GPS All But Confirmed for 3G iPhone

There has been a pretty good amount of speculation around the inclusion of GPS in the 3G iPhone. One of the driving pieces of evidence has been the inclusion of geotagging capabilities in the iPhone App Developer Kit [as reported...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Latest OS X update brings the ability to sync Google Contacts with your iPhone

Sadly this latest, and very welcomed update is something that currently only Mac users can take advantage of, but the iPhone now has the ability to sync up with your Google contacts. While its easy to set up, it may...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Microsoft Urges Windows Users To Shun Safari

benjymouse writes "The Register has picked up on a recent Microsoft security bulletin which urges Windows users to "restrict use of Safari as a web browser until an appropriate update is available from Microsoft and/or Apple". This controversy comes after Apple has officially refused to promise to do anything about the carpet bombing vulnerability in the Safari browser. Essentially, Apple does not see unsolicited downloads of hundreds or even thousands of executable files to users' desktops as being a security problem." Now while downloading a hundred files to your desktop won't automatically execute them, Microsoft's position is that a secondary attack could execute them for you.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

TurboGrafx-16 emulation coming soon to an iPhone near you

While this latest iPhone app is going to be limited to those who have already, or are willing to jailbreak their phone, those users will soon be able to enjoy playing a collection of TurboGrafx-16 games whenever they choose. For...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

GPS All But Confirmed for 3G iPhone

There has been a pretty good amount of speculation around the inclusion of GPS in the 3G iPhone. One of the driving pieces of evidence has been the inclusion of geotagging capabilities in the iPhone Developer Kit [as reported by...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Four Teens Banned from Apple Stores for Life

According to AppleInsider, last week Daniel Fukuba, 17, Eric Vicenti, 16, and two of their friends were detained whilst in an Apple Store by Palo Alto (California) police for 2.5 hours. Now you might be asking yourself, "what could four...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Comoki Releases Some Nifty Web Apps

I recently found Comoki, a little web-app site for the iPhone/iPod Touch. On it are six apps that well designed enough to warrant a mention. TV Guide - This little app takes you through a familiar bar menu found on...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Latest iPhone SDK offers up an icon for the 3G iPhone?

Whether or not this will be the final icon that represents the 3G iPhone is still anyone's guess, but the above image was found in the latest iPhone SDK by a MacRumors forum member, perhaps with a little extra time...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Fifth Avenue Apple Store closing; rumors claim its for 3G iPhone commercial shoot

The flagship, and normally 24-hour Fifth Avenue Apple store is experienced some down time of its own. The store will be closed beginning on May 29 at 3 pm and will re-open the next morning on May 30 at 9...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Hong Kong, Macau to get the iPhone via Hutchinson's 3

Hutchinson Telecommunications has recently released a statement announcing a newly inked agreement with Apple, which means that customers of the wireless company 3 who are located in Hong Kong and Macau will be able to grab an iPhone "later this...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Tungle meeting coordinator comes to the iPhone!

The iPhone is certainly becoming a more and more valuable asset for business users, even prior to the launch of the 2.0 software that will bring Exchange support. Today, Tungle announced their new iPhone interface, which will allow iPhone users...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Griffin now shipping the iPod, iPhone compatible iTrip AutoPilot

While we have seen plenty of FM transmitters for the iPod lineup, the iPhone has remained incompatible with most, that is until now. Griffin has just announced the availability of their latest iTrip, dubbed the AutoPilot and it claims to...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Rumor: 3G iPhone launch to be delayed

While its hard to really think of the 3G iPhone launch date as being delayed, especially considering all the information we have so far is that it will be announced on June 9. Keeping in mind, that date of course...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Giggles Computer Funtime For Baby: ABCs & 123s [Demo]

Building blocks, cuckoo clocks, and race cars Letters and numbers have never had so much fun. Babies love touching the computer keyboard now you can let them! Each curious key press entertains your baby with delightful animated letters and numbers and cute, loveable animal characters. There are 14 adorable key tapping activities for you and baby to explore.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

NYTimes Speculates On the Next iPhone

Achromatic1978 writes "The NYT has a story on the next revision of the iPhone, and discusses what will become of the iPhone, now that the hype is starting to slow (Jobs goal for 2008 was ten million iPhones sold — as of the first quarter, only 1.7 million have left the shelves). The WWDC is the rumored release date for a next version, and Jobs has promised that this year will see a 3G iPhone released."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

GHSkinz.com introduces iPhone/iPod Touch skins

GHSkinz.com, known for their Guitar Hero and Rock Band skins, introduced a line of skins for handheld devices today, including the iPhone and iPod Touch. The iPhone skins are particularly interesting because they come with a code to download a...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Word Cross [(universal) Demo]

Cross letters over words to complete the Word Cross. This hot new word puzzler pits you against the board. See if you can solve the Word Cross or guess the secret phrase for a free pass to the next level.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Oakley intro's the rugged iPhone case

Oakley, who perhaps are a lot better known for their stylish sunglasses has recently introduced a rugged looking iPhone case made from their trademarked Unobtainium rubber. The new case is offering a "durable sure-grip design" that will offer protection for...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Apple's iPhone SDK Gets Update #6

With the WWDC coming up, Apple has released what is likely to be the last update to the iPhone SDK until after the 3G launch event. Update 6 does not appear to have any major changes. According to TUAW, Apple...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

iPhone's browser is leaving the nest

The mobile browser that finally managed to put the internet in our collective pockets has now crossed over into non-Apple products. The first non-Si phone to be loaded with the browser will be the Samsung SGH-L870, a sliding S60 smartphone...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Leather Case +Touch Pen; making your iPod Touch look like a PDA

The latest in covers designed for the iPod Touch comes in the form of the "Leather Case +Touch Pen." Although this model seems to be listed as a Touch accessory, its only safe to assume that this should also work...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Quick Tip of the Week: Managing Browser Tabs

Safari and Leopard make it easy to browse multiple websites in the same browser window using tabs. This quick video tip demonstrates how you can manage your desktop more efficiently by using tabs to consolidate and rearrange all your open browser windows in one.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.3 Has Landed

jaymus of dawning writes with word that, as promised, "Apple has just released the latest major revision of OS X. The update yields improvements to tons of system components and applications including the Software Update system, Address Book, AirPort, Automater, iCal, iChat, Mail, Parental Controls, Spaces, Time Machine and VoiceOver. This release contains 200 bug fixes from 10.5.2. See Apple's release page for all the delicious details."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Super Gerball [(universal) Demo]

Gerry the gerbil loves playing in his ball - he would play all day long if he could. Unfortunately though, the house in which Gerry lives is not safe - if he is not careful, he will fall and hurt himself. This is where you come in. You must guide Gerry around the 60 levels contained within the house, making sure he does not fall off the edge of any of them.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

iPowerJacket; offering to charge, protect your iPhone

A unique accessory that promises to offer both protection as well as some extra power for your iPhone. The iPowerJacket, which is currently selling on Amazon for $79.95 will offer you up to 8 additional talk time hours, 6 additional...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

The $100 million iFund is off to a slow start

When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone SDK, he also announced that a $100 million venture capital fund, called the iFund, had been set up with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the VC firm behind little companies like Google and Amazon....

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

First Reported iPhone Subsidy - Over in France!

It seems that Orange, the carrier given the honor of distributing the iPhone over in France, has made it known to a French blog called PCInpact that they will be offering a kind of subsidy for the iPhone. Why does...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Why I Can't Get Excited About the 3G iPhone

There is a stark difference, for me anyway, between this year's iPhone announcement and last year's. Last year I was frothing at the mouth, wearing a rather unbecoming Apple fanboy hat. I staked out to watch liveblogs and eventual feeds...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

3G iPhone rumored to be in 3 colors

While there, as you would expect with any 3G iPhone related information, has not been any official confirmation, the recent speculation is placing the new model iPhone to be available in three colors. The story goes, that with the recent...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Registration for iPhoneDevCamp2 now open

As we reported earlier, this year"s iPhoneDevCamp is expected to be bigger than last year"s, in large part due to the SDK and the launch of Apple"s official App Store. We know you"ve been brushing up on those Cocoa skills...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Two More Markets Confirmed for the iPhone

Today has been a fairly big day for iPhone carrier announcements. Earlier Orange customers allegedly received offers of subsidies for the the 3G model. Now, two new telecom carriers have released statements confirming deals with Apple. TeliaSonera has issued a...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Here it Goes Again: More "Leaked" 3G Images

It's that time of the week again! More "leaked" 3G iPhone images! This week's image were found by Engadget after they were initially leaked to a Dutch iPhone site, iPhoneclub.nl. These new images are very close in comparison to the...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Solar powered iPhones? iPods? MacBooks?

Apple Inc. has recently filed for a patent that allows the charging of portable devices through solar panels (for lack of a better word) hidden behind an LCD screen. Yes, you read right, Apple is interested in the possibility of...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Apple to Rule the Digital Home by 2013?

Stony Stevenson writes to tell us that a new study from Forrester Research is taking a crack at what seems to have become a hobby for so many, predicting Apple's market strategy. Specifically, Forrester is predicting that Apple will become the 'hub of the digital home by 2013.' "Forrester predicts that Apple will offer eight key products and services to connect PCs and digital content to the TV-stereo infrastructure in consumers' homes. A 're-engineered' Apple Store will expand into in-home installation services to deliver what Forrester describes as a 'fully integrated digital experience.'"

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

TeliaSonera to offer the iPhone in Nordic, Baltic markets

TeliaSonera has become the latest carrier to ink an iPhone deal with Apple. This will mean that customers in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will be able to get an iPhone of their very own. Sales are...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Brando's Super Grip for the iPhone; never lose grip on your iPhone again

Brando can be a hit and miss when it comes to products that are truly useful, offering a good amount of neat, but yet novelty products, so when the offer up something that may be nice, it kind of warrants...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Mac OS X 10.5.3 To Fix Over 200 Bugs, Coming Soon

An anonymous reader writes "MacScoop reports that 'Apple has seeded several builds of its Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.3 update to developers during the past few weeks and just seeded yet another one numbered "9D34" earlier today.' The update fixes over two hundred bugs, weighs almost half a gigabyte and should be available soon."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

GroceryZen: Official SDK native iPhone app to simplify your shopping

With a lot of focus currently on what native apps are around for jailbroken iPhone and Touch users, at times I have been forgetting about all the official SDK apps that are in the works and preparing for a June...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Possible 10-Day Interlude Between 3G iPhone Keynote and Launch

Tech blog infoSync World is reporting an interesting tidbit to the 3G rumor mill. At a launch event for another carrier's new phone, someone let it slip that the 3G iPhone will be released to the public 10 days after...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

HyperCard, What Could Have Been

bobwrit sends us to Wired for a look back by the author of HyperCard, Bill Atkinson. Quoting: "HyperCard is a programming environment that can create applications as diverse as utilities and games by linking 'cards' arranged into 'stacks.' Commands are executed through a natural-language scripting language called HyperTalk... The software has been phenomenally successful and highly influential. But Atkinson feels that if only he'd realized separate cards and stacks could be linked on different people's machines through the Net — instead of cards and stacks on a particular machine — he would have created the first Internet browser."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Will the 3G iPhone be able to hit 42mbps?

Well, the answer for users in the US would be a resounding no, however other areas in the world have currently have faster mobile broadband options in place. We here in the US are limited by the HSDPA coverage that...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

AT&T CFO makes it clear, pricing has not yet been determined

While we have all heard the latest rumors and speculation, some placing the upcoming 3G iPhone with a retail price as low as $199 with an AT&T sudsidation. However AT&T is not letting us know any of the details --...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

New 3rd party hardware could make the iPhone a true contender in handheld gaming

Steve"s recent SDK presentation showed some amazing gaming possibilities for the iPhone. The two leading handheld gaming devices, the PSP and the Nintendo DS, both come up short against the iPhone in terms of processor and graphics (and are downright...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

The best notebook screen in the world

Belongs to the 17-in MacBook Pro, proclaims Ryan Faas (computerworld.com). The brightness and color brilliance is out of this world, he says. Whats more, the system delivers all of the processing power, RAM options and storage capacity of an iMac along with approximately the same screen real estate, making it a desktop replacement in virtually every sense of the word.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Merriam Webster Spell-Jam [(universal) Demo]

Spelling has never been this much fun! Whether you"re trying to improve you"re word prowess or prepare to be the next Spelling Bee Champion, Merriam Webster"s Spell-Jam has something for everyone.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Customs data adds to the 3G evidence pile

We"re used to finding little tidbits that suggest the impending iPhone launch from places like Apple, AT&T, and other iPhone carriers. The government even gets in on the action with FCC and patent filings on occasion. But this time, there"s...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Apple to Rule the Digital Home by 2013?

Stony Stevenson writes to tell us that a new study from Forrester Research is taking a crack at what seems to have become a hobby for so many, predicting Apple's market strategy. Specifically, Forrester is predicting that Apple will become the 'hub of the digital home by 2013'. "Forrester predicts that Apple will offer eight key products and services to connect PCs and digital content to the TV-stereo infrastructure in consumers' homes. A 're-engineered' Apple Store will expand into in-home installation services to deliver what Forrester describes as a 'fully integrated digital experience.'"

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Firefox 3RC1Released

After all the months of waiting, it’s finally here!No, I don’t mean the rumored Apple tablet, sorry. Nor, more realistically, am I talking about the spec bump to the Macbook line. The first release candidate for Firefox 3 dropped yesterday, and a shiny new thing it is. (I can hear you now: [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

An iPhone Drama with a HappyEnding

I’ve had my iPhone for about 5 months now, and up until about 6 weeks ago it was pure bliss. Then suddenly my battery life started to go south, fast. When I first got the iPhone, I could easily go 2 to 3 days of moderate use without charging it. When the battery first started [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

The Tracey Fragments: Shes in Pieces

There was no other choice, says Jeremy Munce of the decision to edit The Tracey Fragments using Final Cut Pro. Adds director Bruce McDonald: Whatever we thought to do with Final Cut Pro, we could do, he says. In a way, the film looks like it does because of its radical fluidity. We could not have achieved our vision without it.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Warbirds 2008 [(universal) Demo]

A 3D massively multi-player game that includes a combat flight simulator, tank simulator and other vehicles from World War I through the end of World War II. This latest version includes new planes, terrain, 3D models, custom skins, and much more.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Sign up for a free iWork for Business seminar

How do business owners use Pages, Numbers, and Keynote? In the free online iWork for Business seminar, Rebecca Breitenkamp, CFO of Intezyne Technologies, tells Apple product manager Mike Greenberg how her biotechnology startup uses iWork 08 to produce financial projections, annual reports, research updates, and many other documents. Watch it online, or download the video and watch it on your iPod.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Many Free Top Magazines For Your iPhone!

Zinio, a digital magazine provider, has either made a terrible blunder or is feeling very generous. Typically they charge about $4.99 an issue to access major magazines like Car and Driver, Popular Mechanics, U.S. News & World Report, and PC...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Need a summer Job? AT&T needs help for the new iPhone launch

The 3G iPhone evidence keeps piling up. A while back, there was an internal AT&T memo leaked that indicated that AT&T employees could not schedule vacation time between June 15th and July 12th due to an "exciting Summer Promotional Launch."...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Some Choice Bookmarklets

If you're like me, you may browse the internet at an abnormally high speed. Personally I use YubNub on my browser to trick out my searches. Unfortunately, this can be a little tougher on the iPhone because the built in...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Create a WiFi Hotspot - Share Your Internet Connection inLeopard

In the last few weeks I’ve been in a situation twice where only one person had Internet access (me) and needed to share it with other people or devices. The first time we were at a convention center and only had wired internet access at the booth. We had several iPhones we needed to use [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Line Forms At Apple's Always-Open Manhattan Cube

SpectreBlofeld writes "According to EngadgetMobile, a line has formed in front of Apple's flagship Cube store in Manhattan. From the article: 'So word on the street (literally) is that a large number of people are queuing in line outside of Apple's flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York City — keep in mind the Cube is open 24 hours a day. Our intrepid girl-on-the-scene reports that the group is more than 60-deep, though most people seem confused about what they're waiting for, but some believe they're actually camping out for a 3G iPhone.' Prank, or mass hysteria?" I wonder if the crowd already has its own Flickr group set up -- if not, what are they waiting for on that front?

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

I.Q. Identity Quest [(universal) Demo]

Solve the riddles of the Puzzle Cube and become a master of memory, logic, language, and more! With two game modes, 65+ goals to achieve, and a story spanning more than 30 chapters, I.Q.: Identity Quest will keep you guessing while sharpening your mind.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

PDN names MacBook Air the ultimate travel companion

After testing it on a trip to Europe, technology editor David Schloss (pdn.com) found MacBook Air an incredibly powerful computer in the worlds cutest package. He was really impressed with the glossy screen, proclaims the keyboard the best Ive ever used, period, and calls its real-world performance naturally perfect. He also touts its performance browsing and editing images in Aperture.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

15-inch MacBook Pro is Editors Choice for PCMag

Being perfect out of the box is a tall order, points out Nicole Price Fasig (pcmag.com), but the new 15-inch MacBook Pro met her high expectations. In fact, she found it a stellar system from the start. Naming it our new Editors Choice, she gave it a 4.5 star rating (out of five).

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Now Playing on iTunes U: the University of California TV

From Babies by Design to San Diego Opera Talk to Health Matters, the University of California Television delivers a wealth of highly informative programming to iTunes U. Explore the hundreds of audio and video podcasts you can enjoy on your Mac or PC or take with you on an iPod or iPhone.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Tropico Jong [(universal) Demo]

Grab your camera and go on a vivid butterfly expedition. With the map of Tropico Island in your hand, you journey across the sandy white beaches and lush jungles by solving mahjong puzzles that have been spread throughout the island. Tropico Jong features 101 exciting levels of solitaire mahjong, exotic music and a scenery that will sweep you off your feet. Are you up for the adventure?

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Stream Music, Movies, and iPhotos to Xbox 360 (from aMac!)

I have a fairly large music and movie collection, and a fairly nice TV/stereo setup in the family room. To watch my movies and listen to my music on the good TV and stereo I could hook my Macbook Air up to the TV each time, but who wants to do that? Fortunately, [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Food for thought..

I was just thinking about Apple's past and it dawned on me that Steve Jobs and his company are far past extraordinary. When they released the iPhone a year ago, such a phone with a 4GB internal memory and multi-touch...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Blogo Gets Social, Also Talks ToStrangers

Brainjiuce has updated its weblog editor Blogo to version 1.1. This update puts it closer on par to MarsEdit (my blogging tool of choice) by adding direct text formatting commands and better file format support (i.e. for posting graphics). The user interface has also been overhauled:A neat Blogo feature it the ability to import the [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

DARwin packs a mighty kick for a robot of his age

Last year, just three and already competing at the world-class level, DARwin wowed crowds with his strength and on-field acrobatics. The youngster plays soccer for TEAM SPRInt, the first US team to qualify for the RoboCup, a global competition where soccer-playing robots vie for the world title. And, with the help of their Macs, the Virginia Tech team plans to send DARwin back to the 2008 RoboCup in China.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Gypsy Maps + iPhone = NYC SubwayAtlas

Using the directions feature of Google maps was an indispensable tool when I used to drive around town. Now that I moved to New York, I rely on the subways to get around and Gypsy Maps to tell me how. I’m generally pretty lazy, so once I use Gypsy Maps to get directions somewhere, [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

What Apples Rumored Tablet Should LookLike

These photos are taken from the TED blog. Yves Behar, the designer for the XO Laptop discusses what V 2.0 will look like. The new XO laptop, set to arrive in 2010, looks like two giant iPhones glued side-by-side. An all-touchscreen interface, with accelerometers to orient the screen to the correct perspective, and Pong make [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPhone Security: Refurb iPhones Still Have Old Data onThem?

I was a bit worried when I found out about this story, but I should have seen it coming. Engadget reports that people who are purchasing refurbished iPhones (from Apple, no less) are able to recover old data off of the devices using some freely available tools.I’ve had to take my iPhone in to the [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Mac Cloner Psystar Ships First Service Pack

Preedit writes "Not only is Mac clone maker Psystar continuing to defy Apple's ban on third-party Leopard installations, it's supporting the hardware with updates. Psystar Mac clones shipped as of Monday will include a 'service pack' that features fixes for a range of problems, some of them inherent in Apple's own software, according to InformationWeek. The fixes address a range of troubles, from glitches in Apple's Time Machine backup feature to quirks in the Keyboard Viewer and Character Palette entries in Leopard's system preferences menu. There's also support for the latest version of Java and other updates. According to the story, by offering a full menu of support, Psystar appears to be daring Apple to attempt to enforce provisions in the Leopard license agreement that forbid third-party installations and sales." We've been discussing Psystar clones for a while.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Book Review: Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, ThirdEdition

Addison Wesley Professional started shipping the Third Edition of Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X by Aaron Hillegass this month. Hillegass’ book is considered my most to be the de-facto intro-to-OS X programming text. I own (and have now recycled) the first edition of the book and have gone through the majority of the Third [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

3G iPhone Release: June 9th?

According to Gizmodo, an unnamed source has "leaked" the release date of the 3G iPhone, claiming it to be June 9th, 2008. More specifically, this "trusted" source claims that the 3G iPhone will be unveiled on June 9th at WWDC...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

iTunesAttackers

Netflix and Napster are both launching assaults on Apple, today. CNET is reporting the release of Netflix’s Apple TV rival, simply called Player by Roku, and Napster is getting into the digital music distribution with apparently an identical model to iTunes ($0.99 a song, $9.95 an album).I am all for competition, but I don’t think [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

AirPort Express is a tiny titan among Wi-Fi devices

Calling it one of my favorite wireless gadgets since its introduction, Bob Levitus (Houston Chronicle) praises the latest version of AirPort Express, which supports fast 802.11n Wi-Fi. Setting up your AirPort Express to act as a wireless base station or remote audio receiver or to share a printer couldnt be easier, he says. Ive taken it on the road and all over my house, and it has never failed to perform perfectly.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

SiteSuckerUpdated

This is a minor update to SiteSucker, but it is a program that I depend on, so I am posting it.For the uninitiated, SiteSucker is a program that sucks everything (pages, images, etc.) out of a website and downloads it to your hard drive. I use it because I update my school web page at [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

More 3G iPhone Rumors: Gizmodo ConfirmsIt

Gizmodo is “confirming” that Apple will release a 3G iPhone next month at WWDC. This is a fairly widely circulated rumor - Gizmodo isn’t saying anything new, but is just betting all of their chips that it’s true.Leo Laporte has mentioned a couple of times (on his TWiT podcasts) that he believes the iPhone 3G [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Apple + Telefonica Movistar = iPhones for Spain

AppleInsider reports that Apple Inc. has recently reached an agreement with Telefonica Movistar to bring one of the world's most popular "smart-phones," the iPhone, to Spain. The iPhone should become available to Spanish consumers later this year, neither Apple nor...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Apple wins two Black Pencil awards

Apple has won two highly-coveted black pencils at the prestigious D&AD Awards, for the design of the iMac and the iPhone, reports Mark Sweney (guardian.co.uk). Although a black pencil is notoriously difficult to achieve, Cheney points out that Apple has won a total of six black pencils since 1999, making the US technology company the most successful in the 45-year history of the event.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

For top pro, Aperture makes short work of selection process

When photo journalist John McDermott covers a World Cup Soccer event, he can capture more than 1,000 images a day. And since his editor needs his best shots the very same day, McDermott needs to edit his photos even more quickly than he took them. Watch the video now playing on the Aperture site and find out how Aperture helps McDermott make his final selects quickly, easily, and enjoyably.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Flickery - The iPhoto ForFlickr

Eternal Storms has released a public beta of flickery, an OS X (Leopard only) client for flickr. It bring a great deal of iPhoto-like functionality to your flickr.com account in the way it displays photos and enables you to tag & group your collection. You can also browse, view and comment on pictures of your [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Scrivener - A WritersParadise

I first heard about Scrivener on MacBreak Weekly a couple days ago, and although it has been around for a while, this was the first time that I heard about it. It was only mentioned as I only use Scrivener now when they were talking about iWork and Word 2008. I thought I would give [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Interview with Sara Robertson - Warner Bros.Records

Today I’m talking to a longtime friend of mine and my favorite hipster tech girl, Sara Robertson. I asked Sara to share some of her day-to-day Mac experiences at Warner Bros. Records, the workflow for her personal projects and in the greater entertainment industry.Travis Vocino for The Apple Blog: Hello there Sara. We’ve [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Forum Activity: May 19,2008

Anyone running SVN on their Mac?Apple Store Classes?Connecting External MonitorWorking With Your Macbook Pro Lid ClosedAutomator or Applescript to set a files permissions?

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

66% Apple Market Share For Sales of High-End PCs

An anonymous reader lets us know about a recent analysis of retail computer sales numbers that shines a spotlight on Apple's sales growth as the PC market has flattened. In the lucrative >$1,000 PC segment, in the first quarter of 2008, Apple's retail market share was 66%. This includes a 64% market share for laptops and a market share for desktops of 70%. The article attributes the bulk of this success to Apple's stores. Fortune picked up this report and pointed out the somewhat obvious fact that the >$1,000 PC segment is Apple's by default, since Dell, HP, and Lenovo sell the bulk of their machines in the $500-$750 range, and Apple has only one model selling for less than $1,000. As the analyst said, "If you don't give people a choice [in the Apple stores], people will spend more."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Software Updates & New Release Highlights For Week Ending05-17

Apologies to all as I’m a bit late with what I was hoping to be a regular Sunday post. Again, here are my pics for the best program updates and new releases from the past week (and, remember, these are programs I either use regularly, tried due to interesting features or have been convinced to [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Will you pay extra for over-the-air ringtone downloads?

According to some (unnamed) music label execs, they"ve been in talks with Apple for a few weeks regarding an expansion of Apple"s catalog of available ringtones, as well as the possibility of offering ringback tones. This seems pretty standard and...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Apple Sold 66% of Computers over$1000

NPD is reporting that although Apple only has 14% share of the overall computer market, when it comes to computers over $1000, Apple is king, selling 66% of the total computers sold. It certainly helps that the only computer you can get for less than ten Benjamins is the Mac Mini. But if you upgrade [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

EngadgetAwards

Every year Engadget gives Readers’ Choice awards and Editors’ Choice awards for different gadget related items. Guess which company won the most awards? You’re right, Apple. Here is the shortlist of Apple’s accolades:iPhone won Best Gadget, Best Smartphone, and Most Anticipated Gadget (3G) for the editors and the readers.The iMac won Best Desktop for both [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Bee Docs Adds New Dimension To CreatingTimelines

Somehow, I missed this despite subscribing to Adam’s blog, but Bee Docs’ released Timeline 3D this month.The main new feature is the ability to display/present timelines in (no surprise) 3D mode. The best way to see what this looks like is by viewing the demo video Adam has put together.While I’ve touted Bee Docs’ Timeline [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Quick Tip of the Week: Annotating PDFs

Have you ever wanted to mark up a PDF, adding website links, including comments, or identifying copy to revise or delete? If youre using Mac OS X Leopard, you have all the tools you need to annotate PDFs. Youll find them in Preview, and the latest Quick Tip of the Week demonstrates how you can take advantage of them.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

AT&T to iPhone users: No WiFi for you!

There"s been a bit of a hubbub lately concerning free AT&T Hotspot access for iPhone customers. Though nothing had been announced, an iPhone user discovered that, when he launched Safari on the iPhone at an AT&T Hotspot, he was given...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Erykah Badu: Freestyle Mac

She hadnt released a new album in five years. But that spell ended dramatically when singer/songwriter Erykah Badu sat down in front of her MacBook and fired up GarageBand. The music surged. I learned how to use GarageBand by trial and error, Badu says. Its like somebody stuck a plug in the back of my neck and uploaded a program to learn how to use GarageBand. It was automatic. Everything on that Mac was automatic.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPhoneFreak now listed on Alltop!

For your perusing pleasure, if you happen to use mac.Alltop.com to keep up with your Apple news, you can now find us listed there with all your other favorites, in one easy-to-use listing of all the Apple news worth reading,...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Fisheye-Hemi plug-in now available for Aperture 2.1

Thanks to a new plug-in filter set from Image Trends, photographers can now quickly and easily correct hemispheric fisheye lens distortion without leaving Aperture. Bullish on the new, Aperture 2.1 image editing SDK, Image Trends plans to offer PearlyWhites and ShineOff Aperture plug-ins within the next 60 days with additional products to follow, announced president and CEO Dan Sullivan.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Wedding Dash 2: Rings Around the World [(universal) Demo]

Quinn is back on a new whirlwind adventure, joined by Flo and Joe Wright, wedding photographer. Help Quinn become the world"s top wedding planner in this hilarious sequel to the hit game Wedding Dash. Visit beautiful, exotic locations while managing new guests, fulfilling bride and groom requests, and tackling comedic disasters.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Bento: beautiful in design and easy to use

Like many small business owners, RealSimples Erin knew that databases can simplify life and work, but until now, Ive never been able to design them myself. Until she began using Bento, that is. Bento looks, feels and works like other Mac applications. Organizing your information into collections in Bento is much like organizing songs in iTunes, she writes. Its just another reason to consider a Mac.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Force iPhone to FindNetwork

I live in New York, so I’m constantly losing my iPhone signal when I go onto the subway. Sometimes when I get off the train and I’m back in range of the phone still can’t find the network. Recently, my phone has randomly also been telling me “No Sim” even though it’s just been [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Weekend Amusement: Make Your Own Or Install Hidden Leopard ScreenSavers

Apple screen savers are pretty much just Quartz Compositions (graphics created via Quartz Composer, a node based visual programming language), and, while there are some nice ones that come pre-installed, they get old rather quickly. You could opt to dedicate those idle CPU cycles to an altruistic effort (or just put your system to sleep [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

How to Print on a PC Printer from aMac

Before I switched to a Mac, I had a home network set up so that I could print and share files without many problems. Having a networked printer is great for anyone with a laptop. My wife’s computer at home is a PC (not for long, though) and the printer is hooked up to it. [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPhone Pandemic: spreading around the world at an alarming rate!

France"s iPhone carrier, Orange, announced today that they would be the carrier for the iPhone in a gaggle of European, Middle-Eastern and African countries later this year. This adds Austria, Belgium, Egypt, Jordan, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, the Dominican Republic,...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

iPhone DevCamp 2 this August

The iPhone DevCamp is back and with the official SDK now out, it should be even bigger than last year. The three day gathering is being held from August 1-3 at Adobe Systems in San Francisco and promises to be...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Running Mac OS X On Standard PCs

ZDOne writes "ZDNet's reviews team have been tinkering with the various ways of running OS X on standard PCs. They found that with the right hardware components, a standard PC running Mac OS X Leopard is, at first sight, no different from a genuine Apple Mac. Special CPU extensions such as Intel VT-x provide support for software solutions like Parallels Desktop for Mac. Even Adobe Photoshop, which queries a Mac to verify its authenticity, runs fine on a standard PC thanks to EFI emulation. However the article points out that it's a pretty technical proposition to get OS X running on non-Apple hardware, beyond all but the most powerful power users. And then there is the legal question. Don't even think about trying to put OS X on your PC without first purchasing a legitimate copy of Mac OS Leopard."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

3G coming soon: More than just speculation

Amid rampant speculation over when the much awaited 3G iPhone will see the light of day, there has finally been a voice brave enough (or not-familiar-with-Steve enough) to make a declarative statement... and it"s from someone who would be almost...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Delicious Library 2 to shiptoday?

Wil Shipley, head of Delicious Monster, posted this Twitter message early this morning:I have deployed the new store (also the basis of Golden % Braeburn) and it’s taking DL1 orders right now. Will watch it, then ship DL2.Could this mean he was up late last night, getting the code smoothed over, ready for a [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

NBC Drives the Nailin

I guess those rumors about NBC and Apple working things out aren’t going that well. Tonight on The Office, instead of Michael browsing the iTunes Store for music to make a mix cd for the new HR girl, Michael was browsing the Amazon MP3 store. Guess there won’t be a happy makeup between Apple and [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Google Teams Release App Engine Launcher For Mac OSX

Part of Google’s reward for the perpetual servitude of their employees is the ability for them to use up to 20% of their time to make cool stuff. John Skidgel, John Grabowski and Brett Slatkin did just that by creating Google App Engine Launcher for OS X.Google App Engine is a service created by Google [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Adobe Posts Pre-release of Astro A.K.A. Flash Player10

Adobe Systems released Flash Player 10 beta today with a modest set of enhancements, including:New 3D Effects that make it much easier to position, rotate and animate 2D objects while retaining full interactivity. Plus, new variable bitrate streaming for video between Adobe Flash Player 10 beta and future releases of Adobe Flash Media Server will [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

WebApp of the Week: deviantART iPhone Edition

For those of you who are unfamiliar with deviantART, deviantART is an "international online artist community." In layman's terms, deviantART is a place where artists (photographers, painters, graphic designers, animators, and even poets) from around the world can have their...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Looks like 10 Million was a bit of an understatement

In the same speech in which he introduced the world to the iPhone, Steve Jobs made the bold statement that he planned on selling 10 Million units in 2008 to achieve a 1% global market share. At the time, even...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Auto-Remount DisconnectedShares

Some server administrators set share drives to auto disconnect users after a set time of inactivity (ie fifteen minutes). As a user it’s super frustrating to connect to a server every time you need access. I’ve written an AppleScript that first checks to see if the share is mounted, if it is mounted [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Virtual Villagers: The Secret City [(universal) Demo]

Embark on a journey with a group of villagers in search of a new part of the island to populate. Land on the hidden shores of the northern side of Isola and explore what was once a secret city. Find new sources of food to nourish your villagers and help them rebuild the remains of this mysterious city. Who lived here before? Where have they gone? What is the secret of Isola?

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

iPodMishap

I updated my iPod Nano (3rd Gen) to software version 1.1.2 this weekend. I was even going to write an article about it, but it never happened. Today, I plugged in my iPod to charge it, and what did I find? iTunes was asking if I wanted to upgrade to software version 1.5. I thought, [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Game Designer Profile: Sid Meier [Article]

The second inductee into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences" Hall of Fame, prolific game designer Sid Meier is best known for his Civilization series of strategy games, although he"s sailed the high seas for Pirates!, blasted into outer space for Alpha Centauri, and even hit the links for SimGolf. And he might not have accomplished any of that if not for a dare from a fellow programmer. Read on to learn all about it, as well as Meier"s philosophy toward game design and more.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

VBA Will Return To Mac Office

An anonymous reader sends a pointer to Erik Schwiebert's blog — he's the design lead of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit — where he announces that Visual Basic will be returning to Mac Office. Not in Office 2008, which started shipping earlier this year. We discussed the announced death of VBA in Mac Office 17 months back. Schwiebert says that the interval to the next version of Mac Office will be shorter than 4 years but isn't able to offer any more detail. The blog post calls for feedback on what features of VBA and Windows interoperability are most important to people.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

BurnAgain FS Multi-session CD/DVDBurning

freeridecoding announced the release of version 1.0 of BurnAgain FS, a CD/DVD multisession burning utility for Mac OS X. Their software can re-mount CDs or DVDs as writeable volumes just like a hard disk. This means you can use the Finder to perform all operations on the volume and then burn changes (in ISO 9660 [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

TextMate andSubversion

I’ve used TextMate before, mostly for heavy development with PHP or Ruby on Rails, but it began to fall out of focus for me when I started using Panic’s Coda instead. I loved Coda’s interface more than any other text editor/web development application. But I lamented the ability to easily sync up my web [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Time Capsule off to a great start

After about a month on the market, reports Arik Hsseldahl (businessweek.com) Time Capsule is proving to be far and away the market leader. Hesseldahl notes that Steve Baker of market research firm NPD called it the dominant product in its category.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Mac Cocoa Native Image EditorsUpdated

The two newest kids on the block, Pixelmator and Acorn, have both been updated to version 1.2, each carrying increased stability and new features. Ars Technica’s Infinite Loop blog has a post covering some new features - including Curves, Rulers, and more - clearly planned to keep pushing at the market currently dominated by Adobe [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Big Kahuna Reef 2 [(universal) Demo]

Go Hawaiian all over again with Big Kahuna Reef 2: Chain Reaction! This spectacular and explosively charged match-game of adventure will captivate you as you dive with Humpback Whales, discovering new and exotic fish at every turn. Creative designers from around the world deliver over 750 delightful and fantastical levels.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Rumor Machine: The Next iPhone to Be BlackPlastic?

This June will mark the one-year anniversary of the original release of the iPhone (though it was announced several months prior). Many Apple fans are chattering that this June’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco will be the time and place to announce a “3G” version of the iPhone, with a new sleek black-colored plastic [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Running Mac OS X on standard PCs

ZDOne writes "ZDNet's reviews team have been tinkering with the various ways of running OS X on standard PCs. They found that with the right hardware components, a standard PC running Mac OS X Leopard is, at first sight, no different from a genuine Apple Mac. Special CPU extensions such as Intel VT-x provide support for software solutions like Parallels Desktop for Mac. Even Adobe Photoshop, which queries a Mac to verify its authenticity, runs fine on a standard PC thanks to EFI emulation. However the article points out that it's a pretty technical proposition at the end of the day and beyond all but the most powerful power users. And then there is the legal question. Don't even think about trying to put OS X on your PC without first purchasing a legitimate copy of Mac OS Leopard."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Apple Retail Store, Boylston Street, opens May 15

When it opens its doors to customers on May 15, the Apple Retail Store on Boylston Street located in the heart of Bostons historic Back Bay becomes the largest Apple Store in the US. Customers will enjoy hands-on access to the Mac, iPhone, and iPod on the first two floors, and on the third, theyll find a Genius Bar and Bostons first Pro Labs, offering free, in-depth training on Apples pro applications.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Larva Mortus [(universal) Demo]

At the end of 19th Century, dark forces shade the world once again. A brave agent, experienced in exorcism and combat, comes to face the oncoming evil, and fight loathsome supernatural monsters and horrific spawns of black magic. It"s your quest, in a role of a hard boiled combat, to face a dark warlock of the ancient times and stop his plan to capture powerful artifact of black magic.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

"iPhone Black" Now on AT&T's Website

AT&T now lists an option on their website allowing users to select an "iPhone Black," as opposed to the traditional brushed metal one. This finding (made by an AppleInsider reader) only confirms what we have suspected for several months now,...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

We Have AWinner!

Congratulations to Nico Kaiser for correctly identifying the subtle change in the PGP security contest! See, it literally pays to read “stodgy” security articles. Nico received a $20 iTunes gift certificate (since Apple no longer offers $15 e-mail iTunes gift certificates) for his eagle-eye (or ability to run diff or use Changes).

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Boston AppleStore

Hiawatha Bray, a writer for The Boston Globe had an opportunity to tour the new Boston Apple Store set to open this Thursday, at 6:00 pm. Bray got to see a new innovation at this Apple store: a green roof. Not the “green” that means eco-friendly, but rather the green that means they have [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

HBO programming now available on iTunes

HBO and Apple today announced that customers can now purchase and download critically acclaimed HBO shows including such Emmy Award-winning programs as The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Deadwood, and Rome from iTunes. Were very excited to make these legendary HBO programs available on the iTunes Store, said Henry McGee, president of HBO Video.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Microsoft Patches Office, Commits to VBASupport

Microsoft has been busy today, releasing security updates, announcing a new service pack and committing to restoring functionality to their Mac office suite.Yep, It’s Patch Tuesday AgainMicrosoft released security bulletin MS08-014 today that contains a patch to a remote code execution vulnerability effecting Microsoft Office 2004 & 2008 for Macintosh. Office 2004 is bumped up to [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

New iPhone just Around the Corner: 50% off on all Speck iPhone Cases

Speck seems to be the first manufacturer to liquidate their iPhone case inventory in provision of a new iPhone. Are they doing this just because they"ve heard the rumors too? Or do they really have insider information? Have they received...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

"iPhone Black" Now on AT&T's Website

AT&T now lists an option on their website allowing users to purchase an "iPhone Black," as opposed to the traditional brushed metal one. This finding (made by an AppleInsider reader) only confirms what we have suspected for several months now,...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Apple Executives to Showcase OS X Development Platforms at WWDC

On Monday, June 9, a team of Apple executives led by CEO Steve Jobs will kick off the companys annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address, Apple today announced. The keynote showcases two revolutionary development platforms: Mac OS X Leopard and OS X iPhone, the worlds most advanced mobile operating system.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

How To Use Apples Updated Product SecurityKey

Apple updated their PGP product security key as part of their two-year cycle. The new key is valid up through May 15, 2010 and will eventually be posted to their Protecting Security Information page. The announcement was made on their mailing list which you can subscribe to via mail or RSS.How To Use The KeyUnlike the [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

The SiPhone goes International Fest Continues: Singtel Confirms Singapore, Autralia, India and Philippines

In an other Slater this year type of press release, Singtel says that it"s secured agreements to distribute Apple"s phone in four Asian countries including Singapore with SingTel mobile, Australia with Optus, Philippines with Globe Telecom and last but not...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Rocks Aqua OnIntel

VMware was not the only pre-release surprise this past week as OpenOffice.org launched a beta of their new 3.0 office productivity suite complete with native OS X GUI support (no need to run X11 anymore!) along with a sizable list of other enhancements and bug fixes. TAB put the suite through a series [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Supernova 2: Spacewar [(universal) Demo]

A sci-fi strategy game featuring two games in one. First you"ll have to manage your space empire, and then you"ll have to expand or defend it in a classical turn based wargame. You"ll have to manage carefully your resources, balancing several aspects like researching new technologies, training better troops, raising the people loyalty in your empire, and building the ultimate fleet to conquer the galaxy.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Quick Tip of the Week: Taking advantage of .Mac Sync

Using .Mac sync in Mac OS X Leopard, you can synchronize most of your personal data including contacts, bookmarks, iCal events, Dock items, Dashboard widgets and more among the multiple Macs you use at work and home. In fact, .Mac Sync even lets you add your iPhone to the mix. Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

New Google Reader foriPhone

Those folks at Google have just made my day. I love Google Reader — it is always open in one of my tabs. Today, the Google Reader team announced a new beta version of Google Reader for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It is a lot like the list view on the desktop, which is [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Ive +Eve

If that picture from Pixar’s Wall-E looks somewhat familiar in all its white glory, it is because it’s design was developed in part by Apple’s own Jonathon Ive. He was called in as a consultant to the process. Here is an interesting comment from Ive:I wanted Eve to be high-end technology no expense [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Forum Activity: May 12,2008

Selection by Pixels?Mail Crashes ConsistentlyA little help here with an external hard drive.What Mac should i get?Using a remote with a Mac is nothing new…

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Free Xserve Training FromApple

If you haven’t tried yet, but are interested in running a server, now is your chance to get some free training about Mac OS X Server. Apple assures that if you don’t have a dedicated IT staff, you can still run a server with their wicked easy-to-use Leopard Server. The free seminar is aimed [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock [(universal) Patch]

Fire up the fretboard, crank up the amp and get ready to rock like never before. Guitar Hero III drops you into the spotlight of the largest and most legendary rock concert ever. This update offers a new SFront Row Cam option that allows better performance on low endconfigurations, with smoother gameplay. Many more enhancements.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

3G iPhone Preference Found in Beta 5Firmware

Seems like I just posted about 3G iPhone. Actually, that’s because I did. It’s not my fault the internet is aflutter with iPhone love.At any rate, this morning I was greeted by some interesting news regarding the 3G options found in the Beta 5 Firmware plist file. As you can see, the [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

"Back To My Mac" Catches a Thief

robipilot writes "Mac stolen, Mac comes online, owner connects using 'Back to My Mac,' owner takes picture of culprit, and voila, criminal caught. OK, it wasn't quite that simple, but here's an interesting story of using some built-in technology on the Mac to recover a stolen laptop."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Software Updates & New Release Highlights For Week Ending05-10

My picks for the best program updates and new releases from this past week:VMware Fusion 2 Beta this popular virtualization tool adds enhanced graphics & printing capabilities plus more diverse import optionsOpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta one of the most comprehensive (only?) open source office suites adds native OS X Aqua support plus many enhancements [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Apple Store Online: Out of iPhones

Alright guys, I'll keep this short, online Apple stores (US/UK) are now officially out of stock of any model of the iPhone (8gb/16gb.) This just shows us how close they are coming to releasing the new 3G iPhone to the...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

iPhone Out-of-Stock Rumors andBuzz

Probably like most of you, I have been reading post after post and article after article about how the 3G iPhone is right around the corner because the Edge iPhone is listed as “currently unavailable” in the Store.Of course, saying that this means our beloved iPhone won’t be making a return to the shelfs until [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

"Back To My Mac" Catches a Thief

robipilot writes "Mac stolen, Mac comes online, owner connects using 'Back to My Mac,' owner takes picture of culprit, and viola, criminal caught. OK, it wasn't quite that simple, but here's an interesting story of using some built-in technology on the Mac to recover a stolen laptop."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Parallels Now with Vista SP1 & XPSP3

Speaking of raising the bar on virtualization, the new upgrade for Parallels 3includes support for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 along with a few needed performance improvements.Yes I know, as hard as it is to stomach the fact that people use Windows on their stylish Macs, we can’t judge their circumstances. My experience [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Realtime Twitter Search by Summize

If you're not into Twitter yet, then you should be. It couldn't be easier on the iPhone. It's blogging for those with little time, or those who are just plain lazy. It has the immediacy of text messaging, yet goes...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

WebApp of the Week: hiHome

hiHome is a simple web application for the iPhone/iTouch that can be used to find property values via the real estate website, Zillow. To use this web application all you must do is input the street address/city, state or ZIP...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Razer DeathAdder Gaming Mouse [(universal) Hardware]

The world"s first 1800dpi 3G infrared sensor mouse enables movement speeds at 2.25 times faster when compared to a standard 800dpi optical sensor. This ultimate gaming mouse with ergonomic right-handed design provides maximum comfort during intensive gameplay, and will send your enemies scurrying for cover.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

iPhone Shortage in New York City

Thats right folks, the iPhone shortage is not just in Europe, but has crossed the Atlantic to the United States. An unnamed "staffer" at a New York City Apple Store (West 14th St.) disclosed to Gizmodo that "It's [the iPhone]...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Yahoo AcquiresInquisitor

Today, Davaid Wantanabe announced that Yahoo has acquired the rights to his popular Inquisitor for Safari.Congrats to David, and a big “what the heck?” to Yahoo. I honestly can’t imagine what Yahoo would want with a plugin for Safari.It has long been a Safari-only plugin so with the acquisition of it on Yahoo’s end, I’m [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

VMware Fusion 2 Beta Raises The VirtualizationBar

VMware announced the latest beta of their flagship Mac virtualization tool on Tuesday and I’ve managed to put it through a number of paces with mostly positive results. All tests were performed on a 2.4GHz MacBook Pro with 4GB RAM running OS X 10.5.2. The VM was my Windows XP SP2 Boot Camp partition.Video Gone Wild!When [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

More "Leaked" 3G Pictures? Yes...

Alright, its getting kind of old, I agree, but these supposed "leaked" 3G iPhone pictures just keep coming. These images of a supposed white 3G iPhone were "leaked" onto a unnamed Chinese iPhone forum. As opposed to other "leaked" images...

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[Source: iPhoneFreak]

Refunds for Those Firebomb PowerAdapters

Remember those old Powerbook adapters? Do you also remember how they used to catch on fire? I didn’t experience it, personally. I did have a friend that swore his PowerBook adapter was out to get him — almost burning his house, car and office to the ground (on separate occasions).A lot of [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Colorado Springs Apple Store on itsWay

If you go job hunting on Apple.com/jobs, and you live in Colorado, you’ll be greeted by a bit of a surprise - There’s a new store on the horizon! Colorado Springs, CO is on the board for an Apple Retail Store. This should be a welcome addition to the retail outlets, as I [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Wild West Online: Gunfighter [(universal) Demo]

You will take on the role of gunslinger in the 19th Century American West. Your calling: To make your way across the country forging a name for yourself at the expense of every two-bit hayseed and cocksure tinhorn in your path. A bright flash, a sharp report a cloud of acrid smoke. Then it"s on to the next town, the next territory and a new challenger anxious to test their mettle.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Creating Algorithmic Art on a Mac

Using his 24-inch iMac, Jean-Pierre Hbert, the 68-year-old artist-in-residence at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara, California, creates algorithmic art in a variety of mediafrom sand to copper to tree bark. Mac OS X is a very good environment for me to work in, he says. It offers the best of all possible worlds.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

TAB Writer PositionsAvailable

Here at TAB we’re hard at work to try to bring you more quality articles and news, more often.We’re looking to bring on a few new writers to write on a regular (multiple times a week) basis. If you genuinely have the availability to write frequently, we’d really like to hear from you. These positions [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

TAB Weekly: May 8,2008

It’s the fourth TAB Weekly Podcast! We’re covering previous TAB articles as well as the iPhone, AppleTV as a gaming console, the iMac’s 10th birthday, and more!As usual, I’m joined by Brian Warren.You can listen to the podcast here in the player below or subscribe to the feed in iTunes. You can also subscribe [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Time Capsule can save digital heirlooms

If your mom or dad has a Mac, help them safeguard their digital heirlooms with Apples Time Capsule, implores Eric M. Strauss (abcnews.com). Time Capsule combines simple setup and a speedy wireless network with automatic backup in a tidy box. Plus, recovering Aunt Chippies first black-jack victory photo after your moms hard drive crashes will certainly make it all worth the cost.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Now playing on iTunes U: TERRA

The first online science and nature film series, TERRA lets us enjoy the compelling documentaries produced by the grad students in the Science and Natural History Film Program at Montana State University. Through multiple seasons of programming, TERRA introduces us to the nature of our world.

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Theorizing a Big Apple Push Into Gaming

Ian Lamont writes "Terrence Russell has outlined an interesting theory about what industry Apple intends to break into next. He points to games. Forget Pippin II, or an iMac gaming rig — he thinks the mobile realm is where Apple will make a big product push. It's not the first bit of speculation about Apple's renewed interest in gaming, but Russell's theory may have more legs, considering Apple's invitation to develop games on the iPhone SDK, its strong mobile product line, and a Apple trademark extension filed three months ago."

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