Aug 27, 2008 Aug 29, 2008 Thursday August 28, 2008
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Canto launches new web site, communications tool
Posted by Dennis SellersCanto has launched a redesign of its English language web site and announced Canto Marketplace, a resource designed to demonstrate the size of the Canto Partner Network, according to Marketing Director Steffen Setzer.
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Maccast 2008.08.28
A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 236. New iPhone ads spotlight App Store. MacBook Air Software Update 1.0 released. Apple looking to post a strong quarter. What is wrong with 3G? Rumors brew, possible Sept 9th iPod event? Psystar sues back. Bloomberg glitch kills Steve Jobs. Feedback to App Store and Apple comments from last show. Your Mac is smart, use it. Smart folders, playlists, and more. Phishing scams targeting more Mac owners. MobileMe not for all Me's Review: Recorder for iPhone. iPhone Apps like rabbits in iTunes, cleaning up the dupes. Time Machine warnings can be confusing. iPhone lore: 9:42 AM. Keyboard navigation for Open Save dialogs. EOL: Wings Over Wallstreet Special thanks to our sponsors: Circus Ponies - The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Smile on My Mac, check out Text Expander New music, Walk Right Over Me by The Gathering Never lower your eyes to an enemy. -- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) Shownotes in: HTML or OPML Subscribe to the Podcast Feed or Get the MP3
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Pystar countersues Apple on antitrust grounds
Mac clone maker's expected countersuit alleges that Apple engages in restraint of free trade and unfair competition.
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Google introduces Android apps store
Posted by Dave MertenBy Nancy Gohring Google unveiled on Thursday its plans for a store where mobile users can find Android applications, a concept similar to the iPhone's App Store.
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Jade Plugin updated to version 1.2
Posted by Dennis SellersDataMind Srl has released Jade Plugin 1.2, an update of the digital image processing plug-in for Apple's Aperture app for professional photographers.
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Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0 for Mac and Windows
Filed under: Multimedia, Software UpdateEarlier tonight we saw the release of the ProRes Decoder tool for QuickTime. According to Apple, this tool will allow QuickTime to play Apple ProRes files, using the codec that provides "lossless, uncompressed HD video at SD data rates" for Final Cut users. This is the first version of the codec that includes playback on Windows machines."It is an excellent choice for mastering and can easily be transcoded to distribution formats like H.264. With new support for playback on both Mac and Windows computers, Apple ProRes can also be used for review and approval of Final Cut Studio sequences," says Apple.The Mac update/plug-in can be downloaded for free from Apple's support downloads website, and if you are using QuickTime on Windows, there's a separate download.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Google's Android Market Guarantees Problems for Users
Daniel Eran Dilger It's great news that Google is planning to deliver a market for mobile software with its own centralized âAndroid Market.â It should give Apple's iPhone Apps Store competitive pressure to continue to innovate, and provide a safety net for smartphone users if Apple fails to deliver progress fast enough. If Apple and Google both fail, users will be stuck with the failed third party software models related to Microsoft's Windows Mobile and Nokia's Symbian. Those high stakes make it all the more disappointing to find that the Android Market fails to answer the tough issues correctly. iPhone App Store vs Android Market. There's no doubt that there will be apps that make it into Google's Android store that aren't currently available from Apple, likely including WiFi tethering (for using your mobile's data plan to give your laptop Internet access on the road), a feature Apple forced NullRiver's NetShare to remove from the iPhone store. That was apparently at the behest of AT&T, which staunchly refuses to support tethering without charging an expensive additional fee. AT&T's 3G network is already strained to carry relatively light-duty mobile traffic; unrestricted amounts of data being dumped on the network from far more demanding desktop apps by millions of users is currently just infeasible to accommodate. Other providers have 3G EVDO bandwidth to spare, but will cut you off just as quickly when you reach their finite definition of âunlimitedâ data access. Finite bandwidth is not a problem Google's 'free and open' software market can solve, because Google is not the only link in the chain in providing mobile apps. AT&T isn't going to allow tethering from Android phones either, regardless of Google's intended store policies. And Verizon Wireless likely isn't going to allow WiFi on Android phones at all. So it's a joke to say Android will transcend every problem in ways that Apple hasn't. This isn't a case of Google acting like Netflix to offer unlimited content to rival Blockbuster's censorship; instead, Google is simply making great sounding campaign promises it won't be able to deliver. AppleInsider | Google reveals open Android Market to rival iPhone's App Store Will Googleâs Android Play DOS to Appleâs iPhone? Why Apple Plays God with the iPhone SDK But Wait, There's More (And Less). The Android Market will also deliver lots of problems Apple isn't, including a way to distribute malware that can't be remotely killed, or untraceable spyware that professes to be on the up-and-up when you install it, but then works behind your back and phones home sensitive data to a rogue developer's servers. Remember all the speculation last year about the possibility of developers being able to hack the iPhone open and install their own malicious tools to watch what you're doing? Under the iPhone SDK, access to that dangerous path is simply forbidden. Under Android, there's not so much as a handrail for users. Apple has already reprimanded iPhone developers who provided inadequate protection of their users' data, and then forced them to fix their problems immediately. With Google advertising its âsee no evil, hear no evilâ policy for its self-policing development community, Google won't even know if there's a problem. It will also lack any way to stop or reverse problems, and having renounced any accountability for protecting users with regulatory controls, Google will lack the leverage to push malicious or possibly just incompetent developers to take any action once it does discover problems. Malware and junkware on the PC is a big problem, but on a smartphone it is orders of magnitude more serious of an issue. Having to run spyware cleanup on a PC is a nusance. Having your phone subverted into a tool for advertisers or identity thieves could easily result in issues on the level of life safety. If you thought it was embarrassing to have Outlook send out spam in your name in 2001, wait until Android starts drunk dialing all your contacts to tell them about special offers, attaching your GPS location and perhaps a recent photo from your album so they know they can trust you about it. Google seems to think it can simply ignore security problems by asking developers not to take advantage of its users. This is absurdly ridiculous in our modern context. Google may as well be building unvented fireplaces in a tornado alley trailer park. Ten Myths of Leopard: 9 Apple is Spying on Users! The Unavoidable Malware Myth: Why Apple Wonât Inherit Microsoftâs Malware Crown Wired's Grotesquely Rank Hypocrisy in Mobile Security. Where did all of those mobile phone security experts from last fall run away to? They were abuzz about the imagined catastrophe that might befall the âcan't even run any softwareâ iPhone, but none have stepped forward to posit an opinion on why Android's exposed spinning blades in a dark room might result in the world's next Windows XP. Wired, which led the witch hunt against the iPhone last fall, published an article this summer titled âGoogle's Open Source Android OS Will Free the Wireless Web,â which went on breathlessly for days about how Android would solve the industry's problems with giddy can-do chutzpah. Nowhere did the article even suggest a criticism of its wide open, security-free business model. Instead, the author announced, âEngineers who write for just about any mobile operating system today have to spend time and cash obtaining security keys and code-signing certificates. Android would allow any application to be installed and run, no questions asked.â If you're waiting for the other shoe to drop, don't bother. It ended right there on the âtime and money savingsâ of not having any security model. Microsoft saved a lot of money by ignoring security, too, as long as you don't count the $11 billion malware industry. Shame on Wired for continuing its descent into hopelessly unplugged irrelevance. UnWired! Rick Farrow, Metasploit, and My iPhone Security Interview Kim Zetter and the iPhone Root Security Myth High Risk, High Likelihood for Exploitation. The tech media more recently went into high alert to warn users that Apple's MobileMe web apps didn't perform SSL encryption, allowing the possibility for spies to target them in order to read their calendar and email transactions, were they to used the web apps over a public network. That's a valid concern to voice, but also an extremely unlikely threat for users to spend much time worrying about, particularly since there are a number of straightforward precautions users can take to avoid any risky exposure scenarios. There's also little business model behind sniffing calendar appointments and the kind of mundane email threads that .Mac users might engage in while drinking coffee at Starbucks. On the other hand, malicious software and social engineering exploitation is a billion dollar industry, and organized criminals in Korea, China, Russia, and of course Nigeria are as desperate for new dollars outside of the PC desktop as Google is. Rather than the unlikely scenario of on-site spies targeting a specific individual to sniff out truffles from their browser's email, these people have organized and profitable methods for delivering viral payloads to wide audiences from the convenience of a position thousands of miles away. On a smartphone, they can take your money simply by having installed software send a paid SMS. This is a real threat, not a contrived bunch of hysterical nonsense dreamed up by fear-mongering pundits. It is simply criminally negligent for Google to design a smartphone software platform with nearly zero regard for the safety of its users. We can justifiably criticize Microsoft for its lax stance on security in the 90s that resulted in the Windows malware crisis, but many of the potential dangers of certain decisions weren't fully recognized back then. Google is organizing an olympic-sized skating party on a lake it knows has dangerously thin ice. Is Appleâs MobileMe Secure? Store vs Market? It's also worth mentioning that the media is comparing what Google only intends to do with what Apple has already pulled off; I could easily draft plans for a phone that sounds better than the iPhone, but I certainly couldn't deliver it. Apple has years of experience in media sales and micro-payments in iTunes. It began selling software through iTunes in 2006, and spent years refining its software deployment system to make sure iTunes would work as a true market place for mobile software once the iPhone was ready. Anyone can open a store. There are a dozen online music and video stores that have gone out of business trying to sell music like iTunes. Apple created a real market, where both buyers and sellers can have confidence that they're getting a fair deal. Google has tried to backhandedly condemn Apple's App Store for being called a âstore,â negatively associating the word with a commercial endeavor as opposed to the community effort Google's marketing team has branded a âmarket.â Never mind that the words really mean the same thing; Google isn't really creating a market, because markets have enforced rules. Without rules and authority, there is too much risk involved to do legitimate business. If Android were only setting up a barter system between the company's altruistic and noble minded PhDs in the Google cafeteria, there wouldn't be an issue. However, Google is setting up shop in the most corrupt, chaotic, and criminal setting on earth: the wide open Internet, a dirty enough place to turn a brand new PC into a viral porn spam server within fifteen minutes of being plugged in. Hacking iPod Games: How Apple's DRM Works Rise of the iTunes Killers Myth Can Great Google Getter Done? The company's Alfred E. W. Newman approach to security issues is more than a little alarming coming from a company that is fully aware of Internet scammers. Google's main job is identifying and scouring away the criminal tracks that SEO frauds try to leave behind in its search engine results. The company terminates its advertiser partners on a whim when it even suspects an irregularity, and the web is full or people complaining that Google has failed to pay them for hundreds of dollars of AdSense advertising without even a fair explanation. The company is hard edge and savvy when it comes to protecting its own revenues, so why is it being so soft and naive when the security of its users is on the line? Google's âdo no evilâ slogan, paired with its considerable contributions to society, from free search to free satellite imagery, and from its staunch support of the public interest related to WiFi and mobile broadband issues to its investments in progressive technologies to make the world a better place, all simply add up to leave its unreasonable stance on mobile security a mysterious puzzle. Can Google even pull its store off? The company serves up millions of free videos in YouTube, but remember that Google originally tried to build its own YouTube and failed; it had to buy YouTube to enter the market. Google also screwed the pooch when it dropped its own paid DRM video service and told its users to go fly a kite. That kind of customer-oblivious behavior isn't going to successfully lock horns with Apple's proven excellence in delivering the iTunes Store as a customer-friendly market place. Apple pulled together 14 year old torrent freaks and the RIAA's lawyers into the same room and made them play together. It turned the festering boil of the rotten mobile software market into a million dollar per day buffet. Google's Android Market not only faces the same challenges, but also has to fly in the face of the industry darling, starting at zero against Apple's ten million installed base of iPhones and its accelerating market share. The industry outside of Apple is working just as hard to grab its own slice as well. Google taking on the iPhone App Store is a bit like Sony deciding to build cars to take on BMW. That's all fine and good, but let's see the car before we start comparing its âplannedâ zero to 60 performance against that of today's cars with a proven legacy. And stop telling us that lacking both seat belts and brakes is a feature. Did you like this article? Let me know. Comment here, in the Forum, or email me with your ideas. Like reading RoughlyDrafted? Share articles with your friends, link from your blog, and subscribe to my podcast (oh wait, I have to fix that first). It's also cool to submit my articles to Digg, Reddit, or Slashdot where more people will see them. Consider making a small donation supporting this site. Thanks!
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Total Interarchy file transfer tool updated to version 9.0.1
Posted by Dennis SellersNolobe has updated Total Interarchy, its file transfer product for Mac OS X (10.4.11 and later), to version 9.0.1. It's a maintenance update.
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When did this get added: Podcast sort on AppleTV
I have to say that, ever since I got my Apple TV, I have become a video podcast snob--if a podcast isn't available in a video form, I'm not bringing it in on the Apple TV. That is why the presumably new sorting feature within the Podcast section on the Apple TV is of particular interest to me. I now no longer take an interest in a podcast and click on it in the menu only to be disappointed that it is audio only; I can simply set the Apple TV to only show me video podcasts! Sweet!! [ Via Apple TV Junkie ]
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Redmatica Keymap, Logic ESX24 sampling tutorials are released
Posted by Dennis SellersMacProVideo.com has released new tutorials for Apple's DAW Logic Pro. They're US$39.99 and $29.99; got to the company web site for details.
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PGP Whole Disk Encryption offers pre-boot authentication support
Posted by Dennis SellersPGP Corp. has updated PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X to version 9.9. It offers full support for pre-boot authentication for maximum security of your Mac OS X desktop or laptop.
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Orbit GIS now comes with full OGC WMS support
Posted by Dennis SellersOrbit Geospatial Technologies has released Orbit GIS 4.3 for Mac OS X. The GIS Desktop solution now comes with full OGC WMS support, raster processing tools and over 85 new and improved functionalities.â¨â¨
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My favorite iPhone apps: Jason's picks
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone, App StorePicking my favorite iPhone apps was pretty straightforward. I went with three apps that save me time. The first one wows me because using it sort of feels like magic, and the other two are great mobile companion applications to wonderful Mac-based programs. Shazam [iTunes link] FreeWhen I say using Shazam feels like magic, I'm not kidding. Shazam can listen to any music that is playing using the iPhone's microphone, and based on an acoustic fingerprint of the music can tell you the name of the song, artist, and album. It takes only seconds to listen, then a few more to look up the song and return results. Conveniently, Shazam maintains a list of songs that you've looked up (tagged, in Shazam's parlance) so that you can easily go back and follow up on the songs later. It also includes links to purchase the songs you've tagged from iTunes, as well as links to music videos for tagged songs if they exist on YouTube. OmniFocus [iTunes link] $19.00 I have a particular preference for software that is available in desktop versions as well as mobile versions, particularly if they contain a solid synchronization function. While it can be somewhat of an acquired taste, OmniFocus on the Mac is arguably one of the most capable to-do list applications, particularly if you subscribe to the GTD methodology. Imagine my delight, then, when OmniGroup announced there would be an iPhone version of OmniFocus that synchronizes to the desktop version. What's even better is that the iPhone version isn't simply a clone of the desktop version, but includes iPhone-specific functionality such as being able to determine what context to display based on your physical location using GPS. As with all software that relies on remote synchronization, it can be a bit slow when starting up, but that's a hit you take to have the convenience of synchronization, it seems.Evernote [iTunes link] Free Evernote has been around for a long time as a capable Windows-based note taking product, but if ever there was an interesting story of a company re-inventing their product, this is it. Evernote in its modern capacity is a note-taking powerhouse, available on Mac, Windows, on the web, and on the mobile web. But even better, it also has an iPhone version. The beauty of Evernote is in its ability to capture various types of information easily, then make it searchable and easy to reference. Everything you store in Evernote is stored in an account for you on Evernote's servers, allowing them to apply advanced optical character recognition to your images and documents to make even non-text documents searchable. Like OmniFocus, Evernote can be a bit slow to start, and it's disappointing that Evernote's content is not stored locally on the iPhone, but is pulled down from their servers every time you access it. But for its ability to allow you to off-load important information to a secondary brain, Evernote is invaluable. Honorable Mention Given my attachment to synchronization apps, how can I not give a nod towards the iPhone version of NetNewsWire, which complements the entire stable of free NewsGator RSS clients, including NetNewsWire on the Mac. NNW would have made this write-up, had Steve not grabbed it first. But who can blame him?Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Sanyo releases PLV-Z60 home theater projector
Posted by Dennis SellersSanyo has released the PLV-Z60, a 1200 lumens home theater projector with 1000:1 contrast ratio and two HDMI inputs.
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New beta of NetNewsWire available
Posted by Dennis SellersRanchero Software has updated NetNewsWire to version 3.1.7b7. The new beta fixes a bug where opening the preferences window could cause NetNewsWire to ask for your FTP syncing password, even though you don't use FTP syncing.
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Create Your Very Own Pre-Keynote Faux-Pod
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2Chicks1Mac: iTunes Rentals -- Hot or Not?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor Christina Warren. Erica Sadun. Two Women. Two Opinions. One love of all things Macintosh. This week, we take on iTunes rentals. Are they the next best thing or a waste of your money? We'll start the discussion and you judge the smackdown winner for the week. Erica: Totally hot! No commitment, less than it would cost in gas, time and popcorn at the local second-run theater. Plus (bonus!) no used bubblegum under the seats. Why wait weeks for Netflix? You can watch on demand for three or four bucks with at most an hour or two of download time. Plus there's that 99-cent special each week. Sure, I'd prefer the rental to go for 48 hours instead of 24, but it's really convenient to watch movies that I'd otherwise never get around to seeing. Rock on, iTunes Rentals. Christina: Erica, you ignorant slut! Hey, I'm always up for new ways to watch movies, but the only real reason I can see renting from iTunes is laziness or random 3 AM rental attacks. And I haven't had random, "Ooh, I want to watch Fletch at 3 AM on a weeknight" moment since college. Weeks for Netflix? More like a couple of days -- I often get my queue replenished in 24 hours. And then I can bask in the joy of extra features, like director commentary, surround-sound, and if it's an older film, I can make sure I'm getting the latest/digitally restored print and not some digital export of a 10-year old print that was just cheap LaserDisc to DVD hack-job back in 1997. Really though, what saddens me is how many films are available to buy, but are NOT available to rent. I can find new releases at Blockbuster, On-Demand or catch them on any of the premium movie channels, but its the catalog titles that have real potential. The Movie Store baits me by featuring Secretary on its "What We're Watching" section, but when I try to get my Spader-fest on, I find out my only option is to buy the movie. If I'm going to do that, I might as well get the DVD and watch Sex, Lies and Videotape (which is not in the store, to purchase or rent) from my own collection in the meantime. View PollPermalink | Email this | Comments
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Proporta offers 50 percent off all iPod nano cases
Posted by Dennis SellersProporta is offering a 50 percent discount on all its iPod nano cases.
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OmniPlan update lets you import MS Project 2007 files
Posted by Dennis SellersThe Omni Group has updated OmniPlan, the project planning application, to version 1.6, which adds the ability to import Microsoft Project 2007 files and improves accuracy when importing data.
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Mac 101: Dealing without iCards
Filed under: Odds and ends, .Mac, Mac 101Apple has posted a nifty tip for Mail users who miss the discontinued iCards feature from .Mac: You can use Mail stationery to create an attractive card-like message with your own photos. In a post on the Mobile Me blog (hey, it's not dead!), Apple says "...it's like the old Make Your Own iCards feature on steroids, and a whole lot easier to use in the bargain." For Leopard users, Mail comes with 30 email templates you can customize in lieu of sending an iCard. Personally, I think an email is better than an iCard anyway, what with all the greeting card spam that goes on. You can use photos that you take with Photo Booth, for example, or pictures from iPhoto. Customize it with a clever note, and away you go. If you don't have Leopard or still want to use an online greeting card site, there are plenty to choose from. (And if you like our series for beginners, Mac 101, there's much more to learn.)Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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iContact partners with Palo Alto to provide email marketing services to clients
Posted by Dennis SellersiContact, a provider of web-based software that improves the efficiency of marketing communication for businesses and enterprises, today announced a strategic alliance with Palo Alto Software, publishers of the Business Plan Pro business planning software. iContact's email marketing best practices are now available to Palo Alto Software's small and medium-sized...
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One-day deal on WD 250GB portable drive
Filed under: DealsGot some data cleanup plans for the Labor Day weekend? I know I do -- there are scads of vacation pictures, silly videos and MP3s that have got to get gone from my laptop hard drive and onto some standby storage. That's why I was excited to see Amazon's one-day deal (8/28 only, probably cutting off at midnight PT but I can't be sure) on the Western Digital 250 GB Passport drive: $90US, and eligible for free shipping with Amazon Prime. Giga-licious, although 250 GB isn't as big as it used to be...I've gotten plenty of reliable use out of my own identical WD 250 Passport, which has a bus-powered USB port and a sleek black finish (makes it kind of hard to see on my desk, but that's another matter). No other connection to WD or Amazon, except as a satisfied customer. I believe the drive ships formatted with cross-platform FAT32, but as all savvy Mac users know, you're best off reformatting as HFS+ when you get the drive -- otherwise you'll be cringing when you try to copy those larger-than-4-GB video files that FAT32 doesn't support.If you're looking for more Labor Day deals, buzz by dealmac.com for the latest updates and discounts.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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BBEdit 9.0 released
Filed under: SoftwareBBEdit has released its eponymous BBEdit 9 text editor, a major update that includes a rewritten project manager, improvements to search and document comparison features, and a text-completion tool. Find and Multi-File search are now separate commands, both available from the Search menu. The dialog boxes are also now non-modal! Welcome to the 20th century. Also gone is the mysterious "don't find" button. Text completion appears much like the system-wide F5 trick: a pause will bring up a little pop-up menu of likely options. However, users can change the behavior to only show the menu with a click or keystroke. Also included in the update is improved language support for JavaScript, Objective C, Obj-C++, Ruby, and YAML. The release notes are enormous, and if you have any niggling irritations with prior versions of BBEdit, they may very well be solved. BBEdit is $129 for new users, and $30 for owners of existing licenses. Anyone who purchased BBEdit 8.5 and above on or after January 1 gets a free upgrade. [Via Macworld]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Marware holds end-of-summer sale
Posted by Dennis SellersMarware is holding an end-of-summer sale. From now through Oct. 1, the company is offering 50 percent off a special selection of products for the iPod nano (2G/3G), iPod touch, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.
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Apple to fix hole in password-protected iPhones
Company promises to plug hole next month that exposes iPhone users' e-mail, text, and voice messages despite password protection.
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.Mac's iCards are dead. Long live iCards!
iCards may have disappeared with the .Mac brand, but that doesn't mean you can't send fancy greetings to friends, family, and coworkers anymore. Apple says that a feature built into Leopard may let the iCard spirit live on.Read More...
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Apple acknowledges iPhone passcode flaw, promises fix next month
Filed under: Cellphones, HandheldsApple's taking a pretty lackadaisical attitude toward one of the most easily avoided security flaws in recent memory, calling the iPhone's passcode lock bypass a "minor iPhone security issue" and saying that a fix will be rolled out in September. Thanks, Apple; we suppose it'd be a little too much trouble to ask for a fix sooner, even though you already fixed it once in 1.1.4. For what it's worth, a company spokeswoman is quick to point out that the flaw can easily be hidden by changing the home button double-click functionality to take you to the home screen, but most users don't know that, now do they? Way to show some hustle, guys -- cookies and gold stars all around.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Wanted: An iPhone power miser app
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Developer, iPhoneWhile Guy Kawasaki might be able to get 36 hours of standby life out of his iPhone 3G, many of the rest of us are struggling with having enough power to make it through a day. Mike Davidson, CEO of Newsvine in Seattle, came up with a great idea for any iPhone developers in the TUAW audience. He'd like to see an iPhone power miser application that could turn off 3G, location services, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and push e-mail with one tap (low drain mode), then turn on all of the same services with another tap (full power mode). Davidson explains that it currently takes him 15 steps to disable the power-hungry features of his 3G, and another 15 steps to turn those features back on. Whether or not those features are something that the average NDA'd iPhone developer can actually control is one big question; if they aren't, this would be a great app for Apple to develop -- quickly!Me? I'm waiting for "The Clapper" version of the power miser app -- "Clap On! Clap Off!"Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Ultrasone debuts PRO series headphones
Posted by Dennis SellersUltrasone, a distributor for German headphone manufacturer Ultrasone AG, has announced the first headphone in the company's PRO Series with S-Logic Plus technology: the PRO 900. It has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$599.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: IE 8 beta gets good early review
Newest Internet Explorer 8 beta gets high marks for its security features; Google announces its Android app "market"; and a possible culprit in iPhone 3G flakiness.
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Mac text editor BBEdit hits version 9
Bare Bones Software has updated its famous text editor for the Mac, BBEdit, to version 9. The major version release has enough additions to make your head spin, so it's definitely worth checking out. Read More...
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Apple updates Final Cut Express, releases ProRes QuickTime Decoder
Posted by Dennis SellersApple has updated Final Cut Express to version 4.0.1 and released the ProRes QuickTime Decoder. Final Cut Express 4.0.1 addresses compatibility issues with AVCHD camcorders, improves stability when using third-party FxPlug plug-ins, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
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Grantwood Technology ships QuickFlipCase for iPhone, iPhone 3G
Posted by Dennis SellersGrantwood Technology has released the US$18.99 QuickFlipCase for the iPhone and iPhone 3G, a premium leather case designed to secure the iPhone in place on your belt or waist.
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Aug. 28 'Macsimum Podcast' now available
Posted by Dennis SellersThe Macsimum Podcast for Aug. 28 is now available here and the RSS feed is here.
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Core Cases to release first iPhone case
Posted by Dennis SellersCore Cases will release its first iPhone case on Sept. 2. The case—fittingly dubbed the Core Case—will cost US$29.95 and sport a brushed anodized aluminum body and EVA lining.
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My Favorite iPhone Apps: Erica's Take
Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, App StoreWhen it comes to the iPhone, it's really really difficult to narrow my app love down to just three picks. So with apologies in advance for all those amazing applications that didn't make this cut, let me jump in with three choices that I simply do not live without on my iPhone: Cydia. When Jay Freeman's Cydia first debuted, I was hesitant to use it. It sucked up the root partition space like a sponge and its interface was, at best, preliminary. And now, in 2.0, Cydia owns me. It's simply fabulous. From its command-line Unix support to its fully overhauled interface to its extremely workable update system, Cydia provides a powerful software distribution system, perfect for modern smartphones and a great competitor to AppStore. Boss Prefs. Boss Prefs offers a wonderful services application. It lets me enable and disable services such as EDGE, Bluetooth and SSH from a central application. Because I only intermittently subscribe to data plans, Boss Prefs ensures that I won't accidentally start downloading a la carte data that starts at about $500 million (or so) per kilobyte. It also lets me enable and disable my mail accounts, so the iPhone works perfectly for whichever mode I'm in: intrepid TUAW blogger at large or private Soccer Mom on the go. Othello. Othello is my current fidget-game-on-the-go. When I'm stuck waiting somewhere for a few minutes, I pull out Hongtao Guo's perfect take on Othello. With three playing levels, optional sound and a really nicely designed interface, Othello provides the perfect time waster. There are other free versions of Othello under various names on AppStore but I particularly like this implementation. Although I wish it would put me directly into the game board rather than the welcome screen, that's my only criticism of a lovely, free application that's a great deal of fun.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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'Macsimum Recommended Reading' for Aug. 28
Posted by Dennis Sellers“Students Will Help Save Apple: The tech company may look vulnerable to an economic downturn, but back-to-school shoppers should help it keep up a strong financial performance”—BusinessWeek
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Rogers extends $30 iPhone data promotion through September
Rogers says that its $30 data promotion for the iPhone will now be available until the end of September in anticipation of the launch of the BlackBerry Bold. There will also be a new iPhone data plan introduced in October based on Rogers' findings about customer data usage.Read More...
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First Looks: Just Mobile Gum and Gum Pro Portable USB Power Packs
Sold in two versions, Just Mobile's Gum Portable USB Power Pack ($40, aka PP-07) and Gum Pro Portable USB Power Pack ($60, PP-08 are small but powerful rechargeable battery packs that can be used with iPods and iPhones. The standard Gum is a 2200mAh battery, or a little over 150% the power of an original iPhone, while the Gum Pro has 4400mAh of power, or 300% the power, which means that you could conceivably add 1.5x or 3x the run time to the original…
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Google talks Android Market app store
Filed under: Cellphones Android's gaining a head of steam as it heads towards release -- Google just posted up some details on the upstart OS's app distribution system, Android Market. Just like Apple's iPhone App Store, Android Market will run on Android phones like the HTC Dream and allow users to browse and install apps, as well as comment on and rate apps they've already purchased. (Somewhat terrifyingly, Google describes the rating and comment-system as "similar to YouTube," but we're hoping the reference is to user-generated ratings in general and not the grammar and language catastrophe that is YouTube comments.) Unlike Apple's store, however, Android Market will be open to all -- Google wants devs to "have an open and unobstructed environment" for their apps, and it'll only take three steps (register, upload, describe) to put content on the service. The first Android handsets will come with a beta version of Market that supports free downloads only, but a version that has app sales, versioning, and other features will arrive soon after launch -- given the number of mediocre apps that have somehow passed Apple's vetting process, it'll be interesting to see what shows up in Google's store with no filters at all. More screenshots after the break.[Via Mobile Burn]Continue reading Google talks Android Market app storeRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Think Tank Nashville coming Sept. 27
Posted by Dennis SellersThink Tank, presented by AIGA Nashville, is a forum that will discuss what's next in advertising, design and marketing. It's the first event of its kind in Nashville, and will draw from “leadership and forward thinking professionals” in the design, advertising, and marketing fields.
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Buzz Andersen on Funding iPhone Development
Buzz Andersen: Funding has its place, but, realistically, how many application ideas that could actually be implemented with the iPhone SDK require the level of up-front investment that would make the tradeoffs of venture funding and the overhead of a large organization necessary? Not many people, in my estimation, are building anything for the iPhone that requires significant research and development, infrastructure, or engineering resources beyond a few capable coders with a good work ethic. By taking money from other people and assembling a whole team you always run the risk of compromising your vision, which, after all, is what working for yourself is all about. I couldn’t agree more. â
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Apple Gazette 336 - Job Obit pops up online, iPhone security flaw, and Engadget web stats
podcast sponsor link:Click Here to check out Blogflux Groups! Today's Show: Job Obit pops up online, iPhone security flaw, and Engadget web stats You can subscribe via iTunes, or by RSS feed, or⌠you can listen to the episode right here: In addition to that, you can also download the Apple Gazette Daily Widget and listen to every episode of the show right on your Dashboard. Click Here to download.
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Track Gustav on your iPhone
Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone Just in time for the first really scary hurricane of the season, Weather Underground is providing an iPhone-specific version of their mobile site that includes a tropical storm tracker. The mobile site URL is http://i.wund.com, and the tropical storm page can be accessed directly at http://i.wund.com/tropical.As you can see in the screenshot above, the tracker shows the location, intensity, and other statistical information about each storm. In this case we're looking at Tropical Storm Gustav, which appears to now be a Category 3 hurricane. The full-screen view seen above requires a flip to landscape mode.If you're an iPhone user and live in any location where tropical storms can be a hazard to life and property, you might want to add this site to your Home screen.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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IceWarp to support iPhone native OTA synchronization
Posted by Dennis SellersIceWarp will debut IceWarp Server 10 at the IceWarep Conference this Oct. 1-3. It will offer full iPhone synchronization of email, contacts and calendar events via Exchange ActiveSync.
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Brainstem Games to exhibit Mac FPS at Austin Game Developer's Conference
Posted by Dennis SellersBrainstem Games, an indie game development company based in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, will be showcasing their first title at this year's Austin Game Developers' Conference.
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Why is everyone picking on Apple?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, AppleA spate of bad news surrounding Mobile Me and iPhone 3G quality problems paired with renewed vigor from competitors Microsoft, Dell, and Nokia has Apple running out of slack from the normally fawning press (TUAW certainly not withstanding). Forbes has a story about why Apple seems to have lost its luster recently. The New York Times is waxing nostalgic with a retrospective article titled Apple Imperfect. The National Post cites TechCrunch's Michael Arrington saying Apple is "rotting" and "flailing badly at the edges." Consider the parable of the friend. Say you have a good friend, who's trustworthy, reliable and generally happy to be around you. If that friend suddenly isn't glad to see you anymore, swears at the elderly and starts drinking cheap bourbon from a hip flask in meetings, you'd say something, right? At least you'd worry that your friend was on the wrong path. That's where we find Apple today: A friend on the wrong path. Many have noted that a lack of transparency in admitting its mistakes is hurting its credibility. The fact that it's making mistakes in the first place is generally forgivable, but we've been spoiled by Apple's pristine track record of consistently delivering quality. As consumers, we want the quality back. If anything, our expectations are even higher now to properly correct the various perceived injustices we've suffered. Taking the long view, Apple will pull out of its funk. Knowing Steve Jobs, it will do so in a spectacular fashion, too, with new products, product improvements, or both. Apple isn't suffering from a lack of talent or innovation. It's suffering from management problems that any company of its size faces on a daily basis: scheduling new products, preventing employee burnout, and managing logistics. We're nowhere near Apple's nadir under Gil Amelio, over a decade ago. In fact, investors don't seem to be fazed at all, with stock prices rebounding to their levels in May. Apple may already be back.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Article: iPhone Gems: Every Movie Finder + Trailer App, Reviewed
With the releases of Apple's Dashboard and Yahoo!'s Konfabulator/Widgets programs, Macs and PCs gained the ability to run miniature applications called “widgets” that could quickly check the Internet for weather, flight information, stock prices and more. Notably, Apple developed a Movies widget for Mac OS X Leopard, capable of displaying movie and theater details, quick links to trailers and summary text, and even offering…
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Apple applies for touch-screen Mac patent
A recent patent application filed on behalf of Apple describes technology for controlling a touch-screen Mac tablet with iPhone-like gestures and controls.
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Guy Kawasaki shares his secrets of long iPhone life
Filed under: Tips and tricks, iPhoneI'll skip the obligatory mini-biography of Guy and cut to the chase: the dude gets a whopping 36 hours of standby time with his iPhone 3G. True, many other phones get better battery life and can go for days without a charge. But anyone banging their iPhone on the wall, wishing the darn thing didn't suck down the juice like a preschooler in the Sahara will appreciate his detailed account of the settings used to eke out legnthy iPhone standby time. Oh, and those other phones? As Guy says, "...it's better to have a cool phone that you have to charge everyday than a sucky phone that you can charge once a week." How do you keep your iPhone alive?Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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News: Philips CinemaOne packs iPod dock, home theater in single unit
Philips has announced its new CinemaOne home theater system, which packs a DVD/CD player, iPod dock, five channel amplifier, six speakers, and a subwoofer all in a single unit. The all-in-one system features six precisely angled speakers spread around its body and a 4-inch subwoofer built into the base, all of which are powered by a five channel amplifier and Digital Signal Processing unit. A built-in iPod dock in the top of the unit lets users…
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iPhone factory worker is newly Internet famous
Filed under: Odds and endsLast week you may have caught some photos going around of a cute Foxconn factory worker flashing peace signs. The photos were found on a UK man's brand-new iPhone, and posted at MacRumors. The mystery girl's identity is being protected by Foxconn, and a company spokesman said that her job is not in any danger. Taking pictures with the camera is a normal part of the testing procedure done before the phone is shipped out. As with other Chinese internet celebrities, identities are hard to come by. Second Brother on the Right, who was part of the Olympic torch procession through many countries, is still anonymous. [Via Reuters.]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Why Apple keeps its iPhone 2.0 SDK under NDA
Prince McLean, AppleInsider Apple’s insistence on keeping iPhone 2.0 development under strict non disclosure agreements is frustrating efforts in the development community to share ideas, teach classes on iPhone development, and print reference books on the subject. Why Apple keeps its iPhone 2.0 SDK under NDA However, it’s not preventing iPhone coders from making record profits from mobile [...]
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Philips intros the CinemaOne iPod / DVD soundbar
Filed under: Home Entertainment We suppose it was just a matter of time before iPod docks and HTIBs achieved some sort of unholy union, and their demonic lovechild has appeared at IFA -- say hello to the Philips CinemaOne. Essentially a mashup of an iPod speaker system, a DVD player, and a soundbar, it's designed to plug in to your flatscreen via HDMI and provide surround audio through five DSP-driven speakers and 4-inch sub, all in a package about the size of a football. The DivX-compatible DVD player seems decent, with 1080p scaling and Dolby Digital and DTS support, but even though the speakers use the same soundbar tech found in Philips' Ambisound line, we've got our doubts that this thing sounds any good -- most soundbars we've heard require a separate large sub to be effective. No pricing or release date yet, but we'd wait to actually hear this thing in person before we started to set aside spare change. Action shot after the break. Continue reading Philips intros the CinemaOne iPod / DVD soundbarRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Grapevine says no iPod/Mac Super Event in September
There might not be an iPod/Mac Super Event in September, but major MacBook and MacBook Pro updates are supposedly on the way soon, in addition to some iMac speed bumps.Read More...
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Terminal Tips: Disable annoying application crash dialogs
Filed under: Terminal Tips Don't you hate it when an application becomes unresponsive and crashes? Are you even more tired of reading annoying application crash dialog boxes? A simple Terminal hack allows you to never see these dialogs again. Just open Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and type: defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType noneThis will disable the "...unexpectedly quit" dialog that normally appears when an application crashes. If you ever want the dialogs to start appearing again, just replace "none" with "prompt".Like tips like these? Try out TUAW's Mac 101 and Terminal Tips sections.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Steve Jobs: Not Dead Yet
There are many unsettling things about yesterday's brief and unseemly Bloomberg wire appearance, and then disappearance, of an obituary for Apple's Steve Jobs -- not least of which is that he's not dead yet -- but I was struck by this parenthetical instruction to reporters. (IF STOCK DROPS): The decline is no surprise to investors and analysts, many of whom considered Jobs irreplaceable. Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray & Co. in Minneapolis had said if Jobs left the company for any reason, Apples stock might plummet as much as 25%.
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Samsung X360 handled, fights MacBook Air to the death
Filed under: Laptops We're not just staring down a boring press release of Samsung's new X360, we actually got to fiddle around with it for a few minutes and came away fairly impressed. It has a build somewhere in-between the plastic-ish Voodoo Envy 133 and the rock-solid ThinkPad X300, though probably closer to the latter, and the sheen of Silver Nano Technology on the technology saves us from bacteria but adds a slightly cheap flavor to the keyboard. The isolated keys aren't as deep as those found on Sony's latest models, nor not quite as crisp as an Apple keyboard, but should make for a comfortable typing experience. The port layout seems reasonable, the LED-backlit screen bright and not-too-terribly-glossy, and the brushed metal finish on the back is surely a nice touch. We didn't play much with the Korean OS, but Samsung claims the next-gen 128GB SSD offers a 25-50 percent boot time bump. Up against the MacBook Air the X360 is significantly thicker, but actually a tiny bit (3 ounces) lighter. We'll leave it to you to decide the victor while we swap USB devices willy nilly in an attempt to finish this post.Gallery: Samsung X360 handled, fights MacBook Air to the deathPermalink | Email this | Comments
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Apple patent hints at full Mac tablet
Posted by Dennis SellersIn a revised company filing discovered by AppleInsider illustrates a number of techniques that would pave the way for tablet Macs that display a near full-sized multi-touch keyboard and run an undiluted version of the Mac OS X operating system.
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Google Gears beta for Safari
Filed under: Internet, Internet Tools Google Gears has been around for Firefox on the Mac for quite a while. However, Safari users have been left in the cold. Google Gears allows you to access certain Google services, most notably Docs and Reader, offline. This week, a beta for Safari has become available.With Google Gears, for example, you can view all of your Google Docs offline -- and even edit them! When you connect back to the internet, you will be able to sync the changes back to Google.We're glad that Google has finally seen the light and released a version for our Safari-using counterparts. To make Google Gears work with Safari, you will need to download and install the Google Gears package for Mac OS X. Once installed, navigate to a "gears enabled" page, you will be able to use the Google Gears system. Remember, this is a beta and we've heard there might be issues if you've tweaked Safari in certain ways.Oh, and there appears to be limited support for Fluid, which is nice.[via the Apple blog]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Apple accounts for 95.8% of Engadget Mobile Traffic…or does it?
Business Week has posted an article about how Engadget's mobile web traffic is completely dominated by the iPhone/iPod Touch. The iPhone accounts for 79.8% of the web traffic to engadget.com - and the iPod touch takes up 16%. Those numbers sound amazing! Especially when you factor in that Blackberry phones don't even RATE on the charts! This must be highly accurate stuff that proves that the iPhone is the dominant device in the world, and not an article designed to stir up trouble, right? hmmm…. Well, there is just ONE little problem. These stats don't include m.engadget.com. That's right - we're talking about MOBILE traffic, and the statistics issued here don't include the MOBILE version of the website. Now, I'm a big fan of the iPhone. I want it to do well, and I want to read that it is doing well - but all that these stats are telling us is that 95.8% of people that are visiting engadget.com on a mobile/non-desktop device use the iPhone/iPod Touch. Since these two devices are some of the only ones on the list even capable of viewing the website correctly it should come as no surprise that they have dominating stats. If you want to truly compare the iPhone/iPod Touch with other mobile devices - then you need to include the actual MOBILE stats along with the main site stats. Let's be fair here. All this kind of stuff does is provide fuel for iPhone-haters.
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Bloomberg's Premature Steve Jobs Obit: Why?
Bloomberg published an obituary for Apple CEO Steve Jobs after the closing bell on Wednesday and quickly retracted it. Amid all the rumors of Jobs' and his pancreatic cancer, Bloomberg's timing couldn't have been worse. However, the Bloomberg incident may reveal that rumors about Jobs' health are intensifying. According to Gawker, Bloomberg published a 17-page obit for Jobs and a reader plucked it off of the terminal and sent it to the site. The report never made it online, but was transmitted over the Bloomberg terminal. Bloomberg is primarily transmitted to trading outfits and elsewhere via pricey terminals that are quite addictive to financial types.
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VimpelCom to carry iPhone in Russia
Posted by Dennis SellersVimpelCom, a Russian telecoms firm, will be carrying the iPhone in Russia. It's the first carrier in the country to officially carry the Apple communications device.
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Rumors of Steve Jobs's Demise Have Been Greatly... Look, Steve's Still Alive. We Promise.
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Steve Jobs—the reports of my death …
Posted by Dennis Sellers The Bloomberg financial newswire decided to update its 17-page Steve Jobs obituary today—and inadvertently published it in the process, reports Gawker. The Apple CEO's obit crossed the wire and then suddenly disappeared, the article adds.
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Bare Bones Software ships BBEdit 9.0
Posted by Dennis SellersBare Bones Software has released BBEdit 9.0 , an upgrade to the HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. The upgrade introduces such new capabilities as Projects, non-modal Find and Multi-File Search windows, editing in browsers, text completion, and a Scratchpad.
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Macs helping behind the scenes at the DNC
Filed under: Odds and ends, Macbook ProDoesn't matter if you're Obamapublican or a McCainocrat. One thing all Americans can agree on is that Macs rule when it comes to live media presentation. The Democratic national convention here in Denver is no exception. TUAW reader-on-the-spot YodaMac sent in these pictures live from the Pepsi Center. Gallery: DNC Macs They show this beautifully designed video backdrop being used at the convention, and better yet, the man-behind-the-curtain. YodaMac writes: "Here are a couple of pics I snapped on my iPhone at the Pepsi Center in Denver during the DNC. Just thought it was interesting that those giant screens being used seemed to be run by Macs! (see 2nd picture- behind the scenes) I don't know about "ALL" the screens, but those fellas were definitely changing the names that appeared on the big screens for different speakers as they took the podium." Cool stuff. And another vote for the Mac.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Power-control software blamed for iPhone 3G reception issues
A flaky power-control algorithm within the iPhone 3G seems to be a likely cause of the persistent reception problems that have plagued early adopters.
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Orange: we didn't pad iPhone queues in Poland
Posted by Dennis SellersOn Aug. 21 it was reported that people were getting paid to line up in front of mobile operator Orange stores as if they're in line to buy an iPhone. Not true, the company says.
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Softpress to present at Photoshop World
Posted by Dennis SellersFreeway 5, the web design application from Softpress Systems, will be the subject of a special presentation at Photoshop World Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Hotel.
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New Sony Cyber-shot camera's video capture goes high def
Posted by Dennis SellersSony is adding high-definition movie recording to its digital camera line with the introduction of the Cyber-shot DSC-T500 model. This 10-megapixel camera features wide and full-screen 720p movie recording at 30 frames per second in fine, standard and VGA recording modes. This resolution is three times higher than standard-definition movies.
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Fuck the VCs
John Casasanta on VC funding for iPhone developers, and the hype they’re fueling. â
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Rumors of Steve Jobs' death greatly exaggerated
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets You have to figure that major news outlets keep obituaries on hand for all kinds of public figures and celebrities -- still, you can't help feeling a bit of a chill upon learning that notice of Steve Jobs' death mistakingly hit the wires yesterday afternoon. A slip-up at news outlet Bloomberg caused the lengthy obituary to roll across a number of screens before being pulled -- but not before a Gawker tipster was able to send off a copy to the gossip site. Under normal circumstances, this would probably come off as a random gaffe with minimal impact, but given recent reactions / over reactions concerning Jobs' health (thanks in no small part to his appearance at WWDC, pictured above), this comes off as a rotten-timed moment in journalistic and technical butterfingerism. We can only hope this didn't send too many investors into a tailspin -- we'd hate to see any War of the Worlds moments caused by something so silly.[Via CNET]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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News: Fox announces 20 upcoming Digital Copy releases
Twentieth Century Fox, the first studio to offer an iTunes Digital Copy on select DVD and Blu-Ray releases, has announced 20 upcoming Digital Copy releases. “Our research shows that when given the option, consumers recognize the incredible value proposition that Digital Copy provides as a simple, fast way to move content to a portable device,” noted Mary Daily, Executive Vice President, North America Marketing, Twentieth Century Fox Home…
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iPhone users can now track Gustav at Weather Underground
Posted by Dave MertenMy favorite iPhone weather app, Weather Underground, today announced the launch of a Tropical Weather section for iPhone users at http://i.wund.com/tropical The service enables iPhone users to access a wide range of hurricane tracking maps including 5-day forecast maps, computer model maps, satellite maps, wind maps and historical maps. The...
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Vertex to deliver Apple products, services
Posted by Dennis SellersVertex Solutions and Apple have announce a teaming agreement between the two companies that enables Apple to provide its products and services to Federal clients using the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Training and Management Assistance (TMA) contract vehicle.
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newtonica is new game for iPhone, iPod touch
Posted by Dennis SellersField System has released the newtonica game for the iPod and iPhone touch. It's available for US$4.99 at the Apple App Store.
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Twentieth Century Fox unveils 20 titles with Digital Copy feature
Posted by Dennis SellersTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing several best-selling DVDs with Digital Copy on Sept. 23. Digital Copy allows consumers to transfer copies of their favorite classic comedy or action-packed films to their iTunes digital library and then view on a Mac or PC, iPod, iPhone or on a widescreen...
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Mississippi, Las Vegas Apple Stores set to open
Filed under: Apple Corporate, RetailApple plans to open two new retail stores in the US this Saturday, August 30th. One in Ridgeland, Mississippi and another in Las Vegas, Nevada.Apple Store Renaissance at Colony Park (Ridgeland) will open at 10:00 AM. The store is located at 1000 Highland Colony Parkway, next to Williams Sonoma and J Crew. You can find full travel directions here. This will be Mississippi's first Apple Store.Apple Store The Forum Shops will also open at 10:00 AM in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. You'll find it at The Forum Shops At Caesars, at 3500 Las Vegas Blvd., South. Full travel directions are here. This will be Nevada's fourth store, and the third in Sin City. If you visit either store over the weekend, please let us know! We'd love to see your pictures and stories.[Via ifoAppleStore]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Steve Jobs: Still Not Dead. Film at 11.
Filed under: Apple Corporate Bloomberg seems to be having an extremely slow news day. Its obituary update for Steve Jobs has turned awry. The obituary, a copy of which was sent to Gawker, contains a list of contacts that could be used for an extended story. Soon after the obituary was published, Bloomberg issued the following retraction: Story Referencing Apple Was Sent in Error by Bloomberg News Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) - An incomplete story referencing Apple Inc. was inadvertently published by Bloomberg News at 4:27 p.m. New York time today. The item was never meant for publication and has been retracted. -Editor: Joe Winski, Cesca Antonelli It should be noted that many major newspapers/magazines keep a preliminary obituary write-up for prominent public people. However, these reports are normally not published before someone actually dies. We can