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No More Free Golf for the Not-Quite Disabled11 March 2010, 11:41 am The state moves to eliminate free admission for some people to state parks, golf course and other recreational facilities under a program, intended for the seriously disabled, that has been abused in the past.
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Dogs That Detect Bedbugs11 March 2010, 10:40 am Bedbug-sniffing dogs are the new and furry front line in an escalating domestic war.
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Qing Hong Wu, Detainee Pardoned by Paterson, Savors Freedom11 March 2010, 6:51 am Qing Hong Wu didn’t know he was being freed until days after the pardon from Gov. David A. Paterson that led to his release.
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Internet Radio Host's Case Ends in Mistrial11 March 2010, 5:26 am A mistrial was declared in the trial of Harold C. Turner, the incendiary talk show host accused of threatening the lives of three federal judges.
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Tough Times for Basil Paterson, Father of New York’s Governor11 March 2010, 3:40 am It has been hard for Basil A. Paterson, a Harlem political power, to watch his son become embroiled in scandal.
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Albany Is Taking New Budget Proposal Seriously11 March 2010, 1:40 am Lawmakers reacted with cautious interest to Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch’s plan to tackle New York’s budget deficit.
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David J. Loglisci Pleads Guilty in New York Pension Scandal11 March 2010, 1:20 am David J. Loglisci, the former chief investment officer for New York’s pension fund, told a court of kickbacks.
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British Airways, American and Iberia Move Toward Alliance11 March 2010, 12:20 am To appease regulators, British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia will cede takeoff and landing spots at airports serving New York and London.
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Sports Business: Lots of Memories, and Debris, at Old Yankee Stadium10 March 2010, 11:50 pm So much has been destroyed that it’s hard to feel even a tingle of fuzzy nostalgia for the house that Ruth built and the city is razing.
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Albany Sides With Independence Plaza in TriBeCa Rent Suit10 March 2010, 10:00 pm The state’s housing division backed the city’s decision that the landlord of Independence Plaza North could charge its tenants market-rate rents.
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28 schools closing in Kansas City11 March 2010, 1:41 pm Superintendent John Covington called for the closing or consolidation of almost half of the schools in the Kansas City, Missouri, school district.
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Post-Katrina death ruled no homicide11 March 2010, 1:36 pm After reviewing the case of a woman who died at New Orleans, Louisiana's Memorial Hospital in the days after Hurricane Katrina, coroner Frank Minyard said Thursday that he cannot classify her death as a homicide.
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Former NFL star, actor Merlin Olsen dies11 March 2010, 1:36 pm Former football star and television actor Merlin Olsen has died after a long battle with cancer, the St. Louis Rams said Thursday.
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Friends: Corey Haim was beating drugs11 March 2010, 12:38 pm Corey Haim seemed to be winning his battle against drug abuse in the weeks before his death, according to both his manager and closest friend.
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Report: 12-year-olds abusing inhalants11 March 2010, 12:20 pm When their kids turn 12, parents are concerned about peers pressuring them to smoke cigarettes, drink and use drugs, but it turns out 12-year-olds are doing something else: getting high on inhalants.
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3 strong quakes strike Chile11 March 2010, 12:10 pm Three strong earthquakes rocked Chile this morning, just as the country was swearing in a new president.
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Ex-cop admits role in shooting cover-up11 March 2010, 11:48 am A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with police shootings of civilians on a Louisiana bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina, authorities said.
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Bacterial meningitis kills Oklahoma girl11 March 2010, 11:36 am An Oklahoma elementary school student has died of bacterial meningitis, officials said Thursday, and two other students are hospitalized with the illness.
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Dems go behind doors on health plan11 March 2010, 9:55 am Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement.
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Hustler can't have pictures of hiker's body11 March 2010, 8:09 am Gruesome photos of a murdered hiker sought by Hustler magazine will not be released, a Georgia judge ruled. Lawmakers now want a permanent fix.
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Miners say ‘Avatar’ doesn’t do them justice11 March 2010, 2:00 pm It's enough to make a mining executive grit his teeth or his kids to give him the silent treatment....
Wall Street reform hits an impasse11 March 2010, 1:40 pm Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation this year dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed....
Americans' wealth up for 3rd straight quarter11 March 2010, 1:00 pm Americans regained more of their shrunken wealth last quarter, mainly because the economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was less than in the previous two quarters....
Stocks trade flat after inflation jumps in China11 March 2010, 12:37 pm Stocks traded in a tight range for a fourth day Thursday after China reported a jump in inflation. Mixed U.S. economic news also held the market back....
Obama outlines steps in bid to double exports11 March 2010, 12:16 pm President Barack Obama sought to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work....
Mortgage rates fall below the 5 percent mark11 March 2010, 9:50 am Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the second straight week, a report said Thursday, weeks before a government program that has been keeping rates low is scheduled to expire....
Indiana stakes claim to electric car industry11 March 2010, 9:36 am The so-called "RV Capital of the World" may soon be able to bill itself the "EV Capital of the World." What a difference a letter makes....
Big majority wants Wall Street regulation11 March 2010, 9:35 am An overwhelming majority of Americans wants Wall Street subjected to tougher regulation in the aftermath of the bank bailout and the bonus scandals, according to a poll....
Trade gap shrinks as auto, oil imports drop11 March 2010, 6:58 am The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in January, reflecting a big drop in imports of oil and foreign cars. American exports also fell....
New jobless claims fall less than expected11 March 2010, 6:46 am The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance fell slightly less than expected last week, a government report showed on Thursday, hinting at a slow labor market recovery....
Gadgets
Darkworks SDK transforms 2D games into 3D games, no 3D TV required11 March 2010, 1:33 pm Well, wouldn't you know it? 3D seems to be the topic of conversation here at GDC , and Paris-based Darkworks is making a splash by announcing the availability of its TriOviz for Games SDK. In short, this magical software concoction is a post-process effect that allows standard 2D games to be transformed into 3D masterpieces... and you don't even need to buy a 3D television. We were briefed on the tech here at the show, and we're told that the magic happens in the software and the glasses, and un...
JooJoo hits the FCC, reveals NVIDIA Ion, 3G card11 March 2010, 1:07 pm
Well well. We'd always suspected that the JooJoo tablet was hiding something extra to run HD video and Flash, and it's just hit the FCC with full documentation and a teardown confirming that there's an NVIDIA Ion GPU paired with an Atom N270 packed inside. We're also seeing a 3G card in there, although it's unclear whether it'll be active or installed at launch -- we've been told the 3G version won't be ready until sometime later this year, but things have been changing fast, so that may be in ...
PlayStation Move: everything you ever wanted to know11 March 2010, 12:31 pm
Sony dropped a lot of knowledge on us yesterday, at long last replacing rampant speculation with some cold hard facts -- and even a name! -- for its new PlayStation motion controller. The PlayStation Move is being described as a "platform" and a "virtual console launch" by folks at Sony, and we think they mean it, so prepare for a motion-controlled ad war later this year, as Microsoft and Sony set themselves up for a real three-way fight with Nintendo for your physical living room activity of t...
DARPA looking to develop iPhone and Android apps, App Store11 March 2010, 12:09 pm
Sure, in the past we've got a hearty chuckle out of initiatives that involved Redfly terminals and Clippy variants, but the question remains: how can we get cutting-edge tech into the hands of soldiers faster? We've recently come across some RFIs for DARPA projects aimed at developing apps and an App Store for Android and the iPhone OS, with two in particular -- Mobile Apps for the Military (DARPA-SN-10-27), and Transformative Apps (DARPA-BAA-10-41) -- catching our eye. The agency is calling fo...
HTC Incredible out in the wild once more, Verizon color scheme alive and well11 March 2010, 11:41 am
Android Forums is alight today with fresh HTC Incredible chatter -- a phone every Android fan on Verizon is desperately waiting for -- and we've managed to glean a few more pictures and possible specs out of the mess. It looks like we can expect a half gig of RAM with about 320MB available (roughly the same as what you find on the Nexus One) and an 8 megapixel cam, but interestingly, the phone's Snapdragon core is apparently underclocked to 768MHz, almost certainly a battery-saving measure on H...
Novothink rolls out Solar Surge iPhone / iPod touch charging case11 March 2010, 11:15 am
It's not November '09 as originally promised, but Novothink has now announced that its Solar Surge charging cases for the iPhone and iPod touch are finally available. Those will run $79.95 for the iPhone 3G/3GS version and $69.95 for the iPod touch version (second gen only, it seems), which are each available only in black or white at the moment (additional colors are "coming soon), and should add between four and eight hours of talk time, or up to 20 hours of additional audio playback. That's,...
Barnes & Noble promises B&N eReader app for iPad near launch11 March 2010, 10:29 am
Need a bit more evidence that the e-book download business is a whole lot different than the music download business? Then look no further than Barnes & Noble, which has just announced that it plans to make its B&N eReader app available for the Apple iPad "around the time" of the device's launch. Details are otherwise a bit light, but the app will be free, and is apparently "designed specifically" for the iPad, giving you access to all of the books, magazines and newspapers available in...
Dolby issues Axon SDK to bring surround sound to online console / Mac gamers11 March 2010, 10:00 am Dolby's Axon surround sound technology isn't exactly new (it's already used on a number of PC titles), but to date, it has yet to make a stand in the online console and Mac gaming sectors. All that changes today at GDC, with the aural company introducing an Axon software development kit that will make it possible for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and OS X titles to integrate the technology. According to the company, this here solution provides improved audio chain processing (noise suppression and ec...
Sony's ultra-compact concept camera gets slightly less mysterious11 March 2010, 9:42 am
We didn't exactly get the best look at Sony's new ultra-compact concept camera at PMA last month, but the company is now thankfully starting to reveal a few more details about the "DSLR quality" camera. Still nothing in the way of specs or an actual working camera, of course, but Sony has provided a few screenshots of the camera's menu system that at least provide a few tidbits of information. Most notably, it seems that the camera will employ a touchscreen interface, with most of the main cont...
OpenGL 4.0 arrives, brings more opportunities for general purpose GPU action11 March 2010, 9:06 am
What's a Game Developers Conference without some sweet new tools for developers to sink their teeth into? Khronos Group, the association behind OpenGL, has today announced the fourth generation of its cross-platform API spec, which takes up the mantle of offering a viable competitor to Microsoft's DirectX 11. The latest release includes two new shader stages for offloading geometry tessellation from the CPU to the GPU, as well as tighter integration with OpenCL to allow the graphics card to tak...
Inflatable Bike Case Protects Your Wheels When Traveling [Travel]11 March 2010, 1:40 pm
A niche market, yes, but when you reach a certain age and the idea of going on a cycling-and-camping holiday in a foreign country appeals, you've got to consider how to transport your bike over. More »
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Cities Go Gaga for Google Fiber [Google]11 March 2010, 1:20 pm
No one knows exactly how much Google plans to invest in its ISP business, but its reputation as cash giant alone has cities from Anchorage, Alaska, to Sarasota, Florida battling to become the search giant's new test market. More »
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Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]11 March 2010, 1:00 pm
We're bringing some super cost cutting deals today. Pick up a Samsung bluetooth headset for only a buck, net a portable Sackboy for your PSP with Little Big Planet, and windows users who missed Macheist can pickup the free Winutilities More »
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The Future Of Camera-Based Input [IPhone Apps]11 March 2010, 12:40 pm
Not entirely dissimilar to the 2008 patent which showed an iPhone being controlled by camera-based input, is this German student's app, which controls the Maps app being controlled by the camera tracking hand movements through the app. More »
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Unreal Engine 3 Got Ported to Palm's webOS Too [WebOS]11 March 2010, 12:15 pm
Unreal Engine 3? The graphics engine that powers many, many games (Gears of War, Mass Effect, Arkham Asylum) on consoles today? Ported on to Palm's webOS? Neat, but not as neat as you'd think. More »
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Record Labels: Change or Die [Music]11 March 2010, 12:00 pm
It's a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry—OK Go just ditched EMI—and YouTube and BitTorrent changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age. More »
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Google Mobile Search Reveals What's In Stock Nearby [Google]11 March 2010, 11:59 am
Google Product Search was already a handy shopping aid, but today's addition of local inventory info makes it essential. And like most great ideas, it's only going to get better with time. More »
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JooJoo Tablet Gets New Home Screen and Controls [Jooojoo]11 March 2010, 11:33 am
Though the shipping date for JooJoo, the underdog tablet, was recently pushed back to March 25, Fusion Garage isn't letting that time go to waste. They've overhauled the JooJoo's interface, expanded local video playback, and given its backplate a makeover. More »
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Intel's 6-Core Gulftown Gets Tested, Blows Us Away [CPUs]11 March 2010, 11:20 am
Six cores. That's how many are in Intel's ridiculous new Core i7-980x. MaximumPC takes us deep inside the world's fastest CPU, with full, mind-searing benchmarks. More »
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Apple iBooks' Many Ebook Categories Include "Erotica" [Unconfirmed]11 March 2010, 10:53 am
Uncovered by research firm Busted Loop, via Forbes, among other data—like 16,700 iPhone apps have been iPad-certified—is a list of possible ebook categories for the iBooks store: More »
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iPhone OS 4.0 may finally bring multitasking nirvana11 March 2010, 1:40 pm
One complaint commonly leveled against the iPhone is that it can't run multiple apps at the same time. However, sources for AppleInsider say that Apple is finally planning to incorporate a task manager that will integrate with the established iPhone user interface in the next major revision of iPhone OS, expected to be available this summer.
Like Mac OS X on which it is based, iPhone OS is fully capable of running multiple processes at once. In fact, it does run multiple processes—iP...
Transformers: War for Cybertron shows how it all began11 March 2010, 12:38 pm
Cybertron isn't just the homeworld of the Transformers... it is a Transformer itself. It was the first Transformer. In War for Cybertron you get to explore the Civil War between the Autobots and the Decepticons as they blast their way across the planet. At GDC we were treated to a long demo of the game, and yes, it looks good.
The characters were given all-new designs, and some of them will in fact be made into toys. The game takes place before Optimus gains his "Prime" desi...
Canonical's design team responds to theme criticisms11 March 2010, 11:47 am
Canonical is burying Ubuntu's traditional brown theme and is adopting a new visual style for version 10.04, which is scheduled for release in April. The new theme was revealed last week as part of Canonical's broader effort to overhaul Ubuntu's branding and visual identity.
The new theme includes a richer color palette and a number of stylistic enhancements. The change that has generated the most controversy is the placement of the window management buttons in the left-hand side of the tit...
Green Day: Rock Band coming June 8, supports full exports11 March 2010, 10:57 am
Green Day: Rock Band has a release date, so you can finally exhale. The game is coming to the PlayStation, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii on June 8, for $59.99 on the two high-definition systems and $49.99 on the Nintendo Wii.
The game features 47 Green Day songs, vocal harmonizing for multiple singers, and you'll have the ability to export every song to Rock Band or Rock Band 2 for an additional $10. Joystiq is reporting that if you preorder the game from GameStop, you'll be able to export th...
Court nixes individual track downloads of Pink Floyd albums11 March 2010, 10:10 am
Individual Pink Floyd songs will soon disappear from online music stores. The British High Court has ruled against EMI, the band's record label, saying that the band's contract requires EMI to "preserve the artistic integrity of the albums." In this case, that means keeping all the tracks together and in the order they were meant to be in, leading some to worry whether Pink Floyd's music will disappear from popular online music stores altogether.
When Pink Floyd signed with EMI back in th...
feature: Safely whitelist your favorite sites and opt out of tracking11 March 2010, 9:28 am
So there was this article on the Internet recently about how ad blocking is devastating to sites that you love. You may have read it and there's a good chance that you participated in the frank and lively discussion that took place afterwards.
One of the things we learned from all of this is that not all people who use ad blockers are actually out to block our ads, and that many of you didn't realize that blocking ads hurt us and the other sites you love. Many care deeply ab...
0-day exploits for IE flaw another reason to switch to IE811 March 2010, 8:45 am
Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday a new flaw affecting version 6 and 7 of its Internet Explorer web browser that could allow remote code execution. The security advisory noted that targeted attacks using the flaw were already in the wild.
This information was confirmed by McAfee, reporting that exploitation of the flaw was originating from the domain topix21century dot com over both HTTP and HTTPS. The drive-by attacks install a backdoor which connects to a command-and-control server.
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FCC Commissioner rips ISPs on broadband prices, competition11 March 2010, 8:05 am
Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn solidified her role as the agency's tail gunner on Wednesday with a warning to the big ISPs that the FCC's patience with rising broadband subscription rates is wearing thin.
"When prices rise across the industry, and where there are only a limited number of players in the game, we have to ask ourselves whether there is any meaningful competition in the marketplace," Clyburn declared in a public statement. "Moreover, when exec...
Limbo is quiet, subtle genius... coming to XBLA11 March 2010, 6:44 am
The problem with dreams is that things never work the way you think they should. Try turning on a light... nothing happens. The branches of that tree may turn out to be the legs of a spider. You never feel safe, not exactly, because anything can happen. That feeling of uncertainty and unease is what Playdead had in mind when developing Limbo, a game that's coming to the Xbox Live Arcade, hopefully this summer.
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Congress wants big NatSec exemptions for spectrum inventory11 March 2010, 5:28 am
A newly revised version of a House bill requiring the government to inventory the nation's radio spectrum would give Federal agencies and private license owners a national security pass on publicly disclosing information about their spectrum holdings or related data. The proposed bill, as now amended by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, would let government agencies duck out on releasing such intel if they can prove that doing otherwise "would reveal classified nat...
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The Best Tools for Hacking Your Next Big Conference (Like SXSW) [Travel]11 March 2010, 1:05 pm
At last year's South by Southwest Interactive festival, I experienced shoulder burns, a perpetually dead laptop, frantic text messages, and very little sleep. This year, I'm planning on taking Lifehacker's own advice on travel tools and actually enjoying myself. Here's how. More »
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The Office of 38one [Featured Workspace]11 March 2010, 1:00 pm
We love seeing all the workspaces of Lifehacker readers, and a peek into a whole office is a special treat. Today's featured workspace is the offices of design studio 38one. More »
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X.minutes.at Sets Time Limits for Browsing Any Site, No Extension Required [Distraction]11 March 2010, 12:30 pm
Brilliant single-use web utility x.minutes.at puts a timed limit on any browser tab with ease. Got five minutes to browse Lifehacker but don't want to let that five minutes turn into 20? Visit http://5.minutes.at/lifehacker.com. Rinse and repeat for any site. More »
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Buy Older Leafy Greens to Get More Nutrients [Shopping]11 March 2010, 12:00 pm
There's an informal assumption that spinach and other leafy greens lose nutrients the longer they sit on grocery store shelves, and it's actually backwards. A plant physiologist in Texas says supermarket lighting actually boosts the vitamin content in your salad fixings. More »
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iPhone 4.0 to Integrate Multitasking this Summer? [Rumors]11 March 2010, 11:30 am
Apple will include much-asked-for application multitasking functionality when they release the iPhone 4.0 update sometime this summer, according to all-things-Apple blog AppleInsider. Multitasking (more specifically, the ability to run third-party applications in the background) is one of those big pieces of functionality that separates the iPhone OS from Android, and while Apple's sort of worked around this problem with push notifications, there are instances when there's no subs...
Gadget and Gear Deals of the Day [Dealhacker]11 March 2010, 11:00 am
.Laptops, HDTVs, camcorders, and portable goodies of all sort await you in today's Dealhacker roundup. Come for the deals stay for the free St. Patrick's Day and Metal Month tunes. More »
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Mini Wide Fullscreens Gmail, Is Very Netbook Friendly [Downloads]11 March 2010, 10:30 am
Firefox/Chrome: Small netbook screens make you really appreciate every last pixel on your device. The Mini Wide userscript for Gmail adds a "netbook mode" shortcut to Gmail that removes navigation and ads for a streamlined, netbook-friendly, message-focused view of your inbox. More »
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Where's Your Windows Taskbar? [Reader Poll]11 March 2010, 10:00 am
We're regularly asked, "Where's the best place to stow the Windows taskbar?" and while the answer is a boring, "Whatever works best for you," Windows 7's taskbar certainly adds new factors to the decision. Reader Richard writes: More »
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FeelHome Gives Easy Remote Access to Your Files Across Platforms [Downloads]11 March 2010, 9:30 am
Windows/Mac/Linux: If you would like to easily access, edit, and save files across multiple computers, free application FeelHome allows you to share files across operating systems and over the web. More »
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Brizzly for iPhone Streamlines and Improves Twitter [Downloads]11 March 2010, 9:00 am
iPhone/iPod touch: Web-based Twitter client Brizzly is just like Twitter's web site, except better in every way. Brizzly's free iPhone app is a similar experience upgrade, with web-synced lists and muting, news and search tracking, easy photo uploads, and more. More »
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Apple Dominates Consumer Reports' Tech Support Ratings11 March 2010, 1:04 pm Consumer Reports yesterday announced the release of new ratings of computer tech support ratings for both laptops and desktop, and while the full details are restricted to subscribers, CNET reveals that A......
Barnes & Noble Officially Acknowledges Plans for iPad eReader Application11 March 2010, 11:02 am
Barnes & Noble today officially acknowledged that it is developing an iPad-specific application that will provide access to content available in the company's eBookstore.Designed specifically for the iPad, our new B&N eReader......
Apple Building Out eBook Categories Ahead of iPad Launch as Developers Update Apps11 March 2010, 9:37 am Forbes reports on information obtained by App Store research firm Busted Loop as part of its AppSlice project, revealing Apple's plans for eBook categories to be rolled out for its iBookstore....
Pink Floyd Wins Legal Battle Over Digital Sale of Individual Songs11 March 2010, 8:24 am BBC News reports that Pink Floyd has won a legal battle with its record label EMI over whether the label should be allowed to distribute digital versions of the band's material on a track-by-track basis a......
More Claims of Multitasking in iPhone OS 4.011 March 2010, 7:46 am AppleInsider reports that it has received information from sources claiming that iPhone OS 4.0, likely scheduled for release later this year alongside new handset models, will support multitasking by allo......
Steve Jobs Ranked World's 136th Richest Person10 March 2010, 6:52 pm
In its annual list of the world's billionaires, Forbes this year ranked Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a tie with six others for 136th place with a net worth of $5.5 billion. Jobs' net worth is up from $5.1 billion in an October 2009 Forbes ranking......
New Hexacore Mac Pros Next Tuesday?10 March 2010, 2:59 pm ZDNet reports that it has received information from tipsters claiming that Apple will release new Mac Pro models next Tuesday, adding a hexacore Core i7-based model to its lineup.I'm gett......
New iPad SDK Adds Gesture Tools, Removes Video Chat Icons10 March 2010, 2:14 pm Apple yesterday released the fourth beta version of the SDK for iPad developers, and observers have started to find a few differences popping up in the latest update.
9 to 5 Mac reports that Apple has added support for "3Tap" a......
Six Months Later: 'iTunes LP' Format Performance Remains Lackluster10 March 2010, 10:19 am
GigaOM provides an interesting reexamination of Apple's "iTunes LP" format for enhanced album content six months after the format's debut. While iTunes LPs were touted at its launch as a means to reignite sales of albums as opposed to indivi......
Verizon Viewing iPad as Opportunity to Push MiFi Service10 March 2010, 8:13 am
Engadget reports on a leaked internal memo from Verizon to its staff members promoting Apple's iPad as an "opportunity" to sell its data plans, seeking to encourage customers to purchase a Wi-Fi iPad model and pair it with Verizon services su......
AT&T Confirms Move to A “Variable Pricing Model”11 March 2010, 9:00 am A few months ago I wrote an article showing how AT&T was going to move to a pay-per-byte model on its 3G plans. Recently, AT&T CEO Randall L. Stephenson confirmed this move in an interview for the WSJ.
He said that AT&T is carrying half of the nation’s wireless data traffic. He said that carriers will eventually move to a “variable pricing model,” and that it was inevitable that heavy users should pay more than low users.
I think it’s a big move that makes sen...
iDongle Boots Your Tethered 3.1.2 Jailbroken iPhone10 March 2010, 11:25 pm MuscleNerd recently tweeted about a new device to boot tethered jailboken 3.1.2 iDevices without pluging it to a computer. This standalone piece of hardware is called an iDongle.
Now why would you need an iDongle? You might want to get one of those babies if your jailbroken iPhone or iTouch gets stuck at the “Connect-to-iTunes” logo everytime you reboot. The iDongle will save you a trip to the computer and can be very handy if you accidentally reboot your tethered device on-the-go.
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How to Fix Push Notifications On Hacktivated iPhone10 March 2010, 9:00 am If you have recently “hacktivated” your iPhone, which means activating it to work with carriers other than the official ones, you may have encountered push notification issues. In most cases, push notifications don’t work properly or even don’t work at all.
There is a simple fix for this and it’s called Push Doctor. Simply add the following source to Cydia then look for Push Doctor: http://www.cmdshft.ipwn.me/apt/
After installing Push Doctor, reboot your iPhone.
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Cydia Update Makes It A Little Less Slow9 March 2010, 9:00 am A few weeks ago I wrote an article about why Cydia sucks and how it could be improved. Maybe Saurik heard me because he decided to give Cydia a small update that aims at making it faster.
This update supposedly speeds up the loading time and improves the error checking when refreshing the sources.
I installed the update but unfortunately, I didn’t see much improvement in speed. Hopefully, you’ll get better luck than I did…
Have you installed the update yet? Does it feel like Cy...
SBSettings Actually Makes Your iPhone Better?8 March 2010, 9:00 am When the iPhone initially launched in 2007, the much anticipated iPhone OS required an arsenal of jailbroken apps to perform even the mildest tasks such as MMS and video recording. But through product refreshes and several software updates, that list of apps is shrinking and the iPhone OS is now considered among the industries top mobile platforms.
Now that functions such as copy/paste and video recording are available in the stock OS, jailbroken applications like Clippy and Cycorder are no long...
iPhone Stuff You Missed This Week7 March 2010, 9:00 am For those of you who missed some of this week’s articles, here is a recap:
You’re nothing without your iPhone
What are your 5 most used apps?
Favorite apps of the month
Milk Crater: a different way to browse your iPod
Do you remember the first day you had your iPhone?
Netflix on the iPhone? Yes please!
InfiniBoard
"iPhone Stuff You Missed This Week" is an article by the iPhone Download Blog sponsored by the iPhone Store. Feel free to leave a comment or discuss this topic in the for...
Infiniboard Brings Vertical Scrolling to Your iPhone Springboard6 March 2010, 10:31 pm Chpwn is one of my favorite jailbreak devs because he creates really useful apps and mods that just make your iPhone experience better. He worked with Ryan Petrich on ProSwitcher, he developed InfiniDock, and today, he just released InfiniBoard.
InfiniBoard is a jailbreak application that simply brings vertical scrolling to your iPhone springboard. It lets you add as many icons as you wish to any page, and access them by flicking up and down.
I’ve played with InfiniBoard for about an hour ...
Netflix On the iPhone? Yes Please!6 March 2010, 9:00 am Even though Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told Reuters a few months ago that Netflix wasn’t going to work on an iPhone app for a while, it seems that Netflix has been feeling the water about it. A RWW article notes that:
Recently, Netflix sent out a survey to select subscribers in order to determine interest in an iPhone application for streaming movies via mobile phones. According to the survey’s wording, the proposed app would be Wi-Fi only and would offer the same content that the Net...
Do You Remember the First Day You Had Your iPhone?5 March 2010, 9:00 am The other day someone asked me how I got into the iPhone, which took me back to 2007 and the day this little piece of electronics completely changed my life.
I wasn’t in line at the Apple Store when the iPhone came out in 2007. I actually didn’t care much about it. That was until my best friend bought an iPhone.
The first day I actually got to play with my friend’s iPhone, I really fell in love with it. I loved the design and how it fit in my hands. I ......
Milk Crater: A Different way to Browse Your iPod Music Collection (sponsored)4 March 2010, 9:00 am Back in December I tweeted about a new app called TUN3R, a sort of visual dial for Internet Radio. The app is interesting if you like Internet radio, but doesn’t really go beyond that. The same folks have just released another application called Milk Crater which they claim to be the world’s first real-time audio iPod browser. Okay, but how does it actually work?
Milk Crater generates a large grid created from your iPod collection. It uses cover art to generate the tiles, or if no co...