Week in Apple: Final Cut Pro X, hacked AirPlay streams, and more
This week in Apple, we covered the down-low announcement of Final Cut Pro X, Thunderbolt support from video hardware makers, Time Warner's legal battle over its iPad app, a handful of software updates, and plenty more. Need the b......
FBI: online poker sites "bet the house" on money laundering, fraud
Federal prosecutors have charged some of the biggest names in online poker with bank fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling, the US Justice Department announced on Friday. Those behind PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Abso...
iOS, Android gobbling Nintendo’s share of portable game market
iOS and Android devices continue to chip away at the portable gaming market and Nintendo is feeling the pain, according to a new report from mobile analytics firm Flurry. The firm says that game sales on the two platforms...
YouTube sending repeat infringers to copyright school
Those of you who have checkered driving records are familiar with the concept of traffic school. Google has decided to take that concept and move it to the Internet with the introduction of YouTube Copyright School, which...
Apple updates iOS (even for Verizon iPhone), Safari 5.0.5, Xcode 4.0.2
Forget the traditional Tuesday updates, because Apple has dropped a small update bomb on Mac and iOS users this Thursday. iOS 4.3.2 is officially out, as well as iOS 4.2.7 for the Verizon iPhone. There's also an update that...
Consumer groups skeptical about new Kerry-McCain privacy bill
Companies may soon be required to be up front with users on what personal information they are collecting and how it will be used, lest they face action from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Those are some of the...
Kindle now available for $114—with on-screen ads
Amazon has sold loads of cheap Kindles ever since it decided to introduce a WiFi-only model and drop the price to just $139. Now, the company is taking its low-priced-Kindle initiative a step further by...
Texas exposes addresses, SSNs of 3.5 million residents
Following last week's massive Epsilon e-mail breach, it feels as if all of us suddenly have a little too much personal information floating around online. And now, a large group of Texans are about to have it a lot...
ShairPort emulates AirPort Express to receive AirPlay streams
An independent developer has cracked the private key used in Apple's AirPort Express to stream music to approved speakers, potentially allowing third-party software and hardware to receive AirPlay streams without paying Apple's ...
Authorized biography of Steve Jobs to arrive in early 2012
There have been many biographies about Apple CEO Steve Jobs, each of them attempting to examine Jobs' life and work philosophy from different angles. None have gotten an official stamp of approval from Jobs, though—until n...
Week in Apple: patent disputes, unauthorized accessory makers, and more
Our top Apple news from the last week included discussions about dropped calls on AT&T, calendar syncing on Outlook for Mac, and a possible iPhone 5 "delay." Apple also came out victorious in a patent dispute over Cover Flow,......
