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User Interface

Apple Files Ambient Noise Recording Patent for Handheld Devices

The iPhone and iPod can already do a fair amount, but tend to lead to an insular experience (the conventional logic being that if I’m rocking out to Air Supply on my iPod, then so is the rest of the world. The same goes for the iPhone.) This may change soon, as Apple has recently […]

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iPhone

Apple Offering Additional Help with iPhone Dead Spots

A group of iPhone users have reported that their handsets have permanently lost responsiveness to touch inputs across parts of the screen – generally about half an inch from the top and bottom of the screen. According to AppleInsider, the problem remains even after the iPhone has been reset, updated with the 1.0.1 firmware software […]

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MacBook Pro

Apple Releases MacBook Pro Software Update 1.1

Late Thursday, Apple released the MacBook Pro Software Update 1.1 patch. The update, a 14.7 megabyte download and can also be located through Mac OS X’s Software Update feature. The update provides bug fixes and stability improvements with Apple’s Motion 2 and Motion 3 software suites and is recommended for the 2.2 and 2.4 GHz […]

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Software

Jax 1.0.1 Released

On Wednesday, software maker JoeSoft released version 1.0.1 of Jax, its iTunes plug-in application. Jax, which retails for US$49.95, allows users to perform actions such as loading YouTube videos into iTunes to be played back on a video iPod, Apple TV or iPhone, dig up information on performers via Music Map, customize album covers, use […]

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iPhone

Duck Hunt for iPhone Released

Give someone a little free time and they might do something interesting with it. Deron Dantzler has apparently written an iPhone version of Nintendo’s classic “Duck Hunt” game. The game, which was rewritten in JavaScript, took him about a week. Citing himself as a novice and inviting comments and code fixes where applicable, the source […]