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Shure Busts Out $99 SE110 Earphones, Secretly Makes Them iPhone Friendly

UPDATED On the web page for Shure’s newly announced SE110 earphones, the new lowest rung of the successful SE line, the price is listed as $119. But according to a press release that came out today at IFA, these babies will cost $99 when they appear. It’s a very low stoop indeed for the makers…

Amazon’s DRM-Free MP3 Store Likely to Launch Mid-September

Amazon will probably launch its DRM-free music store in the next few weeks, according to sources in the New York Post, joining Wal-Mart and others in posing the first real threat to the iTunes Music hegemony. As Ars and others have reported, Amazon honcho Jeff Bezos adopted an MP3-only strategy so that the music Amazon…

NBC Universal Pulling the Plug on iTunes Content

NBC Universal is ending its iTunes support, meaning no more “Heroes,” “The Office” or “To Catch a Predator” in the iTunes store after December, when the current contract expires. What makes the rift somewhat serious for Apple is that NBC is iTunes’ biggest video supplier, pulling in about 40 percent of downloads. On top of…

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs: Nerds on Desks

Nerd hunk on desk vs. Nerd hunk on desk. Which would you do? [Boing Boing]

Apple Rumor Crib Sheet for the September 5th Event

On the internet, before an Apple event like the one on September 5th, a rumor round up is mandatory. I’ll flog this horse with as few words as possible, mmkay? • iPods. A fat nano, an iPhone-ish one with touchscreen, RED shuffle. Maybe WiFi. •iTunes Wireless functionality for either buying or controlling or streaming. No…

Nokia’s Future iPhone Killing Concept Like a Fake, Vaporous Picasso

Nokia presented some cool cells today and also slipped this concept video of a future iPhone-clone. Nokia has confirmed that this demo is strictly for the UI, not the device: the hardware is not real and the LCD’s images are overlaid. Yes, it’s not even a working prototype, as you will see after the jump.…

It’s rumored that Apple is underclocking the graphics cards in the new batch of iMacs. [TUAW]

iFuntastic v3 for iPhone Out: Installs Apps, Ringtones, and More

iFuntastic is the easiest way to muck around in an iPhone’s head and version 3.03 has been released with app support and more on top of the existing ringtone and file browsing features: •Support for installing apps via the file manager, no restart necessary. •(Was the previous “Browser” renamed to stay clear of Apple?) •Support…

Steve Jobs and VW Chairman Talk iCar

A Volkswagen spokesperson told German magazine Capital that an iCar may be on the way. Steve Jobs and VW Chairman Martin Winterkorn got together in California a few days ago to “plan an intensive co-operation with the building of vehicles.” It might even be called an iCar. This is against a background of chatter we…

Apple Rumor: (PRODUCT) RED Shuffle

Kasper at Apple Insider is guessing that a RED Shuffle will be announced at the Apple event on September 5th, citing no sources, but when the man writes, I listen. This isn’t anywhere as cool of a rumor as the sensational iPod Touch and new nano shots we’ve been seeing, but I’d be a cold-hearted…

Apple Special Event Goes Down September 5

Mark your calendars, because what Jesus told you before is true: Apple is planning a Special Event for the Wednesday following Labor Day weekend—that’s September 5 at 10am Pacific. You can bet we’ll be there to pick up whatever drops, but judging from the picture, I’m gonna put my money on iPods. Maybe even fat…

The owner of phone reseller CertiCell has apparently traded iPhone unlocker George Hotz three locked 8GB iPhones and one Nissan 350Z to get Hotz’s unlocked iPhone unit. This trade teaches us the virtue of patience and how hacking an iPhone can get you ridiculous amounts of stuff. [Jtag]

Fun With the iPhone’s Accelerometer

A guy claims that he’s figured out how to use the iPhone’s accelerometers to do wacky stuff and games such as the ones shown in the video. Real? Or fancy video editing? We’ll find out soon, since he promised to post the source in his blog. [Medallia]

MacBook Pro Cooler Design Has USB Ports, Apple Fan

Although laptop coolers are all pretty mediocre when it comes down to cooling, this cooler design from Bostjan Majcen actually looks quite nice. The fan in the middle is hidden behind an Apple logo—which pleases the Apple fans—and the body itself has four USB ports and a tilted, lifted stand so you can see your…

iPod and iPhone Media Download Kiosks Coming January 2008

Although the “upcoming” Zune music kiosk download feature seems obvious thanks to the player’s Wi-Fi capabilities, being able to download music onto your iPod or iPhone on the go seems less obvious. However, 22Moo has just announced a date for their iPod- and iPhone-compatible internet kiosk station that lets you download movies, videos, games and…

PodBrix to Release Young Woz and Jobs Playset Made of LEGO

You’d better hurry up and get in line, because the limited-edition Young Woz and Jobs Playset is going on sale in just two days. Tomy will be cranking out this little PodBrix set made out of modified LEGO, featuring the young Steve Jobs and his Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak working in Steve’s parents’ garage to…

First Native iPhone AIM Client Released, Kinda Sucks

I just tested the Apollo IM Version Negative 1, which is touted as an early beta but is actually probably an early alpha. Although it actually loads my buddy list on after the login information’s entered, it only loads a portion of the contacts. But it does manage to send messages. Once you do manage…

Leopard Introduction Movie Shows Time Machine Theme

Leopard is getting closer to launch, and apparently the last-minute touches are starting to trickle out from the Mothership. This looks like its new Welcome movie, centered around the Time Machine theme. In Tiger, Mac OS X’s previous version, the central theme was its most touted feature: Spotlight. The movie then showed a beam of…

ZunePhone Shows its Superiority to the iPhone

Now that the iPhone music is available to buy on iTunes, it seems like everyone and his dog is getting on an iPhone parody trip. Here’s the ZunePhone, a mock-up of what Microsoft’s iPod Slayer would be like if it had Jesus-like qualities. [YouTube via TUAW]

Apple Notebooks Up to 17.6% of Market Share

Apple notebooks are in third place for US market share at 17.6 percent. That’s not far behind the leaders, Dell and HP, which have an approximate share of 50% total, together. Interestingly, 19% percent of Gizmodo readers use Macs. [Macworld]