Archive for August, 2008

Coming Attractions: Humboldt County

Written and directed by Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs, Humboldt County tells the story of disillusioned medical student Peter Hadley (Jeremy Strong) who finds himself in California’s picturesque but remote “Lost Coast” among an eccentric family of marijuana farmers. Humboldt County opens in theaters on September 26.
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Learn Aperture and shoot with a pro photographer at a national park

Here’s a contest you’ll want to enter. Submit one of your best photographs to win a chance to shoot side-by-side with a pro photographer in Olympic, Grand Tetons, Yosemite, or Yellowstone National Park. And learn from Apple-certified trainers how to use Aperture 2.1 to process, perfect, and promote all the great images you capture It’s […]

Enjoy classical guitar concerts on iTunes U

Thanks to iTunes U and the University of Utah, you can put your feet up and enjoy a classical guitar recital or two this Labor Day weekend. Choosing among audio and video podcasts, you can listen to student musicians and Tully Cathey perform works by Tárrega, Torroba, Berkeley, as well as original compositions by Cathey, […]

Pro Tip: Spell checking on the fly

You probably know that many Mac applications underline misspelled words as you type, calling attention to the presumed error with a broken red line. But did you also know that you could check for the correct spelling of the word with a simple right-click of your Mighty Mouse? You’ll find out how when you read […]

21 deals a winning hand

Available for rental ($3.99) or purchase ($14.99), “21” tells the story of card-counting MIT students who turned the tables on Las Vegas casinos. Directed by Robert Luketic, the movie stars Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, and Laurence Fishburne. Got an Apple TV? You can enjoy 21 in HD.
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Tech columnist changes his tunes with an iPod touch

iTunes may have let him enjoy his music all over the house and even on his patio, but Nick Wingfield (wsj.com) has been waiting for “someone to come up with a good, affordable remote control that lets me change tunes no matter where I am in the house.” Then he realized that he “already owned […]

iPhone Factory Girl Remains on the Job

Remember those mysterious pictures found on an iPhone? They were images of a factory worker looking fantastically happy, indeed very pleased to be putting together iPhones. There was some concern that the poor girl might get fired as a result of these images, but I’m glad to report that this is rumored to not […]

Did Apple increase the photo resolution for iPhone e-mail?

Normally when I’m out and about, I carry everything I need to be self-sufficient. Right now, I’m sitting at the local GM dealership for an oil-change and inspection on the car but I just found out I won’t need my wireless broadband card nor an extra battery for my device. Here in the […]

Looking for a house? Take your iPhone.

“House hunting? Forget the listing agents and classified ads. Now you can find homes for sale with a few taps on a smartphone,” reports Prashant Gopal (businessweek.com). Those taps can launch the Trulia Real Estate Search, “one of the Web’s most visited home listing sites” and a recent App Store addition, StreetEasy Real Estate, Home […]

Control pads for gaming on the iPhone

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Hardware, Developer, iPhone Ever since games first started running on the iPhone, the issue of controls has always been at hand (so to speak). While the multi-touch screen allows for some very flexible control schemes, it doesn’t provide any tactile feedback, and so more delicate controls like […]

App Store Pick of the Week: iSpend

Road warriors take note. With iSpend installed on your iPhone, you can track expenses like never before. Easily enter expenses into iPhone as you incur them; quickly assign categories to separate lodging from travel from dining expenses. iSpend lets you generate reports and email comma-separated files for import into Numbers or Excel. iSpend travels well, […]

Quick Tip of the Week: Custom Print Settings

The Print dialog offers numerous options (e.g., black and white/color, letter/legal, single or double-sided) for controlling how your documents print. If you find yourself returning to the same set of options frequently, you can save your custom print settings as a preset and save yourself some time the next time you print a similar document. […]

iPhone 3G antenna test

This is cool, someone did some real testing on the iPhone 3g vs Sony and Nokia phones… via DF. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in iPhone | Digg this!
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Up close and personal with the $853 iPhone 3G from Globe Telecoms

Section: iPhone + Communications, Carriers, iPhone, Originals After announcing its price range for the iPhone 3G a couple of weeks ago at around $1000 for the prepaid units, Globe Telecoms decided to bring down the price tag to around $853 (8GB model) a few days before the August 22 launch of […]

Cool, Neato!: iHologram iPhone Application

Cool, Neato!: iHologram iPhone Application MORE: 3d , application , awesome , cat , cool , eye candy , hologram , i want , iphone , neato , sweet , video iHologram […]

Last call for submissions

Think you have what it takes to be selected as one of the top emerging photographers of the year? If so, you have only one day left to submit your work for consideration in American Photo’s 2008 Emerging Photographers project. All you need is ten outstanding images, Aperture 2, and the free Portfolio Review […]

Seen the latest TV ads?

We think you’ll really enjoy Off the Air, Pizza Box, Throne, and Calming Teas, the four latest TV ads now playing on the Get a Mac site. While you’re visiting, you may also want to watch the long version of Sad Song. It’s a classic. Maybe your friends would like to see them, too.
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Apple supera pronósticos y vende un millón de iPhones 3G en tres días | Finanzas.com

Apple supera pronósticos y vende un millón de iPhones 3G en tres días | Finanzas.com: El primer modelo de iPhone “tardó” 74 días en llegar a la misma cantidad… Cómo no van a copiarlo casi todos los competidores…
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iPhone launched in India sans mass hysteria

Apple’s iconic 3G iPhone made its debut in India, sans the public frenzy that greeted its worldwide debut last month, as a steep price and mixed reviews kept potential buyers at bay. Vodafone Essar, the Indian unit of the UK-based wireless major and Bharti Airtel, India’s leading GSM operator, launched the latest version of Apple’s […]

Aviv Raff, un investigador de seguridad que hace poco reportaba…

Aviv Raff, un investigador de seguridad que hace poco reportaba una vulnerabilidad compartida entre Internet Explorer y Safari, esta vez ha informado que el iPhone de Apple es propenso a URL spoofing, un problema de seguridad que podría permitir a un atacante realizar ataques de Phishing. (mas info)
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Free Video Converter for iPhone/iPod

Pazera Free Video to iPod Converter Convert video files (AVI, MPEG, MP4 and other) to iPod / iPhone videos. Pazera Free Video to iPod Converter is an easy to use and powerful software application that can help you convert your favorite video files to iPod/iPhone compatible format. The application allows you to convert […]

The Center for Documentary Studies on iTunes U

Whether you like watching them or creating your own, you’ll find a wealth of fascinating material about documentaries on iTunes U. Especially from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. There you can hear poets, photographers, and filmmakers speak about creating documentaries, and you can listen to audio documentaries recorded by Duke University students. […]

iPhone Illusions with this funny walking Alien App!

Here’s a slight illusionary work with the iPhone, a funny walking Alien App. Created by David O’Reilly, iHologram combines anamorphosis and the iPhone’s gyroscopes to achieve this awesome visual magic trick. Anamorphosis is a way to draw things distorted so, while watched at a certain angle, they pop […]

Rumored iTunes subscription would be a bargain

Repeat after me: it’s just a rumor. Record company sources deny it. But if Apple is indeed going to offer an all-you-can-download iTunes subscription service for for $129.99 a year (or $179.99 a year with Mobile Me), other subscription services will have a hard time surviving.Let’s review for a moment, shall we?
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What Do You Do When Your Mac Breaks Down and Warranty Has Lapsed

What Do You Do When Your Mac Breaks Down and Warranty Has Lapsed Posted by: in Apple News Several people I know contacted me recently. They were having problems with their Macs and asked for advice. One had a broken LCD and another was having trouble with her trackpad […]

Appletell review - The Movies: Stunts and Effects

Section: Software + Apps, Games, Mac + Computers, Software, Features, Review Genre: Sim Format: DVD Developer: Lionhead Studios Mac Port: Robosoft Technologies Mac Publisher: Feral Interactive System Requirements: Mac OS X v10.4, 1.6GHz PowerPC, 512MB RAM, 64MB video card, 1GB free hard disk […]

Colas en Colombia por el iPhone 3G

Colas en Colombia por el iPhone 3G Antonio Da Silva Campos · En: Apple · Movistar ¡Café colombiano! Desde Colombia nuestro reportero Lorenzo Peche, nos informa que faltan horas para el lanzamiento del iPhone 3G en Movistar Colombia. Lorenzo reporta que se han formados colas gigantescas. ¡Enhorabuena colombia! ¡Felicidades por su […]

Apple’s Secret “Back to My Mac” Push behind IPv6

The Internet is running out of addresses.To get around this problem and a host of others not addressed in the existing Internet Protocol (IPv4),a new revision has been in development for years,called IPv6.Apple has a few tricks up its sleeve for pushing IPv6 adoption,and many Mac users are already chin deep in the technology without […]

Apple supera el valor bursátil de Google, sólo por unas horas

Google es una de las empresas con las acciones más caras que se conozcan, y de ahí, según entendidos, a que tengan un excelente valor bursátil en la bolsa, pero la gente de Cupertino ya puede presumir haber sobrepasado este valor, aunque sólo por unas horas. Y es que los chicos […]

Apple iPhone Compared with Nokia N95

The digital technology has taken over the world and revolutionised the whole concept of communication. With the advancement of technology, high-tech mobile phones are being launched in the market. The mobile phone industry is in its full swing. The manufacturers are trying their best to surpass their rivals. This article is an attempt to […]

Vodafone India iPhone Plans

More abuse news for iPhone lovers as Vodafone released the plans which include voice as well as data. For a new postpaid user, there are three plan options - iPhone 499 (Rs. 499), iPhone 799 (Rs. 799) and iPhone 999 (Rs. 999). On the calling front, these plans will […]

LEAKED: First Shots of iPhone Nike+ Interface

We’ve known that Nike+ has long been in development for the iPhone. Now we’re finally getting a peek at the first shots of the interface. From what we can skim, Nike+ users will get all of the nifty performance graphs right on the phone (before this stuff was available on the web only). But the […]

Apple Releases 2.0.2 Update

Just two weeks after version 2.0.1, Apple has released version 2.0.2 but what does this update include? At 248.7MB this update seems like it should include a lot more, however, no one has noticed any sign of change. Perhaps maybe it has something to do with…
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What’s the Problem With iPhone 3G Reception?

CWmike writes “Apple’s iPhone 3G was just a couple of days old when reports began trickling onto the company’s support forum from dissatisfied customers complaining about poor reception. Although no one outside of Apple and AT&T — and maybe a chipmaker or two — really knows, that has not kept others from speculating, or in […]

Three things I hate about the iThingies

These apply to the iPhone and the iPod Touch. And I’m pissed. I hate to have it getting the time and date reset to something in the past (can’t find any pattern on the new date/time) everytime I drop it in the dock and sync. This happens when iTunes is left open when […]

Customer Service Part 2

Leave it to Apple.  By far, they have some great customer service. Example: The roll out of MobileMe, the evolution of the .Mac service, was borked.  Yeah - Borked.  The conversion took upwards of a week instead of a few hours in the wee morning and there were […]

Apple Can Remotely Disable iPhone Apps

mikesd81 writes “Engadget reports Apple has readied a blacklisting system which allows the company to remotely disable applications on your device. It seems the new 2.x firmware contains a URL which points to a page containing a list of ‘unauthorized’ apps — a move which suggests that the device makes occasional contact with Apple’s servers […]

Apple’s Market Cap Exceeds Google’s

Lawrence Person writes “Mac Daily News was one of many Apple-followers to note that Apple Inc.’s market capitalization exceeded Google today. That means that the combined value of all Apple’s outstanding shares of stock exceeded the combined value of all Google’s outstanding shares of stock. Apple’s stock is worth $157 billion and change vs. Google’s […]

Psystar “Definitely Still Shipping” Mac Clones

Preedit writes “Continuing its defiance of Apple, Psystar is reassuring customers that it is “definitely still shipping” its line of Mac clones. And, in a further nose-thumbing at Steve Jobs, Psystar this week said it’s now making Leopard restore disks available to its customers, even as Apple insists that Mac clones sold to date be […]

Apple MacBook MB403LL/A 13.3? Laptop

List Price:$1,299.00 Price:$1,287.00 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. You Save: $12.00 (1%) Read More… Stylishly and intelligently designed for your on-the-go digital lifestyle, Apple’s MacBook is the perfect confluence of affordability, innovation, and powerful computing. This latest iteration of the MacBook line (model MB403LL/A) […]