Jul 18th 2007
MacBreak Weekly 49
Now With Optional Squirt Module
Hide-a-pod, working for Google vs. Apple, and proof-of-concept security...
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- This is the 49th MacBreak Weekly, Which wasstarted almost a year ago.
- Leo
turned offon the comments last week. Leo's friendly reminder... don't use the comments to pre-judge the content of the show. - Is Andy Inhatko Fake Steve Jobs .
- Why isn't the iPhone software updated? Turns out Apple wants to tackle these bugs .
- Alex's middle name is Ben.... Why did we need to know that? Because of the computers...
- Leo's iPhone Demo: Photos, landscape, pinch, video... Thank God he stopped!
- It is looking that the iPhone is not is just a phone, it's a computer in your pocket.
- Most iPhone users are extremely satisfied, however, Leo is not going back to his N95.
- Maddox's post on the iPhone is in comparison to the E70, not available in the US.
- Proof of Concept mac worm! The crazy man is asking for money for the fix.
- It's true, Mac users have NO idea on what to do when using a pc.
- Alternate mac designs from the 80's .
- Merlin Mann's Yellow Submarine iPod picked up as a "true" rumor.
- Our next rumor? Google/Apple Phone.
- Google is stealing all the fresh
meatprogrammers out of Silicon Valley - The iPhone anti-theft device! Now with optional squirt module!
- Another MacHeist is going on now.
- 150 iPhones froze the Duke University network
- Apple was granted a patent for an external user account
- Leo has bad gadget karma... but for us consumers, its great!!!
- The best place to find reviews on good products is Amazon which usually has competitive pricing , but also check dealnews.com for the best prices. Leo recommends that you do not subscribe to their mailers because you keep buying sh- -stuff.
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Picks of the week!
- Leo: Dockables is a series of icons for your dock for doing crucial system events such as shutting down, sleeping, ejecting disks, or even just jumping to the screen saver. Thank you Cory Bohon!
ThreeTwo picks for Merlin this week: Leaflets are a series of fun, useful applications designed to run natively on your iPhone. It is optimized for AT&T's EDGE network, so you don't have to wait ten minutes to load a website.- This Scansnap S500M is not Merlin's Pick.
- His real pick is YEP is a iTunes/iPhoto interface for PDFs. Also, lets give Devon Think Pro a plug. (not sure why Merlin brought that up)
- Scott: gOffice for iPhone gOffice lets you create Word documents on your iPhone
- Alex: PFHoe by The Pixel Farm, is a tracker tool for FCP and Motion in Final Cut Studio 2. (I can't do this justice, visit the site!
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