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Last.fm 2.0 iPhone App Sneak Peek

Written on September 16, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 4 people have commented

Back in July, Last.fm released the 1.0 version of their free iPhone app which basically lets you have access to the millions of songs streamable from their website by accessing various stations.
The 1.0 app has a rating of 3 out of 5 stars with most complaints being that it crashed frequently. Other low ratings were [...]

Line Rider Released for iPhone

Written on September 16, 2008 by Nick Santilli and 2 people have commented

Yesterday, Line Rider finally dropped into the App Store for the iPhone. Selling for $2.99, this is one game that gives hours upon hours of fun - the only limit being your creativity. Since the announcement on the web a couple weeks back, I’ve been watching for this title in the App Store [...]

Daily Apple: iPhone MMS, New Harddrives, Front Row Update

Written on September 15, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 10 people have commented

Seagate FreeAgent Go Drives Debuted - Seagate announced it’s next generation of absurdly thin notebook-sized drives. The drives start at around $160 for a 250GB.
Picture messaging for the iPhone - Send free, unlimited picture messages and geo-tagged location to any mobile phone in the world. Have the convenience of sending multi-media messages (MMS) to virtually [...]

Gears for Safari Now Available

Written on September 15, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 1 person has commented

Gears, Google’s “browser improver” (for lack of a better term), has come out of beta and is now officially available for Safari.
Gears is a browser plugin that extends its functionality by allowing it do things like store data locally in a searchable database as well as run JavaScript in the background to improve performance. A [...]

OS X 10.5.5 Released

Written on September 15, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 5 people have commented

Today, Apple released its 5th update to OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
The update is currently available via Software Update and should be available on the Apple website within a few hours.
The last update (10.5.4) was released on June 30. Apple has, on average, released an update to 10.5 every 65 days.
This update includes quite a few [...]

iPhone 2.1 Now Available With Bug Fixes Galore

Written on September 12, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 6 people have commented

Today Apple released its 2.1 software update for the iPhone. The get the update, just connect your iPhone and fire up iTunes.
Some of the more significant updates/fixes in this update:

Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls
Significantly better battery life for most users
Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes
Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from [...]

Second Seinfeld Microsoft Ad Airs; What?

Written on September 11, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 27 people have commented

So when the first ad featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates aired, I was mildly confused and more than anything really wanted to give it a chance. But this evening Microsoft aired the second ad in the series and now I’m really just flat out baffled by Microsoft’s decisions with this ad campaign.
This particular [...]

Macworld 2009 Registration Now Open

Written on September 11, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 5 people have commented

Today, Apple’s biggest conference Macworld, opened for registration. The dates for Macworld 2009 will be January 5-9.
Apple has traditionally used Macworld as a time to make some fairly big product announcements and updates.
In 2008, Apple announced the MacBook Air, Time Capsule, iPod touch software update, Apple TV 2, and the iPhone/iPod touch SDK.
In 2007, they [...]

iPhone/iPod touch 2.1 Update: Fewer Dropped Calls, Faster Sync, Better Battery Life, and More

Written on September 09, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 24 people have commented

This Friday Apple will be releasing the 2.1 software update for iPhone users.
This update will be completely free for iPhone users and, according to Jobs, will fix address a lot of issues such as dropped calls, crashes, and painfully slow sync times. Along with the fixes will also be better battery life.
The 2.1 update for [...]

iPod Updates, New iPod nano and New iPod touch

Written on September 09, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 18 people have commented

Today all four iPod models got at least some love ranging from storage upgrades to new designs.
iPod classic
This version of the iPod has seen the fewest model design changes and today is no exception. The iPod classic has been offered in an 80GB version and a 160GB version. Apple has now discontinued the 160GB version [...]

iTunes 8, Genius, HD Shows, and Welcome Back NBC

Written on September 09, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 8 people have commented

At this morning’s special event, Jobs announced quite a few updates in relation to iTunes and the iTunes store including the newest version of iTunes, Genius, HD shows, and the return of NBC.
iTunes 8
Today Apple has released the next major version of iTunes, available view Software Update or the Apple website. The biggest new feature [...]

Spore for Mac and Spore Origins for iPhone/iPod touch Released

Written on September 08, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 8 people have commented

Yesterday, the long awaited Spore was finally released here in the US.
Spore, a product of Sims mastermind Will Wright, has been in development for some 8 years with the public knowing about the game for about the last 3-4 years. The lengthy development time along with multiple release-date delays built up a huge amount of [...]

iPhone 3G now available at 980+ Best Buy locations

Written on September 08, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 1 person has commented

Since the launch of the original iPhone back in June 2007, the only place you could (legally) get an iPhone in the US was either at one of Apple’s 197 retail stores or one of AT&T’s 1,800+ retail stores.
As of Sunday, that number of locations has increased by almost 50% as close to 1,000 Best [...]

Microsoft Gurus a Genius Bar rip-off?

Written on September 08, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 9 people have commented

Since news came out that Microsoft would be deploying a “Microsoft Gurus” program as part of their $300 million effort to improve their image, they have been consistently compared to ripping off Apple’s “Genius Bar” program.
Microsoft Gurus is program Microsoft is starting up where they will deploy customer-service reps to various electronics retailers such as [...]

Windows ad featuring Jerry Seinfield airs

Written on September 04, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 47 people have commented

Tonight Microsoft aired its first ad featuring Jerry Seinfield. The ad (including Seinfield) is part of a new $300 million ad campaign Microsoft has put together to try and breathe new life in to the Windows operating system.
The 90 second ad spot is comprised mainly of shoe-banter between Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfield in a [...]

Adobe set to announce CS4 later this month

Written on September 03, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 1 person has commented

Yesterday it was announced that Adobe will be announcing (gotta love announcements announcing announcements) Creative Suite 4 on September 23rd.
Adobe will be holding a special little event online showing all of the upcoming features of CS4 (which is rumored to be released as early as this Fall).
For those hip to trying out beta products, you [...]

Spore Origins Released For iPod

Written on September 03, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 3 people have commented

All of the gaming love seems to have been directed at iPhone and iPod touch users for the past few months so it’s only fair that “regular” iPod owners get a piece of the pie.
Tricky Software has released Spore Origins. It’s currently only available for iPod nano (3rd generation), iPod classic and iPod (5th generation).
Using [...]

Microsoft Joins the App Store Party

Written on September 02, 2008 by Jethro Jones and No one has commented

There have been apps available on Windows Mobile for as long as I can remember it being in existence. When I had a Dell Axiom PocketPC in 2003, not only was I the coolest kid on the block, but I also had plenty of applications at my fingertips. I put a lot of games [...]

Software Updates & New Release Highlights For Week Ending 2008-08-23

Written on August 25, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 1 person has commented

Yet again, an Apple update steals the show with the release of iPhone OS 2.0.2. Strangely enough, you may have been a recipient of the following text message (ostensibly from Apple) even if you upgraded:

For a release that just “fixed bugs,” I find it difficut to believe that the motivation behind the SMS (if it [...]

Mailplane 2 Beta is Available

Written on August 21, 2008 by Jethro Jones and 7 people have commented

For those of you who don’t know, Mailplane is an application that combines the best of two worlds: Gmail and your Mac. Mailplane is essentially Mail.app for your Gmail account. It allows all of the functionality of regular Gmail, but adds a lot to make life easier.
You can compose, save and send email like in [...]

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