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Would the iPad Take Over Casual Home Gaming?

Get ready, because this one may get big: 44% of all iPad applications being tested on the actual device are games. Hey Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, the iPhone/iPod titan is getting its tentacles all over the living room. The iPhone/iPod monster has positioned itself as the preferred mobile gaming platform for developers and is quickly…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How Apple Keeps iPad Developers on Extreme Lockdown

If you’re a software developer lucky enough to get a look at the iPad before its release, you’d better be ready to submit to some of the toughest security measures this side of Super Max. We’d gotten an inkling about the extreme precautions Apple was taking from none other than Rupert Murdoch, but Business Week…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Macs vs. PCs on Operating System Security

Security expert Charlie Miller on the record-breaking 20 zero day security holes soon to be announced in OS X. [H-Online]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Why Google Should Buy Palm

With terrible sales and no sign of turnaround, Palm’s options are whittling down to one: buyout. Ex-Appler Phil Kearney sees a buyer in Google, which, in its looming megawar with Apple, might need Palm as much as Palm needs it. https://gizmodo.com/what-palms-sorry-sales-really-mean-5496817 In looking at the brewing battle between Apple and HTC, it is interesting to…

Tech News Phil Kearney

Apple Product Codename K59: The 27-Inch LED Cinema Display, At Last

The inevitable destination of the eye-searing display in the 27-inch iMac has always been a standalone monitor, a bigger brother to the quite lonely 24-inch LED Cinema Display. It’s codenamed K59, and supposedly coming in June. [AppleInsider] https://gizmodo.com/apple-imac-review-27-inches-and-less-chin-5388567

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Apple Is Trying Real Hard to Get Its Cable-Killing iTunes TV Deals in Time for iPad

This is curious, at least amidst a massive publishing war with Amazon. According to the WSJ, Apple’s putting its massive newspaper-and-magazine-revival-on-the-iPad effort on the “backburner in favor of focusing on other content,” like its long-festering plan to bundle TV shows as a pseudo-subscription service through iTunes, as well as selling certain TV shows for a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Apple’s iGroups Patent Would Instantly Connect You With Nearby iPhone Humans

The Apple patent to actual Apple product ratio is pretty terrible, but sometimes you just want them to follow through. Like with iGroups! It’s a location-based social network that instantly puts you in touch with iPhone-having people around you. The technical aspect is kind of strange: iPhones exchange Bluetooth ID tokens to create little clumps…

Tech News John Herrman

Today, Steve Jobs Is Sad: The Passing of Jerome York

Apple Director and IBM ex-CFO Jerome B. York is dead following his hospitalization yesterday, after a burst brain aneurysm. He joined Apple’s board when Steve Jobs came back into the company. Needless to say, Steve is very sad: Jerry joined Apple’s Board in 1997 when most doubted the company’s future. He has been a pillar…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Legendary Microsoft Game SkiFree Now Free for the iPhone

This news would have made my week if not for one little caveat: “Upcoming Features Include: Snow Monster.” It’s like a Rolling Stones reunion tour without Keith Richards. [iTunes via SAI]

Tech News John Herrman

Rupert Murdoch Says Bigger iPads Are Coming

Rupert Murdoch says “the iPad will be pretty small to start with, but there will be more iPads…” Oh, really? REALLY RUPERT? Who said that? Did Steve tell you that, perchance? Steve… Yes, we know you like Google very, very much too. [9to5]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Amazon Threatens to Dump Two Major Publishers (Read: They Just Lost the Price War)

Amazon is getting serious about getting its way with ebook pricing, threatening to do what they did to Macmillan (pull physical and digital books) unless publishers agree to certain demands. https://gizmodo.com/the-apple-amazon-ebook-war-begins-amazon-deletes-macmi-5460203 Among Amazon’s requirements is that publishers enter into a three-year deal so that no other distribution method (read: Apple) will be able to get…

Tech News Jason Chen

Amazon Kindle App for Mac OS X

Oh hey, the Kindle app for OS X is out. It’s free, but you have to buy the books, of course. It doesn’t have multitouch, like the Windows app, though. [Amazon via TUAW] https://gizmodo.com/every-win-7-tablet-is-a-multitouch-color-kindle-with-t-5387663

Tech News Brian Lam

HTC: We Disagree With Apple’s Actions and Will Fully Defend Ourselves

As if a big, bold “HTC DISAGREES WITH APPLE’S ACTIONS” doesn’t sum things up, HTC has taken the chance to remark that they will fully defend themselves and to remind us of their history of innovation. Here’s what they wrote: https://gizmodo.com/apple-sues-htc-for-infringing-on-20-iphone-patents-the-5483632 HTC DISAGREES WITH APPLE’S ACTIONS Seattle – March 17, 2010 – HTC Corporation today…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

DIY Steve Jobs Cheese Head Gets Real Creepy

Hellooooo, weirdtown! Not only did someone go through the trouble of carving a giant Steve Jobs head out of mozzarella cheese, they’ve also given detailed instructions on how to make your very own. In three varieties, no less! Your options range from your standard cheese and cracker plate to iPad Thai to oh-gawd-they-just-opened-the-Ark-of-the-Covenant melting face.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Fox vs. Duck iPhone Game Makes You Protect the Most Delicious of Birds

In Fox vs. Duck, you are the duck, and you need to survive constant attacks by fox and fish alike. Like the best iPhone games, it’s simple but addictive. Your ducks get dropped down from the sky onto a pond populated by a hungry fish and watched over by a fox on the side. You…

Tech News Adam Frucci

HELLO STEVE JOBS

Well isn’t that nice! Silicon Alley Insider has it on good authority that Gizmodo is one of the tech sites Steve Jobs has bookmarked in Safari on his iPad. Hi, Steve! We knew he was a fan, but I’m glad to see he’s keeping up with us tablet-style, even after letting Bill Gates’ byline run…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Apple Banning Protective Screen Film From Stores

According to iLounge, Apple is instituting a ban on all protective screen film products from its online and retail stores starting in May. It’s a move that’ll take away some of Apple’s most popular third-party products. But what for? Apparently the ban is going to cover both film-only products and cases that incorporate protective screens.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Mind-Bending Video Proves that One Publisher Gets It

If publishing company Penguin’s impressive iPad demos weren’t enough to convince you, this extremely clever video (originally made for internal purposes) will show you that at least one part of the publishing industry has its head squarely on its shoulders. https://gizmodo.com/penguins-incredible-vision-of-books-on-the-ipad-doesnt-5485150 Just one thing: Make sure you watch the entire clip without skipping around…there’s sort…

Tech News Mark Wilson

How To Hack Windows Laptops With Mac-Like Trackpad Gestures

Attempting to scroll with two fingers on a Windows laptop trackpad after using a MacBook makes you feel like a right fool, I know. It’s not the end of the story though, with Lifehacker revealing two hacks for Windows users. https://lifehacker.com/get-mac-like-scrolling-and-gestures-on-a-windows-laptop-5493849 While it won’t give you full Mac-like functionality, being able to scroll with two…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Hey Microsoft, Don’t F*ck Up Windows Phone 7

Dear Microsoft, you did a good job at out-Appling Apple with the Windows Phone 7. At least on paper. But instead of trying to beat them completely, it seems that you want to screw it all with two stupid decisions. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-interface-microsoft-has-out-appled-app-5472010 The first one: Eliminate application multitasking. After making fun of Apple’s iPhone for not…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Would the iPad Take Over Casual Home Gaming?

How Apple Keeps iPad Developers on Extreme Lockdown

Macs vs. PCs on Operating System Security

Why Google Should Buy Palm

Apple Product Codename K59: The 27-Inch LED Cinema Display, At Last

Apple Is Trying Real Hard to Get Its Cable-Killing iTunes TV Deals in Time for iPad

Apple’s iGroups Patent Would Instantly Connect You With Nearby iPhone Humans

Today, Steve Jobs Is Sad: The Passing of Jerome York

Legendary Microsoft Game SkiFree Now Free for the iPhone

Rupert Murdoch Says Bigger iPads Are Coming

Amazon Threatens to Dump Two Major Publishers (Read: They Just Lost the Price War)

Amazon Kindle App for Mac OS X

HTC: We Disagree With Apple’s Actions and Will Fully Defend Ourselves

DIY Steve Jobs Cheese Head Gets Real Creepy

Fox vs. Duck iPhone Game Makes You Protect the Most Delicious of Birds

HELLO STEVE JOBS

Apple Banning Protective Screen Film From Stores

Mind-Bending Video Proves that One Publisher Gets It

How To Hack Windows Laptops With Mac-Like Trackpad Gestures

Hey Microsoft, Don’t F*ck Up Windows Phone 7

White House’s Mysterious ‘Covfefe Moment’ Was Stupider Than We Imagined

Some of the Most Hyped Gym Supplements Are Fake, Unregulated, or Both

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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