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1. Apple plans iPhone lockdown

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Jailbreakers beware Apple has apparently stepped up its efforts to thwart the ubiquitous practice of iPhone jailbreaking. Indeed, Club Cupertino is currently seeking a security expert who would be tasked ...

2. Smartphone users make lousy partners

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   iPhone users are the worst A survey of iPhone and BlackBerry users has concluded that they're a pretty insensitive bunch. Carried out by shopping website Retrevo, the (statistically rather dubious) survey ...

3. Twitter turns UI thinking on its head

   (Software/Software Features)

   Cheep, cheep cheep, yeah Adobe, Apple. IBM, Microsoft, and other "platform companies" go to great lengths to assure that application developers adhere to stringent user interface guidelines so that their ...

4. Smartphone market: Android and iPhone continue to grow

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... that Android is rapidly evolving and responsive to suggestions from OEMs and developers,” he continued. Nokia, RIM and Apple all did well. Apple shipped its highest volume in a single quarter. It is now ...

5. Hacker jailbreaks iPhone 3GS with blacksn0w crack

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Hacker George Hotz has released a new crack that allows users to jailbreak Apple's iPhone 3G and 3GS. 
 Hacker George Hotz has released a new crack that allows users to jailbreak Apple's iPhone 3G and ...

6. Apple brags as apps exceed 100,000 mark

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   A smug Apple has announced that over 100,000 applications are now available for download from the company's App Store. A smug Apple has announced that over 100,000 rather pointless applications are now ...

7. iPhone jailbreakers held hostage

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   ...  Their phones would still be safe but for the fact that Apple used a default root password which  many forget to change after jailbreaking. The hacker relied on unchanged root passwords to hack into ...

8. Apple's small-minded strategy

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Apple is acting just like the snotty monopolist it has become in electronic music distribution and combined that lousy attitude with the presumptive arrogance of a smartphone monopolist. Among its few ...

9. Verizon Wireless gets writ from AT&T

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   ... Apple gave AT&T a huge lift by designating it as the carrier for iPhone products.  ...

10. Why Apple should license Windows 7

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... ago someone saying the same thing about Apple moving to Intel or ever again licensing Microsoft technology at all and currently the MacOS runs on Intel and Apple has licensed Active Sync from Microsoft. ...

11. Apple drops Atom bomb on Hackintosh netbook rebels

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    Apple has stepped up its war of attrition against Hackintosh rebels by disabling support for Intel's Atom processor in the next version of Snow Leopard. Apple has stepped up its war of attrition against ...

12. Apple gambles on killing iPhone subsidy

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    When and if Apple signs a deal with Verizon to flog its iPhone it is likely that the price of the gadget will rise. When and if Apple signs a deal with Verizon to flog its iPhone it is likely that the ...

13. Apple iPhone released in China at high price tag

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    The iPhone goes on sale in China today but anyone that wants one will have to pay a hefty price.The iPhone goes on sale in China today but anyone that wants one will have to pay a hefty price. A 32GB ...

14. Disney launches Click2Life iPhone app

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... Disney music from Apple's iTunes store. For example, a user could photograph a movie poster to receive related video content or wallpaper images for a cellphone screen. In the  future, the company ...

15. iPhone 3GS challenges RIM's control of smartphone market

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    The iPhone 3GS has reportedly placed Apple "within striking distance" of claiming first place in the US consumer smartphone market. According to a ChangeWave Research survey, Club Cupertino has experienced ...

16. Leaving the iPhone behind

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Opinion: I've never had a mobile phone as good as the iPhone. It's also the best MP3 player I've owned. Still, I wonder occasionally how long it will be before I toss it aside for a newer, more satisfying ...

17. Nokia, Apple suit reeks of desperation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... suit against Apple for allegedly breaching its patents.He said then: "You have traditional competitors like the Korean and Japanese companies and now we have new competitors like Apple and RIM. We are ...

18. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    ...  This is likely to point with Apple this month as they sit stunned that Windows 7 is doing so well and they are left looking foolish with products priced out of the segment. Their big news this week was ...

19. Rumor is Microsoft buying RIM

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... bit in its teeth about Apple and the iPhone and the BlackBerry would make a perfect fit with its corporate enterprise strategy. That's it - it's a rumor.  ...

20. Nokia sues Apple over alleged iPhone patent infringement

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    Nokia has alleged that Apple's iPhone infringes on a number of its patents. The 10 patents reportedly relate to technologies that are "fundamental" to device and mobile compatibility standards.Nokia ...

21. Apple: Mac and iPhone sales shatter previous record

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter. According to CFO Peter Oppenheimer, the company defied the economic recession by selling 3.05 million Macintosh computers, ...

22. Verizon droid guns for iPhone

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Verizon appears to have given up any hope that it will ever get an iPhone contract from Apple. Its latest campaign for the new Motorola Droid is packed chock-full of attacks on Apple. Verizon appears ...

23. Wolfram Alpha rolls out $50 iPhone app

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ...  Although Wolfram’s hefty $50 price tag has raised more than a few eyebrows, Darell Etherington of the Apple Blog opined that the company simply developed a "highly-polished" version of the engine targeted ...

24. Can the Palm Pre knock the iPhone off its perch?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... to Apple’s behemoth, says phone comparison site Omio’s Ernest Doku. The deals available for the Palm Pre in the UK are fairly competitive, offering a free handset on a 24 month contract, with 600 minutes, ...

25. The best IT vendor CEO of the decade is...

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... story is well known. He took a battered Apple Computer, revived it, inspired it, and led it to the greatness it once had in the 1980s and early 1990s. He oversaw the development of OS X, my favorite operating ...

26. BlackBerry Storm 2 lays siege to Apple iPhone

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Research in Motion (RIM) is readying an all out attack on the successful Apple iPhone with Storm 2 - likely to be released by Verizon in the US in November.Research in Motion (RIM) is readying an all out ...

27. The great Apple / elf conspiracy is thwarted

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... the thing.  I’ve also noticed that of all the Apple employees I’ve actually met, they all seem to be relatively nimble and elf-like, with pointy little thumbs.” Kurtz’ elegant solution is to ...

28. Apple takes on Microsoft's Zune with FM Radio iPhone app

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Apple is reportedly developing an in-house radio application for the iPhone and iPod touch. According to 9to5mac, the nascent app will be capable of functioning "in the background" and is likely to offer ...

29. Apple moves to prevent iPhone jailbreaking with updated Bootrom file

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    Apple has released an updated Bootrom file in an effort to prevent iPhone jailbreaking. The file - known as iBoot-359.3.2 - effectively disables a popular software exploit known as "24kPwn." Apple has ...

30. iPhone is rubbish - give me POTS or die

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    They say that the iPhone is fantastic. They say the applications are great. They say all sorts of stuff about the iPhone. But give me the Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) any time.They say that the iPhone ...

31. Barnes and Noble leaks e-reader details

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... access to all books scanned by the Google Books project; probably books that are out of print." The upcoming Barnes and Noble e-reader will likely find itself competing against Apple's rumored tablet ...

32. iPhone app lets you start your car

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... using a keyfob. Viper Smartstart is a free download from the Apple App Store but you need to have a SmartStart system installed in your car too. Acording to Kevin Duffy, president of Directed Electronics ...

33. Windows 6.5: Living in a Post iPhone World is a Bitch

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... into an alternative reality.  In the world they think they knew being hardware independent is the model and Microsoft is King.  In the world they suddenly find themselves in Apple, who isn’t ...

34. AT&T ends controversial ban on iPhone VoIP apps

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... that it'll open up its 3G network to Internet calling applications such as Skype. It's the right step for AT&T, Apple, millions of mobile Skype users and the Internet itself." However, Silverman noted ...

35. Nokia shrugs off Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry threats

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Oli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia, shrugged off competition from Apple's iPhone  and RIM's BlackBerry today, maintaining that his firm still held 40 percent of the smartphone market. Oli-Pekka ...

36. High tech won't save the economy this time

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... Stagnation and recession were global conditions. But in Silicon Valley unemployment was only 7.5 percent. At the time mid-size companies there like Intel, AMD, Apple, and countless others who have since ...

37. Apple threatens Woolworths over new logo

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Woolworths, the largest supermarket chain in Australia, adopted a new logo in 2008 and on-the-ball Apple lawyers have just noticed it looks a bit like the Cupertino gadget maker’s. Woolworths, the largest ...

38. Nobody move or the iPhone gets it

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... of horrified Apple staff. Proof, were it needed, that some people really shouldn’t be allowed out on their own, reaches us from Cincinnati, where a whackjob threatened to pop a cap in his recalcitrant ...

39. Chips showed stronger sales in August

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... prices have risen sharply for DRAM, they still haven't reached $2 a chip. South Korean exports are expected to soar in September, aided by demand from Apple for its iPhone.  ...

40. New Apple ad for iPhone leaked to web

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    The furniture will be flying in Cupertino as Apple’s latest ad for the iPhone has somehow found its way onto the web. The furniture will be flying in Cupertino as Apple’s latest ad for the iPhone has ...

41. Best Camera is actually just okay

    (Software/Software Features)

    Review: The Best Camera app available at Apple's iTunes AppStore uses the iPhone's camera and can be used to add rudimentary special effects to a photograph. It works well enough for its limited ambitions, ...

42. I speaka da Ingrish. I learn it from a vook

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... for the iPhone and iPod touch (at the Apple App Store), or as Web browser based editions. The inaugural four $6.99 Vooks are Promises by Jude Deveraux,  a novella set in 19th century South Carolina, ...

43. End of O2 iPhone monopoly is good news for UK users

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Analysis: Now that Apple’s flagship phone is to be sold by Vodafone and Orange as well as O2, what benefits will UK users see? Ernest Doku of price comparison site Omio.com peers into his crystal ball... ...

44. Apple's new Macs better be cheap

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Opinion: It's no surprise that Apple will be unveiling new iMacs and MacBooks soon. Rumors have been floating for weeks and now retailers are running out of stock of existing units and being told, in ...

45. Palm updates WebOS

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... from Wi-Fi or wide area network connections through Amazon, but sadly will not be able to synchronise their Pre handset with Apple's iTunes due to - cough - ‘unforeseen technical difficulties'.  ...

46. Apple App Store downloads pass two million mark

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Apple has announced that more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store, which it modestly describes as the largest applications store in the world. Apple has announced that more ...

47. Apple ends iPhone exclusivity in UK

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    UK mobile operator Orange is to sell Apple's iPhone in the UK, ending the exclusive deal with O2 and leaving only the US and Germany not offering a choice of telco to iPhone users. UK mobile operator ...

48. Apple plus graphics gurus = semiconductor mystery

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    There have been persistent rumors over the last few months that Apple is making a move into designing its own semiconductors.There have been persistent rumors over the last few months that Apple is making ...

49. Apple users search their dates' murky pasts

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    A new application for the iPhone will enable fanboys to use their gizmos as "sleaze detectors". A new application for the iPhone will enable fanboys to use their gizmos as "sleaze detectors". Intelius, ...

50. AT&T slammed for poor iPhone service

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    It seems that you can use your iPhone for just about anything apart from making a telephone call. It seems that you can use your iPhone for just about anything apart from making a telephone call. When ...