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1. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   Depends on How Smart YOU Are Sometimes I wonder about new companies.   Apple and Google both have this way of bewitching people so that, no matter what they come out with, folks drool and say that’s wonderful.  ...

2. Apple discounts for Black Friday leak

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   Black Friday for Apple A story on Boy Genius Report indicates that Apple may cut as much as 25 percent off the price of iPods and 25 percent off the price of Macs. The site said it got tipped off and ...

3. Analyst offers Apple tablet sneak peek

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   "Stunning" resolution and video conferencing A principal analyst at ITIC has claimed that the enigmatic Apple tablet will feature a 10-12 inch screen with "stunning resolution." 

According to Laura DiDio, ...

4. Zune shifts into high gear with 6 HD games

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... and I see no pixelating going on." Finally, MobilitySite's "Zealot" noted that he was "impressed" with the games, but cautioned against comparing Microsoft's Zune to Apple's iPhone or iPod Touch.  "I ...

5. Rickrolling worm infects jailbroken iPhones

   (Security/Security Features)

   Sunday, 08 November 2009

   ... Cluley. It should be noted that Ikex has been tentatively identified as 21 year-old Ashley Towns from Wollongong, Australia. See Also Apple plans iPhone lockdown Hacker jailbreaks iPhone 3GS with blacksn0w ...

6. Hacker jailbreaks iPhone 3GS with blacksn0w crack

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 04 November 2009

   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 ...

7. Apple brags as apps exceed 100,000 mark

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 04 November 2009

   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 ...

8. Why Apple should license Windows 7

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Tuesday, 03 November 2009

   ... 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. ...

9. Apple: Mac and iPhone sales shatter previous record

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 19 October 2009

   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, ...

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

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    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 ...

11. iPhone is rubbish - give me POTS or die

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    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 ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... 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, ...

15. Apple falls on previous Newton tablet designer

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    Fashionable firm Apple of Cupertino confirmed yesterday that it has re-hired Michael Tchao, a developer who worked on the company's Newton personal digital assistant (PDA).Fashionable firm Apple of Cupertino ...

16. Apple App Store downloads pass two million mark

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    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 ...

17. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... isn’t the same without Bill Gates at the helm, and years ago IBM's slide really started when Thomas Watson Jr - in that instance the son of the founder - retired.Apple almost lost its founder. ...

18. Apple retires 40GB TV model, lowers 160GB version to $229

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    Club Cupertino has slashed the price of its 160GB Apple TV by $100. The unit - which stores up to 200 hours of video - is now available for $229. San Francisco, Calif. Club Cupertino has slashed the ...

19. Apple flash flood leaves NAND drought for others

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 13 September 2009

    Increasing demand from Apple for large supplies of NAND memory has left other players in the lurch with severe shortages in store.Increasing demand from Apple for large supplies of NAND memory has left ...

20. Apple lines up against Palm, Microsoft. And Apple

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    Opinion This week was the big Apple iPod refresh and the interest was almost as focused on what Apple didn’t announce as it was on what they did.   I think the overarching news was that despite ...

21. Steve Jobs rocks San Francisco with iTunes 9

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    Apple CEO Steve Jobs has introduced a veritable smorgasbord of technological goodies, including an upgraded iPod Nano, iTunes 9 and OS 3.1. According to Jobs, the latest version of iTunes features an ...

22. Microsoft ditches 'classic' Zune models

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 02 September 2009

    Microsoft has finally decided to retire its "classic" Zune models, including the 8, 16, 80 and 120. According to Paul Thurrott, the upcoming Zune HD will be the "only" MP3 device type sold by the Redmond-based ...

23. iPod grifter sentenced to 13 months

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    ... serial numbers of iPod shuffle music players still under warranty. He then contacted Apple via the company website and posed as a consumer in need of a free replacement. Unsurprisingly, Woodhams managed ...

24. Frenchman glassed by exploding iPhone

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... how safe Apple iPhones are. Earlier this month the European Union opened an investigation into whether Apple products are dangerous. Apple has described them as isolated incidents but there's already ...

25. Realnetworks proposes iTunes alternative

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 24 August 2009

    ... music application made available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The company has submitted the app to Apple. If approved, the free application would offer users unlimited music streaming over Wifi, 3G ...

26. Analyst sees shiny Apple TV set by 2011

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 20 August 2009

    A senior analyst at Piper Jaffray has opined that Apple could offer a full-fledged television set as early as 2011. The device is expected to feature advanced media functions and would be capable of synchronizing ...

27. Jobs tried to stop Palm from poaching jobs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 20 August 2009

    ... illegal. Palm had poached an Apple employee called Jon Rubenstein and that upset Steve Jobs, the report continued. He wanted Palm to enter into a pact, but Colligan wasn't playing this game. Rubinstein ...

28. War declared: Apple’s Cult Takes on Google’s Borg

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 11 August 2009

    ... before. That’s because our protagonists, Google and Apple, are both very much at the top of their game. And these relative superpowers have just taken off their proverbial gloves and declared war. Where’s ...

29. CourseSmart to offer e-textbooks for the iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 10 August 2009

    CourseSmart has confirmed plans to offer 7,000 e-textbooks for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The academic textbooks - free for CourseSmart subscribers - will allow students to access digital notes and search ...

30. Apple to debut $700 tablet in September?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 03 August 2009

      Apple’s iPad will be announced next month, according to an industry analyst who claims to have seen the rumored tablet PC like device. And we still wonder who will pay at least $700 for what essentially ...

31. Apple attempted to suppress exploding iPod

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 03 August 2009

    A man was faced with a gagging clause from Apple after his 11-year old daughter's iPod exploded, as part of the conditions for accepting a refund for the malfunctioning gizmo.A man was faced with a ...

32. Apple’s iPad: Like Apple TV or like iPod?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    Analyst Opinion - If anyone else was bringing out a 10” tablet based on a Smartphone platform this decade, I’d bet on that company to be disappointed.  But Apple isn’t anyone and there is a better ...

33. Apple’s Cocktail: How to make you buy what you don’t want

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 27 July 2009

    ... have to rely on the best sales guy in the industry, Apple, to sell consumers what they really do not want any more – entire music albums with music you may never listen to. Will Apple convince you? ...

34. New Apple tablet rumor suggests September launch

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 27 July 2009

    Another Monday, another Apple tablet rumor. A new report opens the week with an Apple tablet device rumor that claims the company may be aiming for a September launch. This time it is the Financial ...

35. Apple mixes cocktail to boost music album sales

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 27 July 2009

    ... watching with concern, but it seems that Apple is now taking a new approach to make the digital album much more attractive with a pack of interactive features code-named Cocktail. New York (NY) – ...

36. Apple backs down after legal threats

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 22 July 2009

    Apple has backed down from its legal bullying of the Web site Bluwiki, a site hosting content for iTunes database exploration. Cupertino (CA) - Apple has backed down from its legal bullying of the Web ...

37. iPhone "cannibalizes" sales of traditional iPods

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    Apple has conceded that a decline in "traditional" iPod sales could be attributed to "cannibalization" by the wildly popular iPhone and iPod Touch. Indeed, the company sold 5.2 million iPhones during ...

38. Apple revenue defies global economic recession

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 third quarter ended June 27, 2009. The company posted revenue of $8.34 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.23 billion, or $1.35 per diluted ...

39. Ahead of the bell: Apple’s Q3 a critical sign for the state of the tech industry

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    ... this year. All eyes are on Apple, which will report its CQ2 results later today. The expectation includes record sales and a positive sign for the entire tech industry to offer hope for a rebound of ...

40. Steal from my Kindle, please

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    ... Apple gets a lot of grief for the process it uses to approve iPhone and iPod touch applications for its App Store. Developers often accuse the company of following an opaque, user-unfriendly approval process ...

41. Google Chrome OS: Gcrap reveals the next Netscape

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    ...  A blind man could see that the opportunity for the Google Chrome OS is huge.  The Windows market stalled on Windows XP, Apple has been gaining share, and the migration from Windows XP to Windows ...

42. Apple 'helped Mafia to send death threats'

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 19 July 2009

    A man claims that Apple has helped the Mafia to send the digital equivalent of a horse's head to iPod owners who the mob did not like. It has been claimed that Apple has helped the Mafia to send ...

43. Apple, Microsoft, others sued over touchpad products

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 17 July 2009

    A case started in a US district court alleging that Microsoft, Apple and a host of other defendants have breached a patent relating to touchpad technology.A case started in a US district court alleging ...

44. Pachter: Apple prepping game console for 2013 launch

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 16 July 2009

    Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that Apple will launch a game console by 2013. According to Pachter, the company was following a "deliberate strategy" to transform Apple TV into ...

45. Apple: No more iTunes for Palm’s Pre

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 15 July 2009

    Apple today released an update for its iTunes software, which shuts out devices that pretend to be an iPod or iPhone. Of course, the new iTunes mainly targets Palm’s Pre smartphone, which has been able ...

46. Apple eats its own dogfood

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    While rumors fly around the Macosphere over Apple's upcoming $800 tablet PC, it turns out that the chip at the heart of the device has been designed by PA Semi, which Apple snapped up for $278 million ...

47. Rumor: Apple preps netbook tablet for October launch

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    ... least three major corporations have been asked to manufacture components for the $800 device - including Foxconn, Wintek and Dynapack.   "Apple will not follow the current market trend by producing ...

48. iPhone shakes up mobile games industry

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

    A recently published report confirms that the iPhone has had a "significant" impact on the mobile games industry. According to Research & Markets, the popular device boosted demand for mobile content ...

49. Shared Memory Graphics accuses Apple and Sony of patent infringement

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

    Shared Memory Graphics has accused three industry heavyweights of patent infringement. The California-based company alleges that two patented graphic accelerators are currently used in Apple iPods, Nintendo's ...