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Report: Apple director York hospitalized

30 min 26 sec ago
The Wall Street Journal reports that Jerome York, a member of Apple's board of directors, was hospitalized after suffering a brain aneurysm.

Google developer takes on Apple

2 hours 11 min ago
Tim Bray, formerly of Sun Microsystems and now a developer-advocate for Google's Android efforts, slammed Apple and the iPhone in his blog this week.

MacUpdate bundle offers Parallels, other apps for $50

2 hours 26 min ago
Bundles abound in the Mac world these days. Here's one that brings together ten applications--including Parallels 5--for a very attractive price.

Review: Melatonin for iPhone

2 hours 52 min ago
This alarm clock app looks to help you wake up gradually, and it's driven by a number of good ideas. Unfortunately, Melatonin's promising features don't outweigh its hassles.

Apple lets iPhone developers schedule sales

4 hours 18 min ago
A new feature in iTunes Connect allows developers to specify in advance a time period when they would like to offer their applications at discounted prices.

Nexus One to call on Sprint too

4 hours 33 min ago
On the heels Wednesday's announcement of an AT&T-compatible version of Google's Nexus One smartphone, Sprint has said that the handset is on the way to its network too.

Facebook intros on-the-fly search result suggestions

5 hours 45 min ago
Facebook is now displaying suggested results in its search box as people type in queries.

Qik Video Camera app disappears from App Store

6 hours 16 min ago
The popular Qik Video Camera app, which brought video recording to older iPhones, has disappeared from the App Store without explanation.

Review: Dell 5130cdn color laser printer

6 hours 36 min ago
Everything a busy office needs is in the 5130cdn, including speed, great print quality, and features galore--plus supercheap toner.

Archiving iPhone SMS messages

7 hours 1 min ago
Why yes, as a matter of fact, it is possible to archive your iPhone's SMS messages.

Malware found on another HTC Magic smartphone

7 hours 11 min ago
The now defunct Mariposa botnet has been found on another HTC Magic from Vodafone in Spain, security company Panda wrote in a blog post on Wednesday.

Review: Rafter for iPhone

7 hours 28 min ago
Rafter by Emantras is a beautifully drawn physics-based puzzle game inspired by Da Vinci. The point of the game is to strike a red mine. To get there, you'll need to draw circular or rectangular shapes that bounce through the maze-like levels. Rafter may sound easy, but the increasingly difficult 31 levels are a constant trial of geometry, physics, and sketching ability.

The FCC's broadband plan: Winners and losers

8 hours 5 min ago
The Federal Communications Commission's national broadband plan is meant to benefit all Americans, but not everyone will be happy with the proposal.

iWork.com adds easier public sharing, mobile support

8 hours 16 min ago
Remember iWork.com? On Wednesday, Apple revived the program after a year, adding new public sharing options, a revised and improved Shared Documents page, and support for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.

Apple Stores purging screen protection?

9 hours 22 min ago
According to reports from vendors, Apple will no longer sell screen-protection accessories in its stores.

SXSW: Spotify keeps U.S. in suspense

9 hours 55 min ago
Will Spotify come to the U.S.? The CEO and co-founder of the music service spoke at the South By Southwest conference, and he wasn't saying.

Snapshot: Tricks of a food photographer

10 hours 36 min ago
Professional baker turned food photographer Eric Wolfinger shows us what it takes to make food look delicious in pictures.

Opinion: Apple's Mac Mini server ideal for small office

11 hours 6 min ago
Although not big on size or raw computing power, the Mac Mini has always had at least enough power to meet the needs of less-than-demanding environments. That's why Computerworld's Ryan Faas was immediately taken with Apple’s decision last fall to launch the Mac Mini server configuration

Simplify Media yanks iPhone apps

11 hours 17 min ago
Over the weekend, developer Simplify Media removed Simplify, Simplify Music, and Simplify Photo from the App Store, promising to take the technology that allows users to access media remotely in a "new direction."

Four sites for live-music fanatics

11 hours 36 min ago
If you love live music, the Web is a treasure-trove of information about who played what when. Jonathan Seff extols four of his favorite sites for set-lists, bootlegs, and reviews.