The easiest option for giving a cellphone?
If you want to get someone a phone and still surprise them, Jefferson Graham (usatoday.com) offers some advice: ?Buy a gift card.? He notes that you can now purchase ?a special ?iPhone 3G Gift Card? in any denomination you choose.? And when redeemed, he explains, a representative at the Apple Store will ?customize the home screen, personalize the ring tone? and perform other setup chores.
published yesterday, 17 hours 36 minutes ago, apple-hot-news
RSPlug Trojan evolves into third version
A third variant of the RSPlug Trojan has appeared online, says security firm Intego. Following in the wake of the RSPlug.D version, Intego notes that another mutant copy called RSPlug.E has appeared. The new Trojan is said to be very similar in scope to D, being mainly found on dubious pornography sites, and equipped with a downloader that installs files from a remote server....
published yesterday, 1 day 3 hours 29 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Apple notes the top albums/singles of 2008 from iTunes Store
Apple and the online music world have forked over some numbers for the top-selling albums and singles of the year. Although the iTunes Store isn't quite the online equivalent of the back pages of Billboard, it's certainly coming close. Read More...
published on Tuesday, the 2. December 2008, ars-technica
Apple gear ranks high in Amazon Black Friday sales
Various Apple products dominated Amazon's bestsellers in electronics during Black Friday, Forbes reports. The morning of the sales event, the iPod touch was the top-selling item, though it was displaced to fourth place by Sunday. Three of the top 10 electronics items are said to have been Apple gear, however, and Kaufman analyst Shaw Wu notes that the lead times for Touches lengthened dramatical...
published on Monday, the 1. December 2008, macintosh-news-network
'Push' Notifications Coming in iPhone 2.2.1?
RussianiPhone.ru claims that they have seen iPhone 2.2.1 Beta 1 and that it implements Push notifications as well as over-the-air MobileMe syncing with Notes support. As proof they've posted a screenshot showing the Notes and Calendar...
published on Saturday, the 29. November 2008, macrumors
Update some iCal event info without editing
If you double-click an event in the 10.5 version of iCal, you get a little pop-up window with some details and Edit and Done buttons, as you probably already know. This window might look worthless for editing, but even if you don't press the Edit button, if you drag and drop some text onto this pop-up window, the text will be added to the notes field of the displayed event. I did this by accident and was surprised it happened, so I tried a few more things. Drag and drop a file, and it is added as an attachment. Drag and drop a person from Address Book, and they are added as an attendee. You can also drag multiple people, or an existing group, to have them all added as attendees. Drag a URL, and its added as a clickable URL. So despite appearances, you can actually do some basic editing in the event info pop-up window. [robg adds: If the even has an existing URL, ...
published on Wednesday, the 26. November 2008, macosxhints
Apple 'growth story' expected to survive recession
Apple is likely to continue growth in spite of a looming recession, says Kaufman Brothers' Shaw Wu. Formerly with American Technology Research, the analyst notes that Kaufman is starting its coverage of Apple by posting a "buy" rating and suggesting a 12-month price target of $120. This was calculated using a 15x multiplier on its CY09 FCF estimate, which is $7.89....
published on Tuesday, the 25. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
RIM may fall short of sales targets post-Storm
Research in Motion's heavily promoted BlackBerry Storm launch this Friday may not have been enough to save the company from a poor financial quarter, according to a new research note by Citi analyst Jim Suva. Although the Storm sold out at many Verizon stores since launch, Suva supports claims of a software-based delay and notes that many stores actually received significantly less units than exp...
published on Monday, the 24. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Second-gen iPod touch critically faster than first
The second-generation iPod touch is substantially faster than the first, to the point of affecting app design, a game developer notes. Handheld Games observes that in writing TouchSports Tennis, it was forced to reduce polygonal detail on players to 800 in zoomed-out views, and 1,000 in close-ups. This is because the first-gen Touch "chokes" when displaying the constant 1,500 polygons possible f...
published on Monday, the 24. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Apple seeks to trademark OpenCL
Apple has filed for a trademark on OpenCL technology, documents from the US Patent and Trademark Office show. The standard is intended to better distribute processing power on a computer, by using the normally segregated processing on a video card to help with tasks unrelated to graphics. Video cards can be extremely powerful, Apple notes, but only tend to maximize their use in certain applicati...
published on Friday, the 21. November 2008, macintosh-news-network