Tracking Thieves With 'Find my iPhone'

An anonymous reader wrote in to say "A friend of mine who just got an iPhone 3GS and has Mobile Me just used the "Find my iPhone" feature to track down his lost and subsequently stolen iPhone. This story involves three nerds wandering sketchy streets with a MacBook, and ends with a confrontation at a bus stop."

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Commander: Europe at War [(universal) Patch]

Control the Axis or Allied forces throughout the entire European Theatre. This update corrects issues with sound, fixes other minor bugs.

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Safari 4 Downloads Top 11 Million in Three Days

Apple today announced that more than 11 million copies of Safari 4 have been downloaded in the first three days of its release, including more than six million downloads of Safari for Windows. �Safari 4 is an incredible success on Mac and Windows with more than 11 million downloads in the first three days,� said Philip Schiller, Apple�s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. �Safari users love the incredible speed and innovative features like Top Sites, Full History Search and Cover Flow.�

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iPhone 3GS �the finest iPhone Apple has made�

In his 4.5 (out of 5) mouse review, Jason Snell (macworld.com) points out that the iPhone 3GS offers �a major step forward in terms of the iPhone�s technological underpinnings,� one that results in �indisputably faster device, not just at some tasks, but at every task.� And in detailing the many new features it introduces, Snell concludes that iPhone 3GS �is still leading the pack, in most cases by a wide margin.�


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Apple Removes Nearly All Reference To ZFS

Roskolnikov writes "Apple has apparently decided that ZFS isn't really ready for prime time. We've been discussing Apple/ZFS rumors, denials, and sightings for some years now. Currently a search on Apple's site for ZFS yields only two hits, one of them probably an oversight in the ZFS-cleansing program and the other a reference to open source. Contrast this with an item from the Google cache regarding ZFS and Snow Leopard. Apple has done this kind of disappearing act in the past, but I was really hoping that this was one feature promise they would keep. I certainly hope this isn't the first foot in the grave for ZFS on OS X."

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What Will Apple Borrow Next?

Apple has a history of either buying apps or boldly copying features from developers and including them in OSX. So what borrowed features could we see in OSX next?

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iPhone 3GS �the best iPhone yet�

�Everything works flawlessly,� says Bob LeVitus (chon.com) of the new iPhone 3GS. �The camera takes better pictures. The video quality is amazing for a phone and the editing and sharing features are superb.� And iPhone OS 3.0 delivers �more than 100 new features� � such as global Cut, Copy, and Paste, global search, a landscape keyboard, and Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe � that are available to all existing iPhone customers.


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Apple Patent To Safeguard 911 Cellphone Calls

MojoKid writes "Engineers from Apple have applied for a patent on an 'emergency' mode for cell phones that would squeeze every last drop of energy out of the batteries. The phone would recognize emergency calls when the user dialed an emergency number, such as 911 in the United States. But another number could also be stored as an 'emergency number' on the phone (a spouse, child, or parent, for example) or the user could manually put the phone in emergency mode. The process would do a variety of things. It would disable 'non-essential hardware components' and applications on the phone, reduce power to the screen and potentially reduce the phone's processor speed. It also would make it harder to disconnect the call and enable 'emergency phrase buttons' on the phone."

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FileMaker unveils Bento Template Exchange program

To demonstrate the many ways you can take advantage of Bento 2, FileMaker today announced the Bento Template Exchange. The program offers customers an easy way to share their Bento templates � or to download and use templates developed by other Bento users. Fully customizable, the templates can be used with a free trial version of Bento and with Bento for iPhone and iPod touch.


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How-To: Sync iTunes Playlists With a BlackBerry

I recently switched from an iPhone to a BlackBerry. As I mentioned before, one of my BlackBerry dislikes is that it simply does not sync as nicely as the iPhone. Until recently, I thought I could only drag certain songs onto my BlackBerry and that there was no way to sync playlists. Turns out I [...]

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Laptop Magazine makes new 15-inch MacBook Pro an Editors� Choice

�You won�t find a more powerful 15-inch notebook that�s this easy to carry,� reports Jeffrey L. Wilson (laptopmag.com) in his review of the new 15-inch MacBook Pro. The notebook, he says, �offers plenty of processing power and graphics muscle, as well as lengthy battery life, which makes it an outstanding system for heavy-duty content creation in the office or on the go.�


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Mystic Emporium [(universal) Demo]

Take over a musty old magic shop and turn it into the best business in town in this fun-filled time management game. Brew potions, sell artifacts and tend to a variety of magical customers as you build your very own magic shop.

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iPhone 3G S is actually the iPhone 3GS

There has been quite a debate as to how the name of the newly released iPhone is actually written. Of course, none of this is really earth shattering news, except for the fact that it is kind of a pain to write type as iPhone 3G S, so in this case I like the way [...]

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EVGA GeForce GTX 285 Graphics Card [(Intel) Hardware]

For maximum performance with graphics-intense applications, upgrade to the EVGA GeForce GTX 285 graphics card for the Mac Pro. Perfect for single or dual displays of up to 2560x1600 resolution, it offers 1GB of GDDR3 memory and 240 processing cores to unlock extra performance so you can get better gaming, motion graphics, 3D modeling, rendering and animation.

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Beejive IM 3.0 and AOL get updated, now offering support for Push Notifications

It looks like we are finally going to begin receiving those long awaited Push Notifications. Just recently an updated version of BeejiveIM as well as AOL have been added to the App Store.
BeejiveIM can be purchased for $9.99 (App Store link) and has support for Google Talk, Facebook, MySpace, ICQ, Jabber, Yahoo!, MSN/Windows Live as [...]

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Hackers Find Remote iPhone Crack

Al writes "Two researchers have found a way to run unauthorized code on an iPhone remotely. This is different than 'jailbreaking,' which requires physical access to the device. Normally applications have to be signed cryptographically by Apple in order to run. But Charles Miller of Independent Security Evaluators and Vincenzo Iozzo from the University of Milan found more than one instance in which Apple failed to prevent unauthorized data from executing. This means that a program can be loaded into memory as a non-executable block of data, after which the attacker can essentially flip a programmatic switch and make the data executable. The trick is significant, say Miller and Iozzo, because it provides a way to do something on a device after making use of a remote exploit. Details will be presented next month at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas." The attack was developed on version 2.0 of the iPhone software, and the researchers don't know if it will work when 3.0 is released.

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Choice words for the 13-inch MacBook Pro

Reviewer Cisco Cheng (www.pcmag.com) gives the new 13-inch MacBook Pro a 4.5/5 Very Good rating and a Greentech Approved Seal for its green credentials. Writes Cheng: �It�s a great time to be shopping for a new Apple laptop�especially this one, which earns our Editors� Choice.�

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�Changes make an already marvelous device that much better�

Ed Baig (usatoday.com) applauds the new iPhone 3GS he�s been testing for more than a week. �You can now dial by saying a name or number aloud.� Or even pick songs to play �by issuing voice commands.� He notes that �shooting video on the iPhone is dirt simple.� And he enjoys the ability to �shoot in portrait or landscape mode� and to edit and email or upload video to YouTube of MobileMe� right from iPhone 3GS.


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Apple sells more than a million iPhone 3GS models

In its first three days of availability, Apple sold more than a million iPhone 3GS models. The company also announced that six million customers downloaded iPhone OS 3.0 software in the five days since its release on June 17. �Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,� said Steve Jobs. �With over 50,000 applications available from Apple�s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.�


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MLB.com streams live baseball game to iPhone customers

Got At Bat on your iPhone or iPod touch? Then, starting tomorrow, you�ll be able to watch up to two Major League Baseball games a day, streamed live to your iPhone. �The video will play,� says Brad Stone (nytimes.com), whether your iPhone �is connected to a WiFi network or a 3G network.� And, thanks to the DVR features in At Bat, if the boss comes around the corner, you can pause the action and resume play when the coast�s clear.

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Coming Attractions: The Hurt Locker

Richard Corliss (time.com) called it �a near-perfect movie about men in war� when he reviewed The Hurt Locker at its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The film, which tells a riveting tale about the men who disarm roadside bombs in Iraq, boasts an excellent cast, including Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. It opens in select theaters next Friday.


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Apple offers $30 iTunes credit to those affected by iPhone 3GS activation delays

Due to the heavy burden placed upon AT&T’s activation servers this weekend, literally millions of iPhone 3GS users were met with activation delays.
In order to compensate those affected by these delays, Apple was generous enough to give away $30 of credit to the iTunes Music Store.
Dear Apple Customer,
Thank you for your recent Apple Store order. [...]

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Keeping Earth out of harm�s way

More than 65 million years ago, a huge asteroid plummeted to Earth, destroying nearly all life on the planet. Astronomers now know that large asteroids collide with the Earth every 500 years or so. They�ve even identified one that�s likely to come close to Earth on April 13, 2029, and may return to hit us 7 years later. What can we do to prevent this calamity? Watch Asteroid Hunters on iTunes U and find out.

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Apple sells over one million iPhone 3GS models

Earlier today, Apple announced that they sold over one million iPhone 3GS units this past weekend.
The “Apple PR RSS” update feed simply stated “Apple Sells Over One Million iPhone 3GS Models.”
In response to the one millionth iPhone 3GS being sold, Apple CEO, Steve Jobs stated,
�Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,� said Steve Jobs, [...]

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iPhone 3.0 Update Delivers Prodigious Patch Batch

CWmike writes "Apple patched 46 security vulnerabilities in the iPhone and iPod Touch, half of them in the Safari browser and its WebKit rendering engine, as it released iPhone OS 3.0 on Wednesday. One of the patched WebKit vulnerabilities stands out because of the attention it received in March, when a German college student, Nils, walked away with a $5,000 cash prize for hacking Safari at the Pwn2Own challenge. Nils used a bug in WebKit's handling of SVGList objects to crack Safari."

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Apple Issues Fix for SATA Drives in MacBook Pros

A week after reports first surfaced of a downgrade in SATA bus speeds, Apple has issued a fix that both solves the problem and puts an end to conspiracy theories about it.
The issue centered around new MacBook Pros having a SATA speed of 1.5 gigabits, down from 3 gigabits on previous models, including the low-end [...]

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iPhone 3GS �vaults a year ahead� of its smartphone rivals

Use the new iPhone 3GS, and the �speed boost hits you between the eyes,� reports David Pogue (nytimes.com). And Pogue ticks off all the other new features that make the �substantially improved, still elegant iPhone 3GS� even harder to resist: a 3-megapixel camera, voice-control features, �sharp, smooth, 30-frames-a-second� video recording, a built-in Compass, an oleophobic screen, and a �better, beefier battery.�


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iPod touch 3.0 update comes with Street View for Google Maps

Coming courtesy of a comment on an earlier post, it seems like we have some good news for any Google Map loving iPod touch users. The latest software update (OS 3.0) brings Street View to Google Maps.
“Just a heads up to all iPod touch users not sure about paying for the update. Before I [...]

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Tradewinds Caravans [(universal) Demo]

Adventure awaits you in Tradewinds Caravans, the latest installment in the acclaimed Tradewinds Series. As the Middle Ages unfold in the West, cultural centers and merchants across Asia are linked together by an ancient trade route - stretching from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea to China - known as the legendary Silk Road.

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Licensed C64 Emulator Rejected From App Store

Miasik.Net writes "A fully licensed Commodore 64 iPhone emulator has been rejected from the App Store. The excuse Apple used is a clause in the SDK agreement which doesn't allow for applications that run executable code. It seems Sega is exempt from that clause, because some of its games on the iPhone are emulators running original ROM code."

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