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Scosche intros new headphones, chargers, iPad accessories

Scosche has announced its 2010 netbook accessory lineup, which includes several new products such as headphones, chargers, and cases, among other items. The new skyCASTER wireless headphones feature a...
T-Mobile US angling to get iPhone in late 2010, 2011?

Deutsche Telekom chief René Obermann in an interview today hinted that T-Mobile USA is hoping to land a deal for the iPhone. The company leader didn't detail how involved T-Mobile might be in talks,...
IDAPT set to launch i4 universal charger with four docks

IDAPT has announced that its i4 universal charging system is scheduled for launch at the upcoming CTIA conference in Las Vegas. The device can be used to simultaneously charge up to four mobile device...
CheckUp 2.6 improves interface, adds CheckUp Remote support

app2mac has launched a new version of its Mac-based monitoring software, CheckUp 2.6. The program allows users to monitor CPU and memory usage, as well as set up customized alerts that trigger when ce...
Macgamestore intros Cassandra's Journey, Bob Came in Pieces

Macgamestore.com has launched two new puzzle games, Cassandraís Journey: The Legacy of Nostradamus and Bob Came in Pieces. Cassandraís Journey has players take on the role of a young mystic named Ca...

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HP settles cases with inkjet cartridge vendors

HP settles with inkjet vendors for selling products that allegedly violated patents.
Access alternate Time Machine drives

Although it's not obvious how, Time Machine makes it easy to access and browse other drives containing Time Machine backups.
Color and video coming to Kindle? Partner shows new screens

Color e-reader screens that can imitate video playback were on show Thursday from Taiwan's Prime View International, which makes the Kindle for Amazon.com.
Review: March Madness on Demand for iPhone

This app, which streams video and audio from the NCAA men's basketball tournament to your iPhone, has made some improvements from last year's edition -- most notably, the ability to stream live video...
Apple board member York passes away

Apple confirmed the death of Jerome York, a member of the company's board of directors since 1997. York suffered a brain aneurysm this week.

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Google Alleges That Viacom ‘Secretly Uploaded Its Content to YouTube, Even While Publicly Complaining About Its Presence There’

Zahavah Levine, chief counsel for YouTube in its litigation with Viacom: For years, Viacom continuously and secretly uploaded its content to YouTube, even while publicly complaining about its pr...
‘No Dashes or Spaces’ Hall of Shame

Calling out sites that force you to enter, say, credit card numbers, in a precise format, even though removing things like spaces and dashes is programmatically trivial. (Via Sarah Harrison.) ...
Dial Zero

Free iPhone app (also available for Android and BlackBerry) that, like the aforelinked web site, offers a database of instructions for getting a human customer service representative from a list of ov...
Storing Your Yojimbo Library on Dropbox

In my piece on backups earlier this week, I mentioned that I wasn’t storing my Yojimbo library on Dropbox. A bunch of Yojimbo users emailed me to tell me you can do it, and you can even use it f...
Kindle for Mac

Nice to be able to read Kindle e-books on another class of machine, but this is a very un-Mac-like Mac app. Look at these dialog boxes here and here, for example. The icon is, to my eyes, the exact sa...

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Apple Devotes Entire Home Page To Jerome York Obituary

If ever you needed a sign that Apple was a different kind of technology company, this is it. What other computer manufacturer would remove its top-selling, hype-inducing, industry-altering new product...
Daily Deals: Apple Nike+, iPhone Juice Pack, MobileNavigator App

As the week winds down, we offer three deals for Mac fans on the go. First up is Apple’s Nike+ armband for the iPod nano. For iPhone owners, we have Morphie’s JuicePack charging case batte...
Report: 400K iPads May Be Pre-Sold By Friday

Apple may sell 400,000 iPads during the first week of accepting pre-orders for the tablet device, according to two reports Thursday. Apple may sell 200,000 iPads online by mid-Friday for delivery and...
Apple gives developers ability to schedule app sales

Apple has just updated their ITunes Connect app submission service to allow developers to schedule pricing changes as well as set specific launch dates for their apps, according to an Twitter by user...
Apple to remove screen protectors and films from online store

If you need a screen protector for your iPhone, prepare to go to Best Buy to pick one up: Apple will no longer be selling screen protectors — including protective cases and screen films —...

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Should you buy the Apple iPad or wait?

There are a few of us that get a big kick out of having something no one else has.
Windows Phone 7: Too Much Like the iPhone?

Windows Phone 7 Series will not come with cut-and-paste functionality, according to a wide number of reports citing information Microsoft reportedly revealed during a Q & A session at its MIX10 co...
Report: Apple hires wearable computing expert

Apple Inc. has hired a leading expert in the field of wearable computing, according to a report Tuesday.
Apps market to hit $US17.5 bln by 2012

A study released on Wednesday indicated that the market for mobile device software programs should rocket to $US17.5 billion dollars within three years.
Apple board member York hospitalized - source

Apple Inc board member Jerry York was hospitalized on Wednesday near his home in Detroit after suffering a collapse, a person familiar with the matter said.

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Rupert Murdoch loves the iPad, sees everything in the world on it

Filed under: iPad News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch was interviewed last week by Fox Business Channel. During the interview Murdoch blasts Google for stealing his content and talks about how...
Turn yourself into an alien avatar with PhotoAvatar

Filed under: App ReviewPhotoAvatar (US $.99) is a remarkable iPhone/iPod touch novelty app from the makers of HourFace, an app I liked quite a lot when I reviewed it a few months ago. PhotoAvatar turn...
The tech sites Steve Jobs reads

Filed under: Steve Jobs, iPadEver wonder what tech sites Steve Jobs reads? Well, according to Silicon Alley Insider some of those sites are our very own sister site Engadget, along with Gizmodo, The N...
Google and partners set to challenge Apple TV

Filed under: Apple TVApple's so-called "hobby," the Apple TV, is about to receive some serious competition from apparent nemesis Google. According to the New York Times, Google is working on a set-to...
10,000 iPad pre-orders per day

Filed under: iPad Daniel Tello, a Venezuelan blogger-analyst who writes about Apple has been tracking iPad order numbers submitted by volunteers since March 12 at 8:30 a.m. ET, when Apple began taki...

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Western Digital MyBook Studio

Many moons ago, the idea of filling a drive with a terabyte of data would have gotten you laughed at and possibly sent to a special hospital where all the walls were white and padded. But these days,...
HTC to Apple: We Won’t Back Down

As if summoning the ghost of Johnny Cash singing his classic “I Won’t Back Down,” HTC has made it clear to patent rival Apple that they also won’t back down from a fight -- and they’re fully...
Google TV: Is It Time For Apple TV to Drop Its “Hobby” Status?

Google has announced its intentions to invade the living room with an Android-powered media box and partners Intel, Sony and Logitech. Will Google TV finally be a wake-up call for Apple to do somethin...
iPhone Developers Gain Ability to Automate Release Date & Price Changes

(Image courtesy of AppleInsider and iPhones.ru)Apple may take some heat for its App Store policies, but never let it be said that they aren’t constantly working to improve their developer relationsh...
Amazon Kindle for Mac Beta Now Available

After being promised several months ago, Amazon’s free Kindle for Mac has finally arrived in beta form -- right as Apple’s iPad and its accompanying iBooks app looms large over the horizon.Kindle...

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Apple Reportedly Tempering Expectations as iPad Content Deals Remain Unfinalized

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is tempering its own expectations for launch content on the iPad as it continues to struggle with finalizing deals with publishers ahead of the device's Apri...
Apple Director Jerome York Passes Away After Stroke [Updated]

Apple today announced that Board member Jerome "Jerry" York has passed away after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage Tuesday night."Jerry joined Apple's Board in 1997 when most doubted the company's futu...
Apple Files for Patent on 'iGroups' Proximity-Based Social Networking

Patently Apple points to a patent application from Apple published today addressing technology to allow users at large events such as concerts, tradeshows, and rallies to utilize their mobile devices...
HTC Responds to Apple Patent Lawsuit

Handset manufacturer HTC today issued a statement disagreeing with claims made by Apple in its patent infringement lawsuit filed earlier this month."HTC disagrees with Apple's actions and...
Amazon Releases Kindle for Mac Application

As noted by TUAW, Amazon has released the a Mac software application to read Kindle books under Mac OS X. "Kindle for Mac is the perfect companion application for customers who own a Kindle or Kindle...

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Apple has pre-sold "hundreds of thousands" of iPads

Apple is on pace to potentially sell more iPads in its first three months than it sold iPhones in the three months after the touch-screen handset made its debut back in 2007, people familiar with the...
Apple preps 27-inch LED Cinema Display, dodeca-core Mac Pro

Apple is putting the finishing touches on a pair of new products targeted at its professional customers, namely a larger version of its LED Cinema Display and a major update to its Mac Pro workstation...
Apple director Jerome York passes away

Apple on Thursday sadly announced the death of Board member Jerome B. (Jerry) York, who had been listed in critical condition in a Michigan hospital following a collapse at his home two nights ago.
Fascinating motion magazine demo highlights iPad's potential

Tablet devices, and more specifically Apple's iPad, are bound to forever alter the landscape for print and digital publishers, as evidenced by captivating concepts such as motion magazines like one be...
Confident HTC says no plans to back down from Apple lawsuit

Apple rival HTC on Thursday issued its first official remarks on a lawsuit filed against it by the iPhone maker, saying it "disagrees" with the claims and is fully prepared to defend its reputation as...

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XML Co-Founder Joins Google, Blasts iPhone

conner_bw writes "XML co-founder Tim Bray has taken the job of 'Developer Advocate' at Google. Don't other companies call that position 'Evangelist?' Because he sure doesn't mince words against the iP...
Nokia Claims Apple Does "Legal Alchemy" To Mask IP Theft

CWmike writes "Nokia asked a federal judge last week to toss out Apple's antitrust claims, saying the iPhone maker indulged in 'legal alchemy' when it tried to divert attention from its infringement o...
Microsoft Employees Love Their iPhones

portscan writes "There is an entertaining and telling article in the Wall Street Journal about iPhone use by Microsoft employees. Apparently, despite it being frowned upon by senior management, iPhone...
How To Make Your Own iPhone RFID Reader

andylim writes "It's been rumoured for some time now that Apple will include RFID technology in a future iPhone. An RFID-packing iPhone could interact with various objects including opening doors and...
Apple Loses Aussie Trademark Complaint Over "i" Name

CuteSteveJobs writes "Apple has been dealt a severe blow having been told that it no longer has a monopoly on the letter 'i' for product naming. IP Australia, the government body that oversees tradema...

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Apple Banning Screen Protectors in Retail Stores?

iLounge and Macworld are reporting that Apple has banned the sale of film-based screen protectors for its iPhone, iPod, and Mac lines in its retail stores. But why?
How to know if your iPhone battery is on Death Row

The ugly truth about your iPhone battery? It's got a lifespan of less than two years, but may not even last that long if you're careless. Here are expert tips to help you take better care of it - and...
Silicon Sweatshops: iPhone manufacturers suffer nerve damage

The mysterious illness began with an odd tingling of the fingers one week, a creeping numbness in the feet the next. Sometimes, deep and painful muscle cramps would wake the factory workers from their...
Movies on Your iPhone? Apple Buys Several Projector-Related

We've known for some time that Apple would like to cram a projector into its next iPhone, but are they on track to really do so? It looks that way, at least according to a handful of patents Apple has...
25 Things You Can Remote Control With Your iPhone

One of the more interesting things you can do with the iPhone is use it as a remote control for other devices. Since the iPhone App Store launched almost two years ago, developers have created hundred...

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Apple Is Trying Real Hard to Get Its Cable-Killing iTunes TV Deals in Time for iPad [Rumor]

This is curious, at least amidst a massive publishing war with Amazon. According to the WSJ, Apple's putting its massive newspaper-and-magazine-revival-on-the-iPad effort on the "backburner in favor o...
Apple's iGroups Patent Would Instantly Connect You With Nearby iPhone Humans [IPhone]

The Apple patent to actual Apple product ratio is pretty terrible, but sometimes you just want them to follow through. Like with iGroups! It's a location-based social network that instantly puts you i...
Today, Steve Jobs Is Sad: The Passing of Jerome York [Apple]

Apple Director and IBM ex-CFO Jerome B. York is dead following his hospitalization yesterday, after a burst brain aneurysm. He joined Apple's board when Steve Jobs came back into the company. Needless...
Legendary Microsoft Game SkiFree Now Free for the iPhone [IPhone Apps]

This news would have made my week if not for one little caveat: "Upcoming Features Include: Snow Monster." It's like a Rolling Stones reunion tour without Keith Richards. [iTunes via SAI]...
Rupert Murdoch Says Bigger iPads Are Coming [Ipad]

Rupert Murdoch says "the iPad will be pretty small to start with, but there will be more iPads…" Oh, really? REALLY RUPERT? Who said that? Did Steve tell you that, perchance? Steve... Yes, we know...

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Mosspuppet plays Chatroulette — caution this is NSFW

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Google grows even more obnoxious

This anyway is the takeaway from a speech that Dr. Strangelove gave in Abu Dhabi. Fortune reported on it but of course didn’t have the balls to flat-out say that Schmidt & Co. are totally e...
China to Google: Drop dead

Minister of Information Technology says Google must obey the laws or leave, and China doesn’t give a crap because they’ll be just fine without Google. (Especially since they apparently can...
Do not believe reports about multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0

Much has been made about some blog report claiming we’re about to add multitasking to our iPhone OS. It’s all sourced to “people with a proven track record of predicting Apple’...
Now unemployed, My Little Pony decides to dish

Jonathan Schwartz has lots of free time on his hands since he got promoted out of Sun after the Oracle takeover. So what’s he doing? Blogging, of course, with a blog titled, “What I Couldn...

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Time Capsule Failures: When They Happen and What to Do

All hardware fails at some point, but we generally withhold coverage until a pattern appears, until the problem appears to affect relatively large numbers of people, or when the manufacturer ignores s...
Amazon Releases Kindle for Mac OS X

Our colleagues at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) were tipped by a reader that Amazon has finally released a beta of its Kindle application for Mac OS X. The Kindle for iPhone app appeared a year a...
FileMaker Pro 11 Promises Welcome Enhancements

Apple subsidiary Claris brought FileMaker Pro 1.0 on the market twenty years ago, but even that 1.0 version was several years into the story of FileMaker, the quintessentially Mac-like database tool t...
iPad Battery Replacement Coverage Causes Confusion

The iPad hasn't even shipped yet, but the discovery by AppleInsider of a battery-replacement FAQ entry covering the iPad has led to a spate of articles about the topic. Instead of replacing the batter...
External Link: Multi-Prong Backup Saves Gruber's Data

Daring Fireball's John Gruber had a hard drive develop mechanical issues that prevented it from booting his laptop. Between SuperDuper, Dropbox, and Disk Warrior, he didn't lose a single thing. He det...

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So, what are the odds that Amazon will sell the iPad?

I was looking around Amazon to see if they were taking pre-orders for Apple’s upcoming iPad yesterday, and I noticed the only search results returned for “iPad” on their site are for...
Yeah, what HE said

Braniac Daniel Eran Dilger from AppleInsider discusses the “No Flash for Apple Handhelds” issue, and even has some charts and stuff to back up his arguments. Thanks to faithful Macenstein...
How To: Fix a noisy car stereo iPod/iPhone connection with this Magic Box

I am a bit ashamed to admit it, but one of the few reasons I opted to spend $6,000 more for a Toyota Camry over a Toyota Corolla is the Camry had an AUX in port for my iPhone, and the Corolla did not...
Steve Jobs cheese head probably tastes AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, and MAGICAL

…Or gross. There IS a lot of pepper on that beard… When Ken over at The Cook’s Den needed something special to spice up his iPad launch party, his thoughts naturally turned to carvin...
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Well, St. Patrick’s Day kind of snuck up on us this year, so we’re just going to go ahead and do what we did last year, give away an obnoxious Bagpiping iPhone ringtone to you all! Abov...

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Apple board member York passes away

Apple confirmed the death of Jerome York, a member of the company's board of directors since 1997. York suffered a brain aneurysm this week.
HTC responds to Apple, 'disagrees' with legal action

Taiwan-based HTC responded on Wednesday to Apple's patent infringement suit, saying that it disagreed with the actions taken and will defend itself fully.
Amazon brings Kindle app to the Mac

A beta version of Kindle for the Mac from Amazon lets you read Kindle e-books on your computer.
MacUpdate bundle offers Parallels, other apps for $50

Bundles abound in the Mac world these days. Here's one that brings together ten applications--including Parallels 5--for a very attractive price.
iWork.com adds easier public sharing, mobile support

Remember iWork.com? On Wednesday, Apple revived the program after a year, adding new public sharing options, a revised and improved Shared Documents page, and support for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod T...

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