http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:45:38 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/22458/How_Apple_Handles_App_Store_Infringement_Complaints_Badly/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22458/How_Apple_Handles_App_Store_Infringement_Complaints_Badly/ We're all familiar with the fact that Apple has trouble managing its App Store. While it is overflowing with applications, Apple governs it willy-nilly, and the web is rife with stories from developers who had their application rejected for no apparent reason. There's now a new issue we can add to the list. Are you an iPhone developer? Do you want a similar, competing application out of the App Store? All you need to do is send an infringement claim to Apple, and they'll happily threaten to remove the competing application without a second thought. Update: And here's a similar case, about Stoneloops! vs. Luxor. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:11:03 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 19 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/22455/The_iPod_Touch_2nd_Gen/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22455/The_iPod_Touch_2nd_Gen/ Geeks.com, a popular shop for computer parts and mp3 players sent us over the second generation iPod Touch 8 GB for a review. Check in for more! Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:06:33 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru) Apple 19 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/22371/Apple_Updates_Entire_Consumer_Mac_Line/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22371/Apple_Updates_Entire_Consumer_Mac_Line/ As expected, Apple has refreshed its entire consumer line of Macintosh computers. The Mac mini, the MacBook, and the iMac lines of computers have all been overhauled, with the MacBook even getting a complete redesign. Prices in Europe have been dropped slightly, and there's a new mouse, too. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:28:31 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 88 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22369/Apple_Does_i_Not_i_Say_Cheaper_Products_Are_in_the_Pipeline/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22369/Apple_Does_i_Not_i_Say_Cheaper_Products_Are_in_the_Pipeline/ Yesterday, during the conference call following Apple's stellar results for the fourth quarter of 2009, Apple talked about its forecasts for the coming quarter, which included a drop in revenues and lower margins. The web has drawn conclusions that this means Apple will be lowering its prices - but I'm kind of missing where the conclusion comes from. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:48:52 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 13 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22367/Apple_Reports_Yet_Another_Stellar_Quarter/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22367/Apple_Reports_Yet_Another_Stellar_Quarter/ It's getting a little bit predictable, but Apple has reported yet another stellar set of quarterly financial results. The company has sold more Macs and iPhones than the same quarter last year, but sales of the iPod were down compared to the same quarter last year. Profits and gross-margins were also up. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:43:03 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 40 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22341/The_iPod_Classic_120_GB/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22341/The_iPod_Classic_120_GB/ Geeks.com sent us over for a whirl the highest capacity available iPod mp3 player, the 120 GB version of the iPod Classic. In the era of the touchscreen iPods and smartphones, how is the Classic design holding up? Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:23:38 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru) Apple 44 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/22334/Best_Free_Open_Source_Software_for_Mac_OS_X/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22334/Best_Free_Open_Source_Software_for_Mac_OS_X/ InfoWorld surveys the FOSS-on-Mac OS X landscape, detailing the most essential free open source applications for the Mac, all precompiled and ready to run. 'In many cases, you're not just getting an open source tool; you're getting a range of options to add to that tool as many of them have yet another layer of openness hidden inside. Several of the applications have their own built-in environment for extending the software. Some accept plug-ins, some have pop-up windows for writing short extensions, and some have both -- so you have even more options for customization.' From AppleJack to GIMP to jEdit, each of these top 10 open source apps and utilities for the Mac prove that the best free open source software isn't just for Windows users. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:28:08 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Apple 9 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News snydeq http://www.osnews.com/story/22296/Review_MacBook_Pro_13_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22296/Review_MacBook_Pro_13_/ Late June 2009 I bought a 13" MacBook Pro (2.26 GHz, 4 GB RAM). I suppose that after just three months, the blinding "first joys" over getting a laptop have worn off. By now, I deem my thoughts about this device to be realistic and of an appropriate level. The past few weeks I attained mastery over the Mac OS through personal discovery, accompanied by a very insightful book; I bought additional software and hacked the Dock to suit my preferences. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:01:13 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Apple 81 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 Feature Eddyspeeder http://www.osnews.com/story/22269/Google_Maps_to_be_Ousted_from_iPhone_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22269/Google_Maps_to_be_Ousted_from_iPhone_/ "MacRumors discovered that Apple quietly acquired mapping service Placebase back in July. Placebase CEO Jaron Waldman's updated LinkedIn profile now lists him on the 'Geo Team' at Apple. So what's Apple's interest in a mapping company? The obvious guess would be as a replacement for the Google Maps application that is installed by default on all iPhones." Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:19:30 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Jordan Spencer Cunningham) Apple 4 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22252/iPhone_May_Face_EU-Wide_Recall/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22252/iPhone_May_Face_EU-Wide_Recall/ The European Union has stated today that it is taking the "exploding" iPhone issues very, very seriously. EU consumer watchdog Meglena Kuneva has explained that if national authorities find out that manufacturing faults are the cause of the issue, the iPhone will face an EU-wide recall. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:50:44 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 39 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22245/Apple_Pushes_Unwanted_Software_to_Windows_Users_-_Again/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22245/Apple_Pushes_Unwanted_Software_to_Windows_Users_-_Again/ If you have Apple's QuickTime media player and/or iTunes installed on your Windows machine, you might want to keep an eye on apple's Software Update tool. Apple is once again using the update tool to push unwanted software onto users' machines without asking for permission. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:18:34 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 83 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22243/Apple_Driving_Force_Behind_Intel_s_Light_Peak/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22243/Apple_Driving_Force_Behind_Intel_s_Light_Peak/ When Intel unveiled its Light Peak optical interconnect (video) at IDF earlier this week, many noticed that the demonstration computer used to show the new technology was in fact a hackintosh. Well, thanks to Engadget we now know why: Apple is very, very involved in the conception of Light Peak. Let's take this opportunity to look at some of Apple's other connection standards from the past. Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:47:24 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 28 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22196/Reminiscence_Macintosh_Plus_System_6_Beige_Beauty/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22196/Reminiscence_Macintosh_Plus_System_6_Beige_Beauty/ We all have our most favored machines of yesteryear; in this I assume that most people are like me, anyway. Breaking away from the mundane every-day news of boring (I jest) new technologies such as touchscreens the size of a wall and upcoming operating systems that support graphics cards with 1.5 GB of vRAM, take a walk down memory lane-- or "Neurological Alley" as I like to call it-- and take a look inside, outside, and in all of the nooks and crannies in between the circuits of the Macintosh Plus and its accompanying System 6, fresh from the splendor of 1986. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:50:04 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Jordan Spencer Cunningham) Apple 25 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/22193/Google_Voice_Rejection_Came_from_the_Top_at_Apple/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22193/Google_Voice_Rejection_Came_from_the_Top_at_Apple/ "Apple's rejection of the Google Voice app for the iPhone went all the way to the top - the bad news was personally delivered to Google by none other than Apple's Senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing, Phil Schiller. New details of the controversial decision came to light today when the FCC released an unredacted version of Google's own confidential letter to the agency. Google replied to a set of FCC questions about the Google Voice app rejection on August 21, but requested that the letter be kept private due to the 'sensitive nature of commercial discussion'. Interested parties immediately filed Freedom of Information Act requests to get at the juicy tidbits that might be found in such a letter; rather than fight the request, Google waived its confidentiality." Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:12:07 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 15 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22181/The_Complete_iTunes_History_SoundJam_MP_to_iTunes_9/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22181/The_Complete_iTunes_History_SoundJam_MP_to_iTunes_9/ "Watching Steve take the stage and roll out a new version of iTunes got us all nostalgic for the old days, when iTunes logos changed color and our jukebox looked like it could withstand a bomb blast. Below is the history of the application that is running more than any other on our Macs. It spawned the iPod, iPhone, Apple TV and gave us an excuse to throw out those ugly CD towers that resided in the corners of our houses in the 90s. The ever present, iTunes." Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:56:18 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kroc Camen) Apple 10 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News