Remains of the Day: Put it on my TabCo

Steve Jobs ’s biography is come , and it ’s father way fewer incite pieces than an former MacBook prototype . Plus , the ship’s company behind the mysterious TabCo viral campaign is unmasked , and it ’s the most dissatisfactory reveal sinceThe Phantom Menace . The remainders for Monday , August 15 , 2011 are go to cry like it ’s 1999 . New Jobs Bio Cover Is All Apple With Pub Date of November(All Things D )...

August 15, 2011 · 3 min · 435 words · Jenna Hughes

WD My Passport Essential 500GB USB 3.0

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Western Digital’sMy Passport Essentialis a portable hard cause that fits well into your jeans pocket . It ’s unproblematic to use , really quiet , and provide interpret swiftness that tight rival other drives in its category . form like an iPod classic and with rounded corners for a clean look , the machine measures 4.3 by 3.3 by 0.5 inches and count just 0....

August 15, 2011 · 3 min · 578 words · Justin Nguyen

Adobe previews Muse Web design app

Adobe has unveiledMuse , a new Web design programme that lets photographic print - orientate graphical designers create and publish standards - base websites without have to write code or workplace within restrictive templates . The software , which utilise Web standards such as HTML 5 , CSS3 , and JavaScript , is being released as a public beta under the computer code name , Muse . The programme will be available from Adobe ’s website as a free prevue until the first quarter of 2012 ....

August 14, 2011 · 6 min · 1132 words · Jimmy Dodson

Review: Nikon Coolpix P300 point-and-shoot camera

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict With just a few trade - offs , the Nikon Coolpix P300 ( $ 330 ) is as closelipped as a contender get to theCanon PowerShot S95 in the realm of compact camera with manual controls . Both camera mark themselves from the pack by targeting discerning photographer front for a pocketable full complement to a DSLR — one that does n’t sacrifice much in damage of performance or features ....

August 14, 2011 · 11 min · 2306 words · Mike Kane

The Macalope Weekly: Surprise!

Many things may be surprising this week , dear readers . For example , you may be surprised to know that Rob Enderle was faulty about something ! You would , however , have to have absolutely no estimate who Rob Enderle is . But it ’s potential ! More surprising might be the Macalope ’s take on the patent war : He ’s not , on the nose , for Apple !...

August 13, 2011 · 10 min · 1942 words · Rachel Warner

China stops fake Apple stores from using trademarks

The Taiwanese metropolis of Kunming has contain 22 fake Apple stores from illicitly using the company ’s iconic trademark after Apple lodged a complaint with authority . Kunming self-confidence found 20 unauthorised Apple resellers , according to aFriday postingmade on the urban center governing ’s web site . presently , 11 of those resellers are being investigated . Two other store were distinguish for related trespass . The metropolis ordered all unauthorized Apple vender to cease using the Apple earmark by August 10 , this retiring Wednesday ....

August 11, 2011 · 2 min · 386 words · Cassandra Simon

The Macalope Daily: Taking sides

“ Thirty years from now when you ’re sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee , and he asks you , ‘ What did you do in the great Patent Wars of 2011 ? ’ You wo n’t have to say , ‘ Well , I shovel [ expletive ] in Louisiana . ’ ” – George S. Patton There ’s been a peck of hubbub about patents this year ....

August 11, 2011 · 3 min · 498 words · Javier Cordova

Why some developers turn to Web-based iOS apps

When the iPhone debut in 2007 , developers who wanted to build apps for Apple ’s smartphone had just one option — make a Web app that exploiter would access through the phone ’s establish - in Safari web browser . “ We ’ve come up with a very sweet answer , ” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said at the time , hailing the entanglement - based approach as an “ innovative new way to create apps for iPhone ....

August 11, 2011 · 9 min · 1763 words · Carrie Carter

Hands on with Amazon’s Kindle Cloud Reader

Amazon ’s new Kindle Cloud Reader , announced Wednesday and usable now atread.amazon.com , is a Web - based interface to Amazon ’s Kindle ebook store , unadulterated with the power to read Quran within a web browser app . Using HTML5 and related technologies , Kindle Cloud Reader is n’t just for browsing books when you ’ve got an Internet connection : It can even store books on your twist for offline reading ....

August 10, 2011 · 11 min · 2246 words · Alison White

Hands on with Lion Recovery Disk Assistant

Apple this week released a free utility called Lion Recovery Disk Assistant that provides an easy method for creating an officialLion Recoverydrive from any 1 GB ( or larger ) USB hard driving or ovolo drive . You candownload Lion Recovery Disk Assistant from Apple ’s Support site ; it ’s about 1 M in size . Apple render some brief instructions for using this utility , but those instruction do n’t give you the whole narrative — while the utility is indeed simple to use , there ’s a mint more you should cognise about creating and using a recovery movement ....

August 10, 2011 · 9 min · 1908 words · Diane Trevino

Vudu video-streaming service adds iPad support

moving picture and TV aficionados now have another option when tot up their iPads : picture - cyclosis serving Vuduannounced on Wednesdaythat it ’s commence offering the ability to rent , purchase , and learn movies right from Apple ’s pill . Unlike Netflix or Hulu , Vudu use a Web - free-base interface alternatively of a native iOS app . By visitingvudu.comin Safari on your iPad , you could crop through the usable films , select one , and start watching it right away ( provide , of course , that you have or sign up up for a free Vudu account ) ....

August 10, 2011 · 3 min · 578 words · Wesley Brennan

Amazon launches Kindle Cloud Reader, sidestepping Apple’s subscription rules

If you ca n’t gravel the rule , go around ‘ em . That seems to be the idea behind Amazon ’s young vane - basedKindle Cloud Reader , a transparent attempt to give iPad readers direct access to both their Kindle book and the Amazon bookstore without cutting Apple a 30 - pct slice of the pie . Amazon ’s launch of the iPad - optimized vane military service is the recent C in a battle that has been brewing since February , whenApple announced it would take a 30 percent swing of salesmade through in - app purchases of books , periodical , music , and movies — and that sellers could n’t use their websites to declare oneself well deals than available through the apps ....

August 9, 2011 · 3 min · 590 words · Jeffrey Miller

Back up your iTunes media files

As fourth dimension goes by , and our digital media collections produce , we postulate to check that we do n’t lose the music and video Indian file that we ’ve spent our severely - earned one dollar bill ( or , in the lawsuit of ripping our own CDs and DVDs , considerable time ) on . Music , videos , and audiobooks can add up until your iTunes library replete your backbreaking disk and then some ....

August 9, 2011 · 6 min · 1134 words · Nicole Blanchard