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Entries for March, 2009

AT&T stores now offering early upgrade pricing on iPhone 3G

In the latest move aimed at helping Apple clear inventory of iPhone 3Gs ahead of new models anticipated this spring, AT&T retail stores are now offering some customers early upgrades to the Apple handset at subsidized pricing.
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JavaScript 3-10x Faster On iPhone OS 3.0

There has been a reasonable amount of speculation surrounding JavaScript speed improvements in iPhone 3.0. Testing carried out on the iPhone Simulator bundled with the SDK didn’t lead to a conclusive outcome, but benchmarking done by Wayne Pan would seem to suggest that iPhone 3.0 handles JavaScript 3x-10x faster than iPhone 2.1.
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Pirates get bricked iPhones after downloading 3.0 beta

When the iPhone 3.0 beta software that was supposed to be available exclusively to developer subscribers leaked onto Torrent sites, pirates smiled. But Apple had the last laugh because the software holds your iPhone hostage until you register for a dev account.
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Bugs & Fixes: Elgato’s support solves EyeTV problems

Ted Landau finds a pair of instances where a brief search of Elgato’s Web site helped find the answers to problems involving the company’s EyeTV Hybrid product for watching live television on your Mac.
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Apple uses a jailbroken iPhone in patent application

Uh oh Apple — it looks like even your attorneys are dirty, thieving jailbreakers.The images from the iPhone biometric security patent application show a jailbroken phone, complete with Installer.app, SMBPrefs, and the iWood Realize theme from the iSpazio repository
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Revew: Apple’s New Mac Mini Much More Versatile

In the four years since the Mac Mini was introduced, and Apple has added some solid firepower under the hood, while leaving the Mini’s basic nature intact.
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Apple announces WWDC 2009 dates

Here we go: Apple’s just announced that its Worldwide Developers Conference will take place June 8-12 in San Francisco. If you’ll recall, last year’s WWDC was where a little gadget called the iPhone 3G made its appearance, and we’d say chances are good we’ll see new hardware this year as wel
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Apple Kicking Butt Without Steve Jobs

Assuming Steve Jobs returns in late June, as scheduled, his medical leave is approaching its halfway point. So how’s Apple doing in his absence? Very well, we’d say — almost as if he hadn’t left.
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Wolfenstein 3D Classic Released By Id To The App Store

Earlier this week Id Software released an iPhone port ofWolfenstein 3D as open source, but at the time it wasn’t in the AppStore for download. Wait no longer, it’s there!
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What Photoshop World can teach other trade shows

Peter Cohen attended Photoshop World in Boston this week and found an event that appears to be thriving, thanks to its highly-focused content. There’s a lesson in there for other trade shows.
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Apple selling 8GB memory upgrade kits for 15″ MacBook Pros

It will cost you an arm and a leg, but Apple is now offering an official 8GB memory upgrade kit for the mid- and high-end models of its current 15-inch unbibody MacBook Pro family, AppleInsider has discovered.
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Apple iPhone to Become Your New Medical Buddy

Apple’s announcement last week of a new operating system for the iPhone – iPhone OS 3.0. Aside from being your mobile business assistant, the iPhone may also become your medical assistant in the near future. Two of the more interesting applications are for blood pressure and blood sugar monitoring.
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Pwn2Own contest winner: Macs are safer than Windows

Charlie Miller, the security expert who won both this and last year’s CanSecWest Pwn2Own security contests by exploiting Macs running Safari, repeated in an interview that he’d recommend Macs to typical users as a safer alternative to Windows PCs.
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Apple sued for promoting iPhone as eBook reader

A overseas communications firm is suing Apple for promoting its iPhone handset as a touchscreen digital book reader, a concept it claims to have patented over seven years ago
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The 5 Most Underused Finder Tools

Looking for some quick time-savers? Chances are you don’t need to hunt down a new utility, you just need to take advantage of the tools OS X already offers.
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