OS X Lion updated: 10.7.4 fixes FileVault vulnerability
Fire up Software Update if you're using Lion, and be prepared to have your passwords protected by encryption, as they should be. After a nasty error in 10.7.3, fixed in the just-out 10.7.4 update, I'm hoping Apple learned a lesson.
The update al...
Steve Jobs plays FDR in this old Mac sales video
It's not often you see Steve Jobs impersonating a former president, but leave it to the creatives who made Apple sales videos to make it happen. Yes, in this never-before-seen footage (well, never seen outside the sales meetings at Apple back in t...
Rock Band for iOS to remain playable after all
We had the original story on this waiting in our queue for a couple of days while we hoped EA would answer the question, "Why is an app people paid for being 'shut off' remotely?" Unfortunately we never got an answer. To sum up: EA released Rock B...
iPhone video lands actor on Star Trek
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The iPhone is sometimes compared to a Star Trek communicator, so it's pretty cool that an actor from Sherlock himself, Benedict Cumberbatch, used it to get a part on the upcoming J.J. Abrams Trek sequel. Whe...
Apple, Dropbox, our PC-free future and our sweet solution past
A few days ago in the Dropbox forums, a developer said Apple had rejected his app due to a little quirk, so to speak, in using Dropbox. Specifically, if a user doesn't have the Dropbox app installed, a link to a web page would be issued, causing t...
Apple wants courtroom cleared while Steve Jobs deposition is played
Universal Music Group is embroiled in a few lawsuits involving money owed to producers and artists, and in the course of events depositions by Eddy Cue and Steve Jobs were recorded at some point. Now, as these cases near trial, Apple is seeking a ...
Didn’t get in to WWDC? Try some other awesome developer conferences
Nothing beats WWDC's access to Apple engineers, and the confluence of global (well, provided you were awake in time in certain parts of the globe) attendees. If you didn't get a ticket to WWDC, however, there are still plenty of other great develope...
Apple’s additional security steps could be better
As we've been hearing, Apple is rolling out some "additional security" for App Store customers. When you go to purchase an app, as I just did (it was the free Pocket app, incidentally), you may be prompted to answer three security questions and pr...
Apple and Samsung to meet in San Francisco for settlement talks
As reported by FOSS Patents:
"Within 90 days, they will make another effort to settle their dispute. They will meet in a San Francisco courthouse for settlement talks that will be overseen by U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero."
This is sti...
Phillippe Starck says he’s working with Apple on a revolutionary product (Updated)
Update: Apple tells some tech blog "no."
I wouldn't have believed this except that Starck said it himself in an interview, discovered by HardMac. I'm not surprised at all that Starck, an excellent industrial designer (I used a number of his prod...
