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IBM Employee Moves to Apple, Miffs IBM
CNET is reporting that a former IBM employee by the name of Mark Papermaster has accepted a job at Apple. The article is mainly targeted at a lawsuit which IBM has started against the former employer for joining Apple. Papermaster was IBM's Vice President of…
Opera Browser Banned from iPhone
In an article from the New York Times on the Opera Software company it is revealed that Apple is not allowing the company to distribute a version of its web browser for the iPhone. Mr. von Tetzchner said that Opera’s engineers have developed a version…
Psystar Incorporates Blu-Ray, So What?
Editors note: This article contains the opinions of the author The blogs are a-buzz with the news that Psystar has incorporated Blu-Ray players into their OpenComputer line. Is this a big deal? Yes and no. Bottomline? Yawn. First, commenters on various articles, such as one…
Apple Publicly Opposes Prop. 8
Apple has used its Hot News feed to publicly oppose proposition 8 which seeks to eliminate same-sex marriage in the state of California. Apple has also donated $100,000 to the "No on Prop 8" campaign . Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a…
Online Music Avoids Rate Hike
The Copyright Royalty Board decided late this week that it would not action a request to increase song royalties from 9 to 15 cents on music bought online. World of Apple reported this week that Apple was opposed to the request and had threatened in…
Apple Threatens to Close iTunes Store Over Royalty Hikes
Apple has written to a regulator threatening to close the iTunes Store if they approve a royalty hike which would see artists receive a 66-percent increase in commission from each song sold through online download services. Fortune is reporting that the Copyright Royalty Board is…
Apple Working on ARM Processor for iPhone?
A report on the NY Times blog points towards a posting on a social networking site which reveals much of Apple's future hardware plans. Wei-han Lien, the senior manager of Apple’s chip team and former engineer of P.A. Semi lists his current position as "Senior…
Macworld SF 2009 Registration Opens
Yesterday Macworld San Francisco registration opened its doors and immediately concerns were raised by those wishing to attend that in order to see the Keynote they would have to purchase a Platinum Pass. When the brand new registration site went online it was noticed that…
Microsoft's Seinfeld - Gates Ad
Now, I know we're supposed to be all enamored with the Get A Mac ads, but I think credit should be given where credit is due. Microsoft's new ad doesn't even really have anything to do with computers. The only computer related bit in the…
Sept. 9th Event: a "Very Big Deal"
Apple usually tries to keep the down low on releases, but when they've got something they think is really special, they want to make sure everybody who isn't living under a rock with their ears filled with concrete hears about it. According to Cult of…
Cases Available for 4th Generation iPod nano
Engadget is reporting that its sister site Engadget Spanish has gained some hands on time with an iPod nano case designed for a currently unreleased model. The case which is believed to be for the 4th generation iPod nano was spotted at IFA 2008 expo…
OpenTech is having open house
OpenTech , a contender in the Mac clone wars, is shutting its virtual doors and offering the business for sale for $50,000.00 . Perhaps they saw the brutal demands made by Apple against Psystar and decided that they really didn't want to play with the…
iPhone Reception Tested: Just Like Regular Phones
Wild speculation is always fun, but it's refreshing to see some cold hard experimentation results. These fine Swedes tested the iPhone 3G against the Nokia N73 and the Sony Ericsson P1 in their fancy reception test chamber and found that the iPhone had comparable reception…
iPhone Assembler Includes Extra Dose of Awesome
markm49uk at MacRumors found these excellent photos of the woman who assembled his phone . It appears these test shots were not deleted from his phone. A comment on the MacRumors thread laments that "[o]nce this spreads into the blogosphere she will be fired." I…
Fake Lines Form To Drum Up iPhone Hype
Orange is hiring actors to stand outside of Polish stores to intensify the hype of the release of the iPhone in Poland. From the Reuters article: "We have these fake queues at front of 20 stores around the country to drum up interest in the…
New York SoHo Store Raises Concerns
Local businesses and residents of the New York SoHo Apple Store have begun complaining about the ever increasing crowds and foot traffic that the store attracts. Curbed website reports that The SoHo Alliance has written for help from the Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer, saying…
Companies Intend to Bring Turn-by-Turn GPS to iPhone
MSNBC recently spoke to several companies who have intentions to bring turn-by-turn GPS navigation to the iPhone via a third-party app. Although offering few details TomTom confirmed for a second time that they still intend to offer a GPS navigation application: "We have made our…
Ex-Apple General Counsel Settles Backdating Charges
BusinessWeek reports that former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen has accepted a series of sanctions and agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle backdating charges filed against her with the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission). Heinen was charged at a federal level by the SEC…
HSBC Considering Using iPhone?
ZDNet Australia is reporting that large banking corporation HSBC is planning to ditch its current fleet of Blackberrys and switch it staff over to the iPhone. The bank has around 330,000 members of staff worldwide which could equate to over 200,000 iPhone orders. "We are…
iPhone 3G Disassembled
iFixit.com has posted a detailed log with photos of the first disassembly of the iPhone 3G. In particular the site notes that the LCD and glass components are no longer glued together as they were in the original iPhone. And that the battery is no…