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Three strikes and they’re out? Tunes 9.0.2 kills Pre syncing

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:39:58 +0000

Palm said, “Tit,” and now Apple’s answered with a cursory “tat.” The ongoing war between the two companies over iTunes syncing rumbles on with neither side apparently willing the concede let alone play nicely with the other.

AllThingsD reports that with the release of iTunes 9.0.2 (Mac, Windows (64 [...]

Change to iPhone 3GS foils unlockers – for now

Michael W. Jones — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:51:16 +0000

The newest model of the iPhone 3GS includes a change in the phone’s bootrom designed to keep hackers from using the usual entry points to unlock the popular Apple mobile device.

In the constantly moving brush war between Apple [...]

iPhone OS 3.1.2 patches network issue, kills current jailbreak

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:21:40 +0000

The usual passel of patches and bug fixes, as well as Apple’s latest volley in the now largely pointless serve and return contest between the company and jailbreakers — whatever. Here’s a quick thumbnail glance at what’s new and hopefully been fixed this time around.

Cult of Mac brings us news [...]

WebOS 1.2.1 fixes Palm Pre iTunes sync issue

Ronald O Carlson — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:22:49 +0000

When WebOS 1.2 arrived without an iTunes 9 sync fix or work around, pretty much everyone assumed Palm had given up their quixotic effort to restore syncing with Apple’s industry leading jukebox software. And, honestly, who could blame them. Well, what a difference a point update can make.

When Palm’s WebOS 1.2 [...]

Apple opens App Store Resource Center for iPhone devs

Ronald O Carlson — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:53:55 +0000

One step forward and one step back seems to be Cupertino’s approach with the iPhone and app developer support. As allegations of collusion with AT&T against Google and Google Voice gain credibility, Apple has taken another step to make getting on the App Store a little easier.

News.com reports that Apple [...]

iPhone OS 3.1: MobileMe services get tweaked, too

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:01:10 +0000

Apple’s pay-to-play online services suite offers unmatched services and, of course, the company’s creamy smooth “it just works” design and user aesthetic. Increasingly, MobileMe is the cloud-based glue that holds together the Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod and iPhone maker’s wide-ranging products and services.

As you might expect, last week’s big iTunes [...]

New iPod touch: Why doesn’t the 802.11n just work? [u]

Ronald O Carlson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:26:21 +0000

Whether or not the chip inside Apple’s just announced 32 and 64 gigabyte iPod touches is compatible is perhaps a moot point as there’s more to building technology into a product than just soldering the appropriate piece of silicon onto the circuit board.

Wednesday’s iPod event brought a lot of surprises not the [...]

iPhone OS 3.1[.1]: What’s inside this major update

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:24:06 +0000

This dot-fix is 90 percent about making your iPhone or iPod touch play nicely with the changes with iTunes and the iTunes Store. Therein, the feature that makes me grin deviantly is the ability to manage apps on my Mac, which is simply sweet given the big Swedish hands I inherited [...]

iPhone OS 3.0.1 ships, addresses SMS vulnerability

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:42:23 +0000

That nasty, nasty exploit that Charlie Miller pimped for all its worth demonstrated at this week’s Black Hat conference yesterday in, where else, Lost Wages (Las Vegas), Nevada, has been patched, and that’s pretty fast turnaround for Apple. Still, it’s well nigh impossible to see any of these players [...]

Could jailbroken iPhones threaten wireless networks?

Michael W. Jones — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:04:00 +0000

Apple has filed information with the U.S. Copyright Office which lays out grave consequences for the cell phone networks due to jailbroken and unlocked iPhones, including cell tower damage.

The information will be considered by the Copyright Office as part of its [...]