Happy October! This week in Apple news, the Apple TV 2.0 finally made its debut. Not only was it cruelly dissected, it was also jailbroken. We also posted an in-depth Parallels Desktop 6 review and discussed iAd's effect on the mobile advertising market. Read on for the roundup.
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| Read more »iPhone and iPod accessory manufacturers seem to be coming to the realization that most households have not just one, but two or more Apple devices. We've been seeing a number of products that allow charging of more than one iPhone or iPod at a time, and now venerable speaker manufacturer Altec Lansing is getting into the game in a big way with the Octiv Duo speaker dock (US$99).
The Octiv Duo has a wedge design that works both on open spaces like tables and in corners on desks or kitchen counters. As you would surmise from the name, the Octiv Duo is designed to charge two devices at a time. Those devices can be any generation of iPhone, iPod touch, or iPod nano, as well as the iPod video, color, and Classic models. There's a third USB port on the side...
| Read more »Efforts to install wireless in New York City subways gained a significant boost late on Friday as Transit Wireless said it had reached deals with AT&T and T-Mobile to provide cellphone access at subway stations. The two GSM carriers have a 10-year agreement to link their phones to Transit Wireless' network in a plan that will eventually reach all 277 terminals in the city. Either carrier will have the option of renewing its deals in five-year blocks for four instances, representative Pat Smith told Bloomberg....
An error in terminology in a report from Youngstown, Ohio's CBS television affiliate WKBN-TV has prompted untrue claims of an "iTunes virus" spreading through e-mail, on Facebook and around the web. The message, faked to look like it is from "do_not_reply@apple.com," claims the user owes money and offer links for the recipient to click to arrange payment on a website set up to look like iTunes. It's ultimately only a phishing e-mail and has no payload of its own....
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| Read more »Electronics maker Hercules has introduced its latest digital DJ console on Friday in the DJ Console 4-Mx. Each of its twin jog wheels sports a touch sensor, while its integrated audio interface easily connects to existing analog gear. Users can control two or four virtual decks. The body is made of steel and aluminum and houses 89 controls in two-deck mode or 150 controls in four-deck mode....
Apple has been ordered by a jury to pay damages to Mirror Worlds for infringing patents related to how documents are displayed on a computer screen, reports "Bloomberg" (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-01/apple-loses-mirror-worlds-trial...). The federal jury in Tyler, Texas, awarded $208.5 million in damages for each of the patents infringed.
| Read more »When we think about computer ergonomics, we usually look at how our monitor is positioned (is it an appropriate distance from our eyes?), where our keyboard is laid out (in a keyboard tray or on our desktop?), and if our chair height lets us keep our knees at a 90 degree angle. In other words, computer ergonomics has always been about hardware (ours and our machine's). It's never been about the software. That's got to change.
I find myself using my iPad primarily in landscape mode. I do so because in landscape mode you can see most apps' menu items all the time (like a complete list of emails in my inbox laid out next to the message I'm currently viewing in the iPad's Mail app). Seeing everything at once is handy, but the thing is, I find holding my iPad in portrait mode to be much more comfortable and convenient because I can see more text on the screen. Of course portrait mode has the drawback that many apps' menus are hidden from view and only accessible by an...
| Read more »Here's a little interesting weekend reading from Mark Sigal on O'Reilly about "Apple's segmentation strategy." Sigal does a huge overview of Apple's direction over the last ten years, and in the end, argues that Apple has shirked the conventional wisdom of marketing products horizontally (making a special type of peanut butter for every customer, for example), and has instead segmented its products vertically (creating one product for a particular use case -- an iPad for reading, an iPod for listening, and an iPhone for apps). Apple is successful -- extremely successful, says Sigal -- not because it has become the biggest company in its various industries, but because it has thought carefully about how to sell products, and then sold them at exactly the right prices. And even when it's not right, says Sigal, Apple never makes a move that isn't strong and confident anyway. Even when the Apple TV is...
| Read more »Fuze Meeting, the Web-based meeting and collaboration service, demonstrates how it plays nicely with cloud file storage services like Dropbox and SugarSync.
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The force is strong in this one. But what does God need with a starship? Time for go to bed!
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Gridstore (http://www.gridstore.com), which specializes in enterprise-class Network Attached Storage grid (NASg) solutions, will demonstrate its next-generation scale-out NAS solution in booth #758 at the MSPWorld conference, being held in Los Angeles Oct. 4-6.  
| Read more »Samsung today announced a strategic partnership with Pyxis Mobile that will yield enterprise specific applications for its Galaxy Tab. Samsung plans to leverage Pyxis Mobile√≠s App 7 Studio, a cross-platform WYSIWYG mobile enterprise application development platform, to quickly bring new applications to market. The official unveiling of the enterprise class apps that have been designed specifically for the Galaxy Tab will be demonstrated at CTIA 2010....
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| Read more »If the military can have its own exoskeleton, then why not kids? The Japanese company Sakakibara Kikai realized that putting kids in the pilot‚Äôs seat of a
| Read more »The technology looks promising as it predicts what you wanna write even by not really paying attention to what you're typing lol...so Google scooped up the firm probably to add the technology in Android, let's hope at least they do.
| Read more »xACT 2.01xACT stands for X Audio Compression Toolkit. It is a GUI based front end for the Unix applications Shorten (3.6.1), shntool (3.0.10), monkey\'s audio compressor (3.99), flac (1.2.1), wavpack (4.60.1), TTA (3.4.1) and cdda2wav 3.0 (with paranoia support). It also uses sox ( 14.3.1), LAME 3.98.4, AtomicParsley 0.9.0 (for AAC tagging) id3tool (1.2a) and mp4v2 1.91. It executes the basic commands of these applications and adds other features to speed up productivity in creation/use of etree.org standard filesets.
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GraphicConverter 7.0GraphicConverter is an all-purpose image editing program that can import 200 different graphic-based formats, edit the image, and export it out of 80 file available file formats.
The high-end editing tools are perfect for graphic manipulation as well as the ability to use Photoshop-compatible plug-ins. It offers batch-conversion capabilities, a slide show window, and so much more.
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Flip4Mac WMV Player 2.3.5.4Flip4Mac WMV Player... With the Windows Media Components for QuickTime by Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a web browser.
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Transmission 2.10b1Transmission is a fast, easy, and free multi-platform BitTorrent client.
Transmission sets initial preferences so things \"Just Work\", while advanced features like watch directories, bad peer blocking, and the web interface can be configured with just a few clicks. Macworld put it this way: \"It\'s fast, it\'s extremely lightweight, and ¬ó even though it\'s available for a variety of platforms ¬ó it behaves just as you\'d expect a Mac program to.\"
Transmission supports full encryption, file selection, a web-based interface, groups, peer exchange, automatic port forwarding, webseeds, watch directories, tracker editing, global and per-torrent speed limits, and more.
Its code is freely available online and is licensed under either the GNU Public License v2 or the MIT License. The development team welcomes anyone who is interested in contributing code, documentation,...
| Read more »AutoDesk, continuing their return to the Apple ecosystem, have released an iOS app that allows users to view, edit and share DWG files, called AutoCAD WS. The free app requires a constant internet connection, as the files are actually stored on AutoDesk servers via a free AutoCAD WS online account....
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| Read more »Over the years we've seen Apple try to make their way to the living room.
| Read more »CapGemini claims to have created the most sustainable data center in the world -- 95 percent recyclable and with a PUE of 1.1. The Merlin data center was designed to be the most sustainable and efficient storage facility with the key goals being to reduce power, water and emission.
| Read more »iWeb theme showcase site iWeb Themes Park has updated their collection with five new themes, bringing their total to 65 independently-designed themes compatible with iWeb. All themes require only a Mac capable of running iWeb 2.0 (which came with iLife '08) or later....
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| Read more »Are overheating DSLRs like Sony‚Äôs A55 and A33 a scandal of Watergate proportions, or simply physics at work? Blogs are buzzing about a supposed flaw in DSLRs that shoot HD video. ‚ÄúMy God, they overheat if they‚Äôre used longer than specified or in conditions other than intended in the owner‚Äôs manual!‚Äù
| Read more »Apple has lost a patent case against its Cover Flow and Time Machine interfaces, despite some of the infringement charges from claimant Mirror Worlds being ruled invalid.
Enhance Technology has unveiled a new high-performance RAID server, the UltraStor ES3160 FS. It boasts 16 SATA II or SAS drives for either 16TB or 32TB of storage, dual active-active RAID controllers, dual I/O modules, hot-swappable dual redundant power supplies and cooling modules. The new 3U server is an enterprise failover RAID system designed to deliver high performance Windows Clustering, as well as cross-platform high availability, SAN and virtualization applications....
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| Read more »Two Dogs Software has launched its cloud-syncing task manager, TaskSurfer 1.0. The new software offers GTD and tag-based task management. It offers custom tagging, including category, time, location and people tags and uses a tag browser to keep tags organized. It also utilizes Snow Leopard's Core Location technology to track locations and gear tasks to the location it is being used in, such as organizing tasks for home or business based on the location the user is in....
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| Read more »Lemkesoft has launched GraphicConverter 7, featuring a new interface for the photo converting software. GraphicConverter specializes in handling numerous and unique images formats, importing over 200 formats and exporting over 80, often managing unusual variants of standard formats. It also generates catalogs for the web or print and handles RAW photos. It can import directly from cameras or flash cards and has a TWAIN interface for operating a scanner. The software has a picture browser and can generate slideshows....
When you're visiting a city, don't you sometimes wonder what it looked like in past centuries? That's the premise behind Time Travel eXplorer - London, a new iPhone travel guide app from Visick Solutions, Ltd. currently on the What's Hot page of the UK App Store. There's a good reason for that popularity, since Time Travel eXplorer is a fascinating way to take a tour of London both in the present day and in the past.
No, the developers didn't figure out a way to integrate the iPhone with a DeLorean or power it with a Mr. Fusion. What the app does provide is maps with 750 points of interest, as well as 1,500 photos and 150 audio guides that are bundled into the app so that you don't have to rely on a cell phone...
| Read more »Alphonso Labs reported today that their Pulse News Reader for iPad (currently US $1.99) has been updated to version 2.0. The new version of the app addresses one of the major complaints about the original by allowing up to 60 news feeds to be added, with up to 12 feeds on each of five pages.
Organization of sources is much easier in the new version. Each one of the five pages has a tab that can be renamed, so users can define each page by type -- for example, "Apple," "Food," "News," and more. The feeds are listed under each tab and can be dragged around to be placed in the order you would like to see them. It's also easier to find sources; when you go to add a source, there are tabs for "featured" and "categories," both featuring sources that look good in Pulse. Alphonso Labs calls this the "Pulse Bazaar."
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In this week's awesome blossom round up: Apple's Remote, finally updated; The New Yorker, digitized on your iPad; Kenny Powers, striking out; Wine, discovered; weather, beautified; Vikings, glorified; Beejive, Android bound and more! More »
UK personality and bon vivant Stephen Fry believes the iPad is like a pet dog; a canine can perform a limited set of functions, but people don't buy dogs for their "feature list," he argues, so much as for the sheer enjoyment they give their owners. Fry made the remarks at the iPad Entertainment Summit in London, where he extolled his affection for the device. The summit is a gathering of iPad content producers across Europe who are there to attend programming sessions, examine case studies with successful iPad apps, and learn how to publish, promote and expand their...
If you're a subscriber to the free AT&T Navigator app and the associated service , then you'll want to load the latest update ASAP.
AT&T Navigator v1.7i is the newest version of the TeleNav-powered app, and it's now the first iPhone GPS navigation app that incorporates direct speech recognition. As you can see in the video above, all you need to do is tap an icon, speak your destination, and the app will display appropriate destination addresses. Tap one of the addresses, and navigation begins.
The new version also provides alerts for traffic cameras, works in landscape mode, and has a lane-assist function that shows you which lane you need to be in before you get to an intersection. When you need directions back to your...
| Read more »Mellmo is set to update its business intelligence app for the iPad and iPhone on Monday.
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Apple's own phone service, Google saves unwitting web authors, and this is... CBS! It's the remainders for Friday, and Dan Moren isn't here.
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An anonymous reader writes "It looks like iPhone users are not immune to the types of data leaks recently discovered on the Android platform. Researchers looked at the top free applications available from the App Store and discovered that '68% of these applications were transmitting UDIDs to servers under the application vendor's control each time the application is launched.' The iPhone's Unique Device ID, or UDID, cannot be changed, nor can its transmission be disabled by the user. The full paper is available in PDF form."
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| Read more »According to DigiTimes, Sintek Photronics has sent samples of projected capacitive touch panels to Apple for a touchscreen iMac.
Citing industry sources, DigiTimes claims that Sintek Photronics has a “good chance” of becoming a supplier for a touchscreen iMac. The Taiwanese publication describes the basic composition of such touchscreen panels:
The new iMac is rumored to have a good vertical and horizontal viewing angle, and its projected capacitive touch panel will adopt a one-glass solution, which integrates the touch sensor and cover glass, to reduce thickness and weight.
LOOPRumors received information back in June that Apple was planning to develop a hybrid OS, equipped with both Mac OS X and a touch interface for iOS, into its next iMac.
| Read more »Last we heard, Facebook and the new iTunes-based social network Ping were at odds with each other, with Facebook providing "onerous terms" and Apple trying to hook into the bigger network anyway. But maybe they can still heal the rift. Facebook CTO Bret Taylor told Silicon Alley Insider that he's "very confident" that the two networks can find some common ground.
Unfortunately, he didn't say anything other than that, so as for what kind of common ground they'll find, that's still up in the air. But Apple would do well to enlist Facebook's help in their fledgling network, "onerous" as the terms may be. ...
| Read more »Veteran Italian paper notebook maker Moleskine has dipped into accessories for more than e-readers for the first time with two special cases. The Tablet Cover is meant for the iPad and potentially other same-sized tablets to both protect them while filling in all the elements of a traditional Moleskine book. It uses the same materials and signature elastic band as the outside and even includes a notepad for handwritten notes, but a suede lining is new and helps prevent scratches....
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| Read more »Includes the graphic software's first major interface makeover in years, along with a few new features. ($34.95 new, $29.95 upgrade, 100.0 MB)
 
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| Read more »In this week‚Äôs oodle of technical news debris, John looks at intrigue and maneuvers: Netflix outmaneuvering Apple. The case for Apple products in the enterprise ‚Äî but not how you think of it. Whether a mere announcement by a CEO can create an expectation and then a desired customer response. Are celebrity app tutorials the new wave? What is the conventional wisdom about Apple and why is it wrong? And a very clever maneuver by Microsoft to jump start Windows Phone 7.¬†
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Tech journalists are starting to receive their little black rental pucks, which means it's review time! Most critics seem generally pleased, but rather than wade through their judgments, check our handy comparison chart below and consume in dainty bites. More »
The first official release of an email client built on the Thunderbird codebase, with a look and feel inspired by classic Eudora. (Free, 21.1 MB)
 
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| Read more »Gives the Thunderbird code base a new interface and advanced features like multiple unified inboxes, Conversation View, and Quick Reply. ($39.95 new, $19.95 upgrade, 12.0 MB)
 
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| Read more »In this year‚Äôs annual proxy filing with the SEC, Microsoft‚Äôs board commended CEO Steve Ballmer for posting record revenues for fiscal 2010. The board was less sanguine, however, about the ill-fated Kin. For the former, he earned half his maximum bonus, but for the latter he lost the other half.
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The folks at iControlPad can't seem to catch a break -- the design for the plug-in iPhone controller was finally finished, but the creators are now backing off of that design. Specifically, they're worried about Apple's lawsuit against Sanho, in which the battery manufacturer was sued for creating products that unofficially connected to dock connectors on iPhones and iPod touches. Because the iControlPad was originally designed to plug right into the dock connector on the iPhone (and presumably, its creators don't want to have to pay the "Made for iPhone" fee to officially license that hardware), it's got to be tweaked for Bluetooth support instead.
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| Read more »The iPad hacks continue. First it was a tablet running Windows 95; now someone's rigged an iPad to run Google's Chromium operating system.
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Includes minor fixes to the 3.1 update, which added a Migration Assistant, tabbed email browsing, and more. (Free, 20.5 MB)
 
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Dark Nebula Episode 1 is a marble game, true, but it's a marble game with objectives other than get the ball into the hole. More »
Did you miss out on Apple's free case program for your iPhone 4? If so, you're out of luck. If you have reception issues with your iPhone 4, you can return it as usual, but at this point, Apple believes that everyone should know about the Antennagate issue, so there are no more free cases.
This also means that bumpers are back on sale. While you could easily get a free one, they disappeared from Apple Store shelves, but as of today, bumpers are reportedly available again. Unfortunately,...
| Read more »Apple and Microsoft had opposing results in web share today as iOS reached an all-time best in Net Applications' charts while Internet Explorer on the desktop reached its lowest. The iPad, iPhone and iPod touch combined climbed to reach 1.18 percent of the entire web in September. The gain was enough to keep it growing faster than Android, which was still a fifth as influential at 0.24 percent....
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The Apple Dev Team has proven that the Apple TV, just out of the starting gate, can indeed be jailbroken. Generally, jailbreaking a device means developers can gain the
necessary root access to develop their own apps or customizations. This particular jailbreak, via the SHAtter exploit that was first used on the iPod touch 4G, is not ready for prime time, according to the developers. It will take more iterations and development work before consumers can being installing third-party apps on Apple TV, said Rob Walch, host of Today in iPhone.
A couple of weeks ago, a study came out of Toronto’s York University about Facebook and narcissism that suggested there was some kind of link between the social network and the psychological trait in which people are too concerned with themselves.
| Read more »Nerds squealed with delight last night as the geekiest comedy on American television, The Big Bang Theory, featured a cameo by Steve Wozniak. The Apple co-founder played himself in a brief scene with the gang from the show (Is that his daughter next to him at the table?). He was pretty funny and seemed comfortable on camera. In fact, Steve is an old hand at TV by now, having appeared on Dancing With The Stars and My Life on the D-List.
In case you missed it, you can watch it above (sorry about the audio quality -- we'll keep an eye out for the official version). Good job, Woz!
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| Read more »Microsoft filed a lawsuit against Motorola regarding its Android phones.
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Bargain-hunting iOS device gamers rejoice – Apple has launched a promotion it calls Big Games, Great Prices. Fifty popular games have been listed at priced $2.99 and under. The games run the gamut from racing titles like Real Racing and Need for Speed Shift to puzzle games like Peggle and Chuzzle. There are sports games, [...]
| Read more »A few months earlier in the year, we covered the arduous process of staying connected while traveling abroad. One of the ways we mentioned for jetsetters, backpackers and common tourists to stay jacked in while situated far from their homeland was a MiFi rental service from Xcom Global.
| Read more »Samsung through a brief message for developers warned that it was dropping support for Symbian work before the end of 2011 in a sign of larger trouble for Symbian. Development labs, forums and reference content will be pulled by the morning of December 31. Samsung will also stop certifying Symbian apps by the same day and leave companies with no option but to use other forums or switch platforms....
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| Read more »Following quickly on the heels of the long awaited iPad Sonos app, there is now a new version of the free music controller for the iPhone. The Sonos system provides a wireless music experience in as many rooms of a house as you want to put Zone Players and speakers or you can connect to an existing music system.
The new app, which appeared today, supports the popular Spotify service in Europe, and adds an additional 1000 radio stations that use the AAC format for streaming.
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| Read more »Lemke Software says it's overhauled the interface of GraphicConverter with the release of version 7, addressing a long-standing request from users of the image-conversion tool.
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With Microsoft reportedly set to formally introduce a line of Windows Phone 7-based smartphones just ten days from now, the company has gone on the offensive by filing a lawsuit against Motorola over Andr...
| Read more »Apple's MobileMe gallery now has full iPad support, as well as retina display support and the ability to view friends' galleries without a MobileMe subscription.
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| Read more »I would love to know at least one of your most favorite firefox add-on that makes your life easier and could be the part of this list.
| Read more »Both iOS and Android are rapidly gaining browser market share, with Android growing faster but iOS still holding a large overall lead.
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| Read more »Apple's free MobileMe Gallery app was just updated, and the new version finally supports the iPad.
Other changes have been made to finally bring the app up to speed with iOS 4 and the iPhone 4 -- there's now support for fast app switching, and the app is now optimized for the Retina Display on the iPhone 4.
Previously, users needed a MobileMe subscription to view friends' galleries; now that restriction has been taken away for iPhone and iPad users. The app looks great on an iPad, and if you have any photos stored in MobileMe galleries, you'll want to get this update as soon as possible.
Thanks to Michael K. for the tip!
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| Read more »Panasonic is expanding its Lumix digital camera brand to cell phones and will unveil its first "Lumix Phone" at next week's Ceatec show in Japan.
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Olympic Developments has filed a lawsuit through the US District Court for the Central District of California, LA Division, charging several companies with violating two of its patents. The first patent, Transactional Processing System, describes a way of offering products and services through credit card transactions. The concept also involves real-time authorization. The second patent, Device for Controlling Remote Interactive Receiver, specifically describes a remote that can save financial information....
What do you add to a compression program that's been around for 23 years? If you're Smith Micro updating Stuffit Deluxe, you try to make it easier for people to compress files on the way to their eventual destination with a new application: StuffIt Destinations.
 
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| Read more »Apple has finally updated its MobileMe Gallery app with an iPad interface and support for multitasking in iOS 4. It also added a new photo-frame-like feature and opened the app up to users who don't have MobileMe accounts.
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Microsoft today sued Motorola for allegedly violating patents with its Android-based phones. The complaints with both the International Trade Commission and in a Western District of Washington court claim that the devices copy technology "essential" to the smartphone experience, such as calendars and contacts, e-mail sync and notifications for apps of battery and connection levels. The accusations didn't initially include any damage values, but an ITC investigation would lead to a ban on Motorola phones in the US if successful....
GoodReader for iPad is a robust PDF reader and file manager that also displays many other file formats of interest. Version 3.0, released on September 30, adds annotations, markup and highlighting capabilities.
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The video gaming news application now runs on the iPad in addition to the iPod touch and iPhone after this week's update.
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I decided to limit myself to just a couple of hours of Apple TV hacking this morning as I have books that need writing, children who need feeding, a house that needs cleaning and, lord almighty, you wouldn't believe the laundry. So again, this is going to be a quick update rather than an in-depth exploration of all things Apple TV.
As you know, the 2nd gen iOS Apple TV has already been jailbroken. While tools have not yet been released, you can watch a video posted earlier today showing command line access to the unit.
I do not have jb access so have limited my explorations to the tools I have available. I used Kevin Ballard's superb Bonjour Browser to scan for Apple TV services. At this time, there appear to be two. First, there is the standard AirTunes "raop" service. RAOP stands for the...
| Read more »A report released Friday by the NPD Group suggests iPad sales took a decent percentage of sales from the traditional PC market. The report shows that 13 percent of iPad owners bought an iPad instead of a PC. A further 24 percent purchased an iPad instead of an e-reader. To me, Thirteen percent seems like [...]
| Read more »Smartphone app users now make up the majority of those using mobile apps at all in the US, comScore said Friday. Smartphone apps went from 43.6 percent of use in August a year ago to 60.4 percent today. A similar effect has occurred with web browsers, as 55.5 percent of mobile web use is now on a smartphone where it was 41.4 percent in 2009....
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Even though the iPhone 4 is for sale in China through legitimate channels, there's a short enough supply that smuggling the devices in from Hong Kong is still big business. Especially, it seems, for these two ladies on a subway. More »
The iPad is a wonderful device to consider integrating into one's car. Many have already gone the DIY route, mounting the device into a center console, for example. However, not everyone's handy enough or brave enough to hack their cars to pieces for these things, so it's comforting when something more "official" comes around.
BMW recently displayed their answer to an official integration of the iPad in their cars, at the Paris Auto Show. As Engaget puts it, the implementation is heinous. But, to be fair, if the goal of this integration is to allow backseat passengers to use an iPad hands-free, then what more can be done to fix it?
Integration of an iPad into a dashboard is one thing, but that's not...
| Read more »Apple has released an update to its MobileMe Gallery application adding native iPad support. MobileMe Gallery is a free app that allows iOS device users to browse through their own and their friends‚Äô MobileMe Galleries directly on an iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The application provides features similar to the‚Ķ
| Read more »Nokia announced Friday that its mobile app service, Ovi Store, had crossed the 2.3 million downloads per day mark. The world‚Äôs largest smartphone manufacturer (by unit sales, if not profit) also announced that it was getting some 200,000 new customers per day at Ovi Store.
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Apple has posted an update to MobileMe Gallery, the photo-browsing app tied to the company's MobileMe online service. Version 1.2 has been made into a universal title fully compatible with the iPad, including a native interface. The app now also supports multitasking when running on iOS 4.x devices....
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| Read more »Action camera maker GoPro has released the HD Hero 960 bundle, its most affordable to date. Unlike the company's flagship 1080p HD Hero, which costs $300, the new device is priced at $180. What buyers give up is resolution, as it's now capped at 1280x960, and no Hero Bus expansion port, so users can't connect external displays or batteries....
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| Read more »Research suggests that the free operating system Linux will keep up with the addition of more ‚Äòcores,‚Äô or processing units, to computer chips.
| Read more »MacFixIt Answers is a feature in which we answer questions e-mailed from our readers. This week we have questions on missing "new message" chimes in Mail, installing iPhoto from another computer, Time Machine drives not being recognized despite being formatted properly, and how to set a system to boot to the 64-bit kernel by default.
| Read more »Apple today updated its MobileMe Gallery application [App Store] for the iOS platform, bringing iPad compatibility as well as full support for the higher-resolution Retina displays found in the iPhone 4 and fourth-generation iPod touch. The ...
| Read more »You can view your MobileMe Gallery and quickly access your friends' galleries with the Gallery app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.¬†For help using the Gallery app, open the app, tap Settings in the upper-left corner, and then tap Gallery Help.
If you encounter issues while using the Gallery app, the steps below can help you troubleshoot further. Using Gallery app version 1.2 or later is recommended for all MobileMe Gallery app users.
A message from do_not_reply@itunes.com has been plaguing iTune users' inboxes, reports "WKBN" (http://www.wkbn.com/content/news/local/story/iTunes-Virus-Hits-Emails/rq...). It claims you owe money -- and even some without iTunes accounts have received the email, the article says. 
Representatives from Apple said this is a very new virus and they are working to get the issue under control.They said to delete the email from your inbox and do not click on any of the links provided.   
| Read more »Apple has become the latest defendant to settle infringement allegations from Sharing Sound LLC over a patent for online music distribution, joining Microsoft, Napster LLC and others, reports "Law360" (http://macosg.me/2/x6).
| Read more »Contrary to popular belief, the iPad isn't causing cannibalization in the PC market because iPad owners don't exhibit the same buying and ownership patterns as the typical consumer electronics customer, according to the new "iPad Owner Survey" from market research company The NPD Group (http://www.npdgroup.com).
| Read more »Logos, a cross-platform Bible study program for Windows, Mac, and iOS, has been updated to version 4. To celebrate, they are offering some great deals on their base packages and upgrades at Logos.com. Students should checkout their academic pricing as well. There's a good overview of new features available on their website, including a list of 100 new features in Logos 4.
Look for a more detailed review after I've had some time to live with the official release. In the meantime, there are a slew of great resources available to show you around on the official website.
Note: off-topic comments will be deleted. If this app (or religion in general) isn't for you, just move along to the next article.
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| Read more »A newly filed lawsuit takes aim at Apple and its App Store and iTunes Store, alleging that they violate two patents related to digital distribution of content. In addition, Apple has reportedly settled in another patent-related suit filed earlier this year.
The NPD Group today found that the iPad was having a mild but significant impact on computer sales. While the effect wasn't as large as expected, about 13 percent of iPad buyers had picked one instead of a computer. The relatively low cannibalization was attributed to many buyers still being early adopters that bought the Apple tablet simply because they wanted it. That figure could change once the iPad was more established, the researchers said....
Google has expanded the number of countries where paid applications are offered on Android Market.
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Two Dogs Software has released TaskSurfer 1.0 (http://www.frostydogs.com/tasksurfer), a cloud-syncing task management application for Mac OS 10.6.x ("Snow Leopard"). It's an US$39, flexible task manager that fits GTD or tag-based systems, but doesn't force the casual user into a complicated workflow, says Two Dogs developer and founder Mike Stewart.
| Read more »Now, Bloomberg is saying that the Obama Administration is considering recommending that the new CAFE standard be set at 62 mpg by 2025. This means that all of the vehicles that each automaker sells needs to average out to at least 62 mpg.
| Read more »Ukrainian authorities have taken action against the criminals involved in the Zeus cybercrime and money-laundering ring, following law- enforcement raids in the U.S. and U.K. this week.
| Read more »Nokia today publicly confirmed a milestone for the Ovi Store that also highlighted its current struggle to gain support from developers. The company now says that it sees 2.3 million downloads every day, up from just two million only a few weeks earlier. About 200,000 new users sign on each day.
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Developers are really getting a sense of what they can do for iOS, namely, making console-quality ports of their popular franchises. FIFA 11 feels as good as the older FIFAs did a few years ago, meaning, I'm still lousy at them. More »
A study using an application called "TaintDroid: An Information-Flow Tracking System for Realtime Privacy Monitoring on Smartphones," conducted by Intel Labs, Penn State Univesity, and Duke University found that a number of Android apps were sending user data, including location, back to advertisers.
| Read more »Qualcomm will likely subcontract with TSMC -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. -- in order to produce 3G chipsets for next-generation iPhones and iPads, industry executives claim. TSMC uses a 65nm manufacturing process, one which analysts suggest should be enough to satisfy Apple's demands. TSMC itself will neither confirm or deny any plans, except to say that it's currently inundated with orders....
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| Read more »The Austin City Limits Music Festival is going on next week in Austin, TX (as is GDC Online, which I'll be covering for TUAW). The festival has teamed up with Slacker Internet Radio and Seed Labs to spread the word and share some of the music from the artists performing there. They've produced a free app to check out the lineup of artists at the show, as well as make your own schedule, see a map of the event, post your own pictures and stories directly from the show, and even use a virtual lighter if a performance moves you to do so. You're on your own trying to get them to play "Freebird," though.
Slacker Radio is also tied in to the app -- you can listen to an Internet radio station called Austin City Limits Radio, playing...
| Read more »The new Gallery 1.2 app is now available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. This update adds a viewing experience fully optimized for the iPad‚Äîincluding a beautiful new way to view recently added photos‚Äîso you can enjoy your shared photo albums anywhere you go. Also new is the ability to view friends' galleries without a MobileMe subscription (iPad and iPhone only).
The Gallery app is available as a free download from the App Store. If you already have Gallery installed, just launch the App Store from your device and tap Updates.
| Read more »Oh look, it's a Levytator, the world's first escalator capable of following freeform curves. The Levytator uses a continuous loop of curved modules, so the cost per usable step is reduced. The steps can follow any path upwards, flatten and straighten out,‚Ķ
| Read more »Time Warner has joined a chorus of disapproval over Apple's decision to offer 99-cent TV rentals through the App Store.
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The latest edition of iLounge Weekly, our weekly newsletter covering all things iLounge, is coming later today. iLounge Weekly is a summary of the week’s best news, reviews, and feature articles we’ve published, and it also features giveaways and iPod accessory discount offers from various companies. There’s still plenty of…
| Read more »After numerous other companies have debuted similar case designs, Moleskine has finally entered the iPad and iPhone case market with their Tablet Cover and Smartphone Cover. Unlike previous lookalike products, both the Tablet and Smartphone Covers feature blank notebook pages on their interiors opposite the devices, as well as‚Ķ
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2010 will be remembered as the year when Chrome took off despite Microsoft's attempts to hold on to its shrinking browser market share. It looks like Internet Explorer's two months of market share gains were an aberration. Other trends are continuing as before: Firefox is steady between 20 and 25 percent share, Chrome is steadily moving forward, and Safari trudges onward. Opera, meanwhile, is still hanging on to the leftover scraps. Everyone but Microsoft saw at least a modest market share gain in September.
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| Read more »Facebook has increased the maximum resolution of user-uploaded photos , simplified the tagging process and improved the performance of the upload tool.
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Apple has been sent test samples of a 20” touchscreen that could be used in an iMac by a Taiwan-based manufacturer called Sintek Photronics. Taiwanese newspaper DigiTimes reported that the firm had sent the displays to Apple, and that Apple is working on incorporating them into a new version of the iMac.
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Rumors of a touchscreen iMac are not new, but they are persistent. Another report on Friday claims the technology could be closer to becoming reality. Sintek Photronics has apparently sent samples of capacitive touch panels to Apple for what would be a new iMac, according to AppleInsider. The company is said to be working on [...]
| Read more »Nokia today publicly confirmed a milestone for the Ovi Store that also highlighted its current struggle to gain support from developers. The company now says that it sees 2.3 million downloads every day, up from just two million only a few weeks earlier. About 200,000 new users sign on each day....
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| Read more »Happy Friday, all. As you might have expected, things are moving along quite rapidly on the Apple TV Jailbreak front. Although we're still not close to a public release, it looks like things are moving apace. This latest video demonstrates a 2nd generation Apple TV jailbreak using the iPhone dev-team's SHAtter exploit installed via Pwnage tool.
It's really exciting to see how far the team has advanced. I can't wait for the platform to open and for people to start developing custom software, themes, appliance plug-ins ("frappliances"), and other fun elements that are sure to make the updated Apple TV platform even more exciting.
| Read more »The NPD Group revealed this week that customers who bought an iPad at launch are extremely satisfied with the device and use it quite often, but more recent purchasers are less active with their tablet.
This feature-packed and stylish task manager has made the leap from iPhone to iPad, gaining a custom interface, helpful features, and some new themes.
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Laptop PCs have become the system of choice for people who prefer to keep their computing on the go. We have the 10 hottest laptops on the market today.
| Read more »Market research firm NPD has released the results of a new survey disputing the common assertion that Apple's iPad is 'cannibalizing' the PC notebook industry. According to the survey, only 13% of iPad customers made their purchase instead o...
| Read more »If you love your Apple iPad but wish you could run your favorite 'nix applications on it, StarNet Communications has an app for that. If you've been dying to see Flash apps on the iPad, the company's got a fix for that, too...
| Read more »iLounge is pleased to announce the Sonos ZonePlayer S5 GIveaway. In our Giveaway of the Month for October, iLounge and Sonos are giving away two Sonos ZonePlayer S5 units paired with a Sonos ZoneBridge. To enter, simply fill out and submit the form on the giveaway page‚Äîthe giveaway‚Ķ
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Gaijin Games has teamed up with Namco Bandai to bring the psychedelic Bit.Trip Beat to both the iPhone and the iPad, and man... it is good. These platforms can be amazing for gaming, but it takes a special title to really take advantage of what's being offered, and the "rhythm game meets Pong" style of Beat is a perfect match for the hardware.
BIT.TRIP BEAT
The game can be played by placing a finger on the screen and moving your ship up and down to knock the blocks back, or you can use tilt controls. We prefer the finger for added accuracy.  The game looks and plays great on the iPad; especially with the limited-time price of $3.99 for the HD version.
You can play head-to-head using Game...
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Are you a Mac? Or are you a PC? Are you an iPhone guy or a soldier in the Android Army? If you feel strongly about any of these questions, chances are, you're a fanboy. More »
AT&T on Friday released the Voicemail Viewer app for iPhone (free, App store) and BlackBrry users, which lets them access their home phone messages with visual voicemail. U-verse Voice subscribers can view their home voicemail messages in a visual list, not unlike an e-mail inbox, allowing them to listen to them in any order as they would for the cellphone's own calls. The app will also notify users when a new voicemail is left on their home phone....
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| Read more »TechCrunch reports that Apple has settled a lawsuit brought by Sharing Sound, LLC over infringement of a patent essentially describing web-based distribution of digital music. The lawsuit, filed in May, ...
| Read more »Toshiba quits smartphone OLED display plans. Accordingly, there was more demand for LCD screens in mobile devices rather than OLEDs and that the electronics giant's poor earnings made it difficult to sustain the organic displays.
| Read more »The promised second round of pay raises for Foxconn factory workers is due to come into effect in October, according to a Friday report. The company, which has come under pressure from its customers over worker suicides at its Shenzen factory, will boost assembly line worker salaries by two-thirds, with monthly wages amounting to the equivalent of $299. The raise is the second of the year....
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| Read more »Apple has been forced to change the way it sells iPhones at its four Apple Stores in China in order to deal with a problem many other companies could only dream of having: Scalpers. According to two Chinese language reports, scalpers (and even ‚Äúgangs‚Äù of scalpers) have been buying up stock in the Apple Stores in China and reselling them at a profit outside of those same stores.
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Google late Thursday quietly posted its first beta of Chrome 7. The release is the first to implement Google Instant and will optionally update search results from the main search bar, not just from the Google website. Graphics acceleration now plays a much larger role and both speeds up some CSS transforms and turns on WebGL support for plugin-free 3D....
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| Read more »Apple Stores across the United States should finally resume carrying iPhone 4 Bumper cases today, sources claim. All colors should in theory be available, but this may vary from location to location, since some stores are expected to have limited quantities. Pricing should be a standard $29....
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| Read more »Learn more about the Tap to Click feature for Magic Trackpad.
| Read more »Another day, another lawsuit. A private Delaware company by the name of Olympic Developments AG, LLC, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the California Central District Court Los Angeles Division against several major technology companies, including Apple, reports "Patently Apple" (http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/10/olympic-developments...).
| Read more »As noted by Laura at Engadget this morning, we had a FaceTime sighting on CBS's so-old-it's-brand-new reboot of the classic cop drama Hawaii Five-0.
You can see in the screenshot here that a somewhat puffy-looking Scott Cohen (low camera angle from iPhone = not all that flattering) is engaging in a video chat with another character; for the rendition in motion, CBS is streaming full episodes of the show here (of course it's also available on iTunes, along with...
| Read more »RED today said it was raising the price of the Scarlet pro video camera by $1,000 to add in a high dynamic range feature, HDRx. The new feature needs a new ASIC chip and extra development but would turn out "incredible" results according to founder Jim Jannard. It would invoke a slight delay but was partly the result of user voting in favor of the upgrade....
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I will feel so much cooler with a legitimate Moleskine cover—sorry, "analog-digital ultra-portable workstation for the contemporary nomad"— wrapped around my iPad. But no iPhone 4 case, really? What kind of contemporary nomad hasn't upgraded? More »
By Greg Mills
The Stuxnet worm news continues to resonate around the world regarding the malware that hides in Microsoft Windows operating systems and is still infecting industrial control systems. As civilians, this seems a bit out of our area of concern, until we really understand the implications and solutions.  
| Read more »iWeb Themes Park (http://www.iwebthemespark.com) has unveiled five new iWeb themes for iWeb, the web design component of Apple's iLife suite. They require a Mac with iLife '08 (iWeb 2.0) or later.
| Read more »Apple has agreed to settle in a lawsuit brought against it by Sharing Sound. The latter firm accused Apple of violating US Patent 6,247,130, Distribution of musical products by a website vendor over the Internet. Since the concept lies at the very core of the iTunes Store, Apple may have had little alternative but to settle if it wanted to avoid an expensive trial....
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| Read more »The release of iOS 4.1 fixed many Bluetooth connection problems from iOS 4.0. However it introduced a significant problem with volume over Bluetooth. Any audio from the iPhone over Bluetooth is very low, to the point of being inaudible, even with volume turned to max on the Bluetooth device and the Bluetooth volume on maximum on the iPhone.
After much discussion over many threads at the Apple support boards, a number of 'fixes' were found but most of them resulted in temporary resolution. These includes resetting iPhone settings and/or deleting the Bluetooth device from the iPhone and re-adding it. This thread discusses the actual fix, and I have pasted the contents below.
This was tested on three different iPhones; doing it this way has corrected the constant disconnecting so you can now walk 30 feet or more away from your phone and the headsets have no muffled...
Summary: how to use Carbon Copy Cloner as an extra check on your file system and to help resolve a FileVault sparsebundle issue.
While I use Time Machine I also clone my MacBook drive weekly to an offsite backup. I need to log out of my normal FileVault enabled account to do this.
This week Carbon Copy Cloner completed the clone but reported an error. I looked at the log and it reported that it was having an input/output error on my FileVault sparsebundle. I ran Disk Utility's First Aid on my MacBook and backup disk and both passed. I then tried to mount the sparsebundle, which worked, and then ran First Aid on its volume. It also passed.
Thus the first hint, Carbon Copy Cloner (and the rsync utility it uses) can identify disk issues that First Aid and Time Machine miss/ignore.
Then I noticed the error mentioned that it did not delete the info on my clone so, silly...
Sintek Photronics has reportedly sent samples of projected capacitive touch panels to Apple to be incorporated in upcoming iMac, reports "DigiTimes" (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100930PD213.html), quoting "industry sources."
| Read more »Like to cook or would like to cook? This week Vern Seward looks at apps that may help. How to Cook Everything; Essentials, Gourmet Live, and Campbell‚Äôs Kitchen.
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Xerox (http://www.xerox.com) has announced a entry-level light production printer, the Color 550/560, which sports a color touch screen. It's designed for quick print shops, small commercial printers, in-plant operations, advertising agencies, creative shops and office settings.
| Read more »Metakine says Hands Off! 1.0 for Mac OS X (http://www.metakine.com/products/handsoff/) will be released on Monday, Oct. 4. It's an US$24.95 is an application to monitor and control the access of applications to your network and disks.
| Read more »Proxy Studios, a small independent games developer, says their debut title, Conquest: Divide and Conquer (http://www.conquest-game.com), will be released on Saturday, Oct. 2, for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux systems. It costs US$15, though you can pre-order it today for an additional 33% discount.
Here's how the game is described: "Conquest: Divide and Conquer is a unique spin on the turn-based strategy genre, offering fast, simultaneous turn-based online multiplayer gameplay instead of multiple-hour long games of research and building.
| Read more »Here's one we've heard before, and we're not talking about Troll Touch. This time around, DigiTimes is reporting that Sintek Photonics is shipping touch panels to Apple for testing in iMacs. The panels are supposedly about 20" in size, and the same projected capacitance type currently used on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
As Engadget notes, the image shown here was extracted from an unrelated Apple patent, and it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with this rumor, other than providing an idea of how it could be used. Of course, Apple and most large companies patent all sorts of things that are never produced.
Would you want to hover your arm above that thing all day long? I'm not sure I would.
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| Read more »Digital Painting is a beautiful and Realistic Effects. Designers use different digital tools such as computers and software. It also differs from the regular images that we make in Photoshop because of its realistic effects and styles.
| Read more »The same exploit hackers have used to run unauthorized software on iOS 4.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch also works with the new Apple TV, a new screenshot has proven.
AMD and NVIDIA have both scheduled their new video chipset releases for the same day, a possible slip has suggested today. Both the Radeon HD 6000 and GeForce GT 430 should be unveiled worldwide on October 19. AMD's launch would be a week later than first planned, Digitimes said, and would likely see cards ship in full by November with the top-end Radeon HD 6870 leading the group....
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It's been a while, but remember the epidemic of defective Nvidia graphics cards that had a tendency to off themselves? One class-action law suit and settlement later, Nvidia's listing every affected laptop, 50 models sold from...
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DigiTimes reports that Apple has received samples of large-size touch panels that would be used in a new touch-capable iMac. According to the report, Sintek Photronics is utilizing projected capac...
Good.iWare has released a major update to GoodReader for iPad, its popular iPad document reader and file management app, adding full PDF annotation support and several other enhancements. GoodReader for iPad allows users to download and view and store various file formats including PDF, text, Microsoft Office, iWork and audio…
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Let's be clear: the only reason a new Apple TV hadn't been jailbroken yet is that new Apple TVs hadn't shipped yet; the Dev Team hackers figured out how to do it days ago. Here's how it was done. More »
Samsung was said today to be developing the first Universal Flash Storage (UFS) memory cards based on a design developed by the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association. It expects to have the new format ready by the first half of 2011. The first generation of UFS is set to deliver 300Mbps data transfer speeds with future scalability. This compares very favorably with the recent announcement by Toshiba that its new Ultra High Speed I (UHS-I) will deliver maximum read rate of 95Mbps and write speeds of 80Mbps....
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| Read more »Facebook CTO Bret Taylor has reportedly made some positive comments about the potential for a collaboration between Apple and Facebook in regards to the former‚Äôs new Ping social music network. Business Insider reports that Taylor said he is ‚Äúvery confident‚Äù Facebook and Apple will figure out how to work‚Ķ
| Read more »Apple is reportedly seeding a sixth beta of Mac OS X 10.6.5 to developers. Known as build 10H548, the beta follows over two weeks after 10H542, which was distributed on September 14th. The last two releases have broken away from an earlier, weekly update schedule....
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| Read more »A new Microsoft SEC filing published late Thursday revealed that the company punished its CEO Steve Ballmer for his inability to turn around the company's struggling mobile efforts so far. The proxy statement notes that his total compensation of $1.35 million, including a $670,000 base salary and a matching bonus, was lower than in 2008 due to the "unsuccessful launch of the Kin" and "a loss of market share" for Windows Mobile. The Compensation Committee singled out the absence of a real Windows tablet rival through a need to "take advantage of new form factors."...
Steampunk lovers rejoice: Etsy is offering the gorgeous hand-made fully functional iPhone dock you can see in the figure below for US$350. The iRetrophone marries steampunk aesthetics to a modern, and it includes USB charging and docking, as well as a functioning handset that you can use to make your phone calls.
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Speaking at the Royal Television Conference in London, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes cautioned against potential deals with Apple and/or Amazon that could harm sales of TV shows to other networks. “How can you justify renting your first-run TV shows individually for 99 cents an episode and thereby jeopardize…
| Read more »This is an interesting app that could come in handy. Battery Go! is an app that's all about your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad's battery. It'll give you all kinds of information about how long your battery will last, given either the charge it currently has or the charge percentage that you set it at. If you want to see just how long your phone will last on standby, how much talk time you have left, or how much longer your video will play before the phone dies, Battery Go! will tell you.
Of course, these are all just guidelines based on the battery specs. Actual battery usage has lots of other factors involved, but as a rough estimate, Battery Go! can help. If you spend a lot of time away from a way to charge your iDevice and need some help budgeting out your power, Battery Go! can do it.
Plus, the app is currently free to download, so even if you don't plan on using it, there's...
| Read more »A new phone called the Continuum gets an extra OLED screen below its standard touchscreen. It‚Äôs designed to be a ticker that will constantly stream information from notifications and RSS feeds. The ticker screen automatically turns on when you grab hold of the bottom of the phone.
| Read more »The second-generation Apple TV is capable of decoding and playing back 1080p video, according to a discussion thread on Mac Rumors‚Äô forums. Users of the new set top box report that iTunes accepts 1080p content, which can then be streamed to the Apple TV 2G. While some 1080p material‚Ķ
| Read more »While you can create playlists within YouTube itself, there are some slick apps that make the process much easier, and do it with style. If you want to use YouTube as a way to listen to free music, create playlists, and keep up with your favorite singers‚Äô latest hits; check out some of the websites and apps listed below.
| Read more »Throw out the tin foil hat, people. Now there's an app to tell you when to put down your cell phone because it's frying your brain.
| Read more »A deal between Apple and Facebook over Ping is likely, despite arguments between the two companies that has kept the two services from integrating so far. At a media dinner in New York City, Facebook CTO Bret Taylor told those in attendance that he was ‚Äúvery confident‚Äù such a deal would be reached, according to BusinessInsider.
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Personally, I'd like to have an FM tuner in my iPhone, but then again, I'm a radio geek, so I guess I'm in the minority. According to a survey from the Consumer Electronics Association, more than half of Americans polled say they don't want an FM tuner in their cell phone. That seems strange to me -- why would you not want that extra functionality? The new iPod nano still has an FM tuner on board, so it must be pretty easy to get one in there. Of course, if there's no demand for it, Apple's not likely to eventually include one in a future version of the iPhone. If this survey is any indication, you'll have to try and get American Top 40 in podcast form.
Then again, there are some political machinations going on here, too -- the CEA also reports that over 80% of Americans would be...
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I read an article recently in ComputerWorld titled "Devs bet big on Android over Apple's iOS." If that is not the definition of "link bait," I don't know what is. Either way, with hook in mouth, I surfed over to the article to find the opening paragraph proclaim that "A majority of mobile application developers see Google's Android as the smart bet over the long run." The article makes it sound like Game Over -- Android wins. Well, not so fast ComputerWorld, and others who misreported on this survey.
Rumors of a touchscreen desktop iMac continue to persist, with a new report on Friday alleging that Apple is testing potential displays for the supposed hardware.
Logos Bible Software has released Logos Bible Software for Mac 4.0, an update to their Logos Bible software.
According to Bob Pritchett, president of Logos Bible Software, some of the features in Logos 4 include:
° An advanced search system that can return library-wide searches in less than one second;
° Smart searching that suggests synonyms and alternate terms;
° Synchronization "to the cloud" for backup and to keep preferences, notes, reading plans, and your library in sync across all your computers, including Macs, PCs and iPhones;
| Read more »The mobile market is flooded with Android phones. But getting a really good one is tough. So here is a list of the best android phones in 2010 to help you out.
| Read more »Our next Migration Kit will look at copywriting software for the Mac. If you use or know of such goodies, drop me a line (dsellers@applecentral.com) no later than Wednesday, Oct. 6.
Migration Kits appear on Friday and round-up Mac solutions for specific industries and areas as dentistry, engineering, sales, etc. Also, if you have a particular migration topic you'd like us to cover, drop me a line, as well.
| Read more »This MacNews Category Review looks at account management products for the Mac. Products covered include Account Management, Billings Pro, Fanurio, FreshBooks, Minco, Slife and Time Tagger.
| Read more »While we're waiting for the next rev of the iMac -- which should be next spring or summer if Apple maintains its usual update schedule -- I'm happy to speculate about what features I'd like. And, no, I'm not going to reiterate my plea for Blu-ray playback (well, okay, just briefly -- please, Steve). Instead I'd like to call for improved speakers and an even better display.
| Read more »Tension Software has updated Password Repository (http://www.pomola.com/products_passwordrepository/passwordrepository.html), a Mac OS X password storage utility, to version 2.12.1 The upgrade improves the internal engine and improves preferences handling.
| Read more »macProVideo.com has released a new feature-length tutorial on the new sampling features of Propellerhead Reason 5.
| Read more »A new Apple patent published this week, entitled ‚ÄúConfigurable Offline Data Store‚Äù, shows that future mobile devices from Apple could sync and save large amounts of data over the Internet, allowing future access to information when an Internet connection is no longer available and removing the need to tether to a PC.
The invention, filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on June 14th, 2010, would synchronize data for offline use when an Internet connection is not available.
Per AppleInsider, the patent describes a system that would allow users to access content from a remote computer or server, but also save that information locally for use when an Internet connection is not available. The application also notes that users may want to disable their Internet because constant syncing and updating may result in poor performance.
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| Read more »Late Thursday, Apple seeded Mac OS X 10.6.5 build 10H548 to developers Thursday with no known issues.
Per AppleInsider, The first beta of Mac OS 10.6.5 was issued on Friday, August 13th, Apple initially released weekly builds of the OS, but builds have recently been coming two weeks apart.
Sources familiar with the build have reported that the focus areas are:
- 3D Graphics.
- iCal.
- Mail.
- QuickTime.
- Time Machine.
- USB Devices.
If you’ve gotten your hands on the new build, let us know what you make of it and stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
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Here's a headline you won't ever see: "Apple Announces Trapper Keeper for iPad!" The plastic cases are about as far removed from Apple's design traits as you can get. But Booq has no qualms with a higher-end version, oh no. More »
A new report has surfaced claiming that Sintek Photronic, a well-known supplier of large touchscreen panels, has sent samples to Cupertino for testing. It's purported that the panels are destined for pre-production versions of a forthcoming touchscreen-based iMac. The latest news adds weight to the once-idle rumors circulating in recent months that Apple plans on adding a third iMac model to its current range of 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac offerings....
Steve Jobs has modestly described the Apple TV project as just a "hobby," but it is a pastime the company has continued to enjoy in the four years since its "iTV" endeavors were first announced. The redesigned box marks a shift in overall strategy, as the integrated hard drive has been dropped. The system is now completely reliant on iTunes and iOS, streaming content from a computer or mobile device rather than playing it from an internal drive contained in the box. In our full review, we'll take a closer look at the new features and potentia...
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| Read more »The new Apple TV was successfully jailbroken tonight which opens the door to further customization. The process of "jailbreaking" involves gaining full access to the device that allows developers to add new functionality to the device. Th...
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The hard drive omission and smaller components allow the overall size to be reduced by more than 75 percent. The 8x8-inch box has been shrunk to just four inches square, while the weight has also dropped from 2.4 pounds down to just over a half pound.
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| Read more »New Jersey-based Accessory Workshop have introduced TyPad, a leatherette folio-style case for the iPad with a twist - a bluetooth, full iPad keyboard included. The company says this makes the iPad even more productive; by not employing the screen-based keyboard, users regain half the screen real estate, making it ideal for longer-form composition....
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| Read more »A minister in the Italian parliament's Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) who is the undersecretary of tourism has directed the country's equivalent of the attorney general to investigate legal action against app maker Apalon for their program What Country. The minister believes the app defames Italy by mentioning that the country is best known for "Pizza, Mafia, Pasta, Scooters."...
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| Read more »A Better Finder Rename 8.68A Better Finder Rename is the most complete renaming solution available on the market today. That¬ís why, since 1996, thousands of hobbyists, professionals and businesses depend on A Better Finder Rename to organize and maintain files.
A Better Finder Rename's user interface supports complex renaming tasks without sacrificing ease and speed of use. Simply drag the files you want to rename straight from the Finder into the large preview table or the application icon.. or use our Finder context menu and hot key.
The Instant Preview feature eliminates guesswork and costly errors and helps you find the right settings quickly and accurately by providing as-you-type feedback.
A Better Finder Rename offers a complete set of renaming options that are organized into 7 categories covering all the text, character, position, conversion and truncation features that you...
| Read more »MacPilot 4.0.8MacPilot can enable and disable hidden features in Mac OS X, optimize and repair your system, and perform numerous routine maintenance operations with the click of a button!
Pro user or not, you can now increase computer performance with only a few clicks of the mouse. Optimize your network for broadband connectivity, completely customize Apple File Sharing, perform essential maintenance without having to remember mind boggling acronyms, and much more. However, those are just a few of the many reasons why MacPilot is your choice over Cocktail, TinkerTool and Onyx.
Enable the \"cut\" option in the Finder, disable menu items for security, disable icon caches, set history limits, erase recently used files, prevent your dock from being modified, turn off all system animations, increase the speed at which windows resize, change which format screenshots are taken in, set a default...
| Read more »Alarm Clock Pro 9.3.4Alarm Clock Pro helps make managing a full schedule or a hectic lifestyle a breeze. With the sheer amount of functionality Alarm Clock Pro offers, it can easily integrate into nearly every aspect of your life. Speak or display favorite inspirational quotes randomly throughout the day, or even send them as text messages to your cell phone! Have important reminders, or even birthday cards, e-mailed to contacts. Record laps with the Stopwatch. Track time differences for your investment portfolio. Even use it to help cook dinner by using the timer!
In addition to Alarm Clock Pro\'s extensive list of programmable tasks, it also offers flexibility when it comes to timing alarms. Many solutions offer the ability to set alarms based on a specific date. However, Alarm Clock Pro can also initiate alarms based on a recurring monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, or even minutely schedule! Even...
| Read more »Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty 1.1.1.1 16605Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is a strategy game played in real-time. You see the action from a top-down perspective and command your armies to gain control of the battlefield and ultimately defeat your opponents. The game¬ís single-player campaign focuses on the terrans, but you can play multiplayer matches as any of the three StarCraft II races: the terrans, the protoss, or the zerg.
Each race has access to unique units; these units fill specific roles on the battlefield. Combining different units to form versatile armies is one path to victory.
The most basic units at your command are your workers. They harvest the resources you need to expand your base and to add more units to your growing army, and your workers also create new buildings. More advanced...
| Read more »iAlertU 0.65AlertU is the first of its kind alarm system for your Apple MacBook computer. Basically iAlertU is a car alarm for your Apple Mac. iAlertU uses the built in motion to trigger the alarm and the isight to capture the image of the thief.
WHAT'S NEWVersion 0.65: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
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Geekbench 2.1.7Geekbench provides a comprehensive set of benchmarks engineered to quickly and accurately measure processor and memory performance. Designed to make benchmarks easy to run and easy to understand, Geekbench takes the guesswork out of producing robust and reliable benchmark results.
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Live 8.2Ableton Live is about making music; for composition, songwriting, recording, production, remixing and live performance. Live\'s nonlinear, intuitive flow, alongside powerful real-time editing and flexible performance options, make it a unique studio tool and a favorite with live performers. If you\'d rather be \"making music\" than just \"using music software,\" Ableton Live is for you. Live 8, the latest version, includes a wealth of new techniques and improvements with a new groove engine, revamped warping, live looping, new effects, crossfades in the Arrangement View and a reworked MIDI editor.
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In this episode of The Apple Context Machine, Jeff and Bryan talk about Eric Schmidt defining his company by describing Apple, the future of Web apps, and Research In Motion’s PlayBook.
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Among the announcements at Apple's September 1st iPod event, technology analysts iSuppli believe the really big news was the introduction of Airplay, Apple's revamped version of AirTunes (that can now also push video to devices like Apple TV). The company thinks it could become a "top 10 consumer electronics product," thanks to Apple's licensing of the technology to BridgeCo Inc, who in turn works with third-party audio companies like Denon, Marantz, JBL and Bowers & Wilkins along with Mac peripheral makers to all quickly implement Airplay into upcoming products....
Today, we learned a bit about Verizon's trade-in program which is meant to entice users to switch carriers by "selling" their handset to Verizon for a lot less than it's worth.
| Read more »Metakine has announced its new Mac application access monitor, Hands Off! 1.0. Premiering this Monday, Oct. 4, HandsOff! 1.0 will monitor applications and control their access to both networks and disk data. It shows users what information is being passed in activities that would otherwise be invisible, giving users control over what personal information is moving to the web. It can limit applications from storing cookies or sending information back to the software's designers....
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| Read more »Social news aggregator site Digg.com is trying to work its way out of the traffic hole it created with its botched redesign attempt. There is concern, however, among community members that Digg is struggling too much and may not be able to reignite the interest of those who have left.
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