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Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-06-08

They say you get what you pay for. Unfortunately, even with the second release of the Audi A4 Driving Challenge for your iPhone or iPod Touch, the price tag is still fairly representative of the quality of the game.
Audi ships A4 Driving Challenge iPhone game v2.0
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Computing power has increased massively over recent years, and for Mac users the switch to Intel processors brought new heights of speed and performance to even the most entry-level Macs. Thanks to the longevity of the average Mac, there are many thousands of older PowerPC machines still in use, dutifully chugging away day after day. And even for
20 ways to speed up your Mac
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A US federal judge has shut down some attempts by Apple and AT&T to dismiss a class action lawsuit that accuses the two of violating antitrust law with their iPhone exclusivity agreement, pushing the complaint closer to a possible trial.
iPhone: Judge waives Apple AT&T objections to antitrust case
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Using this patch, you can enable your Apple TV to play practically any DRM-free multimedia file.
Hack Your Apple TV With Boxee
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Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-11-08

These LCD HDTVs will be fully networked, with the ability to stream all your iTunes content from your Mac or PC. In fact, Calacanis told me they’ll function like a standard TV with an Apple TV box, only without the need for the box.
Calacanis: Apple working on networked HD televisions!!
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Where there are eyeballs, there are usually ads. And the most eye-catching gadget of late has been the iPhone, which can now run thousands of software programs available at Apple’s App store.More than 100 million apps have been downloaded since the store launched in July, according to Apple Those numbers have caught the attention
Ad Industry Has its Eyes on your iPhone
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Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-10-08

Apple on Thursday sent out press invitations with the tease, The spotlight turns to notebooks — and all signs are pointing toward the launch of a sub-$1,000 Mac notebook.
Apple Teases New Notebook, Rumored Under $1,000
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Lost among the flurry of speculation surrounding new MacBooks are a number of noteworthy observations about the portables that may lend insight into their design.
Notes of interest on recent Apple MacBook case leaks
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A photo of a mysterious notebook leaked on the Internet Wednesday is indeed one taken of Apple’s next-generation MacBook Pro casing, AppleInsider can confirm. Meanwhile, some additional photos of a similar, but still unauthenticated 13-inch notebook have since surfaced.
Sources: latest MacBook Pro photo is the real deal
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The BlackBerry syncing situation on Macs is, to put it lightly, abysmal (from RIM anyway). But it looks they’re finally realizing people who own Blackberrys might just use a Mac too! Boy Genius brings us the first look at their BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac, a clean, appropriately Mactastic version of their standard PC program that’ll sync music, p
RIMM Finally Realizes BlackBerry Users Might Own a Mac
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The rumors were true folks. Apple is staging an invitation-only Town Hall event in San Francisco next Tuesday, October 14th. It’s absolutely safe to say they’ll be showing off new laptops.
Apple to announce new laptops next Tuesday!
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BoingBoing got a sneak peak at the South Park iPhone app and it looks amazing. All the episodes are already online for free streaming, so it seems odd the app can’t do that, but it manages to pull off a large number of things (grab clips, give information, assign characters faces to contacts). Tt’s clear that, as usual, Matt and Trey get it.
South Park’s iPhone App is Artemis Clyde Frog Cool
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Dylan Boom shows how to mix operating systems environments with style in his Mac Meets Windows Dual-Desktop. Dylan is running OS X with XP in a virtual machine, and each system is completely customized to form a beautiful transition between Mac and Windows.
The Mac Meets Windows Dual-Desktop
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The Inquisitr claims that some Apple retailers have already been given price lists for Apple’s upcoming laptops and that there are 12 price points ranging from $800 to $3100. Current laptops are said to have only have 8 retail price points: 3 Macbooks (starting at $1099), 3 Macbook Pros and 2 Macb…
Apple to Launch an $800 Laptop?
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Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-07-08

The latest whispers are that Apple will announce a notebook made from a solid brick of aluminum
Apple’s Brick: A Radical New Laptop?
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How do you outmaneuver Apple’s iTunes: By selling DRM-free music for less money than what you charge Apple. Sony is now selling its own and Universal’s music on Dada.net, for 66-cents (15 songs for $10). Yeah, there is a footnote, but Apple can’t be happy about this one. Do I smell a lawsuit?
Sony selling DRM-free music for 66 cents per song
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A list of enhancements that may arrive in the next version of the iPhone operating system continues to grow with the unearthing of Google Street View support and an auto-correction toggle hidden in the most recent beta of the software.
Google Street View, auto-correction prefs in iPhone OS 2.2 b
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In a little over a year, Apple’s iPhone has grown to become the second best-selling mobile handset in the United States, according to NPD.
iPhone 3G now the second best-selling US mobile handset
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It seems that Apple is taking further care in hiding new iPhone features in their beta releases. The most recent firmware beta seeded to developers listed “compatibility testing” in its release notes as the only change.
iPhone 2.2 Hidden Features
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Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-05-08

Using this patch, you can enable your Apple TV to play practically any DRM-free multimedia file.
Hack Your Apple TV With Boxee
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With the brick rumor information out of the way, now we can all speculate what this new Apple manufacturing means. Has Apple simply outsourced a rapid prototyping facility in Asia or is Steve Jobs fulfilling an 18 year old dream to move up the value chain in the production of computers?
Apple ‘brick’ is a manufacturing process
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Eagle-eyed reader Phelipe Hamoui snapped these shots of the giant iPhone display in Hong Kong running Mac OS X. This marks a nice change from that embarrassing little slip-up that revealed a U.S. display was running (gasp upon gasp!) Windows XP. So take a deep breath, Mac Army. Everything’s gonna be okay.
Giant iPhone Display Runs OS X (This Time, At Least)
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The Apple “Brick” is…
The ‘Brick’ is…
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Apple was supposed to have the Push Notification service in place in September, but September has passed and there is no fix in sight. Hopefully it will come out soon because, for businesses, developers, and people addicted to instant-everything, at this point the iPhone is not the solution they were looking for.
Apple Misses iPhone Push Notification September Deadline
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Apple is arguably getting more proactive about iPhone security exploits. The iPhone OS 2.0 release fixed quite a few bugs, and last month’s 2.1 update was no security slouch either. Still, in the face of Apple recruiting full-time iPhone hackers, an Israeli researcher has released details on two potentially dangerous—though seemingly innocuous—desi
Apple snoozes, researcher discloses risky iPhone UI flaws
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Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-04-08

Fring allows you to chat and interact with others on a variety of networks including Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, ICQ. In addition, Fring offers voice over ip (VoIP) using the iPhone’s WiFi connec
It’s here- VoiP for iPhone.
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The gutsy (or stupid) “citizen journalist” who posted an erroneous story about how Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a heart attack could face criminal charges for stock manipulation, according to one attorney.
‘Citizen Journalist’ Could Face Prison for Fake Jobs Story
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t’s official: The iPhone is more popular than Amazon.com’s Kindle. And not just in the obvious categories like listening to music, browsing the Web or the other applications where Kindle barely competes. Now, the iPhone is also muscling into Amazon’s home turf: reading books.
IPhone Steals Lead Over Kindle
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Apple has categorically denied a citizen report published to the CNN iReport website early Friday claiming that chief executive Steve Jobs had been rushed to a local ER following a major heart attack.
Apple denies CNN iReport of Steve Jobs heart attack
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While we were all busy playing Vice Presidential Debate drinking games Thursday night, iTunes 8.0.1 came out. The update addresses a number of issues that have come up since the software’s release in early September that, while perhaps not deal-breakers, can be pretty annoying. Here’s the copied-and-pasted fixes list:
iTunes 8.0.1 fixes HD episode deletion issue and more
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Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-02-08

More and more consumers are choosing Apple computers to access their favorite online content, with the presence of Macs on the Web growing more than 4.7 percent last month, according to the latest market share figures from Net Applications.
Mac presence on web up nearly 5 percent in September
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The Copyright Royalty Board, a three member board appointed by the Librarian of Congress, is scheduled to hand down a decision on Thursday that Apple said could result in the closure of the iTunes music store
Apple: Copyright Board Decision Could Force iTunes Closure
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Network’s iPhone App Turns Up Some User-Generated NSFW Pics to Mobile Site
CBS Gets a Rude Lesson in Citizen Journalism
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Love the SF2 Reference!
Awesome New iPhone Features You Haven’t Seen [COMIC]
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The Liberation of France says an oft-noticed smell emitted by Apple’s Mac Pro desktop computers is caused by a combination of toxins, including benzene, which is known to cause leukemia.
Newspaper says Macs cause cancer
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Free. It’s a four-letter word people love to hear, especially when it comes to purchasing Apps. If you are shelling out even a dollar for an App, you’re guaranteed more bang for your buck, right? But it is not always necessary to fork over cash for a decent App, as free versions can provide almost an equal level of functionality and reliability.
Bargain Hunting: 5 free alternatives to paid iPhone Apps
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Of all the tech giants who took a beating in Monday’s stock market meltdown, Apple suffered the worst, dropping 18 percent and wiping $18 billion off its market cap.
Apple’s Market Beatdown Has No Effect On Its Business
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Apple has announced that they have dropped the iPhone Non-Disclosure Agreement for released iPhone Apps.We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software.We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we wou…
Apple Drops iPhone Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
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For five years, Apple’s iTunes Music Store has been the Internet’s most successful music store. But as music publishers have sought a higher share of its proceeds, Apple has threatened to shutter iTunes.
Apple Threatens iTunes Shutdown
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