AMD splits into design, chipmaking firms

AMD this morning took a radical step to improve its fortunes by launching into its promised split into two separate companies. The plan will see AMD break off its semiconductor manufacturing business into a separate company, for now known as the The Foundry Company, and will result in the new company both assuming about $1.2 billion of AMD's debt and the Abu Dhabi-based firm Advanced Technology I...

published today, 1 hour 49 minutes ago

Victoria school forced to change apple logo

Apple's legal team is targeting a Vancouver Island college, Victoria School of Business and Technology, over its logo, which bares a slight resemblance to the Cupertino-based electronics manufacturer's famous logo. CBC News writes that the school uses a stylized blue and green apple logo, with the letters VSBT adorning the upper left corner. The positioning of the logo's single leaf is most likely...

published yesterday, 9 hours 19 minutes ago

Zoho DB produces reports for iPhone app developers

AdventNet has announced that its Zoho DB & Reports tools can be used by developers of iPhone applications to translate iTunes Connect CSV files into charts and reports that offer more depth. Users can import the daily reports into a database on their Zoho accounts. The Application Daily Sales tool produces a graph that breaks the number of sales by each day. The data can be filtered to show only t...

published yesterday, 10 hours 44 minutes ago

Dream Capture 2.2 adds auto focusing, H.264 encoding

The Dream Apps has released the latest version of it s video recording utility, Dream Capture 2.2. Features new to the update include an automatic focusing feature, support for H.264 encoding, meta data support for iTunes 8, and DreamSync audio compression. Users of MacBooks and MacBook Pros will now be able to record longer than five seconds, now that the relevant bug has been fixed. Video that i...

published yesterday, 11 hours 14 minutes ago

iPhone SMS security bug still present

After being slammed by numerous security interests, it appears that the emergency all feature on the iPhone still allows users to compromise the security of text messages sent to the device. Blogger Karl Kraft recently discovered, through his 12-year old son, that if the device is placed in emergency call mode, full text messages are viewable, even when SMS preview is turned off. Kraft notes that ...

published yesterday, 11 hours 49 minutes ago

PalaeoGraphics Apple reseller opens Melbourne store

PalaeoGraphics, an Australian authorized Apple reseller, has recently opened a new store in Melbourne. Apple also has opened a Melbourne location earlier in September in the Chadstone Shopping Center. Both the manufacturer and resellers have been expanding locations in Australia this year. Analyst firm Gartner reported earlier this year that the Mac platform has achieved a 52 percent gain in marke...

published yesterday, 12 hours 9 minutes ago

Drawit 3.6 offers improved speed, lower memory usage

Pieter Omvlee has released the latest version if his vector-drawing application, Drawit 3.6. This latest version is claimed to offer significant increases in speed and decreases in memory usage. Bitmap layers can now be exported for editing in other applications. Drawit includes a vector tool for creation and editing, along with a number of template shapes including shapes, circles, stars, rounded...

published yesterday, 12 hours 44 minutes ago

ImageTouch for iPhone allows editing, effects

Intellicore has released ImageTouch, an image editing utility for the iPhone and iPod touch. The program uses the multi-touch functionality of the device screen for input. Users can take pictures from the iPhone or Touch libraries to be resized, moved, or rotated individually or in batches. A double tap will switch between images, while a long tap will change the background color or add a frame or...

published yesterday, 13 hours 29 minutes ago

Apple fails to dismiss iPhone class action suit

A federal court in Northern California has rejected most of Apple's motions to dismiss monopoly claims that have been filed against it in a class action lawsuit inspired by issues with the iPhone, according to InternetNews. The suit, filed last year, makes several claims against the iPhone manufacturer and AT&T, accusing the companies of illegally closing the platform to any software or modificat...

published yesterday, 13 hours 59 minutes ago

G-Map for iPhone works stand-alone without internet

XROAD has developed G-Map, a GPS mapping application for the iPhone. The program is stand-alone, allowing users to find their location outside of internet connections and in complete dead zones. A "Real 3D View" is provided for major intersections and highway junctions. POI information includes restaurants, hotels, and leisure destinations, with the ability to edit entries and add personalized mem...

published yesterday, 16 hours 9 minutes ago