Stories by Gary Ng

This year marks the fourth annual Pwn2Own contest held by the TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). Once again the contest will be held in Vancouver at the CanSecWest security conference on March 24th, 2010. The total cash prize up for grabs is $100,000 USD. In a nutshell security experts that are able to hack and...

Here we go again! Get your sleeping bags and coffee ready, as Apple Canada will be opening British Columbia's third Apple Retail Store. According to the Monster job site, the location is to be opened in Richmond, British Columbia, specifically located inside of Richmond Center. This will mark the third Apple retail store in Metro...

My good friends over at the Apple Store recently replaced my iPhone 3GS. I was having some intermittent issues and my battery was lasting about 2 hours with minimal use. As usual, the experience was painless and I left with a new iPhone 3GS. When I got home to sync it I noticed that the...

When Microsoft released their Bing iPhone App, it was a pretty nice app to use. Easy on the eyes and it actually resulted in accurate searches. I'm a Google fanboy more than anything, so I rarely used the Bing app after testing it out. Microsoft Pulls Bing From International App Stores Seems like Microsoft is...

If you haven't tried the free Meebo IM app, you're missing out on one of the best IM apps available for the iPhone. The Meebo team has been hard at work and just released their 1.2 update which allows users to send pictures via chat. Pics can be taken from the camera or the camera...

Role Playing Game (RPG) fans have a lot to celebrate after Final Fantasy I & II was released for the iPhone/iPod Touch. To add to this mix, Square Enix recently released a trailer for their upcoming RPG called Chaos Rings. This new RPG takes advantage of the graphics capabilities of the iPhone OS and looks...

We know that the iPad will go on sale April 3 in the USA. Canadians will get the iPad near the end of April. As for the upcoming iPhone, if history is any indication it should arrive in June/July. That has been the case for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. Should You Buy an...

For those of you who use the PayPal iPhone app, you will be pleased to know that the app just received a major update. The interface has been revamped and new features have been added, including the ability to use the Bump iPhone app to send payments. Here's the description on the latest update: PayPal’s...

Sibling site iPadinCanada.ca recently covered how Apple's latest iPad has a new battery replacement policy. This policy will cost iPad owners $99 plus shipping to get their batteries replaced. But here's the catch: Apple will replace the entire iPad (new or refurbished, we don't know yet) instead of just swapping out the battery! This differs...

If you’re like me and have a whole heap of videos on your Mac/PC at home (legally purchased of course), then converting them into iPhone friendly .m4v files, organizing them in iTunes, and then USB syncing it to your phone (provided you have enough space) can be a rather cumbersome task. The AirVideo app will...

So far we've talked about the L5 remote, Bell PVR TV remote app, and the RedEye Mini. Being able to control all your multimedia devices with one remote is very handy. The latest patents submitted by Apple reveals that they have some sort of super remote in the works. PatentlyApple.com writes about the following: Apple...

On Jan. 31st, The Simpsons featured Homer using his iPhone on the show's opening couch gag. I never did catch the episode but the clip itself is pretty funny. This is the not the first time Apple has been featured on TV's longest running show. You may recall the November 2008 episode that featured "Mapple"...