December 2008
19 posts
Apple Developing a Home Media Server? →
Shared by Chad This is what I’ve been wanting for a very long time. I hope it arrives soon. 9to5Mac reports that Apple has been working on a home media server to access your iTunes and other files…
Dec 29th
AT&T Begins Selling $99 (Refurbished) iPhone →
Several readers have noted that AT&T has started selling refurbished iPhone 3Gs as low as $99. While AT&T has intermittently offered refurbished iPhones in the past, the $99 price point is…
Dec 27th
Music: Hard Day’s Night for Beatles Reissues →
To collectors, the inability of Apple and EMI to get new versions of the Fab Four’s music onto the market is a symbol of how pathetic the record business has become.
Dec 27th
Holiday Discounts in App Store, List of Now Free... →
Repeating the trend from Black Friday, a number of App Store developers are discounting their apps for the holidays. AppShopper tracks the apps in the App Store and provides a running list of sales….
Dec 26th
SimCity comes to the iPhone →
Shared by Chad sweet! Filed under: Gaming, iPhone Electronic Arts has released a version of its famous SimCity game for the iPhone. SimCity now joins other EA-released games…
Dec 17th
Taxi Magic: Hail A Cab From Your iPhone At The... →
Taxi applications on the App Store are a dime a dozen, but for the most part they’re just glorified phone directories that don’t really make it any easier to call a cab. Taxi Magic, a new…
Dec 17th
Apple: no Jobs keynote, 2009 our last Macworld... →
Apple has dropped a bomb on Apple fans: the company will be pulling out of IDG’s Macworld Expo after 2009, and CEO Steve Jobs will not be giving the keynote this year. Goodbye, Macworld, we’ll miss…
Dec 17th
MorphThing Creates Celebrity Face Mashups [Fun] →
If you’re looking for something fun to goof off with this weekend, look no further than MorphThing. Finally you’ll know what the love child of Hillary Swank and Jack Nicholson would look…
Dec 16th
Palm to Show New “Nova” OS at CES 2009 →
Peter Burrows at BizWeek has some hot news about Palm’s new OS, Nova. The company hopes to fit their new system in the gap between the BlackBerry and the iPhone (good luck - Microsoft has been…
Dec 15th
Microsoft releases first iPhone application,... →
After some rumblings this past March, Microsoft has now officially joined the iPhone development community with Seadragon Mobile, a free app that lets you “infinite zoom” gigapixel-sized…
Dec 15th
MorphThing Creates Celebrity Face Mashups [Fun] →
If you’re looking for something fun to goof off with this weekend, look no further than MorphThing. Finally you’ll know what the love child of Hillary Swank and Jack Nicholson would look…
Dec 15th
Youngest Twitterer EVAR? →
Ed. Note: Boing Boing’s current guestblogger Clay Shirky is the author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. He teaches at the Interactive…
Dec 12th
Places that went for Obama are richer and smarter... →
Last month’s election was historic and may even have been transformative, as many commentators said. But in one important respect, it changed nothing. The divide between Republicans and Democrats in…
Dec 12th
Boxee releases new alpha, adds Netflix support →
Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Video, Mac mini, Apple TV It’s a pretty awesome day to be a Netflix fan. Not only is the Watch Instantly service officially…
Dec 4th
EFF proposes DMCA exemption for iPhone... →
The EFF has asked the U.S. Copyright Office to issue an exemption from the DMCA for those users who jailbreak their smartphones.
Dec 4th
Apple Quietly Recommends Antivirus Software For... →
Barence writes “After years of boasting about the Mac’s near invincibility, Apple is now advising its customers to install security software on their computers. Apple — which has continually played…
Dec 3rd
Apple Quietly Recommends Antivirus Software For... →
Barence writes “After years of boasting about the Mac’s near invincibility, Apple is now advising its customers to install security software on their computers. Apple — which has continually played…
Dec 2nd
iPhone beware, the Nokia N97 is coming →
Nokia announced the N97, another mobile device aimed at challenging the iPhone. PC World has the details.
Dec 2nd
Google Calendar CalDAV/iCal syncing now official →
Filed under: Internet Tools Although the plumbing has been in place since the summer, it’s always nice to have an official announcement, and now we do: Google has gone on the record…
Dec 2nd