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AT&T to raise iPhone insurance rates by $2/month on October 4th

It never hurts to be protected…and you can take that any way you want. Per Electronista, AT&T has confirmed that insurance costs will be going up for AT&T iPhone owners on October 4th, as rumored, a page on the carrier’s website reveals. Come October 5th, insurance rates are scheduled to jump from US$5 to US$7, […]

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Sprint to hold media event on October 7, may announce iPhone carrier partnership

The good news is that Sprint looks more likely to become a U.S. iPhone carrier. The bad news is that Candace Bergen is probably sitting around wondering if they’ll call and ask her to sponsor them 20 years after the fact… Per Electronista, the telephone carrier sent out invitations on Monday for a Strategy Update […]

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News Software

VLC 1.1.10 update released

Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 1.1.10. The new version, a 43.9 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Security update regarding an integer overflow in xspf demuxer. – Rewrite of the pulseaudio audio […]

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VLC 1.1.6 update released

Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 1.1.6. The new version, a 40.6 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Security updates in codecs and demuxers. – Support for RTP/PCM 24bits, audio/L24. – Support for […]

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Apple TV News

Apple releases second-generation Apple TV, focuses on streaming for new device

Arguably sort of the big kahuna of the Apple media event, the Apple TV is now small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Acknowledging that the Apple TV has “never been a big hit,” CEO Steve Jobs introduced the second generation of the living room device, bringing more of Hollywood movies and […]