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Tech's Bottom Line | Bill Snyderhttp://weblog.infoworld.com/tech-bottom-line/archives/2008/01/_iphones_ipods.html [Tech's Bottom Line | Bill Snyder] Apple can do whatever it wants with the Mac platform, and when it does it very well, as it has with recent Mac PCs and the Leopard OS, the company wins big. But it doesn't have that same freedom on the iPhone -- its dependence on partnerships with AT&T and other carriers means it has to accommodate some of their concerns, perhaps to the iPhone's ultimate detriment.

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InTheMac.com - Apple Mac Software +[InTheMac.com - Apple Mac Software +] 1Password for iPhone Adds AutoFill Support to Mobile Safari: The latest version of 1Password adds the ability to securely sync website logins from Mac to iPhone/iPod Touch as a standard Safari bookmark. When selected, this bookmark will automatically fill login information on the currently open website.

Mac Forums - Mac OS Xhttp://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=424811 [Mac Forums - Mac OS X] Sync Mogul with Mac: Since I'm in Sprint I can't have the iPhone so I'm using the Mogul. This phone works under Windows Mobile and I would like to know how to Sync with my MBP.

Mac OS Rumorshttp://macosrumors.com/2008/01/29/idevice-gaming-set-to-explode-say-game-industry-insiders/ [Mac OS Rumors] iDevice gaming “set to explode,” say game industry insiders: Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars are incredible to play, but you need the absolute latest Macintel hardware (no GMA950 or X3100 integrated Intel graphics owners allowed) and ATi or nVIDIA GPUs to join the Cider revolution and there’s still a significant performance hit versus running the same games (from the same install discs, even!) under Windows on your Intel Mac on these early-adopter Cider games —

Sensible Open Source[Sensible Open Source] Hollywood Still in The Mindset of "The Talkies": Apple Denies ...: Most importantly, people will pay for the movie DVD, soundtrack CD screen grab denial is not going to make the industry recover Hollywood's perceived losses. In fact, if you could screen grab a still of a movie it would turn into a SOCIAL NETWORKING "Check This Out"

Into iphonehttp://www.intoiphone.com/2008/01/29/iphone-v113-jailbreak-guide-update-from-v111v112v113-to-jailbroken-v113.html [Into iphone] iPhone v1.1.3 Jailbreak Guide - update from v1.1.1/v1.1.2/v1.1.3 ...: After a couple minutes, the java application will finish up and hopefully reboot your iPhone. If you get to the completion dialog box and your iPhone is not rebooting (wait a bit before you take action, this stuff takes time), fire up iNdependence (Mac) or iBrickr (Windows) to return to the homescreen

macapperhttp://macapper.com/2008/01/30/why-apple-hasnt-released-a-mac-tablet/ [macapper] Why Apple hasn’t Released a Mac-Tablet: Every single detail of Mac OS X Leopard is designed to be controlled by a mouse or a trackpad; everything is proportioned to the size of the pointer, which is really really small.

hongkiat.com[hongkiat.com] Mac Error: Applications Quits Unexpectedly: I’ve recently encountered a very disturbing problem in Mac OS X Leopard, where the applications quit unexpectedly without notice and fails on relaunch attempt. At first it happens to Firefox, Photoshop and few applications that I frequently used;

MacUserhttp://www.macuser.com/software/iphonesque_growl_style_inspire.php?lsrc=murss [MacUser] iPhonesque: Growl style inspired by the iPhone: John Gruber points us to Matthew Robertson's iPhonesque, a new style for Growl, the popular systemwide notification system for Mac OS X, that closely resembles the notification dialog box of the iPhone OS.

inthemac.com - Apple Mac Software +[inthemac.com - Apple Mac Software +] iJailBreak 0.4, Mac OS X Jailbreak Utility, Released for 1.1.3: iJailBreak 0.4 allows iPhone and iPod Touch users on jailbroken versions of firmware 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 to automatically update to and jailbreak the newly released 1.1.3 firmware. iJailBreak 0.4 works on Mac OS X Tiger or Leopard systems .

mindmeister Blog[mindmeister Blog] Many more Geistesblitzes!: For those of you who already live and breathe through the web browser, the Geistesblitz gadget for iGoogle is the weapon of choice - one click to add the gadget to your iGoogle page and fire off ideas to MindMeister straight from your web portal!

Untitledhttp://web.mac.com/jamesburland/Nokia_Creative/Blog/Entries/2008/1/29_Comment:_From_Laptop_to_Palmtop.html [Untitled] Comment: From Laptop to Palmtop: Undoubtedly, games with will be among the first and the most popular iPhone applications sold on iTunes. Here are a few games that I’d like to see ported to the iPhone, not because they are my most treasured games, but because I believe they would work well on the iPhone hardware.

*Coder Blog[*Coder Blog] Signs that Apple is Becoming a Big Evil Corporation: Branding Apple a Big Evil Corporation for reasons like those stated here, in the face of the continued existence of companies like Microsoft and Wal-Mart, is a little like the police mounting a massive manhunt for a nice old lady who let her parking meter run out while she was volunteering at the local homeless shelter while hordes of mass murderers run free. The issues above are all handled by Apple in a far more customer-friendly manner than all of their competitors in similar circumstances.

Mac Games and More The Bloghttp://www.macgamesandmore.com/macblog/?p=115 [Mac Games and More The Blog] Confessions of a Former Apple Zealot: I was an Apple and Mac zealot when there really was a significant difference in technology and user experience between Apple and Microsoft. That was when Windows was a poor substitute for the experience the Mac OS delivered.

napyfab:blog[napyfab:blog] links for 2008-01-29: (tags: osx ssh tips password passwordless login apple mac leopard howto security). Easy iPhone UIKit Development and Deployment with XCode 3.0 iPhone Template - Cocoa Machine Team.

George Silverman's Word-of-Mouth Marketing Blog[George Silverman's Word-of-Mouth Marketing Blog] David Pogue wonders about the Macintosh Surge: Quicksilver -- the most useful program I've ever used that is so all-purpose that I can't even describe it adequately. (But, here's a try: with a couple of keystrokes, it lets me instantaneously find any file, move it, open it, launch programs, add text to files without even opening them, send emails, look up phone numbers, plus dozens of other things without even thinking.) Plus, Keynote is way better than PowerPoint.

Terry White's Tech Bloghttp://terrywhite.com/techblog/?p=477 [Terry White's Tech Blog] Macworld Expo wrap up: I think this is a cool product that complements Mac OS X Leopard and makes it drop dead simple for people to not only set up a Wi-Fi network, but also to share a built-in hard drive, backup all their Macs and share a printer if they .

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