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Mac OS X 10.4.10 Power Issues and Workarounds

A group of users have reported a wide variety of issues since installing Mac OS X 10.4.10. Chief among these concerns is power issues, wherein the system will report that a USB device is drawing too much current. According to MacFixIt, the issue can be resolved by disconnecting additional USB devices from the same USB […]

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iPhone

Bejeweled Comes to iPhone

On Monday, PopCap Games announced that the company has launched a custom version of its Bejeweled puzzle game for the iPhone. The game is being offered for free to users who log on to the company’s web site via an iPhone. According to MacNN, the iPhone version of the game, which incorporates the handset’s display […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Apple TV USB Port Hacked

Hacks not being limited to the iPhone, a group of users over at Apple TV Hacks managed to find a way to get the built-in USB port on the Apple TV. Jason’s got the full details over at The Apple Core, albeit the patch is pretty rough and for the tech-brave-of-heart at this point. Take […]

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iPhone

#iphone-dev Team Compiles First Third-Party App for iPhone

Whether Apple hit on the perfect combination of software for the iPhone or not, the guys over at the Slashdot, the group has released the standard “Hello, world” application (picture here) and cites that the application is both native to the iPhone and uses the device’s GUI. The crack opens up development for anyone who […]

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Software

iPodLinux Installer 0.3 Released

For the techie brave-of-heart, a software developer identifying himself only as “Mr. Gecko” has released version 0.3 of the freeware iPodLinux installer program. The new version, a 3.7 megabyte download (courtesy of MacUpdate), lets users install Linux on 5G and 5.5G iPods and adds the following changes: -Now it knows what iPod version you have. […]