Reuters – Apple Inc is easing restrictions on how software developers create applications for its popular App Store, allowing limited use of third-party tools such as Adobe Systems Inc’s Flash software to build programs that run on Apple’s iPhone and iPad.
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PC Magazine – The iPhone 4’s connectivity issues prompted some cell phone customers to shy away from purchasing the device, but the main reason customers have avoided Apple’s popular new smartphone is because it is offered on the AT&T network rather than Verizon Wireless, according to a Wednesday report.
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PC Magazine – Apple’s Game Center – part of the company’s iOS 4.1 update – excludes the older iPhone from its hardware compatibility list, even though the phone can theoretically run Apple’s latest iOS version.
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PC Magazine – In 1932, for reasons that are apparently now entirely forgotten, Cassville, WV, changed its name to Fort Gay. Unfortunately for a resident there, Microsoft suspended an Xbox Live gamer after he listed the town as his location on the service, declaring it offensive.
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PC Magazine – Adobe is disclosing that there is an unpatched vulnerability in the Windows, Mac and UNIX versions of Acrobat and Reader, and that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild. Versions 9.3.4 and earlier are affected.
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Macworld.com – To coincide with the release of iOS 4.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch on Wednesday, Apple also released iPhone Configuration Utility (iPCU) 3.1, an update to its device management utility for businesses and the enterprise.
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PC World – Apple released version 4.1 of iOS, its mobile operating system, promising several new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements for users of the iPhone and iPod Touch. iOS 4.1 offers access to Game Center, FaceTime calling from the iPhone app’s Favorites tab, and improved audio quality when using Bluetooth accessories — all [...]
PC World – Printing 3D images can be an expensive undertaking (just look at Fujifilmâs Finepix Real 3D W3, whichâll run you at least $500). But for those of us who can’t shell out a ton of green for a 3D camera and printer, toy company Takara Tomy has come out with a âtoyâ [...]
AP – Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn’t been easy for Microsoft Corp. Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 console and Nintendo Co.’s Wii.
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PC World – About 20 percent of mobile phone users said the antenna problem on the iPhone 4 caused them not to buy one. But more than 60 percent said it was because of Apple’s exclusive carrier contract with AT&T–and that they couldn’t use carrier Verizon Wireless–that they didn’t want the handset.
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