The incident regarding Gizmodo and an apparently "lost" iPhone prototype recently was very interesting, and not just because it was the first major leak to come out of Apple in a rather long time. A...
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Earlier, Microsoft posted a press release announcing the general availability of Visual Studio 2010, in addition to the .NET Framework 4. According to the announcement, developers will be able to obtain the new software during...
Today is April 12, the very same day that Adobe announced that it would be launching its brand new CS5 line of products, featuring revamps of all of its included products. Whilst the official launch...
After months of financial issues and company troubles, the company Palm has reportedly gone up for sale. Since the release of one of its latest smartphones, the Pre, Palm saw a decline in profits, which...
In what seems to be a massive blow to third-party Twitter clients developers, Twitter today announced that it has acquired the iPhone app Tweetie from developer Loren Brichter, which will be rebranded as Twitter for...
The war between Apple and Adobe took an ugly turn yesterday, as Apple's new iPhone developer agreement explicitly banned any applications that link to Apple's APIs in the way that Flash Professional CS5's tools do....
Despite having released the iPad a week ago, and a beta of the new iPhone OS hours ago, Apple still hasn't stopped pumping out the announcements. Just earlier, the team who work on the WebKit...
With the release of the iPhone OS 4.0 beta mere hours ago, many are keen to get their hands on a copy. Unfortunately, not everybody that wants to can do so due to a number...
You've gotta hand it to Steve Jobs. When the man decides that he wants something to be removed (in this case, Flash) from a platform he created, he really goes the extra mile to make...
As expected, Apple has this morning revealed version 4.0 of its iPhone operating system. The update has been a long time coming (and still will be, at Apple's big releases generally ship towards the middle...
With Apple hours away from showing the world what they have in store for the next version of the iPhone operating system, we thought we'd take the time to reflect on what the rumor mill...
One of the features that has had people talking about the iPad is its iBook Store, and how it will compete with Amazon's Kindle device, amongst others. Another talking point has been whether or not...
A couple days before the iPad is set to be released, Apple has gone ahead and launched the current selection of new applications for the device on the App Store, meaning that anyone with iTunes...
Just in time for the launch of the company's new product, the iPad, Apple has launched version 9.1 of its media management software, iTunes. Earlier, it had been rumored that the Audiobooks category would be...
Apple's CEO Steve Jobs has been on somewhat of an email rampage as of late, with many customers who email him getting a (brief) reply to their questions. One such case, reported by The Unofficial...
Last year, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs, underwent a secret liver transplant needed to save his life. The whole ordeal was kept quiet, much like everything else that Jobs and Apple do, but today he spoke...
With Apple's launch of the iPad about two weeks away, the company is gearing up for all the pressure that will be upon them to help ensure the device's success. One big selling point of...
Whenever a company releases or announced a device that doesn't have a removable battery, the question is always raised over how inconvenient will it will be to replace it. Apple, a company who fits this...
Back near the start of 2008, it was announced by the Redmond software-giant Microsoft and Finnish communications company Nokia that the Silverlight platform would be coming to Symbian OS phones. Fast forward to 2010, and...
When Apple's CEO Steve Jobs first unveiled the company's long-awaited and much-hyped tablet device, the tech community as a whole remained somewhat unimpressed. It wasn't quite clear what everybody was expecting to see, but it...
Ever since Microsoft launched its updated search/decision engine, Bing, it has been relentless with the advertising, which has certainly been paying off for the Redmond-based software colossus. The website now has a respectable market share...
Earlier today, the company Valve, famous for its Steam platform and Half-Life series of games (amongst many others) announced that it will be shipping a native OS X version of Steam next month, with some...
Valve has been playing various games with the Internet community over the last couple of weeks. The ending to their popular puzzle game Portal was changed, hinting at a sequel, and the company began sending...
In the past year or so, Google has seen some major competition, mainly in the form of Microsoft's Bing. Bing offers what is referred to as a "decision engine," boasting a lot of features that...
If you weren't already aware, Charlie Miller is a rather prominent white hat hacker and security expert, who regularly makes headlines as what he has to say is generally pretty important. He often participates in...
A while back, Microsoft promised to release a couple apps for their Zune HD device – namely, software for Twitter and Facebook. The Twitter application has been out and about for a while, and those...
Recently, the company Apple, well known for its Mac, iPod and iPhone products, issued a report on its suppliers and how well they perform in respect to the guidelines they were given by the Cupertino-based...
If you are currently unaware, Skype is an extremely popular VoIP service that allows people to make cheap (or even free) international phone calls, with even the ability to use video chat. It has millions...
Apple has a history of keeping a few announcements about their products under wraps, most likely due to the fact that they'd want to build up a bit more hype a week or so before...
Recently, Apple began removing sex-themed applications from its App Store. Apps have so far been removed in the thousands, though something rather peculiar was happening at the same time: high profile apps, such as Playboy,...
The feud between Apple and Adobe regarding Flash support for Apple's touchscreen mobile devices is long and ongoing, with the rivalry found all the way at the top, with the CEO of the Cupertino-based company,...
For many students, renting laptops from schools to use is an effective and inexpensive way to get work done. Even some universities offer the same deal, but no student ever stops to ask, what cost...
Facebook is, as you'll know, the most popular social network in the world. It overtook MySpace, which is now seeing a steady decline, with even the face of the company (Tom) having started ignoring his...
The upcoming Mobile World Congress, or MWC, has many technology enthusiasts excited about the possible release of Windows Phone 7. Rumors have been flying non-stop over the past weeks, most recently regarding the lack of...
The company Adobe, well-known for products such as Photoshop and Flash, has shown full support of the HTML5 specification in the past. Adobe also has a web development suite, Dreamweaver, in its arsenal of products,...
Keeping in tradition with its countdown to major milestones within its online stores (such as the One Billion App contest held last year), Apple has started its 'Countdown to 10 Billion Songs' promotion, obviously in...
When Apple launched the iPad, its tablet computer, many people expected wondrous things. Many different rumors were spread, from supposed internal hardware specifications all the way up to it having a solar panel on the...
Hot on the heels of the Dick Brass fiasco just recently, a series of emails between executives of Microsoft in 2003, revealing their reaction to the iTunes launch and just what they planned to do...
Apple and Adobe aren't the best of friends. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, is rather well-known for his general dislike of the Flash technology, as it is the leading cause of crashes on the Mac...
Everybody knows about Google's Street View cars. They drive around cities and other areas, taking photographs as they go, in order to stitch the images together and provide the service that we know as, of...
