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- Apple sued over LCD screens
- Looks like Apple is headed to court again - this claim alleges that Apple claims that the LCD screens used on the MacBook and MacBook Pro are much better than they really are.The lawsuit claims (copy here, PDF) that Apple advertised the new glossy screens as provided users with deeper blacks and...
- Tags: Legal, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-05-18
- iPhone: The pieces are falling in place for lift-off
- The Federal Communications Commission has apparently given Apple's iPhone device the green light, according to AppleInsider. AppleInsider reports that the FCC basically cleared the iPhone for sale. At the bottom of the iPhone post, AppleInsider provides all the documentation. Add it up and you have the following: FCC approval. Check. Carrier (AT&T)...
- Tags: Apple, iPhone
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- Is it me or are Apple shareholders getting jittery?
- A fake email posted by Engadget claiming that the iPhone and Leopard had been delayed causes Apple stock to plunge 2.2%. News.com has the background:Engadget posted a story Wednesday morning at 11:49am ET claiming that Apple was about to announce another delay of Leopard, the next version of Mac OS...
- Tags: Apple, Thoughts, Trends
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- EMI/Amazon execs unplugged: Will Amazon's DRM-free downloads dent Apple?
- Right about now, the question is whether or not Steve Jobs wishes he never penned the open letter that he did in February 2007. The one where he eschewed Digital Rights Management technology (the same anti-piracy technology that preserves the dominance of Apple' iPods and well as of iTunes' downloadable...
- Tags: Entertainment, Apple, General, Hollywood On Demand, Legal, Podcasts, Security
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Apple subnotebook needed
- If blogs are any indication, there's a clear and strong demand for an Apple subnotebook/ultra-portable which is popularly defined as a notebook computer weighing less than four pounds typically without an optical drive.In addition to the almost constant rumors about a new Apple subnotebook, Apple enjoyed strong sales of the...
- Tags: Flash, NAND, Rumor, SSD, Subnotebook
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- News to know: Ubuntu Server; WinHEC; Windows Home Server; Linus Torvalds
- Notable headlines:Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: LAMP On Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Server Edition. Gallery right. Will Dell stuff Ubuntu PCs full of craplets?Mary Jo Foley: At WinHEC the future is off limits for Microsoft. Microsoft attempts to rally more hardware vendors around Rally.Ed Bott: On the road with Vista.InformationWeek: Linus Torvalds Responds...
- Tags: General, News to know
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Apple updates MacBook with faster processors (updated)
- It wasnt the MacBook Pro update we were hoping for but Apple today announced new MacBooks that feature faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory, 802.11n wireless networking and larger hard drives in every model.The new configurations are now available from the Apple store:- 2.00GHz, 1GB RAM,...
- Tags: Apple, Announcement, MacBook
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- Apple store is 'busy updating'
- The Apple online store is currently offline, rumors abound that Apple is releasing new Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pros with LED backlights today.
- Tags: MacBook Pro, Retail, Rumor, Store
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- News to know: Browser data leaks; Tweetr; SOA sabotage
- Notable headlines:Ryan Naraine: Do you know what’s leaking out of your browser? Symantec vulnerability research founder joins Microsoft.Ryan Stewart: Is Tweetr the first mainstream Apollo application?Dion Hinchcliffe: Mashups: The next major new software development model?Robin Harris: Apple’s Spotlight: keywords are so ’90s.David Berlind: Mobile RIAs: Java, Apollo, and Silverlight’s deathmatch?...
- Tags: General, News to know
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- Apple's Spotlight: keywords are so '90s
- Is Vista any better?With massive storage comes massive, unstructured data: needle in a cybernetic haystack. Search technology is the limiting factor for human access of massive data. Keyword search works if there aren't too many wordsPersonally, the whole keyword search thing is losing its charm, not to mention utility, as...
- Tags: Infrastructure, Software
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Cool Apple II t-shirt
- The Chop Shop has created a Mac-based t-shirt that is supremely cool. The t-shirt pictured at right is its an Apple II disassembled into a model template, on the reverse is the re-assembled Mac. If that doesnt get you, each t-shirt comes with a limited edition temporary tattoo. US$15 is...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Apple notebook market share almost 10 percent in March
- According to NPD Group Apples MacBook and MacBook Pro made up 9.9 percent of all notebook sales at U.S.-based retail stores during March. MacBooks combined with strong iMac sales pushed Apple into the top five desktop manufacturers for the first time this year, according to the NPD report. Apple ranked...
- Tags: Notebooks, NPD Group Inc., Apple Computer Inc., notebook
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- EXCLUSIVE WITH ART: Apple Patent app reveals all about forthcoming iPhone's form factor
- An Apple patent application published Thursday reveals more about a forthcoming iPhone "form factor" (shape, controls, and related functionalities) than other pundits have seemed to realize to date.So glad then, that you have come here. For I will present a greater detail about the Patent app than you can get...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Computer Inc., control element, embodiment, touch-surface, FIG
- Blog posts 2007-05-12
- A meritless lawsuit that's not worth the ink (real or electronic) used to report it
- One of the great things about America is that you can sue anyone for anything. What? You dont like the fact that I have furry eyebrows? You can sue me for it. Whether youd win that lawsuit or not if it doesnt get thrown out is a different story. But...
- Tags: Media Rights Technologies, circumvention, lawsuit, digital content, Apple Computer Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-05-11
- When will we see a double-sided fullscreen/touchpanel iPod?
- Details have emerged of a United States Patent and Trademark Office filing that Apple made on the January 5th, 2007 for an innovative idea where an iPod or perhaps an iPhone has a full-sized LCD screen on one side and another, similarly sized force-sensitive touchpad on the rear of the...
- Tags: Digital music, control element, Apple iPod, Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-05-11
- Notes from Apple's shareholder meeting
- Apple held its annual shareholders meeting in Cupertino on Thursday. Steve Jobs and other company executives addressed pointed questions about the lingering stock options scandal, the Leopard delay, Apples green policies and iPhone. Macworld and CNBC have posted notes from the meeting. Some highlights:"Backdating stock options is unfair to shareholders...
- Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Steve Jobs, shareholder, Apple iPhone, Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-05-11
- Apple's double-sided fullscreen/touchpanel patent application
- Images from Apple's double-sided fullscreen/touchpanel patent application
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc.
- Image galleries 2007-05-11
- Apple plugs critical holes in Darwin Streaming Server
- Apple has released a new version of the open-source Darwin Streaming Server to plug a pair of security flaws that could cause code execution attacks.The more serious of the two bugs -- a stack buffer overflow in the Darwin Streaming Proxy -- could allow a remote attacker to use maliciously...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Open source, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-05-10
- MacTel's carbon footprint
- Heres the "Future" paragraph from an open letter, signed by Steve Jobs and posted on Apples site on May 2nd, discussing steps Apple has taken, or is taking, to develop and hold a green advantage over competitors including HP and Dell....
- Tags: Unanswered questions, Media bias/incompetence, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-10
- Surge in Mac users good for Apple, not so good for security
- According to web metric analysts WebSideStory and Net Applications, the number of people surfing the web in the US on a Mac doubled over the past eight months. This represents an increase from a long-term flat-line of about 3% to around 6%. Switching from the PowerPC to Intel...
- Tags: Apple, Mac, Security, Trends
- Blog posts 2007-05-09
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