Telecom Italia Mobile is the leading candidate for the Italian iPhone carrier, according to extrapolations based on evidence in the iPhone software package, while a vast EDGE network outage is affecting a significant portion of iPhone users in the US. Italian news site Macity has pointed out that the TIM_Italy.bundle introduced in the v1.1.2 iPhone…
GarageGames, the leading technology provider for independent game developers, have announced the release of Torque Game Builder (TGB) 1.7 (from US$100)…
A pre-release, “Rough Cuts” version of iPhone Open Application Development by Johnathan A. Zdziarski is now available from O’Reilly Media. Zdziarski is the developer of the first fully-functional application using the open iPhone toolkit, and most recently was responsible for explaining the situation regarding release of the iPhone 1.1.3 jailbreak update. According to O’Reilly’s web site, the book “explains in clear…
The two unknown companies reported to be using the MacBook Air’s processor are Fujitsu and Lenovo, CNET claims to have confirmed. The systems themselves have not been leaked but are expected to roll out “shortly,” the alleged sources say. The extra-small packaging of the processor is nonetheless expected to offer a blend between the thinner and s…
The percentage Macs occupy in the US computer market should double within the next three years, a new analysis claims. The research firm Gartner is predicting that by 2011, Apple will control over 12 percent of US computer sales, making it a major player, if still likely to be dwarfed by Windows vendors Dell and HP. Market share is also expected …
The Mac OS X install disc that ships with the MacBook Air can only be used with that model, Apple has revealed in a Knowledge Base document. The installer has a mechanism that prevents this software from being installed on other Macs. Also, Apple says that other Mac OS X 10.5 installation media (presumably including the retail, store-bought copy of…
Dell today denied claims that it would release a phone developed with Google at next month’s Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona. Company spokeswoman Anne Camden explains that Dell neither has any product to announce at the event nor has any plans to attend. The official did not explicitly confirm or deny the possibility of a phone at any poi…
Apple’s iTunes software surpassed RealPlayer in unique users for the first time in April of 2007, according to WebSiteOptimization.com, and was the only contender among the four major streaming media players to show a positive growth rate over the past year. iTunes grew 26.8 percent from December 2006 to December 2007, while QuickTime and RealPlaye…
Equinux has just released the fifth generation of its award-winning online auction management solution, iSale…
Sony at today’s press conference for the PMA photography show confirmed that its 24.8-megapixel photo sensor is destined for a future pro digital SLR camera. The news ends concerns that the sensor would be used only for scientific use and is also accompanied by very early details of the camera itself. Sony has already developed a version of its i…