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Adobe has announced that it will resume development of its Packager for iPhone utility, a Flash-to-iOS converter that had been temporarily pushed to the side amid controversy over Apple's iOS SDK terms. The feature was included in Flash Professional CS5, although the company had warned developers that the tool would not be updated in future releases....
The latest iOS exploit, discovered quickly after the public iOS 4.1 launch, has reportedly been confirmed to work with the iPhone 4, iPad, and even the new iPod touch, according to a Twitter post from a Dev Team member. The bootrom exploit is expected to provide a way to jailbreak iOS devices without allowing Apple to easily close the security vulnerability with a software update....
Google Voice may see an end to its ban from the iPhone in the wake of Apple loosening and clarifying App Store rules. GV Mobile developer Sean Kovacs today said he had been told by Apple that he could resubmit his Google Voice app and was likely to have it accepted. The company had previously been silent since a batch of rejections last year....
Quebec's regional carrier Videotron today launched its cellphone network with a hint that Apple was developing a version of the iPhone that would work for its own network, Wind Mobile and for T-Mobile USA. An executive VP with the carrier hinted that Apple was developing a version for the 1,700MHz AWS band that all three carriers share. Subscribers could "expect an announcement in the coming months," he said....
Denon has committed to bringing iTunes AirPlay support to its AVR-4311CI audio/video receiver. Compatibility is with the wireless streaming platform is expected to be added sometime in the fall, allowing users to play iTunes tracks throughout the home. The 4311CI offers an Ethernet port for AirPlay connectivity, although Apple's system also supports Wi-Fi communication....
Additional details surrounding Olmpus' E-5 DSLR have surfaced, including a purported teaser advertisement and list of specs. The camera is allegedly set to get a 12.1-megapixel sensor, up from the 10.1-megapixel component of the E-3, along with an ISO range from 100-6400, sources have told 4/3 Rumors....
Sirius XM has updated its XM SkyDock app (free, App Store). for the iPhone and iPod touch with background audio support. The new update adds background audio for all iOS devices running 4.0 or later, allowing anyone to listen to their favorite shows while using other apps. In addition, the update improves dock transitions when used with iOS 4 devices and address a bug that displayed a "Dock not detected" error messages even when the device was docked. The app needs a Sirius XM account and the XM SkyDock hardware ($130)....
Image adjusting and efficiency updates are at the heart of improvements in PDFPen 5.0, the PDF markup and editing tool made by Smile On My Mac. The software is now fully 64-bit and Snow Leopard only, adding the ability to have multi-core OCR processes on multiple pages in parallel, handle larger documents and generally improving the speed of the program....
TomTom is now offering a free adapter to owners of the car kit to mount the iPhone 4 in their vehicle. Kits shipped starting in September include the new mount, while those who purchased the kits before that can claim the mount starting on September 10....
The iTunes Store is costing Apple at least $900 million a year to run, an estimate from asymco suggests. Based on factors like average prices, an app margin of 30 percent and a consensus-based music margin of 10 percent, Apple is presently believed to be budgeting about $75 million a month towards operational expenses. The number may be higher still if taking into account book and video transactions....
Pentax has announced two new 14 megapixel cameras will be added to its compact digital line, the RS1000 and RZ10. Like the K-x lineup, the new models let the camera body reflect the user's personality. The RS1000 allows users to choose from any of the eleven interchangeable faceplate skins that ship with the camera, or design their own on the Pentax website. The RZ10 will be available in four body colors: black, white, lime and violet....
Microsoft today partly confirmed and downplayed its deal for Bing on Verizon's Android phones. It told SAI that there would be multiple Android phones on the carrier that would use Bing by default, but that the deal was "not exclusive" and that some of them would still use Google as a matter of course. The representative gave no clues as to which companies or devices would get the treatment....
Apple has released their new guidelines for iPhone Apps, and one forum goer noticed an interesting message that goes out to iPhone developers, "We don't need any more fart apps." Does anybody really like the new iPod models? That's the question asked in this thread about the new iPod nano and Touch....
Office for Mac 2011 will ship on October 27th, a French website claims. The information is said to come direct from Microsoft France, which mentioned the information during an annual meeting held near Paris this month. Until today, the most precise launch date Microsoft could offer for the work suite was "at the end of October."...
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Intel chief Paul Otellini in an interview today [sub. required] confirmed that the first Google TV devices should start shipping in September. He didn't say whether the Logitech Revue or Sony's Bravia TVs, though Logitech has been the furthest in development. There are "many, many" other companies supporting the platform, the executive added....
Parallels has validated earlier leaks and formally announced Desktop 6 for Mac, which will officially go on sale September 14th. The developer claims over 80 new features and enhancements in the virtualization software. The focus is on improved speed however, mainly by way of a switch to a completely 64-bit engine. Windows apps should on average run about 41 percent faster, Parallels says....
Today Apple's online store has a vast selection of refurbished MacBook Pro models at discounted prices. They start at $929 for the 2.26GHz refurb. MacBook Pro with a 13.3-inch LED-backlit display, 2GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. This MBP also features a 8x SuperDrive, SD card slog, built-in 7-hour battery, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card and illuminated keyboard. It was $1199, but has seen a 22% price break cutting $270 off the price. FREE shipping is included....
Google has responded to the recently revised iOS developer terms, saying this allows choice in who devs can use to make money from advertising. With Google's AdMob ads now supported, the company welcomes the opportunity with open arms, saying competition will drive growth and innovation in mobile advertising....
Verizon's decision to force the use of Bing as the core search engine on the Samsung Fascinate may be part of a larger change that could undermine Android itself, a rumor hinted today. Two sources for Droid Guy, at least one of them previously accurate, claimed that Verizon is making Microsoft's Bing the mandatory engine on all of its Android phones in the future. It contradicts a previous statement from a Verizon representative that customers could change the search engine on phones if they liked....
A new update for Raskin, an alternative Finder application for the Mac, has been launched. The software users a pan and zoom system to represent the Mac desktop and file system, displaying small images of files as quick visual aids. New in version 1.1 is added Quick Look integration, providing users with the ability to quickly glance at the contents of a file without needing to open it. The update also features interface enhancements, overall stability and speed improvements, along with a host of bug fixes. Raskin 1.1 can be purchased for $50 online and requires Mac...
The newly public App Store Review Guidelines are providing extra insight into why certain apps have been rejected. The introduction of the document illustrates several themes present in the formal rules below. Apple admits, for example, that the reason it is strict with potentially offensive content is that most parents don't take advantage of parental control features. "So know that we're keeping an eye out for the kids," the guidelines claim....
Amazon landed a major retail deal today that will let it sell the third-generation Kindle at Best Buy stores sometime in the fall. Both the Wi-Fi only and 3G versions will arrive at the same $139 and $189 prices as on Amazon's own pages. The costlier and larger DX isn't part of the plans....
Sony has introduced a new model in the Xacti video camera line, the
VPC-GH4. The VPC-GH4 has a traditional minicam body and Sanyo's double-range zoom feature, which provides one button switching between wide-angle and telephoto. It can shoot full 1080 60i HD video with maximum optical zoom of 10x for video, and has a high-speed mode. The VPC-GH4 also takes 10 megapixel digital photos, with up to 5x optical zoom. It has built-in support for popular social networks, and when connected to a PC can upload videos and photos to social media sites such as YouTube, Faceboo...
Pentax on Thursday brought out an upgrade to its least expensive DSLR. The K-r directly tackles some of the issues with the earlier K-x and focuses on image performance first: it now shoots at up to ISO 25,600 (up from 12,800) and at up to 6FPS for 25 shots in continuous mode (up from 4.7). High dynamic range shooting is better with a new night-focused mode, and the shutter speed has climbed to 1/6000th of a second....
Repair firm iFixit has conducted a teardown of the new iPod nano, which jettisons a clickwheel in favor a 1.54-inch touchscreen. The company describes the player as "more like a Shuffle with a screen than a Nano with multi-touch," in part because the Nano's case design is similar to that of the Shuffle. The touchscreen is in fact said to be inferior to the ones on iOS-based devices, as it supports only two fingers, and barely has space for one....
ARM today gave a name and details to its future Eagle mobile architecture. The Cortex-A15 can scale up to 1.5GHz in a dual-core format and can even work in quad-core versions up to 2.5GHz, although this is more likely to reach larger or server-like devices. It's built for future 32 nanometer manufacturing and should shrink down to a smaller and more efficient 28nm over time....
Apple has reportedly entered into a rare partnership with third-party vendor BridgeCo to help showcase its new AirPlay feature. At the companyís...All Documents are Rights of their Owners :: 2008
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