Archives for August 2011
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Browse By Day in August 2011
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Apple Releases Developer Betas of iOS, iTunes, Apple TV
Apple released new beta versions of iOS 5 (beta 7), iTunes 10.5 (beta 7), and Apple TV Software (beta 6)…
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Apple Reportedly Loses Another iPhone Prototype
Apple reportedly lost another iPhone prototype, according to online reports. Sources “familiar with the investigation” said that an iPhone prototype…
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Anonymous Sri Lanka Attacks Apple & Others, Reveals Name Server Records
A branch of hacker group Anonymous announced this week that it had successfully launched a DNS Cache Snoop Poisoning attack…
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On Being Steve Jobs’s Neighbor
What’s it like to be Steve Jobs’s neighbor? Writing for the Palo Alto Patch, Lisen Stromberg offered her thoughts on…
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iMac 27-inch 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5: $1,699
The Deal Brothers noted that Apple is offering the the refurbished iMac 27-inch 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 for $1,699. This…
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My Interview with Steve Jobs (Timeline: 2020) Redux
As I pulled up to the long, curved driveway, I thought about the irony of the date. Hindsight, they say,…
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U.S. Justice Department Sues to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
The U.S. Justice Department isn’t keen on AT&T’s proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA, and went so far as to file…
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Reader Discussion: Apple’s iPhone 5 Launch Plans
Apple hasn’t announced the next iPhone model yet, but that isn’t stopping anyone from offering up their thoughts on when…
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Apple to Some Guy: We Want Our MacBook Pro Prototype
It’s no secret that Apple likes to keep its prototype devices to itself, and now the company is working on…
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Financial Times App Pulled from App Store Over Subscription Policy
The Financial Times has pulled its self-named app from the App Store for failing to comply with Apple’s in-app subscription…
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OS X Lion: Using Auto Save and Versions
Apple’s completely changed the way that saving a document works in Lion. In Snow Leopard, you hit Command-S, and you were…
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Apple’s Battle Against Chinese Knockoffs Detailed in Wikileaks Cable
Apple’s success has brought with it a problem known by many Western corporations, Chinese piracy. Wikileaks has published the contents…
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Apple Launches iTunes Match Developer Beta
Apple has opened up iTunes Match in limited beta form for developers. iTunes Match is part of Apple’s all-encompassing iCloud…
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HP to Make More TouchPads, Seriously
If you were hoping to be able to get a hold of a discontinued device that was considered outdated and…
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Hey Lady, Wanna Buy an iPad?
A South Carolina woman was offered what she thought was an iPad for sale in a McDonald’s parking lot on…
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Apple, Google, Samsung All Show Gains in U.S. Mobile Market
Apple, Google, and Samsung all showed some kind of gains in the U.S. cellphone market in the three months ending…
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LG 21.5” LCD Monitor: $139.99
The Deal Brothers found us a deal on the the LG W2240T-PN 21.5” LCD Monitor for $139.99. This display ships for…
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A Breaking Fever: Apple, Lies and Videotape
The Apple TV has remained a hobby because Apple isn’t in the driver’s seat when it comes to delivering home…
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Convert Between File Types Without an App, Part II
Sometimes, we find ourselves having to convert from one file type to another, and the app we have at hand,…
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Steve Jobs & Apple: Past, Present, Future
Looking back in time through the lenses of rose-colored glasses, it may seem that Steve Jobs’s genius was recognized from…
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HP: Our PC Business Will Stay on Top
HP is planning on spinning off its personal computer business, and Todd Bradley, HP’s Personal Systems Group leader, thinks the…
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Wacom Inkling Turns Drawings into Digital Images
Wacom unveiled its new Inkling product on Tuesday. Inkling is a pen that captures what users are drawing without requiring…
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Reader Discussion: Amazon’s Tablet Strategy
Apple has the iPad, and soon Amazon will have a tablet of its own. Today TMO readers are talking about…
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Lodsys Scrambles in Effort to Keep Apple Out of Court
Lodsys has thrown together what looks to be a weak defense in hopes of keeping Apple from intervening on behalf…
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PDFpen Adds New Page Number Tools
Smile Software announced the immediate availability of PDFpen and PDFpenPro 5.5 on Tuesday. The update for the Mac-based PDF editing…
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Analyst: Amazon Can Compete with iPad by Losing Money
If Amazon wants to compete with Apple’s iPad with its own tablet, it’s going to have to be willing to…
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Salesforce.com CEO Gifted App Store Trademark to Apple in Thanks
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, presented Steve Jobs and Apple with the trademark and domain for App Store as a…
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Steve Jobs’s Biological Father Regrets Adoption
Steve Jobs’s biological father, 80 year old Syrian immigrant Abdulfattah John Jandali, said in an interview this weekend that he…
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Convert Between File Types Without an App, Part I
Sometimes, we find ourselves having to convert from one file type to another, and the app we have at hand,…
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Apple Could Bring iCloud Syncing to Snow Leopard
Apple could be bringing limited iCloud syncing support to Snow Leopard, according to some documentation that reportedly showed up on…
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Marware MicroShell iPad 2 Case: This Is The One!
There are cases for iPad 2, then there’s the Marware Microshell iPad 2 Case. Vern Seward pulls back the the…
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13” MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo: $849.
The Deal Brothers found us a Mac laptopn on the cheap, a refurbished 13” MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo…
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Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Out of Australia Until at Least Sept 30
Samsung had hoped to launch a modified version of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia in mid-September, but on…
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Reader Discussion: The iPad Fad
Apple’s iPad is the current reigning king of the tablet market, but some say its days are numbered and that…
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Adobe Intros CreatePDF for iPhone, iPad
Adobe announced the immediate availability of CreatePDF for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on Monday. The app lets users…
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Sprint Employees on iPhone: No Comment
U.S. cell service provider Sprint has apparently told its employees to not comment on whether or not it will be…
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iPhone 5 Rumor Claims Metal Back, No 4-inch Screen
Apple’s iPhone 5 hasn’t been announced yet, so the rumor mills are working overtime, and the latest report they’ve churned…
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The Amazing Resilience of Apple Stock
“The sky is falling” said the Apple stock speculators late Wednesday afternoon just after Steve Jobs’s resignation announcement. In after…
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Apple Pulls TV Show Rentals from Apple TV, iTunes
Less than a year after it was introduced with great fanfare, Apple Inc. has quietly ended what one TV studio…
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3 Free Catalogs for iOS: Sky Mall, Ikea, Pottery Barn
If you like thumbing through catalogs then you’ll like the iPhone and iPad apps Vern Seward rounded up in this…
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Apple TV: $85.00 Delivered
The Deal Brothers noted that Apple is offering a refurbished Apple TV—the current model—for $85, including free delivery.
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Particle Debris (wk. ending 8/26) That Was The Week That Was
Just when you thought the pace of events in the tech world couldn’t get any faster, it speeds up. The…
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Google Exec: Steve Jobs Among the Greatest Leaders
Apple’s Chairman of the board and former CEO Steve Jobs has had a big impact on the technology and entertainment…
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Samsung Loses Bid to Stop Apple’s Expedited Patent Trial in California
A California Federal Court has ruled in favor of Apple’s request for an expedited trial in its patent infringement case…
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OS X Lion: Using iTunes Screen Saver as a Jukebox
You’ve all probably been familiar with the iTunes Artwork screen saver since, oh, the dawn of time. But in Lion,…
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Forum Discussion: Tim Cook, Apple’s New Boss
Steve Jobs stepped down from his position as Apple’s CEO earlier this week, handing over the title to Tim Cook…
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Apple Gives JailbreakMe Developer Internship
Nicholas Allegra, better known by his Twitter name Comex, will be starting an internship at Apple in September. Comex gained…
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Sonnet Intros Echo ExpressCard Adapter for Thunderbolt
Sonnet announced its new Echo ExpressCard/34 Thunderbolt Adapter on Friday. The adapter adds ExpressCard/34 support to Macs that include the…
