Archives for August 2010
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Browse By Day in August 2010
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Apple Supplier Admits to Paying Brokerage Fees; Could Relate to Bribes
Pegatron Corp., the parent company of Apple supplier Kaedar Electronics Co., admitted to The Wall Street Journal that it had…
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Apple Manager Charged with Taking Bribes Pleads Not Guilty
Paul Shin Devine, a mid level global supply manager at Apple, has pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on fraud…
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MGG 280: Battery Life, iTunes Accounts, Spotlight Searches
John and Dave kick off the week with a podcast full of your questions, their answers, combined tips, and valuable…
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NI Releases Traktor Kontrol S4 Hardware/Software DJ Solution
Native Instruments announced Monday the release of Traktor Kontrol S4, an integrated hardware and software DJ solution aimed at pro…
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Asustek Sells Fewer Netbooks, Blames iPad
Asustek Computer CEO Jerry Shen told investors Friday that his company sold fewer netbooks than expected during the company’s second…
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Refurbished 13” MacBook Pro 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo: $1949
The Deal Brothers found a deal on a refurbished Refurbished 13” MacBook Pro 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo for $1949,…
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E-Guitar HD Offers Guitar Lessons on Your iPad
David Palmerio announced the immediate availability of E-Guitar HD 1.0 for the iPad on Monday. The app teaches users how…
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Japan Stops Train for Overheating iPod
A commuter train in Japan was stopped for an emergency check after passengers complained of burning smell that turned out…
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FedEx Employees Rob Co-worker for Apple Gear
A FedEx driver in Pleasanton, California, lost several Apple products from his delivery truck last week when he was robbed…
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Verizon’s Need for the iPhone 4
Today TMO readers are discussing the idea of a Verizon-compatible iPhone and why they think that’s more important for Verizon…
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South Korea iPhone 4 Pre-orders Launch Wednesday
South Korea’s KT plans to start accepting pre-orders for Apple’s iPhone 4 on Wednesday for a September launch.
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Adobe Fixes Photoshop Express iPad Launch Bug
Adobe released Photoshop Express 1.3.1 over the weekend for the iPad. The update addressed an issue where launching Photoshop Express…
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Apple Hires Near Field Communication Expert
Apple recently hired Benjamin Vigier to as product manager for mobile commerce. Mr. Vigier is an expert in near field…
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News Corp to Launch National, General-Interest Newspaper for Mobile Devices
News Corp. has announced plans to launch a national newspaper for mobile devices such as the iPad and iPhone. The…
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Discover - Wikipedia in a Magazine
This week Free on iTunes focuses on a single new app, Discover - Wikipedia in a Magazine, an app that…
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Today only: $59 iPod Nano 4th Gen
The Deal Brothers noted that our friends at TechRestore are offering refurbished 4th generation iPod nanos for $59, a killer…
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Particle Debris (wk. ending 8/13) Star Trek’s iPad & iPhone Hidden Features
This week, John’s technical news debris includes articles on how Star Trek’s property masters may have influenced our culture and…
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Wireless Micro Traveler 900LS Mouse - Designed For Notebooks
The Genius Micro Traveler 900LS mouse works instantly with any Mac that has a spare USB port.
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MYStuff 1.4 Adds iDisk, Dropbox Support
Minder Softworks announced the immediate availability of MYStuff 1.4 on Friday. The update for the personal data management application for…
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PhoneTransact Intros Credit Card Reader for iPhone
PhoneTransact announced the immediate availability of Credit Card Reader for the iPhone and iPod touch on Friday. The hardware and…
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TMO’s John F. Braun Discusses Safari, Net Neutrality on Mac Roundtable
The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab co-host John F. Braun joined the Mac Roundtable crew to talk about Safari extensions,…
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Google Defends its New Net Neutrality Stance
Google’s proposed Internet neutrality rules, co-developed with Verizon, has generally been received negatively, so now the Internet search giant has…
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UK Broadcaster “Furious” Over iTV Rumor
Following rumors that Apple will rename its Apple TV home entertainment console “iTV,” U.K. broadcaster ITV is said to be…
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Sorting Out Android Market Growth
Google’s Android OS and Android-based smartphones are going head-to-head with Apple’s iPhone and iOS. Today TMO reader are talking about…
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Axon Logic Preps Mac OS X-compatible Tablet
It’s no secret that Apple frowns on companies making their own Mac-compatible computers, but that isn’t stopping Axon Logic from…
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Oracle Sues Google Over Java Patents
Oracle is suing Google claiming the Internet search giant is infringing on Java-related patents and copyrights with its Android OS.…
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Apple Releases Brightness Update for iMac
Apple released iMac (Mid 2010) Display Brightness Update 1.0 late on Thursday. The update, according to Apple’s scant release notes,…
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Adobe Releases Photoshop Express for iPhone, iPad
Adobe announced the immediate availability of Photoshop Express for the iPhone and iPad on Friday. Photoshop Express is an update…
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Analyst: Apple Should Use Cash Hoard for Stock Buyback, Dividends
Apple needs to quit sitting on the largest cash hoard in the U.S. business world and return some of the…
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TidBITS Announces “Take Control of Fonts in Snow Leopard”
TidBITS Publishing announced Thursday the release of Take Control of Fonts in Snow Leopard, the latest in the company’s Take…
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MGG 279: Bad Motherboards, Unconnected Macs, Gmail, Hiding IPs
Dave has a MacBook Pro tale of woe to tell, then it’s off to listener questions and tips. Today’s topics…
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Google Announces Voice Actions for Android Phones
Google unveiled a powerful new feature for the Android platform Thursday, Voice Actions. As the name implies, Voice Actions allow…
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Poker Copilot Adds Support for FullTilt France, Winamax Tourneys
Steve McLeod released Poker Copilot 2.57 this week, an update to the online poker HUD and hand history analysis manager…
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Refurbished Mac Pro 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon: $2549
We don’t see a lot of refurbished Mac Pro offers, but The Deal Brothers found a refurbished Mac Pro 2.93GHz…
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Apple Patent Turns Your Games into Comics
Apple recently filed a patent that describes a system where users could take the video games they play and turn…
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John F. Braun and PC Versus Mac on MacJury
The Mac Observer columnist and Mac Geek Gab co-host, John F. Braun, joined host Chuck Joiner to talk about Microsoft’s…
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CDMA iPhone Testing May Be In the Works
Apple may be testing a CDMA-based iPhone 4 for a January launch, according to Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, although that…
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VirnetX Sues Apple, Others Over Communications Patents
VirnetX is taking Apple, NEC, Cicso and Aastra to court over claims that the companies are violating patents it owns.…
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The iPhone as a Landmark Invention
Today TMO readers are talking about advances in technology, the impact they have had on society, and where the iPhone…
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AT&T OK with Google, Verizon Net Neutrality Proposal
AT&T Mobility CEO, Ralph de la Vega, likes the Internet Neutrality proposal Verizon and Google recently unveiled, and thinks it…
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Better iOS File Sharing with Dropbox and DocsToGo
It should be a simple task. You have a document on your Mac. You want to transfer it to your…
