Next May, Panasonic will unveil the world's largest high-def LED screen at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
| Read more »Here's a bit of news that's no shock to us. According to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, Apple receives more coverage from the press than any other tech company.
The research center recently concluded a year-long study, which found that a full 15.1 percent of all tech articles were about Apple. Google commanded 11.4 percent of articles while 3 percent were primarily about Microsoft. The study used data from 52 newspapers, broadcast, and websites from June 2009 through June 2010.
What's powering Apple's popularity? Its computers represent only a fraction of those in use. However, the iPhone and the iPod's meteoric rise to stardom, and ...
| Read more »iTunes 10.0.1 adds a Ping sidebar that shows contextual and recent activity, along with Ping buttons that make it easy to "like" or comment on a selected or playing track. The changes make Ping significantly easier to use, but don't yet provide any significant reason to use it.
 
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| Read more »The U.S. Department of Justice announced late last week that it had reached an agreement with six major tech companies that prohibited anti-competitive non-poaching agreements for employees.
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After several months in production, publisher Condé Nast has at last released the first iPad edition of The New Yorker, available through a new app. Subsequent issues are set to launch every Monday, and include the same content as print editions. Some bonuses in the current iPad issue include a video tour, an animated cover, extra cartoons and a story reading by Sam Lipsyte....
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| Read more »Apple‚Äôs decision to relax its restrictions on tools developers are able to use to create iOS applications has led the European Competition Commission to drop its antitrust investigation into the company. ‚ÄúApple‚Äôs response to our preliminary investigations shows that the Commission can use the competition rules to achieve swift‚Ķ
| Read more »Stores in China have begun reporting to sell out the iPhone 4 two days after the device went on sale
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Condé Nast Digital has released an iPad edition of The New Yorker Magazine, allowing iPad users to purchase weekly editions of the acclaimed magazine right from within the app. The New Yorker offers a signature mix of reporting and commentary on politics, international affairs and the arts along with fiction,…
| Read more »Scosche is now shipping its MotorMouth II plug and play Bluetooth handsfree car kit and streaming audio receiver. Recipient of an iLounge 2010 CES iPod + iPhone Best of Show award, the MotorMouth II is a 3.5-inch connecting accessory and microphone that allows for hands-free phone calls and‚Ķ
| Read more »Apple‚Äôs iAd in-app advertising service is on track to snag 21 percent of the mobile device ad market by the end of 2010. iAd‚Äôs growth will come at the expense of Google‚Äôs own AdMob, which is expected to dip down to a 21 percent marketshare from 27 percent.
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Ascii Studios's Reminder Pro 2.0 adds a handful of new features, including integration with Facebook, a PIN lock for security, and more.
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Disney, Sony and Warner are close to testing a proposed system that would give Internet access to movies before they've reached Blu-ray or DVD, multiple official and unofficial tips disclosed on Monday. Of the three, Disney would be the most aggressive and would let viewers watch movies on any web-connected device and possibly the PS3 and Xbox 360 as well. A Bloomberg contact said Disney would likely be modest, trying one movie under the plan in an early 2011 trial....
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| Read more »Personal audio hardware maker Sennheiser on Monday introduced six new headphones made especially for Apple's mobile products, including the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch and the iPad. All are designated by an 'i' badge and sport an in-line remote and microphone that lets users control playback as well as make phone calls or record audio. All are based on existing Sennheiser products, and include the IE 8i, MM 70i, PX 100-Iii, PX 200-Iii, HD 218i and HD 238i....
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| Read more »The latest update to iTunes 10 fixed a few known bugs with the initial release, but as expected Apple did not change the gray color scheme of the icons in the sidebar.
| Read more »Reports of Apple TV shipping delays have been greatly exaggerated, as e-mailed shipping confirmations are now arriving.
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With the addition of the Safari Extensions Gallery to Apple's website, TUAW will be highlighting extensions that we think are special, useful, or just plain fun.
gleeBox will certainly delight keyboard jockeys, as it replaces many browser-based tasks you'd typically complete by mousing around with super-easy hotkey commands. For example, you can call on URLs by hitting the proper command and typing the name of the URL in the resulting overlay. In fact, it'll recognize what you're typing so you needn't type the whole thing.
gleeBox also executes bookmarklets in the same way, so you can add a long article to Instapaper, for example, without ever touching the mouse.
It's not for everyone, but those who like keeping their hands on the keyboard at all times should find it useful.
| Read more »Despite strong sales, is the iPhone the leading smartphone or the leading mobile device in the world?
| Read more »Apple is poised to control the tablet market for at least the next year, Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley said today. He estimated that Apple would ship 13.4 million iPads in 2010 and 25.5 million in 2011. The next closest, Samsung's Galaxy Tab, would reach 1.5 million by the end of the year and move another six million in 2011....
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| Read more »Recently blogger Rob Birgfeld over at Smart Brief wrote a post on the importance of keeping content short. Unfortunately, it is an ongoing myth that web content must be short. There are no rules with length of successful content.
| Read more »The latest version of iTunes seems to have done away with a feature that many people have come to use regularly: the Genius sidebar. Instead of a Genius sidebar with options for finding new songs based on the ones in your library, there is now a Ping sidebar that gives you access to the social network's ratings and purchasing options.
| Read more »New Jersey's Multi-Format has filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the latter company of violating a 2003 patent related to video. Titled Multi-format audio/video production system, the patent describes a way of reformatting content so it can run on different devices. Input "may be translated into any variety of graphics or television formats," documentation goes on, "including NTSC, PAL, SECAM, and HDTV, and stored as data-compressed images, using any of several commercially available methods such as Motion JPEG, MPEG, etc."...
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| Read more »Sharp will enter the e-book market this December with two Android-based readers that it hopes can sell a million units in their first year.
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A 1.1 update to iOS text editor Elements adds much requested features such as file deleting and renaming, sorting options, and search.
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Apple seems obsessed with researching methods to identify users of iPhones, iPads and other iOS devices. The last effort is a patent that describes a device with sensors capable of figuring out the user's hand shape and adjusting the device's settings and buttons based on the user's profile. The sensors would be placed on the back surface of the gadget. According to the general idea of the patent, the sensors could be used to create button areas under each finger, letting you hold the device whatever way you desire—right hand or left, both, or death grip. [Engadget and...
| Read more »How many times have you thought, "It's a beautiful day. If only I could capture it using my iPod and my head?" If you're anything like us, the answer is hundreds of times. Now, our yearning has come to fruition thanks to Rampant View.
The Rampant View Headcam now accommodates the 5th generation iPod nano. Just pop the nano inside, adjust it for your head (or helmet if you're safety conscious) and start shooting. It looks like a super way to enhance your skate videos. It doesn't look waterproof, so forget the rad kayaking videos, but there are many other fun and hands-free applications we could think of.
The Rampant View costs US$34.95 and is shipping now. There's another demo video on the next page; click Read More to view it.
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| Read more »TMO‚Äôs¬†own Jeff Gamet and Bryan Chaffin will be appearing on a¬†special panel discussion¬†at the 2010 Macintosh¬†Computer¬†Expo on Saturday, October 2. The keynote panel will discuss the future of Apple and the company‚Äôs products and will be hosted by the¬†MacCast‚Äôs¬†Adam Christianson.
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Apple's iAd should end the year with about 21 percent of the US mobile advertising market, according to an IDC estimate. Google is expected to fall to 21 percent, down from 27 percent in 2009 when including results from AdMob, which the company only formally acquired in May. Yahoo is forecast to drop from 12 to 9 percent, while Microsoft should slide from 10 to 7, and Nokia from 5 to 2....
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| Read more »Web Information Solutions has released a major update to Pocket Informant, its advanced personal information manager for the iPhone and iPod touch. Pocket Informant is an integrated calendar and GTD-based task management application that provides a number of advanced features and synchronization with Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCal and‚Ķ
| Read more »Online music sales have leveled off in the course of the past year, Nielsen said today. Sales and subscriptions at iTunes, Amazon MP3 and other American stores in the first half of 2010 were roughly similar to a similar part of 2009 compared to a 13 percent increase the year before and a 28 percent jump in 2008. The researchers didn't have a direct explanation but suspected that disenchantment with the music on sale, as well as economic difficulties and a confusion of sources, contributed to the effect....
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| Read more »Spoonjuice introduces Night Stand HD v1.5, the critically acclaimed, best selling clock utility for iPhone & iPad. This is the biggest Night Stand yet, with a powerful new Stop Watch, local weather, plus stunning new graphics: Nixie, an iPad-only theme with gorgeous, subtly rendered animations, and the fan favorite World Clock ‚Äî now for iPhone, too. And Night Stand is now universal; buy it once to run on all your iOS devices.
Featured on Engadget, MacWorld, TUAW and TNW, Night Stand has been a critical darling thanks to the stunning design, usability and reliability. Visit the Night Stand website for more details plus video of NS in action.
| Read more »Wow.
No sooner had we published the post about Apple TVs being queued for shipping than our TUAW mailboxes were filled with a steady stream of shipping notices.
The new Apple TVs are now being shipped from Shenzhen, China to a variety of destinations, and most people are seeing either Thursday, September 30 or Friday, October 1 as the delivery date.
I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl about the shipment - a middle-aged, slightly overweight schoolgirl with a beard, but you get the idea.
Thanks to the many tipsters who let us know about the packages that shipped while we were sleeping.
TUAWApple TVs are on the way from Shenzhen originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:15:00...
| Read more »Google recently extended its contract with Apple, making the dominant search provider the default option on devices running iOS, including the iPhone.
French man has been awarded damages against Google for search results that imply he is a rapist
| Read more »SyntheCept has debuted its new LYCO Adapter for the iPhone. Named after the phrase ‚Äúleave your case on,‚Äù the LYCO is a supportive adapter for the iPhone 3G, 3GS, and iPhone 4 designed for use with Universal Docks that lets users keep their devices in cases. The LYCO is‚Ķ
| Read more »John F. Braun explores StreamWatcher, a utility that shows who your Mac is talking to, and how much bandwidth is being used.
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Business Insider is reporting that Apple and Google have extended the deal that brought Google search to the iOS. In a recent interview with Charlie Rose, Google CEO Eric Schmidt mentioned that his company's arrangement with Apple has been "recently extended."
"Apple is a company we both partner and compete with. We do a search deal with them, recently extended, and we're doing all sorts of things in maps and things like that."
That should extinguish any lingering rumors that Bing will become the default search engine on future iOS devices/updates. Presently, Bing is an option on the iOS, but Google is the default.
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The European Commission has dropped not one, but two antitrust investigations into Apple—one for the company's decision to restrict tools used in iOS development, and the other for forcing iPhone users in Europe to return to the country of purchase in order to get warranty repairs. Both of these policies have since been updated since the EU first opened its investigations, and the Commission appears to be pleased with the changes.
The lesser known of the two issues—at least to those outside the EU—concerned iPhone repairs and where, exactly, users could go to get them. Apple said that users who bought iPhones could only get them fixed in the country of purchase, which proved to be a frustrating rule for Europeans on-the-go. (The US equivalent would be if you were restricted to the same...
| Read more »the White House plans to submit a bill next year that would require all online services that enable communications to be technically equipped to comply with a wiretap order. That would include providers of encrypted e-mail, such as BlackBerry, networking sites like Facebook and direct communication services like Skype.
| Read more »Mobiata has released an update to FlightTrack and FlightTrack Pro adding improvements to calendar synchronization and integration with the Concur service, along with several other fixes and enhancements. FlightTrack 3.6.5 now adds local flight departure and arrival times to calendar events so that users can easily see departure times regardless‚Ķ
| Read more »Twitter was hit with a second worm over the weekend but again quickly fixed the vulnerability.
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Motorola today detailed a pair of Bluetooth audio pieces that each promise to be much more comfortable than usual. Leading the group, the Oasis has reportedly been researched much more than any other headset and has a behind-the-ear design like the Plantronics Voyager Pro that's balanced, lightweight and well-fitting enough to last for hours. A dual-mic noise cancellation system should also cut out twice as much outside noise as alternatives....
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| Read more »Today TMO readers are talking about Apple‚Äôs market growth, how long the company can keep its lead, and how long it will take for the company‚Äôs stock to hit US$450.
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Apple has begun shipping the new Apple TV, meeting its loose deadline of having the units to customers at the end of September. Customers who ordered the new Apple TV when it was announced have received notices on Monday that their units have shipped. Those people said the shipping notice indicates a Friday delivery date. [...]
| Read more »"Please leave us alone," Apple's CEO Steve Jobs fired off in an email to Chelsea Isaacs, left, a senior in the journalism department at Long Island University, this week.
| Read more »The European Commission has dropped two antitrust investigations concerning Apple's iPhone after the company reversed two policies.
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Apple’s iPhone 4 launch in China was met with long lines and massive crowds, leading to a quick sellout of the country’s inventory. China’s iPhone 4 launch stands in stark contrast to the country’s iPhone 3GS rollout where it took several days to sell only 5,000 units.
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We received a lot of tips today from people who ordered the new $99 Apple TV on September 1st and have, like me, been anxiously checking the order status in the online Apple Store. As of today, many orders are showing the message you see above -- that the device has been "prepared for shipment" sometime in September.
Well, today is September 27th, which doesn't leave all that much time for Apple or the OEM to ship these devices. My guess is that the 747 freighters are lining up on the tarmac in Shanghai or Hong Kong, waiting to be loaded with the first half-million or so Apple TVs.
Fellow TUAW blogger Mike Rose and I both ordered our Apple TVs shortly after the announcement on September 1st, so whoever gets the first one will probably take dibs on doing a full review of the new iOS-powered streaming video box. Be sure to visit TUAW regularly this week for all of your Apple TV news.
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| Read more »China Unicom is having a hard time keeping up with the demand for the iPhone 4, according to official statements. The carrier notes that while it actually received some 200,000 pre-orders last week, only about 60,000 phones were sold during Saturday's launch. Of these 40,000 went to individuals, while 10,000 fulfilled direct distribution bulk orders. The remaining 10,000 units are not mentioned in a Unicom press release....
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| Read more »RIM's opening DevCon presentations won't show any actual BlackBerrry tablet hardware but may talk about its software, sources mentioned today. Both BGR and Electronista have unofficially heard that the events on Monday won't be product unveilings and will stick to the development focus of the San Francisco conference. The BGR tip added that RIM would talk about the platform, though to what extent wasn't said....
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| Read more »If you‚Äôre having weak signal issues with your iPhone 4, and your brand new bumper case just isn‚Äôt cutting it, I‚Äôve got some great news for you tonight. Turns out, tough man and living legend Chuck Norris is all you need to cure your somewhat common problem.
| Read more »Free software isn't just for Windows. The Mac OS supports a broad selection of no-cost programs. Here are 73 of the best apps.
| Read more »The scariest sites on the Net? They're not the ones you might suspect. Here's what to watch for and how to stay safe.
| Read more »Target confirmed speculation that it will begin selling Apple‚Äôs iPad. The company said it would start selling the device on Oct. 3. The iPad will be available in 1,743 Target stores across the U.S. and will carry the 16GB Wi-Fi model, the 32GB and 64GB Wi-Fi and the Wi-Fi+3G models. The stores will also be [...]
| Read more »Apple has started shipping its second-generation Apple TV to pre-order customers. According to a comment made by iLounge reader Chuck, it appears the units are shipping directly from China instead of from a U.S.-based warehouse, with the delivery promised on September 28 or later‚Äîin-line with Apple‚Äôs previously announced intention‚Ķ
| Read more »The Mac Observer‚Äôs Mac Geek Gab co-host John F. Braun joined the Mac Roundtable crew to talk about the state of Blu-ray disc support on the Mac, and Apple‚Äôs soon-to-ship second generation Apple TV.
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A new lawsuit takes aim at Apple's delivery of movies, TV shows and other videos through iTunes, alleging that the service is in violation of a patent owned by Multi-Format Inc.
Apple has shoehorned every feature short of the kitchen sink into the increasingly misnamed iTunes - surely that means the program is a classic example of bloatware? Or is it? Kirk McElhearn, who has written numerous articles and books about iTunes, examines the charges that iTunes is bloated to see if they're valid.
 
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| Read more »Last Thursday at midnight three telecom carriers in Thailand began selling the iPhone 4 to large crowds. The three telecoms, True Move, Advanced Info Service, and DTAC each choose special venues to host their launch events, while DTAC also sent out 100 motorcycles to deliver handsets to customers who had placed pre-orders. Competition between the three carries has resulted in attractive pricing and tariff packages for the iPhone 4. Official sales figures were not released, however AIS and True Move both claimed 50,000 people had shown interest in the device, while DT...
It’s amazing how easily a person can tell stories about the early days of the Internet and make it sound like they went to school in a barn using a horse-drawn carriage to get there.
| Read more »Intel today unveiled its second wave of 32nm notebook processors today with a refresh of its Core i5 and Core i7 lines. Full-speed, dual-core processors have been upgraded across the board; the Core i7 640M upgrades to 2.8GHz (from 2.66GHz) for $349 in bulk; the Core i5 580M moves the top i5 chip to 2.66GHz (from 2.53GHz) for $266, and the slightly detuned but same-speed Core i5 560M costs $225....
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| Read more »I'll be honest -- I heard that Aftermath was a zombie game and almost gave up on it. I wouldn't be offended if you did the same, since lots of developers (especially iPhone developers) are depending a little too much on zombies for their gameplay. Yes, it's fun to fight the walking undead, but they're used over and over again because a) they're easy to program, and b) they let you make a "shooting humans" game without getting involved in the whole morality thing.
But Aftermath is still worth a look. While a lot of zombie games on the store go abstract or silly, this one sticks pretty close to realistic, and it has some serious quality and interesting gameplay behind it. You're fighting zombies and moving through levels, but instead of aiming and shooting a gun, you're actually aiming a flashlight, and your gun automatically fires for you. The projected light...
| Read more »Apple has released iTunes 10.0.1, the latest update to its media purchasing, management, and synchronization software. According to Apple‚Äôs release notes, iTunes 10.0.1 adds the ability for users to Like or Post about music to the company‚Äôs Ping social network directly from the iTunes library, and a new Ping Sidebar.‚Ķ
| Read more »The European Union‚Äôs European Commission is dropping an investigation into Apple‚Äôs App Store policies now that the company is allowing developers to use a wider range of tools when coding apps for iOS devices. The Cupertino-based company had been under investigation for a policy change that limited developers to coding with native iOS tools.
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iPhone 4 started selling in mainland China over the weekend.
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Sharp started the week by detailing the launches of its Android tablets and their accompanying e-book store. Both called Galapagos, the combination focuses on a Kindle-style automatic subscription download service that pushes new issues in the background. The tablets are based on full LCDs and support color images as well as complex layouts for books, including XMDF....
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| Read more »Ascii Studios announced the immediate availability of Reminder Pro 2.0 on Monday. They update for the event reminder app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch added the ability to import contacts with birthdays from Facebook, and also added support for iOS 4 local notifications.
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Apple's new iAd mobile advertising service is poised to take 21 percent of the U.S. mobile advertising market by the end of 2010, giving the company a market share tied with Google and three times larger than Microsoft.
The iPhone 4 is now selling in the United Arab Emirates, but users in that country say the FaceTime video-chat feature has been disabled on the phone.
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In recent days, Apple has shown signs of relaxing its hand on what kinds of apps it will allow into its iTunes store. The first sign of the change occurred when the company opened up its review policies for public scrutiny. Another sign has been the appearance in the store of programs that were previously barred from admission, most notably some Google Voice apps. It's also hung out the welcome sign to categories of apps that have previously been taboo at the store. One of those kinds of apps recently arrived at the shop, VLC Media Player.
A number of customers who preordered the new Apple TV have begun receiving e-mail notifications that the US$99 set top box is now shipping, with an estimated arrival by the end of the month.
Per AppleInsider, shipment notifications began going out to some customers early Monday. The new Apple TV is shipping from Shenzhen, China, to customers in the U.S. via FedEx.
Estimated delivery for shipments is by Thursday, Sept. 30th, meaning Apple will meet its September launch deadline.
On Sunday, a number of users chimed in stating that their orders for the new Apple TV were being listed as “Prepared for Shipment.” The device was also still listed as “Ships: September.”
A substantial...
| Read more »Microsoft today began inviting media outlets to an October 11 press conference in London that should unveil Windows Phone 7. The very long 2PM GMT (9AM Eastern) to 5:30PM keynote confirms a long suspected date and should reveal the first production devices on the new mobile platform. Europe is likely to be the initial focus, though it may mention a suspected November 8 US release....
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| Read more »Late Friday, Apple released iTunes 10.0.1, the latest version of its digital jukebox/digital hub software. The new version, an 84 megabyte download, sports the following fixes and new features:
- Addresses an issue where the picture quality of a video changes depending on whether the on-screen controls are visible.
- Resolves an issue where iTunes may unexpectedly quit while interacting with album artwork viewed in a separate window.
- Fixes a problem that affects the performance of some third-party visualizers.
- Addresses an issue where the iTunes library and playlists appear empty.
- Resolves an issue that created an incompatibility with some third-party shared libraries.
iTunes 10 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run and can be located...
| Read more »By: aaron
Hi folks! I'm very excited to introduce a new regular feature to Xsanity: interviews with members of our community. My plan is to publish these about once each week. I hope you find these to be a unique way to bring sanity to Mac enterprise storage and systems.
To kick this off, I pleased to introduce Macel Borsten, pictured at right. Marcel is the founder of Impart, a provider of podcasting solutions for education. They are based in Leiden, The Netherlands, and have customers in The Netherlands and Belgium. At the moment, Impart has three employees. He's also the administrator of PodcastProducer.org, which bears a passing resemblance to another site I've seen.
Read on for the interview...
| Read more »Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 operating system won't allow tethering, the company said Friday.
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A mighty computer code called Stuxnet was found attacking industrialized installations around the world, but mainly in Iran, believably was created by
| Read more »Notable software releases this week include NoMoreiTunes 1.51, Adobe Flash Player 10.1.85.3, DEVONthink and DEVONnote 2.0.4, Security Update 2010-006, TinkerTool 4.2, Mailplane 2.2, and Pro Applications Update 2010-02.
 
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| Read more »It was a busy week here, and all we ran across worth sharing was a fabulous Joy of Tech comic about devices Facebook could work on and an iPhone case from ThinkGeek that gives an iPhone a flip-out physical keyboard.
 
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| Read more »tekgoblin writes "A patent application has surfaced that shows Apple's attempts at creating a new way for a flash to work on a camera. The way the new flash works is very intriguing: a user can select a dimly lit area of the photo and the camera will try to illuminate just that area with the flash. The way Apple is attempting to accomplish this is similar to the way the autofocus works on the iPhone 4 where you can touch the screen in certain areas to focus on that area. Instead you will be able to light up that area with the flash. This is accomplished by the camera flash passing through a 'redirector' so the flash can be placed other than directly centered when a photo is taken."
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| Read more »Despite fears that the $99 streamer could be delayed for up to 3 weeks, reports of customers receiving shipping notifications have reached our ears today. Let us know when that smaller, lighter parcel drops on your doorstep! [Macrumors]
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It has been less than ten months since we reviewed Parallels Desktop 5, a competent but buggy release from Parallels. Shipping paid updates with stability issues seems to be the company's modus operandi, so I was a little skeptical when I saw that a new version was already being released, since the last one had so many issues that needed ironing out. The feature list of Parallels Desktop 6 isn't what I'd call ambitious—the main focus of version 6 has been on the 64-bit host and increased speed, mostly for 3D and gaming. Gaming was already Parallels' forte, but I was curious to see if the new version would finally make playing modern games with complex shaders, high resolutions, and high-quality audio a reality. If it doesn't...
| Read more »Customers who preordered the new Apple TV have begun receiving notifications that the $99 set top box is now shipping, with an estimated arrival by the end of the month.
The results are in and the Forbes 400 lists the richest people in America. Results show that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Apple CEO Steve Jobs...
| Read more »We've taken a look at Apple's input device -- the humble mouse -- to see how the design has changed from way back in the early 80s right up to today.
| Read more »We just started Daylight Saving Time in New Zealand yesterday. Since then, many iOS users here have experienced what's probably one of the weirdest bugs I've ever seen: our alarms are now going off an hour early. My iPhone's alarm woke me up at 5:50 in the morning today instead of 6:50, and it turns out I'm not the only one.
In the iPhone's built-in Clock app, setting a recurring alarm will cause it to trigger an hour early every time if you're running iOS 4.1, iTunes 10.0.1, and live in a Southern Hemisphere country that's just gone over to Daylight Saving Time (which, for now at least, just means New Zealand). It's also been affecting US users in Indiana...
| Read more »Apple has quickly put an end to talk of Apple TV delays today by getting orders ready to ship. Multiple readers say their orders have been "prepared for shipment" and are likely to start shipping within hours. The timing should ensure that the media hub makes the originally promised late September target for both online and retail buyers....
suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from Ars Technica: "Apple is scheduled to go to trial with a startup to fight over a three-letter word: Pod. The trademark battle centers on independent entrepreneur Daniel Kokin, founder of startup Sector Labs, and his video projector in development called Video Pod. Apple had previously filed oppositions against Kokin's usage of 'Pod,' alleging that it would cause customers to confuse it with Apple's iPod products. ... Names that have come under fire include MyPodder, TightPod, PodShow, and even Podium. Sector Labs is the only company to go to trial with Apple over using the 'Pod' branding. Ana Christian, Kokin's lawyer, says the fight is about more than allowing small businesses to use 'Pod' in their product names. She noted a trend in the tech industry, in which large corporations have been attempting to assume ownership of ordinary words."
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| Read more »Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology helped this little iCub learn to shoot a bow and arrow, all by itself. It hit the bullseye after eight tries. Eight. I don‚Äôt think I could do that. Granted‚Ķthe arrow didn‚Äôt stick, but still. Eight.
| Read more »I think we can call this one "saved by a policy change." Earlier this month, Apple changed its rules and is now allowing developers to use third-party tools for creating apps for iOS devices. In a statement released this weekend, the EU said it welcomed Apple's changed policies, and that the investigation would be closed.
Apple also loosened policies on cross-border warranty repair of computers and iOS products. Previously, people who bought a product in one EU country and tried to have it fixed under warranty in another EU country encountered red tape or a refusal to fix the product, but apparently that issue's been fixed as well.
This recent change is on top of Apple settling a case with the US Department of Justice...
| Read more »Netflix and NBC Universal have struck a deal to load the streaming video site with tons of content from both NBC and its family of cable networks, including all 35 seasons of Saturday Night Live, and new episodes of the sketch comedy show the day after air.Saturday Night Live just aired its season premiere last night, but were not seeing the episode on Netflix. Apparently the deal hasnt been executed just yet.The day-after premiere episodes will continue through 2012, but neither Netflix nor NBC specified how long the other content deals will last. The Office, Law & Order: SVU and 30 Rock will continue to appear on Netflix with the addition of new seasons, along with all episodes of Friday Night Lights. As far as cable content goes, Syfy properties Sanctuary, Battlestar Galactica and Destination Truth will be presented in their entirety, plus USAs Psych, In Plain Sight and Monk.The press release from Netflix and NBC says some movies from Universal will be added as well, but it...
| Read more »It's Sunday, which means it's time once again to get ourselves into a TalkShoe chatroom, and have a lively talk about what's been up during the last week of Apple news. Tonight on the show, we'll be talking about Microsoft's stance with Apple on Blu-ray, the arrival of VLC and Google Voice on the App Store, the coming glucose meter for the iPhone, and if we have time, we'll chat a little bit about Stevemails and just what they mean. Should be fun -- tune in if you're around!
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| Read more »Early forms of the first Windows Phone 7 ads have surfaced (video below) through a leak this morning that show how Microsoft plans to pitch its mobile OS against its rivals. The two unfinished spots accuse devices like the BlackBerry and iPhone of promoting a culture of staring at smartphones instead of dealing with life itself. Windows Phone 7's at-a-glance home screen tiles help find info faster and help focus on family and friends, the ads discovered by WMPowerUser claim.
| Read more »So you want hold off on an iPod nano upgrade and go adventuring, but you're worried accessory manufacturers are going to leave you behind given all the new Apple iPod kit lately. No worries! Wear this:
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"This" is Rampant Gear's Rampant View headmount for the 5th gen iPod nano. At $35 it's not going to break the bank and the support for the now discontinued 5th gen iPod nano is a nice touch for those of us who do not upgrade according to Apple's annual...
Apple iPhone has been one of the best selling mobile phones all over the world, but have you ever thought about the reasons why people give first preference to iPhone? Most of you must be knowing about the iPhone 4 antenna flaw, but people are still buying it. I am sure that none of you would have figured out the reason behind the same.
| Read more »Gear4 is best known as one of the eclectic iPhone and iPod accessory makers in its UK home: it makes speaker docks, but it also makes cases, chargers, and even karaoke accessories. Gear4 will be entering the US market for the first time in October with three products: the AlarmDock Reveal iPod alarm clock, the StreetParty4 speaker dock and the StreetParty Compact, a smaller version of the StreetParty4 speaker dock. We're reviewing all three Gear4 devices to see how they stack up....
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| Read more »My shocking day job revelation: I write enterprise Java software using Windows. There, my secret shame is finally out.
Now that that's off my chest, I have something to confess about Windows 7: Microsoft must be doing something right because I hate it considerably less than any other version of Windows. For example, it might have taken it eight years to bring the draggable reorder feature from OS X 10.0's Dock into the Windows taskbar, but they got there in the end, and I'm a happier user for it.
One of the things I quite like is Aero Peek. Suppose you are juggling three PowerPoint presentations because you are a SRS BSNS enterprise user, so obviously, you're not doing anything fun. You move your cursor down to the PowerPoint icon in the taskbar, and three medium sized thumbnail icons pop up, each showing the current window contents of the three PowerPoint windows that you have open. This...
| Read more »iTunes 10.0.1 is out, allowing users to "like" or post things to Ping directly from their iTunes libraries.
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| Read more »The DROID X received the highly anticipated Android 2.2 update last week. As with all major updates, some features improve and some, unfortunately, take a turn for the worse.
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