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Apple To Host WWDC From June 7th – 11th

This morning Apple announced the official dates of the annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). This year the event will be hosted from June 7, 2010 through June 11, 2010 at the Moscone West Convention center in San Francisco. WWDC typically focuses on the software side of Apple regarding Mac OS X and iPhone OS, the...

Apple Seeds New Mac OS X 10.6.4 Build 10F37

As originally reported, Apple has began to seed the new version of Snow Leopard, 10.6.4. Today Apple seeded the first build of OS X 10.6.4, build 10F37. According to reports, the current build focuses on Graphics Drivers, SMB, Time Machine backups, USB, and VoiceOver. The build does not include any further updates or enhancements. There...

Apple Releases iTunes 9.1.1 Update

Today Apple released the latest update to iTunes, version 9.1.1. The update mostly delivers small bug fixes and various enhancements. The update also addresses performance and stability of iTunes, which is likely the largest fix overall. iTunes 9.1.1 comes with several improvements and fixes, including: Addresses a conflict with some third-party software which may cause...

Facebook Videos Now Support iPhone & iPad

Good news for Facebook users! Today (or this past week at least), Facebook has began to transcode their videos to support the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Prior to today, Facebook videos ran in Flash, making them not viewable with mobile Safari on devices such the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. While not all videos...

Dilbert Takes on the Lost iPhone Prototype

Yesterday Gizmodo broke news about how police seized computers from editor Jason Chen's home. This was in part due to Gizmodo's reviews of a "lost" iPhone prototype. Scott Adams, the creator of the popular Dilbert comic strip had his chance to create a comic on the whole event. Here's what he had to say on...

Police Seize Jason Chen’s Computers: Leaking Apple Prototypes = Bad

This whole "leaked" iPhone 4G prototype saga is taking an ugly turn. Gizmodo reports that police, armed with a warrant, seized Jason Chen's computers while he was out with his wife. He arrived home to find police searching through his house and his front door kicked down. Many people were wary of Gizmodo posting a...

thunderst0rm is Fake

Everyone is patiently waiting for the next jailbreak tool to be released. We've seen some great videos from the hacker we trust, (iPhone Dev Team, Geohot), so we know they are on the way, we're just not sure when. It is expected that the next tools will jailbreak all devices on iPhone OS 3.1.3, and...

Google To Release Its Free Navigation App For iPhone

Google has may have confirmed plans to deliver its free turn-by-turn navigation app to other smartphones, such as the iPhone. The navigation app is currently available for free to Android phones as an update to Google Maps, but the iPhone may soon get the application as well. Unfortunately, Google did not indicate when it will...

Apple To Begin Mac OS X 10.6.4 Testing

At the end of March 2010, Apple officially released the public version of Mac OS X 10.6.3. The x.x.3 release marked the third main revision to the Mac operating system, Snow Leopard. At the time of release, the 10.6.3 update brought many enhancements: - improve the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X - address compatibility...