Beyond Anime and Babes: iPhone Wallpapers You Will Actually Use

Not that there's anything wrong with those happy clownfish swimming through their sea of gelatinous green orbs, but let's face it, sometimes you need to see something new. Enter the world of iPhone wallpapers. All over the web, you've seen...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

I adore the Apple TV

After all, as Julio Ojeda-Zapata (twincities.com) explains, Apple TV is a joy to use. And it proved a godsend for one of my familys recent movie nights when frigid temperatures precluded a trip to a video store. He downloaded Disneys The Game Plan, and the movie was ready for watching soon after the download initiated. Viewing was flawless; ditto for Garfield, another family-night rental. Whats more, movie rentals sound superb on the Apple TV, as well, now that it has support for Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

The role played by Final Cut Studio in No Country for Old Men

In the making of No Country for Old Men, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen prove just how influential a Mac and the right software can be, writes Jim Dalrymple (macworld.com). The movie won four Oscars at this years Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In fact, it is the first movie edited with a completely digital workflow on Mac to win the Oscar. They [Apple] made it really easy for us we cut now much the same way we cut on film [using Final Cut Pro]. Its hugely faster, said Ethan Coen.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Aperture 2 amenable to amateurs and pros

Ian Austen (nytimes.com) takes a look at Aperture 2 and finds that it offers a more accessible, streamlined facade and makes it easier to handle photos in full-screen mode. It is also much faster.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Goldstriker Selling 24ct Gold 16GB iPhone

You are among the iPhone elite. No regular old iPhone will do - you want yours to literally shine. To that end UK-based Goldstriker has you covered with its new gold 16GB iPhone. Goldstriker is selling this particular iPhone for...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Quick Tip of the Week: A reminder about To Dos

Spend lots of time in email? Then wouldnt it be great if you had a quick and easy way to create a convenient To-Do list when you get a message about something you need, well, to do? In Leopard Mail, youre just a right-click away from creating a new item for your To-Do list. Find out how in the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Build-a-lot [(universal) Demo]

Send the housing market through the roof as you build, buy, and sell houses in the new strategy game, Build-a-lot! You can flip houses for quick cash or sit back and watch the rental income pile up. Become a real estate mogul as you visit scenic towns, earn huge profits and perform special favors for the colorful local mayors.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

iPhone to be Released in Ireland on March 14th

Ireland's network operator, O2, has confirmed that the iPhone will be launched in Ireland on March 14th. The exclusive deal signed by O2 follows the exclusive deal they have for the UK. And just like the UK, the iPhone will...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Now shipping: Time Capsule

Time Capsule, the wireless hard drive you can use to back up multiple Mac computers using Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard, has begun shipping. Notifications of the shipments began reaching customers that pre-ordered the device early this morning, according to Jim Dalrymple (macworld.com).

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Mac OS X Secretly Cripples Non-Apple Software

spikedLemur writes "Vladimir Vukicevic of the Firefox team stumbled upon some questionable practices from Apple while trying to improve the performance of Firefox. Apparently, Apple is using some undocumented APIs that give Safari a significant performance advantage over other browsers. Of course, "undocumented" means that non-Apple developers have to try and reverse-engineer these interfaces to get the same level of performance. You really have to wonder what Apple is thinking, considering the kind of retaliation Microsoft has gotten for similar practices.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Sparkle [(universal) Demo]

No one travels without worries in Crowberry Woods anymore. Vast blackness has blanketed the once beautiful forest. Use your orb slinger to shatter the orbs before their power is used to release the eternal night. Can you bring the light back, from a sparkle to full bloom? Explore three different game modes, multitude of greater magical amulets and powerups, and uncover the deepest secrets.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Apple to Reveal an "iPhone Software Road Map" on March 6th

In an invite sent to journalists for an Apple event, the company said it will present an "iPhone Software Road Map on March 6th", at 10:00 AM Pacific time. Apple will undoubtly present the promised iPhone SDK at the same...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Celebrating No Country for Old Men

The film No Country for Old Men won four Oscars at this years Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Find out more about the making of the film by listening to a podcast recorded during last years Tribeca Film Festival. In the podcast, director Barry Sonnenfeld chats with Joel Coen and Ethan Coen about their filmmaking experiences in general and their use of Final Cut Studio to edit No Country for Old Men. Enjoy.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

The Everlasting iPhone: Firmware Update 1.1.4

Willy Wonka offered the everlasting gobstopper, the candy that never got smaller. With the new iPhone update, Apple offers the everlasting iPhone. Well, ok, it just seems like it. . . That's right, fellow freaks, like many with virgin iPhones...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

iPhone & TheEnterprise

By now, you’ve seen the announcement of the March 6th iPhone announcement (which better be more than discussing a future announcement since that’s already two pointer de-references we have to manage). While I am and many other and far more capable developers are also eagerly awaiting the SDK release, the promise of “exciting [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Jailbroken Phones and the Games I Can't Live Without

Yesterday saw the release of the newest Apple firmware. 1.1.4. Like many of us, this is one of those "hold your breath" moments where you have to carefully take stock of what you have, what you stand to lose and...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

KingMania: North Kingdom [(universal) Demo]

A fast and simple action strategy game from a fantasy world. You control different buildings, use spells and the power of hordes of your lieges to defeat your opponents. North Kingdom is an expansion of KingMania. It is free for KingMania owners! The expansion brings new 10 maps and a new building.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Kids: Pony World [(Intel) Demo]

A computer game full of fun and adventures of a lovely pony you can choose and control yourself. You are the one who decide if the pony leads a peaceful life with his family taking care of children and marriage or whether he devotes to working, farming or having fun.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Remote Denial of Service For OS X(Leopard)

Given the large amount of “feedback” I receive from many venues on why I’m crazy for suggesting that OS X users employ some type of client-side security software, I wanted to point out a very recent exploit that I saw over at Joel Esler’s blog. The vulnerability is around the IPv6 networking layer of the [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

The role played by Final Cut Studio in No Country for Old Men

In the making of No Country for Old Men, Joel and Ethan Coen prove just how influential a Mac and the right software can be, writes Jim Dalrymple (macworld.com). The movie won four Oscars at this years Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In fact, it is the first movie edited with a completely digital workflow on Mac to win the Oscar. They [Apple] made it really easy for us we cut now much the same way we cut on film [using Final Cut Pro]. Its hugely faster, said Ethan Coen.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Apple Releases 1.1.4 Firmware, Jailbreaks Work, Hackers Rejoice

Apple released firmware update 1.1.4 for the iPhone today, addressing, in typical Apple prose, "bug fixes." It seems that souls braver than I have tried battle-tested 1.1.3 jailbreaks and found they indeed work. I have yet to see a definitive...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Novel Accounting Methods May be the iPhone's Silver Lining

Throughout 2007, AAPL was the darling of Wall Street. Shares more than doubled between January and December, from a respectable $84 in January to a record $202 on December 27, 2007. Since then, the story has been dramatically different, with...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Quick & Secure Network Filesystem Access WithExpanDrive

Magnetk makers of SftpDrive for Windows have brought their secure, remote filesystem magic to OS X with version 1.0 of ExpanDrive.If you have a blog/site hosted on any flavor of Linux or BSD (including OS X) or do any amount of cross-platform management or development then you know how useful ssh is for speedy [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Renting movies and more on Apple TV incredibly simple

Before this years Oscars, Larry Magid (cbsnews.com) realized that he hadnt seen a number of the nominated movies. Last year that might have meant a trip to the video store. But this year, we got to watch our rented nominated films in our living room on our high definition set thanks to Apples newly enhanced Apple TV. And, Magid notes, you dont have to use your computer to buy or rent movies, music or download free podcasts to your TV. You can do it from the comfort of your easy chair using only the small Apple remote control. The process is incredibly simple.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Celebrating No Country for Old Men

The film No Country for Old Men won four Oscars at this years Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Find out more about the making of the film by listening to a podcast recorded during last years Tribeca Film Festival. In the podcast, director Barry Sonnenfeld chats with Joel Coen and Ethan Coen about their filmmaking experiences in general and their use of Final Cut Pro to edit No Country for Old Men. Enjoy.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Want to Write for iPhonefreak?

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]

iTunes Now Number Two Music Retailer in the US

Apple today announced that iTunes is now the number two music retailer in the US, trailing only Wal-Mart.* The iTunes Store now with over 50 million customers has sold over four billion songs. In fact, it sold an incredible 20 million songs on Christmas Day 2007 alone. And with over six million songs from all of the major and thousands of independent labels, it offers the worlds largest music catalog. * Based on the latest data from the NPD Group.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

New MacBook & MacBook Pro [(Intel) Hardware]

Your new best friend is ready to take its rightful place at your side: select from either the casual gamers MacBook or the MacBook Pro for road warriors. The latter gets a mighty speed bump to the tune of 2.4GHz. While the MacBook Pro cranks up the heat by doubling the amount of video RAM on the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT to a whopping 512MB of pure energy (on 2.5GHz models and higher. It also gets 6MB of L2 cache slapped onto the Intel Core 2 Duo processor for even faster performance.)

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Unsanity APE &Leopard

It came to my attention recently - read: I’ve been checking - that Unsanity has, finally bumped at least some of their haxies to Leopard compatible versions. Many people, myself included, have been bemoaning the loss of such tools as WindowShade X, FruitMenu, and most especially ShapeShifter since their upgrades to the latest big [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Order your 2GB iPod shuffle

Apple today began taking orders for the new 2GB iPod shuffle. Available in five colors silver, blue, green, purple, and (PRODUCT) RED special edition for just $69, the newest model of iPod shuffle holds up to 500 songs. Order yours today from the online Apple Store; or visit an Apple Store in your area and try one on for size.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Introducing new MacBook and MacBook Pro models

Apple today introduced new models of the MacBook and MacBook Pro. MacBook Pro models feature the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors (running at up to 2.6GHz with 6MB of shared L2 cache), larger hard drives (up to 300GB), and 2GB of memory standard in most models. They also include the latest NVIDIA graphics processors with up to 512MB of video memory and an innovative Multi-Touch trackpad, first introduced in MacBook Air.The three new models of the MacBook feature faster processors and hard drives: sleek white 2.1 GHz and 2.4 GHz models with 120GB or 160GB 5400 rpm hard drives and a stunning black 2.4 GHz model with a massive 250GB 5400 rpm hard drive. The 2.4 GHz MacBook ships with 2GB of memory standard, expandable up to 4GB across the line.Available immediately, the new MacBook and MacBook Pro models start at just $1,099 and $1,999, respectively.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Sony Introduced the ICF-ClipMK2 iPhone Speaker Clock Radio

Sony, a direct Apple competitor on many products, as just released a new alarm clock and docking station for iPod and iPhone. According to Sony, the ICF-ClipMK2 (Could they make more apealing names?) is designed for bedrooms, studio apartments or...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Neverwinter Nights 2 [(Intel) Feature]

A horrific battle happened in your hometown of West Harbor when you were just an infant. You have little memory of the event, and the villagers only whisper rumors about it. An attack, however, heralds a new war, and soon you are sent on an epic quest to not only defeat evil but to also reveal the secrets of the past. Or will you turn to evil, leading the Forgotten Realms down a dark path? The choice is yours.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

I Still Love Signal: Alloysoft Updates web-based iPhone Remote

The iPhone community has rightly been abuzz about Apple's forthcoming SDK, which is now thought be delayed by at least a few weeks into March. In the meantime, enterprising software authors have been hard at work developing a raft of...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Are the new MacBook Pros here yet? How aboutnow?

Nearly every Tuesday in 2008 has seen a software or hardware announcement by Apple, yet each time I’m left feeling disappointed because it’s not the one I’m waiting for: new MacBook Pros.Most Apple fans know you should always wait through the Christmas holiday until Macworld arrives in January before buying a new Mac. And with [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Bubble Bash [(iPod) iTunes]

Take of for Bubble Island! Join Malia and Kale in their quest for treasure in an island paradise. Explore this colorful tropical island, from the beach to the rainforest, in the entertaining puzzle game. Have a blast tossing multi-colored bubbles into the sky to pop three or more of the same color.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Join the Aperture World Tour

Aperture 2, the exciting new version of Apples powerful photo editing and management software, delivers more than 100 new features, and you can get a great introduction to many of them by attending the Aperture World Tour. Its an excellent opportunity to learn about Aperture 2 from members of Apples photo marketing team. The free, in-depth presentation comes to cities around the world beginning next month. Sign up today and reserve your seat.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

LIveSpeakR Gives your iPhone more Watts

The iPhone is an amazing device, but forget the internal speakers for music. It can do a decent job when you use the handfree feature of the phone but anything else is, at least for me, not an option. But...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Out of the Park Baseball 8 [(universal) Feature]

OOTP 8 builds on the significant changes made for last year"s OOTP 2007, including the inclusion of all Major League baseball teams, players, and minor league affiliates. Now you can simply start a season and guide your favorite club to victory. Read on to learn what else is new. Play ball!

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Community Activity: February 25,2008

2GB iPod ShufflesDisc Burning ProblemSmall iPhone BugiPhone 3G versus EdgeOrganizing PDFs and PrintingTags: Site NewsRelated postsNo related posts.

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPhone SDK Delayed by a Few Weeks

According to BusinessWeek, the anticipated iPhone SDK will not meet the February deadline promised by Steve Jobs himself, last October. Sources close the BusinessWeek revealed that, because of last minute decisions still need to be made, it could be delayed...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Apple, Starbucks Sued Over Music Gift Cards

Trintech writes "A Utah couple acting as their own attorneys have filed a lawsuit against Apple and Starbucks over the retailers' recent Song of the Day promotion, which offers Starbucks customers an iTunes gift card for a complimentary, pre-selected song download. In a seven-page formal complaint, James and Marguerite Driessen of Lindon, Utah say they developed in 2000, and were granted a patent in February 2006 for, an Internet merchandising utility dubbed RPOS (retail point of sale). The concept, which forms the heart of the infringement lawsuit, would allow gift cards for pre-defined items that can be sold at a brick-and-mortar store but used online; customers could redeem a card for a dining room set or a DVD, for example."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

iPhone SDK May Be 1-3 Weeks Late

tuxeater123 writes "According to a blog posting at BusinessWeek.com, the iPhone SDK could be pushed back by another 1-3 weeks. Unfortunately, the evidence provided, such as the media announcements that are usually made before most Apple releases, suggests that this may indeed be true. Apple usually sticks to their announced deadlines, however they have been known to break them occasionally."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Apple Sends Cease-and-Desist To the Hymn Project

Troed writes "Tools for removing DRM from iTunes-purchased songs (myFairTunes7, QtFairUse6) have been available from the Hymn Project Web site for some time. These are legal in many countries. But on the 20th Apple sent a Cease and Desist note to Hymn's ISP, forcing the site admins to remove all download links. It is speculated that this is due to a new tool being created (Requiem) that attacks Apple's FairPlay DRM through cryptographic means instead of by copying the unprotected music from memory while it is being played. But since the tools are no longer available (after several days there are still no public mirrors), discussion around this topic has died out. Many users buy music from the iTunes store and rely on DRM removal to be able to play the content on their mobile phones. Apple may be on dangerous ground here, since those users might now start checking out competing services."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Multitouch Gesture Patents Could Prevent Standardization

ozmanjusri brings us a Wired report on Apple's efforts to patent the multitouch gestures used on their laptops, smartphones, and tablets. The article discusses concerns over how this could affect the standardization of certain gestures in developing multitouch technology. We've previously discussed the patent applications themselves. Quoting Wired: "If Apple's patent applications are successful, other manufacturers may have no choice but to implement multitouch gestures of their own. The upshot: You might pinch to zoom on your phone, swirl your finger around to zoom on your notebook, and triple-tap to zoom on the web-browsing remote control in your home theater. That's an outcome many in the industry would like to avoid. Synaptics, a company that by most estimates supplies 65 to 70 percent of the notebook industry with its touchpad technology, is working on its own set of universal touch gestures that it hopes will become a standard. These gestures include scrolling by making a circular motion, moving pictures or documents with a flip of the finger, and zooming in or out by making, yes, a pinching gesture."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

iPod Games: Yahtzee [(iPod) Feature]

Toss the dice three times and put together the best combination possible, keeping any results you want between rolls. Your goal is to put together hands similar to those found in poker, such as three-of-a-kind or a full house. Each one earns you a certain number of points, with five-of-a-kind known as a Yahtzee scoring the highest. Play solo or against computer opponents of increasing difficulty, and don"t forget to try the rainbow rules and duplicate rules options.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Free digital library awaits at teachers domain

As a teacher, youre always on the lookout for great educational resources. And youll find a rich supply of content on iTunes U. Take, for example, the free digital library available at teachers domain. Brought to you by WGBH, Bostons award-winning PBS station, teachers domain offers downloadable videos and educator guides. Ranging from A Night in the Coral Reef to Homo Sapiens versus Neanderthals to Mitochondrial Flyover, they offer an invaluable addition to your science curriculum. And theyre just a tiny portion of the content waiting for you on iTunes U.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Big Spaceship: All Fun and Games

Weve earned a reputation for innovation, so we get to do incredibly fun stuff for great brands, says Big Spaceship CEO Michael Lebowitz. We like making people laugh, and we like making people scared, he adds. And they like working on the Mac. The Mac is the only platform that understands one of our key principles: How you engage with something has a direct impact on the results. I truly believe that working with thoughtful, human-oriented, creative technology makes you create more, and better, work.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Apple Store StatusWidget

Apple Store StatusView Pingdoms Apple Store Status.The guys at Pingdom have a released a fun new widget that you can put on your website that automatically gets updated whenever the Apple Store goes down (presumably to add new products).Now you can easily feed your obsession of knowing if the Apple Store is down or not!Check [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPhones Produced in China Smuggled Right Back in

Ponca City, We Love You writes "Factories in China produce iPhones that are exported to the United States and Europe and then smuggled right back in helping explain why Apple says it sold about 3.7 million iPhones last year while only 2.3 million are actually registered in the United States and Europe. For Apple, the booming overseas market for iPhones is a sign of its marketing prowess but also a blow to Apple's business model, costing the company as much as $1 billion over the next three years, according to some analysts. Since negotiations between Apple and China Mobile, the world's biggest mobile-phone service operator with more than 350 million subscribers, broke down last month, the official release of the iPhone in China has been stalled producing a thriving gray market. Copycat models are another possible threat to Apple in China. Not long after the iPhone was released, research and development teams in China were taking it apart, trying to copy or steal the design and software for use in iPhone knockoffs, or iClones and some people who have used the clones say they are sophisticated and have many functions that mimic the iPhone. "A lot of people here want to get an iPhone," says Shanghai lawyer Conlyn Chan."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Apple TV could change the way we obtain and consume video

Christopher Breen (macworld.com) gives a four-mouse (out of five) rating to Apple TV, Take Two. Breen says he was impressed by the look of the HD movies I rented and played on my 42-inch Panasonic plasma TV. And he was just as impressed by the sound. Live Free or Die Hards 5.1 sound track was nicely separated and huge through my 5.1 AV receiver. And I applaud Apples decision to include an AirTunes optionthe ability to choose the Apple TV as a remote speaker system within iTunes and stream music to it and its attached AV gear.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Orbino's iPhone Case: Italian Design at its Best

As soon as I saw Orbino"s press release announcing their new product line created to fit the beloved iPhone, I jumped on my computer keyboard and contacted the company right away to ask for a sample. They immediately agreed to...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Supercow [(universal) Demo]

The evil Professor Duriarti has escaped from prison! He has seized the farm and captured all of the animals! He cloned them and made the clones work for him to successfully fulfill his diabolical plan of earth destruction. Through her network of informants, Supercow heard about the situation, and dashed off to save the farm animals. Because after all, who knows how to save the farm better than Supercow? A funny arcade game for entire family, it"s Supercow to the rescue.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

MacBook Air just what the road warrior has been waiting for

For a lot of people, says Ken Mingis (computerworld.com), smaller and lighter is better when it comes to their laptops. He considers MacBook Air one of the coolest-looking laptops to appear in years both in terms of size and hipness. It has a gorgeous display that looks sharper and brighter on the Air than it does on the regular MacBook. And, he says, waking it up from sleep mode took about 2 seconds, and the LED backlighting means the screen hit full brightness as soon as it was awake. As for performance: The Air feels just about as snappy as my MacBook Pro in day-to-day use doing the kinds of things most users will be doing: surfing the Web, firing off e-mails, text editing and light graphics work.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Which is better: Aperture or Lightroom?

Thats what Stephen Shankland (c|net news) wants to know, and hed like your help. With the new Aperture 2 now available and Lightroom just celebrating its first birthday, I thought it opportune to survey readers. What would you buy? What would you advise somebody else? The polls are open.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Introducing Xsan 2

Apple today introduced Xsan 2, the first major upgrade to its easy-to-use, high-performance, enterprise-class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system for Mac OS X. Xsan 2 combines enhanced performance with Apples legendary ease of use, allowing even first-time users to set up and quickly deploy a SAN. It introduces MultiSAN, which allows users on a single workstation to access multiple SANs at the same time. Fully integrated with Mac OS X Leopard and Mac OS X Server Leopard, Xsan is also now qualified to work with third-party RAID storage.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

MacBook Air shows: never been a better time to switch to a Mac

As I look at a newly arrived MacBook Air laptop, writes Dean Takahashi (mercurynews.com), it occurs to me there has never been a better time to switch to a Mac. And he points to the new MacBook Air as a great example of the faster innovation that Apple offers customers. The design is attractive and nobody can boast having a thinner notebook computer. It has an innovation dubbed Remote Disc. You install a disk on a desktops DVD drive. Then you can use your MacBook Airs Remote Disc function to take over the DVD drive and install software into the MacBook Air. Its an innovation that may signal the beginning of the end of disk media.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Wheel of Fortune Deluxe [(universal) Demo]

Spin the wheel and experience the enhanced game play and vivid graphics of the updated version of America"s #1 game show! Pick a consonant or buy a vowel to solve puzzles in three exciting new game modes; Road Trip, Group Play, and Puzzle of the Day. Create your own profile and earn trophies along with virtual cash! Look out for the dreaded Bankrupt and Lose A Turn wedges as you spin to win in the sparkling new version of this beloved game.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Hug A Indie Mac DeveloperDay

I hereby declare this day as Hug A Indie Mac Developer Day. What sparked this spontaneous outpouring of appreciation for these Wizards of Cocoa? Apart from just the standard good will towards the likes of Daniel Jaikut, Jonathan ‘Wolf’ Rentzsch, Fraser Speirs, Gus Mueller (and a host of others that would turn this into an [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Use Your iPhone as a Wireless Touchpad for Mac or PC

We've seen the iPhone used in all sorts of situations in the last 9 months. But what about a wireless touchpad to control your Mac or PC? Sounds like a great idea? Watch the demo to see this by yourself....

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Too Many Emails on your iPhone? Use MailCurve, a Unique Email Service for iPhone Users!

The amount of excitement everyone had about using email on their iPhone for the first few months has levelled out a bit. Although there have been broad discussions about the potential support for the corporate enterprise, and comparisons with Blackberries,...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Catch American Idol Performances Exclusively on iTunes

For the first time, music fans can enjoy all of the contestant performances from Season Seven of American Idol, televisions most popular show, exclusively on iTunes. This week, performances of the American Idol Top 24 semifinalists will be the first to appear on iTunes. You also can purchase music performances for 99 cents per song. Starting March 11, youll also be able to purchase the full video of Top 12 finalist performances for $1.99. And, beginning today, you can pre-order performances of your favorite contestants from the iTunes Store, which will automatically download the day after the show airs. The exclusive availability comes to you thanks to a partnership of Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Interactive Media, 19 Entertainment, FremantleMedia and Apple.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPod Games: Chess & Backgammon [(iPod) Feature]

Slip digital versions of centuries-old games in your pocket, courtesy of Gameloft. Chess & Backgammon Classics feature competition against computer-controlled or human players, multiple levels of difficulty, static 2D or rotating 3D board views, various visual themes to choose from, historical statistics tracking, and more. You can even view classic chess games played throughout history, complete with commentary.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Xsan 2 offers sweet new features

Among the pretty sweet new features that distinguish Xsan 2, Chris Foresman (arstechnica.com) points to the new MultiSAN feature, which gives simultaneous access to multiple volumes that are hosted by separate controllers. Xsan 2 also allows file copies from one SAN volume to another directly over FibreChannel for a significant speed boost. In addition, Foresman points to the redesigned admin tools that simplify setup and to Xsan 2s tighter integration with Open Directory, Mac OS X Leopard, and Server Assistant on Leopard server.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Close But No RemoteDisc

The Apple TVs new found friends may have brought it up to par with several of its competitors, but does it compare to Apples own standards?With a completely redesigned UI and a slew of new features, the Apple TV seems a new breed of set top box. One, oddly enough, in the same packaging weve [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Mossberg Reviews the Lenovo X300 Vs. MacBook Air

genji256 writes "Adding to his first impressions, Walt Mossberg has published a full review of the soon-to-come Lenovo X300. As a bottom line he 'recommends the X300 for road warriors without hesitation, provided they can live with its two biggest downsides: a relatively paltry file-storage capacity and a hefty price tag.' Gizmodo lists all the comparisons with the MacBook Air that Walt inevitably makes. Final score: it's a tie, though certain points are arguable ('Doesn't use Mac OS X Leopard. Winner: MacBook Air')."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

New Apple TV fantastic

Downloading and watching recent movies in high-definition, from the comfort of your living room is a stupendous experience, writes Gary Krakow (thestreet.com)in his review of Apple TV. Krakow chose the fabulous Disney/Pixar feature Ratatouille to test the system. All I can say is wow! Apple TV video quality is spectacular. The audio is pretty special, too. All in all, video rental has never been this quick and easy.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPod: Pirates of the Caribbean: Aegir"s Fire [(iPod) iTunes]

Take your place alongside the characters of Disney"s legendary Pirates of the Caribbean to pursue Aegir"s Fire - a mythical flame that drags ships to the ocean floor! Captain your ship, the Black Pearl, and brave treacherous seas, search the world for treasure, sink threatening vessels, and more.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Dream Chronicles 2: The Eternal Maze [(universal) Demo]

Locked away within the Ancients" Place by Lilith, Fairy Queen of Dreams, Faye continues her quest to reunite with her beloved husband, Fidget. Navigate this stunning story world of intricate puzzles and magical landscapes as you unravel the secrets of your family"s past in this alluring sequel. Dream Chronicles 2 takes you deeper into the dream realm than ever before with over eighty engaging puzzles offering all-new challenges and longer game play.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

1GB iPod shuffle now $49; 2GB model, just $69

Its the worlds most wearable music player, and the 1GB iPod shuffle just $49 is now the most affordable iPod ever. It also has a new 2GB sibling that costs just $69 and allows customers to wear even more music on their sleeves. Or belts. Or lapels. While the 1GB iPod shuffle is available immediately, the 2GB will be available later this month. Both models come in five colors silver, blue, green, purple and a (PRODUCT) RED special edition) weigh just half an ounce, and are just half a cubic inch in volume.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Play Piano on Your iPhone? Please Welcome the iAno

If paying for music for your iPhone is not your thing, then try creating your own music. This guy just released what he call the iAno, a virtual piano for iPhone and iPod Touch. The features of this iPhone application...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

The hidden power in iPhoto 08

Much of the attention for iPhoto 08 has focused on the new Events pane, report Jim Heid and Kelly Turner (macworld.com), but the newest version of iPhoto has many more tricks up its sleeve. For example, Heid and Turner explain how iPhoto lets you customize print options, adjust fonts, create and assign keywords more easily, perform more effective searches, and still other tricks.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Four Mice to Bento

Bento, reports Dan Moren (macworld.com), FileMakers new consumer-level database, aims to do for the database what Numbers and Pages did for the spreadsheet and the page layout program, respectively: make them easy and accessible for the rest of us. The new consumer-level database provides an approachable interface that appeals to the general consumer and a feature set thats suitable for a single user to manage data. Bento easily handles data thats too cumbersome for a spreadsheet, yet doesnt require the complexities of a professional-level database.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

The AppleHorizon

Can you foresee an Apple horizon, where one day the average Mac consumers out weigh a PC user? How long do you think thatll take to happen? The iPod began a new quest for Apple. A company set on innovation has taken our hearts with a simple, compact device for music. Well, it was music [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Live from SoHo: Its Linkin Park

The Grammy-Award-winning Linkin Park brought its unique sound to the SoHo store the other night to give a live performance to contest winners flown in from 20 states nationwide. Youll be able to purchase and download the live recording soon (as part of the ongoing Live from SoHo series), but if youd like to whet your Park appetite right now, visit the SoHo page and watch the video.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Xsan 2 makes SAN setup simpler

According to Jim Dalrymple (macworld.com), one of the goals for Xsan 2 was to make it easier for customers to set up a storage area network (SAN). One of the ways Apple has accomplished this is with the SAN Setup Assistant, which is integrated into Mac OS X Leopard Server or as an application that can be run on its own. The setup assistant, Dalryple explains, does all the heavy lifting for you, setting up everything including Open Directory permissions.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Kids: Math-teroid: Multiplication [(universal) Demo]

For a quick, fun way to reinforce your multiplication facts, you can"t beat Math-teroid. Gravitational anomalies have caused asteroids to be attracted to the space station. It"s your responsibility to keep the station safe as long as possible. Click on an asteroid to get it"s incoming coordinates. Solve for the coordinates using multiplication of division to destroy the asteroid.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Leopard by far the best OS ever written for the vast majority of consumers

PC Magazines Edward Mendelson muses that Leopard again raises the question of whether to switch from Windows to a Mac. Ive found Vista to be a major disappointment that tends to look worse the more I use it. Mac OS X Leopard, on the other hand, is easier to manage and maintain and I vastly prefer OS X to Windows for Web-browsing, mail, and especially for any task that involves graphics, music, or video. Leopard performs all such tasks even better than previous versions didand Leopard is the only OS on the planet that works effortlessly and intuitively in todays world of networked computers and peripherals. In fact Mendelson believes its getting harder and harder to find good reasons to use anything else.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

The Mac helps bring science down to earth

Science Bulletins high-definition visualizations that play on 12-foot video screens help visitors to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York understand highly complex processes affecting the earth and its inhabitants, such as the retreat of Arctic Sea Ice, the erosion and recovery of the ozone layer, or the impact of changing seasons on plant growth worldwide. To create the Bulletins, the team at AMNH depend on an all-Mac production pipeline to process raw satellite and other data, transforming it into interactive 3D animations that let people watch the earth change right before their eyes.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

After the CoverFlow, here's the AppFlow

We were all amazed by Coverflow when it was first announced, but Erica Sadun brings the concept to something even more apealing. The AppFlow! Using a CoverFlow-style interface, you can launch iPhone apps and icons. Great idea. Isn't it? With...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Updated Apple TV makes it even more tempting

Apple TV: The Sequel, writes Edward C. Baig (usatoday.com), comes with a newly tempting price and a major software overhaul. And it eliminates the need for a computer. Now, you can preview and rent videos using Apple TV alone. In fact, Baig points out that once you click Rent, you can begin to watch the rented movie on your TV within seconds, even while a video downloads. Its instant gratification to folks who might otherwise drive to the rental store or wait for DVDs by mail.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Jeopardy! Deluxe [(universal) Demo]

Get ready to test your knowledge with America"s Favorite Quiz Show. Play alone or pit yourself against the computer with up to two other contestants. Just like the show, if you respond correctly you lead the game, but if you"re wrong, your competitors control the board and you have to use your wits to jump back in command or you might find yourself in Jeopardy!

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Customers continue their love affair with iPhone

The best recent advance in the mobile telecommunications user space came not from a mobile telecom company but from Apple Inc. the iPhone. That, according to David Benjamin (EE Times) was the conclusion reached by a blue-ribbon panel of human behavior and technology experts at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. And, Benjamin points out, Anup Murarka, director of technical marketing for Adobe, cited a study showing that 77 percent of iPhone purchasers described themselves as very satisfied with their user experience.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPhone customers lead mobile search stats

Macworlds Jonny Evans reports that Google has confirmed it has seen 50 times more searches from the iPhone than from any other mobile handset. We thought it was a mistake and made our engineers check the logs again, Vic Gundotra, head of Googles mobile operations told the Financial Times at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Evans also indicates that O2 recently confirmed the iPhone to be driving unheard of data traffic on the mobile network.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Rush Limbaugh Begs Steve Jobs For Bug Fixes

jlgolson writes "Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh complained on his radio program about some problems that he was having with his Mac: 'Mr. Jobs, please help me. I know we don't agree on anything ... But can you put me to somebody that can get this going, because I know it's gotta work for most people. What am I doing wrong?' Eventually he shared that he was running into actual problems with Time Machine and Back to My Mac. Can you fix them?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

iPhone sets the tone at Mobile World Congress

The cellphone industry went to Barcelona to show off the latest and greatest phones and, once again, hardware took center stage. But, Victoria Shannon (New York Times) points out, software is growing in importance as smartphones, capable of accessing the Web, become more popular. So, Shannon continues, it was no surprise that many of the phones were iPhone clones with touch screens, sleek flat shapes and spare software interfaces. Apple was able to make a phone that paid equal attention to the software and the hardware. And the rest of the industry was following suit here.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPhone in Barcelona... The 135 Gram Gorilla In The Room.

The largest collection of mobile industry folks gathered this week in Barcelona for the Mobile World Conference, formerly known as 3GSM. Apple had no floor space, no presence at all there. It was interesting to hear about the product directions...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Tomb Raider Anniversary [(Intel) Demo]

Celebrate and commemorate ten years of Tomb Raider and Lara Croft with Tomb Raider Anniversary, a new action adventure inspired by the original Tomb Raider video game, one of the greatest action adventure games of all time.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

MacBook Air one sexy portable

If my hunch is correct, writes Julio Ojeda-Zapata (TwinCities.com), business-class airliner cabins will be filled with corporate types whipping out their MacBook Airs for work amid admiring glances from seatmates. MacBook Air, after all, is one sexy portable, a laptop that screams luxury with its extra-bright display (a newfangled light-emitting-diode variant) and a full-size, backlit keyboard that has a great, firm feel. Ojeda-Zapata suggests that business types needing ultraportability with style and comfort wont be able to resist the Air. They can even wedge Windows in there (I did so with no trouble).

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

MacBook Air instantly attractive to mobile workers

Reviewing MacBook Air for the Daily Telegraph, Claudine Beaumont notes that most of the staff there have found this lightweight laptop very impressive. MacBook Air, she indicates is a delightfully designed gadget, hewn from aluminum and glass, and draws amazed gasps from almost all who see it. Its hard to appreciate just how slim it is until you hold it for yourself. While theres no doubt the Air is beautifully designed, Beaumont points out that it also packs all of the powerhouse computing we expect from Apple.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Aperture 2 impresses CNET Editor

Apple has done well with Aperture 2.0, based on my test of ingesting and editing a batch of my own photos on a dual-core iMac, remarks Stephen Shankland in a recent article on CNET. And, he points out, hes not the only one to notice the dramatic performance gains: I feel like someone snuck a new CPU into my machine, gushed photographer Josh Anon in a Wednesday blog posting. On top of a general performance boost, Shankland continues, Aperture 2 delivers a new preview mode that specifically emphasizes speed, an entirely new raw-processing engine that delivers significant advantages, and a variety of other new features, as well.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Apple TV even better

Apple TV remains a fantastic way for people to get their iTunes-purchased movies, music and TV shows from their computers onto their living room TVs. And now whats even better about Apple TV Take Two, concludes Jason Chen (Gizmodo) is that it doesnt require a computer to function. People can plop down an Apple TV into their homes and rent movies, listen to iTunes music, sync up with their grandchildrens Flickr or .Mac streams, or just waste an hour surfing YouTube.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPhone Owners Visiting Google in Mass

Remember earlier this month when we said Google seems to have a special place in its heart for the iPhone? We now perhaps see a reason why - the Financial Times reports Google is seeing 50 times more searches from...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

The Sims Castaway Stories [(universal) Trailer]

Help your Sims thrive and survive as they have washed ashore to an uncharted island. Count on many unexpected twists and turns in this easy-to-play, laptop-friendly version of The Sims. Guide your Sim through the much-longer directed Story mode, taking on a variety of challenges as you build your new life from scratch, meet the natives, and discover the hidden mysteries of the island. Note that this is a stand-alone game, and does not require The Sims 2 to play.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Apple TV a networked video iPod for your living room

With its enhanced iTunes video offerings, PC-free operation, and a lower price tag, John P. Falcone (CNET) concludes that the updated Apple TV is a compelling Internet-enabled entertainment device for the living room and awards the product an Excellent 8.0 out of 10 rating.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Waterstorm [(universal) Demo]

A massive variety of submarines and weaponry rock the boat in Waterstorm. Bringing you subaqueous battles with jaw-dropping graphics, Waterstorm comes with a completely new business model that introduces two different account types. While there is a free basic version of the game (free account), the so called supporter account provides a lot of extras such as the ad-free portal, honorable in-game supporter icons and supporter-only features in subsequent updates of the game. Players that are interested in the supporter account can decide for themselves how much they want to pay.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Quick Tip of the Week: Manipulating PDFs in Preview

Youve probably downloaded scores of PDFs from the Web and no doubt created many of your own in Mac OS X. But did you know that Leopard gives you more control of PDFs than ever, even letting you reorder or delete pages, insert or extract pages, or add Spotlight search terms? We show you how to use Preview to manipulate PDFs in the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Its All Greek To Me: 15 Lorem IpsumResources

Web designers, font purveyors, professional paginators and even application developers need sample data to test their layouts, creations and algorithms. “Lorem ipsum” has been the de-facto standard when placing non-distracting text into test areas and has been shown to exhibit characteristics of standard lettter, word and space distribution. While one could just keep a copy [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Flash Support for iPhone: Cross Your Fingers!

The iPhone rumor mill is running at full speed today. After the expected iPhone price cut, forecasted earlier, now Gearlive says that their sources confirmed that flash support is on its way to the iPhone. From Gearlive: We already have...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Rumor Mill: iPhone and iPod Touch Prices to be Slash by $100

According to 9to5Mac, Apple could slash $100 off the iPhone and iPod Touch in the next few months. The 8Gb iPhone could be reduced to $299 and the 16GB version would be priced at $399. The falling prices of flash...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Apple releases10.5.2

Apple has just released 10.5.2 via Software Update.There are a slew of changes/fixes, some of which are:Improved Airport connection reliability and stabilityImproved Dashboard widget performanceUpdated Stacks with a List view option, a Folder view option, and an updated background for Grid viewAbility to turn off transparency of menu barReduction in overall menu transparencyAdds a menu [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPod Games: Naval Battle [(iPod) Feature]

Assume control of eight different ships, each with a unique special attack, and take on a human or computer-controlled opponent in one of three game modes. Or play solo through an 18-mission campaign that takes you around the world, with a variety of objectives to achieve, multiple medals to earn, and an ascending ladder of military ranks to attain. Proceed to your briefing, commander.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Curl up with Apple TV and enjoy a romantic movie

From Breakfast At Tiffanys to Once to Shakespeare in Love, youll find plenty of perfectly romantic titles to rent from iTunes. And now that the Apple TV software update is available, you can browse, choose, and rent your Valentines evening movie right from a cozy corner of your sofa. Come see how easy it is to update your Apple TV.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Aperture 2Released

Apple is on a software-release roll. Yesterday they released Leopard 10.5.2 and today they have released Aperture 2.Aperture is Apple’s pro-level photograph editing and management software that has been picking up a lot of steam in the past couple of years.There are over 100 new features in Aperture 2, some of which are:Updated user interfaceQuick [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

DLO Rolls Out Egg Speakers for iPhone

DLO has rolled out some interesting new speakers for the iPhone. They price at around $50 and will also work with other recently announced iPod models. The DLO Portable Speakers for iPhone connect via the iPhone's headphone jack and feature...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Mac OS X 10.5.2 Update Brings Welcome Fixes

jetpack writes to make sure we're aware that Apple's OS X 10.5.2 update is available and that it contains plenty of improvements and fixes that users have been asking for. Macworld enumerates some of the big ones, saying that the update "shows Apple listens to users" (sometimes). A couple of the new features simply restore Tiger (10.4) capabilities that Leopard (10.5) had inexplicably withdrawn. You can now shut off the much-maligned transparency of the menu bar, and organize your Dock stacks hierarchically and display them as folders. And Apple has provided welcome access to common Time Machine functions in the menu bar.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

MacBook Air stunning, elegant, and convenient

Mike Wendland (Detroit Free Press) was impressed but skeptical at first. But the skepticism quickly passed after he had the opportunity to take MacBook Air out for a flight test. Its an absolute delight to look at and to use, but its the convenience of the MacBook Air that I think has been underreported, Wendland observes. For the corporate worker who runs from meeting to meeting, this is the gadget you want. Its not much bigger than a legal pad in a binder. And, with Wi-Fi now being standard in most of the corporate world, you have full access to your calendar, your address book, e-mail and the Internet, so youre never out of touch.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPod: Yahtzee [(iPod) iTunes]

Let the good times roll with YAHTZEE on your iPod. Easy scorekeeping, multiple game modes, and simple click-wheel controls deliver classic fun. Play solo, against a friend, or against a computer opponent.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

While Youre Waiting For The iPhoneSDK

As a previous post indicated, Apple has yet to publicly release the iPhone/iTouch non-web SDK and it is still unclear if casual developers will be able to get their applications onto these new devices. As we all wait like expectant parents, there are some great resources out there for the current, Apple-preferred method of iPhone [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Apple TV Take 2' - Post UpgradeMelancholy

For the past 24+ hours RSS readers around the globe have been awash with OS X 10.5.2 update news and notes on the ancillary side updates. The Cupertino software barrage continued today, including the Apple TV “Take 2″, which added access to iTunes rentals, Flickr/.Mac photos/movies and HD trailers.I started the download before my evening [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Apple Releases Aperture 2

Apple today introduced Aperture 2, the next major release of its groundbreaking photo editing and management software. Featuring an improved interface, faster browsing, and enhanced image processing, Aperture 2 delivers more than 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use, and more powerful than ever. Thanks to its new low price of $199, anyone can easily organize, edit, and publish photos like a pro. Owners of previous versions of the software can upgrade to Aperture 2 for just $99.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Bonigo Preps iPhone Wireless Client

Boingo Wireless subscribers may soon be able to whip out their iPhones to hop onto the provider's wireless hot spots, it was reported by PC Magazine recently. Boingo, which this week enabled access for select other smartphones, is looking to...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

iPhone DevelopmentPreview

Craig Hockenberry (of Icon Factory/Twitterific) give us a glimpse of what development will be like for the iPhone via his personal/development blog. What can we expect?Tossing most of your current UI codeBeing way more careful about object/memory useRelying on your Objective-C & Cocoa skills for visual element design since NIBs are non-esistentLearning a whole new [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Speed Up Documentation & Lesson Creation WithScreenSteps

Image is everything when preparing application documentation for manuals or creating a lesson for a training class or a self-paced module. An annotated series of screen, window or dialog boxes is much easier to understand than a simple list of actions and OS X users have many tools to choose from, including ScreenSteps 2(from [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Checking out Apple TV Take Two

Christopher Breen (macworld.com) takes us on a tour of Apple TV that begins with downloading the software update and ends with the big questionHows it look? To which Breen responds, Darned good. After renting Live Free or Die Hard. Breen reports that the picture is great on my 42-inch Panasonic plasma display. With a digital audio cable connected to my AV receiver the movie caused the receivers 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio light to glow and the resulting sound was bigger than anything Ive heard come out of the box previously.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Community Activity: February 11,2008

32GB iTouch, 16GB iPhoneMicrosoft Office 2008iCal ServerLeopard Features MissingiCal and Being ProductiveTags: Site NewsRelated postsNo related posts.

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16Gb iPhone and 32Gb iPod Touch Now Available

We knew this was just a matter of time! Right? Apple just announced that the 8Gb iPhone has a fat brother, the 16Gb iPhone. iPod Touch lovers will also be happy to know that a 32Gb iPod Touch is now...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

3G iPhone on the Way?

mooseman93 wrote to point out Forbes is suggesting that if you haven't purchased an iPhone yet, you may want to wait just a little bit longer. Supposedly the next generation of iPhone will offer some substantial upgrades, including 3G capabilities. "To be sure, a 3G iPhone likely won't pop up over the next several weeks. The Unofficial Apple Weblog reported this week that Apple is hiring a television production firm in preparation for a high-profile late February announcement. That event, however, will likely detail the widely anticipated release of a software developer's kit for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. But the wait can't drag on much longer. AT&T is building out its high-speed wireless network as quickly as it can, announcing Wednesday that it will expand its 3G wireless broadband service to more than 80 additional cities by the end of the year for a total of roughly 350 markets."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Team Fusion Starts aBlog

If you’re taken with VMware’s Fusion (for operating system virtualization on the Mac platform), as I am, then you’ll probably be glad to hear that they’ve started a blog to keep us all apprised of their efforts. You’ll be able to see what they’re working on, some great tips and tricks with Fusion, and [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Bento, the $50 database for the rest of us

Bento, says Stephen H. Wildstrom (businessweek.com) takes the essence of FileMaker Pro, a database-management program aimed at small- and midsize businesses, and marries it to Macs new Leopard operating system. The result is a powerful organizing tool anyone can use.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Twitterific 3.1 (Beta) Annoys Less, FixesBugs

The fine folks over at Icon Factory have release a beta (1.2MB zip file) update to their popular OS X Twitter client which fixes one really annoying problem in how new messages are displayed no more autoscroll to the top and adds a slew of enhancements, including NetNewsWire-like keyboard shortcuts (the spacebar moves [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Neon Tango [(universal) Feature]

Freeverse"s Neon Tango owes some of its digital DNA to the shoot-em-ups of yesteryear, but this is a game with 21st century attitude. Pilot your ship through 50 levels of mayhem, dodging Penta-Fighters, Triangle Troopers and other bad guys as you grab power-ups and figure out the best angles for bouncing your shots off walls. Watch out when the level boss appears, because he won"t show you any mercy.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

iFob Offers iPhone Owners Close By Social Networking

Say you are walking around the mall in a wireless hotspot area and you see a hot person walking towards you. You wonder - does she iFob? Huh? What the hell is that? It is what looks to be an...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Want to design the future of Apples ProApps?

Do you possess a relentless attention to detail,a gifted eye for aesthetics and the ability to quickly grasp and distill highly complex matters? Then you just may be qualified to design future versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion and Soundtrack Pro!Apple always has job openings, but it’s a bit rarer that they post one at [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

A New Safari for iPhone?

It sounds like we'll see a new Safari for iPhone, possibly in the next firmware update. The desktop version is in beta now, and should translate to handset soon. Some of the features being talked about include some interesting clues....

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Neon Tango [(universal) Demo]

Pixelated Warrior, Defender of the Bytes! Launch your cybership into battle against the forces of chaos across 50 stages of bitmapped treachery overflowing with glowing enemies and pulsating bosses. Conceived with a gorgeous minimalism, Neon Tango licks the shoot-em-up genre down to its chewy abstract center.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Peggle [(universal) Demo]

Ready, aim bounce! Clear the orange pegs from 55 fanciful levels as 10 whimsical teachers guide you toward Peggle greatness. Wield mystifying Magic Powers, rack up huge bonus points and make shots you"ll smile about for weeks. Amidst all this fevered action, only one question remains: Can you become a Peggle Master?

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

New iPhone Commercial: The Great Thing

Another day, more iPhone ads. This time around we have "The Great Thing." It's an ad showing why having Internet browsing through Apple's mobile can make life more enjoyable. [via iLounge]

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Doggie Dash [(universal) Demo]

Help reluctant pet spa partners Walter and Scarlett get their new business up and running! Doggie Dash is the newest store in Dinertown! Get dirty dogs squeaky clean, trim matted cats back to fluffy perfection, and put the perfect bow on prissy poodles while you upgrade and customize the ultimate pet spa.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Apple Adds New iPhone & iPod touch Models

Customers whod like to carry more music, photos, and videos with them now have new models of iPhone and iPod touch with double the memory from which to choose. The revolutionary iPhone now comes in a new 16GB model for $499. It joins the 8GB model for $399. And the iPod touch now comes in a new 32GB model for $499. It joins the 16GB and 8GB models for $399 and $299, respectively.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Time-Warner Considers Per-Gigabyte Service Fee, After iTunes

destinyland writes "Time-Warner is now mulling a plan to charge a per-gigabyte fee for internet service. A leaked memo reveals they're now watching how many gigabytes customers use in a 'consumption-based' pricing experiment in Texas, which we discussed early last month. The announced plan was that they were considering a tier-based approach, as opposed to per-gigabyte fees. 'As few as 5 percent of our customers use 50 percent of the network,' Time-Warner complains, with plans to cap usage at 5-gigabytes, and more expensive pricing plans granting 10-, 20-, and 40-gigabyte quotas. Steven Levy at the Washington post suggests Time-Warner's real aim is to hobble iTunes, raising the cost of a movie download by $10 (or $30 for a high-definition movie). Eyeing Time-Warner's experiment, Comcast cable also says they're evaluating a pay-per-gigabyte model."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

iPhone Growth Shows International Tremors

The numbers above, released today by market research firm Canalys, tell an interesting tale about how the iPhone and Apple are creeping up in the ranks of "converged devices" (smart phones and wireless handhelds) globally. The end result? Apple took...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

TrueCrypt 5.0 Brings Plausible Deniability To OS XUsers

While I’m not trying to only focus on security topics, they just seem to pop up more often than not, including today’s serendipitous discovery that TrueCrypt is available for OS X. Security isn’t just about maintaining system integrity (loosely defined as keeping malicious code from getting onto/running on your system). A critical component is ensuring [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Big Bang Board Games [(universal) Demo]

Chess, Checkers, Reversi, 4-in-a-Row, Mancala, Tic-Tac-Toe, and Backgammon in one great package. This version sports new 3D models of all game pieces and boards, allows you to play online with streaming video of your opponent, and much more.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

iPhone finishes a strong second in Q4 phone sales

Even after being on the market for less than half a year, reports Nancy Gohring (IDG News Service), more iPhones sold in the fourth quarter than Windows Mobile phones in the U.S., according to research from Canalys. The research suggest that iPhone had 28 percent of the U.S. converged-device market in the fourth quarter of 2007 with Research in Motion coming in with 41% and Windows Mobile phones with a 21% share.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPod Games: Block Breaker Deluxe [(iPod) Feature]

Block Breaker Deluxe takes traditional brick-and-paddle games to a new level, casting you in the role of an up-and-coming Block Breaker determined to enter and win a tournament held by Ace SThe Shark. To get there, you must work your way through four other venues, each with ten levels, plus a boss to defeat. Earn money along the way to upgrade your pad, all the while searching for the passwords that will unlock the secret underground arena.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Valentines Gifts for MacFanatics

Valentines is coming up, what are you planning to get the Mac Fanatic in your life?Considering the slew of Apple products out there, it would be simple to just pick up your loved one an Apple TV or an iPod. But for those of you pressed for money, here are a few things you can [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Mac Hack Contest Redux

narramissic writes "Remember the controversial Mac hacking contest from last year's CanSecWest conference? No? Here's a refresher: Conference organizers challenged attendees to hack into a Macintosh laptop, with the successful hacker winning the computer and a cash prize. Winner Dino Dai Zovi found a QuickTime bug that allowed him to run unauthorized software on the Mac once the computer's browser was directed to a specially crafted Web page. Well, the contest is back again this year, but with a twist, says Dragos Ruiu, the principal organizer of CanSecWest: 'We're thinking of having a contest where we have Vista and OS X and Linux ... and see which one goes first.""

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

iPod: Chess & Backgammon [(iPod) iTunes]

Two of the oldest and most popular board games of all time just went digital. Jam-packed with suspense, chess and backgammon put your powers of strategy and concentration to the test as you try to anticipate your opponent"s next move.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

HyperOffice Connects iPhone to Corporate Email

HyperOffice, a developer of popular enterprise collaboration software, is expanding into the iPhone realm as it announced last week a beta of tools which connect Apple's mobile to corporate email and contacts, among other items. This beta includes a 30-day...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Apple Updates iPhone and iPod Touch

u-bend writes "With little publicity Apple has released new, higher-capacity models of the iPhone and iPod Touch. The new iPhone boasts 16 GB of storage and is priced at $499 (the 8 GB model remains at $399), and the new iPod Touch has 32 GB, also priced at $499. Although the price is still pretty hefty, it indicates that the capacity/price ratio on these wireless flash-based players is starting to move in the right direction."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

16Gb iPhone and 32Gb iPod Touch Now Available

We knew this was just a matter of time! Right? Apple just announced that the 8Gb iPhone has a fat brother, the 16Gb iPhone. iPod lovers will also be happy to know that a 32Gb iPod Touch is now available....

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Video Tip of the Week: Maps in Address Book

You have an upcoming meeting with a colleague who works clear across town. Wouldnt it be great if you could get directions to her office in just a few seconds? Thanks to the tight integration between Address Book and Google Maps, you can. Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

New Apple iPhone Ads Appear

This particular ad focuses on the iPhone/Facebook interaction. This ad details using your iPhone to help you find the best deal on a new car. [via iLounge]

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Bob LeVitus still loving the iPhone

After months of silence, Bob Levitus (Houston Chronicle) wanted to share my opinion of iPhone after seven months of heavy use. After saying that he couldnt imagine living without one way back in July, Levitus adds that is still true today, as well. Seven months later, he says, I believe the iPhone is the best darn mobile phone money can buy. Where else, he wonders, could can you find a world-class phone, plus video, audio, Web and e-mail, all in a single hand-held device with an intuitive user interface?

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPhone & iPod Touch Get StorageBoosts

The options for the iPod touch and iPhone got a little more diverse today, as Apple added a 32GB touch and a 16GB iPhone. Both retail for $499. The touch will ship in 1-2 business days and comes with free engraving, while either iPhone will ship in 1-3 business days.So if you’ve been holding [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Community Activity: February 4,2008

iPod touch VoIP Users?MacBook vs. MacBook Pro?How to connect PS2 to a Mac?Is there a way to open iPhoto pictures in Photoshop?iWeb QuestionTags: Site NewsRelated postsNo related posts.

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPod: Naval Battle [(iPod) iTunes]

Take control of your fleet and fight in extraordinary battles from the frigid Antarctica to the Pacific Rim. With unique high-tech weaponry for each ship, challenging mission goals, selectable characters, and astounding sound effects, the mastery of the seas becomes more thrilling than ever!

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

SuperDuper! finally makes its way toLeopard

One of the most sought after applications since Leopard was released has finally been updated.Shirt Pocket’s SuperDuper! backup application received a big update today, with the biggest feature being that it is now Leopard compatible.For many, SuperDuper! has become somewhat obsolete with Leopard’s Time Machine feature, but other users who would prefer more control over [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Apple Can't Afford iPhone's Carrier Exclusivity

WirePosted writes with an ITWire article about the problems that Apple's AT&T exclusivity deal could pose in the coming years. Initially the company needed AT&T's commitment to the project, to ensure features like visual voicemail would work. With the iPhone a hit even at its current high price that no longer seems to be the case. Can Apple afford to stick to an exclusive carrier in the future? If for no other reason than consumer choice? "iPhones are being sold unlocked in the markets of Asia where you can't get them with a carrier plan, but they're also being bought and unlocked in the US and Europe. The message is that many and probably most iPhone buyers would like to be given a choice of carrier when they buy their iPhone. Some would be prepared to pay more as they do with other smartphones and buy their iPhone unattached to any subsidized carrier contract. The point is many consumers feel no loyalty to carriers and resent being forced to choose one."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]