The iPhone and NYC

December 27th, 2009

The Consumerist:
AT&T has apparently found a workable solution to the reported data congestion in New York City. They’ve quietly stopped selling the iPhone to customers in the New York metropolitan area, at least from their web site.

iSlate

December 25th, 2009

Mac Rumors:
With rumors of the Apple tablet reaching new highs, MacRumors has found evidence that Apple acquired the domain name iSlate.com presumably in preparation for the new device.

It’s not a great name, but it sure sounds like something the company that named a notebook computer the “MacBook Pro” would use.

NYT Says Apple Tablet is Coming

December 24th, 2009

Nick Bilton:

But the icing on the cake comes from a current senior employee inside Apple. When one of my colleagues here asked if the rumors of the Apple tablet were true, and when we could expect such a device, the response from his source was, “I can’t really say anything, but, let’s just say Steve [...]

Firewire or USB?

December 23rd, 2009

PC World:
From our speed tests, it’s safe to say that Apple made the right choice switching to FireWire 800 from FireWire 400 on many Mac models. Although FireWire 400 is faster at most tasks than USB 2.0 (even though FireWire 400’s theoretical bandwidth is lower than USB 2.0’s) it isn’t always, or by much. If [...]

7-inch Tablet Coming?

December 23rd, 2009

Boy Genius Report:
We’re really going out on a limb here, but one of our very connected sources let us know that they’ve heard very solid information about Apple’s upcoming tablet. It has been widely reported recently that the size of the tablet is 10″, but there was also talk about a 7″ model. Our connect [...]

25 of Years of Apple Mice

December 22nd, 2009

This is pretty cool.
[via Cult of Mac]

‘Best-Performing CEO in the World’

December 21st, 2009

Harvard Business Review has named Steve Jobs the “Best-Performing CEO in the World.” This is behind that pay wall, according to AppleInsider:

“The #1 CEO on the list, Steve Jobs, delivered a whopping 3,188% industry-adjusted return (34% compounded annually) after he rejoined Apple as CEO in 1997, when the company was in dire shape,” the report [...]

NES Emulator Slips into App Store

December 21st, 2009

Sweet Moses, I’ve been waiting for this:
Kick it old school with games for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Nescaline allows you to play a wide range of NES games on your iPhone and includes five public domain games developed as freeware. You may also use the download feature to add games to your library from [...]

Apple Fixes 27-inch iMac Displays with Firmware

December 21st, 2009

Apple Support:
Updates the graphics firmware on ATI Radeon HD 4670 and 4850 graphics cards to address issues that may cause image corruption or display flickering.
The iMac Graphics Firmware Update will update the graphics firmware on your iMac.
Now they just need to get the glass-breaking-in-shipping issue resolved.

iPhone on SNL

December 20th, 2009
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