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iPhone 3G Pwned: From the "It was only a matter of time" department... Over the weekend, the iPhone Dev Team released PwnageTool 2.0.1, a free jailbreaking and unlocking tool for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch devices – including the iPhone 3G. The new version, which can be downloaded from the...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone 3G, Firmware, Sparkle AppCast URL, PowerPage, Team Management, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Apple announces new Harpertown Mac Pro and Xserve: The Apple Online Store is back online featuring new Mac Pro and Xserve models with the Intel Penryn Harpertown processor. The individual product pages are up as are the press releases.The timing is curious though. Why didn't Apple wait a week and announce the new iron at Macworld Expo? Is...; Tags: Apple Xserve, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Online Store, PowerPage, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-01-08
Live from the Apple store: West 14th NYC: Over 2,000 people queued in the snow to see the opening of the West 14th Street NYC Apple store–the 13th store in the state. Stars including Whoopee Goldberg and Mary J. Blige turned up for the event in the three story glass store. The third floor is dedicated...; Tags: Apple Inc., PowerPage, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2007-12-08
A2DP Bluetooth profile enabled in iPhone firmware 1.1.1: When Apple released iPhone firmware 1.1.1 they may have inadvertently enabled a new, undocumented feature. According to AppleInsider, iPhone 1.1.1 allows you to stream all audio, including iPod songs, audio from movies and TV shows and even keyboard taps and system sounds to a Bluetooth headset. Previously,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Audio, Problem, Headset, Bluetooth, Voicemail, Apple Inc., Firmware, Bluetooth Headset, PowerPage, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2007-10-01
Apple pays 'Asteroid' legal fees; a timeline: A Santa Clara County Court ordered Apple, Inc. to pay the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF over US$700,000 in legal fees associated with the defense of three popular Mac-oriented Web sites PowerPage and Apple Insider in response to reports published about an unreleased Firewire breakout box for GarageBand, code-named "Asteroid."MacNN covered...; Tags: Legal, Apple Computer Inc., Electronic Frontier Foundation; Blog posts 2007-01-30

PowerPage wins on appeal: PowerPage wins on appealApple's legal team regroupingThis story is not over. Non disclosure agreements mean what it says.Yeah, this CHAPTER of the story is over.I somehow doubt Jason has ever been required to sign an Apple NDA in regards to publishing the PowerPage. Now, that said, it just means that...; Tags: Team management, PowerPage, Apple NDA, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-05-26
PowerPage wins on appeal: The PowerPage and I got a big win today in the Apple vs. Does case.Our petition in O'Grady, et al. v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County (Case: H028579, 6th District) was granted. From the court's 69 page opinion: The trial court denied the motion on the ground that the...; Tags: PowerPage; Blog posts 2006-05-26
PowerPage: The migration blues: I've been getting a ton of email to ask about the deal with my Web site: O'Grady's PowerPage. First, let me dispel some rumors. The PowerPage wasn't shut down by Apple legal, a Denial-Of-Service DOS attack or unpaid domain or hosting bills. And we certainly weren't acquired by a large...; Tags: PowerPage, Powerpage.org; Blog posts 2005-10-11

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The App Store's buggy update process: The App Store's buggy update processI got mine to updateBasically when it gave me that "find all the updates" screen, I would just look for version numbers that had changed (this is easy to do now that everything is 1.0 generally, it will only get harder as time goes on,...; Tags: Desktops, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., App Store, cryptic error message, Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Is this the New Apple?: PowerPage podcaster Youngmoo Kim relays his experience with trying to get an iPhone 3G and on being an "IRU" Individual Responsible User. Apple just doesn't want me to have an iPhone 3G. After a few half-hearted attempts bailing at the sight of long lines, I spent about two hours...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., IRU, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-22
iPhone 3G: Initial reaction (updated 3x): I've had my iPhone 3G for about two hours, not enough time to do anything resembling a review, but I wanted to blog some of my early observations. Pictured are Rob Parker and I waiting in line in Atlantic City This post will be continually updated so...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, GPS, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-11
iFixIt is traveling to New Zealand to be the first to tear down iPhone 3G: And I thought that I was obsessive. I'll be heading to the Apple store in Atlantic City at 7 a.m. on Friday to cover iDay 3G with fellow PowerPage podcaster Rob Parker but just being in the eastern time zone isn't soon enough for some people. The...; Tags: Apple iPhone, New Zealand, iFixIt, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-07
My other phone is on Verizon: How's the AT&T coverage by you? The AT&T wireless coverage in my area (southern New Jersey, close to Atlantic City) is atrocious. This is a problem for me as an iPhone user because I can't get decent coverage in my house (1 bar tops) and my entire...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Coverage, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Alias, VZW, Samsung u740/Alias, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Hardware, Peripherals, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Splash applications coming to iPhone: I've just confirmed with the folks at Splash Data that they'll be announcing versions of SplashID, SplashMoney and SplashShopper for iPhone. SplashID is one of my favorite desktop applications and I use it several times a day to retrieve passwords, account numbers and all manor of other...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Personal Finance, SplashID, SplashMoney, SplashShopper, Desktops, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-06-26
Get one of these: Chumby (updated): So what is Chumby? It kind of defies description. When I first saw Chumby I thought that it was an alarm clock that displays that weather and news headlines – which it does – but it's really more than that. It's really a little WiFi connected Internet...; Tags: Battery, Computer, Chumby, Productivity, Wireless LANs, Keyboards, Engineering, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-20
Why do Macs need so much fixing?: Last weekend, in the course of a column about Steve Ballmer, my colleague Larry Dignan tossed an offhand shout-out in my general direction: When Ed Bott has a series on how to fix–or at least cope with Vista–you know this OS isn't so hot. Why should this thing need...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Mac OS 10.5.2 = Apple Vista? (updated): I've heard many different complaints about Mac OS 10.5.2 since it was released, from my own Skype/podcasting problems to issues with just about everything else, including: printing, third-party wireless routers, software freezing and problems with Time Machine. The Apple discussion boards are littered with stories about all kinds of crawlers...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Web app: Best iPhone weather (updated): Let's face it. The included iPhone weather app pretty much blows. No offense, but other than the six-day high and low and an icon for the outlook, it doesn't do much. I previously used Weather Underground's iPhone interface (i.wund.com) which provides the current weather in a single...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, AccuWeather, Radar, Weather App, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-03
AT&T hotspots free to iPhone users (updated): A couple of MacRumors readers have noticed that AT&T hotspots are now offering free WiFi access to iPhone users. Barnes and Noble, Starbucks and soon to be AT&T's 71,000 other Wi-fi hotspot locations are now offering iPhone users free WiFi. A special iPhone formatted page...; Tags: Apple iPhone, HotSpot, AT&T Corp., Wireless, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-01
My new favorite app: AppFresh: If you're a serial updater and like to keep your software current then run, don't walk to check out AppFresh. I originally mentioned AppFresh on PowerPage Podcast Episode 64 and its become an essential part of my software arsenal. Think of AppFresh as Software Update for third-party...; Tags: Software, AppFresh, Tools & Techniques, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-29