iPhone OS Running on a Touchscreen Monitor
Now this is the hack of the weekend or the hoax of the weekend. Some intrepid hackers have run what appears to be iPhone OS 2.x on a “multi-touch” monitor with accelerometer support. More: continued here
Month: June 2009
Review: Studiometry 6.1
Studiometry 6.1.7 is a sensible business choice because it combines some low-level accounting features with contact and project management characteristics. More: continued here
AT&T Sold Out of iPhone 3G S Preorders Already
The US carrier’s internal sales system is asking staff to tell customers that any pre-orders made on Saturday the 13th or later won’t ship on launch and instead will reach retail locations between 7 and 14 days after the order is made, overshooting the release date. More: continued here
Yum: no-frills recipe manager
Yum 3.0.7 is a solid, no-frills recipe manager, but its lack of some key features may have you looking for a more elegant program in the same price range. More: continued here
Apple Patent Could Ease 911 Cellphone Calls
The process would do a variety of things. First off, it would disable “non-essential hardware components” and applications on the phone, reduce power to the screen (i.e., it would get darker) and potentially reduce the phone’s processor speed. It also would make it harder to disconnect the call and enable “emergency phrase buttons” on the…
Apple’s 2009 MacBook Pro: Battery Life to Die For
Apple started experimenting with using custom lithium polymer batteries instead of the industry standard lithium ion. Lithium polymer cells are rectangular so there’s no wasted space. Not only does this make the batteries more compact, but it also gives you greater capacity since you’re using all available chassis volume for the battery. More: continued here
Safari 4 Downloads Top 11 Million in Three Days
More than 11 million copies of Safari® 4 have been downloaded in the first three days of its release, including more than six million downloads of Safari for Windows. More: continued here
Thieves Can Just Turn Off Find My iPhone Location Tracking
Find My iPhone was one of the best things Apple showed off on Monday at WWDC—track your phone, send harassing messages, etc. It works, but whoever pinched your iPhone can just turn off tracking right from the phone. More: continued here
Microsoft Silverlight 3 challenges Adobe AIR
Silverlight 3 is catching up to the capabilities of Adobe Flash, Flex, and AIR in all the areas where Microsoft’s multimedia development technology once lagged behind. More: continued here
AT&T Faces Pressure to cut iPhone Data Costs
AT&T is reluctant to offer a less expensive data plan for the iPhone because it would lose a valuable source of revenue. The current data plans are used to help offset the subsidies AT&T pays to keep the iPhone at the $200 level. The plan also offsets the cost of delivering the service. More: continued…
Opinion: Safari 4 download stat is pure hype
Much is being made of Apple’s announcement that Safari 4 has been downloaded 11 million times since its release Monday. But PC World’s Robert Strohmeyer thinks a reality check is in order. More: continued here
Image-placing shortcuts in Adobe InDesign
Adobe’s InDesing page-layout application usually offers more than one way to take care of a task. That’s certainly the case for placing images in a document. Join James Dempsey as he shows off some ways to improve your productivity with a few handy keyboard shortcuts. More: continued here
T-Mobile Accidentally Posts Secret iPhone 3G S Specs
Apple has flatly refused to tell anyone just what chips lie inside the iPhone 3G S. In fact, while Apple insists that the “s” in 3G S stands for speed, it could equally well stand for secrecy. But T-Mobile in the Netherlands apparently didn’t get the memo, and has gone ahead and posted the hardware…
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Linkinus 2.0 brings IRC into 21st century with 100 new features
A major upgrade to this stylish, powerful IRC client brings new features like customizable groups, media embedding for all styles, and a generally more flexible UI. More: continued here
Wolfram Alpha research secrets
You have to think differently to begin tapping into the abilities of the Wolfram Alpha computational knowledge engine. PC World’s Zack Stern offers some tips on how to get started with this new kind of comparison engine. More: continued here