Apple Expo 2008 took place last week from September 17-20th in Paris, France. The European expo drew few headlines in the U.S. press due to the lack of participation by Apple. TechRadar UK provides a report from the expo floor and found that there ...
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EFi-X Allows Mac OS X to Boot on a PC
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EFi-X is the latest commercial product to allow PCs to boot Mac OS X. A company called Psystar made headlines in April when it introduced its "Open Computer" which was built from generic PC parts and also allowed users to boot Mac OS X Leopard. Psy...
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SquirrelFish Extreme Accelerates JavaScript Even More
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longer bars represent faster speeds
The Webkit blog has posted benchmarks on their "next generation" JavaScript interpreter called SquirrelFish Extreme (SFX). SquirrelFish Extreme uses "more advanced techniques" to deliver even faster...
X-Plane Story: Working 16-Hour Days At Apple Headquarters
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Laminar Research, the developers of X-Plane 9, have posted about the intense experience of porting their popular flight simulator from within Apple's headquarters in the days leading up to the "Let's Rock" media event held on September 9th.
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iFund, App Store Success, Future Apps
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) has started an iFund blog covering topics about its $100 million venture capital fund for iPhone developers. KPCB has currently funded five companies with about $30 million of investment capital. Those compan...
Read more »AT&T nixing $20/mo unlimited plan for Pay-as-You-Go iPhones
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AT&T has just informed customers that it plans to discontinue its $20/month unlimited MEdia Net service, which not only affects Pay-as-You-Go customers, but also those who are using original iPhones and don't want to pay for the $30/month data plan that comes with 3G iPhones.Read More...
Laptops, Screen Sizes, and Resolutons, Oh My!
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With the entire Mac world seemingly focused on the next-generation MacBook and MacBook Pro models, I’d like to put in my $.02 regarding screen sizes.
Read more »NVIDIA Powered MacBooks on October 14th?
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TUAW believes that the upcoming MacBooks will indeed be powered by NVIDIA chipsets and will be delivered on October 14th. A source tells us that Nvidia is showing off new MacBooks to their employees, and word is going around that the...
Read more »iPhone Gets VoIP, Thanks to Fring
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As of yesterday, the iPhone natively supports VoIP calls without jailbreaking thanks to fring, a multi-client instant messaging application with Skype, Skype-out, fring and other SIP support for voice calling.
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Fring Enables VoIP Calls Over WiFi for iPhone with Skype Support
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Fring has released the iPhone version of their service today as a free download in the App Store.
Fring allows you to chat and interact with others on a variety of networks including Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, ICQ. I...
Read more »Flash for iPhone Confirmed; Ball in Apple’s Hands
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From a blog post that launched a thousand rumors, comes confirmation that Adobe is, in fact, creating a way to bring Flash content to the iPhone.
Here is an excerpt from their official statement during a recent “town hall”:
Adobe begs Apple to allow Flash on iPhone, again
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Despite Steve Jobs slamming Flash's performance on his darling mobile device, Adobe has made yet another subtle public plea for Apple to reconsider opening the iPhone OS to the wonders of Flash.Read More...
Survey: iPhone users pleased despite Apple's foibles
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Things aren't all doom and gloom among iPhone users—in fact, most are highly satisfied with the device, according to new satisfaction survey results. Read More...
Adobe begs Apple to allow Flash on iPhone, again
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Despite Steve Jobs slamming Flash's performance on his darling mobile device, Adobe has made yet another subtle public plea for Apple to reconsider opening the iPhone OS to the wonders of Flash.Read More...
Read more »Adobe Prepping Flash for iPhone, Cites Apple as Part of Delay
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On Tuesday, software developer Adobe stated at the Beach expo that the company is actively developing a port of its Flash animation plugin for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. According to Electronista, the new version will bring the handset's...
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Read more »Next iPhone software update to deliver Safari, App Store tweaks
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Apple last week began testing iPhone Software v2.2 beta 1, the next software update for the iPhone and iPod touch that will deliver, among other things, subtle interface changes to Safari and a new version of the company's App Store application.
Read more »Where’s the Easy Access to Tagging in OS X?
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On the web, we’ve been tagging everything for at least a couple of years now.
Read more »Apple TV to be Replaced?
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TUAW claims that they have heard from an "anonymous Apple reseller" saying that Apple has instructed them to remove all Apple TV displays and literature by September 30th and that there would be a webcast "kick off" on September 30th.
Read more »Apple week in review: the App Store hammer, new MacBook rumors, Apple in IT
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This week's top Apple news ranged from how the iPhone will be affected by the T-Mobile G1 to performance improvements in Adobe CS4 to Apple's continued enforcement of its mysterious App Store policies. Also included was how Apple's patch release policy affects enterprise IT, and more. Read More...
Read more »Ballmer changes tune while dancing around Apple's success
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Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, who's watched his company's PC business come under immense pressure from Apple, used a forum this week to discount the Mac maker's potential for future share gains and designate its mobile phone business as a doomed initiative that will "lose out" in the long run.
Read more »Apple promises more accessibility in iTunes in 2008, 2009
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Apple has reached an agreement with the National Federation for the Blind and the Massachusetts Attorney General that will bring further accessibility improvements to iTunes this year and next. iTunes U, the iTunes Store, and iTunes software for Mac and Windows will all become fully accessible to those with vision problems. Read More...
iPhone owners wrestle with missing e-mail downloads
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As much as the iPhone 2.1 firmware appears to have resolved many outstanding glitches with Apple's device, an increasingly large number of users say the update has broken background e-mail checks for many e-mail accounts.
Read more »Apple's redesigned power adapters already shipping, sort of
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It looks like replacement adapters are already being packaged with new iPhone 3Gs. And, at least one analyst thinks that the recall is a non-issue since Apple is being proactive and no injuries have been reported.Read More...
Read more »Analyst: Apple on track to move 5 million iPhones in Q4
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Expect iPhones to be a big part of Apple's fiscal Q4—which ends next week—says analyst Gene Munster. He also bumped estimates on Mac and iPod sales, which will surely make for a stellar quarter for Apple.Read More...
Unlikely MacBook Pro Photo Circulates [Update]
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Image found on T-Systems.de
Existing promotional image
A possible though unlikely image of the upcoming MacBook Pro has circulated on the internet this morning and appears to have originated at German retailer T-...
VMware Fusion 2.0 and Parallels 4.0 Beta
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VMware announced the release of the final version of VMware Fusion 2.0 which is a free upgrade for all VMware Fusion 1.x customers and is said to add over 100 new features. The enhancements are listed as:- More Seamless with Unity 2...
Read more »Over 1 Million NBC Downloads Since Return to iTunes
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One of the major announcements during last week's media event was the return of NBC shows to the iTunes Store. NBC reportedly accounted for 40% of iTunes video sales prior to their removal late last year.
Hollywood Reporter reveals th...
Read more »Apple Considering 'At a Glance' Notification Screen for iPhone
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A recent patent application from Apple reveals that the company is considering adding a proper "At a Glance" notification screen for the iPhone. The proposed screen would allow users to quickly jump to the desired notification simply by pres...
Read more »Updated MacBooks may use new, lower-power NVIDIA chipset
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Apple may be using a new chipset from NVIDIA instead of Intel's Centrino 2 chipset. NVIDIA's experience with graphics and lower-power consumption could be the key to the switch.Read More...
iPhone 2.1 Reactions and Additional Features
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Apple released the long awaited iPhone 2.1 firmware upgrade on Friday. The release has been met primarily with praise from MacRumors commenters. Many existing issues have been addressed including the highly publicized security issue, stability issu...
Read more »SquirrelFish Extreme mops floor with V8, TraceMonkey
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The new SquirrelFish Extreme JavaScript engine is kicking ass and taking names, despite the questionable use of the tired "extreme" moniker.Read More...
'Official' MMS May Arrive for iPhone
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MacWorld Sweden caught the attention of iPhone users when they reported that Swedish carrier Telia is planning on bringing Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) to their iPhone users. MMS is a feature that has been long requested by iPhone users and wo...
Read more »iPhone Your Life: Apple Tries to Get its App Store Act Together
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There have been a lot of complaints about the organization of the App Store. Yes, you can search, and browse by category, but the sheer volume of apps available and the relatively simple App Store design make finding something without knowing exactly what you’re looking for a bit of a nightmare. Luckily, you have us to sift through the mess and find the diamonds. Now, you also have the official Apple “iPhone Your Life” website.
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