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Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-30-08: Latest iPhone 2.0 Firmware Unlocked Again in 24 Hours

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-30-08

Latest iPhone 2.0 Firmware Unlocked Again in 24 Hours
Not even 24 hours after the release of the latest update for the iPhone firmware 1.2.0 (or 2.0, as The Steve calls it,) the iPhone Dev Team sent us this picture showing that they have again pwned it, confirming what they already said: it’s going to be extremely difficult for Apple to relock the iPhone. Check the new separate Contact application.
http://gizmodo.com/373741/latest-iphone-20-firmware-unlocked-again-in-24-hours


Steve Jobs puts customer straight over water damaged Mac
Guys spills water on MacBook Pro, is mad that Apple want to charge a fee to inspect it, e-mails complaint to Steve Jobs, gets Steved. Fin.
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/03/28/apple-doesnt-care-about-its-customers/


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-29-08: MacBook Air Parody

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-29-08

MacBook Air Parody
Dell’s response to the launch of Apple’s MacBook Air.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAyBaNwDX8c


Apple begins widespread testing of Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update
Apple Inc. this week began testing Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update, a third maintenance and security update to its relatively new Leopard operating system that already bundles over 75 bug fixes and code corrections.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/28/apple_begins_widespread_testing_of_mac_os_x_10_5_3_update.html


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-28-08: iPhone SDK Beta 2 Now Available

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-28-08

iPhone SDK Beta 2 Now Available
Potential iPhone developers should go and grab the latest release of the SDK, beta 2, and revel in the new Interface Builder. Make your own fancy UIs for your iPhone game, or maybe just make an improved iFartz. We’re cool with either.
http://gizmodo.com/373088/iphone-sdk-beta-2-now-available


PWN 2 OWN over: MacBook Air gets seized in 2 minutes flat
“And just think — last year you were singing Dino Dai Zovi’s praises for taking control of a MacBook Pro in nine whole hours. This year, the PWN 2 OWN hacking competition at CanSecWest was over nearly as quickly as it started, as famed iPhone hacker Charlie Miller showed the MacBook Air on display who its father really was.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/27/pwn-2-own-over-macbook-air-gets-seized-in-2-minutes-flat/


Anatomy of an Icon: Inside the Apple IIc
At 7.5 pounds, the Apple IIc portable computer was the MacBook Air of 1984. Ever wonder what makes up a vintage classic? We took one apart to find out.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,143520/article.html


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-27-08: Apple Forbids Windows Users from Installing Safari

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-27-08

Apple Forbids Windows Users from Installing Safari
As spotted by our Italian friends at setteB.IT, Apple’s Safari license says that users are permitted to install the browser on no more than “a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.” This means that if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you’re violating the license.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/26/apple_safari_eula_paradox/


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-26-08: John C. Dvorak: The iPhone Is No Desktop

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-26-08

John C. Dvorak: The iPhone Is No Desktop
People are willing to make a device that you can drop in the toilet or leave in a taxi cab the next desktop computing platform. Ridiculous.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2278816,00.asp


Alt Text: Perils of Joining the iPod Nation
‘I feel a little odd about buying anything labeled classic, though. In marketing, classic is a way of making timidity and obstinacy sound cutting-edge. You’re on the avant-garde forefront of resisting change! You hated anything new before hating anything new was trendy!’
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/alttext/2008/03/alttext_0326


Steve Jobs’ Music Poster Boy Reports iTunes Probs
John Mayer contacted Apple about a problem with iTunes using the bug reporting tool which appears after a crash. Having sent my own share of bug reports, from neutral to humorous to sarcastic to plain mad-I’m-going-to-kill-you-all-with-a-spoon, I find his diatribe rather charming and candid:
http://gizmodo.com/371671/steve-jobs-music-poster-boy-reports-itunes-problem-wonders-if-apple-spies-him


MacBook Air Prompts New TSA Screening Procedures (Really!)
You might recall a couple of weeks ago, a dude got hassled by airport security because they couldn’t make sense of his MacBook Air. Turns out, it actually does look “very different” than 99 percent of the notebooks they’re used to seeing under the scanner, in a way that would “pique some interest” of security personnel.
http://gizmodo.com/371640/new-airport-screening-procedure-for-macbook-air-no-really


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-25-08: Kevin Rose Eats Funny Red Pills Again, Predicts iPhone 3G

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-25-08

Kevin Rose Eats Funny Red Pills Again, Predicts iPhone 3G
After being absolutely wrong wrong wrong (WRONG) about the first iPhone, Digg’s Kevin Rose has now settled down for the obvious: he says that the 3G version of the JesusPhone will have a camera on the front for video-conferencing with other 3G iPhone and Macintosh iChat users. Most probably, he is right about this, but not about the rest of his pre
http://gizmodo.com/371454/kevin-rose-eats-funny-red-pills-again-predicts-iphone-3g


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-23-08: Bad Vista “Reviews” from Apple Ad Not Actually Reviews

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-23-08

Bad Vista “Reviews” from Apple Ad Not Actually Reviews
CNET’s blurb about Vista being one of tech’s “biggest blunders” is actually from an op-ed that Microsoft should dump the OS entirely, while the PC Mag snippet is the title of a column from January that proffers ways for Microsoft to start-over.
http://gizmodo.com/371016/bad-vista-reviews-from-apples-latest-vista-sucks-ad-not-actually-reviews


Macintosh Developers Video
More Vintage Apple Video from the Vaults.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdW4WbvJZ94


MacBook Touch Concept BasedTransparent Displays Patent
This concept, based on one of Apple’s latest patents, which uses a transparent touch screen that can work as control surfaces on two sides, while the device is open and close.
http://gizmodo.com/370581/macbook-touch-concept-based-on-apples-latest-transparent-displays-patent


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-22-08: Three Powerful Safari Features That Few People Use

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-22-08

Three Powerful Safari Features That Few People Use
Safari is an excellent browser for many reasons; its speed, clean aesthetics and ease of use are attractive from the outset. But there are a few extremely attractive and lesser known features that people should be taking advantage of as well.
http://dmiessler.com/blog/three-powerful-safari-features-that-few-people-use


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-21-08: Apple’s fixes show it is a good open-source citizen

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-21-08

Apple’s fixes show it is a good open-source citizen
Over half the software security fixes this month are actually in or part of open source software (OSS) packages… Whether or not it’s just a necessary thing to do in order to keep OS X secure, there are some significant benefits to Apple’s use of open source and Mac OS X being built on BSD.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/26166


Apple pushing Safari downloads on Windows users
In an apparent bid to rapidly gain share of the online browser market dominated by rival Microsoft, Apple is leveraging its vast iTunes install base to recommend that Windows users also download and install the latest version of its Safari web browser.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/20/apple_pushing_safari_downloads_on_windows_users.html


Unlimited Tunes from Apple? Not So Fast
Rumors of a new music service appear to be just that, but with iPod sales slowing and competition growing, now may be the time to pursue such a plan.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2008/tc20080319_503917.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily


Publisher Posts Mac Books on The Pirate Bay
No Starch Press and Wired’s news editor Leander Kahney have released free copies of “The Cult of Mac” and “The Cult of iPod” on the Pirate Bay. Publishing music, movies and books on BitTorrent seems to be becoming a trend, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
http://torrentfreak.com/mac-book-on-bittorrent-080320/


Apple researching autostereoscopic 3-D display hardware
Apple has been conducting research on a new breed of display hardware that would employ autostereoscopy to produce three-dimensional images that can be viewed by multiple users without the need for special headgear or glasses.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/20/apple_researching_autostereoscopic_3_d_display_hardware.html


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Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-20-08: Download shared iTunes Library over internet with Mojo!

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Apple iPod and iPhone News for March-20-08

Download shared iTunes Library over internet with Mojo!
Share any song in your iTunes library and download any song from your friends’ iTunes libraries over the internet with freeware application Mojo.
http://lifehacker.com/369747/download-music-from-your-friends-itunes-libraries-over-the-internet-with-mojo


Time Machine Now Works with Airport Extreme USB Drives
After the release of today’s Time Machine and Airport update, several readers report that Time Machine now supports backups to USB drives connected to your Airport Extreme basestation. This configuration essentially reproduces the functionality of Apple’s Time Capsule product.
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/03/19/time-machine-now-works-with-airport-extreme-usb-drives/


Apple considering premium for unlimited iPhone, iPod music
A longtime opponent of subscription music services, Apple is reportedly exploring the possibility of charging extra for iPhones and iPods in exchange for unlimited iTunes Store access.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/18/apple_considering_premium_for_unlimited_iphone_ipod_music.html


Adobe begins work on Flash player for iPhone
Adobe has started development of a Flash player suitable for use on Apple Inc.’s iPhone, company chief executive Shantanu Narayen said Tuesday. Narayen made the revelation during a conference call with investors, explaining that Apple’s recent release of an iPhone software developers kit (SDK) has afforded his company the necessary tools to finally
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/18/adobe_begins_work_on_flash_player_for_iphone.html


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