Archives for December 2010
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Browse By Day in December 2010
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OWC Announces Bus-Powered, Quad Interface RAID
Other World Computing (OWC) announced Wednesday the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual mini bus powered portable hardware RAID storage solution. The…
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CNN Dings Ping, Stings “Antennagate” as Top Ten Fails
CNN has published a lit of the “The 10 Biggest Tech ‘Fails’ of 2010,” and Apple made the list twice.…
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Skype Offers Vouchers to Apologize for Outage
Skype offered its customers a voucher on Wednesday as a way of apologizing for the recent Skype outage that left…
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Belkin 7 Port USB 2.0 Plus Hub: $40.55
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the Belkin 7 Port USB 2.0 Plus Hub for $40.55, with free shipping. It’s weighted…
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Apple Hit with Discrimination Lawsuit by Former Employee
Apple is the target of yet another lawsuit, this time for allegedly discriminating against a former employee of its SoHo…
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iTunes Rentals Already One-tenth of Netflix and Growing
Apple’s TV show and movie rental business at the iTunes Store is about one-tenth the size of Netflix’s business, according…
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MixTape Adds Automix, Tutorials
Atomic Droplet announced the immediate availability of MixTape 1.2 on Wednesday. The update for the Mac OS X-based audio track…
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Reader Discussion: Apple’s Plans for 2011
2010 is almost done, and Apple used the year to introduce new iMacs, new MacBook Air models, the iPad, the…
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Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen Refiles Apple Patent Lawsuit
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen refiled a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple and several other companies on Tuesday, just ahead of…
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TMO Contest: Get Your Beatnik On, Win Macworld Expo Passes
The Mac Observer wants to get you into Macworld Expo 2011 in San Francisco, but we’ll need a little something…
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Display Orders Hint at 65M iPads in 2011
Current parts order estimates out of Taiwan indicate Apple is on track to build some 65 million iPads in 2011.…
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McAfee Expects Increased Apple Attacks in 2011
Security firm McAfee expects increased attacks on Apple devices in 2011, spurred in part on Apple’s growing success with iPhones…
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Apple Approves Camera App that Uses Volume Button
Apple has allowed a new camera app on the App Store called Quick Snap - Camera Plus that allows users…
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Angry Birds Developer: Apple Will Be #1 a Long Time
Apple’s iOS ecosystem will be “the number one platform for a long time from a developer’s perspective,” according to Peter…
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Irish Hacker Cracks iPod Nano, Finds Movies, Games
An Irish hacker named James Whelton announced Monday that he has successfully hacked Apple’s new iPod nano using a springboard…
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Refurbished 15” MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Intel Core i5: $1699
The Deal Brothers noted that Apple has the refurbished 15” MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Intel Core i5 priced at $1699. It…
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Bottom Five Apple Stories of the Year
Last week, Ted Landau presented the Top Five Apple Stories of the Year. Today, he swings the pendulum to the…
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iPad Tromped Other Tablets During Holiday Season
Apple’s iPad was the tablet of choice this holiday season, according to Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair. Based on his…
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Lawsuit Slams Apple for iPhone Apps Collecting User Data
Apple was hit with a lawsuit on December 23 alleging the company is allowing third-party iPhone and iPad apps to…
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Reader Discussion: Apple, Macs and Marketshare
Interest in Apple’s Mac computer lineup is on the rise, and the company’s sales are increasing faster than the rest…
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Rumor Claims CDMA-based iPad on the Way
Rumors that Apple is adding CDMA wireless communication support to its mobile devices has spread from the iPhone to include…
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Analyst: iPad, iPhone Going Dual Core
Apple’s second generation iPad and fifth generation iPhone will sport dual core processors, according to Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok…
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iQuickD.o.F Adds Depth of Field Focus to iPhone Photos
emriBytes announced the immediate availability of iQuickD.o.F on Tuesday. iQuickD.o.F is an app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users…
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Cherokees & Apple Bring Cherokee Language to iOS
The Cherokee nation went to Apple to ask the company to support the Cherokee language in iOS, according to a…
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Gorillaz Record Album on iPad (Free to Fanclub)
The Gorillaz have completed an album that was recorded entirely on an iPad, and the group released it for free…
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Apple Confirms that Hobby Apple TV Sold Million Units
Apple has confirmed that it has sold one million of its new Apple TVs, a device that was first released…
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RIM Reportedly Nonplussed In Wake of Original iPhone
Research In Motion executives were left nonplussed in the wake of Apple’s unveiling of the iPhone in January of 2007,…
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DropDAV Links iWork for iPad to Dropbox
iPad users have a new tool in their quest for an easier way to move iWork documents from their iPad…
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TimePreserver Backs Up Time Capsule, Time Machine Drives
Dalamser announced the immediate availability of TimePreserver on Monday. TimePreserver is a utility for backing up the contents from an…
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Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock iPhone Case: $6.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the totally geeky Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock iPhone Case for $6.99, $3.00 off…
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Apple Q1 2011 Earnings Report Set for Jan 18
Apple will be hosting its first fiscal quarter earnings report for 2011 on Tuesday, January 18 at 2PM. The conference…
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Reader Discussion: Apple’s Growth and Operating Expenses
Today TMO readers are talking about Apple’s growth over the past few years, looking at the company’s operating expenses, and…
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Rumor Claims 21M iPhones on Order for Q1
Apple has apparently bumped up its first quarter 2011 iPhone 4 shipment goal from 19 million units up to 20…
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Tech Lockdown: Keeping your Mac, iPhone and Data Safe
If a new Mac, iPhone, iPod touch or iPad was on your holiday gift list this year, there’s a pretty good…
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iPad Tops Mossberg’s Best of 2010 List
The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg best products of 2010 list ranks Apple’s iPad in the top spot with the…
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iOS 4.2.1 Untethered Jailbreak Goes Beta
The iPhone Dev Team is looking for brave souls to beta test its new iOS 4.2.1 untethered redsn0w jailbreak. The…