iMac is now a docking station

This device looks sick. That’s what I can say. This looks like the ultimate dream on the go. Imagine this: you working on your iMac at home on very-very important project. The phone rings and you realize that you have to go… I mean you don’t have a choice you have to leave the house. Not a problem, just grab the tablet from your iMac and finish your work on the go.

Sounds great! And that is how it looks like.

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Apple Tablet, MacBook Touch or Apple iPad. What is it? Myth or Reality?

After the release of Archos 9 pc tablet, it becomes clear that the market for “keyboardless” tablets exists. Moreover, with the success of netbooks and iPhone there are not doubts that there is a huge demand for light and “keyboardless” computers. People like to interact with their technology either by swinging stuff around (the Nintendo Wii) or by touch (the iPhone).
It is logical to assume now that Apple would release their tablet sooner than expected. The initial roomer was that the tablet would come out at the end of 2010, but Apple cannot afford to wait that long. So, the new predictions are falling to Q1 of 2010, which is not that far away.
According to the information that licked out Apple’s device would havet a 9.6-inch “finger friendly” touchscreen from Wintek possible OLED, HSPA connectivity, possibly Wi-Fi and a processor from PA Semi (a company that Apple owns) and the battery from Dynex.

Device features:
According to the information that licked out Apple’s device would have:
• 9.6-inch “finger friendly” touchscreen from Wintek possible OLED,
• HSPA connectivity, possibly Wi-Fi
• Processor from PA Semi (a company that Apple owns)
• Battery from Dynex.
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Apple Released Snow Leopard Update, which fixed Adobe Flash Issue

On Thursday 09/10/09 released a new update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Recently users who updated to Snow Leopard discovered that this new update downgraded them to an older version of Adobe Systems’ Flash Player.
It seems that this issue is minor and only requires few clicks to upgrade again, however the older version of Flash Player plug-in is less secure and does not protect protect users against the latest threats.

Moreover, Sophos security expert Graham Cluley said Wednesday:
"Mac users who have been diligent enough to keep their security up-to-date do not deserve to be silently downgraded, we know that hackers keep finding security holes in Adobe's code--and that's deeply concerning because it is so widely used by many internet users, whether on Mac or PC."
Apple promptly responded to this by fixing the problem and addressing this issue with Snow Leopard 10.6.1 keeping the most stable version of Adobe Player.

Mac OS X 10.6.1 can be downloaded from here
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iPhone 3.1 software update is out

On Wednesday, 09/09/09, at the Yerba Buena Center during the “Rock and Roll” event Apple's CEO Steve Jobs introduced the latest iPhone software update - iPhone 3.1. According to Apple this update includes some great new features, as well as all the features from previous updates.

iPhone OS 3.1 provides Genius recommendations for apps, supports download ringtones wirelessly, offers a new way to organize apps on the iPhone, automatically generats playlists of tracks based on the library, has the ability to organize applications on the iPhone's Home screen in iTunes; new syncing options for music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos; iTunes U content organization and more.

The software includes a handful of new features and bug fixes:

• Genius recommendations for Applications
• Support for iTunes 9 (Mac and Windows downloads), which offers Genius Mixes, app organization in iTunes, improved syncing options for music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos, iTunes U Content organization
• Redeem iTunes Gift cards, codes, and certificates in the App Store
• Display available iTunes account credits in the App Store and iTunes Store
• Browse and download ringtones wirelessly from the iTunes Store
• Save video from mail and multimedia messages into Camera Roll
• Option to "save as new clip" when trimming a video on iPhone 3GS
• Better iPhone 3G Wi-Fi performance when Bluetooth is turned on
• Remotely lock iPhone with a passcode via MobileMe
• Use Voice Control on iPhone 3GS with Bluetooth headsets
• Paste phone numbers into the Keypad
• Option to use Home button to turn on Accessibility features on iPhone 3GS
• Warn when visiting fraudulent Web sites in Safari (antiphishing)
• Improved Exchange calendar syncing and invitation handling
• Fixes issue that caused some app icons to display incorrectly

Apple improved its extended Genius media-recommendation algorithm to make search for new application, within 70,000 database, easier. It looks at the already owned apps and makes recommendations based on that information.

New update allows the download of over 30,000 ringtoens form major labels via a Ringtones section in the iPhone’s iTunes application. The price for a ringtone would be a little more then a dollar per clip.
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lso, the ability to redeem iTunes gift cards, codes, and certificates in the App Store was improved. As well as a video features. Now iPhone users can save videos from both Mail and MMS into the Camera Roll.

Last but not list. One of the most exiting features include in the update. Voice control is now accessible via Bluetooth handset and there's an option to use the iPhone 3GS's Home button to activate Accessibility features.
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