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A massive 70 percent of   home users are using wireless technology to connect devices other than desktop PCs and laptops. Half of all respondents to a poll on our sister site PC Advisor poll said that they use wireless to connect a lot of their gadgets and computing hardware, and a further 20 percent said they had done so in the past.When asked 'Aside from a computer/laptop, do you connect

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Android fans should expect to see Ice Cream Sandwich, the next version of Google's mobile operating system, in October or November, according to Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt."We have a new [Android] operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich...which is being released in October/November," Schmidt said during a talk at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference in San Francisco.

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PopCap has announced that the iPhone version of Plants vs. Zombies has got a big new update. The update adds nine new minigames taken from the computer versions of the game; a new microgame; and new Game Center achievements.The 9 new minigames come in packs of 3 and can be purchased either using coins acquired in game or by paying £0.69 per pack to unlock them instantly. The first of the three

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Adobe has released a second free beta version of its new Edge software for creating animated web pages and elements such as ads in HTML5. It's available from the Adobe Labs site.Here's the skinny from the Labs site as to what's in the new version: Smart guides — Precision guide and dimension markers are displayed when an object on the stage is moved/resized, helping to align objects in relation

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What is claimed to be a photograph taken with the iPhone 5 has been circulated online.The Pocket Now website has published the image which it says was shot by an Apple engineer eating his lunch at work.The EXIF data of the image, which is of a rather appetising plate of sushi, shows that the original image was taken at a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels, which is just under 8MP.However, the image

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Lion users who found that they could no longer stream music to their Sonos speakers after upgrading from Snow Leopard are in luck: As promised, the company has released an update to its Sonos Controller app that corrects the issue; choose Check for Updates from the Sonos menu to get the latest version.Back in July, Sonos wrote on its official blog:At Sonos, one of our goals is to to provide you

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Apple manufacturers have begun assembling the iPhone 5 in preparation for an October launch, it has been claimed.According to Macotakara, a Chinese source has reported that Foxconn and Pegatron have begun assembling the iPhone 5 in preparation for an early October launch in the US and a late October launch for Asia. Timescales for other territories are not mentioned.The report also claims that

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History does repeat itself: San Francisco Police Department confirms it helped Apple in a hunt for a lost iPhone 5 prototype that went missing in July. Don’t hold your breath, though -- no photographic evidence is available this time, as it was the case with the lost iPhone 4 prototype last year.Just a few hours later after denying any involvement in the iPhone 5 prototype hunt, San Francisco

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Mobile browsing has more than doubled in the last year and now accounts for over 6% of all online activity, a Web statistics company said today.And Apple's Safari -- the default browser on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch -- rules the usage share roost, representing 53% of the mobile browsing market.Two trends are clear, said Vince Vizzaccaro, a vice president with metrics firm Net Applications,

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Apple could build in USB 3.0 support in its future Macs to go alongside the high-speed Thunderbolt connection technology. VR Zone reports that Apple is considering the move as prices for USB 3.0 host controllers at an all-time low - around $2-$3 apiece when bought in bulk. This compares to $10-$15 for a Thunderbolt chip, according to the report.Though many commentators have put USB 3.0 and

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342415777997648838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222944280742978706.post-55955423709100821732011-09-01T15:09:00.001-07:002011-09-01T15:09:19.206-07:00

Apple has requested a Chinese environmental group to hold talks on a report that accuses the company's suppliers of polluting the environment and endangering the lives of residents.On Wednesday, Apple's supplier responsibility department sent an e-mail with the request to the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), which together with other environment groups, released a report

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Apple did not have a global security team, including in China, until March, 2008, when it hired employees from drug company Pfizer, to counter rampant counterfeiting of its products in China, according to a cable leaked by activist group, WikiLeaks.Apple had not so much as registered its trademarks in China or Hong Kong until Don Shruhan, one of the Pfizer executives, joined the company, the

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342415777997648838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222944280742978706.post-82960264085516632632011-08-30T15:12:00.001-07:002011-08-30T15:13:00.166-07:00

Apple's board of directors last Friday moved to lock in new CEO Tim Cook through mid-2021 by awarding him 1 million shares of the company's stock."In connection with Mr. Cook's appointment as Chief Executive Officer, the Board awarded Mr. Cook 1,000,000 restricted stock units," Apple said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).Half of the 1 million "restricted stock

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Google TV could make its way to UK shores within the next six months, the Telegraph has reported.According to the newspaper, Google TV, for the UK will be announced by Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt during this year’s MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival.The service will let you watch content from catch-up services such as iPlayer and other web video services like

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The release of a version of the Firefox browser every six weeks is found to be disconcerting, and at times potentially unmanageable by enterprises, the chair of Mozilla Foundation, which maintains the browser, said in a blog post.The compatibility of add-ons with new versions is also another issue, said Mitchell Baker, chair of the nonprofit organization.But quicker releases of new versions

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Just how visionary is Steve Jobs? It’s a loaded question that’s hard to answer. When Jobs and his friend Steve Wozniak cofounded Apple computers in 1976, it would have been impossible to tell that their computers would—at least in the first decade of the 21st century-- remake the way the world interacts with technology. But for at least a decade in its storied life, Apple was on the brink of

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Research In Motion (RIM) today made official the rumored "BBM Music" service, which is meant to enable "social and viral music discovery by allowing users to build an evolving, community-based music library that is shared amongst their BBM Music friends."In short, BlackBerry users will pay RIM $5 a month, select 50 songs from RIM's cloud-based music catalogue, and then stream and share those

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Steve Jobs announced Wednesday that he is resigning as Apple CEO. Steve Jobs' resignation Wednesday as the CEO of Apple will not disrupt the company's product plans in the short-term, but could dull its ability to dazzle consumers down the road, according to one analyst."Apple is fine, and will be," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research. "Apple knows what it's doing for

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342415777997648838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222944280742978706.post-77488808837143118632011-08-24T15:05:00.001-07:002011-08-24T15:05:17.758-07:00

A court in The Hague banned the shipping of three Samsung Galaxy smartphones to Europe as of 15 October, ruling that the company has infringed an Apple photo management patent.The Samsung Galaxy S, SII and Ace were banned because Samsung infringes on Apple's EP 2.058.868 patent, the court found. The patent is titled "Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management" and describes a way to scroll

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Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility will land it a vast portfolio of patents, but the legal obstacles facing its Android operating system are far from over, legal experts said.Android has been beset with legal challenges from all sides, including a multibillion dollar lawsuit filed by Oracle, and complaints brought by Apple against Android device makers including HTC and Samsung.

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Smartphones stolen during the recent riots in London and other cities appear to be turning up for sale in large numbers, goods tracking company Recipero has found.In the last week the company said that the number of stolen items being reported into its CheckMEND database - used by mobile networks, the police to check for stolen goods - had gone from 2,000 to 6,000 per day and rising, an

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A security researcher is standing by the claim that his company has discovered security vulnerabilities in a dozen common Android applications, despite declining to reveal which applications are affected.Riley Hassell of Privateer Labs had been due to give a presentation 'Hacking Android for profit' revealing the issues at last week's Black Hat security conference but called off the session after

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Even if Apple doesn't release a 4G LTE iPhone this year, the company sure seems interested in the technology right now.Engadget has received what is supposedly a picture of 4G LTE equipment installed in "a major Apple Store." The purpose of this equipment is unclear, but it apparently supports only the 700MHz and AWS bands, which AT&T plans to use for 4G coverage if its acquisition of T-Mobile is

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Mac users without access to high-speed Internet or a local Apple Store can now order an OS X Lion USB thumb drive for £55 from Apple's online store. The drive ships in one to three business days and costs more than double the price of a £20.99 Lion download from Apple's Mac App Store.Apple announced in July when Lion became available to the public that it would start selling Lion USB sticks for

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LinkedIn already had one of the better iPhone apps, but it went back to the drawing board and developed a completely new app with more functionality--for both iPhone and Android. If you already have the LinkedIn app on your iPhone or Android smartphone, you should update it. If you don't already have the LinkedIn app, it's time you did.When I first joined LinkedIn many moons ago, I looked at it

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After Effects gurus Angie Taylor, Simon Cam, Ermesto Rogata and Macworld contributor Simon Walker will be inspiring creative individuals on 7 September, at Post Production Magic. The event, hosted by Red Giant and co-hosted by Adobe, is described by Red Giant as the place to be to "experience the best of design, animation, colour grading and visual effects created in After Effects and Premiere

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Apple and its lawyers have, perhaps inadvertently, misled the judge of a Düsseldorf court by filing flawed evidence of the similarity between the iPad 2 and Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets based on an inaccurate picture, an investigation by Webwereld.nl, a Dutch IDG publication, has found.Last week, the German court ordered a preliminary injunction against the distribution of the Galaxy Tab

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Hear that sound? That’s the sound of autumn’s unceasing approach. If you spent much of the past week enjoying summery weather before fall’s inevitable arrival, we can’t say we blame you. And we won’t hold a grudge if you missed a slew of important and exciting Macworld stories because of it. Instead, we’ll fill you in on all the good articles that you missed. The Lion Thing Although we’ve very

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A "minor" college class project intended to demonstrate how first-time users fared in doing basic tasks on different smartphones has triggered an Internet wave of mockery, condemnation and invective. In a 10-minute video, the iPhone 4 and the Samsung Focus running Windows Phone 7 are rated superior to the Android-based HTC Thunderbolt and a RIM BlackBerry Storm.The video was originally posted on

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Maxon has launched Cinema 4D Release 13, the next generation of its 3D motion graphics, visual effects, and animation software. The upgrade is due in September, and features new character tools, integrated stereographic capabilities, streamlined multi-artist collaboration and physical rendering.As before, Maxon offers four versions of Cinema 4D: Prime, Visualize, Broadcast and Studio. Not all of

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Google yesterday asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to block the testimony of a Microsoft expert witness in the latter's 10-month-old action against Motorola over patents allegedly used by Android.In a motion filed with the ITC Wednesday, Google asked that Robert Stevenson, an expert hired by Microsoft, be barred from testifying about the Android source code at an upcoming

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The Mac and the iPhone could double or even triple their respective market shares in the next few years, according to analyst Shaw Wu of Sterne Agee.According to Apple Insider, Agee thinks that Apple's growth is the "ultimate platform adoption story" and that the company's key product lines will go from strength to strength in the coming years.Wu said in a note to investors that Apple has plenty

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A fake iPhone 5, based on leaked images of the next-generation iPhone and called the hiPhone 5, has been spotted for sale in China. Reuters reports that the items are for sale on e-commerce platform Taobao for as little at 200 yuan (around £19 or $31).However, the quality of the hiPhone 5s varies, and to get a top-of-the-range fake you'll need to part with 800 yuan (£76) or more. According to the

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Sony's main optical disc distribution warehouse for the UK was hit by a large fire on Tuesday morning that has apparently destroyed most or all of the building.Television images showed fire consuming the facility in Enfield, which is just to the north of London. The warehouse is one of six Sony has in Europe. It is operated by subsidiary Sony DADC and handles distribution of Sony Blu-ray

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Police across the UK are considering a major move to cloud computing, dumping on-premise IT in an aggressive bid to cut costs, ComputerworldUK.com can reveal.In a move likely to be seen as controversial given the sensitivity of police data, the Metropolitan Police is planning how to run a variety of front-end systems - for managing patrols, operations, incidents and investigations, managing

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Longtime Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel is set to become the nation's second federal CIO, replacing outgoing federal CIO Vivek Kundra.The White House announced that President Barack Obama intends to appoint VanRoekel, who left his post as senior director of Microsoft's Windows Server and Tools Division in 2009 after 15 years at the firm to become managing director of the Federal

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The former republics of the Soviet Union are infamous for their callous attitude toward the intellectual property of other nations. That attitude apparently extends to the highest levels of government, as a recent incident in the Ukraine suggests.That country's Secretary of National Security and Defense Raisa Bogatyreva gave a speech to students at Konvokatsii Kiev-Mohyla Academy that sounded

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342415777997648838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222944280742978706.post-45822585342490799892011-08-05T15:07:00.001-07:002011-08-05T15:07:12.566-07:00

With much of the focus on Mac OS X Lion these days, it's easy to forget that some Mac users still run older versions of the Mac operating system--older as in Mac OS X 10.5.But Apple hasn't forgotten: On Wednesday, the company released a software update for QuickTime aimed squarely at people still running Leopard on their Macs. QuickTime 7.7 for Leopard is solely a security update. Apple provides

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According to some headlines, the sky is falling on Android. No, I am not referring to the headlines predicting that the iPhone 5 will double Apple's smartphone market share and leave Android in its dust. I am referring to reports that a new Trojan has infiltrated the Android ecosystem. Some experts, however, suggest this may not be malware, but simply an app working as intended.A CA blog

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Security vendor McAfee published a detailed report on Tuesday about a hacking group that penetrated 72 companies and organizations in 14 countries since 2006 in a massive operation that stole national secrets, business plans and other sensitive information.McAfee said the attackers are likely a single group acting on behalf of a government, differing from the recent wave of less sophisticated

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The judge overseeing the lawsuit Oracle filed over the Android mobile OS has turned down Google's attempt to get a potentially damaging e-mail redacted."What we've actually been asked to do by Larry and Sergey is to investigate what technology alternatives exist to Java for Android and Chrome," Google engineer Tim Lindholm wrote in the Aug. 2010 e-mail, in reference to Google co-founders Larry

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The 18-year-old teenager identified by police as the spokesman for the hacking groups Anonymous and Lulz Security was charged on Sunday with five offences and expected to appear Monday in a London court.Jake Davis, 18, was arrested in the Shetland Islands on Wednesday. He is alleged by police to be "Topiary," a spokesman who did interviews with media and ran a prolific Twitter account documenting

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342415777997648838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222944280742978706.post-2077255893035401832011-07-31T15:03:00.001-07:002011-07-31T15:03:51.585-07:00

Apple and Samsung both sold more smartphones than Nokia in the second quarter, although Nokia still sold most phones overall, market researcher Strategy Analytics said Friday.Nokia's smartphone sales have plunged since its February announcement that its future smartphones will run Microsoft's Windows Phone instead of its own Symbian OS: In the second quarter, it shipped 16.7 million smartphones,

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Microsoft's Windows Phone Mango brings the mobile OS up to snuff with Apple's iOS and Google's Android OS. But Microsoft will soon find itself behind the eight ball again compared to what Apple has in store with iOS 5 and Google with Android Ice Cream Sandwich, both of which are set launch later this year.The most trumpeted feature of Mango is multitasking, something that rival operating systems

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Over time, we've gotten used to Adobe's Creative Suite release cycle of roughly 18 months or so for every major version of its software packages: Design, Web, and Production Premium, and Master Collection. And now comes Creative Suite 5.5.Are Adobe's new Flash releases just minor updates that we can ignore, or is the new version of the Flash family a must-have tool? Here's the scoop on why this

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342415777997648838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222944280742978706.post-72262448734048245072011-07-28T15:06:00.001-07:002011-07-28T15:06:08.917-07:00

The success Apple has had with its MacBook Air refresh will likely lead the company to completely redesign its MacBook Pro line in favor of a thinner and lighter form factor. A 15-inch Air-like MacBook Pro and a 17-inch model are in the works, sources say, and may be here in time for holiday gift giving.The success Apple has had with its MacBook Air refresh will likely lead the company to

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Mozilla's plan to create a mobile operating system will probably face patent challenges, one expert said, while another called it "too little, too late."Yesterday, Mozilla announced a new project dubbed "Boot to Gecko" (B2G) that it hopes will lead to a "complete, standalone operating system for the open Web."Although B2G will feature new Web-based APIs (application programming interfaces) that

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Samsung has sold more smartphones in the past three months than Apple and Nokia, according to an analyst.Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics told Bloomberg Samsung sold between 18 million and 21 million handsets between April and June this year, compared to the 16.7 million mobile phones sold by Nokia and 20.3 million iPhones. The figures only cover smartphones and not tablet PCs."Samsung

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Counterfeit Apple Stores that have been popping up in Kunming are being closed down by the Chinese authorites, according to reports.The stores posed as official Apple Stores, using the Apple logo and in some cases the name 'Apple Stoer [sic]'. Staff were dressed similarly to Apple Store employees and the outlets were decorated in a similar manner to official Apple Stores. Products on sale

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Oracle may depose Google CEO Larry Page and two others in connection with its lawsuit accusing Google of patent infringement in its Android operating system, a magistrate in California ordered on Thursday.Oracle may depose Page for a maximum of two hours, excluding breaks, solely on topics relevant to the willfulness of the defendant's alleged patent infringement, and the value of Android to the

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Lenovo unveiled a family of 3 10.1 inch tablet computers this week, including two that run android 3.1 and one that runs windows 7. The Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1 is expected to be available in the U.S. in August. Apple unveils Lion, Lenovo intros new tablets and Atlantis touches down The two Android machines are dubbed the IdeaPad Tablet K1 for consumers and the ThinkPad Tablet for business

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F1 2010 from Codemasters was very well-received thanks to its well-balanced driving model, realistic weather system and in-depth career mode. A new iteration of the series will be with us in September of this year on PC and consoles. In the meantime, though, you can now show your skills on the go with the official iOS version.The iOS version, developed by Jump Games rather than Codemasters itself

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Google has disabled a feature that could allow people to remove websites from its search index following a problematic discovery by an astute observer.James Breckenridge, operations director at UK Web Media, wrote on his personal blog that he was using Google's webmaster tools, used for maintaining websites, and found he could delete any website from Google's search index by manipulating the URL

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342415777997648838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222944280742978706.post-88276720494846853362011-07-20T15:06:00.001-07:002011-07-20T15:06:45.990-07:00

Apple has reported a record number of iPhones and iPad sales in the second quarter of 2011, powering revenues of $28.6 billion, also a record.Brian White, an analyst with Ticonderoga Securities, simply used the word "wow" in the title of a note to his clients."Apple deliver[ed] nothing short of a blowout performance," White said in that note on Tuesday. Apple 's revenues were the fourth

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If Google Chairman Eric Schmidt is sweating the multiple patent suits being filed against Android vendors, he sure isn't showing it.During a question-and-answer session at Google's Mobile Revolution conference in Tokyo Tuesday, Schmidt dismissed patent lawsuits filed by tech heavyweights Apple, Microsoft and Oracle as "legal fun," according to a report from ZDNet Asia. Schmidt suggested that the

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Mac industry watcher AppleInsider is predicting that Apple will launch Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and new Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook Airs, as early as Wednesday this week.The normally reliable site quotes 'people with proven track records who would be in a position to know' as saying that the new product launches are set to occur later this week: "Specifically, one person said the products would be

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Author Williams Joyce's many accomplishments include crafting covers for The New Yorker; designing characters for Pixar, Disney, and Dreamworks; and now, working with Moonbot Studios, he's created a children's story that's far more than just a book.Based on an animated short film of the same name, you can find this particular version of The Fantastic Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore in the AppStore

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342415777997648838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222944280742978706.post-54849407053315933112011-07-16T15:04:00.001-07:002011-07-16T15:04:25.278-07:00

Another week, another round of iOS accessories that prove the versatility of your iPhone, iPod, and iPad. If you believe the hype, music, golf, driving, and even your health can all be improved with the right add-on. Read on for all the details and decide for yourself. Adonit: This accessory maker has come up with an environmentally friendly Bluetooth keyboard case for the iPad 2, the Writer 2 .

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How does Thunderbolt performance stack up against eSATA? Macworld Lab's test results show that Thunderbolt's provides a sizeable boost over eSATA--it's not as dramatic as the improvement over FireWire 800, but still very impressive.Macworld Lab recently compared Thunderbolt and FireWire 800 performance. In response to that report, Macworld readers want to see how Thunderbolt speed stacks up

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After promising earlier this week that changes to Google+ were coming, Google is making good on that vow with a privacy update and a new contacts tool."Responding to more feedback!" posted Vic Gundotra, a senior vice president of Social for Google, on Google+ late yesterday.The comment follows a post that Gundotra wrote on Google+. "Lots of criticism for Google+," Gundotra wrote. "We are

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A new research guide is proposing that creative professionals will have a lot more influence on their companies' business decisions in the future- but they’ll be working a lot more as a result. The Creative Team of the Future explores key trends shaping the marketing and design fields, and how industry professionals can prepare for and capitalise on upcoming changes.The guide is part of a new

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Intego has released VirusBarrier iOS, a malware scanner for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. VirusBarrier iOS allows users of iOS devices to scan files attached to e-mail messages in the cloud for malware that could affect Macs or Windows PCs.The company claims that the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch represent a new vector for bringing files into a home or business network. It proposes that while

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The AppleInsider site is reporting that Apple is to release MacBook Airs later this month that will again feature backlit keyboards.All three iterations of the first-generation of MacBook Airs (Early 2008 to Mid-2009) included backlit keyboards as standard features. The redesigned MacBook Air line which was released last October omitted the technology.The site claims the reinstated feature will

Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342415777997648838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222944280742978706.post-21288786160089854212011-07-12T06:00:00.001-07:002011-07-12T06:00:11.604-07:00

Google has apologised for causing its Google+ users to be spammed over the weekend, saying the fault was caused by a lack of disk space.Google's senior vice-president of social, Vic Gundotra, said in a post on his Google+ wall that the + system resent notifications multiple times to users."Please accept our apologies for the spam we caused this afternoon," Gundotra said in the post."For about 80

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Anti-virus, spam, spyware, adware specialists McAfee has unveiled the findings of a global report, looking at business perceptions of social media use by employees. The report examines the drivers for Web 2.0 and social networking use in business, and assesses their benefits and risks. McAfee's study of 1,000 organisations highlighted major concerns regarding the security risks inherent in

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Thousands of Sky Broadband customers that are accused of illegally downloading files from the web have had their details posted online. The personal details of 5,3000 Sky customers, along with the names of the hardcore porn films they were thought to have obtained illegally, were being held by ACS:Law, one of a number of solicitors responsible for sending out around 50,000 letters to web users

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Exchanging contact information electronically—via email or even using apps like Bump—may be the way of the future, but some still prefer an actual physical object. For those people, Chronos has released SOHO Business Cards 3, a major upgrade to its business card creation app for the Mac. A key feature of this upgrade is Smart Templates, which is essentially an intelligent template system that

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An Apple patent focused blog has revealed new features that could appear on the second generation Apple iPad, anticipated to be released early next year. Patently Apple highlights a patent application filed with China's Patent and Trademark Office that suggests the ability to dock in landscape mode as well as portrait. Other new features, suggests the website, could include a smart bezel on

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A reminder, award-winning design agency KentLyons has launched Macmillan Coffee Finder for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The Macmillan Coffee Finder was created for leading charity Macmillan Cancer Support to help promote today's annual fundraising event - the World's Biggest Coffee Morning. The application is designed to help users find the best cup of coffee nearest to them. Starting off

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Datacolor has debuted a new colour reference tool that allows photographers to obtain consistent, accurate colour in their shots. Designed to work within a standard RAW processing workflow using tools such as Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom, Photoshop or Camera Raw, it helps you perform precision in-camera white balance, create custom camera calibration and record known colour references.

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aTV Flash, Fire Core's feature-full media center add-on for the Apple TV, widened its music options on Tuesday with the addition of Last.fm, CBS's music social network that predated Apple's Ping by a few years. The major addition in aTV Flash 4.2 is a new, official app for Last.fm, the music social network and discovery service that CBS bought in 2007. aTV Flash users can now stream Last.fm

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Amazon.com in the U.K. has slashed the price of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab by 200 (US$312) for pre-orders of the device, which is aimed at taking market share from Apple's popular iPad. But the new price for the Galaxy Tab, 599.99 ($933.31), still leaves it more expensive than the iPad, which retails in the U.K. for 429. It appears Amazon is trying to find a good price point for the

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A university graduate who recorded Hollywood blockbusters onto his Apple iPhone, to later upload them online, has been jailed for 6 months. Anti-piracy group the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) called the decision 'ground breaking,' the first time anyone has been jailed for recording, then uploading, the latest cinema releases. Emmanuel Nimley, admitted to ten charges, including

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Apple has acquired a small Swedish company, according toNorwegianMac site Mac1, reported by 9to5 Mac. The company, Polar Rose, makes face recognition technology, which could likely be used in future Apple products and services. As Fortune suggests, the technology could also nicely complement either Apple's iPhoto software or its FaceTime video calling service. Apple or Polar Rose did not

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The saints be praised. After loosening and clarifying its App Store policies last week, Apple is proving that things-some of them, at least-have changed. A third-party Google Voice app called GV Connect is in the App Store, almost fourteen months after Apple removed all third-party Google Voice apps and refused to approve Google's own one. Sean Kovacs, developer of GV Mobile, one of the programs

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Several websites have tried out the iOS 4.2 beta, and while the addition of folders, wireless printing and threaded e-mail will certainly make the iPad better, other changes could make users yearn for simpler times. Here's what to like and dislike about iOS 4.2, which hits the iPad in November. Hot: Folders With the addition of folders in iOS 4 for iPhone, it's hard to understand why Apple

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Readdle has released an update for its all-in-one document reader for iPad, ReaddleDocs. Version 1.6 of the app introduces an entirely new PDF reader that features smooth horizontal scrolling and complete support for highlighting and notes annotations, as well as the ability to download and upload files from FTP and SFTP servers. ReaddleDocs’s new PDF viewer can open documents of almost any

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Project Canvas, the BBC-led subscription free digital TV service, has been formally announced as 'YouView'. YouView will comprise seven days worth of catchup TV similar to the BBC's existing BBC iPlayer service, as well as a website offering free TV on demand, apps and widgets. TV providers signed up to take part include the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five. YouView will launch with a seven day EPG

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When Intel engineers began thinking about designing a new chip architecture, they first decided to reconsider the way they think about laptops . Intel executives have been rolling out demos and specs of Sandy Bridge, the company's new microprocessor architecture, at the company's annual Intel Developer Forum (IDF) conference in San Francisco on Monday. The chip maker is expected to begin

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Blurb, a creative publishing and marketing platform for self-published work, has announced the winners of the annual Photography Book Now competition. Blurb, which allows anyone to design, publish, market, and sell professional-quality books, celebrates self-published photography books and the photographers behind them with these awards. Judith Stenneken, a professional photographer from

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Microsoft last Friday urged Windows users to block ongoing attacks against Adobe's popular PDF viewer by deploying one of Microsoft's enterprise tools. Adobe echoed Microsoft's advice , saying the Enhanced Migration Experience Toolkit (EMET) would stymie attacks targeting Reader and Acrobat. Called "scary" and "clever," the in-the-wild exploit went public last week when security researcher

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London and Cambridge wedding photographer Tom Catchesides will visit the flagship Apple Street, Regent Street tonight to talk about his acclaimed work. Join Tom as he discusses the fundamentals of setting up a photography business and running it on the Mac. The free event starts at 7pm tonight, Monday 13 September, 2010, all are welcome. Tom's also running an intensive one-day course on 8

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Apple has released over half a dozen printer and scanner driver updates for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard users. These updates are focused primarily on brands that cater to business and enterprise users. Included in this round of update are drivers for printers from vendors likeBrother, Infotec, Lanier, Gestetner, Ricoh, Savin, and NRG. The updates range in sizes from about 20MB to 105MB. You can

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Kaspersky Labs first announced its detection of what appeared to be the first of several SMS Trojans on Google's Android operating system on 9 August. The application released in Russian markets outside of Google's Android Market, was disguised as a media player. Once installed, the code would send 3 premium SMS messages, effectively transferring the US equivalent of ~$18 from the user to the

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Light Blue Software has released version 2.3 of Light Blue: Photo, their award-winning business management software for photographers. Light Blue: Photo is billed as a flexible business management system that lets professional photographers keep on top of shoots, contacts, orders, payments and purchases. Light Blue: Photo also makes it easy to manage images files, publish them on the web and

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Supermarket giant Tesco has launched a shopping app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Tesco has been working with mobile specialists Ribot, who designed and developed the new app. Once downloaded, Tesco Groceries lets customers who have registered with tesco.com, access their home store’s product range and 'Favourites' - items purchased online or from a Tesco store using a Clubcard. According

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Editors Keys has joined the MIA (Music Industry Association), becoming an official supply partner. Over the coming months, Editors Keys will be working to support schools, colleges and universities to help develop young creative talent. Joining with the MIA will allow Editors Keys to take part in organised charity events, further develop business ventures as well as having a say in local and

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Apple is bringing a new service in the UK called the Apple Consultants Network, and is seeking certified Mac specialists to join the scheme. According to Apple: "The Apple Consultants Network features a community of professional service providers and consultants that specialise in Apple and third-party solutions. Members are certified professionals, fluent in multi-platform solutions, and

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Members of The iPad Orchestra recently performed 'Sweet Dream' by Ilya Plavunov on four iPads. The video below has been highlighted by Apple, and numerous Mac focused sites. The orchestra used the Seline HD app by devloper Amidio, which features a new, ergonomically designed playing surface called ioGrid. According to the makers, Seline can be used to play any melody but it does have its

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Apple’s latest mobile OS software update is due to be released on Wednesday 8 September. Apple’s UK website briefly listed the date before reverting to: "Coming soon." Steve Jobs announced the update last week at Apple's annual music themed event, which also saw new iPods introduced. iOS 4.2 aimed primarily at iPad users will follow in November. According to Apple: " iOS 4.1 Software Update

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Apple's internally developed A4 chip could be implemented in new devices such as low-power servers, TVs or even communications or entertainment boxes, if the company tries to expand the chip's footprint, analysts said. It's difficult to predict Apple's future products, but variants of the A4 chip could reach media servers, entertainment gateways or network servers for cloud storage, analysts

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A critical bug in QuickTime was reported to Apple two months before a second researcher independently revealed the vulnerability this week, the director of a bug bounty program said today. The duplicate discovery was just one of an increasing number of overlapping vulnerability reports that show vendors must patch faster, said Aaron Portnoy, security team lead for HP TippingPoint's Zero Day

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Despite all the hardware Apple introduced at its press event Wednesday, the most radical news was Ping, a social network for music that's launching as a feature of iTunes 10. I've taken a brief test drive of Ping to see what it's about, but even before updating iTunes, I knew Apple's new social network was not for me. Here are five reasons I won't be using Ping: Song Samples, Not Songs Some

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Apple this week laid out its plans for the next two upgrades of iOS, the mobile operating system that powers its iPhone and iPad, slating the first for release in a few days. iOS 4.1 will ship sometime next week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said during an hour-plus introduction of a refreshed iPod lineup and a slimmer and less-expensive Apple TV. The upgrade will be available for iPhones and iPod

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Smartphone developer and creative studio ustwo™ has teamed with a 16-year old GCSE student to develop a new iPhone app called Terry Touch™ Jack McLean, a work experience placement, told us more about the app and his time working with ustwo™ Most of your school friends did work experience in banks, newsagents and supermarkets but you chose to work for a iPhone app development studio – why? I

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Apple has introduced a new refresh to the Apple TV, dubbed the "hobby" by Steve. The new model is considerably smaller than the one it replaces. Measuring just a fourth of the size of the original model. However, there is no sign of it being capable of running iOS 4 apps. In fact, Apple appears to have gone the opposite direction by removing all storage from the device. Apple thinks that this

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Online iPad shoppers used to be forced to wait up to a week for their tablet orders to ship. But now orders ship within 24 hours as Apple has apparently solved a nagging iPad supply problem. According to Apple's online store all six versions of Apple's iPad ship in just 24 hours from the time of purchase - down from up to seven days in recent weeks. Since it first launched the iPad in April,

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Good news if you bought an iPad: It’s set to dominate the tablet market by almost three to one until 2012. Its first real competition, namely PC-based tablets and slates debuting in 2011, will still only account for less than 30 per cent of the market, and will be dwarfed by the Apple device, according to the research firm iSuppli. iSuppli is banking on the iPad's history to mirror that of

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A revamped, renamed Apple TV, rumoured to be announced at a special Apple event next week, is unlikely to come with iTunes App Store style gaming. A newly named iTV, could debut with a more tempting price tag, cheaper rentals and running a version of Apple's mobile iOS at the event on 1 September. However, "three people familiar with Apple’s longer-range plans" told the Financial Times, that

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According to one developer, Apple's iAd advertising platform doesn't work as well as AdMob. Developer David Smith of Cross Forward Consulting writes in his blog that an iAd campaign designed to publicize his company's Audiobooks app generated only 84 downloads of his app in one week (August 19 to August 25). The cost of the campaign was $1,251.75. The iAd received 2,052,929 impressions and

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