@not-iphone Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

MacBook makeovers bring new life to a couple of old laptops

by Steven Sande (Aug 24th, 2010)

Last weekend provided not one, but two opportunities for me to do some upgrades to some "old" MacBooks to bring 'em up to workable condition. To start with, one client of mine wanted to get rid of an unused MacBook, so I decided to purchase it from her as a machine for training. The other client ...

Thousands stolen through iTunes/Paypal scam

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 24th, 2010)

The BBC reports that a web scam is affecting a number of iTunes accounts that are linked to PayPal. Amounts ranging up to $4,700 were reported on Twitter and through Techcrunch as being stolen. All signs point to users falling for an online scam known as phishing. People will get e-mails that ...

12 people charged in iTunes royalty fraud

by Mike Schramm (Aug 24th, 2010)

I guess with all of the money flowing around iTunes, sooner or later someone would have to try to steal some of it. Twelve people have been charged in the UK with basically laundering money through iTunes -- they were allegedly uploading their own tracks onto the music sales service, then buying ...

John Mellencamp is not an iPod fan

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 23rd, 2010)

If you happen to believe John Mellencamp, the Internet is the equivalent of the A-Bomb. "I think the Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb," he said last week at the Grammy Museum, as reported by Canada's The Globe and Mail. "It's destroyed the music business. It's ...

Government, enterprise Mac sales surge

by Dave Caolo (Aug 23rd, 2010)

Apple continues to show tremendous growth in the enterprise and government markets, as Mac sales spiked sharply over the last three months. AppleInsider cites a report from Charlie Wolf of Needham & Company this week that Apple saw a 200.8% year-over-year growth in government sales for the ...

At last, Steve Jobs may demolish old home

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 23rd, 2010)

1984 wasn't just a landmark year for Apple, but it was also the year that Steve Jobs bought an aging mansion. Jobs lived in the house, originally built in the 1920s, for 10 years then rented it out. Since 2001, he's tried to get the mansion torn down to build a new home, saying that it was ...

No fair: Gizmodo editor leaves his phone in a restaurant, gets it back right away

by Chris Rawson (Aug 22nd, 2010)

Stop me if you've heard this one: a geek leaves his phone in a bar, and... oh, you have heard that one? It turns out that Brian Lam, the Gizmodo editor involved in the iPhone 4 "bar heist" saga and one of the biggest tech scandals of 2010, left his cell phone in a restaurant the other day. How did ...

TUAW Review: ColcaSac sleeve for iPad

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 22nd, 2010)

I've never understood people who keep their iPads bound up in cases. I get that they want to protect their iPads, but I never understood why they choose cases which just add to the bulk of the beautifully thin device. I've always been a sleeve guy myself -- something to keep the iPad scratch-free ...

Apple Trackpad hacked to use USB

by Dave Caolo (Aug 20th, 2010)

The aesthetics and convenience of wireless devices add to their appeal, but buying batteries (no matter how special) is a bummer. MacRumors forum user MarkBog felt so strongly about buying all of those batteries that he hacked his Magic Trackpad to use a USB connection. To accomplish this feat, ...

Time Inc. relents on digital magazine prices

by Dave Caolo (Aug 20th, 2010)

For the past few months, Time Inc. has been at odds with Apple over magazine subscription models in the App Store. The publishing giant took a big step forward this week in announcing that People Magazine for the iPad will now be free for those who subscribe to the paper version, though that doesn't ...

DashPad brings the Dashboard to the iPad, sort of...

by David Winograd (Aug 19th, 2010)

DashPad (US$9.99) takes a unique approach to putting a Dashboard on your iPad. Instead of using an app, (which would never get approved by Apple), or jailbreaking, it uses Safari to serve an iPad specific page that contains eight widgets. More widgets will be coming, according to DashPad's developer ...

Asus is selling fewer netbooks because of the iPad

by Richard Gaywood (Aug 19th, 2010)

At an investor's conference in Taipai this week, Asus CEO Jerry Shen announced reduced sales forcasts for the popular Eee PC line of netbooks. Why? Because people are buying iPads instead. Digitimes reports that Eee sales fell from 1.6m units in Q1, to 1.5m in Q2, and are now expected to be 1.4m ...

Safari extension highlight: Awesome Screenshot

by Dave Caolo (Aug 19th, 2010)

With the addition of the Safari Extensions Gallery to Apple's website, TUAW will be highlighting extensions that we think are special, useful, or just plain fun. Today's featured extension is Awesome Screenshot which lets you capture, annotate and share screenshots to awesomescreenshot.com. ...

New Windows Home Server beta improves Mac support

by Richard Gaywood (Aug 19th, 2010)

How many TUAW readers have ever considered running a Windows server at home? I'm guessing not many. I'm hopefully going to convince you that's a shame because they can offer many features not easily (or cheaply!) replicated with Apple's own products. Engadget reports that a new beta version of ...

Foxconn hiring and relocating 400,000 workers

by Mike Schramm (Aug 19th, 2010)

The recent issues at Foxconn haven't actually slowed the company down, apparently -- it has announced that it will be hiring 400,000 more workers at new plants in China, thanks to a 50 percent increase in revenue lately. The total number of people working at Foxconn will be estimated at 1.3 ...