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Archive for October 27th, 2007

Apple Limits Sale of iPhones: Two Per Person and No Cash (Associated Press)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Apple Limits Sale of iPhones: Two Per Person and No Cash  —  Apple no longer accepts cash for iPhone purchases and now limits sales of the cellphone to two per person in a move to stop people from reselling them.  —  The new policy started Thursday, said Natalie Kerris, an Apple spokeswoman.

Source:   Associated Press
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Apple Leopard and SIP–Not Happening (Andy Abramson/VoIP Watch)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Apple Leopard and SIP—Not Happening  —  SIP and Leopard are like oil and water as of the general release version of the new Apple OS dubbed Leopard.  —  After years of peaceful coexistence with the VoIP world the new OS and SIP based applications that I’m using on my Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo […]

Hack Attack : Install Leopard on your PC in 3 easy steps! (Karthik Kastury/dailyApps)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Hack Attack : Install Leopard on your PC in 3 easy steps!  —  Well its been only a day since the Mac OSX Leopard was released officially by Apple and the hackers have managed to create a patched DVD that everyone like you and me can use to install Leopard on PC’s without having to […]

Facebook employees know what profiles you look at [Scoop] (Nick Douglas/Valleywag)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Facebook employees know what profiles you look at [Scoop]  —  “My friend got a call from her friend at Facebook, asking why she kept looking at his profile,” says a privacy-conscious source at a major tech company.  Turns out Facebook employees can (and do) check out anyone’s profile.

Source:   Valleywag
Author:   Nick Douglas
Link:   http://valleywag.com/tech/scoop/facebook-employees…

After Succeeding, Young Tycoons Try, Try Again (Gary Rivlin/New York Times)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

After Succeeding, Young Tycoons Try, Try Again  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Max Levchin is not easily distracted from his work.  —  A few years ago, Mr. Levchin, one of the young princes of Silicon Valley, bought his first home, a 12-room Edwardian high atop a hill here, for $3.4 million.

Source:   New York Times
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After First Succeeding, Young Tycoons Try, Try Again (Gary Rivlin/New York Times)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

After First Succeeding, Young Tycoons Try, Try Again  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Max Levchin is not easily distracted from his work.  —  A few years ago, Mr. Levchin, one of the young princes of Silicon Valley, bought his first home, a 12-room Edwardian high atop a hill here, for $3.4 million.

Source:   New York Times
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Leopard vs. Vista: feature chart showdown (Ryan Block/Engadget)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Leopard vs. Vista: feature chart showdown  —  There no doubt, Vista and Leopard are both extremely advanced, feature rich consumer operating systems.  But way back in January when Vista launched knew we had little choice but pit the two in a head to head chartngraph Thunderdome competition.

Source:   Engadget
Author:   Ryan Block
Link:   http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista…

Rumor: Leaked screens show IPTV and Fall update [update] (Dustin Burg/Xbox 360 Fanboy)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Rumor: Leaked screens show IPTV and Fall update [update]  —  Update: We just learned that Aaron just got his 360 back from Microsoft repair this week.  We also know that his dash version isn’t any different than the one that is already out (2.0.5787.0) leading us to believe that his 360 doesn’t have the Fall […]

The sub-$200 HD DVD player arrives: multiple retailers slashing prices (Ken Fisher/Ars Technica)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

The sub-$200 HD DVD player arrives: multiple retailers slashing prices  —  Earlier this year the HD DVD camp expressed optimism that this holiday season would prove big for HD DVD, particularly because aggressive pricing was expected to deliver a solid HD DVD player into the sweet sub-$200 spot.

Source:   Ars Technica
Author:   Ken Fisher
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Apple refusing to accept cash for iPhone, limits ‘em to two per person (Darren Murph/Engadget)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Apple refusing to accept cash for iPhone, limits ‘em to two per person  —  Coincidence or not, Apple has stiffened up the requirements to pick up a new iPhone shortly after announcing that 250,000 or so of the 1.4 million it sold in Q4 went to unlockers.  In an admittedly intriguing move …

Source:   Engadget
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