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As Apple Confab Nears, iGossip Heats Up

We’re a little over two weeks away from this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, and the rumor mill is starting to go into overdrive. Forget Snow Leopard or iPhone OS 3.0; the chattering classes are all in a tizzy over the possibility of new iPhones and that netbook-tablety-touch thingy, and some have even dredged up the [...]

New iPhone specs leaked?

AppleiPhoneApps.com (unknown until now by us) says it has the latest iPhone specs. They’ve put out a lot of what we’ve already heard but also have some new “info”.  We’ve bolded what we consider new stuff.  Here’s their list:

32GB and 16GB to replace current capacities
$199 and $299 price-points to be maintained
3.2 Megapixel camera
Video recording & [...]

17 Reasons Why Your Mac Runs Slower Than it Should

Day by day, bit by bit your Mac has got slower and slower. You don’t really notice because it has happened so gradually.
Until one day you have a chance to use another machine, that’s when you realize what your beloved Mac has become, as slow as an asthmatic ant carrying some heavy shopping.
Well all [...]

iPhone 3.0 OS Guide: Everything You Need to Know

iPhone 3.0 OS, the next generation operating system for the iPhone, iPod touch, and whatever Apple device comes next. New features, new apps, here you will find all the information you need.
NEW IPHONE OS 3.0 FEATURES
The new iPhone OS 3.0 adds over 100 new features including—at friggin’ last—cut and paste.
• Copy & Paste text. When [...]

Tablet announced tomorrow?

It basically goes like this:  Apple has said it is increasing its embedded device list this year.  Ten-inch touch screens seem to be flying around Asia en route to Apple for late Summer.  If there is a tablet with resolution independence, developers are going to need a few months to tweak their apps for launch.  [...]

Make the green button set a window to full screen size

If you like working with full-screen windows, you might want to try Right Zoom, a nice little freeware which modifies the behavior of the green button on OS X windows. Once installed, clicking the green button will always expand a window to full screen size.
Right Zoom runs in the background without a dock icon, and [...]

Dow Jones corroborates Apple Netbook, adds juicy details

Adding fuel to the Apple Touch Netbook fire, Dow Jones reporter, Wei Yi Lim is reporting that Apple indeed is building a touch netbook.  The screen size is about 10 inches.  OK, mockup artists…what else do you need?!  From Dow Jones:
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is planning to launch a netbook computer with a touch screen monitor [...]

6 Tips to Make MobileMe Yours

Apple announced MobileMe in June 2008 with big promises that it would become the data-sync service “for the rest of us.” But when it launched on June 30, those promises quickly turned hollow when problems plagued the service. In an uncharacteristic mea culpa, Apple admitted in mid-July that it had released MobileMe before it was [...]

How to: Install Apps on Your iPhone 3G or iPod Touch Easily and Free

If you want to install cool apps on your iPhone or iPod Touch for free, easily, breaking Apple-imposed limitations without breaking your warranty or Applethingie, here is the how-to guide for Mac and Windows users.
What is a jailbreak?
Jailbreaking is the process required to install applications in your iPhone or iPod touch. It is a very [...]

A peek at Apple’s new QuickTime X interface

A widely reported interface overhaul making its debut in early betas of QuickTime X Player distributed with pre-releases of Apple’s Snow Leopard operating system this week is reportedly not much to write home about.
Unlike the current version of QuickTime Player 7.6 — which reserves considerable real estate for sizable, platinum-themed video controls at the base [...]