Macintosh And PC Tech Blog Posts For November, 2007


Nov 20

Vodafone 3G iPhone Europe RumorVodafone is working very hard right now by suing T-Mobile in Germany for exclusivity of the yet un-announced 3G Apple iPhone.  The rumors are flying about when the 3G iPhone is going to be released.  An Italian site More.IT claims to have information from high-level sources.

Continue reading Vodafone To Have Exclusive Rights To 3G iPhone In Europe Q1 Of 2008

Nov 19

Apple Secretly Collecting IMEI DataImagine a company tracking the programs on a cell phone, how they are used, what data is changed in a program and then reports all of that back to head quarters.  This is happening right now on iPhone’s and apparently iPod Touch’s worldwide.  Scans of the code for the weather and finance widgets on the iPhone and iPod Touch reveal the hidden tracking code.  This code sends the actual IMEI number of the iPhone or iPod Touch back to Apple’s servers.  The IMEI number is what identifies itself to cellular phone companies.  What Apple is doing with this information is equally clouded in secrecy.

Continue reading Apple Secretly Tracking IMEI, Collecting Personal iPhone Data & Usage

Nov 18

AT&T iPhone Without Data Plan

AT&T is responding to potential and current iPhone customers.  New details are emerging about the data side to the iPhone plan.  AT&T is now offering an EDGE data-less iPhone plan.  It’s in an effort to win over new customers for this holiday buying season.  It is also an option for current customers to not jump cell phone carriers.

Continue reading iPhone AT&T Data Plan Is Now Optional For Users That Utilize Wi-Fi

Nov 17

1.1.2 Jailbreak With Activation And PowerPC SupportA new iPhone firmware 1.1.2 Jailbreak process has been released.  What’s interesting with this new method is that it includes activation.  Activating an iPhone is necessary to use the cell phone part of the iPhone without the iTunes AT&T account activation.

Continue reading iPhone 1.1.2 Jailbreak Includes Activation Process & PowerPC Support

Nov 16

Apple’s Final Cut Express 4Apple’s Final Cut Pro 4 has now been released.  It is a paid software upgrade for the consumer level video editing suite.  It was one of two software suites from Apple that was yet to be a paid for upgrade in recent days.  Aperture was updated for Leopard at version 1.5.6, but a larger pay upgrade has not been released.

Continue reading Final Cut Express 4 Is Released By Apple, Consumer Video Software

Nov 15

Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.1 Software Update ReleasedApple has released a timely update to its newest Mac OS X operating system, Leopard.  The new version that is available through software update and Apple’s website is at 10.5.1.  It is on average a 39 MB download.  If users were to download the update from Apple’s website it would be around 110 MB.  There are quite a few changes in this update, which most users have been waiting for to install it in the first place.

Continue reading Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.1 Software Update Released For Intel & PPC Macs

Nov 14

Apple Pro Apps Updated For Final Cut Studio 2Final Cut Studio 2, Apple’s Pro software applications have all been updated to fix some issues and finally bring Mac OS X Leopard compatibility.  The version numbers for the Apple software follows.

Continue reading Apple Updates Pro Apps, iPhoto 7.1.1 And Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11

Nov 13

Mac OS X Leopard Auto quit Printer Software OptionMac OS X 10.5 Leopard has been available for a little while and tips are starting to emerge on how to use it better.  Today’s tip focuses on Leopard’s printing software.  When installing an upgrade of Leopard on several different Mac’s it has always deleted all installed printers.  Be sure to note all printers, IP addresses and what driver software is used for each.  Establishing each after the install could take a very long time.  Some printers do not have a PS or PostScript hardware module installed.  This means that setting up a printer profile in Leopard takes a little more know how than almost everything else in Mac OS X 10.5.

Continue reading Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Tip Corner How To Auto-quit Printer Software

Nov 12

iPhone Firmware Update 1.1.2 Released For US ModelsApple released the US version of its 1.1.2 iPhone firmware software.  It is available now via iTunes automatic upgrade.  To perform the update, connect an iPhone to a computer with iTunes 7.5.  The iPhone will be recognized by the iTunes software and download the necessary firmware update.  There are several new minor features for the US version of the firmware.  However, the new features are not as exciting as the 1.1.1 iPhone firmware update.

Continue reading 1.1.2 iPhone Firmware Software Released To US Available Now On iTunes

Nov 11

112 Jailbreak Software For iPhone & iPod TouchThe 1.1.2 firmware for the iPhone cell phone and iPod touch both have a new GUI jailbreak.  The software is available and runs under Mac OS X and Windows.  Once connected, the software downloads the data from the iPod touch or iPhone, upgrades it with the new Jailbreak, installs SSH.app and installer.app and reloads it back to the device.  It should take about 10 minutes if done correctly and after it’s done, the device should be updated to 1.1.2.

Continue reading 1.1.2 Jailbreak Software For iPhone Cell Phone & iPod Touch Released