Archive for February, 2010

Apple and Adobe still at war over Flash

February 11, 2010

Veritable barrages of words have flown both ways in the battle of opinions between Adobe and Apple regarding Flash, whether or not iPhone users need it and whether or not Apple will allow it.

Hulu brewing Flash-free iPad friendly site, says rumor

February 11, 2010

Is that the heady scent of unicorn tears or is it that my dreams are really coming to true? Here’s hoping Hulu really is putting together a Web site that doesn’t rely on Adobe’s buggy, endlessly crashing Flash plugin.

Apple 32GB 3G iPad costs $287 to make?

February 10, 2010

Market research firm iSuppli has released their cost estimate of the new Apple iPad line, saying that the 32GB Wi-Fi plus 3G model, which retails for $729, will cost approximately $287 to build.

Apple now owns 25% of the smartphone market

February 9, 2010

According to the reports of two major market analyst firms, Apple’s share of the burgeoning smartphone marketplace has reached 25 percent of the U.S. market for the first time, primarily at the expense of RIM / Blackberry and Palm.

The iPad is DRM doom, says DRM doom group

February 9, 2010

With many iPhone app vendors complaining of 80 percent piracy rates, the notion that Apple’s iPhone and soon to arrive iPad — two products that share the same operating system and online software distribution platform — are locked and impenetrable is pretty darned silly. Then again, why should anyone expect more from a group that’s named itself “defective by design”?

16 month old Flash bug plagues Mac, Linux, PC

February 8, 2010

Apple’s exclusion of Flash from its iPhone and, now iPad has led to firestorm of debate over the stability and security of Adobe’s multimedia authoring and display software. Many Mac users have come out against Flash, saying that the Cupertino, California-based company has been right all along to exclude it.

Apple warns developers: no location-based ads

February 8, 2010

Apple has warned developers of apps for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch that they should not use the  location based services of these devices to serve local ads to any of their mobile platforms.

Unreleased MacBook Pro 6,1 benchmarks ‘appear’

February 7, 2010

On Jan. 15 of last month Mac Blorge reported that Intel had spilled the beans on the upcoming release of new MacBook Pros, something chipzilla denied. Now, fresh evidence of an Apple pro portable update has appeared and more than a few folks are hoping for this Tuesday.

Is Steve Jobs keeping Flash out of Apple?

February 5, 2010

Adobe is not taking Steve Jobs’ complaints about about their Flash product lying down, and has issued a number of statements trying to clarify their position in the latest Adobe-Apple war of words.

Chinese company immune to irony, logic; threatens lawsuit

February 5, 2010

Apple’s just put out a product that’s widely and, to some degree, accurately described as an oversized, iPod touch on steroids. So, an overseas company that wants to sue the mothership over the iPad’s design seems a bit absurd.


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