Archives for August 2010
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Browse By Day in August 2010
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VP Announces Pricing & System Requirements for Supreme Commander 2
Virtual Programming announced Wednesday pricing and system requirements for Supreme Commander 2. The company announced that it was bringing the…
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Apple TV to Become iTV, Won’t Support 1080p
Apple is planning on changing the name of the Apple TV (back) to iTV, according to a new rumor from…
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Report: Apple Will Be Holding Media Event This Fall
While this one didn’t exactly require that we tap a worm hole to check with Nostrodamus, it would appear as…
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Apple Sets Up Volume App Store Purchases for Education
Apple quietly unveiled a new program for educational institutions this week called the App Store Volume Purchase Program. The program…
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Apple Releases iOS Updates to Fix PDF Vulnerability
Apple updated iOS for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad Wednesday, an update that plugs a security hole involving PDF files.…
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Apple’s Product Release Cycle Needs Tuning
The iPad was released without a gyroscope or a camera. The iPhone 4, a few months later, had all that…
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Acer 20” LED-Backlight LCD Monitor: $149.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the Acer S201HLbd Black 20” 5ms LED-Backlight LCD monitor for $149.99, including free delivery.
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Apple Covent Garden Store Still Swamped from Grand Opening
Apple’s Covent Garden retail store in London opened to long lines on August 7, and four days after the grand…
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Next Gen iPad May Include Gyroscope
Like the iPhone 4, the next generation iPad will most likely include a three-axis gyroscope. The current iPad even includes…
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John F. Braun Discusses Microsoft’s New PC Campaign on MacJury
The Mac Observer columnist and Mac Geek Gab co-host, John F. Braun, joined MacJury host Chuck Joiner to talk about…
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Backing Up Your iPad’s Data
Today TMO readers are talking about how to make sure your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch data is properly backed…
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Apple Updates Japan Site for Overheating iPod nanos
Apple updated its Web site in Japan on Tuesday to comply with local government demands that the company offer support…
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Flash Player Update Adds GPU Support, Security Fixes
Adobe released Flash Player 10.1.82.76 on Tuesday, bringing H.264 GPU-based decoding to Mac OS X 10.6.3. The update also patches…
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Microsoft Releases Office 2004, 2008 Security Updates
Microsoft released Office 2004 for Mac 11.6 and Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.6 on Tuesday with fixes for security-related issues.…
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Linux Foundation Chief: Apple’s App Store Business Model Unsustainable
Apple’s business model for the App Store is unsustainable, according to Linux Foundation head honcho Jim Zemlin. In an interview…
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Apple Offers Developers $99 Single Day Pass to Mac Compatibility Labs
Apple has set up a new “Single Day Pass” for registered developers in the Mac Developer Program. The Pass allows…
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Scosche Announces Dual Home & Car iPhone/iPad Chargers
Scosche Industries announced Tuesday the release of two dual chargers for Apple’s iPad and iPhone, the reVIVE II Dual USB…
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Microsoft Embarrasses Itself with “PC vs. Mac” Web Site
Now that Apple has pulled the plug on its immensely popular “I’m a Mac” campaign, Microsoft has fired back with…
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A Girl’s Guide to Dating a Geek: $13.99
The Deal Brothers found a book called A Girl’s Guide to Dating a Geek for $13.99, just in time for back-to-school.
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Google and Verizon’s Deceptive Statement
Google and Verizon’s “Joint policy statement for an open Internet” reminds me of Congressional legislation with names like “Clean Water…
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AT&T U-verse 2 Adds Video Download Support
AT&T’s U-verse Mobile app for the iPhone and iPod touch moved beyond DVR remote control features on Tuesday when the…
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Barcode Producer 6 Improves InDesign Support, More
Apparent announced the immediate availability of Barcode Producer 6.0 on Tuesday. The new version of the barcode design utility added…
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SeedCode Complete Adds FileMaker 11 Support
SeedCode announced the immediate availability of SeedCode Complete on Tuesday. The new version of the project management template for FileMaker…
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EU Jumps into iOS Code Restriction Investigation
Apparently the European Union has decided to join with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in investigating Apple’s policy prohibiting cross-compiler…
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Reader Debate: CDMA iPhones
Today TMO readers are talking about the possibility of CDMA-enabled iPhones, and whether or not it makes sense for the…
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What’s Up With Apple and Liquidmetal Technologies?
Apple and Liquidmetal Technologies? Could it be better Macbook bodies or somthing even grander?
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Google, Verizon Unveil Net Neutrality Proposal
Google and Verizon unveiled their own proposed version of net neutrality that leaves wired Internet connections alone, but gives wireless…
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Dave Hamilton Shares Cool Mac, iPhone Stuff at Princeton MUG
The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab co-host, Dave Hamilton, will be speaking at the Princeton Macintosh Users Group on Tuesday,…
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Survey Finds Apple Laptops #1 Brand on College Campuses
Apple laptops are the most popular laptop on college campuses these days, with more than one in four of those…
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Car Tell Auction Prices for iPhone Show What Dealers Pay
Automotive Data Systems (ADS) announced Monday the release of Car Tell Auction Prices, a new iPhone app that shows users…
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MGG 278: Cool Stuff Found, Powerline, More
It’s time for another Cool Stuff Found episode, and John and Dave deliver for sure! Some great things, including a…
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Trans International Announces 32GB Memory Upgrade Kit for New Mac Pros
Trans International (also known as Trans Intl) announced Monday memory upgrade kits for Apple’s newly announced Mac Pro models. The…
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Report: Apple to Rev iPad in 2011 with New Processor, 7” Display
Apple is working on two new versions of the iPad the company will release in the first quarter of 2011,…
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Iomega eGo 34896 500GB External Hard Drive: $82.24
The Deal Brothers found a deal on this sleek Iomega eGo portable USB 2.0 hard drive for $82.24, with free…
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Apple Signs Deal for Liquidmetal Tech
Apple and Liquidmetal Technologies have struck a deal that gives Apple exclusive use of Liquidmetal’s amorphous metal alloys. The deal…
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Needham Raises AAPL Target on iPad, Mac Sales
Needham & Company analyst, Charlie Wolf, is raising his target price for Apple’s stock from US$280 up to $375 thanks…
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F10 Launch Studio 3 Beefs Up App Switching
Chronos announced the immediate availability of F10 Launch Studio 3 on Monday. The updated version of the application launcher utility…
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Apple May be Buying Chips for Verizon iPhone
It seems the iPhone-coming-to-Verizon rumors just won’t die, and the latest claims Apple is buying up CDMA chips for an…
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Apple, AT&T and Exclusive iPhone Deals
Today TMO readers are talking about AT&T’s exclusive carrier deal in the U.S., how long they think it may last, and…
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Dave Hamilton Shares Cool Mac, iPhone Stuff at Princeton MUG
The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab co-host, Dave Hamilton, will be speaking at the Princeton Macintosh Users Group on Tuesday,…
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Papermaster, Apple Split May be Cultural
Former senior vice president of Devices Hardware, Mark Papermaster, abruptly left Apple over the weekend amid speculation that the iPhone…
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12-core Mac Pro Hits the Apple Store
Apple began taking orders for its freshly updated Mac Pro lineup Monday morning. The new models are available in quad-core,…
