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In Brief: iPhone Internet Usage Shocks Google
Google revealed Wednesday that it has seen 50 times more search requests coming from the iPhone that any other mobile handset. The figures are so high that the company originally believed there was an error in the data collection. "We thought it was a mistake…
BBC iPlayer Coming to Macs, Apple TV?
The BBC has announced that it will make a download version of the iPlayer available to users of Macs by the end of 2008. Currently Mac users can watch iPlayer content by streaming it over the internet but Windows users have the added ability to…
AT&T Deploying Massive 3G Network in 2008
AT&T announced Wednesday that it will be expanding its 3G network to more than 80 additional cities during 2008. After the expansion AT&T will be serving 3G services to over 350 cities across the U.S. including all of the top 100 U.S. cities. The 3G…
MacBook Air Unboxing Photos
The first unboxing photos of the MacBook Air have appeared on a photo sharing website, the images appear to have been take at some Macworld 2008 related event in Japan. The models they have on display seem to have arrived in the retail packaging…
MacBook Air Battery Replacement Takes Only Minutes
AppleInsider is claiming that there are no special tools or knowledge required to swap the MacBook Air's battery and is a quick job taking just a few minutes. Using a size-0 philips screwdriver the process of replacing the battery is described as follows: Once flipped…
Quanta Manufacturing MacBook Air, Processor Mystery Solved?
Ever since the announcement of the MacBook Air in Tuesday's keynote many have been wondering, does the SSD give a major performance booth, who's manufacturing the units and what processor is used? Well finally the latter two questions appear to have been answered, DigiTimes notes…
Macworld 2008 Best of Show Awards
Every year at Macworld Expo the Editor's of Macworld magazine present awards to a selection of products on show at Macworld. Macworld magazine editors Jason Snell and Jim Dalrymple present Best of Show 2008 This year the show created mixed reactions with some being disappointed…
MacBook Air Speedlinking
Photos of MacBook Air ( World of Apple , AppleInsider , Think Secret , Engadget ) MacBook Air hands on video Walt Mossberg's Impressions Apple.com Guided Tour MacBook Air battery will be a $129 replacement with free install How long will the SSD last? Multi-touch…
Steve Jobs Talks to CNBC
After yesterdays Keynote presentation Steve Jobs joined CNBC for a short interview , of course Jobs talked about the MacBook Air but also the relationship between Intel and Apple. Possibly the most interesting point to come out of the interview was the fact that Apple…
Walt Mossberg's Impressions of MacBook Air [Video]
Jobs on MacBook Air, Bill Gates, Android and Kindle
In an interview with The New York Times Steve Jobs expressed his opinions on Android, Bill Gates and the Amazon Kindle but also spoke about Apple's latest innovation the MacBook Air. Jobs sat down with David Pogue and John Markoff for half-an-hour, when speaking of…
The Development of the iPhone
Wired magazine has published a lengthy and very interesting article about the conception and birth of the iPhone. The 4 page article entitled "How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry," reveals previously unknown details surrounding the development of the iPhone. Sources disclosed to the…
In Brief: Fujitsu, Hitachi Quit Micro Hard-Drive Business; Icon Wiggle in Patent; Final Cut Meeting Holds Answers
Fujitsu, Hitachi Quit Micro Hard-Drive Business, Icon Wiggle in Patent A report from Reuters notes that an increasing shift to flash-based storage has forced Fujitsu and Hitachi out of the ultra-small rotating hard drive business. Both Fujitsu and Hitachi had supplied micro hard-drives for Apple's…
Think Secret Shuts Up Shop
Think Secret has published a press release stating that it will no longer carry on reporting Apple news and rumours. The move comes as the site settled with Apple over a long-running lawsuit. Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that…
Steve Jobs Voted Most Powerful Person in Business
Fortune magazine has ranked Apple CEO, Steve Jobs most powerful person in business in its annual ranking of 25 business persons. In addition to the rankings Fortune has written an article entitled The Power of Steve Jobs . Fortune supports their claim by attributing Jobs'…
T-Mobile Germany Forced to Break Exclusivity of iPhone
Europeans largest network provider Vodafone has today obtained a court order requiring rival T-Mobile to sell the iPhone without a contract. A Hamburg Court handed down the order to T-Mobile's parent company Deutsche Telekom stating that the court requires a response within two weeks. Deutsche…
iPhone UK Launch: Queue Begins at Regent Street Store, Sky News Unleashes iPhone Ready Site
Queue Begins at Regent Street Store iPhone coming to the UK at 6.02PM on November 9th This afternoon reports started coming in that a queue had formed outside the flagship Regent Street Apple Store in London. The BBC reports that "friends Graham Gilbert and Nik…
AT&T Announces Flat Rate International Data Plans
Following discontent from customers who have encountered costly charges for browsing the Web and checking email on their iPhones while outside the U.S., AT&T has announced a pair of flat-rate international data plans starting at just $25 per month. A new $60 Data Global Plans…
Story of the Leopard "Blue Screen"
On Friday Apple unleashed Mac OS X Leopard on the awaiting public and the masses rushed to Apple Stores, mail boxes and "download sites" to get first looks at the furry big cat. Unfortunately first time adopters of software are bound to be stung by…
In Brief: O2 Contract Pit Falls, Unlocked French iPhone
O2 Contract Pit Falls When O2 revealed its iPhone contracts last month it promised "unlimited" across all the tariffs. O2 also mentioned the availability of unlimited data add-on plans for other phone contracts. On the O2 website "unlimited" data is simply accompanied by a star…