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) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:24:57 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/22525/Schiller_Defends_Apple_s_App_Store_Policies/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22525/Schiller_Defends_Apple_s_App_Store_Policies/ Apple is usually quite the secretive company, revealing little of itself or its practices. With the App Store under heavy criticism, the company felt it needed to break the silence, and as such, Apple's senior vice-president for worldwide product marketing, Phil Schiller defended the company's App Store policies. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:44:15 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 39 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22524/Apple_Magic_Mouse_Drivers_for_Windows/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22524/Apple_Magic_Mouse_Drivers_for_Windows/ "So you like Apple's fancy Magic Mouse? It's a beautiful piece of engineering with an insane price tag of $70. Problem is, even at $70, it only works on Macs leaving Windows users in the dust. But thanks to a hidden update here is how you get this little guy to work in Windows XP (32 bit) to Windows 7." Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:23:42 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 7 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22521/Review_iPhone_3GS_16GB_White/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22521/Review_iPhone_3GS_16GB_White/ A few weeks ago I explained that because Palm is still not selling the Palm Pre here in The Netherlands, I decided to buy an iPhone 3GS. Well, we're a few weeks down the line now, so let's review the darn thing. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:37:32 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 54 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/22499/Respected_Developers_Begin_Fleeing_from_App_Store_Platform/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22499/Respected_Developers_Begin_Fleeing_from_App_Store_Platform/ "Continued issues with the App Store approval process are prompting developers to shun the platform entirely. Though there are tens of thousands of other developers pumping out over 100000 iPhone apps, will continued migration away from iPhone development result in less quality software for the platform? Worse yet, will users even care?" Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:48:17 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 35 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22467/Worm_for_Jailbroken_iPhones_with_Default_Root_Passwords/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22467/Worm_for_Jailbroken_iPhones_with_Default_Root_Passwords/ The web went aflame today with headlines like "First iPhone worm discovered", and many other variants. Most of those headlines, however, left out a very important little fact which diminishes the impact of the news considerably: it only affects jailbroken iPhones with SSH installed, and with default root passwords. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:39:24 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Apple 20 http://www.osnews.com/topics/14 News 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 41 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