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Archive for June 10th, 2008

Disney.com Breaks New Ground Streaming Full-Length Movies Online … (Business Wire)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Business Wire:
Disney.com Breaks New Ground Streaming Full-Length Movies Online for the First Time Ever  —  ‘Wonderful World of Disney’ Films Will Hit the Web Following ABC Television Presentation  —  NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Disney.com announced today that for the first time ever the site …

QuickTime Update Plugs More Holes (Brian Prince/eWeek)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Brian Prince / eWeek:
QuickTime Update Plugs More Holes  —  Latest update addresses five issues and follows the Spring 2008 update to plug 11 security holes.  —  Apple has released a new version of QuickTime to fix five security issues that could allow hackers to take control of a system via malicious movie or image […]

Apple may have killed the BlackBerry (Don Reisinger/The Digital Home)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Don Reisinger / The Digital Home:
Apple may have killed the BlackBerry  —  During the first hour of Steve Jobs’ keynote at WWDC, I was wondering why I was wasting my afternoon listening to his stooges drone on about software.  But then, in a moment of pure triumph, Steve walked onto the stage and unveiled […]

AT&T Memo to Retail Managers Shows iPhone 3G Policy (AddyDugdale/Gizmodo)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

AddyDugdale / Gizmodo:
AT&T Memo to Retail Managers Shows iPhone 3G Policy  —  We knew it wouldn’t be long before someone from AT&T leaked a policy memo vis-a-vis the iPhone 3G’s July 11 launch.  As well as all the mobile provider’s pricing details from yesterday, the document contains a bit more info …

Judge orders teens to post apology on YouTube (USA Today)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

USA Today:
Judge orders teens to post apology on YouTube  —  VIERA, Fla. — A judge here is using YouTube to punish two boys who used the video-sharing website for a prank that ended with battery and criminal mischief charges against them.  —  The prank, known as “fire in the hole,” has become common in […]

HP takes a swing at Apple’s MacBook Air with new Voodoo Envy laptop (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
HP takes a swing at Apple’s MacBook Air with new Voodoo Envy laptop  —  Hewlett-Packard’s VoodooPC division will launch a new Voodoo Envy 133 laptop computer for luxury consumers.  And the design looks like it will go head to head with Apple’s MacBook Air.  —  Like the MacBook Air …

O2 3G iPhone: Apple cracks down on unlocking (Crave at CNET UK)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Crave at CNET UK:
O2 3G iPhone: Apple cracks down on unlocking  —  According to our sources at O2, Brits who want to buy a 3G iPhone are going to have to sign up to a contract before they can get their hands on one, wherever they buy it.  This is seriously bad news for […]

E.U. Snubs Microsoft on Office Systems (James Kanter/New York Times)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

James Kanter / New York Times:
E.U. Snubs Microsoft on Office Systems  —  BRUSSELS — Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes of the European Union delivered an unusually blunt snub to Microsoft on Tuesday by recommending that businesses and governments use software based on open standards.

AT&T Mobility Chief: New 3G iPhone Is a Game-changer (Om Malik/GigaOM)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Om Malik / GigaOM:
AT&T Mobility Chief: New 3G iPhone Is a Game-changer  —  After months of rumor-driven frenzy, the much talked about 3G iPhone from Apple finally became a reality, promising yet another revolution in the mobile Internet experience.  Offering a combination of great user interface with (slow) …

Apple answers call for iPhone applications (Marguerite Reardon/CNET News.com)

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Apple answers call for iPhone applications  —  Apple wowed the cell phone industry a year ago with the first version of the iPhone.  And now its new software development kit and soon-to-be-launched application store featuring third-party applications could change the game yet again.