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Gizmodo won't be charged in iPhone 4 prototype case

Publié: août 10, 2011, 11:52pm CEST par Ed Oswald

By Ed Oswald, Betanews

Bloggers with Gizmodo will escape prosecution surrounding the receipt of an iPhone 4 prototype last year, although two others will be charged in conjunction with the sale to the blog.
It's official: Apple is the world's most valuable company

Publié: août 10, 2011, 11:12pm CEST par Joe Wilcox

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews

Exxon is king no more. Now that Apple is the world's largest company as measured by market cap, when is someone going to hold it accountable like one?
Broadcom: We're not confident about WiMAX in the U.S. any more

Publié: août 10, 2011, 10:38pm CEST par Tim Conneally

By Tim Conneally, Betanews

With Sprint and Clearwire curtailing their WiMAX efforts, it appears the U.S.' first 4G network will be the first to go.
Apple intimidation drives developer innovation

Publié: août 10, 2011, 8:40pm CEST par Joe Wilcox

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews

Mark this day -- Aug. 10, 2011 -- on a calendar, for it may be remembered as a turning point for Apple, when it finally claimed and maintained largest market capitalization and the beginnings of a developer revolt broke iOS mobile apps dominance.
Kindle comes to Linux and ChromeOS, but it's the iPad users that Amazon wants

Publié: août 10, 2011, 6:41pm CEST par Tim Conneally

By Tim Conneally, Betanews

As of today, Amazon's Kindle e-reader is available on all platforms. The retailer on Wednesday launched Kindle Cloud Reader, an HTML5 Web app that gives users browser-based access to their Kindle library and the Kindle store.
Microsoft offers quarter-million in prizes to improve Windows security

Publié: août 10, 2011, 5:56pm CEST par Larry Seltzer

By Larry Seltzer, Betanews

Ordinary end users can't be trusted to make intelligent security decisions, at least not often enough. That's why Microsoft is putting up good money for technologies that will work in spite of the user.
Windows 7 stomps on Mac's feeble market share gains

Publié: août 10, 2011, 5:19pm CEST par Joe Wilcox

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews

Today, Gartner predicted -- and, frankly, it's no shocking palm reading -- that Windows 7 will become the "leading operating system" this year.
Proof that the iPhone 4 and Galaxy Tab have had sex

Publié: août 10, 2011, 4:20pm CEST par Tim Conneally

By Tim Conneally, Betanews

I could not pass up the opportunity to point out the 7 inch Mercury Pad now that Apple and Samsung are coming to blows over copyrights and patents.
Boxee for iPad is a wonderfully versatile means of accessing your media collection

Publié: août 10, 2011, 4:04pm CEST par Nick Peers

By Nick Peers, Betanews

Far and away the most interesting feature of the app is the ability to stream video from your Mac or PC to your iPad. If you have a Boxee Box, video streaming can also be performed the other way around. Setting this up is an absolute doddle.
CCleaner 3.0: New beta supports Mac OS X Lion

Publié: août 10, 2011, 2:44pm CEST par Nick Peers

By Nick Peers, Betanews

Beta 3's headline feature is that it introduces support for Mac OS X Lion, but it also includes a number of new cleaning options, including Google Chrome and Firefox 6, plus a selection of system caches.
File Blender: Process or encrypt just about anything

Publié: août 10, 2011, 1:36pm CEST par Mike Williams

By Mike Williams, Betanews

The program provides a simple front end to tools like IrfanView, FFmpeg, LAME MP3 Encoder and more, and can be further extended to provide a unified, portable interface for all your file processing needs.
Facebook Messages threads now include texts thanks to new Facebook Messenger app

Publié: août 10, 2011, 12:35am CEST par Tim Conneally

By Tim Conneally, Betanews

Social network Facebook on Tuesday released a new app for iOS and Android mobile devices called Facebook Messenger. The application is effectively a standalone mobile version of the new Facebook Messages platform which allows users to send messages to individuals or groups of individuals in their phone book or Facebook friends list.