Gizmodo:
I know I've said that dumb cellphones must die, but what about a dumb cellphone called iPhone that looks like a white MacBook? Yeah, smash those too. This 2.2-inch clamshell aberration—technically the Apple Q300 Ultra—costs around $70, which is $70 too much. [Shanzai]
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Lifehacker:
If you've been intrigued by Apple's pricey Magic Mouse but run Windows, or want its multi-touch scrolling powers to work in a Windows installation in Boot Camp, you're in luck. Windows-compatible drivers have been extracted to install at your leisure. From the comments found at the Uneasy Silence blog and our sibling Gizmod (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Hardware, Security, iPhone, Jailbreak/pwnageLast month a Dutch iPhone user demonstrated how careless jailbreaking can cause trouble. Namely, after finding users who enabled SSH with the phone's default password intact, he sent those phones a message that read, "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really inse (Read More)
Ars Technica:
The second malicious worm to attack jailbroken iPhones has been spotted in the wild, and is the first to directly target users' bank accounts. Called iBotnet.A by security research firm Intego, the worm tries to steal account logins from customers of popular online banking service ING Direct. Though it only (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Technology Live:
A malicious Apple iPhone worm was released this weekend. It targets iPhone users who remove Apple's protection mechanisms to allow their phones to run any software -- a process called jailbreaking. The worm installs a botnet management program that gives...
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Software, ProductivityWe've mentioned ScreenSteps from Blue Mango Learning Systems before. A few times, actually. Version 2.7 is coming up quickly, and it's going to have some great new features. There's also a sale this week that I thought was worth mentioning, check the end of the post for details on that.Fir (Read More)
Ars Technica:
If you live in the US, this week kicks off the beginning of the holiday season with Thanksgiving on Thursday and the inevitable day-after-Thanksgiving sales that happen on Friday (we hesitate to call it "Black Friday" this year, since it seems that everyone will probably still be in the red). As usual, Mac (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Never before has it been so apparent that a power tower—pretty much the laziest design in the computer industry—is being sold by a design-centric company with neither design nor power. And I'm not sure that the solution is just a refresh away. The Mac Pro was once the only viable option for a OS X lover in need of serious h (Read More)
Ars Technica:
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, has made another attempt to address numerous complaints about the precarious iPhone App Store approval process that have circulated in the media recently. Schiller's point of view is that the approval process is valuable to developers and (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Apple (AAPL) is under fire from some developers for the way it vets applications that can be sold on its online App Store. Facebook developer Joe Hewitt goes so far as to say he's "philosophically opposed" to the very notion of a company deciding which applications can and can't be used on its hardware. The presence of "gat (Read More)
Huffington Post:
*See photos below*There have been rumors swirling about what Apple might offer for its 2009 Black Friday sales, and now Boy Genius Report has gotten a copy of what may be a leaked Apple ad detailing its Black Friday deals. Boy Genius Report, which previously posted another unconfirmed Black Friday sales ad, notes about the (Read More)
Business on HuffingtonPost.com:
*See photos below*There have been rumors swirling about what Apple might offer for its 2009 Black Friday sales, and now Boy Genius Report has gotten a copy of what may be a leaked Apple ad detailing its Black Friday deals. Boy Genius Report, which previously posted another unconfirmed Black Friday sales ad, notes about the (Read More)
All Things Digital:
Verizon’s (VZ) merciless razzing of AT&T (T) has finally elicited a reaction from Apple (AAPL). Peeved at seeing its marquee product banished to the “Island of Misfit Toys” in one of Big Red’s new holiday ads, the company is launching a pair of new iPhone ads that tout the smartphone AND the network on which it runs. Schedu (Read More)
Gizmodo:
You think Apple is going to take its fancy phone being relegated to the Island of Misfit Toys in a Verizon ad laying down? Nope. These two new iPhone ads seem to gun right at the big V. [Engadget]
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The Technology Chronicles:
Apple's senior vice-president for worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller defended Apple's app store approval process, which has gotten dinged by developers who find it too opaque, occasionally...
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