Rumor: iTunes 8 to include Genius recommender, grid view, new visualizer (4)
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPod Family, iTS, Software, iTunes, Software UpdateKevin Rose is at it again, with a brand new round of rumors about iTunes 8, supposedly premiered next week at the big Apple iPod event. Did I miss the meeting where we all declared him king of iPod rumors? King or not, he's got what he claims is inside information, including a writeup about something called the "Genius" sidebar, which creates recommended playlists ...
Sun xVM VirtualBox 2 enhances the free virtualization experience (19)
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Filed under: OS, Software, Switchers, Open SourceSun xVM VirtualBox 2.0 has arrived! We did a detailed review of VirtualBox 1.6 back in July, and now a shiny new version is available. If you want to set up a virtualization environment on your Intel Mac, but don't want to spend money on Parallels or VMWare Fusion, xVM VirtualBox 2.0 is a free and full-featured package that may fit your needs very well.What's new in version 2.0? ...
First-Gen iPhones rise steadily in price (23)
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Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone This Business Week article describes the rising demand for first generation iPhones. "Shelf prices" (using eBay values of virtual shelves) for the 16GB iPhone are currently at about $600, and $500 for 8GB models. In other words, the $250 AT&T refurb specials from March are now worth roughly double what you paid for them. From easy-unlocking to contract-free usage to eco-consumerism, consumers are looking for those original units and ...
Moving Security to the Cloud (2)
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Google creating its own browser based on WebKit (38)
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Filed under: Internet Tools Google is developing a new web browser built from the ground up and based on WebKit, the same rendering engine that Safari uses. The browser, called Chrome, is open-source software built with security, compatibility and speed in mind. Each tab in the browser will be its own separate running process. For example, if JavaScript hangs in one tab, the other tabs will remain unaffected. The approach is similar to the way ...
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davidconnell said:
If add-ons flourish here like they do on Firefox. it will be a player. If they don't, it won't.
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David said:
This could be big. Also I love that they made a comic book about the browser.
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Alexander Kahn said:
This comic is amazing.
Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0 for Mac and Windows (8)
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Filed under: Multimedia, Software UpdateEarlier tonight we saw the release of the ProRes Decoder tool for QuickTime. According to Apple, this tool will allow QuickTime to play Apple ProRes 422 files, using the codec that provides "visually lossless, uncompressed HD video at SD data rates" for Final Cut users. This is the first version of the codec that includes playback on Windows machines."It is an excellent choice for mastering and can easily be transcoded to ...
Wanted: An iPhone power miser app (12)
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Developer, iPhoneWhile Guy Kawasaki might be able to get 36 hours of standby life out of his iPhone 3G, many of the rest of us are struggling with having enough power to make it through a day. Mike Davidson, CEO of Newsvine in Seattle, came up with a great idea for any iPhone developers in the TUAW audience. He'd like to see an iPhone power miser application that could ...
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Dave said:
THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sacha said:
it'd be nice, but I have been waiting for a simple app icon that will just toggle Wi-Fi on/off...
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ignace / micronauta said:
Windows Mobile could also make good use of an app like this, for the home screen.
Google Gears beta for Safari (17)
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Filed under: Internet, Internet Tools Google Gears has been around for Firefox on the Mac for quite a while. However, Safari users have been left in the cold. Google Gears allows you to access certain Google services, most notably Docs and Reader, offline (as well as other offline-enabled web services like Remember The Milk). This week, a beta for Safari has become available.With Google Gears, for example, you can view all of your Google Docs ...
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booyaa said:
YES! I CAN HAZ OFFLINE GOOGLE ON SAFARI!
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sc said:
the future of iphone apps?
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Seth said:
interesting development for sure.
iPhone 2.0.2 security flaw makes private data accessible (17)
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Filed under: Security, iPhoneWhile we make great hay about the security built in to OS X, there is apparently a tiny hole in the iPhone that allows someone to access your data and certain apps -- even when you have passcode protection turned on.Here's how it works:1. You'll have to have some contacts set up with Favorites. If you don't have any favorites, looks like you'll be OK (I went in and added only one ...
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Mathias said:
doh!
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danb420 said:
Damn.. I have my phone set up like this and yes indeed, you can see my favorites without putting in my passcode. Hopefully a fix will come soon!
WinMo mag suspends publication; will publish iPhone Life (11)
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, iPhoneIn a rather surprising move, the publishers of the top Windows Mobile monthly magazine, Smartphone & Pocket PC, have announced that they're suspending publication. What's even more interesting is that they will be publishing a quarterly iPhone-oriented magazine titled Smartphone magazine's iPhone Life. Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine publisher Hal Goldstein noted in a blog entry that the reason isn't that sales of Windows Mobile devices are ...
Apple's tasty calculator mistake (14)
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Filed under: iPod Family, Bugs/Recalls, iPhone In a recent tip, TUAW reader Dr. Drang told us about a bug he found on the iPhone/iPod touch's calculator. According to his research, when you type π × 2 + 5 = into the calculator you get 11.283... (the correct answer). However, when you reverse the Pi and 2, entering 2 × π + 5, the answer given is 7. This error can be demonstrated by entering Pi ...
The Power of Momentum: Companies That Build Their Wave and Ride It (2)
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How can a company deliver continuous, exceptional growth, year after year? J. C. Larreche, a professor of marketing at INSEAD, answers that question in his book, The Momentum Effect: How to Ignite Exceptional Growth. According to the author's research, momentum-powered firms delivered 80% more shareholder value than their slower rivals. "Momentum leaders are not lucky -- they are smart," he writes in this excerpt. "They have discovered the source of momentum and, with it, the ...
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kapil said:
Carving the world up into Pushers, Plodders and Pioneers (based on their marketing behavior) - and why Pioneers succeed.
ApolloIM and MobileChat join forces (5)
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Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, App StoreBoth ApolloIM and MobileChat were jailbreak applications for chatting on the go with your iPhone/iPod touch. Alex Schaefer, ApolloIM's founder, has recently joined the MobileChat development team. In a blog posting by the developer of MobileChat, he said that both applications underwent "friendly competition" and that, while there was no clear winner in the iPhone IM business, users got the benefit from the ongoing competition. Now that Alex has ...
Steve Jobs says iPhone Apps crashing issue will be fixed by September (1)
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Steve Jobs has acknowledged that AppStore apps on iPhone has been having problems since its launch in June. And he has formally accepted this issue on this and promised that this will be sorted out by this september. Thats when the 2.1 firmware update is going to be release as per few iPhone bloggers. This is supposed to be one major firmware update. Lets wait and watch. In the meanwhile here is what Steve Jobs ...
Steve Jobs says iPhone Apps crashing issue will be fixed by September (1)
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Steve Jobs has acknowledged that AppStore apps on iPhone has been having problems since its launch in June. And he has formally accepted this issue on this and promised that this will be sorted out by this september. Thats when the 2.1 firmware update is going to be release as per few iPhone bloggers. This is supposed to be one major firmware update. Lets wait and watch. In the meanwhile here is what Steve Jobs ...
Sidestepping the Media with a Text (1)
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