Posted on May 31st, 2009 by admin
On Friday evening, I posted a story about a Albany, NY Slashdot reader who believes he is experiencing throttling of iTunes data by Time Warner Cable (TWC). About an hour or so later, Jeff Simmermon, director of communications, popped up at almost 10pm to offer his two cents, denying the possibility that his company could [...]
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Posted on May 30th, 2009 by admin
For all of our friends North of the border who think the CanCon quotas are a form of cultural waterboarding, fear not because iTunes has heard your anguished cries.
The Canadian outpost of Apple’s category killing digital media download store is now offering some of America’s most popular NBC, ABC, Warner Brothers and Fox television [...]
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Posted on May 30th, 2009 by admin
Brushes ($3.99, iTunes), the iPhone application used to create the June 2009 New Yorker cover, has caused quite a stir among the digerati and artists alike. Here’s an interview with Jorge Colombo, the artist who created the cover for the June edition of the New Yorker magazine.
Since its release last year, Brushes has been downloaded [...]
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Posted on May 29th, 2009 by admin
Five Mac minis and three iMac models, with prices starting at $419 and not a single unit for more than $849. Macs are too expensive? Bollocks, and you get the same full Apple warranty on refurbished Mac gear, as well as free shipping and free printer (up to $100 after instant online rebate).
Given how wicked [...]
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Posted on May 29th, 2009 by admin
Are you on Time Warner’s Road Runner service? Noticed any iTunes related slowdowns? Slashdot reader Samson 080, who lives in the Albany, NY-area, believes rather strongly that the selectively broadband carrier is shortchanging him when it comes to iTunes downloads.
“Time Warner Cable appears to be throttling traffic to iTunes servers again—big time. I live in [...]
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Posted on May 29th, 2009 by admin
Every once in awhile the Apple co-founder pops up and, however entertaining it may be, says something that will leave the fan boys foaming. I’m guessing his appraisal of yet another search engine product from Redmond will fill his quota and keep him out of the headlines for the next few months.
TechFlash (click through to [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2009 by admin
Today saw Apple release a patch for one of its two marquis iApp suites, though this is just one of three updates that have wriggled free of late.
• iWork 09 9.0.2, 42.75MB
— This update improves reliability when saving some iWork documents and when playing some presentations more than once per Keynote session. This update is [...]
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