AOL Radio on 3G iPhone

AOL Radio won a coveted Apple Design Award for a version of the player designed for the iPhone. The AOL developed application was highlighted during the “iPhone Developer Showcase” portion of the annual awards ceremony last night at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco and won the award for “Best Entertainment Application”.

AOL Radio for [...]

Safari “carpet bombing” exploit released in the wild

In what appears to be an attempt to provoke Apple to reconsider its currently passive position on the severity of the dubbed as “carpet bomb” flaw, a working Proof of Concept exploit code has been released at Liu Die Yu’s security blog :
Nitesh Dhanjani discovered that Safari for Windows puts downloads automatically to Desktop and [...]

New Apple iPhone expected next week

June has arrived and for Apple fans and investors that means just one thing — a new iPhone.
The encore to the original iPhone, which launched nearly a year ago amid unprecedented industry buzz, is widely expected to be the main attraction when Chief Executive Steve Jobs takes the stage at Apple’s developers’ conference next Monday.
The [...]

Hilarious: The Powerbook Prank: He wanted a Powerbook. We gave him a P-P-P-P…

This is an absolutely hilarious read about a prank on an ebay scammer! Not sure how old the story is, but once I started reading it, I couldn’t stop. A must read when you have 10-15 mins to spare.
The PowerBook Prank

The Powerbook Prank

Part 1:
Building the P-P-P-Powerbook

Part 2:
Sending it off

Part 3:
Getting through customs

Part 4:
The scammer responds

The [...]

The OS X desktop as music video

A digital filmmaker named Dennis Liu has made an amazing video for The Bird And The Bee’s lovely song “Again & Again”. The set? His Mac desktop. You sort of have to see it for yourself to understand; luckily, Dennis has dropped it on YouTube so that the world can see it in low-res glory:

Innovative, [...]

Apple promises iTunes movies same day as DVDs

Apple on Thursday announced that new movie releases will be available for purchase on the iTunes Store the same day as they’re available as their DVD release.
New releases and catalog titles are coming from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment [...]

First Psystar Mac Clones Ship

According to Gizmodo, Psystar has begun shipping its Macintosh clones, thus proving that the company is not a hoax. Initial impressions seem to be positive, though Software Update does not work.

BlackBerry vs. iPhone: The smartphone battle hots up

The New York Time’s Brad Stone has a very interesting Sunday story about RIM (Research In Motion) communicating how much the iPhone is a threat to RIM today. But how real is the threat?

Apple to Licence Haptic Technology for iPhone

Apple Inc is in talks with Immersion Corporation to licence Haptic Technology for its iPhone. Immersion Corporation on Thursday announced that they have appointed former Apple executive Clent Richardson to the position of President and CEO.

Lightning Fast iPods and iPhones Coming Soon - Apple Acquires Obscure Processor Company

Forbes reports that Apple has agreed to purchase chip manufacturer P.A. Semi for $278 million. The company, founded in 2003, focuses on sophisticated, low-power chips that could possibly used in future models of the iPhone.
The decision to center the iPhone design around a chip that Apple could own marks a significant strategic choice by Apple [...]