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µTorrent iPhone App Rejected, Heads Over to Cydia

µMonitor is little iPhone app that lets you remotely control µTorrent back at your computer. But like Transmission’s Drivetrain app, it’s been banned by Apple on anti-piracy grounds. Usefully, however: Jailbreakers can still pick it up via Cydia. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-bittorrent-like-a-pro-5187630 It kind of sux that even a monitoring app got banned. But, according to Apple: …this…

Tech News Danny Allen

HealthMap App Will Tell You How Diseased Your Neighborhood Is

Ever wondered if someone in your neighborhood has a case of Swine Flu, African Horse Sickness, Chicken Pox, or other infectious diseases? Today’s your lucky day: the HealthMap app will show you up-to-date reports and even send push alerts. To be completely honest, I was terrified when I first opened this app up. I did…

Health Rosa Golijan

Apple Approves Vonage Mobile VoIP App

Did our ranting and the FCCs investigation have an effect on Apple’s app approval process? First they approved Spotify’s streaming app, now they’ve approved Vonage’s Mobile VoIP app? How about revisiting the Google Voice app while Apple’s feeling nice? https://gizmodo.com/apples-chickenshit-approval-process-has-gone-too-far-5325539 According to CNET, Vonage is currently beta testing the Mobile VoIP app and expects to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Bustedhot iPhone Application Makes Me Lose Faith In America

The description says it all: “Weekly 5 mugshots of hot women being arrested. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.” Well, Bustedhot developer, I hereto declare you guilty of first degree stupidity and weirdest fetish. Time for Phil’s banhammer. [Krapps]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

56 Redesigns of the Snow Leopard Box

Not blown away by the box Snow Leopard comes in? What a life you must lead to be bothered by such things! Allow me to soothe your soul with a veritable tsunami of redesigns, most of them much, much worse. First Place Second Place Third Place

Tech News Adam Frucci

MacTable Puts Your iMac in a Hole, Doesn’t Explain Why

The MacTable is a desk specifically designed for iMacs. Because as we all know, iMacs are too special to sit on a normal desk. They need their own furniture. These things feature a hole near the back for the iMac to sit, lowering the screen so it’s at desk level. The benefit of this is,…

Tech News Adam Frucci

15 Snow Leopard Tricks You Have to Try

Snow Leopard is finally reaching the masses. As much as we like it, though, the interface feels awfully similar to its predecessor. Here are 15 tricks to check out that are undeniably new—and even a little exciting: https://gizmodo.com/snow-leopard-review-lightened-and-enlightened-5346418 Gallery haters take note, clicking here will take you to a giant list of the tips. https://gizmodo.com/15-snow-leopard-tricks-you-have-to-try-5349881…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Other Snow Leopard Review You Should Read

Twenty. Three. Pages. Ars’ deeply technical review of Snow Leopard ain’t for the faint of heart, but if you want to dive deep inside Snow Leopard’s guts, after our comparatively breezy take, the entry point is here: [Ars] https://gizmodo.com/snow-leopard-review-lightened-and-enlightened-5346418

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Why Did Apple Drop ZFS From Snow Leopard?

In 2008, Apple announced that we would see ZFS as part of Snow Leopard Server, but a year later our copies are shipping with ZFS nowhere to be found. What went wrong? And will we ever get ZFS? https://gizmodo.com/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-for-servers-getting-zfs-5018512 Robin Harris, who has worked in the data storage field for as long as I’ve been…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

iBand Cases For The iPhone Made With Shock-Absorbent Flubber

UK-based Tech 21 have devised a real-life, mailable, flubber-esque gel that becomes rigid on impact. This substance dubbed “d30” is used to safeguard an iPhone or iPod Touch from owners with buttery fingers. According to the product page, d30 cases can offer up to “150% more protection than other cases.” Of course, that protection doesn’t…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Most Complete Snow Leopard Compatibility List Yet

Apple recently published a small Mac OS X Snow Leopard application blacklist. Now, some users have set up wiki with an exhaustive directory of Mac OS X 10.6 software, each with their compatibility status. [Snow Leopard Compatibility—Thanks Traviscat] https://gizmodo.com/the-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-applications-blacklist-5347769

Tech News Jesus Diaz

SEC All Up in Apple’s Business for Possible Illegal Insider Stock Trading

The SEC is all up in Apple’s business again, this time over suspicions that some illegal trading may have gone down using insider information in regards to threee “three particular Apple-related developments.” HuffPo’s Dan Dorfman points at someone getting an “illegal lead” on iPod sales, true knowledge of Steve Jobs‘ health, and when Apple was…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

How’s Your Battery Life and Hard Drive Space With Snow Leopard?

You’ve had the weekend to play with Snow Leopard and have stuff run faster, apps break and all the other glories of a new OS. But how much extra space did you get, and how’s your battery life? https://gizmodo.com/snow-leopard-review-lightened-and-enlightened-5346418 On Twitter we noticed that everybody seemed to get back more space from Snow Leopard than…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Updated: Snow Leopard Review

I’ve updated the Snow Leopard review after hearing problems that others are having in terms of app compatibility and stability. I’ve had zero problems, personally, but you should be careful upgrading. These updates are not deal breakers. But there’s no harm to waiting, and in this case, you’re not missing many new features. Note: I…

Tech News Brian Lam

The Real Reason You Got Back So Much Hard Drive Space With Snow Leopard

Sure, Apple carved out a lot extra code, like printer drivers you don’t need. But you’re also seeing additional space where you didn’t used to, because Snow Leopard calculates disk capacity differently than Leopard (or Windows, for that matter). Previously, storage was calculated using binary (base 2), which is why you wound up with hard…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Dell Mini 3i’s First Clear Images Show It’s Unholy Son of iPhone and Palm Pre

Chinese site Sina has snapped a ton of clear photos of the Dell Mini 3i, their China-only Android-based smartphone. It looks like a genetic experiment between the Palm Pre and the iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/dells-mini3i-phone-confirmed-and-photographed-lacks-3g-5338815 Looking at the new photos, the Dell Mini 3i has a 3.0-megapixel camera, GPS with included software, and a horrendous interface. [Sina]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Apple “It’s Only Rock and Roll” iPod Event September 9

It’s here: The official invite for Apple’s September 9 annual iPod event. It kicks off at 10AM Pacific—that’s 1PM Eastern—and we’ll be there bringing it to you live, as always. https://gizmodo.com/remainders-things-we-didnt-post-5339505/?selectedImage=1 What do you think we’re gonna see next Wednesday at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts? iPods with cameras? MMS for iPhone in…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Riding a Surfboard Made By An Old Apple Designer

Jaimal Yogis is an award-winning journalist and the author of Saltwater Buddha. Here he takes a ride on the strangely shaped surfboard by ex-Apple designer Thomas Meyerhoffer on SF’s Ocean Beach. https://gizmodo.com/what-if-apple-and-chumby-designed-a-surfboard-5297581 Let me be honest, I don’t want surfboards to be designed on computers, sent to factories in Thailand and shipped back to us…

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Nanontron 3000: The iPod Nano Hacking Lego Robot

Lego Mindstorms put to nefarious deeds! While iPodLinux works with older iPods, newer models have encrypted firmware updates. That’s why the Linux4nano team has designed the button-pressing Nanotron 3000 to help with a repetitive brute-force attack. https://gizmodo.com/floydzilla-ipod-linux-134137 The team has previously cracked the 2G Nano, but exploiting a vulnerability for further models involves tracking down…

Tech News Danny Allen

Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?

Bell Canada‘s latest Pre promo video is intended to illustrate the phone’s ease of use in a tongue-in-cheek way. But its opening line certainly caught our attention: “Unlike our neighbors to the south, Canadians are an active people…” It’s a lighthearted dig for those with a sense of humor. But comes after Bell seemingly ripped…

Tech News Danny Allen

µTorrent iPhone App Rejected, Heads Over to Cydia

HealthMap App Will Tell You How Diseased Your Neighborhood Is

Apple Approves Vonage Mobile VoIP App

Bustedhot iPhone Application Makes Me Lose Faith In America

56 Redesigns of the Snow Leopard Box

MacTable Puts Your iMac in a Hole, Doesn’t Explain Why

15 Snow Leopard Tricks You Have to Try

The Other Snow Leopard Review You Should Read

Why Did Apple Drop ZFS From Snow Leopard?

iBand Cases For The iPhone Made With Shock-Absorbent Flubber

Most Complete Snow Leopard Compatibility List Yet

SEC All Up in Apple’s Business for Possible Illegal Insider Stock Trading

How’s Your Battery Life and Hard Drive Space With Snow Leopard?

Updated: Snow Leopard Review

The Real Reason You Got Back So Much Hard Drive Space With Snow Leopard

Dell Mini 3i’s First Clear Images Show It’s Unholy Son of iPhone and Palm Pre

Apple “It’s Only Rock and Roll” iPod Event September 9

Riding a Surfboard Made By An Old Apple Designer

Nanontron 3000: The iPod Nano Hacking Lego Robot

Wait, Did This Bell Palm Pre Video Just Diss Americans?

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