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iOS 4 Murders iPhone 3G … but Nobody’s Perfect

Erika Morphy — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Apple is looking into reports that its iOS 4 does not run well on older devices such as the iPhone 3G and 3GS. To be sure, Apple has warned from the beginning that not all of the features — in particular, the multitasking in iOS 4 — could be supported on older devices. However, owners of those phones have found that upgrading resulted in problems more extreme than the lack of new features. Most of the complaints center on devices that slow down to the point where they are barely functional.

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Acrossair: Getting There Is Half the Fun

Paul Hartsock — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0000

When I first heard the term “augmented reality,” I expected nothing short of corneal implants and tiny, cloud-connected computer systems that run on body heat and live just under your skin. I imagined something that would add layers upon layers of information to the visual world we see every day — every face we lay eyes on would be tagged with vital contact info, Facebook posts, musical tastes and all sorts of useless trivia. It sounded really futuristic, so I was careful not to let myself get too excited until next October. All the good stuff comes out in October.

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The iPad’s Growing Pains

Richard Adhikari — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Sinking consumer confidence dragged down stocks Tuesday, and although the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose a dozen points, broader indexes slipped, and the number of stocks losing ground outnumbered those that picked up. Apple was in the minority group, closing at $264.08, or up $4.80, on Tuesday. The last time it cleared the $260 mark was back in June. Tuesday’s rally may have been fueled by a slew of new and refreshed products Cupertino released. Apple refreshed its iMac and Mac Pro lines, and it unveiled its Magic Trackpad and a 27-inch Cinema Display on Tuesday.

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Is the Apple “Magic Trackpad” a poor excuse for the lack of multi-touch on the Mac

Mike Halsey — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:32:26 +0000

Apple have today unveiled their new 2010/2011 product line-up which includes some new Macs and the “Magic Trackpad”. This is, essentially, simply a multi-touch trackpad and asks the question why Apple are bothering.

If this is a response to multi-touch support in Windows 7, something their iOS operating system has had for years now but that has still not made its way to the Mac, then it’s pretty poor.

It can be argued that people won’t use multi-touch PC screens on a desktop or laptop, but that hasn’t stopped a great many companies selling reasonably sized quantities of them. How many people I wonder have bought a separate trackpad for their PC?

Where this falls down, apart from not being an appropriate stand for a cup of coffee (well, not a full one anyway), is that it’s surely just either a gimmick or a poor stop-gap until Apple finally get around to including multi-touch into the iMac and Mac Pro range.

I couldn’t help but giggle when I read about this product as I thought back to the hilarious spoof video by The Onion about the Macbook Wheel.

There can be no doubt that Mac fans will buy this trackpad in droves, but will they use it? Who knows.

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Citigroup Upgrades Careless iPhone Banking App

Sidney Hill — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:12:16 +0000

Citigroup customers who do mobile banking on an iPhone should head to the Apple App Store immediately for an upgrade. A flaw in the Citigroup mobile banking iPhone app released in March 2009 causes personal information to be saved in a hidden file on the mobile device, the banking giant revealed in a letter to customers dated July 20, a day after it released an upgraded application. Without the upgrade, customers’ personal data — including account numbers, bill payment information and access codes — is saved on the iPhone.

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Who’s the Big Winner in the Great iPhone Escape?

Chris Maxcer — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0000

In a move sure to please all super geeks in the United States, the Library of Congress’ Copyright Office has made a key exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to let us legally jailbreak our iPhones. About freakin’ time. Of course, the “anticircumvention” exemption isn’t focused only on the iPhone, but in reality, what other smartphone has enough jailbreaking interest in the U.S. to catch much attention? Of course, none of this means you can break the law in other ways, nor does it mean that Apple must honor the warranty on jailbroken phones.

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iPhone Jailbreak Police Aren’t Going to Bust You

Kimberly Hill — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:05:36 +0000

In the obscure world of copyright law, it is now technically OK to jailbreak an iPhone. That’s according to a Library of Congress ruling, which has designated replacing the operating system of the phone with a less restrictive one to fall under the “fair use” guidelines. Fair use is the standard under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that permits some specific uses of copyrighted material by non-copyright holders. Software programs — like the iPhone’s operating system — are covered, along with works of art such as music and movies.

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Jailbreaking and Ripping DVDs Now Legal in One Fell Swoop!

VoIP & Gadgets Blog — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:28:06 +0000

The copyright overlords have shined brightly this day upon us jailbreakers, phone unlockers, and DVD rippers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today won three exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anti-circumvention provisions, which will bring a smile to those that enjoy the freedom to do with their legally owned iPhones and DVDs/Blurays as they please. In short, you have the right to: jailbreak your phone, install any app you please, use your mobile phone on any network (unlock), and copy DVDs/Blurays. This is huge news to pirates, hackers, and legitimate users simply trying to use their mobile phone on any mobile network. Hollywood and carriers are not happy campers today – everyone else across the Internet is shouting for joy!

Check out these exemptions straight from the Librarian of Congress:

(1) Motion pictures on DVDs that are lawfully made and acquired and that are protected by the Content Scrambling System when circumvention is accomplished solely in order to accomplish the incorporation of short portions of motion pictures into new works for the purpose of criticism or comment, and where the person engaging in circumvention believes and has reasonable grounds for believing that circumvention is necessary to fulfill the purpose of the use in the following instances:

(i) Educational uses by college and university professors and by college and university film and media studies students;
(ii) Documentary filmmaking;
(iii) Noncommercial videos.

(2) Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset.

(3) Computer programs, in the form of firmware or software, that enable used wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telecommunications network, when circumvention is initiated by the owner of the copy of the computer program solely in order to connect to a wireless telecommunications network and access to the network is authorized by the operator of the network.

(4) Video games accessible on personal computers and protected by technological protection measures that control access to lawfully obtained works, when circumvention is accomplished solely for the purpose of good faith testing for, investigating, or correcting security flaws or vulnerabilities, if:

(i) The information derived from the security testing is used primarily to promote the security of the owner or operator of a computer, computer system, or computer network; and
(ii) The information derived from the security testing is used or maintained in a manner that does not facilitate copyright infringement or a violation of applicable law.

(5) Computer programs protected by dongles that prevent access due to malfunction or damage and which are obsolete. A dongle shall be considered obsolete if it is no longer manufactured or if a replacement or repair is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace; and

(6) Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling either of the book’s read-aloud function or of screen readers that render the text into a specialized format.

Wow. All I can say is wow. Finally “fair use” has won out over tyrannical copyright rules. In addition to Hollywood and carriers having a bad day, I’m sure Steve Jobs is somewhere drop kicking his iPad after reading the news.

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iPad Screen Maker Struggles to Fill Apple’s Ravenous Maw

Richard Adhikari — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:57:39 +0000

Apple may soon encounter another round of product shortages as one of its top component providers acknowledged it’s having trouble keeping up with the high demand for Cupertino’s iPad device. LG Display can’t meet Apple’s growing demand for the iPad touchscreens LG makes, Kwon Young-soo, LG Display’s CEO, told reporters recently. Shipments of the iPad to some countries, he warned, might have to be delayed due to that strong demand and tight component supplies. LG Display is looking into increasing production lines for iPad screens, he said.

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Quickoffice Lets You Settle Into a Sweet Mobile Suite

John P. Mello Jr. — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Muscular desktop applications like office suites can’t be run on downscale devices like the iPad, but that doesn’t mean Apple’s mighty tablet can’t be a valuable partner with those programs. A case in point is Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for iPad. Quickoffice is designed to work with files compatible with three mainstays of Microsoft’s popular Office suite: Word, Excel and Powerpoint. With it, you can store Office documents with a “cloud” service provider like Google Docs, Dropbox, Mobileme or Box.net.

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