Archives for January 2011
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Browse By Day in January 2011
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Apple Granted Patent for Mobile Device Solar Power
Apple has been granted a patent relating to using solar power as a power source for mobile devices. The patent…
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Apple Doubles Patents in 2010, #46 in the World
Apple almost doubled the number of patents the company was granted during 2010, according to a report issued by IFI…
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Google Places for iPhone Offers Better Finding
Google announced Thursday the release of Google Places for iPhone, a combination of Google’s Hotpot and Google Maps that you…
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Android Passes iOS on Mobile Ad Network
Android devices have surpassed iOS devices for the first time in ad impressions on at least one mobile ad network.…
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Adobe Closes Door on Flash Cookie Abuse
Prompted by privacy advocates, lawsuits, and websites that have abused the local storage capability of Adobe’s Flash, the so-called Flash…
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CyberPower UPS: $84.95
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the CyberPower CP850AVRLCD UPS for $84.95. This uninterruptible power supply features an Intelligent LCD Diagnostic Panel,…
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How to Get Free Books on Your iPad
You’ll have to pay for the latest and greatest books at the iBookstore, Amazon, and elsewhere. But there are literally…
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Win Tickets to Cirque du Mac 8.0 & Party with the Macworld All-Star Band!
Macworld Expo is just two weeks away, and our Cirque du Mac party helps kick things off on the evening…
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Ted Landau Talks Verizon iPhone, Macworld Expo on MacNotables
TMO columnist Ted Landau joined Chuck Joiner on the MacNotables podcast to talk about the just announced Verizon iPhone, the…
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TMO’s Jeff Gamet Discusses CES 2011 at CoMUG
Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer’s managing editor, will be speaking at the Colorado Macintosh User Group meeting on Thursday, January…
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Rumor Claims Apple Dropping iPhone, iPad Home Button
Following reports that Apple is adding a new iOS 4.3 multi-touch gesture that lets iPad users jump to their Home…
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Reader Discussion: Google’s Move Away from H.264
Google is dropping support for H.264 video playback in its Chrome Web browser in favor of its own WebM format.…
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Apple Sets Annual Shareholder Meeting for February 23
Apple will be hosting its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, February 23, at 10 AM pacific time. The company will…
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UBS Raises AAPL Target on Strong Sales Outlook
UBS analyst Maynard Um is expecting Apple will show strong holiday sales numbers and will see continued high demand for…
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iOS 4.3 Beta Adds new iPad Gestures, Returns Rotation Lock
Apple released a beta version of iOS 4.3 for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad to developers Wednesday afternoon that…
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FCC Proposes Severe Net-Neutrality Restrictions on Comcast
As a condition for approval of the Comcast acquisition of NBCU, the FCC chairman Julius Genachowski has proposed severe net-neutrality…
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Microsoft Working on FaceTime Competitor
At CES 2011, a Microsoft employee mentioned off-hand that one direction for the smartphone OS, Windows Phone, would be a…
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The Men Behind the Apple-Verizon Deal
It wasn’t Steve Jobs and Ivan Seidenberg that worked out the details of the Apple-Verizon iPhone deal. It was Apple…
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Director Goes Silver Screen with iPhone 4
Popular South Korean film maker Park Chan-wook does more than make phone calls with the iPhone 4. His latest short…
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Verizon: CDMA iPad Coming Soon
Along with its announcement that it will start selling Apple’s iPhone 4 in February, Verizon confirmed it will offer CDMA-compatible…
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Apple, Others Pull Out of Novell Patent Purchase
Apple, along with Microsoft, Oracle and EMC, have pulled out of the consortium they launched to purchase 882 Novell patents.…
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Forum Poll: Are You Buying a Verizon iPhone?
Verizon will start selling a CDMA version of Apple’s iPhone at the beginning of February, marking the first time the…
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iOS 4.3 to Include Personal Hotspot Support
Insider sources are claiming that the personal hotspot feature introduced with the Verizon-compatible iPhone 4 on Tuesday will make its…
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Google Chrome Drops H.264 Support
Google is pulling support for H.264 from its Chrome Web browser in favor of the its own WebM video codec…
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Microsoft Files App Store Trademark Complaint
Microsoft doesn’t think Apple should trademark “App Store,” and has gone so far as to file a motion for summary…
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Apple Not Ruling Out iPhone Hotspot Through AT&T
Apple isn’t ruling out the possibility that a hotspot feature similar to the one Verizon introduced Tuesday for its version…
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Phil Schiller: No Side-Loading of Verizon Apps on iPhone
Verizon will not be engaging in its usual practice of side-loading apps onto iPhones, according to Apple Vice President Phil…
