Archive for July, 2007

Put off replacing the iPhone battery

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A little tweaking and a lot of heat avoidance should allow iPhone owners to prolong the life of the non-owner-replaceable battery inside Apple’s latest gadget.

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A tremor in The Force of Apple’s stock price

Apple fans who love the company so much that they bought a piece of it could experience some bumps after Wednesday’s earnings announcement.

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Taxes May Strain Mac Owners In Australia

Even the most-prepared people often need to stock up on aspirin come tax season; others seem to suffer an annual nervous breakdown. And, unfortunately, Mac users in Australia may belong to that latter set.

“Mac users will (again) have to find a Windows machine if they want to fill out this year’s tax return online,” reports AppleSource’s Brendon Chase. “The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has stated on its Web site that it is working on a solution for Mac users to fill out their tax online and will trial a possible solution in 2008, with the outlook of it being available in ‘future years’ pending on the success of the trial.”

In the meantime, well . . . at least Australian psychiatrists will benefit from this oversight.

iPhone owners could get owned by attackers

There is a big flaw in Safari on the iPhone that can be exploited to grab information off of one, or even turn it into a remote bugging tool.

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Colbert gets his iPhone

Begging with dignity got Stephen Colbert the gadget he wanted. On last night’s episode of The Colbert Report, he took a break from describing mankind’s eventual enslavement by robots and technology to show off his Apple iPhone. iFilm has the video.

Mac Sales See Strong Growth

When you do better than your competitors, it’s nice. When you do almost four times as well, then you’re in pretty great shape. And that’s where Apple finds itself today, as Mac sales were up 26.2 percent for the second quarter, compared to an industry average of just 7.2 percent.

“Apple shipped 960,000 computers during the three month period,” reports Apple 2.0’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt, who later notes, “No. 1 computer maker Dell, by contrast, sold 4.85 million computers in the U.S. during Q2, for a 28.4% market share.”

Dell may not be too pleased with these results, but I bet Apple is holding a lot of parties.