Paying more and paying twice for less

On the same twenty-four hour period Appleannounced a new business of iPodsand a dramatic iPhone price cliff , the company introduced a Modern interlingual rendition of iTunes that lets you make ringtones out of ( certain ) music you ’ve purchased from the iTunes Store . The cost to do so is 99 cent in addition to the initial 99 cents you paid for the birdsong itself ; in other word , you end up paying $ 1....

September 18, 2007 · 13 min · 2679 words · John Williams

Hacker finally publishes Apple Wi-Fi attack details

More than a year after claiming to have found a fashion to take over a Mac using a fault in the system ’s wireless wag , David Maynor has write details of his exploit . Thedetailswere included in a theme put out in the September issue ofUninformed.org , an online hacking magazine . The prolonged newspaper distinguish how to run unauthorised software on a Macintosh by taking vantage of a flaw in Apple ’s AirPort wireless drivers ....

September 17, 2007 · 3 min · 464 words · Michael Delgado

iPhone in the UK: Apple faces stiff competition

When it arrives in the U.K. November 9 , the iPhone will look loaded challenger in that market than it does in the U.S. That ’s because prices for other smartphones are typically crushed in Europe , where many hustler subsidize the cost of novel headphone in parliamentary law to attract customers . Apple announced the November 9 ship date Tuesday at a press conference in London . The society also support that O2 will wait on as its partner in the U....

September 17, 2007 · 4 min · 660 words · Mrs. Cindy Garcia

iPhone in the UK: Apple, O2 take on iPhone questions

With Apple announcing both a launch date and a mobile mate for the U.K. launching of its iPhone , the nidus on Tuesday turned to other iPhone matters during Steve Jobs ’ press league in London . link up by Matthew Key , CEO of iPhone service provider O2 , Jobs fielded questions on everything from the telephone ’s £ 269 price tag to its lineament and capabilities . The iPhone will start shipping in the U....

September 17, 2007 · 7 min · 1378 words · Juan Jackson

Opinion: Thoughts on the iPhone’s UK arrival

On sharpness So , Apple has finally herald the details for the iPhone launch in the UK . In a nutshell , it ’s £ 269 , with a £ 35 , £ 45 or £ 55 per - month contract , outright net is included on all religious service plans — which mean that the distinguish constituent will be inclusive text and call clip . There ’s a fair usage account of 1,400 varlet per 24-hour interval , which is some serious digit tapping ....

September 17, 2007 · 6 min · 1119 words · Michelle Jackson

Computerworld: Hands-on with iWork ’08

WithiWork ’ 08 , the latest generation of its office suite , Apple has given Mac users a hefty alternative to Microsoft ’s Office for Mac . This newfangled edition finally bid an choice to Excel call off Numbers , a spreadsheet shaft unlike any that has come before it . It also adds some corking new features to iWork ’s other two applications — the presentation program Keynote and the word processor Pages — including a few that many users felt were lacking in previous passing ....

September 16, 2007 · 18 min · 3774 words · Jonathan Garcia

Don’t break my third-party iPhone apps

Dear Apple : Please push aside my prior request regarding opening up the iPhone for third - party evolution . At the time I wrote that request , I was convinced that some Apple - approved method acting of move true third - party applications ( and not just nicely - initialize Ajax vane pages ) was a key missing characteristic in the iPhone ’s capabilities . Well , I ’ve had my iPhone for a couple calendar month now , and I ’ve convert my mind : Do n’t worry about coming up with a third - party iPhoneSDK ....

September 16, 2007 · 11 min · 2330 words · Jeffrey Burgess

Logic Pro 8 looks like the real deal

I am a longtimeLogic Prouser , and like many in the community I had been wondering when Logic Pro 8 would last see the light of 24-hour interval . The expectancy raised my expectations quite significantly , both in terms of young feature and fixes . From what I ’ve seen from Apple ’s announcement last week , it search like it was deserving the three - twelvemonth wait ....

September 16, 2007 · 3 min · 551 words · Cameron Browning

Analysis: Macs on the network, time to panic?

They ’re coming . Gleaming all - in - one , metal slimline notebook and hand - size “ mini ” machines . For internet admins , the Macintosh has always been the purview of advertising agencies , entertainment party , educator and home reckoner users . Mac OS X is just a small supporting issue in a Microsoft - dominate organization . Yet as the consumer mart begins tomeld with the corporal worldeven more , and employee expect to use their best-loved gadget ( and operating system ) for work and home life , the Mac could make inroads at turgid corporations ....

September 13, 2007 · 6 min · 1151 words · Zachary Washington

iGlasses 2.0

With the exception of the Mac mini and the Mac Pro , iSights are nowde rigueuracross the Mac line . And applications like Photo Booth and iChat AV have made video recording not only a marquis feature of the platform but part of many Mac users ’ everyday live . But despite the age of iSight integrating , Apple still has n’t provided better controls for aline the iSight ’s image ....

September 13, 2007 · 5 min · 956 words · Tiffany Hunt

iPod touch: Hands-on impressions

Yes , I know I ’ve write myfirst impression of the iPod ghost , but now that I have one in my hot little hands without a line of anxious journalist waiting to put their likewise sudate paw on it , I ’ve had some time to discover that which was not noticed before . Including : Higher - pitched clink . Really , it gets better . But I might as well point out the obvious fact that since the iPod touch does n’t have an external loudspeaker system like the iPhone , it uses a “ clicker ” like other iPods , a side essence of which is a higher - pitch click stochasticity than the iPhone ....

September 13, 2007 · 7 min · 1457 words · Allison Long

Review: 80GB and 160GB iPod classic

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict EDITOR ’S NOTE : Soon after this review ’s publication , Apple released a software update for the iPod . This update had enough impingement on the final military rank to guarantee an extra review , which you canfind here . As of September 5 , 2007 , the full - sized iPod turn six ( as in sixth - generation ) and , because of the existence of the iPhone - likeiPod trace , was enunciate a classic — the iPod classic ....

September 13, 2007 · 15 min · 3010 words · Lee Bradley

Snap Art

Turning a pic into digital nontextual matter is no prosperous labor . fortuitously , Alien Skin’sSnap Artplug - infor Adobe Photoshop and other photograph editors take the enceinte lifting out of creating sketches , paintings , comics , and stylized illustrations from exposure . Designed for both hobbyist and professional artists , Snap Art consist of ten natural - sensitive art filter — Color Pencil , Comics , Impasto , Oil Paint , Pastel , Pen and Ink , Pencil Sketch , Pointillism , Stylize , and Watercolor — useable from Photoshop ’s Filter menu ....

September 13, 2007 · 3 min · 597 words · Andrew Green