Software Update Makes iTunes Accessible To Blind Users

rickthewizkid writes "Recent updates to the iTunes software allow blind users to access the program without assistance. From the article: 'The new software — which transforms the written information on an iTunes-linked computer screen into speech or Braille — stemmed from an agreement between Apple, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company, the National Federation of the Blind and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.'" It's not just the actual iTunes app, though; the article notes that this update makes iTunes U useable as well.

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Nokia Touch Phone Launching October 2. Too Little TooLate?

Reuters is reporting that Nokia is going to release a touch-screen phone on October 2nd. The new device is code named Tube and will be a cheaper device focused on their hot growth markets such as India. Read the full article on GigaOM →

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Mac OS X Leopard Pro Tip: Make Your Mac Speak

You dont have to be a magician to make your Mac speak. In fact, the ability to speak text in email messages, Pages documents, PDFs, spreadsheets, and other text-based files is built in to every Mac. You turn it on in System Preferences, where youll find all the Text to Speech options made available to you in Mac OS X Leopard. You can read about them in the latest Pro Tip.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Lightsaber Unleashed returns to the App Store, still free but not quite free

The App Store has re-released the PhoneSaber app, coming back with both a new name and some not so nice features. First off the app has been dubbed Lightsaber Unleashed and the release comes with a little bit of good news and little bit of bad news. For the good news first, the app itself [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

iPhone Dictionary AppRoundup

Recently, Merriam-Webster announced that the Collegiate Dictionary was available for the iPhone and iPod touch, and since then I’ve wanted to explore what kind of dictionary options were out there. After all, everyone needs a dictionary right?The Collegiate Dictionary, although not glamorous in its function, boasts over 225,000 entries, a history of the last 15 [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

PocketMac releases new option for iPhone syncing on the Mac

Information Appliance Associates have just released another syncing option for iPhone users. The new version of PocketMac will be welcomed news for Mac users who prefer not to use iCal and Address Book and offers a few nice perks that go beyond the regular iTunes sync.First off PocketMac offers a two-way sync with Entourage, Lotus [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

Watch Over Here on iTunes U

They were teenagers, New Yorkers, members of the greatest generation, when the world suffered through the economic and geo-political upheaval of World War II. Many years later, thanks to the PBS station WNET, they sat across from six high school filmmakers to tell the story of what it was like to live during those tumultuous times. Enoy Over Here on iTunes U.

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iphone-dev team offers firmware 2.2 progress update

Some good news coming from the iphone-dev team as of late, and before you get super excited they still have not managed to get the iPhone 3G unlocked, but that aside things are looking good in regards to the upcoming firmware 2.2.According to the dev team, the first beta of firmware 2.2 is still “vulnerable [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

Mac 101: Sharing Files Between TwoMacs

One of the reasons I like Mac’s so much more than Window’s boxes is their outstanding networking capabilities. No matter if I need to add a network printer or share files with someone on my network, it can be done in a matter of minutes.Setting up two Macs to network and share files can be [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Revive Your Mighty Mouse ScrollBall

I’ve mentioned this quite a few times before, but my place of employment is a Mac shop. Being a Mac shop we have dozens of Mighty “Mice” lying around. At first I did not really like the Mighty Mouse, but after using one for a few days, I came to love it. [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Coming Attractions: Rachel Getting Married

Opening October 3, Rachel Getting Married stars Anne Hathaway as Kym, a troubled ex-model who returns home to attend the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt). Written by first-time screenwriter Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married is the most recent film from the Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme. Watch the trailer and an exclusive film clip on our Movie Trailers site.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Russian iPhone sales confirmed to begin October 3

We have already seen the confirmation coming from each of the three Russian carriers letting us know they were planning on selling the iPhone 3G, but up until now there has not been any official mention of a specific release date.It seems that wait has come to an end and October 3 will be the [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

New iPod nano at the top of the class

The latest iPod nano continues to hold the edge over competitors, observes Tom Rose (bostonherald.com), thanks to two main factors: ease of use and third-party accessories. Rose points out that the iTunes Store remains the best. The stores navigation is brilliantly simple. Likewise, the syncing between iTunes and iPod could not be easier.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

MobileFiles app promising easy access to your in-the-cloud files

An upcoming application is promising to offer quick and easy access to your iDisk, Google Docs and Box.net files. The app is called MobileFiles and is being developed by Quickoffice. Users will be able to easily check out and view those documents that you are storing in the cloud from just about anywhere.Unfortunately MobileFiles is [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

Apple seeds beta iPhone firmware 2.2

Apparently Apple has distributed the new iPhone firmware 2.2 to several select iPhone developers to test. At this point in time the details are relatively sketchy, we do know for a fact that the firmware is entitled “iPhone OS 2.2 beta 1.”Beyond that, all I can tell you is that the new firmware is apparently [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

Run Mac OS X On Non-Apple Hardware, With a Dongle

An anonymous reader points out Gizmodo's review of a USB dongle, made by a company called Efix, which allows for an effort-free transformation of a non-Apple computer into one that runs Mac OS X. According to the reviewer, the transformation is perfect (aside from a few quirks he describes as "trivial"); the included screenshots sure make it seem that way, too. The dongle costs $155, and works only on a subset of PC hardware. Non-Apple machines running OS X will no doubt make Apple unhappy, though, so, the reviewer concludes, "it's understandable if you wanna approach this with caution."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Alternatives to AppleSpaces

Almost a year ago Apple gave us Leopard (OS X 10.5), and along with it came virtual desktops for the masses, in the form of Spaces. For many this was an interesting new way to expand their workspace virtually. For the rest of us [power users?] it was a letdown in [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Daily Apple: iPhone 3G in Latvia, Remix Radiohead &GameAgent

iPhone 3G Heads to Lithuania and Latvia - Starting this Thursday (Sept. 25), Lithuania and Latvia will be able to bask in the goodness of the iPhone 3G. TeliaSonera will be providing the telecom muscle to pull it off.Remix Radiohead - For a mere $0.99 you can download pieces of different instrument tracks used in [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Chax Implements Features iChat Should Have Had From DayOne

I used iChat for a while and, although it’s a great program and has the ability to be used with most of the major chat interfaces, I got frustrated with the lack of built in customizable features very quickly. I never took the time to download a new client or find a way to add [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Sid Meier"s Pirates [(universal) Article]

Travel between ports of call in the 17th century Caribbean, playing four nations against each other as you scheme and fight your way to riches and fame. Along the way, you"ll dig for buried treasure, discover lost cities, upgrade your fleet, woo governors" daughters, battle on land and at sea, and search for your missing family members, who were kidnapped a decade ago by the evil Marquis de la Montalban. Can you work your way to the number one position on the Top 10 Pirates list?

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Aqua Hoops: Digital Water-BubbleBasketball

Finding an iPhone game that I really enjoy is a tough task. I like games that fit some basic criteria: they must be easy to play with intuitive controls (pick up and play), they need some type of scoring system so I can compare scores with friends or set personal records, and each “round” [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Quick Tip of the Week: Dragging Files

On a Mac, you can drag a file from Location A to Location B, moving the file from its old residence to a new one. But what if you wanted two copies of the file: one at Location A and a second one at Location B? Or, heres another option, what if you wanted the file to live at Location A but have an alias live on the Desktop? Learn how you can drag yourself to all three outcomes by watching this weeks Quick Tip.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Apple Censors App Store Rejection Notices

isBandGeek() writes "After a few reasonable App Store bans, such as the ones on I Am Rich and NetShare, developers started complaining about excessive restrictions on applications like Podcaster and MailWrangler, supposedly because they provided 'duplicate functionality.' In response, Apple rubbed salt in their wounds by slapping non-disclosure agreements on application rejection notices. Now developers are not even allowed to tell their fanbase that Apple decided to withhold approval for an application. Is Apple confident that Google's open platform Android won't be much of a threat?"

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Apple now offering online iPhone 3G signups

Only recently, Apple has begun allowing its customers to sign up for an AT&T service plan without ever having to visit an Apple Store. (link)With this online service you can do the following:1. Enter your billing information.2. Review eligibility and pricing.3. Select your AT&T rate plan.Whilecompletingthis step certainly speeds up the process of buying an [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

First Class Flurry [(universal) Demo]

Starlink Airlines has gone bankrupt, but the new owner wants to bring it back to the top of the airline business. Claire, the airline"s top flight attendant needs your help in making sure every passenger has a wonderful flight!

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Phase 3 of international iPhone 3G rollout begins at midnight

Several soon-to-be international iPhone 3G distributers have begun to send memos to their customers, informing them that they intend to begin distributing the iPhone 3G starting Friday, September 25.Apple has recently compiled a list on its website of all the countries soon to receive the iPhone 3G. Amongst these thirty countries include most notably Russia, [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

Genius on iPod nano makes new musical connections on the fly

Not only did Ryan Kim (sfgate.com) find the new iPod nano great for video, but he also found the new Genius feature surprisingly helpful in mixing up my listening habits. Genius allowed him to create a new playlist on the fly that made my listening experience feel fresh again.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Mac 101: Activate the Onscreen Keyboard in OSX

An onscreen keyboard can be a powerful tool for screencasters. This tutorial will show you how to turn on the onscreen keyboard that OS X has built in.To turn on the onscreen keyboard:Go to the System Preferences panelSelect the “International” iconGo to the “Input Menu” tabSelect the “Keyboard Viewer”You now should have an American flag [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Enjoying another great set of iPods

Some things, says Bob Levitus (chron.com), are inevitable. Such as new and improved iPods. Hes pleased that the new 120GB iPod classic offers more storage for less money and that the new iPod touch supports the Nike + iPod sensor in my running shoes without an additional receiver. And he certainly admires the gorgeous new curved aluminum and glass enclosure of the new iPod nano.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPhone 3G: Avoid The Line & BuyOnline

Recently, Apple has started offering would-be iPhone 3G buyers an opportunity to save time in the store and purchase an iPhone 3G online for in-store pickup (and AT&T activation).You first tell them whether this is a new single- or dual-iPhone purchase for either a new account or an existing AT&T account. You then either enter [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Bring Spotlight To The Cloud WithPrecipitate

If you are a heavy user of either Google Bookmarks or Google Docs, you now have a way of searching your content via the OS X built-in Spotlight tool.Written by Stuart Morgan and available for free (open source, in fact!), this simple application makes a local copy of your files on your machine that are [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

App Store Pick of the Week: Air Sharing

Wish you could copy that new proposal to your iPhone and review it on the plane? Now you can. Air Sharing ($6.99) from Avatron Software lets you wirelessly connect iPhone or iPod touch to a Mac, PC, or Linux computer. Drag documents (including MS Office docs, Pages documents, Keynote presentations, PDFs, images, and others) to your iPhone or iPod touch. And view them on the go.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Billings 3 Brings Welcome Updates, FreshDesign

Last week, Marketcircle introduced Billings 3, a huge update to their billing and invoicing application. Billings 3 introduces some great new features and a dramatically changed interface. They are all welcome updates.First LookWe wrote about Billings 2 shortly after it debuted in early 2007, and if you compare 2.0 vs. 3.0 you’ll immediately see a huge [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Firefox 3.0.2 Fixes Security Issues & OS XBugs

The Mozilla crew have updated Firefox 3 and Firefox 2 to address security vulnerabilities and (in the case of version 3) bugs & usability issues, including fixes for Mac-specific bugs.Firefox 3 had five security issues including two critical ones that could lead to either memory corruption or privilege escalation. Firefox 2 fixed nine security vulnerabilities, [...]

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Daily Apple: iPhone 3G in Latvia, Remix Radiohead &GameAgent

iPhone 3G Heads to Lithuania and Latvia - Starting this Thursday (Sept. 26), Lithuania and Latvia will be able to bask in the goodness of the iPhone 3G. TeliaSonera will be providing the telecom muscle to pull it off.Remix Radiohead - For a mere $0.99 you can download pieces of different instrument tracks used in [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPod Games: CSI: Miami [(iPod) Article]

Join Lt. Horatio Caine and the rest of Miami-Dade"s Crime Scene Investigations (CSI) team as you dig into the motivation behind a pair of murders. A young woman is found dead at South Beach, but it doesn"t appear that she died there. Where did the crime happen, and who committed it? The trail takes you across Miami, uncovering some seedy goings-on in the process.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Apple Covers App Store Denials withNDA

WARNING: If you’re having a good day, in a good mood, or are generally happy with the world, you might want to avoid this post, as it addresses a blood-boiling, migraine-inducing, hot-button issue that is likely to alter your otherwise happy-go-lucky day.We’ve probably all been hearing the hubbub over Apple’s refusal to lift the NDA [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

New iPod nano on Vanity Fairs Hot List

Apple refreshed its iPod nano line last week, report Jessica Flint and Hamish Robertson (vanityfair.com), introducing nine new colors in the thinnest casing to date. Somehow theyve also squeezed in an accelerometer, allowing you to literally shake the iPod to shuffle your songs. Try an iPod nano and youll once again be telling yourself you actually do need this new iPod.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Parking Dash [(universal) Demo]

Parking DashIntroducing Karma, Flo"s hip, new friend, whose life takes a dramatic turn when she"s contacted in her Donutville apartment about inherited property in DinerTown! Flo intercedes before Karma can sell the tiny blacktop lot behind Flo"s Diner to Mr. Big, and encourages Karma to start her own business. You"ll have to be quick to click as you rack, track, and even stack automotive gems from every corner of DinerTown.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

And the winner is

After he learned how to use Final Cut Pro during his weekly One to One training sessions, Larry Newman created his very first movie. The other day, Newman picked up his first Emmy Award. His film, Childrens Music Workshop: 2007 All Schools Honor Orchestra, reports Filip Truta (softpedia.com) took the Emmy in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Children/Youth and Music Programming.

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Adobe Announces October Release of Creative Suite 4 Suites &Components

Adobe introduced their Creative Suite 4 (CS4) product family to the world today, almost sixteen months since the announcement of Creative Suite 3. With six editions to choose from, ranging in price from $999 to $2,499 (upgrades from $399 to $899), and thirteen standalone applications costing $199 to $999, it’s important that you have an [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

AP Mobile News Proves QuitePopular

This past week the Associated Press announced that their Mobile News Network received some 16 million page views for the month of August. How does this relate to Apple? 95% of those 16 million page views originated from iPhone and iPod touch users via Mobile Safari and the AP Mobile News Network iPhone/iPod touch app.The [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

SanDisk slotMusic Cards Will Soon Be Known As The Digital DodoBird

This morning, SanDisk announced its next foray into the world of digital music. Too bad this digital music idea, like their previous ones, will be going the way of the dodo bird.SanDisk’s slotMusic product is a 1GB microSD card loaded with an album. You purchase the card from your local Wal-Mart or Best Buy and [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Apples App Store is a Winner

Though he admits to once being an App Store skeptic, Cliff Edwards (businessweek.com) now heaps praise on the App Store, awarding it 4.5 stars (out of five). After trying out Apples App Store for the past few weeks, I can say categorically that Apple has hit another home run. The App Store has truly unshackled the high-end cell phone.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Eye-Fi Enhances Cards & ExpandsService

Whether you’re one of the cutting-edge photo enthusiasts who have already jumped on the wireless memory card train or just on the fence waiting for that one additional feature to make you a believer, the folks over at Eye-Fi made some announcements that are sure to please.First up is an across-the-board speed improvement that doubles [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Microsofts New Im A PC Ads Air; Something Is FundamentallyWrong

Tonight, during The Office, Microsoft began airing its “phase 2″ of their $300 million ad campaign (after giving Seinfeld the boot) which features regular, everyday users saying “I’m A PC”…yes, it’s a direct response to Apple’s I’m A Mac/I’m A PC ads.The ads are actually better than I thought they’d be but something still just [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Google Maps for Mobile Announces New Features, Unless you Have aniPhone

Google Maps continues to improve their mobile version, and this week they announced some nice new features. Alas, just like last time, these aren’t immediately available for the iPhone. You may remember the iPhone 1.1.3 update in January 2008. Google Maps got a few new features, including the cell tower triangulation location approximation, a feature [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Private-I app promises to help track down you lost or stolen iPhone

The latest in iPhone security comes in the form of an app called Private-I, which is a simple app that will set you back just $0.99 will hopefully make it a little easier to track down and recover your iPhone should it end up in the hands of a criminal.Once the app is installed it [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

iLuv intros the iSP100 Mini Portable Stereo Speaker

iLuv has just announced a new portable speaker system for the iPhone dubbed the iSP100 Mini Portable Stereo Speaker. The iSP100 features 720 degree surround sound through its 4 watt speakers. In addition it connects using a standard 3.5mm jack, which will make it compatible with the iPhone 3G, original iPhone, any iPod and even [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

New iPod nano the best non-touchscreen iPod yet

Nows the time to buy, says Dan Frakes (macworld.com) of the lightest, full-featured iPod ever. Awarding it a 4.5 mouse rating (out of 5), he notes that iPod nano (4th generation) offers an on-iPod version of Genius, Spoken Word Menus, a new voice-recording functionality, better-than estimated battery life, audio crossfade, and even more features that make iPod nano better in every way.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Users Report Faulty WPA In 2nd-Gen IPod Touch

jesuscash writes "It seems early adopters of the new iPod Touch are out of luck when they bring it home and attempt to connect it to their WPA/WPA2 secured network. Reading this Apple forum thread shows that many tests with different configurations show a no-go on WPA. Some of the last entries give the best clue, revealing a 'received deauthentication' error in their router logs. Apple has yet to respond."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Mobilize 08Coverage

Just a quick heads up that tomorrow we will be providing coverage of the Mobilize Conference in San Francisco.There will be a couple of cool iPhone specific companies presenting as well as almost a dozen other mobile companies. Hopefully we’ll be able to bring you guys some breaking news on new apps!I’m really excited about [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Revamped WebKit JavaScript Engine Doubles In Speed

Shin-LaC writes "In a post on their official blog, WebKit developers introduced the 'next generation' of their JavaScript engine, SquirrelFish Extreme, claimed to be twice as fast as its predecessor. The post lists several changes contributing to the performance improvements, including 'bytecode optimization,' a 'polymorphic inline cache' (which sounds similar to V8's 'hidden class transitions'), and a 'context threaded JIT' compiler which generates native code (currently only for x86 processors), and is also applied to regular expressions. The new JavaScript engine is already available in the latest WebKit nightly builds. According to comparative benchmarks, the new engine is around 35% faster than the V8 engine recently introduced in Google Chrome, and 55% faster than Mozilla's TraceMonkey."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Now Appearing on iTunes: Snow Angels

You can now find the critically acclaimed Snow Angels directed by David Gordon Green and starring Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Michael Angarano, Griffin Dunne, and Amy Sedaris on iTunes. The film is available for rent ($3.99) or purchase ($14.99), and you can watch it in HD if you order it from Apple TV.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Apple Ultracompact USB Power Adapter Exchange Program

Apple has determined that the metal prongs in the new ultracompact Apple USB power adapter can, under certain conditions, break off and remain in a power outlet, creating a risk of electric shock. Because your safety is always our top priority, Apple has therefore decided voluntarily to exchange every ultracompact power adapter for a new redesigned adapter, free of charge. The adapters were supplied with every iPhone 3G (and may also have been purchased separately as an accessory) sold in the U.S., Japan, Canada, Mexico, and several Latin American countries. Click here for complete details.

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Getting serious about games

Apple is serious about playing games, opines Winda Benedetti (msnbc.com). To prove her point, she quotes, among others, Gonzague de Vallois, senior vice president of publishing at Gameloft: We think the iPhone is the beginning of a new era for mobile gaming. iPhone and iPod touch offer this combination of great device, great games and a great distribution model that has proved to be revolutionary.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPhone 3G named Gadget of the Year

The readers of Stuff magazine have cast their votes, proclaiming iPhone 3G the Gadget of the Year in the magazines public vote to find the years best gadget, writes Peter Griffiths (uk.reuters.com). In winning top honors, iPhone 3G outscored the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii Fit. The original iPhone, Griffiths reports, also won the coolest gadget prize at last years ceremony.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Earthscape app; get it while its still free

Earthscape brings a Google Earth like experience to the iPhone. A unique app that allows you to browse the globe with your fingers. You are able to locate where you are based on the iPhone GPS coordinates, which will then allow you to read Wikipedia entries that may be valid to where you are. In [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

FATE [(universal) Demo]

The time has come to take the dare - to step forward and determine your FATE. An infinite number of levels and exciting battles await you. In FATE you can play as a youthful boy or girl, always accompanied by a little dog or cat. You journey through limitless caverns, dungeons, mines, and tunnels in search of adventure. Each level is randomly generated with countless surprises, magical items, and weapons to discover.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Second Seinfeld Microsoft Ad Airs;What?

So when the first ad featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates aired, I was mildly confused and more than anything really wanted to give it a chance. But this evening Microsoft aired the second ad in the series and now I’m really just flat out baffled by Microsoft’s decisions with this ad campaign.This particular [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare [(Intel) Article]

Call of Duty 4"s modern-day single-player campaign takes you around the world as you find yourself embroiled in a conflict that could herald World War III. On the multi-player side, establish your own legacy as you customize your character class, complete with special perks, and rise through levels to the ultimate: prestige mode. With six ways to compete against live opponents and 16 maps to choose from, you won"t tire of going online any time soon.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

iPhone Takes Screenshots of Everything You Do

The_AV8R writes "Jonathan Zdziarski showed that every time you press the Home button on your iPhone, a screen capture is taken in order to produce a visual effect. This image is then cached and later deleted. Zdziarski says that there have been cases of law enforcement looking up sex offenders' old data and checking recovered screenshots." This revelation occurred in the midst of a webcast on iPhone forensics, demonstrating how to bypass the iPhone's password security (not trivial, but doable). Video from the talk is not online yet but is promised soon over at O'Reilly.

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OS X 10.5.5Released

Today, Apple released its 5th update to OS X 10.5 (Leopard).The update is currently available via Software Update and should be available on the Apple website within a few hours.The last update (10.5.4) was released on June 30. Apple has, on average, released an update to 10.5 every 65 days.This update includes quite a few [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Coming Attractions: Miracle at St. Anna

Spike Lees Miracle at St. Anna tells the story of four black American soldiers caught behind enemy lines in World War II. The film opens next Friday. Catch the trailer on our site, and if youre in New York on the 25th, hear filmmaker Spike Lee discuss his new film at the Apple Retail Store, SoHo. In fact, SoHo hosts 2 directors on 2 successive nights: Fernando Mereilles (Blindness) on the 24th and Lee the next night.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Now Available: Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.2

Apple today released Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.2. The update allows Aperture 2 and iPhoto 08 to support the RAW formats generated by a range of additional camera models from Canon, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus, Samsung, and Sony. For a complete list of supported camera models, visit the Aperture 2 site.

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Remove Store Arrows in iTunes8

I updated iTunes to version 8 following the “Let’s Rock” event the other day - Genius looked snazzy, and I wanted it! - and was merrily looking through my recommendations when I noticed something a little strange.The arrow links to the iTunes store were appearing again.One of the first things I do upon installing [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Microsofts New Marketing Tactic: Let People Know That You Are The PCGuy

Microsoft, what are you thinking? Seriously.Crispin Porter, the agency behind Microsoft’s seemingly failed ad campaign (and if not “failed”, then certainly “confusing”), has been kept on board for “phase two” of Microsoft’s $300 million ad campaign. The angle they are taking for phase two is a direct response to Apple’s successful Get A Mac ad [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPod Games: Star Trigon [(iPod) Article]

Using only the Select button, jump your character between planets and form triangles that rescue the helpless Uchujin floating through space. Save all of them before your air supply runs out. Power-ups, including speed bursts and air refills, help you along the way, while solar flares, black holes, and other obstacles challenge your skills. Choose from three characters, each with strengths and weaknesses. The gameplay may be simple, but the strategy isn"t.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

Apple Attempts to Patent Pre-Existing Display Software Idea

Nuclear Elephant writes "Apple appears to be taking ideas from commercial software already being sold and is attempting to patent the concepts as their own. According to Apple Insider, Apple has recently filed a patent application for a notification screen on the iPhone. The only problem with this is that Intellisync has been using this concept in their popular iPhone notification screen software for over a year now, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that this is a clear rip-off. Apple recently became famous (or infamous) for stealing other people's ideas when they rolled out their Dashboard in Mac OS X, which had many similarities to a desktop widget program named the Konfabulator, which later became Yahoo widgets. The case here isn't a simple hijacking of an idea, however — Apple is applying for a patent on Intelliscreen's concept, which could be detrimental to the original manufacturer of the software, who is actively selling it for Jailbroken iPhones"

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Organizing Apps on theiPhone

Ask my wife about how neat I am, and she’s very likely to laugh at you for referencing me and the word ‘neat’ in the same sentence. But when it comes to my digitized life, “neatnik” couldn’t be a better descriptor for me. Ever since the iPhone went 2.0, and third party applications [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

App Store apps to get while you still can

A few more apps are soon going to be pulled from the App Store and the reason once again is due to copyright infringement issues. The most recent apps that are affected are BreakClassic Lite, BreakClassic, BreakTouch 3D, SuperPong and 3D Vector Pong.The complaints are coming courtesy of the legal team from Atari and it [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

Apple, AT&T continue pro-active approach notifying users of software 2.1

Its been just under a week since Apple released the latest software update for the iPhone, bringing users up to version 2.1 and for plenty of people they could not wait to download it and get it installed.But just as a friendly reminder to those who may not follow the updates as obsessively as we [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

iPod nano inspires sense of wonder and curiosity

When he played a movie on the iPod nanos incredibly sharp screen, Jeff Carlson (seattletimes.com) saw that familiar sense of wonder and curiosity on the faces of his lunch companions. That lunch convinced him that with its arresting display, built-in accelerometer, shake-to-shuffle mode, spoken menus, and Genius playlists, theres no sign of iPod fatigue with [the new iPod] nano.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Traitor: Closely Watched

Director Jeffrey Nachmanoff and film editor Billy Fox knew exactly how they wanted Traitor to unfold onscreen. And the pair agreed, as well, about the editing solution they needed to achieve their vision. Final Cut Studio. Now in theaters, Traitor was edited entirely in HD on Macs running Final Cut Pro in a front-to-back tapeless workflow involving every Final Cut Studio application.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Daily Apple: iTunes, iPhone, Chrome, &Anniversaries

Get iTunes 7’s Album View back in iTunes 8 - Think the album view from iTunes 7 is gone? Think again.iPhoneModem - If you’re the jailbreaking type and want to share your iPhone’s internet connection with your computer, check this out. This unsupported app will set you back $10.Remote 1.1 Released - Use your iPhone/iPod [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

AT&T claim iPhone 3G owners using less data than expected

Sure, while everyone was up in arms and not wanting to settle for anything less than an unlimited data plan, it turns out that AT&T users are not hitting the levels that were expected.According to AT&T chief technical officer John Donovan, iPhone 3G users were using a “relatively high” amount of data as compared to [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

Giga Omni Media Acquires The AppleBlog

In November of 2004, a few months after I got my first Mac (a PowerMac G5), I registered theappleblog.com not really having any big plans of what I’d do with the site. I was a senior design student in college and just wanted a new site to design and something to write about.My first post [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Keep track of your treks on iPhone 3G

RunKeeper ($9.99), new to the App Store, lets iPhone 3G help you keep track of your runs, hikes and walks, says John Biggs (nytimes.com). While youre out, RunKeeper displays the current pace, distance and time as well as a bar graph of the speed over time. Then, it automatically uploads the data to www.runkeeper.com. Log in there to see a Google map of the route as well as the runs total distance.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

AKQA: Interactive Innovators

If content is king at global interactive agency AKQA, the Mac is the kingmaker. The Mac is at the core of our creative process, explains creative director Neil Robinson. The majority of our creative and development teams use Macs, and we use Final Cut Studio to cut all our footage. Reliable, flexible, and powerful, the Mac gives us the creative freedom we need to stand out in this field.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Quick Tip of the Week: Bootable Backups

You just got a new Mac and would love to make backup copies of the DVDs that came with it. No problem. Your Mac comes with all the software you need to make copies of those DVDs. In fact, you can even use your copy of the original Install DVD to start up (or boot) your Mac. Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week on Bootable Backups.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

DataViz announces Documents ToGo coming to the iPhone

DataViz has recently announced that they are working on bringing Documents ToGo to the App Store. Overall this is a great app, one that I have used on many devices in the past and one that plenty of current or past Palm, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and even Symbian users will most likely have used at [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

Mac 101: Create ZipFiles

Before converting to Mac I ran Windows, which to my knowledge, has no built-in capability to create zip files forcing users to download and install a third party application. After converting to Mac it took me several years to realize that OS X had the built-in functionality to create zip files, which delighted me! To [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Gears for Safari NowAvailable

Gears, Google’s “browser improver” (for lack of a better term), has come out of beta and is now officially available for Safari.Gears is a browser plugin that extends its functionality by allowing it do things like store data locally in a searchable database as well as run JavaScript in the background to improve performance. A [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Daily Apple: iPhone Development, QuickTime Vulnerability, Turtlenecks &Android

iPhone Dev Process - Some really great insight from developer Mike Ash on the whole development and app store submission process for NetAwake.Zero-Day Exploit Code For Quicktime Posted - Supposedly Apple has ignored a submitted vulnerability and in turn the person who found the vulnerability has published it online.Jobs and his turtleneck out in public [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Daily Apple: iPhone MMS, New Harddrives, Front RowUpdate

Seagate FreeAgent Go Drives Debuted - Seagate announced it’s next generation of absurdly thin notebook-sized drives. The drives start at around $160 for a 250GB.Picture messaging for the iPhone - Send free, unlimited picture messages and geo-tagged location to any mobile phone in the world. Have the convenience of sending multi-media messages (MMS) to virtually [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Last.fm 2.0 iPhone App SneakPeek

Back in July, Last.fm released the 1.0 version of their free iPhone app which basically lets you have access to the millions of songs streamable from their website by accessing various stations.The 1.0 app has a rating of 3 out of 5 stars with most complaints being that it crashed frequently. Other low ratings were [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Rotate Movie Clips with QuickTimePro

Have you ever taken some video clips with your point-and-shoot digital camera, downloaded them to iPhoto, and found them playing sideways? This is a common occurrence in our house. We’ll get some great footage of our kids doing something cute or funny, only to find that it was shot in a portrait orientation [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Apple announces iPhone 3G power adapter recall

That cool little power adapter that Apple begun shipping with the iPhone 3G…well it is not quite as cool as we all thought. In fact Apple has just announced a recall for the Ultracompact USB Power Adapter due to the possibility of the metal prongs breaking off and remaining in a power outlet and “creating [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

TAB Writing PositionsAvailable

We’re looking to expand our already amazing staff of writers!These are paid, freelance positions that will almost certainly guarantee you world fame and fortune. Okay, so the world fame and fortune part isn’t guaranteed, but you never know!If you are interested, please contact us and include examples of previous technology related writing and we’ll be [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Apple Recalls iPhone 3G Ultracompact USB PowerAdapter

Today Apple released a statement recalling all iPhone 3G ultracompact USB power adapters.It seems a small percentage of the adapters have a predisposition for the metal prongs to snap off in the electrical socket, potentially having some unfortunate side effects. The ultracompact USB adapters were only sold with the iPhone 3G in the following countries: [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPhone 2.1 Software Update a must-have upgrade

In a survey conducted by Wired.com, relates Dylan Tweney (wired.com), 40 percent of readers report that theyre getting fewer dropped calls than they did before the update, and many reviewers are reporting that phone reception in general is better. And those are just two of the reasons Tweney calls the iPhone 2.1 Software Update a must-have upgrade. Read more. And install the Update today.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Turn an iPhone Into a Pocket Theremin

Earyauteur writes "The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) is running a story on an interesting motion-controlled iPhone application which uses the iPhone's 3-axis accelerometer to control a digital synthesizer. The musical instrument is played much like a theremin with the added ability to perform music using different musical scales. TUAW also links to a YouTube video which shows a performer demonstrating the iPhone instrument."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Catch a vision of a new world of learning on iTunes U

Now on iTunes U, Edutopia, the George Lucas Educational Foundation, provides success stories from the field that educators can put to use in their own classrooms. By watching the materials available in the Project Learning, Technology Integration, Integrated Studies, and other curricula, youll find a rich collection of valuable educational resources.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPod touch a joy to hold and use

In his review of iPod touch (2nd generation), Tom Rose calls it the best handheld gadget for playing games, browsing the Internet, watching movies and, of course, listening to music. Playing a few games on iPod touch also confirmed for Rose what many gaming experts have been claiming. The iPhone and iPod touch are now formidable handheld gaming platforms. Rose gives iPod touch a solid A.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

VMWare Releases Fusion2.0

Yesterday, VMWare released Fusion 2.0 as a major update to their virtualization software. It’s a free, downloadable upgrade for any VMWare Fusion 1.x customer, and it packs some great new stuff.The update adds over 100 new features:The UI is dramatically improved, with lots of nice little touches like a welcome screen and coverflow support for [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Forum Activity: September 8,2008

Network Issues with MAC & PCDHCP/Firewall issuesUbuntu on HDDMacbook Internet ConnectionLaptop Overheating?

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Locked iPhones Can Be Unlocked Without Password

snydeq writes "Private information stored in Apple's iPhone and protected by a lock code can be accessed by anyone with just a few button presses. Pressing the emergency call button at the unlock screen, followed by two taps on the home button, takes you to the iPhone's private 'favorites' page without the need to enter the unlock code, MacRumors user greenmymac has found. If the owner of the phone has favorite entries in their address book containing URLs, e-mail addresses or mobile phone numbers, then those entries can be used to launch the browser, mail application or SMS software, and gain access to private Web favorites, e-mail messages, and text messages stored in the phone, again without entering the unlock code."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

Journey to the Galapagos Islands with iTunes U

Charles Darwin put the remarkable and curious Galapagos Islands on the map, and its been one of the most important destinations for the worlds biologists ever since. Thanks to The Galapagos, engaging programming brought to us by the Open University, you can visit the islands and see how scientists and the National Park Service work to preserve the Galapagos as a living laboratory of evolution.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

iPhone Web Claims Draw Governmental Rebuke in UK

Wills writes "Apple has been running an iPhone ad saying 'all parts of the internet are on the iPhone', but it had to be withdrawn after Britain's Advertising Standards Authority ruled that it gave 'a misleading impression of the internet capabilities of the iPhone' because the iPhone cannot access Flash or Java – features that are essential to some websites. This raises an interesting issue of where do you draw the line between essential and non-essential features of websites. What should the web look like? Should government authorities be the ones making that decision?"

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]

UbiquitiousTAB

Firefox users may have seen the blog announcement from Mozilla Labs last month introducing Ubiquity. Ubiquity is an “experiment into connecting the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily.” You can think of it as [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

Open .docx with Office2004

Since the release of Office ‘08 I have been getting a lot of files with the .docx extension (the new standard for Word). Unfortunately, Office ‘04 does not natively support the .docx extension, but Microsoft has released a patch that lets you both open and save files in the open XML format.If you have [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

The new iPod Nano + new iPod Shuffle colors

We’ve been waiting for them for several weeks, and they’re finally here! If you haven’t already heard, Apple unveiled its incredibly sleek fourth-generation iPod Nano earlier today, along with a revamped iPod Touch and iTunes 8.0. The new iPod Nano is Apple’s “thinnest iPod yet,” and looks absolutely stunning.Unlike previous iPod Nano, the fourth-generation Nano [...]

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[Source: iPhonefreak]

Macnification

In my ongoing search to finish the process of making my Mac the only object I need to do anything at all - a can opener is in development - I’ve been on the lookout for a good piece of software to manage microscopy photos.Most microscopes come with software to do this, to be honest, [...]

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[Source: The Apple Blog]

iPod Games: Mystery Mansion Pinball [(iPod) Article]

Slip a pinball machine in your pocket and enjoy a rousing game of balls and flippers any time. Deep within this haunted house, you"ll find a variety of modes, including five mini-games, that you can activate by hitting certain targets in the right combination. Light up the letters in the words SMystery Mansion to escape, but make sure you open all the doors before you leave.

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[Source: Apple Games - What's New]

New iPod nano: coolest, slickest, and most intuitive flash player

Calling it one of the best looking and most successfully executed flash players ever created, Tim Gideon (pcmag.com) praises the new iPod nano (4th generation), gives it 4.5 stars (out of 5) and names it an Editors Choice. Apples slimmed-down, slicker-than-ever iPod nano, he says, responds to your movements, creates playlists it thinks youll like, and makes the competition look like a bunch of clunkers.

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[Source: Apple Hot News]

Psystar Will Countersue Apple

An anonymous reader sends us to CNet for news that Apple clone maker Pystar plans to countersue Apple. We discussed Apple's suit last month. "Mac clone maker Psystar plans to file its answer to Apple's copyright infringement lawsuit Tuesday as well as a countersuit of its own, alleging that Apple engages in anticompetitive business practices. Miami-based Psystar... will sue Apple under two federal laws designed to discourage monopolies and cartels, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act, saying Apple's tying of the Mac OS to Apple-labeled hardware is 'an anticompetitive restraint of trade,' according to [an] attorney... Psystar is requesting that the court find Apple's EULA void, and is asking for unspecified damages."

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[Source: Slashdot: Apple]