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| iPhone Going Swiss – 32GB 3G Version Rumored |  | The availability of Apple's iPhone in Switzerland is as official as it gets, since there's even a tiny page on Swisscom's website (click here to view it) dedicated to the upcoming launch. What's not official yet is whether or not Apple's handset will come in its original 2.5G ed ... [read more >>] | | 14 May 2008, 09:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vodafone Brings the iPhone to India, Australia, Turkey and Other 7 Countries |  | Vodafone just unveiled, in a very short announcement made public on its website, that it will bring Apple's iPhone to no less than 10 new markets from all around the world. Therefore, it is now officially confirmed that the iPhone will be released in the following countries: India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, the Czech Republic, Italy and Portugal.
There are no details about when ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 06:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 3G iPhone To Cost Only $199 at AT&T |  | The second generation iPhone, you know, the one that will soon come with 3G connectivity, might be cheaper than the first version, the EDGE-only one. This will be possible thanks to AT&T, the sole carrier who can currently sell the iPhone in the US (apparently, it will be the only one selling the 3G version too).
According to ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 02:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Acquires Low-Power Chip Designer PA Semi |  | Recent reports have revealed that Apple has agreed to do business, to a bigger or smaller extent, with chip designer PA Semi, as in, it bought them. Answering the burning questions coming from Forbes, an Apple spokesman confirmed that they decided to buy PA Semi ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 05:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Is, Once Again, World's Top Brand |  | The analysts of Millward Brown published the BrandZ 2008 Top 100 Brands, revealing that the Mountain View-based super search giant Google is, for the second year in a row, on the first position. Google has topped the table with a brand value of $86,052M and a change of 30 percent in comparison with General Electric that came the second with a brand value of $71,379M and a change of 15 percent.
Microsoft, the Redmond-based soft ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 03:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5.3 Build 9D23 to Developers |  | Apple has released yet another build of its upcoming maintenance update for Mac OS X Leopard users, just three days after the last build seeded to devs. This time around, Apple has also issued the seed notes that talk about the known issues (there a ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Next-Gen iPhone Will Be 'Radically Different' |  | Times Online cites industry sources as saying that Apple's next-gen iPhone will have a "radically different" appearance from current handsets, hinting at size and material used for its casing. Times Online's Jonathan Richards also makes reference t ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 03:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple's Safari Not a PayPal Banned Browser |  | Following recent reports, PayPal plans to ban unsafe browsers, especially the ones that provide weak security features. Among these tools, Apple's Safari is one of the most important applications and, even if it's currently being accessed by millions of users, it doesn't actually provide too powerful security filters. Because of that, users thought that Safari was going to be one of the PayPal banned browsers but, ... [read more >>] | | 21 April 2008, 05:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| NBC Wants Anti-Pirate iTunes |  | A "top executive" at NBC Universal hinted on Wednesday that the company would like to get back on that iTunes saddle, under one condition though: they want antipiracy measures "to help protect his business ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 16:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| iPhone Gets Official in India, From September |  | Apple's iPhone seems to finally make its official entrance to the Indian market, but only in September 2008, and coming exclusively via Vodafone.
For the beginning, just the 8GB version of the handset will be available, the 16GB one being planned for a release in 2009. Ac ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 13:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IBM Expands Mac Pilot Program |  | It is not often that we read news concerning both Apple and IBM. The last time we mentioned the two together was when Duke University folks and the University of Waterloo conducted ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 05:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Ericsson W910i Illegally in Love with Apple |  | Sony Ericsson and Apple don't really have much in common, except the fact that both companies produce and sell mobile devices, among other things. Well, some ingenious owner of a Sony Ericsson W910i apparently found a way to make his SE handset and ... [read more >>] | | 16 April 2008, 13:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple and Sony Settle Exploding Battery Lawsuit |  | Apple and Sony have jointly decided to settle the lawsuit filled with a Japanese couple that claim physical injuries related to their Mac battery bursting into flames. According to the lawsuit, the husband suffered severe injuries after the battery manufactured by Sony and shipped inside their Apple system caught fire.
However, the two companies that seem to be carrying the guilt for the incident decided to jointly pay the cou ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 10:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| "Apple iPod" Shipped with Virus |  | First of all, let's clarify a matter: because you may ask "what's with the quotes in the title?" I must explain you one thing. This article is not about one of those popular MP3 players manufactured by the Cupertino-based company, it's actually about a crappy device probably made by some Chinese firm which attempted to lure more consumers by using Apple's logo and product name (some of you may consid ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 06:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Bluetooth Firmware Available for Your MacBook Air |  | Apple has released the MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0. You can grab the latest version of your Bluetooth firmware by visiting Apple's official web site or through the Software Update system preference. MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0 shoul ... [read more >>] | | 13 April 2008, 12:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| NAB 2008 - Ambric to Show Off Its Am2045 GT on the Mac |  | Ambric has revealed plans to showcase its Am2045 GT (pre-release version) on the Mac at NAB 2008. This year's conference, missing Apple themselves, will see the video reference platform in action, which is said to allow video professionals to accelerate HD MPEG-2 and HD H.264 encoding for distribution on ... [read more >>] | | 10 April 2008, 08:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Third iPhone SDK Beta Available for Download |  | Apple has just released another iPhone 2.0 OS update and the third beta for its iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK). The third beta version of the iPhone SDK includes Interface Builder, Xcode IDE, Instruments, iPhone simulator, frameworks and samples, compilers, and Shar ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 03:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Adopts Windows Vista Security Mitigations |  | In a new move designed to add anti-hacking features to its solutions, Apple is contradicting the general perspective that its products offer security by default, in contrast with Microsoft's software. The Cupertino-based hardware company is working to bul ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 05:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Safari Is Bugging Network Administrators |  | It looks like Apple isn't off the hook yet, as far as self-aware Safari is concerned. Last month, Apple's standard browser for Leopard and iPhone users has made its way onto Windows-running computers through the same program Apple uses to issue updates for iTunes and QuickTime users, &l ... [read more >>] | | 05 April 2008, 12:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| iPhone On the Cheap Side, Now For 99 Euros |  | The iPhone is unanimously (or almost) recognized as one of the hottest handsets to make its way into the market in 2007, therefore it came for prices that cannot be seen as "accessible" by most of the mobile users. But this was at the beginning and, since ... [read more >>] | | 04 April 2008, 04:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac OS X 10.5.3 Is Speeding its Way onto Your Mac |  | Just last week we were able to confirm that Apple was testing Mac OS X 10.5.3, said to pack over 75 bug fixes, including memory leaks in CoreAnimation and iCal. The second developer release, 9D11, comes mere days after the first (9D10). Apple s ... [read more >>] | | 02 April 2008, 07:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Addicts Top Microsoft Junkies |  | From Bill Gates to Steve Jobs, from marketing jabs to product campaigns and from Windows to Mac OS X, the face-off between the Redmond- and Cupertino-based companies is nothing short of multifaceted. And the Microsoft – Apple stand-off has successfully been extended beyond the customers of the two giants to all the persons coming in contact with their brands. In this regard, a study performed by ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 11:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Survey: Once an Apple Fan, Always an Apple Fan |  | A recent survey conducted by poll by online magazine brandchannel.com has revealed the following: Apple is the most inspiring brand; Apple is the one brand that nearly 2,000 professionals and students (the surveyed folks of course) can't live without. Now that's what I like t ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 04:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Patents AppStore Logo/Icon |  | The latest patent Apple has filed to protect is aimed at its AppStore icon/logo. The figurative trademark is filed under Internatio ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 03:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Greenpeace Ups Apple to 6.7/10 |  | Recent reports are revealing that Apple is steadily securing a better position within the Greenpeace Guide with the passing of each year. Jumping from 2.5/10 to 6.7/10 in less than two years is quite a feat, but the Cupertino-based corporation still has to shake ... [read more >>] | | 31 March 2008, 18:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple's iPhone To "Arribar" in Mexico |  | Apple continues to spread the iPhone craze all over the world, and it looks like Mexico will be among the countries to get the sleek handset in the near future. According to the on-line edition of El Universal, an important Mexican newspaper, the iPhone will be available in the Central American country starting ... [read more >>] | | 30 March 2008, 11:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| If You Think Mac OS X Is More Secure than Windows, Think Again |  | If you think that Mac OS X is more secure than Windows, by all means, think again. Despite the fact that the Cupertino-based hardware company claims that Mac OS X is secure by default and out of the box, data put together by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology comes to contradict Apple's ma ... [read more >>] | | 28 March 2008, 14:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Wants Handwriting Recognition Engineer |  | Did your teachers tell you that you've got calligraphic handwriting? Good, thumbs up from Softpedia, but that won't get you anywhere near the desk Apple has wiped the dust off for a Handwriting Recognition Engineer to sit at. What you need for this ... [read more >>] | | 28 March 2008, 09:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Puts an End to Illegal Safari Installations on Windows PCs |  | This is it! Apple has put an end to all the illegal installation of the Safari browser on PCs running the Windows operating system. The Cupertino-based hardware company, and maker of the Mac OS X operating system that ships with Safari as a default component, had its arms wrapped tight around the browser. In this context, Apple specifically prohibited users to install Safari on a Windows PC. And yes, the Cupertino-based company m ... [read more >>] | | 27 March 2008, 12:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Issues Security Update 2008-002 1.1 |  | Apple has recently issued an update to the mega security software package rolled out earlier this month. The update is available for Leopard (Security Update 2008-002 1.1 – 51MB) and Leopard Server ( ... [read more >>] | | 27 March 2008, 07:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 3G iPhone to Reach the Singapore Market |  | SingTel, the largest mobile operator in Singapore, plans to offer Apple's iPhone to its subscribers starting September 2008. Since by then the 3G version of the handset will be released and Singapore mainly uses 3G mobile networks, it's almost certain that SingTel wants to bring the 3G-enabled iPhone. Currently, the only way an iPhone can be bought in Singapore is ... [read more >>] | | 25 March 2008, 16:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Prepares a Jackass Response to Apple |  | In terms of marketing moves that have the double standard of both promoting a product as well as taking a jab at the competition, Apple with its Get a Mac video advertisements has actually managed to hurt the Redmond company, squeezing some juice out of the Microsoft ... [read more >>] | | 24 March 2008, 21:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Refurb iPod Promotion Up and Down |  | Earlier this weekend, a well known Apple weblog said thumbs up to reader Timothy Colburn who stumbled upon a truly sweet iPod nano offer. According to the offer, buyers of a ... [read more >>] | | 24 March 2008, 16:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| A Microsoft-Apple Joke |  | In what sounds like yet another bold move on behalf of the Cupertino-based corporation in relation to Windows users, Steve Jobs reportedly told ... [read more >>] | | 24 March 2008, 10:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Self Aware Safari 3.1 |  | Most iPod owners use a PC. Not because they don't like Macs, but because most iPod owners are part of a huge population that uses PC. Not making myself clear yet? People mostly use PCs, OK?! It's hard for me to say this, but it's true. Moving on. As iPod owners, they need iTune ... [read more >>] | | 21 March 2008, 16:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Patents 3D Display System |  | Some people are fond of polarized 3D glasses, some people are not, but one thing is for sure: we're all fond of 3D. And that's because we see and think in 3D. It is the normal way of looking at things and ... [read more >>] | | 21 March 2008, 07:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 'I'm a Mac' Ads Possibly Hurting Other Brands |  | CoreBrand tracks over 1,200 of the world’s best corporate brands, currently sporting the largest continuous brand benchmark tracking system. According to the brand power-tracking company, Microsoft's plunging to a humiliating No. 59 could, to some degree, be a ... [read more >>] | | 21 March 2008, 05:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Between XP SP2 and Vista SP1, Apple Brought a World of Pain on Microsoft |  | Between the release of Windows XP SP2, at the end of 2004, and that of Windows Vista SP1 on March 18, 2008, Apple has brought a world of pain on Microsoft. At least this is the perspective coming from CoreBrand. The Redmond company ranked at number 59 in the annual CoreBrand Brand Power 100. The Microsoft brand has been d ... [read more >>] | | 20 March 2008, 10:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| TSA Guys Couldn't Believe the Air was a Laptop |  | We've often heard of blokes in uniforms becoming highly suspicious when encountering new tech. It is the case of one guy who missed his flight for carrying an Apple MacBook Air. What the TSA found particularly strange when he rolled it on the conveyor belt was that the l ... [read more >>] | | 10 March 2008, 11:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple and AT&T Offer Unlimited Calling Plan for iPhone |  | Apple and AT&T have agreed on a new "unlimited" plan for iPhone users, which, as its name implies, offers not only Nights & Weekends unlimited calls, but during any time of the day, any day of the week. The price? A wallet b ... [read more >>] | | 10 March 2008, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| UK - iPhone Users Get iPlayer Beta |  | In what is undoubtedly a well planned move on behalf of the BBC, iPhone users are being offered a beta for the BBC iPlayer application. TUAW reports that a limited selection of shows from the iPlayer has already been made available to UK iPhone owners, while this has nothing to do with ... [read more >>] | | 07 March 2008, 09:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple's Roads Lead to Microsoft, First Mac and Windows and Now the iPhone |  | Either Steve Jobs likes it or not, Apple's roads lead to Microsoft. Even though the two companies are perceived as being at the opposite side of the spectrum due to the Mac OS X and Windows face-off, the fact of the matter is that Apple and Microsoft are nothing short of complementary. Sure enough, there are areas where competition cannot be denied, such as the business of operating systems or that of digital media players.
And ye ... [read more >>] | | 07 March 2008, 09:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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