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US Apple Store is D-O-W-N

Hey boys ‘n’ girls, the Apple Store just went down; it’s US only, but we’ll keep you posted on any developments. Whoever guesses what the new addition is wins the “I Was Right About the Apple Store Refresh Today” Award. Check back for an update. Update: The store is back online and it looks like…

The Apple Store is down… They’re updating something. Any ideas on what it is?

Lionsgate: Free iPod/iTunes Ready Digital Copies With Select DVD and Blu-ray Titles

Lionsgate is in the midst of working out an agreement with Apple that will make it the latest movie studio to offer iTunes digital copies on select DVD and Blu-ray titles. In order to get a piece of the action you will have to redeem the copies using a code that will come packaged with…

Missing Macbook Air Thrown Out With Stacks of Newspapers?

When I reviewed the Airbook, I noticed that I’d catch myself almost tossing the thing around like a magazine, which it resembled in size. Now Stephen Levy of Newsweek, one of the big four reviewers, has lost his. And he’s theorizing that he might have thrown it out with a stack of old newspapers he…

iPhone 2.0 Firmware Update to Include Search Feature?

Some sharp-eyed folks over at blargKaboom analyzed last week’s SDK event and noticed a search icon in Contacts. Interestingly enough, the icon appears in a screenshot about 9 min and 30 sec in, but not in the actual demo. Hopefully, this feature will be ready by the time the final version rolls out in June,…

The iPhone Virtual Reality Goggles, They Do Nothing

Oh man. Apparently somebody just saw The Lawnmower Man and got inspired. This virtual reality head mount for the iPhone is designed to let you strap your favorite expensive phone to your face, blocking out everything else so there’s nothing to distract you from the glow of your precious. This entirely garbage idea was created…

Hulu Launch Imminent But Will It Suck/Rock/Matter?

Hulu, the joint NBC/Fox online video service, may very well be launching any minute now, if sudden attention after months in quiet beta is any indication. We reviewed it last November (along with Joost and Miro), and we’re still not sold on it. Our last experience was chock-full o’ ads and didn’t have nearly enough…

Turn an Old Mac Into a Toilet Paper Dispenser

Who would lose more dignity if you modded an old Mac into a toilet paper dispenser: you or the Mac? It’s a tough one, but you’re welcome to find out with the detailed instructions for turning the old computer into a TP receptacle/pee spray magnet on TechRepublic. Personally, I’m sticking with a bar on the…

AT&T Jacks Up Text Message, Multimedia Message Rates

Yesterday, AT&T announced an unlimited voice plan for the iPhone that still comes with a paltry 200 text messages. Now, we have word that AT&T will be jacking up the price of text messages over your plan’s limit to a whopping $0.20, with multimedia messages going up to $0.30 (not that the iPhone can send…

iWash Does Not Clean Your iPhone at All

Blond, leopard print bikini, splashing water, iPhone, video—what else do you need to know? Take the NSFW jump for the naughtiest iPhone cleaning you have ever seen. We’ve watched this many times now, and what we just cannot figure out is how Stevie—that’s apparently her name—manaaged to get in the iPhone in the first place.…

Sansa Fuze Turns Up at Amazon

The Sansa Fuze, which we heard word of earlier, has just turned up at Amazon. The listing confirms the PMP will have a 1.9″ screen, voice recording function (that works via the built-in microphone), microSD/microSDHC slot and will offer support for MP3, WMA and MPEG-4 encoded content. Retailing at $99 for a 4GB edition, the…

Wheelchair Dude Features in Apple Thesaurus; His Cover is Blown

What better way is there to spend your Sunday then looking up synonyms for the word “observed”? Apparently, none. As someone on planet Earth was doing exactly that when they discovered the following definition, as featured in Apple Thesaurus. Jump for a bigger pic of the priceless quote. That picture is our own confirmation shot,…

Sun to Bring Java to the iPhone via the SDK

Apple gave Sun kind of the cold shoulder, not giving them the opportunity to put Java on the iPhone for Java apps. Now that the SDK is out, Sun’s decided to just take matters into their own hands and prep a Java Virtual Machine for the device that’ll allow Java applets to run on it.…

iPhone Gets Unlimited Voice Plan, Still Only 200 Text Messages

Following the trend of unlimited plans, AT&T just unveiled its new unlimited voice plan for the iPhone. For $120 a month you get unlimited voice, unlimited data and… still 200 text messages. What’s the deal with the stinginess on texts, AT&T? Does it really cost that much to send 50-character messages? Ah well, in any…

iTunes Store Private Page Shows Unidentified iThingy

iTunes will offer private developer pages, which will host app stores for a select audience only; e.g. specialized for universities, etc. Some of the pages have already been opened to those select individuals with audio and video content on offer. One such example is the Education First Educational Tours site the above picture was taken…

Exploding iPod Nano Starts Non-Nano Sized Blaze

A user at Niketalk forums posted up these images of an iPod nano that went up in smoke this morning. The forum user, MJair was awoken at 2 a.m. by the fire alarm going off. On a quick panicked inspection of the room, an “orange glow” near his PS3 was seen. That orange glow was…

Apple iPhone SDK Roundup: Everything You Need to Know

El Jobso wrapped up the iPhone SDK roundup, and it was a doozy. In case you didn’t catch all of the announcements from our liveblog, we’ll get you up to speed. • Apple Reveals iPhone SDK • iPhone Getting Multitouch Games Including Spore and Super Monkey Ball • AIM Client for iPhone, At Long Last…

iPhone SDK Limitation: Only One User-Made App Running Concurrently, No Background Processes

The enthusiastic high-fives of future iPhone instant messaging users yesterday might be quite a bit less enthusiastic today when they find out that Apple is not going to allow user-made SDK applications to run in the background. This means every application, from IM to VoIP to GPS mapping, will have to terminate entirely when the…

Apple Campus vs. Microsoft Campus: One Visitor’s UI Review

Click to viewI had the fortune of being able to visit both Microsoft’s Redmond Campus and Apple’s Cupertino’s offices within the same week. So, I thought I’d do a little comparison as to how a visitor perceives and experiences the respective headquarters. Both campuses have those generic looking tech worker buildings with large mirrored glass…

Amazon Is Clearing Out MacBook Pros

Amazon is offering some last-gen MacBook Pros on the cheap. After discounts and rebates, you can score a 15″ MBP with 256MB video card and 2GB of RAM for just $1,744.00—that’s over $150 cheaper than Apple’s clearance store was selling it for a few days ago. The 17″ model with similar specs will run you…