’s dynamic power, editors no longer need to use black slugs with text explaining what “shot goes here, says PowerProduction Software Chief Technical Officer Paul Clatworthy. From single shots to multi-shot sequences, Martini helps directors and editors create a better final film, he adds.

Mercury News is reporting that Apple will soon announce a plan for subscribing to newspapers with the iPad. While Apple did not comment, the Mercury News speculated on Apple's deal with Roger Fidler, head of digital publishing at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. Fidler believes that Apple will take up to a 30% cut of subscriptions on top of 40% of ad revenue.

In exchange, the newspapers' developers will be allowed to provide customers with a way to share statistics on just who they are. The opt-in feature will allow Apple to share user demographic data with the publishers, which they could then direct towards their marketing efforts. "[Publishers] want the data of their customers so they can integrate it into their circulation database so they know who their customers are," said Fidler.

It's all speculation, so don't get...

Apple announced on Wednesday that it has released the first iOS 4.2 beta to developers with its new AirPrint wireless printing framework, a feature first mentioned at Apple's iPod media event earlier in September. AirPrint will allow not just iPads, but also iPhones and iPod touches to print to compatible printers connected to a WiFi network when the iOS 4.2 update is released in November.

AirPrint technology allows automatic discovery of printers on local WiFi networks, and eliminates the need for installing or configuring printer drivers. The downside is that manufacturers must enable their printers...

Apple on Wednesday announced more details on its forthcoming wireless printing feature for iOS devices. It now has a name, AirPrint, and compatibility details.







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Developers who plan to test the newly released iOS 4.2 beta must also be running the latest beta software development kit of Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.5, to ensure compatibility with AirPrint shared wireless printing.

Apple will soon announce formal subscription support for newspapers distributed through the App Store, says the San Jose Mercury News. While most of the details are not clear, industry sources claim that Apple has agreed to provide an opt-in clause for subscribers willing to share information with publishers. Newspapers have traditionally relied on subscriber data to sell the ads that keep a publication afloat....

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Dear Aunt TUAW,

I've recently become the proud owner of a 3rd generation iPod touch. I found the Nike+ app that uses some strange GPS/wifi-triangulation scheme to locate me and how far I run/walk.

How does the iPod touch do this? Is it magnets? Smoke? Mirrors? Is this a reliable location-reckoning system? There are a lot of rumors abounding on the Interwebs, and I know you'll get to the bottom of it, Auntie.

Love & tickles,

Your nephew Marc H.

TUAWDear Aunt TUAW: location voodoo originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s the situation facing Nokia’s new CEO, Stephen Elop:

• Nokia needs to settle on one software platform for mobile devices, very soon.

• None of their Symbian-based stuff should be the choice.

• The only other thing they have in-house is MeeGo.

• It‚Äôs too late for them to start over from scratch, and I don‚Äôt think they have the software chops to do so even if they did have time.

So it’s either MeeGo, or something from outside the company. The top two choices: Android and Windows Phone 7. Given that Elop comes to Nokia from Microsoft has led some to wonder whether they’ll go with Windows Phone 7.

Nokia’s problem — and I’ve heard this same story from at...

Alongside today's developer release of the first beta version of iOS 4.2, Apple issued a press release officially announcing the AirPrint feature that will allow iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches running iOS 4.2 to support wireless printing di...

That sound you just heard? Shrieks of joy. Multitasking is finally here for the iPad with the first beta of iOS 4.2, which is also out for the iPhone and iPod touch. If you're a developer, that is. [Apple]

Apple on Wednesday released the first beta version of iOS 4.2 with AirPrint, the name for its wireless printing standard for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, to members of its iOS development community.

Epic’s Unreal Development Kit will be coming to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch soon, giving game designers a new tool for building iOS-compatible mobile games. The news comes about a week after Apple relaxed its restrictions on tools developers can use to code apps for iOS.






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Apple will give the ailing newspaper biz welcome news with an iPad subscription option, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The deal will likely see Apple taking a slice of both subscription and advertising revenues, instead of a flat fee.

Interestingly, Roger Fidler of University of Missouri's Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute speculates Apple will also generate cash through an opt-in demographic sharing function, giving publishers and advertisers access to your ever-coveted personal information. But while newspapers are of course eager to hop aboard the iPad money train, Fidler speculates they may be anxious about crossing over too quickly: "Most publishers don't want to see a rapid migration to apps without a comparable growth in advertisement revenue from tablet editions. That would be disastrous." [San Jose...

Despite newer hardware launches, the iPad is still the fastest iOS device when it comes to booting from a cold start, a Czech site notes. A video demonstration shows the tablet reaching its lock screen in 19.04 seconds, as compared to 26.4 seconds for the fourth-generation iPod touch. The iPhone 4 takes 28.64 seconds, while the iPhone 3GS is even slower, clocking in at 32.8....

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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.

After spending seven days living with our new iPods, we're gonna let them stay. As far as media-slinging sidekicks go, they're pretty good. But it's not all sunshine and rainbows.

iPod Touch: Multimedia Life-Partner

It's easy to say that the new iPod Touch is the best iPod Touch ever. (It is.) It is un-possibly thin—so thin that you release a slow gasp as you peel it out of its snug acrylic womb. The way the polished chrome back bends space around it renders it thinner still, like you're holding a screen imprinted into the air in front of you. (At least, until it's scuffed and scratched and nicked into reality.) You only get a true sense of its dimensions when you plug it in for the first time: It's exactly thick enough to accommodate the holes for a dock connector and...

A full third of those, however, never uses them.







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The San Jose Mercury News reports that Apple is preparing to roll out support for newspaper subscriptions on the iPad, opening the door for new revenue streams for publishers. The information apparently ...

dB Logic (http://www.dblogic.com) has announced what it says the world’s first family of no-battery-required, ultra-low distortion sound pressure level limiting headphones and earphones for teens and adults.

The headphones and earphones with SPL2 technology are designed to help protect users from long-term hearing damage, according to the folks at dB Logic. In addition, the company is also launching “dB Logic for Kids,” the first family of headphones with SPL2 technology designed for children.

Nikon (http://www.nikonusa.com) has introduced the D7000 digital SLR camera, which can take 16.2-megapixel photos and full HD (High Definition) movies. It sports a new 16.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with low-light ability that the folks at Nikon say have never before seen in a DX-format (APS-C) camera.

When you try to access the iTunes Store with iTunes, you may get the following alert message:
"iTunes could not connect to the iTunes Store. An unknown error occurred (-9812). Make sure your network connection is active and try again."

Signs that Apple is...

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In the Apple accessory ecosystem, there are thousands of different items for the Mac, iPhone, iPod, and iPad. Out of that huge world, I can think of only one accessory that you can actually stand on -- The Withings Connected Body Scale (US$159.00). I've had the pleasure of using one of these internet-connected scales for about a year now, and I find it to be a help in my daily battle between being a foodie and trying to maintain a decent weight.

Although the Withings Scale can be used with any computer, I like to think of it as an Apple accessory, since I can use my Mac, iPhone, and iPad in various ways to check my diet progress. Withings provides a free iOS app (...

If Apple plans on getting the iPhone to Verizon, it had better hurry up, because the competition in the superphone category is heating up.

Have you been annoyed by PAL-encoded movies playing a little faster than usual, where the music's tempo is wrong and everyone talks a little faster?



If you have VLC, here's how to fix it:

• Open VLC.
• Go to the 'VLC' menu and select 'Preferences‚Ķ'
• In the radio buttons in the lower-left corner of the window, change 'Basic' to 'All'.
• Click on 'Input / Codecs' in the left-hand side list.
• In the right-hand side frame look for 'Playback speed' and change it to 0.96 (use a comma if your system uses that as the decimal separator).
• Click on 'Audio' in the left-hand side list.
• In the right-hand side frame disable 'Enable time stretching audio'.
• Click the 'Save' button on the lower-right corner of the window.
• Quit and relaunch VLC.

Enjoy your PAL movie at the correct speed!



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Apple's latest iPod touch update has been given a direct comparison to the iPhone 4, with new videos that demonstrate the speed, display, and video-taking quality of each device.

Apple has apparently signed a deal with AU Optronics subsidiary, Cando, for iPad touchscreen sensors to the tune of about a million units a month.







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Rick Cook (author of the Wizadry series) once said, “Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning.”

I have a couple friends who are big into building scale models of Gundams. I’ve never really understood the appeal (of building tiny giant robots, not of giant robots themselves – they’re the bee’s knees), but it seems to be quite a phenomenon.

The guys over at Amidio Inc (Touch DJ / Noise.io) have recently released their latest app for the iPad, Seline HD (US$5.99).

Seline HD is a musical instrument designed for performance and composition of music on the iPad. One of its key features is to make the creation of complex melodies easy, while accompanying those melodies with big sound scape type pads.

With its all new, ergonomically designed interface, the ioGrid, Seline HD makes playing music a breeze, literally, without the strain (RSI, anyone?).

Seline HD's intuitive CrystalClarity HD sound engine analyzes what you are playing in order to add subtle nuances to your strokes of genius. And the keys are designed to be suitable for players with all hand sizes, according to Amidio's press release.

So, how do you play? You lay your hands down on the...

Sound ID (http://www.soundid.com) has announced three additions to their 5 Series product line: the Sound ID 520 Bluetooth headset, the Sound ID 512 Bluetooth headset and the Sound ID 500 Bluetooth headset.

The Sound ID EarPrint app offers personalized audio performance for Phone, Media (A2DP) and Pass Thru modes. It offers EarPrint compatibility with the iPhone, select BlackBerry devices and Android 2.1/2.2 devices. The Sound ID EarPrint app is available for free from the Apple App Store on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and compatible with iPad in media (A2DP) mode with the 2X option.

If you’re looking for additional stores to purchase an iPad in, factor in Best Buy later this month.

Per AppleInsider, the Best Buy retail chain will begin carrying Apple’s tablet on September 26th, amounting to 1,093 of the company’s U.S. retail locations selling Apple’s device.

Best Buy announced the expansion on Tuesday, the same day that the company revealed its strong quarterly earnings. Those sales were buoyed by demand for devices like the iPad, the company said.

The iPad was available at Best Buy when the device launched earlier this year, though it was limited to 673 retail stores with Apple Shop locations. Now, All 1,093 stores in the U.S. will carry...

DigiTimes reports that Apple is adding another supplier of touch panels for the iPad, likely addressing what has been thought to be the primary bottleneck on production rates for the device.

On Monday, virtualization software maker Parallels released Parallels Desktop 6.0 for Mac OS X. The software allows Mac users to run Windows within Mac OS X. The company says that Parallels Desktop 6 has over 80 new features and improvements, the most prominent being an increased speed in addition to faster performance when handling files over USB or on a network. Per Macworld, the developer says that the new software can boot Windows 41% faster than the previous version, and 3D graphics performance gets a 40% increase. Parallels Desktop 6 also has full 64-bit support.

“With Parallels Desktop 6, gaming and graphics was a priority,” said Jack Zubarev, President of Marketing and Alliances for Parallels in a press conference. In addition to the graphics enhancements, Parallels Desktop 6 now supports 5.1 surround sound.

Parallels Desktop 6 also has new...

Eltima Software announced the immediate availability of Flash Decompiler Trillix 4.2 on Wednesday. The update for the Mac OS X app for converting SWF files into FLA or Flex added support for Adobe Flash CS5.






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Phase One has released a new version of Capture One, 5.2. The software handles a professional photography workflow, including the import of RAW files as well as basic editing tasks, for example color, sharpness and contrast. A Pro version adds more advanced options, such as tethered shooting, spot removal and skin tone enhancement. The v5.2 upgrade brings new profiles for several Nikon DSLRs: the D3s, D3x, D3, D2x, D700, D300, D300s and D90....

Introduces 64-bit compatibility, support for Lightroom 3 media libraries, rich text editor improvements, and several bug fixes. ($39.95 new, free update, 6.0 MB)

 

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Nope, this isn't a movie adaptation (though I'd like to play that game, too). Instead, it's a physics puzzler that has you tossing little rocket-riding guys around planets of various sizes, with gravitational effects to match. The graphics are simple but effective, and the game is surprisingly forgiving -- you get as many chances to try and throw the little guys around as you need, but fewer tries means a better score. There are 80 levels to go through, but play will go pretty quickly. This game has "just one more try" written all over it.

It's only 99 cents on the App Store, and for a cheap, physics-based thrill, it delivers. There's also an iPad version available (also for 99 cents) if you'd rather play it there. It could probably be a...

Altec Lansing has debuted its Octiv Duo speaker system for the iPod and iPhone as well as new additions to its line of Muzx earphones. The wedge-shaped Octiv Duo features two top-mounted Docks for charging and playing two devices at once, a built-in USB port for charging a third device,…

Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch have surpassed Sony PSP as a gaming platform in the United States, the International Gamers Survey 2010 claims.







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Olympus on Tuesday unveiled the E-5, the newest camera in the company’s E-series of professional DSLR cameras.







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the intent of the semantic web is to enhance the usability and usefulness of the internet and its interconnected resources.

Mixed economic news made for an uncertain market Tuesday, with gold hitting record highs in a classic sign of investor uncertainty. However, Apple bucked the trend, with its share price closing at $268.06, up US$1.02, after a day of volatile trading that at one time put its price at $268.33, up $1.29. This is the first time Apple exceeded the $268 mark since June 30, although it has hit the $260 mark repeatedly since an overall decline in more recent months. Could it mark the beginning of an upward climb for Apple prices once again? That's not quite clear yet.

This week’s featured photo is from our iPads Around the World gallery, and shows an iPad on board a catamaran off the coast of Madeira. Interestingly, the shot shows not only the iPad, but also a reflection of the iPhone 4 that…

Nokia wants to 're-enter' the U.S. market and is developing smartphones for U.S. consumers, but the phone maker won't be building more CDMA-based phones.







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Portfolio Studio provides Web-based tools for small creative teams to locate and convert photos and graphic files.







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In the second quarter of 2010 (2Q10), the International Data Corp. (http://www.idc.com) found year-over-year revenue growth of 26.4%, and more modest 2.4% growth over a strong first quarter, for enterprise wireless local area networks (WLANs). The market enjoyed a strong performance across all regions and key product segments, especially for 802.11n technology.

Samsung, Toshiba, ViewSonic and Archos will take aim at Apple, but the iPad has not faced a worthy challenger yet.

Letemsvetemapplem.eu has posted a series of videos providing some direct comparisons between the iPhone 4 and 4th generation iPod Touch. The first one is a speed boot test between the iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch and iPhone 3GS. We're not s...

With the recent announcement of Apple's new, improved Apple TV, there's been a lot of talk as to whether it will meet consumers' demands and expectations, not to mention how it will fare following the arrival of Google's competing TV device.

According to Electronista, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said he felt Steve Jobs was taking a "step backward" by not making the Apple TV more of a computer-like device. He said Google TV would be the "full internet" coupled with a traditional TV, featuring the complete Chrome browser as well as supporting Flash.

Otellini said he still thought Apple TV and Google TV could co-exist, though, because they appeal to two different audiences. Apple's device will appeal to his "mom" because it's "simplistic," whereas Google's device will...

MarsEdit 3.1.1MarsEdit is a blog editor for Mac OS X that makes editing your blog like writing email, with spell-checking, drafts, multiple windows, and even AppleScript support.

It works with with most blog services including WordPress, Blogger, Drupal, Movable Type, TypePad, and many others.

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Skitch 1.0b8.7Skitch allows you to take screenshots on your Mac, edit them and share them with others. It makes the sharing process seamless by making it a natural workflow to send the image (with edited arrows and other highlights helpful to your client) to them via email or automatic website uploads. It is especially popular with the designer community, as they show their clients rough drafts of their work in a nearly automated process. It makes it simple to work remotely with someone and pass on work revisions and get feedback quickly. Other uses include:

• Snap a website
• Capture a chat moment
• Screenshot an application
• iSight snap your bad hair day
• Quickly sketch an idea
• Tap into your iPhoto Library
• Re-open images from your Skitch History

WHAT'S NEWVersion 1.0b8.7:

• This is the last beta extension before the...

AMD always hosts an event in the shadow of Intel's Developer Forum, so it wasn't surprising to hear the company was demoing its upcoming Zacate processor this week. Zacate is the codename associated with AMD's 18W dual-core APU and will target the $500 notebook market. The second chip, Ontario, is a 9W APU that'll chase after Atom netbook business....

HTC's rumored Android tablet gained some support today with a slip that puts it in early 2011. The Taiwan part suppliers didn't give Digitimes much more but said it might use Android 3.0. The company might lean heavily on its existing teamwork with Google and cellular carriers to promote the tablet, implying that it should have 3G....

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Backed by expertise from Twitter startup veteran Jack Dorsey, Square was launched in February 2009 to create a simple platform for payments using mobile technology.What forces are driving movement to mobile payments? What will it disrupt? Where is it headed? And what does it take to launch a company with huge viral appeal? Don't miss this revealing conversation with the pioneer in this space.

Eric Schmidt has confirmed that we will getting "Google Me" sometime this Fall. This Google Me service will introduce what Google calls "a social layer" into online search, video and Google...

DEMO is the launchpad for emerging technologies. For 19 years, DEMO has established a reputation for identifying and presenting to an elite audience the products most likely to have a significant impact on the marketplace and market trends in the years to come.This event is where the world-wide press, decision-making investors and market-defining visionaries come together. And in this fusion is the pure power to soar. Consider the numbers:In just the past four years, DEMO companies have raised well over $2.5 billion dollars in the months/years following their debut at DEMO.More than 40 of these companies have been acquired by tech giants, such as Adobe, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Symantec, Viacom, Yahoo!, and more.Past participants such as WebEx, VMware, iRobot, Linden Labs, Six Apart, and Roku have single-handedly redefined their industry's market.

Best Buy, the largest consumer electronics retailer in the United States, today announced that it will expand availability of Apple’s iPad to all 1,093 stores U.S. beginning September 26th.

Best Buy has been selling the iPad in 673 locations through Apple Shop since the tablet’s launch in early April.

“Technology is becoming more and more personal, and our customers say they really value visiting a Best Buy store to touch and try the iPad for themselves,” said Wendy Fritz, senior vice president of computing at Best Buy.  “We’re delighted that we’ll soon make that opportunity available to everyone who’d like to come see us, and experience this device in any Best Buy store nationwide.”

Best Buy will also begin carrying a complete selection of iPad accessories starting September 26th.

Apple yesterday announced that it will start selling the iPad in China and several South American countries on Friday. Plans to expand the iPad’s distribution network have...

Epic Games has announced that the software development kit for its Unreal 3 engine will soon add iOS support.

IGN calls iPod touch “the greatest iPod to date,” noting its new A4 processor, built-in cameras, FaceTime video calling, and Retina display — which results in “incredibly smooth and detailed menus, game graphics, photos, and video playback.” The reviewer adds that the hardware improvements make iPod touch “uniquely prepared to take on richer, more complex games” and that “the latest model may be a worthy upgrade for gaming applications alone.”

Microspot Ltd., makers of various CAD programs for the Mac, have announced 25th anniversary editions of MacDraft Professional and MacDraft Personal Edition v6, major new versions of the original MacDraft program first released in 1985 to compete against Apple's MacDraw....

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I used to think that if I ever got hit by a car while out and about (God forbid, of course), the most useful place to find identifying information would be in my wallet. But that's not really the case any more. As cops are learning these days, the best place in a person's pockets to learn about them is their iPhone. Not only is the phone full of contact information (and indeed, I've included an "ICE" number on every phone I've ever had), but it's also got lots of other information about me, including where I've been lately, what kinds of things I've searched for, and even what apps I've used and how often.

Besides the obvious places (in the apps themselves), there's a lot of information that you as a user don't have access to. iOS apparently caches both screenshots and text used while multitasking and spell...

Twitter has announced that it’s rolling out a new version of its web interface. News of the company’s plan to integrate multimedia into the stream

Did you know your MacBook battery should be recalibrated? I didn’t. Apparently Apple recommends you do it, and now there is an app to help you get it done. Watts is a new application from Binary Tricks that helps users calibrate their MacBook batteries. According to the company’s website, calibration should be done “from time [...]

The forthcoming 2.0 version of Literature and Latte's Scrivener writing software will add a number of new features and enhancements, including ePub export, sync with Simplenote, and a much-tweaked interface.






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Ninety-seven 8th-grade students at Avery Middle School in California returned from summer break to the news that each of them would receive an iPad that interfaces with their entire school curriculum. Additionally two classroom sets were provided for 6th and 7th grades.

When Apple first passed out those development restrictions on using third-party platforms to create iOS apps, Unity was one of the third-party services that could have been frozen out (though Flash was obviously in everyone's minds). The team behind the popular game development environment assured everyone Unity was safe, but according to the rules as stated, the rest of us weren't so sure.

Now that Apple has officially relaxed that policy, however, Unity's David Helgason is doing the equivalent of a victory dance on the company's official blog, saying that Unity respects Apple for "coming to the right conclusion, and in our eyes it's best to let bygones be bygones!" Yeah, he's kind of excited...

Original release date: September 14, 2010

Last revised: --

Source: US-CERT




Systems Affected

• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Office

Overview

There are multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.
Microsoft has released updates to address these vulnerabilities.

I. Description

The Microsoft
Security Bulletin Summary for September 2010 describes multiple
vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Microsoft has
released updates to address the vulnerabilities.

II. Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute...

On Tuesday, Parallels unveiled the Parallels Mobile app or the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. The app works with the new Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac to allow for access to Windows software on a Mac.






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iPhone devs are again getting their work ripped off. This time, Web Design Zoo is doing the scamming on Tapbots and TapTapTap, complete with fake testimonials from the developers.

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With Apple's recent decision to ease off on its third-party app creation tools restrictions, gamers are in for some very cool and interesting developments. At the Korea Games Conference, Epic Games announced that the Unreal Development Kit (UDK) will have the ability to generate iOS games and other applications.

The UDK is freely available and has the ability to churn out incredible looking environments, such as the Epic Citadel tech demo you might have downloaded or at least gazed upon in wonder.

If the gameplay of the final, released version of the Citadel demo is as smooth and playable as what was shown at the most recent Apple press event, there's no doubt we'll see even more amazing things come from what developers can churn out with the UDK...

A leaked internal Verizon screenshot reveals the carrier will get Samsung's Galaxy Tab on Thursday, which is the day other carriers are likewise expected to officially launch the device.

Adobe outlined a zero day flaw in Adobe Flash that can be used to crash the system it's hosted on or even let an attacker install other malicious software. The problem includes Flash for Android OS devices as well as components, and Flash is the only component Adobe says is being exploited, with no reports of attacks on Reader or Acrobat to date....

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iOS developer Kevin Ng has released results from an experiment he conducted with his app Kick Flick 2010. Early last month, Ng released a free update to the iPhone and iPod touch version of his app adding support for both the iPad and the iPhone 4 Retina Display, bundling this…

Uncommon has announced its new iPhone 4 Deflector Case. Like the company’s prior case for the iPhone 3G and 3GS, users can order the iPhone 4 Deflector Case with custom art or photography embedded into the case using the “3D TATT” printing technique, and also offers a slim profile,…

Intel used the second day of its Developer Forum to show the production version of its Tunnel Creek processor. The newly re-labeled Atom E600 (PDF) is built for embedded devices like tablets, in-car systems and fixed phones. Apart from putting all main functions on the processor, it also has an open PCI Express interface to connect to not just non-Intel chipsets but other components....

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Amazon is knocking Apple’s iPad in a new commercial promoting the Kindle. In the ad (see below), Amazon shows a dorky-looking  iPad owner (sunning himself poolside in a T-shirt and khaki shorts) frustrated with not being able to read his device in daylight, while the bikini-clad Kindle user next to him has no such problem.






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This video shows, without a doubt, the most magical thing I've seen the iPad do yet: creating a series of gorgeous, twinkling holograms, captured with long exposure photography as the iPad was moved through the air. Confused? Just watch.

The video is a collaboration between Dentsu London and BERG, the latter of which is responsible for awesome projects such as...

Availability of the iPad will expand to all of Best Buy's U.S. stores on Sept. 26, amounting to 1,093 of the company's nationwide retail locations selling Apple's device.

Free Wifi is coming to city parks next year - but only for 30 minutes a month per user.

Treading in the footsteps of great men like U.S. President Barack Obama and the Old Spice Guy, Conan has taken to YouTube today to ask his fans and followers to submit questions about his upcoming

Venturing into relatively new territory, LaCie released the 2big USB 3.0 as the first ever external drive to combine both RAID and the faster USB interface. The two-drive enclosure can run as JBOD (just a bunch of disks) or in a RAID 1 mirror for security but excels when put into a RAID 0 stripe for speed. At a peak 205MB per second, the stripe is faster than even a FireWire 800 or eSATA drive and can transfer large volumes of data in record time; LaCie claims a dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray could copy in under five minutes....

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For the past few days, MacFixIt's Topher Kessler has had the opportunity to try out the next version of Parallels Desktop, which is available today for public purchase.

Apple currently has two very popular OSes. iOS is brand new and Mac OS X, while still fairly modern, is ten years old and has its roots in something Apple would like to leave behind: the PC world and the mouse. Will Apple try to merge these two OSes?






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ComScore (http://www.comscore.com), a company that specializes in measuring the digital world, has released a study of smartphone use showing that the Symbian platform holds 54.4% of the Western European market.

ComScore lists Apple in second place, as of July, with 10% share of smartphone UK subscribers. Symbian is in first place with 68.8%. When it comes to the top mobile OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) Apple is also in second with 10.2% while Nokia has 65.5%.

Kingston Digital (http://www.kingston.com) is shipping its first USB 3.0 Flash drive. The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Flash drive takes advantage of the faster USB 3.0 specification that has up to 10 times the data transfer rates of the current USB 2.0 specification.

The DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 has a read speed of 80MB/second and a write speed of 60MB/second. It's available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities.

In a new TV spot, Amazon touts the superiority of the Kindle's display over the iPad's in direct sunlight -- a marked departure from how the company has avoided direct comparisons to Apple's tablet in the past.






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JBL has unveiled its new On Stage IV and On Stage Micro III speaker systems for the iPod and iPhone. Both speakers sport the company’s new organic “Weave” design, as well as a top-mounted transparent Dock with an LED light for illumination, touch controls, an auxiliary audio input,…

You can pretty much count on many of the major companies copying whatever new product design Apple comes up with these days, but is that a satisfying way to do business? A few weeks ago I was surfing John Gruber’s Daring Fireball and saw a link for an upcoming ViewSonic Android Tablet. If that wasn’t [...]