This Guy Gave Himself Implants for His iPod Nano

May 15, 2012 No Comments

Some say fashion is pain, and in the case of Dave Hurban, it actually is. Hurban recently implanted magnets in his wrist himself — all for the ability to wear his trusty iPod Nano like a watch without having to sport a wristband… Tweet This Post

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Judge comes down hard on publishers, Apple in e-book case

May 15, 2012 No Comments

In a strongly worded opinion, US District Judge Denise Cote rejected requests by Apple and five book publishers to throw out a class action suit that accuses them of price-fixing. Citing ongoing state, federal and international antitrust investigations, Cote turned down arguments that Apple and the publishers had acted independently when they changed the pricing [...]

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Sounder launches, we go hands-on (video)

May 15, 2012 No Comments

We don’t know about you, but most of us Engadget editors live in a perpetual state of inbox insanity. Keeping on top of voicemails, text messages, emails, IMs, Twitter DMs, Facebook and Google+ messages — to name just a few — is a herculean task yet also an essential part of our every day… Tweet [...]

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Apple issues Leopard update with Flashback removal tool

May 15, 2012 No Comments

Folks still rocking Apple’s Leopard may have been feeling left out after Lion and Snow Leopard both got an update for addressing that Flashback malware. If you’re one of them, you’ll be glad to know that Apple has finally issued a Leopard fix that comes with a removal tool for the virus afflicting its big [...]

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Apple Releases Flashback Fix for OS X Leopard

May 15, 2012 No Comments

After issuing similar fixes for Lion and Snow Leopard in April, Apple has now released an Flashback removal security update for OS X Leopard. Apple describes the update as follows: “This update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware… Tweet This Post

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Ex-Microsoftie Robbie Bach: I wouldn’t have made Zune MP3 players, we were just ‘chasing Apple’

May 14, 2012 No Comments

It took some time after Robbie Bach left Microsoft for the Zune device line to wind to a close, but that hasn’t stopped the former music (and gaming) executive from suggesting that it should have been ramped down much, much sooner… Tweet This Post

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Meet Apple’s Secret Feline App Tester

May 14, 2012 No Comments

UPDATE 3:22 PM: Is this for real? Well, she disappeared as soon as this article was posted, so what do you think? What goes on in Apple’s app testing lab? Just ask Dive Apple. She may be a cat. She lives in San Francisco… Tweet This Post

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Hungry Like A Wolf: How Apple Rumors Spread

May 14, 2012 No Comments

Remember last week when Foxconn president Terry Gou said that he was working hard at building the new Apple TV? The rumor was, as you might suspect, patently false. But just how false is the surprising part… Tweet This Post

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Apple Gets Serious About Photo Sharing With iCloud Update

May 14, 2012 No Comments

Apple’s Wordwide Developers Conference is still a few weeks away, but as usual, there’s no shortage of clues about what to expect. The latest news suggests that Apple is putting more focus on photos and their inherently social nature… Tweet This Post

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As 17 more states join class action against book publishers and Apple, new details revealed

May 14, 2012 No Comments

New York, the District of Columbia and fifteen other states have joined the e-book pricing class action suit against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin, bringing the total number of states involved so far to 31 (if you include DC and Puerto Rico)… Tweet This Post

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Apple Said To Debut iCloud’s New Photo Sharing Features At WWDC

May 14, 2012 No Comments

With Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference just weeks away, expect plenty of reports of new features to come crawling out of the woodwork. In fact, here’s one from the Wall Street Journal — they claim that Apple has been doing some major tinkering with their iCloud storage service, the fruits of which will be unveiled on [...]

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Apple gets another bite, wins appeal to pursue preliminary injunction against Samsung

May 14, 2012 No Comments

We’ll forgive you if you’ve forgotten, given the myriad Apple/Samsung legal shenanigans, but back in Februrary, Apple attempted to obtain a preliminary injunction against Samsung to prevent the Galaxy Tab 10… Tweet This Post

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