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Apple developing always-on iPhone status indicators

Apple has conceptualized a means of displaying icon-like status indicators on the iPhone's displays even when the handset is locked and the backlight turned off, a new company filing shows.

Apple brings HDCP to a new aluminum MacBook near you

HDCP has finally arrived in Apple's hardware, thanks to the latest aluminum MacBook update. The technology is being used to protect (what else?) iTunes Store files from playing on any HDCP non-compliant devices.

46 Tips for the Business iPhone User

From Apple’s App Store to creative productivity tips, the corporate iPhone user now has a world of useful options.

Apple in talks to offer DRM-free MP3 tracks via iTunes

Apple is in talks with three of the "big four" record labels about offering music tracks through iTunes that would be made available in MP3 format without copy protection measures, a move that could further distance the digital download service from its rivals.

Apple's OpenCL standard near complete in just six months

Apple has reportedly set an industry record by moving its OpenCL parallel computing standard from its beginnings to imminent approval in 6 months, paving the way for inclusion in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.The operating system will use technology to accelerate general-purpose tasks using both individual processor cores, video chipsets inside its system.

MacBook: an X-Ray View

If you’ve ever wondered what your MacBook looks like through an X-ray.

Apple's Customer Service Kick Dell's Ass, Evidence Shows

Are you a PC or a Mac? If you're enjoying great customer service, chances are you're a Mac, based on some new data released

Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Due in Q1 2009

Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard spoke at LISA '08 last week. LISA (or Large Installation System Administration Conference) is a technical conference targeted at engineers and system administrators. This year's conference invited Apple's Jordan Hubbard to speak ...

iPhone sex: Google application baffled by British accents

A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, a newspaper report and users said Wednesday.

iPhone Glitch Excuse for Email Affair Falls Flat

A woman's husband told her that a raunchy photo which had been sent via email from his iPhone was the result of a glitch. Not the photo itself; he admitted to that. No, the pic was automatically attached, addressed and sent because of a bug in the iPhone. Ahem. The woman, not an expert in these matters, asked the following...

New MacBooks Have HDCP, Gives iTunes Purchases Less Freedom

High Definition Content Protection—the annoying DRM-y thing that's supposed to stop people from copying hi-def stuff as it travels over a card-display connector— has apparently, and unfortunately, come to Apple's MacBooks.

Developer Gets Rich With iPhone game: Earns $250K in 2 Mths!

A former ATM software designer for a large bank, Demeter created "Trism" in his spare time and pitched it to Apple last spring. Priced at $5, "Trism" earned Demeter $250,000 in profits the first two months. "I did the game myself, basically. I had a buddy of mine who actually came up with the name 'Trism.' I paid him a couple of grand."

5 Apple rumors that never came true

Some Apple rumors are plain ridiculous, and here’s a list of 5 highly publicized Apple rumors that never came true.

Reseller sells early MacBook Air prototype on eBay

A California computer repair shop is likely to receive a call from Apple asking it to explain where it obtained an internal MacBook Air prototype that it later turned around and sold on eBay

ARM-Optimized Flash: Adobe Serious About iPhone

The ongoing back-and-forth between Apple and Adobe over Flash on the iPhone is well-documented. First it was, then wasn’t, then was, then probably wasn’t again a possibility. If we take Apple CEO Steve Jobs at his word, then the problem lies with Flash being too heavy and Flash Lite being too insubstantial.

IPod Speakers Made From Paper Cups and Sticks

Next time you're down at the diner you might try out the CupSpeakers from Dmitry Zagga. His minimalist speaker design consists four paper cups, a couple of toothpicks and an iPod.

iPhone Rideshare App To Cut 73.6 M Tons of CO2 Annually

The company hopes to have a user base of 20 million by 2020. They claim one of that size could cut greenhouse gas emissions by 73.6 M tons. That is equivalent to 146 billion less miles driven a year, and nearly 42% of California’s 2020 climate protection goal they say.

Why Apple Will Never Permit Adobe Flash on the iPhone

Although Adobe says it is working on a version of its popular Flash player for the iPhone, Apple is unlikely ever to permit it to appear in the handset's App Store, no matter how much customers want it.

Google's iPhone Voice Search Mobile App Now Available

That Google Mobile for iPhone with talky talky search action is now up!

Young Steve Jobs flicks off IBM

Given the recent litigation involving I.B.M. and new Apple-hire Mark Papermaster, Steve Jobs probably feels the same way about Big Blue.

Five essential Xmas gifts for Apple iPhone lovers

Stuck for Christmas presents? Your iPhone-loving friends will love these

Open Radar: using social networking to squash Apple bugs

This weekend Open Radar introduced open source bug tracking for Apple software. Ars looks at this new site.

New Seed Shows Apple Near Wrap-up of Mac OS X 10.5.6

A quickly released follow-up test build of Mac OS X 10.5.6 comes with no known problems and points to Apple getting much closer to a finished patch.

Why Apple is great at interfaces when others are not

Did anyone at Microsoft think of pleasure when designing Vista's awful UAC? Did anyone at Virgin (well, NTL really) think of pleasure when designing the clunky interface of the V+ box compared to the elegant simplicity of Sky+? Did anyone at anywhere think about pleasure when designing old mobile phone interfaces?

Apple's iPhone Gaming Giant of future Takes Aim at Nintendo

Could Apple's iPhone be the mobile gaming giant of the future, The iPhone Takes Aim at Nintendo, Sony +.....

Poladroid Adds 1940’s Flare to Your Modern Snaps

Macs are definitely not all-work and no-play machines, and this fact is made even more evident via a nifty little application called Poladroid. With holidays coming up, nostalgia will most likely be at an all-time high and Poladroid helps you inject some into your modern pictures in a very slick way.

Armado: 3D Platforming Comes to the iPhone

Gaming on the iPhone and iPod touch comes in many forms, but a lot of genres still lack representation on the mobile platform. Cross one more off that list as Tricky Software, Inc. introduces Armado, a 3D platformer for Apple’s handheld devices.Tricky Software is a new development studio staffed by former EA employees.

Apple iPhone Voice Search App An Embarrassment For Google

Google’s carefully orchestrated launch of their new voice-recognition search application for the iPhone took a dive this weekend. The application didn’t appear as promised, and Google took down the YouTube video demo’ing the product

New Lawsuit Adds Hairline Cracks to List of iPhone Problems

New Yorker Avi Koschitzki has tossed his own lawsuit in with the rising pile, accusing Apple and AT&T; of the usual crimes (lousy 3G reception and speed, lackluster software updates) as well as a newbie: hairline cracks in the iPhone 3G's casing. We've reported on it before, but this is the first time it's showing up in a suit.

WTF?! Is It Just Me or Is That a Mac In A Vista Ad??

A Microsoft Vista promotional booklet that had an image of the ideal happy family computing on a laptop. What stood out was that the laptop looked awfully similar to the Macbook Pro! In fact I am 90% sure that its a Mac!

Apple Winning Over Businesses with iPhone

The business sector, long wary of Apple, is taking note of Cupertino's latest offering, the iPhone

Mac browser mega-test. Time to ditch Safari?

We pit Apple's browser against five of the best alternatives Most Mac users tend to use the browser that came installed on their computer (Apple's Safari) just because it's there and it's made by Apple. But as a discerning Mac user, Safari isn't your only choice.

iPods rock the Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle Endeavour (which is circling the planet at this moment, docked to the International Space Station in low-earth orbit)when he spotted an iPod through the crew cabin window. It's a massively cool find and we thought you'd like to know it's not the first time an iPod has braved the 3G hurtle into space.Only this time its a manned mission

Google on why Voice Search is only for iPhone, not Android

When Google released Android, some worried that development for other mobile platforms would slow down. But Google's mobile search team works separately from the Android group, and it is more concerned with pushing innovative products out the door than it is with wooing consumers to the G1.

Bond Comes to Your iPhone

iPhone apps might some day be the gold mine for advertising. In the meanwhile, we are seeing the emergence of a new trend: iPhone apps as ads. Hollywood studios are the first ones to react and using free applications to promote its movies. We are totally loving the new app for the latest Bond flick, Quantum of Solace.

Safari 3.2 Adds HTML 5 Database Features With Security Fixes

Apple released Safari 3.2 for both Windows and Mac (Tiger and Leopard). As usual, Apple’s normal update announcements are a little short on details.This update is recommended for all Safari users and features protection from fraudulent phishing websites and better identification of online businesses. This also includes the latest security updates.

Gizmodo's 20 Essential iPhone Apps

It's been four months almost to the day since iPhone 2.0 came, and we've been hitting the App Store hard every week ever since to sift through what's new in iPhone App land. This week, we've decided to hold back for a second, take a breath, and compile a different kind of list: the apps that many of us on staff actually use on a regular basis.

Trainingless Voice Dialing Arrives on the iPhone

It was really annoying that the iPhone 3G didn't include a voice dial application built-into the OS, and apps released later required training. But now there's a free app called "Say Who" that doesn't require training and is extremely accurate. Not surprisingly, it currently has a **** rating on the App Store.

Google: more Macs mean higher IPv6 usage in US

At the RIPE meeting in Dubai two weeks ago, Google presented results from a study about how IPv6-capable "ordinary users" are. And the results are surprising. While an earlier study by Arbor Networks showed only 0.0026 percent of all traffic was IPv6 enabled, Google determined that world wide, 0.238 percent of their users' systems have IPv6 enabled

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