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newgalactic: Honestly, is there any reason to go beyond OSX 10.5 with an Atom powered netbook? #apple more »
Kaiser-Machead: Technically, there is no mess, at least no real mess. This is only an issue for people who play/test with pre-release software updates. more »
PotteryBarnClearanceSale: The video reminds me of all the times I tried to put Linux partitions on my Mac drives and use a boot loader. Works for a while, only a little while.... more »
glitch44: It's almost like Apple is not providing full support for the hardware you didn't buy from them and the software you pirated from them. How dare they!... more »
PotteryBarnClearanceSale: The OS developers at Apple don't give a ragged ass about unsupported setups, if you're using any system off book you're lucky anything works the way y... more »
surfer88: I've been playing "Beneath A Steel Sky" for the past week. I like it quite a bit actually. Anybody else find the same with this title? #theweekiniphon... more »
surfer88: "Just jingle your keys, try to feed it, and smell for poop." It's funny because it's true. #theweekiniphoneapps more »
Kaiser-Machead: I found the little bit about the indicator light interesting, because I never really did see much value in all of the little lights lined up on a lot ... more »
Kaiser-Machead: The iPhone "nano" can be about the same size as the Zune HD and still be significantly smaller than the iPhone 3GS. Hell, my iPod touch looks signific... more »
Gordonium: About as real as this, I presume. #iphone more »

#hackintosh

Latest Snow Leopard Developer Build Breaks Hackintosh Support... Again
Enough with the back and forth already, Apple. If you're going to kill Atom support then just kill it. Don't toy with us, taking and giving like some sort of merciless god. More »
#apple

Watch Jonathan Ive's Segment in Objectified
Objectified, Gary Hustwit's look at the world of industrial design, featured a lengthy section on Apple Chief Designer Jon Ive—and now that clip is online for impatient Apple fans to see. [Brainstorm Tech] More »
#rumor

The iPhone Nano Rumor Strikes Again: Coming to Verizon in 2010?
The latest round of iPhone rumors reads like a roundup of everything we've heard before. Now the mythical iPhone nano is back, and supposedly said device will be coming to Verizon in 2010 featuring a new hybrid cellular radio. More »
#iphone

Gigabyte BIOS Update Fixes iPhone Syncing Issues
Gigabyte's been listening to all of the iPhone syncing issues from motherboard owners using Intel's P55 chipset. They've put out a beta BIOS that addresses the problem. Unfortunately, that doesn't help all the Asus and MSI users who are having the same troubles, but hopefully now that Gigabyte has set an example the others will follow. More »
#iphoneapps

New For iPhone: 2 Balls 1 Cup
Presented for your approval without comment. [iTunes Link via The Awl]
#iphoneapps

This Week's Best iPhone Apps
In this week's never-gonna-switch-so-stop-asking app roundup: Free games, reinvented! Airplane anxiety, averted! Photos, wirelessly printed! Cool apps, discovered by other cool apps! Navigation, cheapened! Black Friday rush, preempted! Google Wave, appified! Screens, pointlessly tapped! And more! More »
#android

The iPhone-to-Android Switch: 10 Things You Need to Know
You've had it. Maybe with AT&T. Maybe with Apple's crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you're going to Android: Land of freedom, carriers not named AT&T, and the great Google. Here's what you need to know. More »
#iphoneapps

Another iPhone Developer Gets Busted Stealing Phone Numbers
iPhone game developer Storm8, creator of games such as World War, iMobsters and Vampires Live, has just been hit with a suit for secretly gathering the phone numbers of everyone who purchases its games. More »
#rumors

$99 8GB iPhone 3GS For Christmas?
It's hearsay at this point, but Boy Genius Report's sources claim the 8GB 3G will be swapped with a 3GS. They've had a decent-enough record with rumors lately, and it makes sense against the $99 Droid Eris. We'll see. [BGR]
#blockquote

Twentysomething Steve Jobs Was a Total Twunt
I thought I knew all the anecdotes about Steve Jobs, back when he was the hottest rock star in the Valley. I was wrong. How did I miss this great scolding by former Intel chairman and CEO Andy Grove? More »
#stevejobs

Why Steve Jobs Didn't Take Over Apple Back In 1997
Back in 1997, Larry Ellison was on a beach in Hawaii. After sipping his second Margarita that evening, he turned to his pal Steve Jobs, who was listening to Bob Dylan on his Sony Walkman. "Steve...Steve...STEVE! Hey, let's buy Apple." More »
#hackintosh

OS X 10.6.2 Does Not Ditch Atom Support, Hackintosh Safe
It appears that Atom support has resurfaced in the latest developer build (10C535), so users running OS X on Atom netbooks are safe, for now. Although, anything can happen between now and the final build. [Stell via 9to5Mac via Crunchgear]
#apple

Steve Jobs' Original Name for the iMac Was So Horrifying It Would Explode Your Ears
The iMac revived Apple after a decade of sickly malaise. The name is so obviously iconic. So it's shocking that Steve Jobs hated it and wanted to call it something so awful it would "curdle your blood." More »
#apple

100,000 Apps Now Available for the iPhone/iPod touch
The unofficial count of Apple's approved apps had already topped 100,000, but now Cupertino has confirmed that you can download over 100,000 apps in the App Store. That's the widest selection of Booty Gongs (and other booty-related instrumentation) in the known Universe. More »
#accessories

99-Cent Cardboard iPhone Case Illustrating Contest
Case-Mate released a $0.99 cardboard iPhone case as a tongue-in-cheek, recession-appropriate gesture—and people bought them, and drew on them, and now they've got a contest to see whose creation is best. More »
#remainders

Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
Google and the Phantom Town of Argleton...10 Years of Steve Jobs' Apple Product Unveilings...AT&T's Foray Into In-Car Satellite TV Goes Miserably Wrong...Robots Will Soon Learn How to Smell Fear More »
#iphone

Blacksn0w App Now Ready, Eager to Unlock Your iPhone 3G and 3GSes
Blacksn0w, child of overserious shadow-lurker GeoHot and brother of equally straighforward jailbreak app Blackra1n, is now available, and should make unlocking your late-version iPhone 3G or 3GS a dead-simple process. Before you dive in, though, there's one caveat: More »
#apple

First Look at the Apple Stores' New Mutant EasyPay iPod Touches
Since 2005, Apple stores have been ringing up purchases with wireless handheld point-of-sale terminals. This always felt a little odd, partly because you never see a register, but mostly because the devices run Windows. Not anymore! More »
#iphoneapps

Chorus for iPhone Puts a Better App Store Inside the App Store
Oh, App Store: You're a chore to navigate, difficult to search, and offer only the most superficial guidance as to which apps are actually good. Chorus—an app recommendation app, as awkward as that sounds—helps cut through the noise. More »
#nintendo

iPhone 3GS to Be Unofficially Renamed Nintendo iPhone 3GSN64
Zodttd, the developer who brought us GBA4iPhone, has announced plans to release a N64 emulator for the device. But does the 3GS have enough power? Maybe. More »
#rumor

This Is a Next-Generation iPhone 4 Part, China Ontrade Claims
China Ontrade calls this the iPhone 4 Generation Midboard. Not very exciting, but the last time they announced a next-generation iPhone part, they were right. A month later, the iPhone 3GS appeared with exactly those parts. What could this mean? More »
#apple

Adobe Gets Sharky Snarky With Apple's iPhone Flash Ban
Pulling a Donald Sutherland in Body Snatchers, Adobe shows its darkest side screaming and pointing the finger at Apple in this Flash installation web page for iPhone users. Their razor-sharp message: More »
#iphoneapps

iPhone Ebooks: The New Fart Apps
A buzzy new report says that iPhone ebook apps are on the rise, and accounted for more new apps in October—nearly a fifth—than even games. It's unexpected and exciting, but what does it mean? Spam, is what. More »
#rumor

Apple Wants iTunes to Replace Your Cable Box for 30 Bucks a Month
Apple's apparently pitching to networks a subscription plan that would deliver all your TV shows through iTunes for $30 a month, with the goal of launching it next year. More »
#speakers

Wall of Sound iPod Dock Stands 3 Feet Tall by 4 Feet Wide
For a stereo, the Wall of Sound isn't massive. But for an iPod dock, it's gargantuan. More »
#imagecache

iPup
The iPup begs one question: Is this puppy wearing an iPhone, or is this iPhone wearing a puppy? [Cute Overload]
#apple

Is Apple Trying to Kill Hackintosh Netbooks? OS X 10.6.2 Ditches Atom CPU Support
Coders have confirmed that the developer build of Snow Leopard 10.6.2 nixes support for netbook Atom processors. Nothing's final yet, of course, but given Apple's lame fight with Palm over iTunes compatibility, are hackintosh netbooks next in the firing line? More »
#apple

Apple's Halloween Treat Feels Like a Trick
With the way Apple's been making money these days, I wouldn't have been surprised to hear they were giving out real iPods to any trick-or-treaters visiting their stores yesterday. They weren't, of course, but the alternative was pretty cute. More »
#appstore

The iPhone Now Officially Runs Doom
id's classic shooter has finally been (officially) ported to the iPhone. And thanks to oversight from John Carmack himself, there are a number of improvements that make it worth a purchase even for Jailbreakers. More »
#windows

Windows 7 and Intel Chipset Causing iPhone Woes?
Users on Apple's discussion board have been experiencing issues with their PCs locking out iPhones when using Windows 7 with the Intel P55 USB chipset. It's a pretty specific combo that you're probably not running, so don't panic. More »
#iphoneapps

Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps: October '09 Edition
Each month, the best new iPhone apps—and some older ones—are considered for admission into Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps Directory. Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? More »
#jailbreak

iPhone OS 3.1.2 Unlock Accomplished, Dropping November 4
Geohot, the same hacker who first jailbroke OS 3.1.2, is now also the first to crack the 3.1.2 baseband. Previously, anyone who had unlocked their phone at version 3.0 or lower was fine as long as they were careful when upgrading, but anyone running 3.1 or higher was out of luck. Good news for anyone looking to unlock a newly purchased device. You'll have to be patient, though. The exploit won't be released until November 4. [BGR]
#blockquote

Apple Ad God Lee Clow: "I'm Not Going Anywhere"
We discussed how Lee Clow, the man behind Apple's most popular advertisements, is stepping down from his position as chief creative officer of TBWA/Media Arts Lab. Turns out that Lee's not really leaving, he's just getting annoyed at the blogosphere. More »
#solar

Regen Reverb Is 3-Feet of Solar-Powered iPod Dock
If you thought Regen's Renu solar-powered iPod dock was unbelievable, get a load of its big brother, the Reverb. It's 3-feet tall and capable of cranking out 60 watts of power off of the sun's rays. More »
#iphoneapps

This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps
In this week's not at all scared app roundup: Nikon teaches a photography class, the NBA gouges its most devoted fans (and they like it), board games go digital, Disney gets app-y, and, well, Zombie Bikini Babes From Space! More »
#apple

Apple Ad God Lee Clow's Work — A Look Back
Lee Clow stepped down as the chief creative officer of TBWA/Media Arts Lab, Ad Age reports. Clow and TBWA/Media Arts were responsible for many of Apple's most popular advertisements. More »
#os

More Giz Readers Own Macs Than PCs
Surprisingly, our our poll yesterday revealed that Mac owners were running neck and neck with PC owners, each commanding 41% of the vote. Although Mac owners have maintained an extremely slight edge over the last few hours in actual numbers. More »
#apple

Apparently, Apple Wants All iPod Shuffle Users to Look Like Idiots
Oh Apple patents, you harbingers of coolness. Sometimes, however, you announce potential pain and doom. This iPod-cum-wireless headset is one of them. There's no way I can look at these images and think that Jon Ive's powers can save it: More »
#apple

12 Things You Need To Know About Apple TV 3.0
If there's one Apple product that lives outside the Reality Distortion Field, it's Apple TV. But hey wait, 3.0 is out, doesn't that change everything? Well, considering Apple rolled it out on a Thursday afternoon with no fanfare, whattaya think? More »
#itunes

Apple and Palm: The iTunes Syncing Fight Is Officially Dumb
OK Palm, it was cute the first time you cracked iTunes to sync with the Pre. And Apple, I guess I can understand why you'd want to keep control over your software. But really guys? Still? You look silly. More »

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