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OSX Leopard Finalized?

According to AppleInsider sources, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has been finalized and is well on target to make its rumored October 26th ship date. However, MacRumors’ sources say that Gold Master hasn’t been declared yet and “builds are still progressing.” This comes in addition to the news that Apple has finished two new builds…

iPolo Highlights iTalian Fashion

As if Kanye’s beautiful and brilliant prose about Italian fashion, shopping, and bilingualism wasn’t enough to convince you that Italy produces the nicest clothing, the iPolo will make you a believer. Just look at the fine craftsmanship that melds the douchebaggery of a sleeveless shirt with the jackholiness of an on-board iPod pocket. It’s the…

SanDisk PR Spokesperson Vows to Shave Head if Zune Is #2 This Christmas

SanDisk PR spokespeaker Carmella Lyman just promised to ZDNet Writer David Berlind that she’d shave her hair if the Zune was #2 in the portable media player market after this Christmas. According to NPD group, Microsoft’s currently ranked 4th place with 3%, and SanDisk is in 2nd place with 10%. If the Zune really was…

George Harrison’s catalog is now on iTunes, including a 2001 remaster of the All Things Must Pass double album in 256Kbps DRM-free MP3 for just $9.99. Maybe this should be a Dealzmodo. [iTunes]

Slight MacBook Upgrade in November?

In the face of ultra-thin MacBook rumors, Think Secret claims that a modest processor bump for the MacBook will be the only hardware refresh for the rest of the year. Keep in mind, however, that Think Secret only says there won’t be any more hardware updates. They don’t say anything about new hardware announcements. Still,…

New Zune TV-Out is Nice, But Interlaced So Worse Than iPod’s

We were intrigued when we heard that the new Zune had beefed up its TV-out settings to full DVD quality, supporting playback of 720×480 video at 30fps or 720×576 video 25fps (NTSC or PAL, in other words). All that frames per second talk along with the promise of “DVD quality” got us thinking that Microsoft…

Girl Finds Rocks Where Her iPod Should Be, TWICE

For her birthday, a 14-year-old girl from Texas wanted an iPod. So her mother took her to the Target in Fort Worth to buy her one. After surely promising to not load the device with “devil music,” the family purchased the new $350 iPod. And then they opened it. And it was full of rocks.…

Paper-Made iPhone Clone Is Made to Burn Baby Burn

We’ve seen all sorts of iPhone wannabes from China, but this SPhone is made of paper and it will be yours for just 3,999 Taiwanese dollars or $122. You may not want it, however. Not because it’s made of people but because actually, according to a Taiwanese reader, it’s made out of paper so people…

Quick Apple hack updates: The iPod touch is reported to have reached a read milestone for the filesystem. The iPhone’s 1.1.1 firmware has a few apps ported to it, but it’s still not easy for general consumption. We’ll do full posts when more easily implemented hacks are finished. [TUAW]

Journeyman and the iPhone

The Quantum Leap meets Early Edition flavor of NBC’s Journeyman makes it a pretty fantastic show with just two episodes in the can and the third airing tonight. But what’s with the blatant iPhone product placement? It’s almost a character in itself, allowing the guy to Google Finder-spydeR stuff on the go, check to see…

Nike+ Sport Kit Coming to iPhone

According to Erica at TUAW, the 1.1.1 iPhone Firmware has references to com.apple.mobile.nike, which leads us to assume that the iPhone and Nike+ Sport Kit is going to work together soon. https://gizmodo.com/hackers-break-into-the-latest-iphone-firmware-again-308235 In fact, this Nike reference was found in LingoToAccessoryMap.plist, so according to Erica, it’s “definitely going to be a supported accessory”. Looks like…

Woman Coats iPhones in Gold For Your Pleasure

Remember this woman? The one that was going to coat your iPods and cellphones in gold? She’s taken it to the next step and is now offering to coat both an iPod and a cellphone in gold—that’s right, an iPhone. For an as-of-yet undecided price, you too can have the rims of your iPhone be…

Jobs Personally Tells iPod Owner That Missing Calendar Entry Was a Bug

WTF? OK, I am not sold on this, but according to the story, a guy who just bought an iPod touch wrote to [email protected] with complaints about lack of games support, hi-res photo syncing, disk mode, notes storage, add/edit calendar entry and more. The strange thing is, [email protected] wrote back. Here’s the full reply, plus…

We’re not sure how many of Google’s apps have gotten the iPhone makeover, but GMail (along with Google Calendar before it) look quite optimized for the phone’s screen. Of course, there’s no real use to optimizing Google Maps for it, so don’t expect that one anytime soon. [Google via Boy Genius] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-google-calendar-organization-on-the-go-303085

Hackers Break Into the Latest iPhone Firmware Again

While it’s not quite ready for mere mortals to use it, hackers that call themselves the iPhone/Touch Dev Team say they’ve finally managed to jailbreak the iPhone firmware version 1.1.1. It’s great news because 1) the latest iPhone can be activated again without signing up with AT&T and 2) third-party applications will be able to…

10 Years of Apple Vs. Dell

This graph charts the market caps of Apple and Dell over the last 10 years. We’ll just call these numbers “The iPod Effect.” And according to stock values, the iPod didn’t exist until 2005. Show of hands—who out there is still holding a boatload of Apple stock from 2004? And can we borrow 5 bucks…

Facebook and iTunes Teaming Up?

To fight off the evil empire that is MySpace, tiny entities Facebook and iTunes may be teaming up to bring a musical component to Facebook’s offerings (while offering Apple another venue to sell their music). According to the unconfirmed rumblings, Facebook is working on expanding their interface. Musical artists will now have special pages with…

Please, Have a Seat on the Macintosh II Couch

The chaps at the Mac Store in Maryland Heights, Missouri, put their thinking hats on and constructed the best fanboy furniture we have ever seen. The Macintosh II couch is constructed from 20 Macintosh II computers, which are all held in place by drywall screws. The Macintosh for your tosh is not available for sale,…

Giz Interview: Creator of Gold Macbook Pro Talks Macs That Match Our Teeth

Click to viewComputer Choppers has finished their custom 24-carat gold Macbook Pro modification. And it looks just…golden…other than the Apple logo, of course, which houses more diamonds than will allow us to ever send this link to our wife. We actually gave creator Alex Wiley a quick call today to get the lowdown on pricing…and…

iPod Classic and Nano Receive 1.0.2 Update; Better Cover Flow and More

The iPod classic and nano have just been upgraded to software version 1.0.2, and with it comes an enhanced Cover Flow feature, improved handling of video-out and bug fixes to Calendar and Contacts synchronization. Cover Flow now loses some of its simplistic design in favour of a closer rendition to the iTunes layout. Album art…