Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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iPhone 5 crumb trail leads to 2012

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By now, with Apple’s window for getting its legions developers on board for a June iOS 5 has come and gone. Similarly, component suppliers say the mothership hasn’t placed iPhone 5 related orders and that’s left many wondering when it will arrive. At this late date in early April even the willfully unaware [...] Related [...]

Facebook vs. Winklevoss twins at an end?

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The long-running legal dispute between Mark Zuckerberg and the Winklevoss twins (or Facebook and ConnectU if you prefer) may be drawing to a close. Finally. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, along with fellow student Divya Narendra, founded a company called ConnectU while at Harvard University. Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook at the same time, and there then [...]

Sony and George Hotz settle lawsuit, so where does that leave Anonymous?

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Sony has settled its lawsuit against George Hotz, AKA GeoHot, AKA the man who jailbroke the PS3. The question is where does this leave Anonymous? SCEA (Sony Computer Entertainment America) today announced on the [...] Related posts: Anonymous attacks Sony over PS3 hack Sony’s “Other OS” removal in response to Hotz PS3 hack Legal take: [...]

What are your mobile phone rights?

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There seems to be no end of complaints about wireless service, and those complaints are not limited to the worst or most notorious problems, like AT&T's famous problems supporting Apple's iPhone. Every time we take our cell phone out of our pocket or purse and make [...]

iPhone apps let you do time-lapse photography

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The iPhone continues to amaze, with more and more interesting apps coming out every week. A couple of recent ones make it easy to take time lapse photos with your iPhone to amaze your friends. All of us have seen time-lapse photography but only a few of us have ever done it. Now, thanks to [...]

A Flash of fear? Adobe running scared

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Steve Jobs famously killed even the possibility of it ever running on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. A year later and endless whining from the Flash addled later, Adobe has caved in all but word, delivering a mid-cycle update of their flagship product that’s all about the future. It started at about [...] Related [...]

Is an iPad just another TV? Time Warner & Viacom ask court to decide

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The dispute between Time Warner and Viacom about the former’s iPad streaming TV app has wound up in court. The heart of the case is whether the iPad should be legally treated in the same way as a television set for broadcast purposes. The cable company recently launches an app that allows customers to watch [...]

‘The Book of Jobs,’ so it shall be told

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Maybe the world really will come to an end in 2012? Perhaps the Mayans were right along? Whatever the case, Simon & Schuster plans to publish Walter Isaacon’s biography of the iconic CEO with both his blessing and participation, something a great many people never thought would ever happen. ABC News (AP [...] Related Posts: [...]

Tablets, esp. iPad, will stay hot

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When Gartner talks about tablets, people generally listen, and the latest from this most well-known of all analyst groups says that the tablet computer market is going to stay big, especially for Apple's iPad. Gartner believes that the tablet commuter market will continue to grow, and that Apple will continue to have the lion's share [...]