∞ Pete Townshend calls iTunes a 'digital vampire'

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AP: The Who’s Pete Townshend on Monday branded Apple Inc.’s iTunes a “digital vampire” that profits from music without supporting the artists who create it. Townshend said that faced with the Internet’s demolition of established copyright protections, iTunes should offer … Continued

∞ Yoko Ono to introduce Steve Jobs tribute at MTV Music Awards

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Billboard:

“Like John Lennon, the man I love deeply, Steve Jobs was a dreamer who changed the world,” Ono is expected to say during the online awards ceremony that begins Oct. 31 at 8:30 p.m. PT at www.omusicawards.com. “But of course when we lose a genius of that caliber, they are never really gone. They live on all around us, through our memories, their words, and their work. Their spirit grows in us forever to the end of the days.”

∞ Streaming live TV

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John Gruber:

Apple is only going to get serious about TV if they find a way to get past that paradigm.

Exactly. The paradigm is traditional TV as we know it. Turn on the TV and watch whatever is there. Apple feels that model is broken and until that changes, the company won’t enter the market in a big way. However, if Apple has figured out a way around that model, look out.

∞ Pros and cons of the Internet circa 1996

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Jared Newman reported on this gem for Technologizer where he shows how students were given the pros and cons of using the Internet in 1996. I love this con: Speed — Some Internet activities can take a long time, especially … Continued

∞ Elements 2.1 text editor for iOS

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Elements 2.1 allows the user to sync their settings, appearance preferences and scratchpad contents between multiple devices using Apple’s new iCloud platform. Now if you set a specific theme, font style or default file extension on your iPhone, iCloud will remember that preference and copy it to your other devices as well.

∞ ChronoSync [Sponsor]

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ChronoSync is the easy way to synchronize, backup, and create bootable backups. Synchronize between folders on your Mac, other Macs, PCs, external drives or anything you can mount on your Mac. Set up a Synchronizer document to schedule and automatically … Continued

∞ 'S' is for signal

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Neil Hughes for AppleInsider: The new iPhone 4S features a redesigned antenna design that allows for better reception and faster wireless data speeds. A good look at the antenna issues over the past year. I love the new dual antenna … Continued

∞ NeXT logo design

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Logo Design Love: The only thing Rand knew was that the mysterious NeXT computer was a black cube. With this scant yet meaningful intelligence, Rand developed a unique proposal book for the mark that walked the reader — Mr Jobs … Continued

∞ Dennis Ritchie, father of C and Unix, dead at 70

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Rupert Goodwins, for ZDNet UK: While the introduction of Intel’s 4004 microprocessor in 1971 is widely regarded as a key moment in modern computing, the contemporaneous birth of the C programming language is less well known. Yet the creation of … Continued

∞ Apple stops Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia

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Sydney Morning Herald: The Federal Court has granted Apple an injunction to block tech rival Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. Apple is suing Samsung for patent infringement, arguing the firm “slavishly” copied its market-leading iPad tablet. … Continued

∞ Apple offers AirPort Utility for iOS

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Apple on Wednesday surprised many with the release of AirPort Utility for iOS. The software runs on iPhones, iPods and iPads, but requires iOS 5.0. It’s free. AirPort Utility makes it possible for the first time to manage your 802.11n-equipped … Continued

∞ Lion Recovery Update 1.0 released

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Apple released on Wednesday Lion Recovery Update 1.0, software that helps you restore your Lion-based Mac in the event of a catastrophic failure without requiring a physical disk to boot from. The software is available for download through the Software … Continued

∞ Apple TV update adds AirPlay mirroring, NHL, more

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Apple updated the software that powers its second-generation Apple TV peripheral on Wednesday. Among the changes are new features exposed with the introduction of Apple’s new iCloud service. The second-gen (black) Apple TV is now capable of supporting Photo Stream, … Continued

∞ Apple releases iOS 5

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Apple on Wednesday released iOS 5, a major (and free) update for the operating system used by its iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices. The new update contains over 200 new features, according to Apple – major changes to notifications, … Continued

∞ Pangea updates games for AirPlay

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Pangea Software has announced the release of updates to six of its iOS games to support AirPlay features in iOS 5. Bugdom 2, Cro Mag Rally, Nanosaur 2, Otto Matic, Quarters and Enigmo 2 now support the new capability. AirPlay … Continued

∞ Samsung offers Sydney shoppers $2 Galaxy S II

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Sydney Morning Herald: Samsung has ambushed the launch of the iPhone 4S by offering $2 smartphones in a temporary shop just metres away from the official Sydney Apple store. A queue – longer than that outside Apple’s store – was … Continued

∞ Review: iPhone 4S

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Jim: I love you, Siri Siri: Impossible Jim: No really, I love you Siri: I hope you don’t say that to those other mobile phones, Jim Jim: No way, I only love you Siri Siri: You are the wind beneath … Continued

∞ Steve Jobs' turtlenecks

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Gawker: According to Isaacson’s book Steve Jobs, due out in two weeks, Apple employees jeered their boss’s scheme for a corporate outfit. So he had to settle for a personal uniform, modeled on shirts he saw noted designer Issey Miyake … Continued

∞ Apple releases iTunes 10.5

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Apple on Tuesday released iTunes 10.5, an update widely expected prior to Wednesday’s introduction of iOS 5. iTunes 10.5 is available for download from Apple’s Web site and through the Software Update system preference. According to Apple, changes to iTunes … Continued