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One of the curses and blessings of the Apple iPhone SDK is that anyone who has the experience and skill to build a small application for the iPhone can do it. The curse part is that developers who believe that developing the app, submitting it to Apple, and sitting back to wait for the checks…

As someone who views myself as a defender of civil liberties, I asked myself: “How should I react to this news?” My initial gut reaction was easy enough: “Stand up to the Egyptian government. Stand up for freedom. Refuse to sell a GPS-disabled iPhone in Egypt. It’s time to draw a line in the sand.”…

Apollo 11 Lunar Lander You have to understand that up until that time everything NASA and the astronauts were doing had existed only in the realm of science fiction. Spacecraft were sleek, spacious things, like a small passenger jet, not this spidery-looking thing covered with foil and looking more like something dreamt up by kids…

Secrets of the Lost Cavern has been around for a few years on the PC side, but it only recently made its way to the Mac, courtesy of Coladia Games. If you’re a fan of point-and-click style puzzle games of the sort popularized by Myst over a decade ago, you’ll likely enjoy this one. The…

Seeker is a graphical, 3D simulation of the solar system from Software Bisque. Using high resolution graphics, animation, and astronomical data and photos, the program allows the user to build tours of the Sun’s solar system, visit planets, asteroids, and other objects. Pre-programmed tours showcase the possibilities. Think of having a spaceship that you can…

Section 18 of the amended complaint says:   18. On information and belief, persons other than Psystar are involved in Psystar’s unlawful and improper activities described in this Amended Complaint. The true names or capacities, whether individual, corporate, or otherwise, of these persons are unknown to Apple. Consequently they are referred to herein as John…

Adobe’s traditional spot on the Macworld Expo floor is up for grabs because the company won’t be exhibiting at the January 2009 event in San Francisco. The company won’t, however, be missing from the event because it will still be involved in several conference training events. Adobe representatives stated “While we will not be exhibiting at…

Among the many fascinating ideas raised in this article was an analogy between how we create and search for text vs. how we create and search for graphics or video. When writing any text (from this brief column to the great American novel), we start with the same alphabet and the same collection of words.…

The most recent data from Net Applications shows that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has dropped to less than 70 percent on the Internet. The decline is a steady, monotonic decline, which begs the question of what market and mathematical forces can lead to that kind of decline. A monotonic function is one that steadily decreases or…

  FileMaker, the publisher of the newly released Bento 2 individualized database application, has just released a Holiday Pack with special templates and new views that let you easily create a database for your holiday card list and/or your gift and donation list. The company is offering the Contacts & Cards and Gifts & Donations…

The Industry-Standard first noticed the issue in Filing 28 of the court case, which included a statement from Apple concerning evidence preservation: “At Apple, individual employees are tasked with maintenance of their own files including hard copy documents, emails, voicemails and other electronically recorded materials. Apple has not implemented any programs that result in the…

In times like these, it wouldnit be a bad idea for Apple to lend a helping hand to the less fortunate. While some major companies are staggering from the effects of the recession or out of business completely, Apple is wealthy beyond imagination. It has been a long tradition for companies or individuals that do…

Award winners will receive notification during the expo, and will also be highlighted in our Editors Choice Awards round up. Our 2008 awards included products from Ambrosia Software, Apple, El Gato, nova media, The Omni Group, Eye-Fi, AudioEngine, Data Robotics, and SmileOnMyMac, Adobe, and FileMaker. “I am so pleased with how well our TMO 2008…

Trial versions of individual Creative Suite 4 applications like Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and After Effects are available, along with Creative Suite 4 Design Premium and Creative Suite 4 Master Collection. Users can also buy activation licenses that remove the 30 expiration limit. The trial versions of the Creative Suite 4 applications along with trials…

In consumer electronics, the most complicated endeavor of mankind is a PC operating system. With 40-60 million lines of code and deeply nested routines, it it all but impossible for lay people to assess an OS based on anything but an intuitive feel. Itis like sizing up a date gone bad. Or understanding Halis motivations…