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Apple i Keynote Parody is Spot On

College Humor is running a parody of Steve in Keynote mode, we know it isn’t the first or won’t be the last, but it has some of the Steve’s actions, crowd reactions and the overall atmosphere pretty much down to perfection. On top of all that, it does a good job at making us laugh—just…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Haptic Feedback Implementation Coming to iPhone Courtesy of Immersion Corp?

If a Palluxo.com source is to be believed, Apple is currently in talks with Immersion Corp. regarding haptic technology implementation for the iPhone. Immersion Corp. solutions have been implemented in Samsung handsets in the past and it now looks like Apple want in on the action. The conjecture gathers weight thanks to Clent Richardson, a…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Glossy Black iPhone 3G is Just a Third-Party Case

The first allegedly-leaked shots of the 3G iPhone arrived earlier this month. Yesterday, Engadget claimed that the iPhone was going to look all black and shiny, like in the photo. (Although they didn’t say that was a photo of the said unit.) Today, what we know for sure is that the thing in the photo…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Psystar Won’t Let You Reinstall Leopard By Yourself

A MacFixIt reader had a very interesting email exchange from Psystar’s support, who told him that they don’t want customers installing Leopard themselves. Here’s the quote from the support team: We absolutely do not support customers attempting to install the Leopard operating system on our Open Computer themselves. This is due to a difficult process…

Tech News Jason Chen

First iPhone Video Recorder Software With Audio

Here’s some iPhone software that is supposedly the first to record audio on top of video, at 128kbps sound and 320 x 416 video res. That makes it good fix for the iPhone’s official lack. In 2 months, when official third party software goes live, will anyone be able to replicate such a feat and…

Tech News Brian Lam

iPhone SDK Beta 4 Hints at Support for Background Tasks

According to MacNN, support for the UI Application delegate class on the newly released iPhone SDK build could indicate that running background processes is possible. That would be cool, but nothing has been made official yet. [macNN] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-sdk-beta-4-now-available-comes-with-opengl-es-3-383430

Tech News Sean Fallon

More iPhone 2 Details: 3G, GPS, Back in (Glossy) Black and a Little Fatter

Ryan at Engadget says they’ve been chatting up one of the divinely chosen to lay eyes on the second-gen iPhone, and they’re claiming a couple details we haven’t heard before, as well as the by-now familiar: 3G and real GPS—expected, and hoped for. Metal backing out, glossy black is in, with chrome volume buttons, which…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Psystar Video Peek (They Have Working Macs Apparently)

Psystar, the Mac clone company, just posted this video on their website showing off their systems installed with Windows, Ubuntu and OS X. There’s not a whole lot of close up detail on the OS X machine, so no real questions are being answered. It’s supposedly made on Final Cut Pro on one of their…

Tech News Jason Chen

The 99-Cent iPod Radio Cheapo Knock-Off of the Year

Last week, Stephen Gerding of the Kung-Fu Rodeo blog found this 99-cent iPod lookalike radio in his corner store. There are two buttons on the “click” “wheel.” One for scan, another for reset, and you’ve got to marvel at the technology they must have used for the full-color screen. Unboxed pic below. Oh. It’s a…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Department of Defense Unhappy With Apple Chip Company Purchase

P.A. Semi, the chip design company Apple picked up for a song, is best known for its super-efficient PWRficient processor, a PowerPC variant. One of the big customers for the CPU is the Department of Defense, which makes use of it in programs in every major branch of the military, and they’re not thrilled by…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Question of the Day: How Many iPods Have You Owned?

Yesterday’s question involved how much digital music you currently own—if you took part you may have noticed that the distribution was fairly even, but there are plenty of people out there with seriously large collections. That got me thinking about where all this music is being stored—iPods in particular. As my own feeble collection has…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Updated iMacs Coming Next Week?

Geeksugar’s got an interesting scoop on a supposed iMac refresh coming next week. Their guess is a speed bump and a storage increase, but the design will be exactly the same and will be priced the same as before. If you’re curious whether or not their source is accurate, it’s the same person that tipped…

Tech News Jason Chen

Asian Blogstar Flames Back Apple, iPhone Fanboys

I have to confess that I still can’t get Xiaxue—the amazingly popular Asian blogstar who slammed the iPhone in favor of a Chinese knock-off earlier this month. At first I told Matt that I thought she was a completely dumbtastic bozo but, after seeing this, I think she may be the biggest toe-curling comedy genius…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

iPhone SDK Beta 4 Now Available, Comes with OpenGL ES 3D Graphics Support

The latest iPhone SDK is now available, and unlike last time, it actually comes with an awesome new feature: OpenGL ES support! Now the iPhone simulator can render OpenGL ES that “mirror behavior on the iPhone and iPod Touch.” The ES in OpenGL ES stands for embedded systems, and is the official graphics API in…

Tech News Jason Chen

First Music Video Featuring iPhone Interface Has the Unfortunate Title of “Smell Yo D*ck” (NSFW)

After nearly a year, the iPhone has finally received its first [Questionably the first, but definitely the worst – Ed.] starring role in a music video. Unfortunately, the video is “Smell Yo Dick”, by sassy rapper Riskay. In the self-explanatory guide to detecting cheaters, the phone is featured in a variety of situations both good…

Tech News Benny Goldman

Apple Quarterly Results: Mac Sales Way Up, iPods Pretty Flat

No surprise, this quarter was Apple’s best March quarter ever. Here are the bits that matter—2.29 million Macs shipped, 51 percent more than same time last year, so Mac sales are booming. iPod sales are actually pretty flat from last year, up a meager one percent—are we at the saturation point? And 1.7 million iPhones,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Apple Buys Itself a Little Chip Company Known for Super Efficient Processors

Click to viewApple’s bought itself a chip company, P.A. Semi, that could make chips for future iPods and iPhones. The company was founded by Dan Dobberpuhl, lead designer of Alpha chips, who last year announced a 64-bit dual core processor that is said to be about 300% more efficient than the nearest competition, using only…

Tech News Brian Lam

Stream Music and Video to Your Xbox 360 From Your Mac Slightly Better With Rivet

Connect 360‘s been out for a good long while, allowing you to stream music, movies and photos from your Mac to your Xbox 360. Why would you go with Rivet, an app that does just about the same thing but only costs $1 less? Mostly for its folder organization, which allows you to browse your…

Tech News Jason Chen

The Massive, Expensive Problem of Obsolete Tech

In 2005, a control room for the A and C subway lines in NYC caught fire. “No larger than a kitchen,” the room held 600 relays, switches and circuits that keep track of trains and keep everything running. Officials originally thought it would take three to five years to get the lines back to normal…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Netflix Working With Three Secret Hardware Partners: No Names, Just Hints

We already know that Netflix has partnered up with LG, but a recent conference quarterly call has revealed that there are three other players in the mix: https://gizmodo.com/netflix-and-lg-bring-netflix-movie-streaming-to-tvs-339845 At this point, I can tell you we have LG plus three additional partners actively working on integrating our technology into their products. Three of the four…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Apple i Keynote Parody is Spot On

Haptic Feedback Implementation Coming to iPhone Courtesy of Immersion Corp?

Glossy Black iPhone 3G is Just a Third-Party Case

Psystar Won’t Let You Reinstall Leopard By Yourself

First iPhone Video Recorder Software With Audio

iPhone SDK Beta 4 Hints at Support for Background Tasks

More iPhone 2 Details: 3G, GPS, Back in (Glossy) Black and a Little Fatter

Psystar Video Peek (They Have Working Macs Apparently)

The 99-Cent iPod Radio Cheapo Knock-Off of the Year

Department of Defense Unhappy With Apple Chip Company Purchase

Question of the Day: How Many iPods Have You Owned?

Updated iMacs Coming Next Week?

Asian Blogstar Flames Back Apple, iPhone Fanboys

iPhone SDK Beta 4 Now Available, Comes with OpenGL ES 3D Graphics Support

First Music Video Featuring iPhone Interface Has the Unfortunate Title of “Smell Yo D*ck” (NSFW)

Apple Quarterly Results: Mac Sales Way Up, iPods Pretty Flat

Apple Buys Itself a Little Chip Company Known for Super Efficient Processors

Stream Music and Video to Your Xbox 360 From Your Mac Slightly Better With Rivet

The Massive, Expensive Problem of Obsolete Tech

Netflix Working With Three Secret Hardware Partners: No Names, Just Hints

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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