Archive for August 12th, 2008

Apple bringt dritte Beta von iPhone 2.1 aktuelle Version ist bereits 2.0.1 gehackt!

Apple hat unlängst die dritte Beta der iPhone Firmware 2.1 an die Entwickler ausgeliefert und gibt sich wie üblich sehr geheimnisvoll über die Änderungen und Ergänzungen. Die letzten Dienstag herausgebrachte, aktuelle Version 2.0.1 soll indes bereits gehackt worden sein, sodass auch von Apple unautorisierte Apps lauffähig sind. Quelle: MACazin
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Enough anti-iPhone rants… just get another phone!

Channeling Jonathan Zittrain, Alex Curtis of Public Knowledge continues his incessant ranting against Apple and the iPhone for supposedly not being open enough and, therefore, somehow harming consumers and 3rd party developers. In his essay today about the supposed evils of the iPhone App Store, he accuses Apple of an “1984 kind of […]

First Google Android-based phone delayed; Android losing support?

HTC’s first phone based on Google’s Android mobile OS has not only been set back but may be part of a greater shift away…
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Report: Microsoft’s Windows Vista ‘security’ rendered completely useless by new ‘unfixable’ exploit

This week at the Black Hat Security Conference two security researchers will discuss their findings which could completely…
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Credit Suisse: Apple Mac will continue to outgrow overall market for many years to come

Apple is the seventh-largest personal-computer vendor in the world, but is widely regarded as one of the most innovative tech…
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Squawk Box August 11

This morning we talked about the Olympics, and some of the tech stories that are coming out of there.  So many of us were blown away by the way that technology was incorporated into the opening ceremonies. What made it work?  We discussed the lighting, the fireworks and the CGI… Opening Ceremonies in […]

‘I Am Rich’ developer sold 8 copies for $999.99 each before Apple censored app

Now that the phone is affordable enough for a wider audience, a new status symbol has emerged…
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Monkey Ball For iPhone Sells 300,000 Copies

The capabilities of multimedia phones such as the iPhone and the Instinct have elevated the possibilities of cellphone gaming beyond the simplistic gameplay and poor quality graphics they’ve been restricted to for some time. The question of course is will this catch on? Monkey Ball says yes, it certainly can. A port of an […]

Super Monkey Ball Sells Over 300K for iPhone

The Apple iPhone is definitely going to be taken seriously as a portable gaming platform following an announcement made by Sega of the incredible sales success they’ve had with Super Monkey Ball. In the first 20 days following the July 2nd release of the game, it was reportedly purchased and downloaded a staggering 300,000 times. […]

Apple’s Mac surge has Windows box assemblers quaking in their boots over potential Mac price drops

More Apples are showing up on teachers’ desks and in classrooms…
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Microsoft fishes for exclusive Hollywood content for Zune debacle

Microsoft’s Zune is looking to Hollywood to gain an edge on Apple’s iPod…
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Apple iPhone application “I Am Rich” video demo

What does a $1,000 iPhone application look like? While we’re not in the business of snatching up iPhone applications with four-figure (well, it’s $999, so the app is at the high-end of three-figures) price-tags, a YouTube user was kind enough to post a video demonstration of the now-infamous “I Am Rich” iPhone application […]

Downloading = The End of American Imperialism?

Elizabeth Wurtzel (yes, that Elizabeth Wurtzel) recently published a Wall Street Journal editorial entitled The Internet is Killing American Movies and Music, the point of which seems to be –– an emphasis on the seems –– wrapped up in its final couple of sentences. After boldly making the case that Pete Yorn should […]

Tip to Turn Spare Change into iPhone Apps

Tip to Turn Spare Change into iPhone Apps Apparently the average US household has about $90 of spare change just sitting around. So if you are wondering what to do with the spare change then checkout the tip by one of the readers over at TUAW to turn your […]

Verizon Wireless Changes Their Ads Since iPhone Launch?

Over the past few days, I’ve noticed a change with Verizon Wireless’ ads and the wording they’re employing.  Before, when talking about their EDVO wireless data network, they described their network as a “wireless broadband network” or something similar.  Now, since the introduction of the iPhone 3G, they’re using “3G” as the branding for […]

Apple iPhone 3G - 1 month, 3 million units sold

Forget 1 million iPhone 3G units sold in the first weekend of sales, a new report indicates that Apple has moved 3 million of the iconic iPhone 3G handset since its launch exactly a month ago. According the report, from Fortune and Michael Cote, of Cote Collaborative, Apple has shipped more than 3 […]

D90 rumors abound, inventory screenshot adds clue

A new D90 clue emerged that suggests the asking price will be $1300. A screen shot was taken of a Circuit City inventory screen was posted on nikonrumors.com showing an active SKU for the D90 with a 18-105mm VR lens. It is common practice for retailers to add an item’s information and pricing into their […]

Six-Bay MacBook and iBook Charger Is An Orgy Of Charging [Six Pack Charger]

Six-Bay MacBook and iBook Charger Is An Orgy Of Charging [Six Pack Charger] Aug 11th, 2008 by Oncore’s just released a six-bay MacBook and iBook charger which, as its name implies, can charge six batteries at the same time. Or rather three batteries at the same time, since it’s […]

NOTD - Managing GFv2, SMF in OpenSolaris, $30M in 30 Days, MySQL and GF, Kindle and Java

A concise compilation of today’s news of interest to TheAquarium readers: Nazrul provides Links on GFv2 Monitoring, including GF-bundled tools, other Sun and 3rd party tools, documentation and web sites. Arun documents how to start the MySQL and GlassFish Bundle, with […]

Closed Platforms Could Ruin the Web

In the July/August issue of MIT’s Technology Review magazine, author and Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain posited that the future of the web would include a return to closed systems. “The future of the Web may be its past: an abandonment of open standards and services […] and a return to the gated communities,” he […]

MILO Chat Weekly - Ep. 6 - I’m All Air All The Time

MILO Chat Weekly - Episode 6a - “I’m All Air All The Time” Regular crew: Ben Stevens, Finis Price, Grant Griffiths, Victor Medina Comments?  Send them to milochat@macsinthelawoffice.com Subscribe to this podcast using iTunes!  Embedded player here: Download the podcast directly by right-clicking and saving this link […]

Steve Jobs confirms remote iPhone application disabling

In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs confirmed that Apple did indeed build a remote iPhone application disabling feature into the iPhone’s Mac OS. The remote application disabling feature has been referred to as the “Blacklist” feature because it allows the iPhone to connect to Apple’s servers to check for […]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs: Over 60 million apps downloaded from App Store in first month

In the month since Apple opened an online software clearinghouse called the App Store, users have downloaded more than 60 million programs…
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MAC vs PC Spoof

MAC vs PC Spoof 0 Add a Comment Monday, August 11th, 2008 by Ron Schenone Donald Trump to Launch His Own Video Games Console Microsoft Warns About Fraudulent Security Bulletins Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Available For Download […]

Microsoft Windows Blue Screen of Death strikes Olympic opening ceremonies

Well this is just perfect. At the exact moment Li Ning was rounding the lip of the Bird’s Nest during the amazing torch-lighting climax…
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iPhone experiencing GPS problems after 2.0.1 update?

iPhone experiencing GPS problems after 2.0.1 update? by Donald Melanson, posted Aug 11th 2008 at 4:18PM While some complaints after any firmware update are to be expected, there seems to be a decided uptick in the number of reports of problems with the iPhone’s GPS (ranging from general wonkiness to all out failure) […]

Digital download sales now make up 20% of Warner Music’s total revenue

Warner Music Group Corp.’s fiscal third-quarter net loss narrowed despite continued struggles…
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DivX CEO: “It’s Win or Go Home”

DivX is in the midst of a major transformation. The company has set its sights on becoming the platform on which all of your digital entertainment delivered. Think beyond just another set-top box; DivX is aiming to be the digital Swtizerland, delivering web, premium and personal content to just about any online device […]

Frommer’s Travel Guides available for iPhone

Modality has begun releasing Frommer’s line of travel guides for the iPhone and iPod touch. The 2008 editions of Frommer’s for New York, Paris, San Francisco and London are available for download from the App Store. Additional cities will be added later this year. Guides include travel tips, hotel and restaurant reviews, interactive maps, web […]

Macintosh/iPhone software update round-up - August 11, 2008

Section: Software + Apps, Miscellaneous, Third-Party, iPod + iTunes, iPod touch, iPhone + Communications, iPhone SDK & Apps, Mac + Computers, Software Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for August 11, 2008: Award-winning Internet filtering and parental control software vendor, ContentWatch, today announced the release of Net Nanny for Mac. With […]

Apple Store Chatswood Chase (Australia) Grand Opening photos

MacDailyNews reader Derrick has posted photos from the Grand Opening celebration of Apple Store Chatswood Chase…
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirms iPhone app ‘kill switch’

Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, has confirmed there is a ‘kill switch’ built into…
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Tech pundit asks: What’s the point of Apple’s iPhone?

I have confession to make: I couldn’t give a hoot about the iPhone…
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Super Monkey Ball iPhone’s Super Sales

The success of Super Monkey Ball for iPhone has surprised Sega of America president Simon Jeffery, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company told the paper that it has sold over 300,000 units of the game in 20 days for $9.99 each. “That’s a substantial business,” said Jeffery. “It gives iPhone […]

FMTouch brings FileMaker Pro to Apple iPhone, iPod Touch

FMWebschool has announced the availability of FMTouch which enables you to deploy FileMaker Pro…
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Enderle: Apple-funded sites already aggressively disparaging Dell’s as-yet unborn MP3 player

Last week I thought it would be interesting — given that both the Wall Street Journal and TechNewsWorld had covered…
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Review: The iPhone 3G

After missing the chance for the iPhone 3G on July 11 by being 4 people too far back in line and waiting for what seemed to be much longer than it actually was, I finally received my direct fulfillment from AT&T. Having spent the wait reading everything I could find about the new iPhone […]

NPD: Macs cost twice as much as Windows PCs on average

On Tuesday, eWeek’s Joe Wilcox contacted Stephen Baker, NPD’s vice president of industry analysis…
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NBC online Olympic coverage excludes millions of Apple Mac users

NBC’s online Olympic coverage excludes millions of PowerPC-based Apple Mac users…
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E quando não dá pra diferenciar a falsificação?

Colaboração especial por Diogo Publio. Ontem presenciei algo que fã da Apple jamais poderia imaginar: não consegui diferenciar um iPod nano de um “MP4 player”… não, eu não estou ficando louco: as falsificações chinesas é que estão cada vez melhores. Veja você mesmo: A iluminação é a culpada pela diferença de […]