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Archive for May, 2009
Kindle DRM Surfaces To Deny User the Books He’s Bought and Paid For
May 28th
Amazon needs to work on its Kindle DRM policy, because the following story is ridiculous.
Basically, the way Kindle and the Kindle iPhone app are set up today, users have no idea how many times they can download a book, nor can they easily know how many devices can be used More >
Geek God Builds DIY Super NES ROM-Creating USB Reader
May 24th
An enterprising hacker named Matthias has created a fun, legitimate way to get SNES ROMs onto your computer. As he explains in the video, trips to those shady Russian porn sites are a thing of the past.
The crazy thing is Matthias claimed this was his first attempt at such a More >
Fully Licensed Commodore 64 Emulator Rejected By Apple App Store
May 18th
Commodore 64 Emulator Rejected By Apple
Quick update on the Apple App Store approval process: Shaken babies are OK, but inevitable moneymakers like a licensed, legal Commodore 64 emulator are rejected.Why the rejection, you ask? Here’s Apple’s take, form letter style:
Thank you for submitting C64 1.0 to the App Store. More >
Apple Giving $30 iTunes Credit For iPhone 3GS Activation Snafu
May 15th
Following iPhone 3GS/AT&T activation delays that were in some cases 48 hours long, Apple has allegedly responded with a $30 “We’re sorry” gift that will be good at the iTunes Store on Monday.
Notification came by way of an email, which we’ve seen from Giz readers as well as around the More >
Close to 700,000 Palm Pre apps downloaded to date
May 12th
There may not be a ton of Pre apps available just yet, but it looks like there’s enough to accumulate an impressive 666,511 downloads as of June 17th, which likely means that we’re close to or past the 700,000 mark by now. As you can see above in graph form More >
Pwnage Tool for iPhone OS 3.0 now live, ultrasn0w still on standby
May 8th
That iPhone OS 3.0 jailbreak we saw the iPhone Dev-Team pull off earlier this week? It’s out now, or at least, part of it is. Pwnage Tool is now flooding torrents, but there’s lots of caveats here. Most importantly, this isn’t Ultrasn0w, which means if you’re wanting to use your More >
iPhone 3G S data isn’t really faster than the 3G’s in Newyork
May 4th
There’s been talk the last couple days about the fact that there really isn’t anywhere in the States to take advantage of the blazing 7.2Mbps downlink connection supported by the iPhone 3G S — except for one great hope, one diamond in the rough that could become a shining destination More >
How would you change T-Mobile’s Sidekick LX 2009?
May 1st
T-Mobile’s Sidekick LX 2009 represented a huge leap forward in the hiptop sector. Not only was the swiveling motion as smooth as ever here, but this was the first Sidekick that seemed to really take its user interface seriously. To that end, we’re interested in knowing how you — the More >
