Month: December 2007

AOL, which in 1999 acquired Netscape Communications Corporation, has pulled the plug on Netscape Navigator…

I spend a lot of time, and I have to admit take a little pleasure in, pointing out hoaxes to others. So it is incredibly ironic and quite humbling…

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs’ tiny iPod has turned his company into a category killer for the digital era…

WheezyJoe writes “Maybe OS X Leopard has its problems, but the New York Times seems to think Apple has designed the ideal techie retail store. A policy that encourages lingering, with dozens of fully functioning computers, iPods and iPhones for visitors to try, even for hours on end (one patron wrote a manuscript entirely at the store) has ‘given some stores, especially those in urban neighborhoods, the feel of a community center … Meanwhile, the Sony flagship store on West 56th Street, a few blocks from Apple’s Fifth Avenue store, has the hush of a mausoleum. And being inside the long and narrow blue-toned Nokia store on 57th Street feels a bit like being inside an aquarium. The high-end Samsung Experience showroom, its nuevo tech music on full blast one recent morning, was nearly empty.'”

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Under the leadership of Steve Jobs the Apple brand has been incredibly successful…

One Japanese fanboy went so far as to transfigure their Sony Ericsson slider to…”resemble”.an Apple iPhone. From it’s horribly scuffed face to the hammered-on metallic edging, it’s confirmed. We need to get Japan some iPhones before this guy cuts his ear on a sharp piece.

Can you imagine a world before the iPhone? It’s difficult, isn’t it? But there was a time earlier in the year when instead of reviewing the iPhone, we were making predictions about it.

If a new iPhone or iPod touch found its way under your tree and you just can’t wait until Apple officially supports third-party application development to extend its functionality , it’s time you jailbreak your favorite new portable device.

Steve Jobs wants to patent a process that will save customers the hassle of waiting to order a cup of coffee at a local Starbucks or a fresh burger at the nearest fast food restaurant. Even better: The technology would let you jump the line of those ordering in person

Developers have received their first pre-release build of the Mac OS X 10.5.2 updater, and it’s a biggie. Weighing in at over 350M, the wide-ranging update affects many different visible and under-the-hood aspects of Leopard’s operation.

mudimba writes “Apple and Twentieth Century Fox are about to announce a deal that will allow users to rent Fox movies over iTunes. The deal will allow people to download movies that will only play for a limited amount of time. ‘Pali Research analyst Stacey Widlitz said the deal follows a trend of Hollywood studios selling directly to consumers and cutting out the middleman. “It’s just a sign the studios feel … that another distribution channel is where they are choosing to go, and incrementally it hurts Blockbuster and Netflix,” Widlitz said.'”

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If a new iPhone or iPod touch found its way under your tree and you just can’t wait until Apple officially supports third-party application development to extend its functionality (who can wait until February?), it’s time you jailbreak your favorite new portable device.

An anonymous reader writes “Apple is looking to patent a process that will save customers the hassle of waiting to order a cup of coffee at a local Starbucks. Even better: The technology would let you jump the line of those ordering in person. ‘Customers might tap a button to order their favorite drink, say a double-shot mocha, as they stroll up to the nearest coffee shop. When the drink is ready go to, the device–such as an iPhone–would chime or blink to let the thirsty one know it’s time to scoop up the order at the counter. The patent puts Apple’s partnership with Starbucks in a new light. The technology promises to morph Apple from the business of simply selling gadgets and music and movies that can be played on those devices into an intermediary in all kinds of exchanges.'”

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An anonymous reader writes “The Apple iMac is probably the standard all-in-one desktop computer. Great operating system, built-in software and design around solid, but pretty normal, hardware guts. According to Walter Mossberg, there’s a new kid in town that not only matches it but is ‘sightly ahead’: the Dell XPS One. His latest review is already causing the usual suspects to weigh in. Mossberg says it is a better machine, but Vista and its built-in software make it inferior than Apple iMac’s Leopard and iLife suite. Would you choose the better hardware of the Dell XPS One -which is more expensive- or the elegant design and software of the Apple iMac?”

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Apple and News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox film studio have signed a deal for digital movie rentals. Consumers will be able to rent the latest Fox DVD releases from iTunes for a limited time.