When ACLs are in use, copying files from an Xsan volume with native extended attributes enabled, to an Xsan volume without native extended attributes enabled, can result in the creation of AppleDouble files that do not have the intended ACLs. This can result in unexpected behavior when attempting to manipulate files with extended attributes.
| Read more »If all of the computers on your SAN are running Xsan 2.2 or later, you can enable native extended attributes on your SAN volumes to improve volume performance and efficiency.
| Read more »Trying to close a chapter on the "Antennagate" controversy, Apple will stop giving away free iPhone 4 bumpers at the end of the month.
| Read more »Follow these instructions to upgrade your Xsan 1.4.2 SAN to Xsan 2. This article is a summary of, and companion to, the Xsan Migration Guides, Second Edition and Third Edition, which can be found at this website.
Important: Refer to the appropriate edition of the Migration Guide for detailed instructions about each step listed below.
Apple has used Infineon baseband chipsets in all its iPhone models as well as the current iPad. A new report from China's Commercial Times (Google translation), however, suggests Apple will drop Infineon in favor of Qualcomm for the fifth-generation iPhone hardware.
Intel has tried to get a piece of the iPhone pie since the device was released, suggesting that its Atom platform was better suited for smartphones than ARM. However, Apple has traditionally favored its own...
| Read more »The new Apple iPod nano has a lot of features despite its small size. While the camera and video functions are gone, this iPod is focused on features that are essential for a device of this size. Moreover, it‚Äôs a dazzling jewel of a device, intended to be worn and seen.
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When you create files with Pages, Keynote, or Numbers for iPad, your files are saved within that iWork app on your iPad. Deleting any of the iWork apps will also delete the files you created within them. Although iPad will inform you about your files being deleted, it is a good practice to backup your files when possible.
| Read more »Former Apple global supply manager Paul Devine, who was recently arrested and accused of accepting kickback payments from iPod and iPhone accessory suppliers, has agreed to a court order protecting Apple trade secrets. Bloomberg reports that the protective order covers documents, tapes, diskettes, hard drives or other media‚Ķ
| Read more »Apple is moving fast to get the iPad into the world‚Äôs most populous country on Friday, only months after...
| Read more »To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the OS X Public Beta's debut, Macworld's editors pick the OS X features that have had the biggest impact on the Mac platform. Does our list match yours?
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PLX Devices has introduced its new XWave accessory for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Based on the same technology used in Mattel’s MindFlex and Uncle Milton’s The Force Trainer, the headphone port-connecting XWave uses a small sensor placed on the user’s forehead to monitor brain activity via the…
| Read more »A new announcement from ARM sheds fresh detail on where the semiconductor industry is headed in the next few years. Say hello to the next-generation ARM core, the ARM Cortex-A15. Unlike the ARM-A5 architecture, ARM-15 is aimed squarely at higher-end markets for tablet devices etc.
| Read more »Although fewer college students are buying new computers this year as a rule, Macs continue to grow in their proportional representation.
| Read more »CBS announced Monday the release of CBS News for iPad. As the name suggests, the app that delivers the media giant‚Äôs news content to Apple‚Äôs tablet juggernaut. The app includes access to written news, video reports, and a photo gallery.
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It doesn't give me any pleasure in saying this, but the evidence is overwhelming that Linux is not huge on the desktop, despite new figures showing it now commands 10% of the market.
| Read more »There‚Äôs no doubt that the Amazon Kindle is one popular and terrific reading device. And in many ways, the Apple iPad isn‚Äôt so bad either.
| Read more »I've been following actor, all around wit, and Apple enthusiast Stephen Fry's career since I saw him play the wonderfully droll and brilliant butler, Jeeves in the English TV series Jeeves and Wooster back in the early 90's. Hugh Laurie, probably better known as Dr. House, played Bertie Wooster over the four seasons of tales from the P.G. Wodehouse's books. Since (and before) then he's done an amazing amount of work, from appearing in V for Vendetta to narrating the English versions of the Harry Potter Audiobooks books.
The second volume of his autobiography entitled:...
| Read more »iPods and the iOS 4.1 operating system for iPhones and iPod touches, complete with plenty of new details that were easy to miss as they were flying through the air. So if you might have missed them, here are links to all of our‚Ķ
| Read more »Incipio introduced its new Linq wristband case for Apple‚Äôs freshly updated iPod nano on Monday. The watchband-style strap includes a protective shell for the nano that leaves the touch surface exposed along with the headphone jack.
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CBS has launched an iPad-native version of its CBS News app at the App Store. Users can access text and video content by navigating through a variety of categories, such as the top national and international news, or crime, health and science/technology stories. The app also provides access to clips and episodes from several TV shows, including 60 Minutes, the CBS Evening News and Face the Nation....
Casio has now brought two point and shoot Exilim cameras it first introduced at the start of August to North America. The Card EX-S200 and Zoom EX-Z800 share Exilim Engine 5.0 and have 14.1-megapixel sensors as well as the ability to record 720p HD videos. The 27mm wide angle lenses on either have 4X optical zoom....
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| Read more »CBS News has launched an official CBS News app for the iPad. The new app delivers the latest news stories and video and photo galleries from the complete roster of CBS News broadcasts, including videos from The Early Show, 48 Hours Mystery, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, Sunday Morning,‚Ķ
| Read more »Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan 25 years ago today on the Famicom, the Japanese version of what Americans call the Nintendo Entertainment System. Since then, Mario has become one of the most iconic characters and entertainment brands in the world. Mario had previously appeared in the arcade games Donkey Kong and Mario Bros., but it was Super Mario Bros. that propelled the Italian plumber to icon status and contributed significantly to making video games commonplace in homes around the world and reversing the video game crash of the early 80s.The game was bundled with the Nintendo Entertainment System in the U.S., and its tough to say whether it was successful because of the NES or vice versa, but either way, Super Mario Bros. has sold more than 40 million copies over the past 25 years. In fact, it was the best-selling video game of all time until just recently. That title now belongs to Wii Sports, the game bundled with the Nintendo Wii.To celebrate the 25th Anniversary,...
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Editor's note
September 13, 2010 marks the tenth anniversary of the Mac OS X Public Beta. To mark the occasion, we're running John Siracusa's review of the public beta that originally ran on October 15, 2000. Enjoy the trip down memory lane!
If you're looking for some analysis and historical context, check out "Here's to the crazy ones: a decade of Mac OS X reviews," published in January of this year. John hits the Public Beta on page 4.
What is Mac OS X Public Beta?
Let's disassemble the product name "Mac OS X Public Beta." First,
Mac OS X (yes, still pronounced "ten," not "ex") is the name of
Apple's upcoming next generation...
Apple will launch Wi-Fi iPads in China on Friday, September 17 with free Personal Setup service and workshops at Apple Stores.
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The addition of high dynamic range photos to the iPhone 4 via the iOS 4.1 software update may have come from the purchase of Imsense Ltd., a company that creates software to improve the quality of digital photos.
Calling all wannabe designers with a bright green idea: Sony has today officially launched its Open Planet Ideas initiative and is inviting proposals for how the company's products could be repurposed to tackle environmental problems.
| Read more »The success of the iPods, iPhone and iPad have been a boon for Apple and accessory makers. Shortly after each product's introduction, a small but highly competitive cottage industry of cases, sleeves, stands and so on emerges. Now, the new iPod nano's unique design has many manufacturers thinking the same thing: wristwatch.
The nano is small, light, square-ish and features a touch screen. When popped into a strap accessory like the Linq by Incipio, it looks good! The Linq will be available in five colors when released (grey, black, pink, blue and white), though a release date and pricing information are unavailable as of this writing.
It looks nice and the iPod seems well-protected, but I wouldn't want a wire...
| Read more »A currently unconfirmed Apple acquisition may have played a part in the company‚Äôs addition of High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography to its iOS 4.1 feature set. Eric Slivka of Mac Rumors reports that Apple may have purchased UK-based company imsense to gain its expertise in dealing with HDR processing.‚Ķ
| Read more »Dingo Games (http://www.dingogames.com) has released Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds, an US$19.95 game for Mac OS X and Windows systems. In Back for Seconds players control a ball of goo with the ability to eat anything smaller than itself. The more it eats, the bigger it gets. By the end of the game, players are able to eat the entire world (and more).
| Read more »Zevrix Solutions (http://zevrix.com) has released LinkOptimizer 4.4.6, an update of its workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. The new version addresses an issue related to PNG conversion and is recommended to all LinkOptimizer users.
LinkOptimizer lets you reduce InDesign job size and speed up processing by eliminating excess image data and performing essential image adjustments.
| Read more »Although fewer college students are buying new computers this year as a rule, Macs continue to grow in their proportional representation, claims Hudson Square Research analyst Daniel Ernst. Only a little over 20 percent of 212 polled students say they bought a new computer in the last three months, as compared to over 30 percent in 2009, 40 percent in 2008 and nearly 70 percent in 2007. Mac share has meanwhile risen to 38 percent, from 32 percent in 2009, 29 percent in 2008 and 14 percent in 2007. Apple is now tied with Dell, and doing better than HP's 13 percent...
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| Read more »The advertising server of The Pirate Bay has been hacked and exploited to spread viruses and trojans among users of the site. The hackers targeted a vulnerability in the site‚Äôs software to offload the malicious files, causing sections of The Pirate Bay to be blocked by Google, Firefox and several virus scanners.
| Read more »Seesmic's Desktop 2 comes with support for six major social networks, and allows for more in the future with a plug-in system.
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Intel as expected used its Developer Forum keynote to detail Sandy Bridge, the architecture behind what Intel now calls its second generation of Core chips. The 32 nanometer chips use a new ring architecture that moves the graphics on to the chip itself and gives them to share cache with the core on virtually equal terms. The change and other optimizations should give it performance much closer to dedicated video and may finally make it suitable for regular gaming....
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| Read more »The release (and instant success) of the iPad has caused more than one pundit to prognosticate the end of the Mac (and PC) as we know it. And while we‚Äôre quite sure the Mac is here to stay, Daniel ‚ÄúDeagol‚Äù Tello‚Äôs projections show that Apple may indeed be garnering more revenue from the iPad than [...]
| Read more »IDG World Expo is collaborating with the GSMA to bring Macworld Mobil‚Ñ¢, a developer conference specifically for iOS developers, to the GSMA's Mobile Asia Congress 2010 and Mobile World Congress 2011 events. The company will add its Apple market expertise to the GSMA's events in the form of Macworld Mobile.\
| Read more »Paul Devine, the Apple manager accused of taking kickbacks in exchange for company information, agreed to a court order protecting Apple‚Äôs trade secrets in any document exchange during pretrial negotiations, reports "Bloomberg" (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-13/martha-stewart-ibm-apple-d-maga...).
| Read more »YouTube is testing live streaming on YouTube Channels as part of a plan to make the service broadly available
| Read more »YouTube is testing live streaming on YouTube Channels as part of a plan to make the service broadly available
| Read more »One of the most highly-publicized features of iOS 4.1, released last week, is the ability to take High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos, a feature which allows the iPhone 4's camera to capture a wider range of light intensity and produce higher-quality pho...
| Read more »Agile Web Solutions has updated 1Password (http://1password.com), a password manager for Mac OS X, to version 3.4. The upgrade adds new tools for detecting and resolving conflicts for all Sync modes, including Dropbox Sync. It also brings partial support for the Firefox 4 betas and more.
1Password 3.4 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. It's a free upgrade for users of version 3.x. For new users the cost is US$39.95 for a single-user license and $69.95 for a family license (five users).
| Read more »The FCC plans to vote on rules to govern use of "white spaces" in spectrum between TV stations to enable high-bandwidth wireless broadband.
| Read more »I‚Äôm a fan of the Kindle, I really am. With books on the whole going by the wayside, the Kindle is the closest I and my ilk will be able to get to a traditional reading experience over the next few decades. But that‚Äôs okay ‚Äì that e-ink screen is just the cat‚Äôs ass once you use it IRL for the first time. Never change, Kindle. You‚Äôre just what you need to be.
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This is Amazon's new Kindle ad, which showed up just today on Good Morning America. Argue all you will over its direct attack on the iPad's glare-plagued LCD display. I'm more worried about the maniacal cackling at the end. UPDATED:
There are a few possible explanations: maybe it's dubbed in! Maybe it's supposed to be some clever sound effect that just happens to resemble an evil overlord! Maybe it's a warning about what'll happen if we don't all run out and buy...
| Read more »Both All Things D and AppleInsider report that, according to the analyst Maynard Um at UBS Investment research, the iPad is having a negative impact on the PC market. In a note to his clients, the analyst Um says, "Sales of traditional notebooks appear to be feeling pressure from the iPad, causing a scramble by vendors to launch iPad-like tablets. We believe that a majority of this impact is occurring on the lower end of PC sales as the iPad is priced close enough to this range that it becomes attractive to consumers looking to make purchases within this segment."
Um goes on to say, "We are not sold that the iPad is purely cannibalizing PC sales, as the functionality of the iPad cannot yet deliver the functionality...
| Read more »For the most part you probably won't need to use a stylus with your iPad. However, if you're sketching, drawing or using a handwriting-recognition app like WritePad (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8), you will need one.
Just Mobile (http://www.just-mobile.com) offers the US$19.95 sculpted-from-aluminum AluPen for just that purpose.
Paul Shin Devine, the former mide-level Apple manager accused of selling company information to parts suppliers, has agreed to honor a court order that protects Apple’s trade secrets during pre-trial negotiations.
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Well, I would have thought it would have been bigger, but Uptrends.com (http://www.uptrends.com), a global webs site monitoring company, says the 1024 x 768 screen resolutions size is used more often than any other size.
| Read more »Amazon stepped up the e-reader war today with an ad for the third-generation Kindle that directly attacks Apple's iPad. The 30-second spot, already shown on ABC, points out that the (thinly disguised) iPad's glossy LCD is hard to read in bright daylight and notes that the Kindle doesn't have any such problems. It's so readable that the Kindle owner can keep her sunglasses on....
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| Read more »Nearly a year ago, we noted reports of App Store "name squatting", a practice in which users signed for the Apple's App Store developer program could register the name of an application without actually submitting a binary for it. At the time, at le...
| Read more »IntelliScanner Corp. (http://www.intelliscanner.com) has introduced the USS$159 IntelliScanner mini 250e media organization scanner, designed specially for teachers and educators. It organizes books and media in the classroom automatically with barcode technology.
IntelliScanner mini 250e allows educators to build a classroom database of books, movies, and other media items in a simple, easy-to-use interface, according to Paul Scandariato, vice
| Read more »Kabuki Vision announced the immediate availability of NoteMaster 3.5 on Monday. The update for the iPhone and iPod touch note taking app added support for creating lists in notes.
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Apple supply manager Paul Shin Devine has agreed to a pretrial court order safeguarding the company's trade secrets, according to Bloomberg. The motion was filed for on the 9th by the US Attorney's Office in San Francisco, which notes that discoveries in the upcoming criminal trial might expose documents, hard drives and other material containing Apple information. Devine will still have the right to challenge how secret material can be used....
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| Read more »IDG News Service interview Othar Hansson, a Google senior staff software engineer, about the search giant's newly launched Google Instant feature.
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There's a rumor going around that iPads will soon be on sale at Target outlets. "Device Magazine" (http://www.devicemag.com/2010/09/13/apple-ipad-rumored-to-start-selling-...) reports that the retail chain is said to be gearing up to put on its sales racks a new product and the prices being elaborated make it look like the unnamed product that the retailer is talking about is the iPad.
| Read more »Boxee on Monday revealed that it's switching the Boxee Box away from the NVIDIA Tegra 2 platform to Intel's Atom CE4100 processor. The switch was described to Electronista as a form of future proofing; the company wants to guarantee 1080p HD streaming for the future as well as today, Boxee said. NVIDIA's hardware can handle 1080p, but only in VC-1 and not the more popular H.264 format....
Apple's iPad has already done quite well already, thank you very much. Until now, the tablet has been available through Apple--via its Webstore and ever-growing list of retail locations--and Best Buy. The best way for the company to really hit a sales spike this holiday would be to ensure the device's placement in even more retail locations.
| Read more »Apple faces an uphill task convincing schools to adopt its Volume Purchase Program (http://www.apple.com/itunes/education/) because its closed, rigid app store environment make access and digital rights management a pain for schools' IT administrators, industry watchers told "ZDNet" (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/apple-introduces-volume-app-buying-progr...).
| Read more »Adobe has released the Adobe HTML5 Pack for Adobe Illustrator CS5, its vector graphics software used extensively by designers of mobile device and web content. This pack provides initial support for HTML5 and CSS3 and extends the scalable vector graphics (SVG) capability in Illustrator on both Mac OS X and Windows.
| Read more »This is hardly definitive proof, but it's still interesting. A tipster has sent Engadget some snapshots suggesting that a new electronic device will hit Target shelves (Target is a department store in the US) on October.
The mystery item (its name is hidden) comes is six variations, with item numbers that match the iPad price points exactly. Additionally, screenshots from a Target PDA have the item placed in the store's Digitial Audio section, which is where the Kindle and iPods are sold.
Could it be the iPad? It's possible, but these weak images won't let us say definitively. We'll find out on October 3rd, the day it's supposed to go down.
[Via Engadget]
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| Read more »DataViz announced the immediate availability of Documents To Go 4.0 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on Monday. The new version of the Microsoft Office document viewing and editing app added full support for external keyboards along with iOS 4 multi-tasking support.
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YouTube is to begin a two-day trial of live video streaming in the US.
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Panasonic today provided the first solid launch details for the first Micro Four Thirds camcorder. Called the AF105 in Japan, the previously revealed AF100 is due to reach its home country in December for the equivalent of $9,974 for a body-only version. The choice of MFT for the camera mount keeps extra costs low for videographers, who can use off-the-shelf lenses from Panasonic, Olympus and third parties....
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| Read more »GoSolarUSA (http://www.GoSolarUSA.com) President Tyson Rohde said today that "staggering" sales figures for Apple‚Äôs iPod touch prompted the company‚Äôs option agreement with Chinese firm Yosion for the Apple Peel 520.
Yosion is the developer of the Apple Peel 520, a wireless device that when used with the iPod Touch functions as a protective skin that adds mobile voice and text messaging capabilities to the touch-screen media player. The new technology represents a more affordable alternative to purchasing Apple’s costlier iPhone, Rohde says.
| Read more »Apple has announced that the iPad will finally reach China later this week, going on sale at 10AM local time on September 17th. Buyers will have to visit one of the country's two Apple Stores, or else an authorized retailer. The launch is also being restricted to Wi-Fi models, priced at 3,988 yuan ($588) for 16GB, 4,788 yuan ($706) for 32GB and 5,588 yuan ($824) for 64GB....
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| Read more »Movea says its US$79.99 Gyration Air Mouse Elite with MotionTools (http://www.gyration.com) is now available for Macs using Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. Mac users can now benefit from the ergonomic Air Mouse Elite with SmartMotion technology, "bringing the intuitive simplicity of motion to their lives: from the living room, to the boardroom, to the classroom," according to Bryan Hoadley, EVP of worldwide sales and General Manager of Movea.
| Read more »IvySkin has released its latest iPhone 4 case, the Quattro 4, as well as a slide-on battery pack that uses an advanced power distribution system
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The availability of software like Perian and Flip4Mac that make non-Apple video formats available to QuickTime and players like VLC and MPlayer means that many of us have files in formats like Flash and Windows Media Video that Mac OS X's Spotlight metadata subsystem recognizes as 'Movies' but for which it cannot determine video-specific metadata like dimensions, codecs, duration, and bitrate. It is possible to fix this in Leopard by duplicating and modifying a piece of the base OS, but in Snow Leopard it takes a bit more effort.
(This hint is also useful for 10.5 and probably 10.4, but 10.6 adds a special twist.)
Spotlight indexing relies on software components called 'metadata importers' to get format-specific details about various file types, which are packaged...
I love the new feature of iTunes 10 to use album art as a mini-player (if you click on the album art preview in the bottom left, the album art that pops up now has hover controls to change tracks); but what if you want this to always be visible when working in other applications?
In iTunes, go to Preferences » Advanced and check the box 'Keep movie window on top of all other windows.' Now the album art controller will always be visible. I like to make it super small and tuck it into a corner. Works great!
[crarko adds: It tested this in 10.6.4. This is a followup to this earlier hint. I'd expect it should work in both 10.5 and 10.6, just like that one did.]
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You can use the arrow keys to set the sliders in the Calibration Assistant precisely.
When custom-calibrating your display using Mac OS X's Calibration Assistant (the application that comes up when you click 'Calibrate' on the Color tab of the Displays preference pane), most of the work is in determining your display's native response curves, which you do by setting two sliders (one one-dimensional, the other two-dimensional) until an Apple logo is invisible against a striped background. [crarko adds: Note that 'Expert Mode' needs to be checked in the first screen of the Calibration Assistant for this hint to work.]
It's possible and most obvious to do this using the mouse, but it's very easy to move the mouse more than a single step (especially when using a trackpad). This hurts your ability to make precise adjustments.
There is an alternative: Use the arrow keys. Even with full keyboard access off, you still get keyboard...
The Apple manager accused of taking kickbacks in exchange for company information has agreed to keep secret company information from being publicly disclosed through an ongoing criminal case.
Artman21 (http://www.artman21.com/en/jedit_x/) has updated Jedit X, the Cocoa-based text editor for Mac OS X, to version 2.2.6 It's a maintenance update with five improvements and one bug fix.
Jedit X is an Universal Binary app so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. The cost is US$28 for a single-user license, though version 2.2.6 is a free update for registered users.
| Read more »Maintain has released Cocktail 4.7.7 (Snow Leopard Edition), the latest maintenance update of Cocktail (http://www.maintain.se/c) for users running Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard"). It adds Mac OS X 10.6.5 compatibility, adds ability to restore horizontal window controls in iTunes 10, adds Dock menu and contains other minor user interface improvements. This version also fixes compatibility issues with iTunes 10 and Safari 5 extensions.
| Read more »The fifth-generation iPhone may forgo an Infineon baseband chip in favor of one from Qualcomm, according to an unconfirmed report.
Per the Commercial Times report, Infineon will not provide the baseband chip for the fifth-generation iPhone. Infineon’s wireless unit was sold to Intel for US$1.4 billion in August.
According to the report, the next-generation Apple smartphone, which is expected next year, will still be manufactured by the Hon Hai Group and Foxconn, and will include a Qualcomm baseband chip this time around.
A move away from Infineon would break with precedent. Infineon has supplied Apple with the baseband chip for the iPad 3G and...
| Read more »Enkord (http://www.enkord.com/) has announced Totem Tribe Gold 1.06, an expansion on their adventure/strategy/hidden object game for Mac OS X (10.4 and higher) and Windows. The game's narrative supplies 32 exotic locations to explore and over 200 quests and puzzles.
| Read more »Incipio has announced its new lineup of cases for the fourth-generation iPod touch, sixth-generation iPod nano and fourth-generation iPod shuffle. The lineup includes updated versions of six of the company‚Äôs current case designs and a newly designed case for the iPod nano.¬† The Linq Wristband for the nano 6G‚Ķ
| Read more »The iPod nano has finally shrunk enough to live in the most obvious spot on your body - your wrist. iLoveHandles is selling the $19.95 Rock Band, a leather strap to which the new iPod nano clips such that it looks just like a wristwatch. Now we're wondering if there will ever be an iPhone nano that could be attached in a similar fashion.
 
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| Read more »Today TMO readers are talking about Apple‚Äôs FaceTime video call feature on the iPhone and iPod touch, and debating what impact it could have on cell service providers like AT&T.
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While the new iPod touch stole the show during Apple's recent marketing event, the company also introduced its latest overhaul of the entry-level iPod shuffle. In theory, it's the best of two worlds: it combines the simple button controls of the second-generation iPod with the VoiceOver that made playlists and podcasts possible on the third. In our full review, we'll determine if Apple has addressed the issues that frustrated owners of earlier shuffles....
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| Read more »This may not have been the way Microsoft would have chosen to announce its Office for Mac 2011 launch date, but it worked.
Per Macworld, Microsoft will launch the next version of Office for the Mac in just under six weeks, according to Amazon.com.
The Seattle-based online retailer listed Office for Mac 2011’s availability date as October 26th for all versions of the upcoming suite.
Previously, Microsoft had only promised to ship the newest version of Office before the end of October.
Amazon did not display prices for the two new editions, Home and Student 2011 and Home and Business 2011. Each will come in two configurations, a one-license package and a multi-license version.
Last month, Microsoft set the prices...
| Read more »We've been keeping a close eye on the race for the best HDR (high dynamic range) photo app for the iPhone. In my latest survey, I advised that progress would be fast as paid apps move to compete with the free Apple HDR software, and that's what's happened.
TrueHDR, a US$1.99 app, has been updated to add a fast Autocapture mode and a SemiAuto mode (where you can drag the exposure control points around to get the best picture).
I thought it was worth another quick look in order to see how the updated TrueHDR compares to Pro HDR ($1.99) and the built-in iPhone 4 camera (with and without the HDR processing).
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Apple today announced that it will begin selling Wi-Fi iPad models in China as of this Friday, September 17th.
Apple today announced that the Wi-Fi models of its magical iPad will be available to customers in China from Apple ...
| Read more »Adobe has released a new plugin for Illustrator CS5, the HTML5 Pack. In combination with Dreamweaver CS5 11.0.3, the pack helps produce interactive layouts for the web and portable devices based on HTML5 and CSS3. The add-on also extends Illustrator's SVG support; HTML5 and CSS3 compatibility is in fact described as "initial," not to be finalized for "some time."...
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| Read more »YouTube this morning made its live streaming plans official with word that it would start trials. The approach works through a user's existing YouTube channel and follows the same approach as a service like Justin.tv, Qik or Ustream: users need only a FireWire or USB video camera and have access to live comments for any ongoing show. It's not stated but is implied that finished shows will be archived as regular YouTube clips....
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| Read more »After new versions of the iPod were recently launched, the portable media playing devices have been voted "most prized possession" among Facebook users, coming out just on top ahead of the Blackberry and closely followed by iPhones and laptops.
 
Meanwhile, only 1% of respondents regarded their wedding ring as their most prized possession, while cars were the favorites of only 4% of people on the social network. Dogs got 9% of the vote, and cats received 5%.
 
Apple says the Wi-Fi models of the iPad will be available to customers in China from Apple Retail Stores, and select Apple Authorized Resellers, on Friday, Sept. 17, starting at 10 a.m.
Apple Retail Stores will offer a free Personal Setup service to every customer who buys an iPad at the store, helping them customize their new iPad by setting up their email, loading their favorite apps from the App Store, and more. Apple Retail Stores in China are also hosting special iPad workshops to help customers learn more about the tablet device.
| Read more »YouTube started a two-day trial of its own streaming channel on Monday. The service will let broadcasters stream their shows as YouTube channels in realtime.
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Product sells increased if concepts are cleared in packaging and would win the hearts of customers. It is more important companies maintain cost of product, packaging within its cost. Mostly people judge the quality of product with its unique packaging.
| Read more »Apple's "magical iPad" will be coming to China on September 17, but it will be WiFi-only.
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| Read more »Late last week, software developer Mark/Space released The Missing Sync for Palm OS 6.0.6, a 20.4 megabyte download (via MacUpdate). Like the other Missing Sync apps, Missing Sync for Android allows you to sync your Android devices music, photos, contacts and other data with your Mac.
The new version adds the following fixes and changes:
- Corrected application behavior when a sync is initiated from the phone or by Proximity Sync‚Ñ¢, The Missing Sync will launch on the Mac in the background (it was not already running) and quit after the sync has completed.
- Added support for syncing multiple alarms in events.
- Reduced memory usage when syncing large sets of data.
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| Read more »Target may be planning to roll out the iPad in its retail stores beginning October 3, according to a new report. Engadget, citing images of what is supposedly a Target PDA, reports that the store‚Äôs product management system now has a listing for an unknown product that comes in‚Ķ
| Read more »Business intelligence tool maker MicroStrategy is deploying some 1,800 Apple iPads to execs and sales personnel after finding the device's total cost of ownership fell far below that of laptop computers.
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Apple’s Wi-Fi only iPad is set for a Friday, September 17, launch in China.
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Pictional has launched TrueHDR 2.0, an update to its high dynamic range software for the iPhone. With the photo tool, multiple images of a scene can be captured at different exposures, then automatically combined into one HDR image. The latest release features a new Rapid Auto capture feature, along with semi-auto and manual capture modes that allows users to adjust exposure points. An improved interface is also included in the update, allowing for quicker access to Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail sharing. Unlike Apple's own HDR implementation, TrueHDR includes support...
Wondering how to have fun with your iPhone? One obvious way is to play games on it. And I have found 10 great iPhone games which you won'€™t need to pay anything for. Read on my list of top 10 free iPhone games. Try them all out -€“ they'€™re free!
| Read more »Apple has announced that it will launch the iPad Wi-Fi in China this Friday, September 17, at 10:00 a.m. local time. Curiously, Apple‚Äôs announcement makes no mention of when or if the iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G might be available despite a recent report that indicated the company‚Ķ
| Read more »Gamevil's new action RPG HYBRID 2 is an excellent game, but it's not one that I would recommend for just anyone to pick up. We've spotlighted plenty of great casual games and apps here on the Daily App, but HYBRID 2 doesn't fit in that category. If you've never played a Japanese-style action RPG, you'll probably get lost right away. There is a pretty solid tutorial for the combos, but soon after that, the game quickly falls into the kinds of tropes that only someone who loves old school RPGs can deal with; there's a convoluted plot in which the world has to be saved from a supernatural threat (again), jerky controls with lots of stats to oversee and upgrade, and even lots of typos and some Engrish in the menus.
Don't get me wrong -- HYBRID 2 is actually a lot of fun. If you've...
| Read more »To mark the tenth anniversary of Apple releasing OS X's public beta, Benj Edwards looks at some of the more notable differences between that initial version of the operating system and the OS of today.
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RED this weekend finally began wider distribution of its first next-generation camera. After the earlier upgrade program, the Red One MX is now available to everyone. The camera still shoots at the same 4K resolution as the original but uses a modern Mysterium-X sensor with much better low-light performance and other image quality improvements....
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| Read more »The iPad's international expansion continues, and this time they're going after big game: at 10am this Friday, Sept. 17th, the Wi-Fi iPad will be available in China. They'll retail at CNY3988 for 16GB, CNY4788 for 32GB and CNY5588 for 64GB. That's about $590, $708, and $826 respectively. At those prices, and with the kind of volume potential China represents, you're looking at big business for Apple. More¬†¬ª
Adobe extended its reach into the HTML5 world on Monday with the release of its new HTML5 pack for Illustrator CS5. The add-on pack lets users export Illustrator artboards as HTML5 and CSS3 content, and also enhances the application’s SVG export capabilities.
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For yet more analysis of Apple's recent announcements from Adam and host Gene Steinberg, tune in to this week's Tech Night Owl podcast.
 
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| Read more »A new expansion pack to Adobe Illustrator allows designers to build one interface for multiple Web and print platforms.
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Nokia lost another key executive today as its Mobile Solutions head Anssi Vanjoki said he would quit the company in six months. The company veteran would only say he wanted to "seek new opportunities" and insisted he was "one hundred percent committed" to Nokia for the half year.
| Read more »Nokia lost another key executive today as its Mobile Solutions head Anssi Vanjoki said he would quit the company in six months. The company veteran would only say he wanted to "seek new opportunities" and insisted he was "one hundred percent committed" to Nokia for the half year.
| Read more »Last week, Adam was a last-minute guest addition to the popular MacBreak Weekly netcast, joining host Leo Laporte and Andy Ihnatko to talk about all the recent Apple news: Ping, Apple TV, the new iTunes interface, mobile gaming, and much more. It's an enjoyable bit of Apple-centric chatter, in both audio and video formats.
 
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| Read more »Apple announced on Monday that it will launch the Wi-Fi iPad in China this week on Friday, Sept. 17, with the multitouch device going on sale at the company's retail stores and authorized resellers at 10 a.m. local time.
It's safe to say a large part of Apple's strong performance over the past decade has been powered by its switch to OS X. Ten years to the day that the public beta of the new OS debuted, Benj Edwards takes a closer look at the story behind Apple's operating system.
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Apple’s iPad may be headed to Target store shelves in early October assuming tipsters are reading the digital tea leaves correctly.
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Apple's conclusion of the iPhone 4 Case Program, but extended offer of free protective Bumpers for customers who contact AppleCare, is a positive for customers that will also likely benefit AAPL shareholders, one analyst believes.
Apple didn't just release iOS 4.1 last week. It also update the iPhone Configuration Utility aimed at helping administrators in business or education environments create configuration and provisioning profiles for iOS devices. Computerworld's Ryan Faas takes a closer look at iPhone Configuration Utility 3.1.
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Apple and the world's largest social network, Facebook, haven't always seen eye to eye, as their recent tiff over Ping illustrates, but that hasn't discouraged developers from serving up applications for the social network on products like the iPad. One of the latest programs in that vein is Social. Social, written by independent developer Christian Arild Strommen, does an excellent job of bringing the Facebook experience to Apple's terrific tablet.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed during the recent Apple media event that iOS 4.1 would add a new feature to the iPhone 4: high dynamic range photography. The technique has been widely used to create often dramatic images of landscapes, scenery, and still lifes using digital cameras. In fact, several apps already exist for doing HDR photography with an iPhone.
But what's so great about HDR photography? And is Apple's new HDR feature any good? Ars dug in to find out.
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| Read more »A hacker critical of the U.S. war in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the 'Here you have worm.'
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Apple's policy reversal on third-party development tools for iOS may yet draw close checks from the Federal Trade Commission.
| Read more »Apple's policy reversal on third-party development tools for iOS may yet draw close checks from the Federal Trade Commission.
| Read more »A slip by Japanese accessory creator keysfactory may have preempted Nintendo's plans to reveal a 3DS release date.
| Read more »A slip by Japanese accessory creator keysfactory may have preempted Nintendo's plans to reveal a 3DS release date.
| Read more »Engadget claims that Target will begin carrying Apple's iPad in the coming weeks. The evidence comes in the form of inventory screenshots from Target's PDAs. Apparently 6 unnamed items are due on October 3rd and they match up with the iPad...
| Read more »Notable software releases this week include Carbon Copy Cloner 3.3.4, Firefox 3.6.9, PDFpen/PDFpenPro 5.0.1, Safari 5.0.2/4.1.2, iWeb 3.0.2, and Cyberduck 3.6.1.
 
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| Read more »If you're looking for some commute-time listening, Adam was a guest on both MacBreak Weekly and the Tech Night Owl Live this past week, talking in both cases about the recent Apple announcements. Also, for those considering a new iPod nano, note that you can now easily turn it into a wristwatch, and if you're wondering what happened to VersionTracker, it was subsumed into CNET Downloads.
 
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As Apple approaches a decade of iPod sales, starting off with the Classic and progressing to the Touch, the company has taken a gamble with major redesigns of its entry- and mid-level offerings. The previous Shuffle dropped its click wheel, requiring users to control playback via in-line remote. Interestingly enough, Apple dropped the click wheel from the sixth ......
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It only figures that a man of Stephen Fry's internet standing should be feathering his nest with apps a'plenty, and MyFry—while pricey—should be a must-buy for any fans of the scribe's words....
| Read more »You may notice your optical disc drive makes various sounds even if a CD or DVD isn't in the drive. The noises you might hear from the optical drive are probably normal. There is a small motor in the drive that spins discs.
| Read more »After Apple revved the iPhone in June and the iPod lineup in September 1 the next logical candidate for an upgrade is the iPad -- and it might be coming sooner than originally expected.
| Read more »After Apple revved the iPhone in June and the iPod lineup in September 1 the next logical candidate for an upgrade is the iPad -- and it might be coming sooner than originally expected.
| Read more »Along with a $129 (give or take) price tag, the GeForce GTS 450 is more affordable than any other DX11-class GPU out there right now. Performance-wise, the cards measure up pretty well versus competitive offerings from AMD.
| Read more »Along with a $129 (give or take) price tag, the GeForce GTS 450 is more affordable than any other DX11-class GPU out there right now. Performance-wise, the cards measure up pretty well versus competitive offerings from AMD.
| Read more »Taiwan‚Äôs NMA, the global leaders in news coverage that looks like a video game, made a short speculative fiction film based on a speech President Obama delivered in Cleveland recently. Besides testing new facial motion-capture technology, the video manages to capture the sense of ridicule that Obama inspires even in Taiwan.
| Read more »Taiwan‚Äôs NMA, the global leaders in news coverage that looks like a video game, made a short speculative fiction film based on a speech President Obama delivered in Cleveland recently. Besides testing new facial motion-capture technology, the video manages to capture the sense of ridicule that Obama inspires even in Taiwan.
| Read more »Apple may make an aggressive inroad into the Amazon Kindle's territory with an expansion into Target stores. Six versions of a mystery device have appeared in Target's inventory system, all of which line up with Apple's iPad pricing and which would show up October 3.
| Read more »T-Mobile's other upcoming HSPA+ phone, the myTouch HD, has potentially been validated through an internal document that suggests it may be the fastest and most advanced Android phone this year. The sheet handed to TmoNews lists it as having a dual-core 1GHz processor that would line up with testing of the HTC Glacier earlier in the summer. Backing the chip and the connection, it would be T-Mobile's first phone with an enabled front video camera for chat or live streaming.
| Read more »In short, Facebook believes that if you use Facebook in a way that Facebook doesn't like ‚Äî as defined by its terms of use ‚Äî you commit a federal crime.
| Read more »In short, Facebook believes that if you use Facebook in a way that Facebook doesn't like ‚Äî as defined by its terms of use ‚Äî you commit a federal crime.
| Read more »Adobe said it will once again begin working on a tool that allows Flash developers to deliver their apps to Apple‚Äôs iOS devices. The move comes after Apple relaxed its policies on third-party app development tools late last week. Apple said in a statement that it would allow other development tools, as long as the [...]
| Read more »The above image is one of several from Alejo Malia that depict a world in which all the elements of Google Maps place markers, public transit symbols and even the yellow street view guy are completely real and physical objects looming over our buildings, streets and heads. Malia is a Spanish illustrator and designer who, while relatively unknown, has a very strong social media presence. He's on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Blogspot and Flickr.He uploaded this set of images (titled "Google's World") yesterday, but it's not his first literal imagination of the technological world of the web; he also produced an image that incorporated Facebook's "Like" button into a real photograph.Here's the rest of the "Google's World" set. Enjoy, and be sure and tweet your appreciation at Malia if you like his work.[Via Gizmodo]For more Tech coverage:Follow Mashable Tech on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Tech channelDownload our free apps for iPhone and iPad
| Read more »It's Sunday night in the USA, and that means two things: football, and we're live tonight on Talkshoe. The big news of the week is the remarkable spirit of glasnost that seems to have taken over the iOS development world, as the formerly restrictive rules about third-party tools have been lifted. Never fear, though -- we'll find plenty of time for crackpot theories along with your comments and questions.
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| Read more »For your honesty, your contribution of absolute zero to the tech community and the sheer geekiness of your creation, we salute you Sir.
| Read more »Apple may make an aggressive inroad into the Amazon Kindle's territory with an expansion into Target stores if a leak is true. Six versions of a mystery device have appeared in Target's inventory system, all of which line up with Apple's iPad pricing and which would show up October 3. The Engadget source backed up suspicions with photos of a PDA that have the devices going into the Digital Audio section of the store, where both iPods and the Kindle co-exist....
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| Read more »In our Kindle Vs. iPad battle, we pit the best features of each gadget against each other to determine a...
| Read more »New evidence suggests that Target's U.S. stores may start offering the iPad on October 3, expanding the retail presence of Apple's touchscreen tablet.
According to the com Score Latest Metric Report of the month August, Facebook has beaten Google in the time spent and Visits. It is estimated that Time spent on facebook is 41.1 million minutes while time spent on Google is 39.8 million minutes including Youtube, Google News and Gmail etc. Yahoo is on third and Microsoft on fourth in this race according to com Score.
| Read more »According to the com Score Latest Metric Report of the month August, Facebook has beaten Google in the time spent and Visits. It is estimated that Time spent on facebook is 41.1 million minutes while time spent on Google is 39.8 million minutes including Youtube, Google News and Gmail etc. Yahoo is on third and Microsoft on fourth in this race according to com Score.
| Read more »The Restore is the third eco-friendly Samsung cell phone to be carried by Sprint. The Restore is built with a more mainstream slider design than its predecessor, the Reclaim. While there were some features in the Reclaim that we enjoyed there was plenty of room for improvement...
| Read more »The Restore is the third eco-friendly Samsung cell phone to be carried by Sprint. The Restore is built with a more mainstream slider design than its predecessor, the Reclaim. While there were some features in the Reclaim that we enjoyed there was plenty of room for improvement...
| Read more »Acer may be planning a major break from traditional notebook design with a dual-screen model reportedly leaked late Saturday.
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It didn't take much effort for Apple to design the new iPod Nano and iPod shuffle. All they did was cut the old iPod nano in half. [reddit via thedailywhat]...
| Read more »After more than 70 years of misinformation about this botanical remedy, I am delighted that we are finally gaining a mature understanding of its immense therapeutic potential.
| Read more »After more than 70 years of misinformation about this botanical remedy, I am delighted that we are finally gaining a mature understanding of its immense therapeutic potential.
| Read more »After more than 70 years of misinformation about this botanical remedy, I am delighted that we are finally gaining a mature understanding of its immense therapeutic potential.
| Read more »After more than 70 years of misinformation about this botanical remedy, I am delighted that we are finally gaining a mature understanding of its immense therapeutic potential.
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Amazon has continued to shave weight from the Kindle, bringing the latest model down to just 8.5 oz. Although the third generation is only 1.7 oz lighter than the first- and second-generation offerings, the savings becomes noticeable through an extended reading session. Weight is one of the selling points that differentiates e-book readers from tablets, such as ......
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| Read more »Social media changes from month to month. Trends come and go quicker than the seasons change. The latest trendy site could be next years Myspace and the hottest new site probably hasnt even been conceived yet or is at the couple of guys in a garage stage. Having said that there are some trends that I think will continue over the coming year and with that in mind I wanted to share them here. Rather than focusing in on the finer detail I have compiled the list below in broader terms with all the main players represented. All in all it should be an exiting year ahead in social media and these should be seven of the main trends
Group Buying
This really has been the huge power house of online commerce in the last year. Services like Groupon have come on the scene in a big way (Even Microsoft entered the market today) and the idea behind it really is so simple that it makes you think Why didnt I think of that. Like all kick ass ideas this one is incredibly simple and...
Social media changes from month to month. Trends come and go quicker than the seasons change. The latest trendy site could be next years Myspace and the hottest new site probably hasnt even been conceived yet or is at the couple of guys in a garage stage. Having said that there are some trends that I think will continue over the coming year and with that in mind I wanted to share them here. Rather than focusing in on the finer detail I have compiled the list below in broader terms with all the main players represented. All in all it should be an exiting year ahead in social media and these should be seven of the main trends
Group Buying
This really has been the huge power house of online commerce in the last year. Services like Groupon have come on the scene in a big way (Even Microsoft entered the market today) and the idea behind it really is so simple that it makes you think Why didnt I think of that. Like all kick ass ideas this one is incredibly simple and...
Facebook has launched a new way to “Discover Facebook’s Popular Pages” called Browser. It shows icons of Pages that are popular in a user’s country, but factors in which Pages which are popular amongst their unique friend network. When the Page icons are hovered over they display a Like button. Browser could cause popular Pages to get more popular, widening the gap between them and smaller Pages, similar to the frequently criticized and since abandoned Twitter Suggested User List.
| Read more »Just like a couple of weeks ago, this weekend again we‚Äôve got something unusual and creative to lift up your spirits and challenge your creativity over a lousy Sunday. Particle animation is a beautiful concept from motion graphics. Using specialized software, you can simulate the movements of particles depending on the environment ‚Äî for instance, music rhythm.
| Read more »Just like a couple of weeks ago, this weekend again we‚Äôve got something unusual and creative to lift up your spirits and challenge your creativity over a lousy Sunday. Particle animation is a beautiful concept from motion graphics. Using specialized software, you can simulate the movements of particles depending on the environment ‚Äî for instance, music rhythm.
| Read more »We previously posted an entire guide on how to Jailbreak the PlayStation 3 with an Android Phone and also that iPhone Dev-Team member MuscleNerd confirmed that the hack would soon be coming to iPhones. Well guess what, it‚Äôs here folks! The PSGroove / PSFreedom has been ported over to jailbroken iPhones but the interesting thing is that it is not by the same team which MuscleNerd talked about. It‚Äôs actually by a hacker who goes by the name of NTAuthority! and he has used OpeniBoot method which was previously used to port Android on iPhone 2G, 3G and iPod touch.
| Read more »We previously posted an entire guide on how to Jailbreak the PlayStation 3 with an Android Phone and also that iPhone Dev-Team member MuscleNerd confirmed that the hack would soon be coming to iPhones. Well guess what, it‚Äôs here folks! The PSGroove / PSFreedom has been ported over to jailbroken iPhones but the interesting thing is that it is not by the same team which MuscleNerd talked about. It‚Äôs actually by a hacker who goes by the name of NTAuthority! and he has used OpeniBoot method which was previously used to port Android on iPhone 2G, 3G and iPod touch.
| Read more »Following the recent release of Apple√≠s revised, and ARM-based, Apple TV set top box (STB) ARM and Trident have joined forces to deliver next-gen STBs. The partnership aims to deliver Web 2.0 functionality, including Flash, to new STBs as they seek to better integrate the internet, internet TV, and broadcast TV in future products. The forthcoming system-on-a-chip design will be ARM Cortex-A9-based, and are broadly similar to the recently announced Samsung implementation of the ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core design of its new Orion chip, destined for the next generation of...
Don't tell Samsung and all the other companies who have Android-based tablets on the docket, but Google isn't exactly sure that Android is designed for use on tablet PCs. In fact, they're certain it's a mismatch. Hugo Barra, Director of Products for Mobile at Google, recently spoke on the issue of seeing Android pop up on so...
| Read more »Time to get down and boogie if you think the Android fragmentation issue is overblown. Google has dropped its latest platform version stats and Android 2.2, aka Froyo, has managed to corner a healthy 28.7 percent of all active Googlephones (those that accessed the Market within the two weeks leading up to September 1), rapidly closing the gap on version 2.1 and nearly matching in number the handsets still stuck on the Cupcake or Donut diet. When you consider that back in May those pesky 1.5 and 1.6 versions were on a whopping 62 percent of Android mobiles, you'll probably agree that phone makers seem to be getting their act together in terms of delivering Google's latest wares in a timely fashion. Who'd have thought it, the more practice they have, the better they're getting at their jobs!Continue reading Android 2.x now on 70 percent of all active AndroidsAndroid 2.x now on 70 percent of all active Androids originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 12 Sep 2010 07:31:00 EDT. Please...
| Read more »You get all-terrain vehicle babies, is what. Ben Gulak, the youngster that brought us the Uno electric unicycle, is back with a new transportation device, this time aiming to woo military procurement types with a rugged and extremely versatile one-man transporter. The DTV (Dual Tracked Vehicle) Shredder has enough torque to tow an SUV, but is also flexible enough to turn within a circle of four feet and scale slopes as steep as 40 degrees. To be honest, though, nothing we say can do justice to just how badass this thing really is, you'll want to see the videos after the break for that. Our favorite part? The Shredder can be remotely operated and its makers even advertise its ability to carry offensive weaponry and serve as a "robot attack platform." What self-respecting supervillain wouldn't want an army of those?Continue reading What happens when you leave a skateboard and a tank alone in a dimly lit room? (video)What happens when you leave a skateboard and a tank alone in a dimly...
| Read more »EA Mobile has launched two new casual games in the App Store, as well as released information for several other upcoming titles. YAHTZEE HD brings the well known dice game to the iPad platform, complete with a variety of game modes, multiplayer support, and access to Facebook Connect for posting scores and sending challenges. Meanwhile, LITE-BRITE allows users to create colorful pictures with a series of pegs. Included in the application are several templates that can help a user with their design, along with the ability to create animations from finished images. Add...
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| Read more »Sony's typically the equal-opportunity offender, poking fun at everything from Wii to iPhone, but the company's latest marketing campaign is unmistakably aimed at Microsoft's motion-sensing peripheral. Head on over to www.yaybuttons.com to interact with a two-dimensional PlayStation Move, which will pop out a series of quotes from Kevin Butler -- Sony's fictional VP of Realistic Movements -- explaining Sony's tactile advantages over Microsoft's Kinect. While members of the Sony Defense Force will surely eat this up in spades, the rest of us will simply enjoy this latest tussle, and go back to waiting for both companies to put their money by their oral socket and make more games worth playing.Sony launches anti-Kinect attack website, yaybuttons.com originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 12 Sep 2010 04:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.PermalinkJoystiq | yaybuttons.com |Email this|Comments
| Read more »Sony's typically the equal-opportunity offender, poking fun at everything from Wii to iPhone, but the company's latest marketing campaign is unmistakably aimed at Microsoft's motion-sensing peripheral. Head on over to www.yaybuttons.com to interact with a two-dimensional PlayStation Move, which will pop out a series of quotes from Kevin Butler -- Sony's fictional VP of Realistic Movements -- explaining Sony's tactile advantages over Microsoft's Kinect. While members of the Sony Defense Force will surely eat this up in spades, the rest of us will simply enjoy this latest tussle, and go back to waiting for both companies to put their money by their oral socket and make more games worth playing.Sony launches anti-Kinect attack website, yaybuttons.com originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 12 Sep 2010 04:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.PermalinkJoystiq | yaybuttons.com |Email this|Comments
| Read more »We've tracked down the inside scoop on six of tech's most unforgettable names. Some of them have pretty surprising backstories -- like a well-known Web giant that was almost called "BackRub" -- while others, like our first entry, have almost no story at all.
| Read more »We've tracked down the inside scoop on six of tech's most unforgettable names. Some of them have pretty surprising backstories -- like a well-known Web giant that was almost called "BackRub" -- while others, like our first entry, have almost no story at all.
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The Restore is available in two colors: Limeade Green and Midnight Blue. Our review unit came in Limeade, which is appropriate considering the eco-friendly focus of the phone. The device itself is made from 77 percent recycled materials and includes an entire menu of links entitled ëBest of Greení to green resources on the Internet. We appreciate th ......
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| Read more »A study by Pew Internet was recently released, which focused on mobile phone behavior among American adults. In this study, it was determined that 72% of
| Read more »A study by Pew Internet was recently released, which focused on mobile phone behavior among American adults. In this study, it was determined that 72% of
| Read more »A Microsoft job listing discovered today suggests that the company may be committing to the design of a Zune HD sequel. The Senior Mechanical Engineer is ostensibly under the phone division but would be working with the Portable Entertainment Group to build "cutting edge mobile devices." Few clues exist as to the nature of the hardware, but the team is the same that made the original Zune HD....
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| Read more »If you‚Äôre going to have one, you should have both. Otherwise, eliminate auto-fed subs and we‚Äôll call it even.
| Read more »If you‚Äôre going to have one, you should have both. Otherwise, eliminate auto-fed subs and we‚Äôll call it even.
| Read more »Ponca City, We love you writes "The Mercury News reports that former hacker Jonathan Zdziarski has been tapped by law-enforcement agencies nationwide to teach them just how much information is stored in iPhones ‚Äî and how to get it. 'These devices are people's companions today,' says Zdziarski. 'They're not mobile phones anymore. They organize people's lives. And if you're doing something criminal, something about it is probably going to go through that phone.' For example, every time an iPhone user closes out of the built-in mapping application, the phone snaps a screenshot and stores it. Savvy law-enforcement agents armed with search warrants can use those snapshots to see if a suspect is lying about whereabouts during a crime."
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| Read more »Speed Download 5.2.20Speed Download 5 combines four amazing products into one small and easy to use application:
Speed Download 5 also introduces a stunning new user interface option that feels right at home in Mac OS X and is designed to help you be even more productive with fewer mouse clicks hence, completely redefining what you can do with your time online. Introducing SD Minimized mode; a serious upgrade to the Speed Download floater. Fully supports drag n drop, completely resizable, customizable, and a whole lot more. In minimized mode, SD is even more discrete on your Mac. Save screen space, but not power!
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Facebook just launched a new web app not-so-memorably dubbed Discover Facebooks Popular Pages. Its a visual interface intended to help you find more pages to Like based on your past selections, whats popular and what your friends like.The app divides pages into nine categories: Musicians, Sports, Celebrities, Movies, TV Shows, Media, Politicians, Brands and Games. You can view images representing different pages in each category, or you can view pages from all categories, which include other things like local businesses or photographer friends pages, for example.On the right, Facebook has included a list of the friends who have the most pages in common with you. Clicking on any of the names will pop up a list of your mutual likes, and you can click on the All Likes tab to see the other things they like.You can also look at the most popular pages by country with the drop-down menu in the top right corner of the site.Facebook provides a ton of ways for you to discover new pages to...
| Read more »Facebook just launched a new web app not-so-memorably dubbed Discover Facebooks Popular Pages. Its a visual interface intended to help you find more pages to Like based on your past selections, whats popular and what your friends like.The app divides pages into nine categories: Musicians, Sports, Celebrities, Movies, TV Shows, Media, Politicians, Brands and Games. You can view images representing different pages in each category, or you can view pages from all categories, which include other things like local businesses or photographer friends pages, for example.On the right, Facebook has included a list of the friends who have the most pages in common with you. Clicking on any of the names will pop up a list of your mutual likes, and you can click on the All Likes tab to see the other things they like.You can also look at the most popular pages by country with the drop-down menu in the top right corner of the site.Facebook provides a ton of ways for you to discover new pages to...
| Read more »Microsoft really isn't that good at being snarky (witness the Bill Gates / Jerry Seinfeld ads), but they try. Windows Phone 7 has gone RTM, and thus the company decided it was time for a funeral, not for Windows 6.5 (which might have been appropriate), but for iPhone. The procession alone was silly enough, as is probably the thought of Windows...
| Read more »Microsoft really isn't that good at being snarky (witness the Bill Gates / Jerry Seinfeld ads), but they try. Windows Phone 7 has gone RTM, and thus the company decided it was time for a funeral, not for Windows 6.5 (which might have been appropriate), but for iPhone. The procession alone was silly enough, as is probably the thought of Windows...
| Read more »We knew dualscreen laptops were the future after our Toshiba Libretto review, but unfortunately for Toshiba theirs was a future attempted too soon. Acer, however, is apparently testing a rig that might be powerful enough to do the trick -- pictures bequeathed to Tech Review Source purportedly show a 2.67GHz Intel Core i5 processor (likely a Core i5-580M) with dual fifteen-inch multitouch screens, making both the Libretto and MSI's 7-incher look positively dated by comparison. Sadly, the publication's source says this device is "still slow and buggy," so retail availability is probably a long while off, but now you can tell your friends you too saw the future and it looked reasonably good. Peep a couple more shots of the laptop at our source link while you wipe your sweaty palms off.Acer's dualscreen laptop leaks out with Core i5 CPU? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Tech Review Source |Email this|...
| Read more »We have a news to share from the ever exciting world of the jailbroken iDevices. Rock Your Phone is no more - it's now part of Cydia.
| Read more »We have a news to share from the ever exciting world of the jailbroken iDevices. Rock Your Phone is no more - it's now part of Cydia.
| Read more »The demographics of the most popular social networking sits are rapidly changing. Today, more than ever, older Internet users are flocking to social sites to join in the conversation. In fact, the most significant growth among these sites in the last several years has been among adults 50 years and older, which has steadily upped the average user age across the board. Pew Internet recently conducted a study on this steady increase in social networking site use among older American adults, the most interesting of these findings are illustrated below.
| Read more »The demographics of the most popular social networking sits are rapidly changing. Today, more than ever, older Internet users are flocking to social sites to join in the conversation. In fact, the most significant growth among these sites in the last several years has been among adults 50 years and older, which has steadily upped the average user age across the board. Pew Internet recently conducted a study on this steady increase in social networking site use among older American adults, the most interesting of these findings are illustrated below.
| Read more »Android Notifier is something like a backwards Chrome to Phone, as your phone pushes notifications to your computer.
| Read more »Android Notifier is something like a backwards Chrome to Phone, as your phone pushes notifications to your computer.
| Read more »After releasing an improved version for the Android devices, Opera Software is going for the, let‚Äôs face it, slowly dying, Windows Mobile community.
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