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According to Mr. Zapfel, Unisys will be providing support and “other services” to both corporate and government agencies that buy Apple gear. He also said the contract was signed just this month, and it would mark a rare move by Apple to turn to an outside source for providing such services. Historically, Apple has not…

“When logging into a website you usually start by submitting your username and password. The server then checks to see if an account matching this information exists and if so, replies back to you with a ‘cookie’ which is used by your browser for all subsequent requests,” Firesheep developer Eric Butler said on his Web…

Apple’s App Store currently has some 284,000 apps available, according to third party site AppShopper.com. That breaks down to 266,374 iPhone apps and 37,290 iPad apps, with some overlap between the two categories. Indeed, Apple has either pulled or seen pulled by developers more than half as many apps as the Android Market boasts in…

The remixremote high-definition noise-isolating metal earphones with microphone by V-moda are available in four metallic colors.   The Remixremote earphones are available in 4 colorsThe MSRP is $99.99 and they are available in the Apple Stores and other box stores as well as on-line. I found five sets of the Nero color on Amazon.com for $67.23.The…

While Ms. Battino is remaining tight-lipped over how the pics made the jump from her personal iPhoto library into eXtreme Cam Girls, she’s more than happy to express her anger over not getting compensated for the shots.“I was just upset that I’m not being paid for my pictures,” she said. “I’m not embarrassed.”Apple Store guidelines…

Local officials claim the data center should go into operation “any day now,” according to Data Center Knowledge. Apple executives have said they planned to bring the facility online before the end of the year, although they haven’t confirmed exactly what the facility’s purpose will be.Even though the data center hasn’t gone into action yet,…

Mr. Gibbs also said, “They discussed American competitiveness and education, especially reforms such as the president’s Race to the Top initiative. They then talked about energy independence and ways to increase job creation.” President Obama was visiting Silicon Valley to attend a $30,000 a plate fund raiser for the Democratic Party that was held at…

In the world of software, the term deprecation is used when a feature is considered to be obsolete or on the way out. In this case, Apple is telling software developers that the version of Java for Mac OS X that is ported by Apple is on the outs, which may or may not be…

“Limited browser support for the HTML5 <video> tag has forced web designers to scramble for a solution that would work across platforms as well as browsers,” Adobe wrote in a blog entry. “To help customers overcome these challenges, Adobe has released an easy-to-use, totally CSS-customizable solution that shifts gracefully from the HTML5 <video> tag to…

One of the biggest changes in the new version of iPhone is a full screen mode where the app takes over your entire screen. Many Windows users will find this mode comforting, and iOS users will find it familiar, as well. Apple has added new slideshow themes that will automatically create slideshows based on places, albums,…

Starbucks Digital NetworkStarbucks Digital Network will offer six different “channels” such as health, entertainment and business, along with access to social networking services. To help personalize the service a little more, Starbucks will also offer a local channel that includes Zagat listings, Foursquare’s location-based service, and Yahoo!’s own Patch news service.To help kick off Starbucks…

Mr. Ozzie was instrumental in pushing Microsoft into cloud-based services on the Internet. Mr. Ballmer said he “helped catalyze our drive to the cloud.”Microsoft’s Ray OzzieMr. Ozzie will help with the transition as he moves on, and he’ll spend some time “focusing his efforts in the broader area of entertainment where Microsoft has many ongoing…

Mr. Rubin’s tweet said:the definition of open: “mkdir android ; cd android ; repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git ; repo sync ; make”The tweet implies that all Android users have access to the platform’s source code via the Git repository.While offering source code access to all Android users implies at least a level of openness, Mr.…

Apple turned in record revenue ($20.3 billion), earnings ($4.34 billion), Mac (3.9 million), iPhone (14.1 million), and iPad sales (4.19 million), and Apple guided for revenue of $23 billion for the December quarter, but after-hours traders weren’t having it and pushed the stock down. For AAPL observers, however, the context is the stock had a…

It only took ten years.Back in 2000, Apple was in the unenviable position of having quarterly revenues that were about the same as Microsoft’s profits. Today, both Apple’s revenues and profits are very much in line with what Microsoft produces – and poised to leave Microsoft well behind. In other words, as Steve Jobs has…

“Google loves to characterize Android as open and IOS and iPhone as closed,” Mr Jobs said. “We find this a bit disingenuius and clouding the real difference between our two approaches.”Jobs calls Android “fragmented”It was open season on the soon to be released wave of 7-inch tablet devices from competitors, too. Mr. Jobs claimed the…

According to GigaOM, video creators will be able to push their own ads into content viewed on iOS devices. Apple will act as an ad network, too, so video publishers don’t have to create their own ad content if the don’t want to.Since the service will give producers and distributors a way to insert their…

SquareTrade Chart Showing iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS Failure Rates The report also stipulated that it has found the iPhone to be, “a very well constructed device, with a non-accident malfunction rate much lower than most other consumer electronics. […] In SquareTrade’s previous study comparing smart phone reliability from November 2008, we found iPhones to…

AAPL traded as high as $301.96 per share just before midday, but spent the rest of the session in an up and down roller coaster ride that saw the stock dip below its newly won $300 mark briefly in the afternoon.Yahoo! Finance AAPL Chart As we’ve noted throughout the week, one catalyst for the stock’s…

HTC Surround Windows Phone 7 (available on AT&T)The OS’s main interface is block oriented, with customizable “live tiles” on a “Start” screen, where users can have quick access to the information they want.For instance, in the image to the left, the HTC device has blocks for phone calls, Facebook updates, text messages, e-mail, streaming pictures…

Apple’s App StoreApple used the “There’s an app for that” line to highlight the diversity of software titles for the iPhone and iPod touch in at its App Store. According to Trademarkia, the trademark covers “retail store services featuring computer software provided via the Internet and other computer and electronic communication networks; retail store services…

Police arrived within a minute of the burglary, but the suspects were already gone.MacPac, with its walls intactThis isn’t the first time MacPac has been hit by burglars. “The last person who did this we put away,” said MacPac co-owner Randy Feldman. “So hopefully this will work the same way.”The suspects were driving a full-size…

the Intellectual Property Office also threatened to shut down Meizu’s production facilities, adding more incentive for the company to halt M8 production.Meizu’s M8 iPhone look-alikeMeizu CEO Jack Wong is claiming that Apple is now pressuring him to stop selling the remaining M8 inventory, which wasn’t a condition of the original deal. Halting sales, he claims,…

MobileMe started life as .Mac“Please note that your content will not be deleted,” Apple said in an email to MobileMe subscribers. “Any photos, movies, or files you have published using HomePage will continue to remain on your MobileMe iDisk in the Movies, Pictures, or Public folders.”MobileMe subscribers that use iWeb to publish content won’t be…