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by Chris Soghoian, CNET News.com
My suspicion is that Apple will not want to risk losing the golden-egg laying DMCA goose, and thus, will stick to frequent software updates for the iPhone that break community written applications. Wy sue when you can patch?
by Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News
When Apple held its annual meeting in May, activist investors made a lot of noise about the company's backdating scandal and the job Apple directors were doing.
It turns out that these generally small but vocal shareholders weren't alone in their concerns. Many of the leading mutual fund investors in Apple — including household names such as Vanguard and Oppenheimer — sided with the activists, recent regulatory filings reveal.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple legal has requested the dismissal of a patent-infringement lawsuit bought against it by Burst.com.
by Charles Starrett, iLounge
Apple and T-Mobile announced today that T-Mobile will be the exclusive German carrier for the iPhone when it launches in that country on Nov 9.
by Don Reisinger, MacNN
iPhone hacking is good, it makes our lives easier and better. Why should anyone discourage this form of art?
by Sutart Miles, Pocket-lint.co.uk
Making the comments at the "Mum is no longer the word" press conference at the Regent Street Apple store in London, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple said: "You can expect a 3G iPhone later next year".
See Also:
If True, Jobs Quote Of "A 3G iPhone Later Next Year" Should Kill Demand For iPhone 1.0, by David Berlind, ZDNet.
by Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC News
by Christopher Breen, Playlist
For some expecting a hybrid of the iPod and iPhone, the touch will come as a disappointment. But even without skewed expectations, the iPod touch is an imperfect player—offering a somewhat arbitrary feature set, no physical or remote controls for adjusting volume or controlling the player, very restricted video output capabilities, and, at best, an under-whelming display (and, at worst, one that's virtually unwatchable when viewing dark video).
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
OK, so Apple's got the better deal. But is that anything to crow about? You're still being forced by a song twice just to be able to use a few seconds of that song as a ringtone—ironically, on the very same device on which you can already play it as a music track!
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
From MacInTouch, here's another distrubing information I've found regarding Apple's new line of iPods...
Steven Wicinski: On my 5G iPod, if I make a smart playlist of podcasts or audiobooks, it will play them one after the other, which I like, since it makes no sense to have to deal with the distractions of going back to where I was to pick another episode. However, with my nano, it works different, playing just one entry in the playlist then stopping (how this is helpful or wanted is beyond me).
Is this true? If so, the new line of iPods is getting more and more unattractive to me...
by Graceful Flavor
People switch brands and allegiances every day, but I can't think of another product that carries the consumer word-of-mouth momentum as Apple.
by Michael Gartenberg, JupiterResearch
This is not a sprint for Apple but rather a marathon. Apple has already demonstrated that while not early to market, they are a powerful and relevant force with the abbility to capture the mind share of consumers.
by Daniel Drew Turner, eWeek
Should Microsoft comply with the EU's decison and publish full server protocols, Matthew Sparby, a tecnology consultant, said, Mac OS X server products—including Mac OS X Server and the Xserve hardware—could gain these features.
by Reuters
CBS Corp does not plan to fight Apple Inc over the pricing of television shows sold on the iTunes online media store, CBS chief executive Les Moonves said on Tuesday.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Users have better control over what gets backed up, and are provided with detailed information about the progress of their backup.
by Scott Gureck, MacNN
by MacMinute
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
A teardown of the new iPod points to big savings in parts, which should help maintain hefty sales.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
by Lionel Laurent, Forbes
The model's lack of 3G capability, along with prospective rivals from Nokia and Sony Ericsson, left much to be desired after the initial fanfare.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
With Microsoft's antitrust appeal now decided, the next U.S. technology company to get a place ont he European Union (EU)'s regulatory hot seat may be Apple, an antitrust expert said Tuesday.
Apple, in fact, will face two days of hearings before the commission starting Wednesday to answer charges that it and its four music label partners are violating EU laws with the pricing structure and purchase restrictions of the iTunes music store.
by Peter Sayer, IDG News Service
When it arrives in the U.K. November 9, the iPhone will face stiffer competition in that market than it does in the U.S. That's because prices for other smartphones are typically lower in Europe, where many operators subsidize the cost of new phones in order to attract customers.
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Mozilla has fixed a critical bug in the way the Firefox browser works with QuickTime media files.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs said today that it's his company's job to stymie hackers who try to unlock the iPhone — the first time the company has officially said it would fight attempts to use the popular device on unauthorized networks.
Game on!
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
More than a year after claiming to have found a way to take over a Macintosh computer using a flaw in the system's wireless card, David Maynor has published details of his exploit.
See Also:
OS X Kernel-Mode Exploitation In A Weekend, by David Maynor, Uninformed.
Glenn Fleishman: This first report, with more promised, isn't simple proof. But it should be verifiable by a party that has no vested interest.
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