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Rock Band Comes to the App Store

Written on October 19, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 5 people have commented

It had to happen sooner or later. EA Mobile’s Rock Band is now available in the iTunes App Store.
From the EA Mobile web site:
Take your band on the road with 20 legendary songs from great bands like Smashing Pumpkins, Lynyrd Skynyrd & the Beastie Boys, all delivered with the highest, MP3-quality sound.
Rock out solo on [...]

Apple Acknowledges Battery Overheating in First-Generation iPod Nano

Written on October 19, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and No one has commented

If you have a first-generation iPod nano (the one that looks like a slimmed-down version of the iPod video and comes in only black and white), you may be able to get a replacement or a fix from Apple, depending on what kind of symptoms your device is exhibiting.
Specifically, Apple acknowledged via a knowledge base [...]

Apple Pulls EyeTV App Over 3G Streaming

Written on October 19, 2009 by Charles Jade and 7 people have commented

Although El Gato’s EyeTV app has been able to stream content over AT&T’s seemingly fragile 3G network since last month, it wasn’t until this past weekend that people were talking about it. That talk, at Gizmodo, was followed by swift and decisive action by Apple. EyeTV is no more at the App Store.
For those who [...]

Apple Planning to Sync Video Across Devices

Written on October 16, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 5 people have commented

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office posted on Thursday a very interesting application from Apple, one which shows that MobileMe could have far more in store than just personal info synchronization. Movie playback position syncing appears to be on the way, so long as this patent sees its way to fruition, which isn’t always the [...]

Apple Hints at Mac Counterattack on Windows 7

Written on October 15, 2009 by Charles Jade and 13 people have commented

With the release of Windows 7 next week, senior Apple VP Phil Schiller is boldly asserting that it “presents a very good opportunity for us.”
That opportunity will possibly come in a series of ads contrasting Windows with OS X, at least according to Peter Burrows of BusinessWeek. The expected campaign is expected to take Windows [...]

Rumor Has It: Next-Gen Mac Pro Getting Six-Core “Core i9″ Processor

Written on October 15, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 2 people have commented

Apple’s powerhouse configurable tower desktop aimed mostly at semi-pro and pro users could be getting some update love in the near future, according to the latest rumblings coming out of the rumor mill today. Hardmac.com is reporting that one of its sources has solid information on the new Mac Pro, which should appear sometime in [...]

Apple Releases Performance Update, Fixes Hard Drive Stalls

Written on October 15, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 9 people have commented

Apple has released what it calls “Performance Update 1.0,” an update to its Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard) operating systems for selected iMacs and MacBooks.
As Apple describes it — in typically brief fashion — in its Support pages, ”This update addresses intermittent hard drive related pauses reported by a small number of [...]

Lots of Nearly Live TV Now Available Free to UK iPhone Users

Written on October 14, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 10 people have commented

TV on the iPhone isn’t anything new, but a new web site makes it much easier, more direct, and less expensive for iPhone users in the UK. Just by visiting the site and logging into the new beta web app from TV Catchup, you can access 11 slightly delayed British TV channels, streamed directly to [...]

Apple Promises iTunes LPs for All

Written on October 14, 2009 by Charles Jade and 3 people have commented

Just days after the head of an independent label claimed Apple was charging as much as $10,000 in production fees associated with the new media format, Apple has denied that there are any production charges at all. Even better, the iTunes LP format will soon be available to all content creators.
Introduced at the Apple Music [...]

Windows 7 No Threat to Mac: Report

Written on October 13, 2009 by Charles Jade and 18 people have commented

From Computerworld, the ponderings of Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall may state the obvious, but nonetheless bear repeating: Windows 7 is no threat to the Mac.

Having looked at the data on Windows release dates, Marshall “found no negative correlation between them and Mac sales.” Further, Marshall suggests that “new OS launches from MSFT may have [...]

Time Capsule Memorial Web Site Launches, Shames Apple

Written on October 12, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 16 people have commented

Enterprising Apple customers unhappy with the inexplicable death of their Time Capsules have taken matters into their own hands and launched a dedicated web site to record and discuss their experiences. It’s called The Apple Time Capsule Memorial Register, and it’s hauntingly beautiful.
The site has been created to provide a central support hub for Time [...]

VMware Fusion 3 to Debut by End of October

Written on October 12, 2009 by Nick Santilli and 7 people have commented

In the ever leap-frogging world of desktop virtualization for the Mac, VMware has announced that it will make its next hop (I won’t venture to say who’s ahead at this juncture) by the end of October…or the 27th, if you go by its blog. So in just a few weeks, version 3 of Fusion will [...]

Patent Dispute Goes After iTunes

Written on October 12, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 11 people have commented

It just wouldn’t feel right getting through a month without another lawsuit. Apple is in the firing line this time from Online News Link, which claims Apple infringed on patent No. 7,508,789. Ah yes, good old 7,508,789: “the transmission of digital information through a broadcast channel and bi-directional channel.” Or something.
The complaint from California-based Online [...]

AT&T Not Ready for Tethering, May Throttle iPhone Data

Written on October 09, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 14 people have commented

We reported here on Tuesday that AT&T had announced plans to make VoIP services available on its 3G network, great news for iPhone users who previously could only use applications like Skype and Vonage via a Wi-Fi network. So, AT&T sorted out MMS and now it’s sorted out VoIP. That just leaves tethering, right? Now [...]

iTunes Alternative DoubleTwist Offers Amazon.com MP3 Store

Written on October 08, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 10 people have commented

We’ve covered doubleTwist in the past, and for a time I even used it as my primary media management solution on my Mac, until iTunes 9 drew my wondering eye back to familiar territory. Now there’s even reason to go back to the iTunes competitor, as doubleTwist has just introduced Amazon MP3 store compatibility.
doubleTwist already [...]

Rumor Has It: Foxconn Making Tablets for Apple

Written on October 07, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 2 people have commented

Taiwanese news and rumors site DigiTimes is stirring up the Apple tablet pot today with reports that regular Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn will be producing the upcoming device. Shipments of the device are said to be set to begin in the first quarter of 2010, which would be in keeping with earlier rumors that the [...]

85% of Mac Owners Also Have a PC: Report

Written on October 07, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 22 people have commented

Mac users may be getting soft on Windows machines as time moves on, according to a recent report by consumer research firm NPD Group. It found that of those polled, a whopping 85 percent admitted to owning both Mac and Windows PC computers.
That’s a far cry from the polarized days of yore, when even joking [...]

Tap Tap Revenge 3 Arrives in the App Store, Features In-App Purchasing

Written on October 06, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 11 people have commented

Tapulous took the App Store by storm with its inaugural Tap Tap Revenge rhythm music gaming title. It followed that up with the no less successful Tap Tap Revenge 2, Tap Tap Dance, and various Tap Tap games branded for individual artists. Tap Tap Revenge 3 (iTunes link) hit the App Store today, bringing with [...]

Exclusivity Ending: iPhone Coming to Bell, Telus in Canada

Written on October 06, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 10 people have commented

First it was Orange and Vodafone in the UK announcing plans to offer the iPhone, thus ending O2’s exclusive deal with Apple, and now another member of the Commonwealth is following suit. In Canada, where Rogers is currently the sole iPhone provider, two of the the other three major carriers, Bell Canada and Telus, have [...]

iPhone Left Out of the Flash Party: Big Deal

Written on October 05, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 38 people have commented

Today’s big announcement is that Flash is getting an update to 10.1 that will bring support for full Flash functionality to a lot of mobile phones — except, of course, for the iPhone, which remains staunchly Flash-independent.
Google Android, Symbian, and now BlackBerry are all signed on with Flash to work together on the Open Screen [...]