Make International Calls With any Locked iPhone!

Just like any mobile phone in the world, it's possible to make an emergency call with the iPhone when it's physically locked (not by AT&T but with the iPhone top button...). But when the iPhone is locked, it's not really...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Leopard as the New Vista?

ninja_assault_kitten writes "There's an interesting rant from Oliver Rist up on the PC Magazine site. He compares the catastrophe that is Vista to the recently released OS X Leopard. While clearly one is a lion and the other a cub, there do appear to be some frustrating similarities. From the article: 'A month of using Leopard with the same software I had under Tiger and the OS has dumped six times. That's six cold reboots for Oliver. Apple isn't even honest enough to admit that Leopard is crashing: The OS just grays out my desktop and pops up a dialog box telling me I've got to reboot. Like the whole thing is my fault. I even snapped a picture of it. After all, I HAD PLENTY OF CHANCES!'"

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

New iPhone Cradle from Incipio

Incipio will soon release what they call the "thinCRADLE" for iPhone. The new iPhone dock is CNC machined out of aircraft grade aluminum (F18 or Cessna?). The raised stand makes it easy for left and right hand navigation. You can...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Jobs Is Most Important

Not only do French people especially need jobs so they can buy more iPhones... but Steve Jobs was recently named Fortune's Most Powerful Man In Business. Sexy!

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

AT&T Confirms 3G iPhone Next Year

Compounding underwhelming European iPhone launches, will fewer iPhones end up in American stockings this year based on AT&T Ceo Randall Stephenson recently confirming the coming of a 3G model with better battery life in 2008?

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

iPhone Case: i-volution from Vaja

After reviewing the "i-volution Top SP", it will be difficult to find a case that will compete with this top class product. Even another Vaja case will have a hard time doing so. Nevertheless, I jumped right into the next...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

A 3G iPhone... What's Your Guess?

It's nice to hear AT&T Chief Randall Stephenson talk about a 3g iPhone today, even though he's not telling us anything we don't already believe. Apple is in this thing now and I'm sure that they are, once again, doing...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Heroes of Might and Magic V [(Intel) Patch]

The Heroes franchise enters a new era. Dive into the new groundbreaking Might and Magic universe for the most complete strategy gaming experience ever created. The game features a deep, scalable turn-based battle system for challenging tactical combat as well as the option of a brand new Active Battle System for faster play. This update makes several bug fixes to improve stability, display issues, and registration issues.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Get Your iPhone Bling on from Amosu

Think the Apple iPhone is pricey now? You can spice up the $$ tag and also your "being mugged on the street" factor by dumping your basic iPhone and upgrading to this diamond-encrusted model from Amosu. The price? Try 25,000...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

If Apple Wont Build It, The CommunityWill

The average Mac user is probably unaware of the smoldering controversy surrounding Apple’s lack of support for Java 6. In fact, I’ll hazard a guess that the average Mac user may not even know or care that Java is installed at all, but continued, first-class support for Sun’s flagship, cross-platform development and run-time environment is [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Orbino Announces the Strada Premium Leather iPhone Case

Orbino announced today that it launched the Strada handstitched leather iPhone case. Hand made in Italy, the Orbino is presenting the Strada iPhone case in five different luxury leathers: black calfskin, cordovan saddle, red saddle limited edition brown crocodile, and...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

iMac delivering twice the bang for the buck

At Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, iMac offers the best of both worlds, allowing students and faculty to run their Mac-based programs of choice, while still enabling access to the Windows applications they need. Says Dimitris Hilaris, Ionas associate vice provost for IT, Now that we have the versatility of being able to put both operating systems on one computer and the pricing is competitive, it doesnt make sense not to go with Apple.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Give them a gift theyll treasure

With the photos you have in your iPhoto library, you can create memorableand highly personalgifts for someone this holiday season. Stunning photo books, gorgeous calendars, handsome photo cards, and professional prints up to 20x30 inchesall featuring your beautiful photographs. Its fun and easy to create such gifts, but if youd like someone to receive them by December 25, youll need to place your order by no later than December 14 (express shipping) or December 11 (standard shipping). Visit the iPhoto website for more information. And if youd like some help creating your iPhoto books, calendars, prints or cards, sign up for a Hands-on iPhoto Holiday workshop at your local Apple Store.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPhone's Product Manager Dishes

Greg Joswiak has managed the iPod and iPhone product lines for some time now, and offers a lot of perspective on the products' past and future, including the forthcoming iPhone SDK. As in many territories, gray market iPhones have been...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Xslimmer

Hard disk space can be extremely valuable, especially for notebook owners. I find myself constantly auditing the contents of my disk, usually with tools like GrandPerspective and WhatSize to find the gremlins that are munching on my available space. Of course my Applications folder always pops up as the biggest offender, but there’s nothing [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Mac OS X Leopard: A perfect 10

So states Tom Yager (InfoWorld). People buy Macs, Yager reports, because the platform as a whole is perfect, full stop. Leopard is a rung above perfection. Its taken as rote that the Mac blows away PC users expectations. Leopard blows away Mac users expectations, and thats saying a great deal. Leopard, Yager says is remarkable; its more and better software than anyone should sell for $129.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

CandyBar 3Review

No sooner do I write about how I miss CandyBar then lo and behold it appears! CandyBar 3 was released today, available at Panic. It’s $29 for a license, and there’s a free 14 day trial if you want to take it for a spin first. A discount is available to registered [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Java 6 Available on OSX Thanks to Port of OpenJDK

LarsWestergren writes "Many Mac users have been upset that Apple has not made Java 6 available on the platform. Landon Fuller posts that there is a developer preview release available of Java JDK6 on Mac OSX, Tiger and Leopard. It is based on the BSD port of Sun's Java 6 and is made available under the Java Research License. Charles Nutter posts about impressive JRuby performance gains using Java 6 on his Mac."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Madden NFL 08 [(Intel) Patch]

Quickly identify your strongest players on the field before every snap and then move them into position to make game-changing, momentum-altering plays. This patch allows for PC vs Mac online play, makes a MadCatz controller fix, and much more.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Protecting Your MacNotebook

Many of us traveled this weekend for the holiday, and some of us probably brought along our laptops. Unfortunately, the odds are that a few of us dropped our laptop bags, or worse yet, dropped our laptop directly on the ground. For those owning a MacBook or MacBook Pro, the result may not [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Relishing the iPod lecture circuit

Retirees in Long Beach and Weaverville, Calif., halibut fishermen in Alaska, data entry clerks in London, casting agents in New Yorkall separated from the classroom by age, distance or circumstanceare learning from some of the worlds top scholars, Michelle Quinn (Los Angeles Times) tells her readers. Theyre learning by downloading podcasts from iTune U, where 28 colleges and universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford and Yale, now post select courses without charge at iTunes.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

SkyFighters 1918 wMB [(universal) Demo]

You"ll have a ton of fun flying dogfights, doing strafing runs, bombing ground targets, completing missions, designing your own custom paint jobs for the aircraft, even designing and trading complete missions you create.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Purple Violets premieres exclusively on iTunes

This morning, Purple Violets became the first feature film to premiere exclusively on iTunes. A contemporary comedy-drama written, directed, and produced by independent filmmaker Ed Burns, the award-winning film stars Selma Blair, Debra Messing, Patrick Wilson, and Burns. Were thrilled Ed Burns chose to premiere Purple Violets exclusively on the iTunes Store, said Eddy Cue, Apples vice president of iTunes. Apple continually strives to provide the most innovative offerings to our customers and we look forward to more great independent film makers debuting their films via iTunes. iTunes customers can purchase and download Purple Violets to watch on a Mac or PC, screen in their living rooms via Apple TV, or enjoy to go on iPod or iPhone.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

The Apple iPod is my radio and TV.

Every day at 4, when Around the Horn airs on TV, Im at my desk abusing my keyboard and cant catch the Sun-Times Jay Mariotti. But Chicago Sun-Times columnist Esther J. Cepeda found that she could download the audio of Jays segment as a podcast. At the iTunes Store, youll find everything from the Sunday morning political talk shows I prefer to podcasts and videocasts about woodworking, wine-loving, how-to casts on every imaginable subject and commentary. In fact, iTunes now offers more than 125,000 podcasts and 25,000 videocasts, including a voluminous selection of sports. Take a look..

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Quick Tip of the Week: Being precise

Its easy to add objects and shapes to the presentations and documents youre creating in Keynote 08 and Pages 08. Whats more, both applications let you not only size such objects exactly but place them precisely where youd like them to appear, as well. Watch the Quick Tip of the Week to find out how.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Graphical Adventure Games Get iPhone Love

Remember the golden days of old school games like The Dig, Full Throttle, King's Quest 3 and Maniac Mansion? How would you like to play those on your iPhone? That's the idea behind the latest port of ScummVM, a program...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Give them a gift theyll treasure

With the photos you have in your iPhoto library, you can create memorableand highly personalgifts for someone this holiday season. Stunning photo books, gorgeous calendars, handsome photo cards, and professional prints up to 20x30 inchesall featuring your beautiful photographs. Its fun and easy to create such gifts, but if youd like someone to receive your gift by December 25, youll need to order them by no later than December 14 (express shipping) or December 11 (standard shipping). Visit the iPhoto website for more information. And if youd like some help creating your gifts, sign up for a Hands-on iPhoto Holiday workshop at your local Apple Store.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPhone for "The Enterprise"?

Of course... The choices are coming. What could stop them?, really. The iPhone is already as much raising the bar in this segment as it is the cell phone, or music phone, or internet device, or e-mail phone, or multimedia...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Dr. Daisy Pet Vet [(universal) Demo]

Dr. Daisy has just graduated from veterinary school and needs to complete 5 rotations to finish her residency. Help her diagnose and heal needy animals in this madcap dash classic. From the local veterinary clinic to a sea park all the way to a big city zoo, Daisy needs to keep her ailing friends happy and healthy. Upgrades are available at each location to showcase your style and speed-up your play. Grab your stethoscope and let"s get healin"!

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

WARNING: Use iPhone At Your Own Risk

Wow, trendy... trying to get press by finding something wrong with the iPhone. Striving to only offer substantive iPhone info, I'm pushing it, and will keep it brief. The iPhone is an awesome device... deal with it. It has some...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

How to Turn Your PC into a Mac

An anonymous reader writes "CNet is running a Mac fanboy's idea of a nightmare feature entitled 'Mock OS X: Five ways to make your PC more like a Mac'. While the idea of turning my PC into a Mac-like machine does get my juices flowing, I'm not sure the user experience would be exactly the same but I'm going to spend this afternoon trying it out anyway. "To borrow a metaphor from Spartacus, some people like oysters and some people like snails. Except what if there was a way to make your snail do some of the cool things oysters can do, like make pearls? And what if you could make your PC do some of the cool stuff that Macs do so well?"" Seems to me that this would be a lot easier if step one was install linux...

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

UI Customization inLeopard

As you might have guessed from my past articles here, I tend to heavily customize the appearance of OS X on any machines I use regularly. Looking at my desktop, I see no default icons, my dock isn’t much better, and every time I use someone else’s machine, I’m generally surprised by the candy-colored [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Community Activity: November 26,2007

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

UK Not Warming as Quickly to iPhone?

While the iPhone may be all the rage here in the States, the Brits seem to be taking their budding love affair for Apple's mobile a little more slowly. This is according to data from GfK NOP, a research firm....

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Apple 10.4.11 Update Can Brick Macs With Boot Camp

g-san writes "Some Mac users are having problems with the latest 10.4.11 update, yours truly included. The problem seems to be caused by the presence of a Boot Camp partition and renders the Mac unable to reboot after the update fails. Note the Geniuses at the Apple stores are recommending a full disk wipe; but data can be recovered via Firewire." MacNN has a note up that if you fall victim to this "known issue" and need to reformat the disk, you can't reinstall Boot Camp because it is no longer available to OS X 10.4 Tiger users.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

The LGViewty

This so called “iPhone killer” is probably going to kill itself.The GoodBased on the LG Viewtys microsite alone, the most touted feature is clearly the 5 megapixel camera on its back. It has flash, a manual focus, and an image stabilizer as well. On the front, it features a smaller camera for video conferencing. Its a [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Your .movsFlattened

If you do a lot of work with video files you will eventually want to share them with Windows toting friends, family or colleagues and maybe post them somewhere on the web. It can be frustrating when starting out with your Mac to find the Quicktime (QT) files created by many Mac applications are not [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iAlarm Wakes Me Up toiTunes

As far as getting up in the morning goes, there are all sorts of unpleasant ways to make the transition - blaring alarm clocks, AM radio interrupted by static and of course, the barnyard rooster. One more inviting way to start the day is to hear your own music from iTunes, and a shareware application, [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Apple Spaces NeedsCompetition

Leopard (OS X.5) was one of those big releases that while I was excited about it on principle, there weren’t many of the announced features that [on the surface] got me purring. The feature that garnered the most excitement for me was Spaces. I’m a longtime virtual desktop user and have gone through [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

The World IsYourDesktop

Click for Larger ImageWhat’s on your desktop? Pictures of the kids? Your dream car? Maybe one of the stock images Apple provides with every new system?The way someone organizes and presents their desktop can say a lot about a person - whether they are the cluttered, messy type, or someone who likes cleanliness and order, [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPhone Signal Strength Problems In the UK

An anonymous reader writes "British iPhone users, who bought the Apple phones when they went on sale in England on Nov. 9, are reporting persistent problems with signal strength on O2, the UK's only iPhone service provider. The complaints started only 2 days later. InfoWeek blogger Alex Wolfe says there's a debate as to whether O2 or the iPhone is at fault; it appears to be the handset, which is unusual since US users haven't reported similar problems. Some 02 customers report that getting a replacement phone fixes things; others have had to do a software restore back to version 1.1.2 of the iPhone software."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

iPhone Black Friday Special

Don't get too excited here. If you were planning to buy an iPhone at a special Black Friday price, just forget about it right away. On the other hand, a few cool iPhone accessories have been specially priced. Besides a...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

16Gb iPhone just Around the Corner?

I know, I know The release of a 16Gb iPhone is just a matter of time. Last September, when Apple discontinued the 4Gb iPhone and announced the 16Gb iPod Touch, we all knew that it was just a matter of...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Apple, Burst Reach Settlement

An anonymous reader writes "In 2005, Microsoft settled Burst's lawsuit for infringements on media player patents for $60 million. Many thought that Apple would be a ripe target next. However, Apple successfully voided 14 out of 36 Burst.com's patent claims in their iPod lawsuit. Apple would have gone after the remaining 22 claims. Today, Market Wire announced that the case was settled out of court: "Apple agreed to pay Burst a one-time payment of $10 million cash in exchange for a non-exclusive license to Burst's patent portfolio, not including one issued U.S. patent and 3 pending U.S. patent applications related to new DVR technology. Burst agreed not to sue Apple for any future infringement of the DVR patent and any patents that might issue from the pending DVR-related applications." The big winner would be the lawyers who reduced the settlement to approximately $4.6 million."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

iPhone Case Review: "i-volution Top SP" From Vaja

Because of their beautiful case designs, reviewing a Vaja product is always a pleasure. Even more, the product quality delivered by this Argentinean company never cease to amaze me. This week, we're reviewing the i-volution Top SP, an iPhone leather...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Kindle Versus The iPhone

Bernie Campbell writes "Forbes takes a look at the recently announced Kindle ebook from Amazon, and considers the possibility that Apple may have beaten them to the punch. 'Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs has a not-so-secret weapon when it comes time to load up the iPhone with content: Google ... Google's Book Search project has already pumped much of the world's printed matter into Google's servers. Downloads of classic titles, such as Bleak House, can already be had for free. Mix Apple's iTunes content distribution smarts with Google's vast storehouse of content, and you'll have an instant competitor to Kindle -- one with a touch interface and the ability to play movies and music, too.'

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

iPhone no Longer Locked (sort of) in Germany

That's it folks, following the court order issued by a German court yesterday, T-Mobile said It will allow customers in Germany to buy the iPhone without having to sign a T-Mobile contract. The unlocked iPhone comes with a price though....

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

iPhone Sales Halted by a Court Order in Germany

According to Dow Jones, Vodafone Germany has obtained a restraining order against Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile unit prohibiting Apple's exclusive partner from selling iPhone in Germany. The restraining order was issued by a regional court in Hamburg Monday, a Vodafone...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Purple Violets premieres exclusively on iTunes

This morning, Purple Violets became the first feature film to premiere exclusively on iTunes. A contemporary comedy-drama written, directed, and produced by independent filmmaker Ed Burns, the award-winning film stars Selma Blair, Debra Messing, Patrick Wilson, and Burns. Were thrilled Ed Burns chose to premiere Purple Violets exclusively on the iTunes Store, said Eddy Cue, Apples vice president of iTunes. Apple continually strives to provide the most innovative offerings to our customers and we look forward to more great independent film makers debuting their films via iTunes. iTunes customers can purchase and download Purple Violets for just $12.99, play it on Apple TV, watch it in iTunes on a Mac or PC, or enjoy it to go on iPod or iPhone.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

PC Magazine: iPhone scores stunning ratings

In the 2007 PC Magazine Readers Survey, Sascha Segan and Eric Griffith (PC Magazine) report that iPhone owners passionately love their devices. In its first year on the survey, the Apple iPhone scored a stunning 9.1 out of 10 from our readers, beating the ratings that every other phone, from every carrier, in nearly every category, has received in the three years weve been including cell phones. The iPhones 9.6 scores in music and video playback might have been expected, but its 8.2 for call quality (a score significantly better than average), another 8.2 for coverage, and an 8.0 for earpiece volume show that its not just the i our readers like. They love the phone, too.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Wizzard Media Releases an Podcatching Web App for iPhone and iPod Touch

Among all the iPhone application out there, the new podcatching web application released by Wizzard Media looks really promising. Sure, you can sync all your podcasts with iTunes, but since you now have an internet access on you iPhone, the...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Is Apple Tracking iPhone Users Through IMEI?

ariefwn writes ""As I sit here applying a new layer of Reynolds tin foil to my international hat of conspiracy, its been proven that Apple tracks iPhone usage and tracks IMEI numbers of all their iPhones worldwide. Hidden in the code of the 'Stocks' and 'Weather' widgets is a string that sends the IMEI of your phone to a specialized URL that Apple collects. I wonder if there will be any implications to owners of hacked iPhones..."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Is Android Invading iPhoneLand?

I must admit... Android sounds like it's going to scratch developers where they burn. After having dumped my projects and ambitions developing products for the Symbian platform, during my first weekend with the iPhone, I find myself wanting to know...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

OmniFocus: Dropping inJanuary

The Omni Group has been working feverishly on their version of a GTD (Getting Things Done) application for the Apple platform. They’ve been letting 16,000 individuals play with their “sneaky peek” of the application and enhancing the code daily for months.Well I just heard today - and you can verify this on their website [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

SNL: An iPhone/Meth kind of night

Need a little iPhone humor to end your long week? Saturday Night Live recently produced a new sketch mocking the Apple commercials where someone tells their iPhone story against a black background. The sketch never apparently aired because SNL ran...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Pro Story: The Naked Brothers Band

Everybody has been a rock star. We have all jammed in front of the mirror, dazzling a sold-out stadium of make-believe fans. But unless youre Nat and Alex Wolff, pretending to be a rock star doesnt get you superstardom. The brothers starred in a mockumentary about a make-believe band and within a year they became a real band with an international fan base, a hit album, and a successful TV show on Nickelodeon. Theyre called The Naked Brothers Band, and theyre the envy of every kid who has ever belted a ballad into a hairbrush.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Free Holiday Workshops at the Apple Store

Tis the season to learn how to use iPhoto to create beautiful holiday gifts and keepsakes using your photos. Make a 2008 calendar. Design your own holiday cards. Create a hardcover photo book complete with customized dust jacket. Sign-up or drop-in for a free Print Products Holiday Workshop at your local Apple Store.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Quick Tip of the Week: Deleting Forward

Sure, you can hit the delete key on your MacBook or MacBook Pro and delete characters behind the cursor, but did you know that you can use that same delete key to delete characters in front of the cursor? We show you how to forward delete on Mac laptops in the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Apple Shareholder Lawsuit Dismissed

explosivejared wrote with a ZDNet article about Apple's win in the shareholder stock-options backdating lawsuit. This jives with Apple's own internal investigation of the matter. "The New York City Employees Retirement System had sued Apple claiming that the company's practice of backdating stock options diluted the value of the stock. Apple has admitted that it improperly backdated stock options on several occasions, including two awards to CEO Steve Jobs, and last December it took a $84 million charge to account for the options. But the suit had to show that Apple shareholders lost money in order to recover damages ..."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

The Sims 2: Bon Voyage [(universal) Trailer]

Whisk your Sims away from their everyday routines and take them on exciting trips to three exotic locations! Whether relaxing on a lush tropical island in a luxury suite, camping with the family on a pristine mountaintop, or exploring the culture of the Far East, your Sims will enjoy new activities to relax and rejuvenate them.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Want to Write for iPhonefreak.com?

Have a lot to say about Apple and the iPhone? Always wanted to write for a well established blog? We want to hear from you right now! iPhonefreak is currently looking for guest and senior editors. Send us information about...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Last version of Tiger released - Includes Safari3

Today, with the release of OS X 10.4.11, Apple’s beloved Tiger took its last breath. This update to Tiger is to be the last update to an OS that helped usher Apple in to one of its most profitable and market-share changing eras in their lifespan.The biggest addition with this update is that Apple is [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Age of Empires III [(universal) Patch]

Command one of eight mighty powers grappling to conquer the New World in this new generation of the landmark Age of Empires series. Experience the Age of Discovery through amazing 3D graphics. This update fixes the Sout of sync multiplayer error on Intel Macs running OS X Leopard. Many other enhancements.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Logitech G5 Laser GamingMouse

I’ve never really liked the Apple mice that I’ve gotten with my machines, and I usually try to get something a bit nicer, like a Logitech or even - *cough* - a Microsoft mouse. These 3rd-party devices feature more buttons with more customization, and better ease-of-use than dealing with the annoying touch-sensitivity of Apple’s [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Apple releases Final Cut Express 4

Apple today released Final Cut Express 4, a significant upgrade to its powerful video editing software based on Apples award-winning Final Cut Pro 6, with a new low price of $199. Final Cut Express 4 adds support for the latest AVCHD cameras, allows mixing of standard and high definition content on a single timeline, includes the ability to import iMovie 08 projects, and gives users access to hundreds of sophisticated FxPlug cinematic effects and filters. Almost a million digital filmmakers have made Final Cut their editing application of choice, said Rob Schoeben, Apples vice president of Applications Product Marketing. With the introduction of Final Cut Express 4, Apple makes it easy for anyone to join the rapidly growing community of Final Cut editors worldwide.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Apple releases first Leopardupdate

Apple is on a roll today, releasing a new version of Final Cut Express, as well as the last update to Tiger. Now, Apple has released its first update to their newest version of OS X, Leopard.This update includes a slew of fixes mainly related to reliability and compatibility with the new features in Leopard [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Final Cut Express 4Released

Today Apple announced the release of Final Cut Express 4.New features include:iMovie ‘08 ImportingOver 50 new FxPlug effects and filtersMixing of hi-def and standard video on the same timelineSupport for AVCHD camerasWhat’s even more interesting with this release is that Apple has now knocked the price of FCE down to $199 (from the $299 it [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPhone Getting Open Source 3D Game Engine

Could a new open source 3D game engine emerge soon for the iPhone? That's the hope of LivingArcana.com, a a community based free MMORPG which uses "GPS to track where the player's location is and allow them to interact with...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Hidden image filters in AddressBook

A little hidden gem in Leopard has been discovered. It would seem Address Book holds the key to a slew of additional image filters that can be applied to user images in Address Book. From my rough guess, there are about 25+ new filters here that don’t seem to be available anywhere else.A short listing [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

NoSoftware

After my recent painful experience of doing a fresh install of Leopard, I’m going through the paces of reinstalling and reactivating my software. I’d already gotten AppZapper, Quicktime Pro and Final Cut Studio 2 reinstalled with no hitch whatsoever. Now it was time for iWork. After popping in the install DVD and clicking through the [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Apple Fixes 'Misleading' Leopard Firewall Settings

4 for 52 writes "ZDNet is reporting that Apple has fessed up to at least three serious design weaknesses in the new application-based firewall that ships with Mac OS X Leopard. The acknowledgment comes less than a month after independent researchers threw cold water on Apple's claim that Leopard's firewall can block all incoming connections. The firewall patches come 24 hours after a Mac OS X update that provided cover for at least 41 security vulnerabilities."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Mozy On Out: My backup and restore experience withLeopard

Thinking back a few years, I remember every time I needed to upgrade my system or prepare for a format, Id rely on using CD-Rs as a method for backing up my media and documents. Pain yes, efficient no, effective, yes. Of course this was back in the early XP days when I needed to [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Avernum 5 [(universal) Demo]

The latest game in the award-winning Avernum series. Travel into the strange underworld of Avernum, a land full of misfits, bandits, and barely civilized monsters. Hunt the villain who tried to kill your Empress, and keep him from assassinating you first.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Otter Products does up some new iPhone cases

Otter Products is out with word of some new cases for the iPhone which will help it last a little longer in the urban or jungle wilds. If you want style and some protection, be ready to lay out around...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Monopoly [(universal) Demo]

Own it all with this amazing version of the best-known and loved Monopoly game that brings this timeless family treat to vivid life like never before. Roll the dice and watch the cleverly animated tokens bounce around the board. Challenge your friends and family to exciting Monopoly fun, or play against an advanced AI with multiple difficulty settings. Even change the rules to suit your own tastes and styles.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Defending Apples GoodLooks

The Apple nay-sayers of today offer what they think is a solid argument against the Apple consumer; that Apples game is solely based on good looks alone and, as such, Apple consumers are nothing more then superficial ego-consumers who buy the product solely for social value. Trend, it would seem, is the buying power for [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Introducing Bento. The stylish personal database for Leopard.

Designed specifically for Mac OS X Leopard, Bento offers one place to put your important information, including: contacts, calendars, projects, and events. Bento automatically displays contacts and calendars kept within Address Book and iCal, with no need to re-enter existing names, phone numbers, email addresses or upcoming events. Bento is the personal database for the millions of Mac users who appreciate the elegance and ease of use of their Mac, said FileMaker president Dominique Goupil. With Bento, we are providing an incredibly easy way to manage all your information iCal calendar events, Address Book contacts, digital media and files all in one place, effortlessly.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Leopard Claims Half the Japanese OS Market In October

hoagiecat writes "Is Apple like all those bands who claim to be "huge in Japan"? Leopard accounted for 53 percent of boxed operating systems sold in Japan in October — even though it was only on sale for the last six days of the month. 'The software went on sale worldwide on Oct. 26 with sales kicking off at 6 p.m. local time in each country. Users in New Zealand and Australia got their hands on Leopard first, but Tokyo saw the first launch at an Apple retail store. About 200 people lined up in light rain to buy the software at Apple's store in the ritzy Ginza district of Tokyo. Lines also formed at other Apple stores across the country and at major electronics retailers, where special events were held to mark the start of sales. Combined with other sales of other operating systems including Tiger, Apple had an overall 60.7 percent share of the market in October -- that's a big jump from the 15.5 percent share it had in September, which was itself the highest share Apple had managed to get so far in 2007. '"

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Eve Online [(Intel) Feature]

Nearly 200,000 players dictate the daily evolution of the EVE Online galaxy, where 5,000 solar systems contain thousands of worlds controlled by four races. Choose your faction and start building your wealth, using it to upgrade your spaceship or buy a better one, as well as purchase personal augmentations. Join a corporation or start your own and set out to conquer your own corner of the universe.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

iPhone hits Germany with fanfare

Not rain, nor wind, nor chill of night would stop German shoppers from getting their hands on a new iPhone. Shortly after midnight, T-Mobile began selling the Apple iPhone in downtown Cologne, Germany, where an estimated 400 people braved the harsh weather. T-Mobile had planned ahead and handed out umbrellas, blankets, coffee, and pretzels to the waiting customers. A few radio stations offered more than 1,000 euros for the first iPhone purchased, but the buyer preferred to keep the phone.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPod Games: Phase [(iPod) Feature]

Load up to 1,000 songs in your Phase playlist and hit the road, scooping up notes in time to the beat and filling the stars you need to pass the next checkpoint, where the crowd cheers your accomplishment. Reach the end of the song to win; try a marathon of up to five songs if you want an extra challenge. Just download Phase, take some time to learn how to play, and don"t forget what you are: You"re an iPod star.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Apple iPhone debuts in UK stores

With Rory Cellan-Jones (BBC News) describing the scene in London as mayhem, fans started queuing at stores overnight in order to be one of the first to get their hands on a new iPhone.The iPhone has gone on sale at more than 1,300 stores around the UK with each customer limited to two handsets each. After waiting in line for 26 hours, Tom Jalinski was the first out of the London Apple Store with his new iPhone and proclaimed it, worth the wait.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Bento: A Personal Database fromFileMaker

The makers of FileMaker have released a preview of a new application called Bento. It’s labeled as “personal database software” for managing all aspects of your life from contacts and events to inventory and expenses.It’s currently a pre-release trial version, meaning your trial will eventually expire, forcing you to purchase Bento if you intend to [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

X3: Reunion [(Intel) Patch]

The Sequel to the award winning X2: The Threat introduces a new 3D engine as well as a new story, new ships and new gameplay to greatly increase the variety in the X-universe. This update fixes game crashing and freezing bugs.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Community Activity: November 12,2007

UK iPhone (nerves and) excitement!Powerbook G4 Fatal ErrorLeopard Guest AccountFile Moving Bug in Leopard (and Tiger?)mySQL on Leopard

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPhone is the best phone ever.

Still hooked after all these months, Mike Wendland (Detroit Free Press) remains smitten with his iPhone. Every week, Ive been getting the latest and greatest of the mobile phones being introduced for holiday sales. And while some are promising, none can come close to the iPhone in ease, elegance and excellence of design. Almost five months now since it was introduced in the United States, it remains not just the best cell phone Ive ever used but the most revolutionary piece of personal technology Ive ever used.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Waiting for Leopard to change itsspots/dots

Being a long-time Mac user (MS Word on a Mac Plus still beats anything today in terms of writing flow and productivity) and someone who usually dives in head-first on new technologies, I was faced with an agonizing decision on October 26: to install, or not to install Mac OS X 10.5 on my primary [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Quick Tip of the Week: Creative sharing in Keynote 08

Create a Keynote 08 presentation and you can share it as a QuickTime movie, a PDF document, or as a photo book that can be given to clients after a sales call. Learn how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPod is my radio and TV.

Esther J. Cepeda (Chicago Sun-Times) has discovered the voluminous selection of sports entertainment podcasts available at the iTunes Store, proclaiming, iPod can be sport geeks all-encompassing radio and TV. She also notes that the iTunes Store features podcasts about every imaginable subject.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

New GetAMac AdsLittle Focus onLeopard

Its been a while, but we now have three shiny new GetAMac ads to laugh at and gloat over! Justin Long and John Hodgeman both reprise there roles as the mac and PC respectively for the new commercials Podium, Boxer and PR lady.Both Podium and PR lady focus on PC users dislike for Vista and [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

1.1.2 Update: Easy as Eating Ice Cream

In my infinite laziness, I waited to update to 1.1.2 until it appeared in iTunes this evening. The update took exactly 5 minutes. Then the phone restarted; as normal it disappeared from iTunes briefly. And I saw an image on...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

iPhone 1.1.2 Update... Wow?

I know the update will arrive in iTunes shortly, but I can't wait... I guess. 10,000 folks reportedly purchased an iPhone in Germany yesterday, with 1.1.2 already on it, while we veterans in the U.S. are still waiting. We can't...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

An Open-Source Java Port To iPhone?

An anonymous reader writes "With the first anniversary of open-source Java coming up November 13, a Sun official believes the project could bear a fruit much sought-after in the Java community: a Java port to the Apple iPhone. Apple has not released a version of Java capable of running on the popular device. But Sun's Terrence Barr, technical evangelist for the Java mobile and embedded community, believes Apple's plans to release an SDK for iPhone in early 2008 may result in the open-source phoneME version of Java ME winding up on iPhone."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Fans Cheer as Apple's iPhone Finally Hits Europe

An anonymous reader sent in this article which opens, "Apple fans lined up through Yesterday night in Germany and Britain to be among the first in Europe to buy an iPhone, the must-have gadget that is set to shake up the mobile industry." Over 10,000 phones were sold in Germany by Friday afternoon. In France, however, the iPhone doesn't arrive until the end of month.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

The Apple Store Holiday Gift Guide [Apple Store]

Give the perfect Mac, games, and accessories- and get free shipping on all items. The Apple Store Holiday Gift Guide is a gamers wish list come true. Grab sports titles like Madden NFL 08 or Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, and keep things toasty with action titles such as Battlefield 2142. Mice and other peripherals await, as does the thumping Bose Companion 3 Series II speaker system. Seasons greetings.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

XL Video: Super Screens

Go to a concert, and youre likely to see a tightly choreographed program on stage and an even more elaborately choreographed multimedia extravaganza playing out on the huge, multi-million-pixel displays backing up the on-stage performance by your favorite artists. Like the dazzling video shows created by XL Video. Specialists in huge-format video, XL Video uses Macs throughout the whole process, from concept drawings to content creation to final playback. And Final Cut is the linking piece of the chain, says Richard Burford, head of XL Video.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

The model for success at the UC Conservatory of Music

At the University of Cincinnatis Conservatory of Music, electronic media majors use MacBook Pro computers and the iLife suite of digital authoring tools to hone the skills they need for careers in audio and video production, radio, broadcast journalism, and new media. The MacBook Pro allows us to leverage the iLife software suite, explains Assistant Professor Richard Cawood. This gives students an entire tapestry of tools for video, audio, web, and photographic work.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Logic Studio a landmark release

With Logic Studio, reports Peter Kirn (Macworld), Apple has transformed Logic from a deep but difficult program into one of the most streamlined and elegant music environments of its kind. Kirn gives Logic Studio a 4.5-mouse rating (out of five), concluding that its streamlined, fewer clicks-to-music philosophy throughout, combined with more precise tools for audio editing and surround, make this a landmark release.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Quartz Composer inLeopard

If you’ve previously installed the Developer Tools from the OS X installation discs, (be-it, Tiger, or now Leopard) you’ve had available to you a pretty powerful tool by the name of Quartz Composer. It’s all too possible you’ve seen the application, but have no real idea what it does. Well basically it’s an [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

While Stephane's off being famous. . .

So boss freak Stephane's off in Vegas at the big blog convention, right? And while we all know that normally what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, not so with Stephane. Nope. He gets the big story on C|Net. That's...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

The Man Behind the Google Phone

The New York Times is running a background piece on Andy Rubin, Google's 'gadget geek', and the newly re-opened battlefield of the cell-phone market. There is some discussion of a conflict with Apple, of course, but primarily the article focuses on the Rubin's past. They do so by exploring the storied connection between computer makers, the internet, and the humble cellphone: " Mr. Rubin may be one of the clearest links between the computing industry's recent past and its rapidly emerging future -- and the embodiment of how Google hopes to bridge the two realms. In the spring of 2002, the Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page began sporting flashy smartphones on their belts that could gain access to the Internet and their popular search engine wherever they roamed. With a switchblade-style flip-out screen revealing a tiny keyboard, the phone, known as the Sidekick, became a fashion accoutrement for urban hipsters and Silicon Valley's digerati. More versatile than e-mail-centric BlackBerrys, it was one of the first smartphones to seamlessly integrate the Web, instant messaging, mail and other PC applications."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Apples Trojan Horse:Webkit

Back in the early days of TAB, one of our fellow writers was one, Chris Holland. Chris is a pretty smart guy, knows a little too much about too many super geeky things, many of which revolve around Apple technology. He’s since moved on from TAB, but continues to rant about technology on [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Starbucks serving up iTunes

That tall mocha Frappuccino never sounded so good, comments Ellen Lee (San Francisco Chronicle) as she downs her mocha while testing out the iTunes WiFi Music Store at a San Francisco Starbucks. The new service lets customers shop for music wirelessly through iTunes at Starbucks for free, Lee explains. It made its debut in New York and Seattle Starbucks coffee shops earlier this year, just opened all across the San Francisco Bay area this week, and is expected to be available in the nations 6,000 company-operated Starbucks coffee shops by the end of 2009.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Google Search foriPhone

One annoyance I have with my iPhone is the Google Search feature. I think the Google search results are by far the best results as far as relevancy goes. Unfortunately, however, when I set my iPhone to default to Google’s search engine, I am taken to the normal results pages. The Yahoo search option defaults [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

A toast to Aperture.

If youve visited the Aperture Users Professional Network recently, you no doubt noticed that the site sports a great new design that makes finding content on Aperturelike this informative article by Brett Wilhelmmuch easier. Aperture gave Wilhelm, a photojournalist by trade, all the tools he needed to successfully shoot a friends wedding, edit the shoot, design a book (an elaborate 80-page layout), and have it delivered just seven days laterthe day the bride and groom returned from their honeymoon. Im pleased to say, Wilhelm says of the book, that it was in its 2nd printing in under two weeks. Thank you Aperture.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Apple to Release iPhone Firmware 1.1.2 on Friday

Here we go again folks. Apple confirmed the release of the iPhone firmware version 1.1.2 at the same time as the UK is officially rolled out in the UK. Sometime tomorrow, you'll be able to sync your iPhone and upgrade...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

How To: Import RSS Subscriptions into AppleMail

I never quite understood Apple’s decision to include RSS support in Safari, but not in Apple Mail. Other mail clients such as Thunderbird have offered this support for years, but I just couldn’t bring myself to use them. They had never offered the power Mail did, with built-in smart folders and the way it had [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

TAB WriterOpenings

We’re looking to bring on about 5-8 new writers here at The Apple Blog. So if you’re in to writing and, more importantly, in to Apple…I’d like to hear from you.A couple of things to note:You must be able to write somewhat regularly (around 3-5 articles per month) - This is a big one. If [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Put the Yellow Pages on your iPhone

Whether youre in the market for tropical fish, sporting goods, cold remedies, or guitar lessons, iPhone can help you quickly locate a nearby vendor. Just tap on the Safari icon and pay a visit to yellowpages.com. Its just one of the more than 350 web apps available for iPhone and iPod touch on our web apps page. Like information about designing, coding, optimizing, and submitting your own web application? Then visit our iPhone Dev Center.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Pirates of the Caribbean Online [(universal) Feature]

Set sail on the high seas solo or with a buccaneer crew, traveling from one island to the next as you seek fame and fortune. All of the major characters from the movies, including Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa, give you quests and teach you to use various weapons during your adventures. You also learn some voodoo in the process, which comes in handy when facing off against the reanimated pirate skeletons commanded by Jolly Roger, a cursed pirate captain who wants revenge against Jack Sparrow.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

The Mac has won

Farhad Manjoo (Salon) makes a compelling case. If were going just by whats betterthe ages-old Mac-vs.-PC debate is over. Long over. Yell it from the rooftops; The Mac has won. Nows the right time to buy an Apple computer, proclaims Manjoo. Indeed, its been that time for the past five years. After all, its Macintosh business is now in league with that of the biggest PC companies in the world. And everyone whos used it agrees that Leopard, the operating system that Apple released late last month, is to its chief rival, Microsofts Windows Vista, roughly as Richard Wagner is to Richard Marx. Manjoo even takes the opportunity to put to rest the myth that an Apple computer will set you back more than a Windows PC. In fact, he says, itll cost you less.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Quicksilver Opens its Doors toCoders

Quicksilver is my hands-down favorite application for OS X. (Seriously, if I were stranded on a desert island, it would be the one thing I brought with me!) However with the exception of becoming Leopard-ized, it hasn’t made many forward strides in recent months. I’d venture a guess that a large reason [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Asus Insider Claims Apple Tablet Is Real

CaptainCrunchyApple writes "According to cnet.co.uk the oft-rumoured Apple Tablet PC is actually very real, and on its way soon. CNET claims to have spoken to an anonymous tipster at Asus who claims to be working with Apple to produce the tablet. 'We're guessing it'll be based on Intel Core architecture, a tweaked version of Leopard, and have all the multi-touch, CoverFlow goodness we've seen in the iPhone and iPod touch. All this begs the question: Can Apple turn the Tablet PC into a success when previous attempts have failed? The short answer is 'yes'. Any company that can make a mobile phone with no buttons, no picture messaging, slow Web access and no video capture into the most desirable phone on the planet can easily make tablets popular.'"

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

How To: Access your iPhoto 08 Library from yourbrowser

Since iPhoto ‘08 came out back in August, I’ve had mixed feelings on its new features.I’m not a huge fan of Events and there are lots of little things that just annoy me now. One of which is that the iPhoto library now exists as a “package” instead of a readily accessible set of folders. [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPod Game: Phase [(iPod) iTunes]

Don"t listen to your music - play it! Phase is an interactive music game that lets you experience songs in an entirely new and unique way. Choose a song in your iTunes library, and Phase will turn it into a gameplay level. Press and glide the iPod"s click wheel along with the rhythm of the music to catch notes and flowing sweeps. Try to collect bonus phrases for extra points.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

iPhone goes on sale this Friday in the UK

At 6:02 p.m. this Friday, November 9, iPhone goes on sale at more than 1,300 Apple, 02, and Carphone Warehouse retail and online stores, giving customers in the United Kingdom their first chance to get their hands on the revolutionary new product that combines three devicesa mobile phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet deviceinto one. Every Apple retail store will offer support for iPhone at the legendary Genius Bar, said Ron Johnson, Apples senior vice president of Retail, and beginning Saturday morning, customers can learn how to get the most out of their new iPhone by attending a free workshop or scheduling a personal training session through our popular One-to-One program.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

EVE Online [(Intel) Demo]

A massive multiplayer online game (MMOG) set in a science-fiction based, persistent world. Players take the role of spaceship pilots seeking fame, fortune, and adventure in a huge, complex, exciting, and sometimes hostile galaxy.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Leopard Server sleek, fast and business-readyeven for mixed environments

Calling it a sexy beast, Joe Hernick (networkcomputing.com) considers Mac OS X Server 10.5 a substantial upgrade to Apples server offering, and we recommend shops running 10.4 to investigate. In fact, Hernick find it ready for work. The e-mail platform connects to Active Directory and bundles AV and anti-spam software without pesky client access licenses. A spiffed-up calendar application can serve as a group scheduler. VPN services can host 500 users per Intel Xserve. In a first for Apple, IP failover provides high availability, and TimeMachine enables easily deployed server-based client backup. Leopard Server can even mimic an NT domain controller.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Ringtones: the Playlists

Listen up. The iTunes Store has just made it easier to find the perfect ringtones to assign to your favorite callers. After scouring the more than 500,000 currently available ringtones, iTunes editors have assembled a wide assortment of ringtone playlists. The genre-based playlists include such eminently ringtoneable tracks as Answer the Phone (Sugar Ray), Pyscho (Bernard Hermann), My Funny Valentine (Chet Baker), Hung Up (Madonna), On the Road Again (Willie Nelson), Soul Man (The Blues Brothers), and many others. Want help creating your new ringtones?

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Free Leopard Server seminar. Right in your backyard.

Thanks to Leopard Serverthe most advanced Mac OS X Server everyou dont need a dedicated IT department to deploy and operate a server. Leopard Server lets you set up and manage servers quickly and efficiently; collaborate effectively on wiki-powered intranet websites; share calendars, schedule meetings, and coordinate events; encode, publish, and distribute high-quality podcasts; and much more. Beginning on November 27, you can learn how your organization can take advantage of the power and versatility of Leopard Server by signing up for a free seminar.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Leopard Server an excellent option for all-Mac, Mac/Windows, even all-Windows shops

Apples Leopard Server offers numerous advantages over Microsofts Windows Server, concludes Computerworlds Ryan Faas. The unlimited client version of Mac OS X Xerver provides organizations with significantly more room to grow. There is no limit to the number of users or for replication to additional servers. And more importantly, Apple has designed Leopard Server specifically for smaller organizations that have little or no IT staffers. Given the added possibilities that Mac OS X Server offers beyond simple client management, Faas concludes it worth consideration in many organizations, ranging from small businesses to enterprise networks.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Riiiight

For the most part, I find Apple’s marketing messages to be clever, engaging and somewhat accurate. Usually, pretty imagery accompanied by a five to eight word sentence is enough to make me drool and start fumbling around for my wallet to fork over my hard earned cash.But then there are times where Apple’s wording misses [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Leopard breathes new life into an aging Mac

If you own a Mac, youll want Leopard, writes Eric Benderoff (chicagotribune.com). Running Leopard on both an iBook and a MacBook Pro, Benderoff learned first hand why Apples new operating system upgrade, called Leopard, continues to make Mac computers the easiest and most enjoyable to use. Citing Cover Flow, Spotlight, Spaces, and Stacks to illustrate his point, he concludes, I can tell you this: for $129, Leopard breathes new life into an aging Mac.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

SpacesReview

I’ve been using multiple virtual desktops for years, in just about every operating system imaginable. Since sometime in 2004 I’ve used them in OS X, generally in the form of the now-mostly-defunct Desktop Manager. It’s a fairly good program, but lately I kept noticing an error reading: “<Error>: The function `CGSUniqueCString' [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Quick Tip of the Week: Filling shapes with images in Keynote 08

With Keynote 08, you can add a shape to a slide, resize it, reposition it, and then fill it with an image from your iPhoto or Aperture library. Using the handy graphics Inspector, you can further customize it with an assortment of intuitive adjustment tools. To see how, watch the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Community Activity: November 5,2007

Battery Charger??Change backup frequency of Time Machine?So How Many Spaces do you have?Creating Custom QT Skins for websitePlease Help - Possible issue with browser

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Leopards GreenTint

Separate from the BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death - it’s generally a Windows term, if you’re somehow unaware…) that some folks experienced after upgrading to Leopard, there’s word of a new bluish, or greenish tint that’s occurring on some user’s screens. Up until now I’ve been familiar with the bluish tint that results from [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Data Loss Bug In OS X 10.5 Leopard

An anonymous reader writes "Leopard's Finder has a glaring bug in its directory-moving code, leading to horrendous data loss if a destination volume disappears while a move operation is in progress. This author first came across it when Samba crashed while he was moving a directory from his desktop over to a Samba mount on his FreeBSD server."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

JLabMiniBlaster

I’m not the biggest fan of Apple’s ear buds, or headphones of any kind for that matter, so when I received JLab’s MiniBlaster to review, I was pretty stoked, but, I was pretty sure I’d be disappointed. These speakers are small (about the size of 4 old nanos one on top of the other) and [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

plobb! [(universal) Demo]

In the castle of nightmares the evil motts of psodor tortures innocent, little plobb. poor plobb is languishing in the lowest dungeon, while depressive thoughts are hovering around him and sapping his vital mojo. Can plobb escape from the castle and return to the cheerful world of his friends?

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Mail 3.0: Links in subject nowclickable

So either no one has emailed me with a URL in the subject line since I’ve been a Mac user (a little over 3 years), or Leopards Mail 3.0 has a new “feature” (if you want to call it that).No, I don’t send emails to myself. Someone emailed me and in the subject they [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Writing with Video at the University of Illinois

They had a lot to say, but some students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had a hard time expressing themselves in traditional writing courses. That changed when Maria Lovett, an instructor and filmmaker, introduced Writing with Video. The innovative course mashes writing with filmmaking, transforming students into visual anthropologists who use Pages and iMovie to build a visual vocabulary and create links between written and visual language.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

xScope: Web DevelopersToolkit

xScope, from the guys at IconFactory, is a suite of on-screen tools for web and creative professionals that includes Rulers, Screen overlay, Loupe, Guides, Frame, and Crosshairs. The tools are meant to assist in the design and testing process, allowing you to measure and inspect your website or software program on-screen in real-time.RulersRulers let you [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Twice Bitten: Album Art Sync Bug?

First it was the Wi-Fi bug. Now I was syncing up some new music today on my beloved iPhone -- syncy syncy syncy -- la la la -- nothing untoward appeared to happen at all. But! When I went to...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

EVE Online's Linux/Mac Client Goes Live Tuesday

The official EVE Online site has details of upcoming patch 'Revelations 2.3'. Along with a number of bug-fixes to the PvP-focused Massively Multiplayer Online Game, this game fix will offer up compatibility with Mac OS X and Linux. Though the Mac client is a native port, Linux will require the used of Cedega. The post suggests that if you'd like a preview of what the game will be like on your rig, you can download the client and tool around the test server. System requirements are also listed, as are the distributions of Linux they are specifically supporting: Ubuntu 7+, Suse 10+, and Linspire 6. Update: 11/04 14:32 GMT by Z : Fixed implication of native Linux client.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

EVE Online's Linux/Mac Client Goes Live Tuesday

The official EVE Online site has details of upcoming patch 'Revelations 2.3'. Along with a number of bug-fixes to the PvP-focused Massively Multiplayer Online Game, this game fix will offer up full compatibility with Mac OS X and Linux. The post suggests that if you'd like a preview of what the game will be like on your rig, you can download the client and tool around the test server. System requirements are also listed, as are the distributions of Linux they are specifically supporting: Ubuntu 7+, Suse 10+, and Linspire 6.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

iPod nano: one of the most enticing iPods ever

Calling it awesome, Digital Trends lavishes praise on the new iPod nano. Its thin, sexy, easy to use, holds plenty of music, videos and photos. The sound quality is impressive, and the review concludes, video quality is great, too.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Why Apple Should Acquire Adobe

aabode writes "OSWeekly.com's Brandon Watts suggests that Apple should acquire Adobe. Why? 'While Apple has done a great job of developing media applications for beginners (the iLife suite is a good example of this), they could use a boost on the professional side. Granted, Final Cut Studio has become the standard when it comes to professional video editing, and Logic Studio is a great professional solution for editing audio, but what about the graphics and Web design segments of the market? If people want tools to support these interests on the Mac, then they turn to Adobe.'"

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

TAB a Finalist in the 2007 WeblogAwards

Yesterday it was announced that The Apple Blog is one of the top 10 finalists for Best Technology Blog.We have the honor of being included in the list with classic blogs like Engadget, Gizmodo, and Lifehacker.If you’ve enjoyed the content The Apple Blog has provided over the past year, we’d love to have your vote.You [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Learning creatively at the Western Academy of Beijing

Teachers at the Western Academy of Beijing have created a 1-to-1 learning program thats second to none, letting students work at their own pace, collaborate with one another, or get assistance from a teacheror the Help Deskwith absolute ease. Students from all over the world use iLife on their Mac notebooks to create multimedia projects. To share their work with friends and family back home, they use iWeb, creating online digital portfolios they can update as frequently as theyd like. And they study Chinese on the go with iPod, using digital flash cards and podcasts to augment traditional curricula.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPhone a candidate for Gadget of the Year

In addition to naming it the Invention of the Year, Time also includes iPhone among its candidates for Gadget of the Year. iPhone, Time editors say, changed the way we think about how mobile media devices should look, feel and perform. The design is exceptional inside and out: Its got a slick glass-andstainless steel case and an elegant touch screen loaded with eye candy. Ready to cast your vote?

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Now Shipping: RAID card upgrade kits for Mac Pro, Xserve

Delivering enhanced storage performance and data protection, the Mac Pro RAID Card and Xserve RAID Card let you add a powerful hardware RAID engine with 256MB of cache and battery backup to your Mac Pro desktop or Xserve. The cards support a variety of RAID levels, allowing you to optimize your system for performance, capacity, or a combination of both. The cards, both priced at $999, are available today from the online Apple Store. (See Store for system requirements.)

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Leopard offers a better user experience and inherent reliability

Laying the foundation for the next generation of personal computing, Leopard redefines what personal computing looks like, according to Michael Gartenberg (computerworld.com). And Gartenberg offers a litany of Leopard features by which hes impressed. Cover Flow, a feature first used in iTunes, lets you browse files visually and then see a files contents without opening it. He argues that Apples IM client, iChat, runs rings around whats available for other systems. Hes always used his e-mail in-box as a to-do list, Gartenberg admits, and Apples Mail client makes that really work.

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Lincoln Schatz: Random Access Portraits

Using two dozen Mac minis to capture video from an equal number of video cameras mounted all around his 1,600-pound, ten-foot square Cube, Chicago-based video artist and sculptor Lincoln Schatz creates generative portraits of subjects who line up to spend an hour in the steel and plexiglass enclosure surrounded by whatever objects they choose, doing whatever they feel represents them best. When the shoots done, Schatz lets his Mac Pro server harvest the video hes captured. The portraits that emerge result in an evolving montage of randomly selected non-linear imagessome shot yesterday and some a year or more agothat subvert the idea of posing for a likeness. Twenty-first century portraits anyone?

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MacBook and MacBook Pro [(Intel) Hardware]

Been thinking about going mobile with your games? Well nows the perfect time, as both the MacBook and MacBook Pro are revving faster than ever. The latter gets supercharged with greater system speeds, and new Intel GMA X3100 graphics with a robust 144MB of video RAM. The MacBook Pro makes a pit stop as well, tuning up its CPU to a whopping 2.6GHz and grabbing bigger, faster hard drives. Both casual and core gamers alike will be cheering all the way to the finish line.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]