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Monday 02nd of August 2010
Win 7 up, Mac OS X down in market share wars

The latest operating system market-share figures are in, and the news is good for fans of Windows 7, and ho-hum for Mac OS X aficionados. ...Windows 7 wins, Mac OS X loses July battle for shareComputerworldWindows 7 usage surpasses Vista, Mac OS X on the losing streakInternational Business TimesWindows 7 passes Vista in usageCNETeWeek -TG Daily -Inquirer ...

Poisoned Angelina flick hits torrents

At first the attack was thought to rely on an unpatched flaw in QuickTime, but Apple told Trend Micro this is not the case, and the attack relies solely on ...

Thursday 29th of July 2010
Ballmer and Softies sacrifice sleep to catch iPad

"You will get a lot of cacophony, people do things with other operating systems, but we have the application base, we have the user familiarity, ...FAM: Ballmer says Microsoft pushing hard to make iPad competitorSeattle TimesBallmer says Win7 tablets and personal clouds comingSeattle Times (blog)Microsoft Plans Oak Trail Tablets for 2011Digitaltrends.comInformationWeek ...

US carrier tailors 3G jacket for iPod touch?

US wireless carrier Sprint is slated to offer a kind of handset sleeve that could provide 3G wireless access to an iPod Touch, the Apple iPhone that's not a ...Rumor: Gadget turns iPod Touch into iPhoneCNET (blog)Sprint Sleeve Could Give iPod Touch More iPhone-Like FunctionalityTMC NetSprint Plans ZTE Mobile Hotspot 'Peel' For iPod TouchDslreportsTouch Reviews -Geek.com -KTLA ...

Google sets Android on pirates

The iPhone's locked-down nature removes the risk of software piracy (some exists amongst unlocked iPhones, but it's minimal), but locking down the OS isn't ...Google's licensing changes could put a lid on Android app piracyCNET (blog)Android and AppsComputerworldiPhone 'faces rising challenge' from Android handsetsSydney Morning HeraldUberGizmo (blog) -PhoneNews.com -DZone News ...

Thursday 22nd of July 2010
Apple ad-addled OS scheme resurfaces

Steve Jobs & Co have renewed their interest in developing an operating system that can disable "one or more functions" of your Mac while an ad is being ...Apple shows continued interest in an ad-supported operating systemApple Insider ...

Wednesday 21st of July 2010
Developer slips tethering into iTunes

An iPhone developer slipped a tethering application onto the iTunes store: getting past Apple's ban on such ...Apple Bans Top App Developer From iTunesApex News Network (blog)Top App Developer: Apple Bans Thuat Nguyen from ITunesAssociated ContentScammers use Apple App Store hack to steal money, boost rankingsYachtPals.com NewsGear4music.com -GoRumors (blog) -Today's iPhone (blog) ...

Apple lays claim to expired patents

... Samsung and Cellco too - but the Apple patents are the most obvious, with four of those referenced in the iPod documentation expiring before the iPod ...Apple sued for patent 'lies'NetworkWorld.comApple accused of false patent marking in new lawsuitApple InsiderApple Hit With False Patent LawsuitCult of Mac (blog)ipodnn ...

Mac sales tripled since 2005

... Mac mini, Mac Pro and Xserve), accounting for revenues of $1.3bn, and 2.47 million notebooks (MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro), bringing in $3.1bn. ...Five Things to Keep an Eye on in Apple's EarningsPC WorldApple's 3rd Quarter, In DepthZacks.comDespite attention to iPhones and iPads, Apple's Macs still going strongSan Jose Mercury NewsTopNews Arab Emirates -InformationWeek -Sacramento Beeall 1,341 news articles »...

Tuesday 20th of July 2010
MP3tunes and Roku stream music to your TV

Apple is reportedly mulling a move to iTunes-in-the-cloud (that big ol' North Carolina data center is just about ready), Google and Microsoft are making ...Roku Adds MP3tunesTwiceMP3tunes offers streaming to TVmusicweek.comMP3Tunes and Roku Team Up to Bring Your Music Out of the iTunes LibrarySlashGear (blog) ...

Adobe to fortify widely exploited Reader with security sandbox

Adobe has no plans at the moment to deploy a sandbox feature for Reader versions running on Max OS X or Unix. There are no plans to add a similar feature to ...Adobe puts PDF reader in quarantineIDG News Service ...

Monday 19th of July 2010
Symbian puts another deck chair on the Titanic

The idea is to simplify development of applications not just to different Symbian handsets, but also Apple's iPhone and difference devices running Android. ...Symbian deal paves way for Web-style appsCNETSymbian and Nitobi Simplify Cross-Platform Mobile App DevelopmentMarketwire (press release) ...

Saturday 17th of July 2010
HP's Palm bid beat Apple, Google, RIM, says report

Then there are the murmurings that HP has "delayed" its long-rumored Android-based tablet, and that a webOS-based tablet is being given priority, ...Report: Apple, Google showed interest in PalmCNETApple attempted to purchase Palm, was outbid by HP - reportApple InsiderApple was interested in acquiring Palm!TechWhack (blog)Techie Buzz -Phone Plus (blog) ...

Friday 16th of July 2010
iPhone customers lay into Apple after iOS 4.0.1 update fails to install

iPhone customers are struggling to install Apple's latest software patch and have been grumbling about the ...Apple Is Not Expected to Recall Troubled iPhoneNew York TimesNo iPhone 4 recall, Journal saysCNETApple fixes one iPhone bug as another appearsBBC NewsPC World -Washington Post -Boston Globeall 3,436 news articles »...

Tuesday 13th of July 2010
BlackBerry tablet to trump iPad with Flash, videoconferencing

The Blackberry tablet's front- and rear-facing cameras would give it one strong leg up on its obvious competition: Apple's iPad, which has no camera at all, ...Can BlackBerry's rumored tablet unseat iPad?GCN.comRIM's iPad Competitor Starts Sounding Real, Has Flash Built-InFast CompanyRIM to launch ipad rival.Examiner.comInventorspot -Oxford Zeiss -NetworkWorld.com ...

Fring-Skype iPhone slanging match: Telcos v freetards

At present Apple's own software only allows video calling on the iPhone 4 - the first iPhone to feature a user-facing cam - via the phone's Wi-Fi connection ...Skype on Fring Is Dead, But Who Killed It?Wired NewsFring and Skype Embroiled in Bitter Blog FightNew York Times (blog)Fring gets booted off SkypeInquirerZDNet (blog) -PC Magazine ...

Apple app police anoint un-Flash code translation

Though Steve Jobs has banned code translation on the iPhone and the iPad, the Apple App Store police continue to accept applications built with Unity3D and ...Droid X Vs iPhone 4: A Detailed Comparison ListTimesNewsline.com (blog)18 Best iPad Apps For SMBsInformationWeekApple's iPad wins corporate converts at Wells Fargo, SAPEconomic TimesSan Francisco Chronicle -The Business Insider -TechRadar UK ...

Monday 12th of July 2010
MP3tunes offers tuneful truce to Apple and Google

... phone — from Amazon, for example — to be played on your iPhone/Pad/Pod touch, or tunes bought from the iTunes store to be played on your Android phone ...The MP3Tunes Alternative To Paid Streaming Music: “Buy Anywhere, Listen ...TechCrunch (blog) ...

Apple ranks first in surging security bug count

Patching to defend against these vulnerabilities is further complicated by the 13 different software update mechanisms running on each PC. ...Secunia Report Paints Bleak Picture For End UsersPC Magazine (blog)Report: Apple overtakes Microsoft as most vulnerable vendorDaniWeb (blog)Secunia report takes interesting look at vendor vulnerabilitiesThe Tech Herald ...

Saturday 10th of July 2010
Apple sues three more over power adapter 'knock-offs'

Apple has sued three more outfits for allegedly infringing a Jobsian patent by selling knock-off power adapters for MacBooks and MacBook Pros. ...Apple sues resellers over power adaptersCNETApple files lawsuit against 3 resellers over MacBook power adaptersAllNewsMac (press release)Apple sues three MagSafe adapter clone sellersElectronista (blog) ...

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