News: Apple locks TV Out in new iPods, breaks video add-ons  —  Apple locks TV Out in new iPods, breaks video add-ons  —  Did you buy an add-on display, dock, speaker system, car accessory or cable with video-out for your color 4G or 5G iPod?  Were you expecting it to work with the iPod classic […]

UPDATED: RIM’s (RIMM) BlackBerry System Dies, Millions Without Email  —  Research In Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry mobile email system is down nationwide, according to our Sprint rep and confirmed by Boy Genius Report, which says the outage started around 10 a.m. for some T-Mobile and AT&T subscribers.

Source:   Silicon Alley Insider
Author:   Dan Frommer
Link:   http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/09/blackberry-syst…

Apple: iPhone Software Unlock Confirmed on Video  —  Despite confirmation from reputable sources like CNN and Engadget, there were still people unsure of whether iPhoneSIMFree actually worked.  The reason?  The lack of video proof of the unlock process.  Well, here it is, the first, exclusive video proof of the unlock process.

Source:   Gizmodo
Author:   Jason […]

MTV Nets encircle the Web with slate of sites  —  Set to launch two dozen sites by Q1  —  NEW YORK — A new hub for Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” headlines a slate of two dozen targeted Web sites that Viacom’s MTV Networks will launch by the first quarter as it […]

Ads: Apple’s iPhone Contextual Ad Was Fake  —  Remember the iPhone contextual ad yesterday that nudged the early adopters?  Turns out the ad wasn’t from Apple at all.  It was from some guy from didntyouhear.com.  —  After seeing the Nokia ad—which WAS from Nokia—he decided to make a fake one, which caught Apple’s eye.

Source:   […]

Free Custom Ringtones in iTunes 7.4 (Workaround for 7.4.1?)  —  Cleverboy posted instructions on our forums on how to “convert” AAC music files to ringtones in iTunes 7.4.  He states that ringtones and song files are only distinguished by file extension.  The file extension for Ringtones is “M4R”.

Source:   MacRumors iPhone Blog
Author:   Arn
Link:   […]

Free Custom Ringtones in iTunes 7.4 (Updated)  —  Cleverboy posted instructions on our forums on how to “convert” AAC music files to ringtones in iTunes 7.4.  He states that ringtones and song files are only distinguished by file extension.  The file extension for Ringtones is “M4R”.  —  Windows and Mac

Source:   MacRumors iPhone Blog
Author:   […]

Steve Jobs Speaks the Truth About the iPhone Price Drop  —  I hate to say it, but I think Steve Jobs is telling the truth about the iPhone price cut.  —  We are so used to cryptic and seemingly disingenuous communication out of Apple that we miss it when Mr. Jobs says crassly what most […]

US backing for two-tier internet  —  The US Justice Department has said that internet service providers should be allowed to charge for priority traffic.  —  The agency said it was opposed to “network neutrality”, the idea that all data on the net is treated equally.

Source:   BBC
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6983375.stm

Apple: The iPhone-Price-Cut Slide Continues; Cumulative Mkt Cap Hit Tops $11 Billion  —  Apple’s (AAPL) decision to cut the price of the of the 8 GB iPhone by $200 is proving to be a costly one - at least to the stock’s market cap.  —  Apple shares are down again today, extending the slide into […]