April 29, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

The person who found and sold the Apple iPhone prototype has been identified as Brian J. Hogan, a 21 year old resident of Redwood City, California, according to Wired.com.

Hogan says he regrets not doing more to return the device to its owner, according to a statement provided by his attorney. Although he was paid by tech site Gizmodo, he believed the payment was for allowing the site exclusive access to review the phone. Read more…

April 22, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Virginia Campbell, a 99-year-old woman from Lake Oswego, has finally bought her first computer — an Apple iPad. “It’s changed her life,” one of her daughters told OregonLive.com. Virginia has been an avid reader most of her life, but she suffers from glaucoma, making reading increasingly difficult.

Because of the iPad’s ability to adjust the brightness of the page and to increase the font by simply tapping, Virginia has been able to take up her beloved past-time again. Not only is she reading again, she’s writing again too. So far she has composed twelve limericks on her iPad, including this little ditty: Read more…

March 04, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Thieves cut a hole in the roof and rappelled down into a Best Buy, without touching the ground, to steal $26,000 worth of Apple notebook computers, reports NJ.com.

Amazingly the bandits performed the whole heist without setting off alarms or being caught on tape.

On top of the building, they used a saw to cut through several inches of rubber and insulation, then sliced a 3-foot-wide square in the metal roof. Read more…

March 03, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple store employees may get their first glimpse of the iPad on March 10th when training for the device begins, according to an Examiner.com report.

We not only heard this from inside sources, but confirmed it with an Apple Store manager in Southern California who wishes not to be named.

Examiner.com also offers some information on the expected launch:

- The actual release date hasn’t been set, but March 26 is very likely.
- The 3G versions won’t be available until April or May.
- Commercials will start airing on March 15. E-book capabilities will be emphasized.
- People who camp out for the iPad lauch will receive a “special gift.”

[Via iclarified.com]

February 19, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple has enabled access to its Find My iPhone service from your iPhone and iPod touch.

Now, if you lose your iPhone, MobileMe can help you find it. MobileMe includes a new feature called Find My iPhone. Just enable Find My iPhone in MobileMe settings on your phone. Then you can log in to me.com from any computer to access Find My iPhone and display your phone’s approximate location on a map. Read more…

January 22, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Earlier this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave the keynote address to the Nashville Technology Council, which was held at Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) in Nashville, TN. Steve, who is on a multi-city tour to promote Microsoft, joined other prominent technology professionals like Abbie Lundberg, editor-in-chief of CIO Magazine.

After the speeches were done, Steve did a meet-and-greet with TNU Students to answer brief questions, sign autographs and so on. One student asked for Steve’s autograph — on a MacBook Pro.

To his credit, Steve handled the awkward moment well (as another student’s camera rolled), writing “Need a new one? Steve Ballmer” smack-dab over the laptop’s logo. Kudos to Steve for his cool-headed response (we can’t imagine what Steve Jobs would do if asked to sign a Dell) and for that student with the nerve to pull such a stunt.

You can see close ups of the signature here.

[Via tuaw.com]

January 19, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com, predicts that a new version of iTunes will copy all your iTunes media to the cloud.

An upcoming major revision of iTunes will copy each user’s catalog to the net making it available from any browser or net connected ipod/touch/tablet. The Lala upload technology will be bundled into a future iTunes upgrade which will automatically be installed for the 100+ million itunes users with a simple “An upgrade is available…” notification dialog box. After installation iTunes will push in the background their entire media library to their personal mobile iTunes area. Once loaded, users will be able to navigate and play their music, videos and playlists from their personal URL using a browser based iTunes experience. Read more…

December 14, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Time magazine has revealed its final seven candidates for Person of the Year, and one Mr. Steven P. Jobs has made the list. Though the editors of Time have already chosen the winner (to be announced on The Today Show on Wednesday morning), MSNBC.com wants to know who us average folk would vote for.

At the risk of our audience being slightly biased, I’m going to release the same poll.

To Vote Who You Think Should Win Go HERE

Via tuaw.com

November 29, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

(Image Via Gizmodo.com)

Two weeks ago, a shipment of from three to four thousand iPhones- valued at from €2 million to €3 million – was stolen from a warehouse in Belgium. Now, an unnamed black market dealer is selling off iPhones in Russia, raising concerns that these are indeed the snatched smartphones.
Read more…

November 22, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

The Apple Magic Mouse drivers have been hacked to enable multi-touch support on Windows 7, according to uneasysilence.com.

Thanks to a little hackery from Apple’s Bluetooth Update the Magic Mouses driver was extracted via WinRar resulting in a 32bit version and a 64bit version that you can install on any ordinary Windows PC that will enable all the scrolling ‘magic’ of the Magic Mouse.

You can download the 32-bit drivers here and the 64-bit drivers here

Via iclarified.com