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News July 31, 2009
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Belkin Releases Headphone Adapter for iPod shuffle

I’ve written previously of my frustration that the new iPod Shuffle only works with the stock earbuds. They work and sound well enough but aren’t up to the standard of other headsets. Well our favorite accessory companies are finally rolling out adapters that let you use any and every headset with the diminutive device. Belkin [...]

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News July 31, 2009
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Shape Services Brings Skype To The Palm Pre

Shape Services, the well known developer behind the popular IM+ universal instant messenger has taken their first stab at the Palm Pre’s webOS platform with their IM+Skype app.  The app brings all of the typical features of Skype to your Palm Pre, including: – cost effective voice calls to other phones – free calls to [...]

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News July 31, 2009
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AGF Introduces iPhone 3GS Precision HSD

Tired of the same old same old when it comes to iPhone cases? AGF has something a it different in their iPhone 3GS Precision HSD. The Precision HSD offers a new,  patented way to carry your iPhone. While in the case the iPhone can be placed with the screen facing in or out. The soft microfiber lining [...]

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News July 31, 2009
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Thanks For The Apology Mr. Bezos… Still… You’ve Been Served

Kindle-gate exploded when Amazon remotely removed a number of books by George Orwell. At the time  I wondered what would happen to any notes taken on those various books if such a thing were to happen again. And although Jeff Bezos apologized for the action and promised to do better in the future, the question [...]

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News July 31, 2009
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FCC looking at Apple and the decision to pull Google Voice

Maybe just maybe the government does get some things right after all. The FCC announced today that they are launching an inquiry into AT&T and Apple over the rejection of Google Inc’s voice application for the iPhone. Apparently this request is part of a broader inquiry by the FCC into exclusive deals between cell phone [...]

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Reviews July 31, 2009
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Review: Fun Booth 2 for Mac

Fun Booth 2, from Spoonjuice software is an application for the Mac which lets you snap pictures or take video of yourself wearing all sorts of silly props. You can then e-mail the photos to friends or family, upload them to iPhoto, Twitter, Flickr, or burn them if they really embarrass you.  :) The application [...]

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News July 31, 2009
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Support the World Wildlife Fund and Linux

Active Media Products, maker of SSD drives and WWF series USB drives, have announced a new USB drive that is sure to interest my penguinista friends out there. Yes it is a penguin thumb drive but not just any penguin thumb drive:  This one comes with a live image of Ubuntu Linux 9.0.4 otherwise known [...]

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News July 31, 2009
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SplashID – A Second Look

A while back I took a look at two electronic wallet programs that are available for the iPhone. Both  are applications I used on Windows mobile. Both come from reputable, long time, mobile application manufacturers. Both offer the flexibility to organize and protect a wide-range of information. Both protect your data with a high level of [...]

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News July 31, 2009
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iSkin Accessory Buffet

iSkin offers a wide range of excellent accessories to enhance and protect your iPhone, iPod and Mac. The company was kind enough to give me the opportunity to check out a number of their items first hand. I found all to offer good protection, nice style and decent good value. Let’s take a look…

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News July 31, 2009
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Not your grandmother’s Russian nesting dolls

The Gadgether.com has compiled a really interesting list of 25 of the most untraditional Russian Nesting Dolls you’ll ever come across. This list spans touches the geekier side of all us but the dolls stay true to a form that would do grandma proud. The list includes Star Wars, Star Trek, The Linux Penguin, Batman, [...]

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Reviews July 30, 2009
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Need another reason to Jailbreak?

Still on the fence about whether or not you should Jailbreak your iPhone? Maybe biteSMS will push you to the dark side. biteSMS is a full featured SMS client that replaces the built in messaging application on your iPhone.  It has some really great features and I consider it a must have for anyone running [...]

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Quickies July 30, 2009
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An iPhone developer who survived Nintendo and Apple taking him down

Geek.com has just published a very interesting interview with Aaron Ardiri, the founder of Mobile 1 Up. Back in April Mobile 1 Up was ordered by Nintendo to remove its Game and Watch style games from the iTunes App Store. Aaron took the apps down, but then using new artwork and some new code, relaunched [...]

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News July 30, 2009
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Sony sees huge loss, Nintendo profits fall, Apple noted as competition

Hearing about corporate losses is nothing new these days, so it is sometimes what ELSE is contained in those announcements that is of interest. In this generation of consoles, Nintendo has led the way with their always-profitable Wii and DS systems, while Microsoft and especially Sony have struggled to cut costs and boost sales to [...]

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Reviews July 30, 2009
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These cases might put some lumberjacks out of work

JAVOedge recently released a new line of cases for the Amazon Kindle 2. These cases, called Hardwood Sleeves, are eco-friendly sleeve style cases made to protect your Kindle when you’re not reading. The cases, which are made to look like hardwood, come in two styles, Oak or Ash. JAVOedge was kind enough to send along [...]

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News July 30, 2009
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First ever iPhone virus set to be revealed today

Two researchers, Charles Miller and fellow cybersecurity researcher, Collin Mulliner, have found an iPhone bug that could infect phones virally through SMS. They plan to show their discovery today at the Blackhat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. If you receive a text message with a single square character, you are advised to immediately switch off [...]

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