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Earlier this year, we reported on Verizon's plans to launch an App Store application that would allow customers of the company's FiOS television subscription service to view live TV on the iPad. While the feature would at least initially be limited to streaming over the customer's own home Wi-Fi network, it marked an interesting method of deploying portable television capabilities around the...

The interesting story of how Half Life 1 for Mac was nearly ready to ship but canceled at the last minute. (via MacStories)...

A pair of Apple's competitors in the smartphone market haven't forgotten that not all Mac users use the iPhone as their mobile phone, as both Research in Motion and Microsoft this week pushed out updates to their Mac OS X software that allows users of the companies' smartphones to sync to their Macs. Research in Motion on Wednesday announced the release of BlackBerry Desktop Software 2.0 for ...

Apple yesterday released a number of software updates targeting users of its AirPort and Time Capsule wireless network products, RAW-capable cameras, and MobileMe for Windows. The AirPort and Time Capsule updates begin with AirPort Base Station and Time Capsule Firmware Update 7.5.2 for the devices themselves, offering a number of bug fixes and other changes. Some of the fixes include the...

Users of Apple's MobileMe service should be aware that the service will be undergoing maintenance later today, with MobileMe account maintenance scheduled to take place from 10:00-11:00 PM Pacific time tonight, while maintenance on MobileMe syncing services is set for 10:00 PM until midnight. Due to scheduled maintenance, some MobileMe members may be unable to sync between their computers,...

Microsoft today released Office for Mac 2011 14.0.2 Update, bringing several stability improvements to the latest version of the company's flagship productivity suite. According to a support document, the update includes the following improvements: Improvements for all Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 applications - Reliability is improved when you open Office for Mac documents by using...

MacDailyNews reports that it has received information from a "source that we believe to be credible" regarding management training for the Verizon iPhone offered by the company last week. According to the report, the Verizon iPhone will launch immediately after Christmas and is in fact an LTE 4G device. - The new iPhone is an LTE device and that fact - the only "LTE iPhone," exclusive to Verizon...

Apple today released Aperture 3.1.1, bringing several improvements to the company's professional-level photo management and manipulation software. This update addresses overall stability and performance issues, and also includes specific fixes that: - address compatibility with the iLife Media Browser - improve reliability when upgrading existing Aperture libraries - address issues with...

Microsoft today released Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.8 Update (332.8 MB), bringing fixes for Entourage crashing issues and security vulnerabilities. This update improves stability. In addition, it includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code.Specifically, the following Entourage crashing issue is...

Apple today released QuickTime 7.6.9 for Windows, bringing security improvements for users on Windows 7, Vista, and XP. QuickTime 7.6.9 improves security and is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users on Windows. For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.According to a support document associated with the release,...

Billboard briefly notes that Apple's iTunes Store has been seeing booming sales of content from The Beatles since its introduction last week. The initial Beatles sales figures from Apple are in: More than 450,000 albums and 2 million individual songs were sold on iTunes worldwide since the Beatles catalog was made available Tuesday (Nov. 16), according to Apple. According to the report, "Abbey...

TiVo today announced a forthcoming free application for the iPad that will allow users of the company's Premiere and Premiere XL set-top DVR boxes to control a wide array of functions directly from their iPads. The TiVo Premiere App for iPad includes: - Gesture based control -- Take complete control of all recordings, even dragging forward and back through a show with a simple tap or swipe - ...

Yesterday, discount department store chain T.J. Maxx and its sister chain Marshalls made headlines with their offer of 16 GB Wi-Fi iPads for $399.99, a $100 discount from Apple's regular prices. 9 to 5 Mac now reports on a purported email response from Apple CEO Steve Jobs noting that T.J. Maxx is not, in fact, an authorized Apple reseller. Q: Why would you let TJ Maxx of all places undercut...

Apple today released Boot Camp Software Update 3.2 for Windows, bringing a number of bug fixes and support for several new hardware items. This update adds support for the ATI-Radeon HD 5870 graphics card, Apple USB Ethernet Adapter, MacBook Air SuperDrive, and addresses critical bug fixes. This update is highly recommended for all Boot Camp 3.1 users. If you have an Intel-based Mac and...

Apple today released a pair of firmware updates for the company's latest MacBook and 13-inch MacBook Pro models, addressing an issue in which "an attached external display may occasionally incorrectly show a purple coloration." - MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.0 - MacBook EFI Firmware Update 2.0 Each update weighs in at 1.98 MB and requires Mac OS X...

After last week's release of Mac OS X 10.6.5, a number of users of the Server version of the operating system reported issues with the release, most notably a problem in which certain users were receiving mail intended for other parties. By the weekend, Apple had pulled both the combo and delta versions of Mac OS X 10.6.5 Server. Yesterday, Apple released revised delta and combo versions of...

As noted by 9 to 5 Mac, warehouse club chain Sam's Club has begun following through on last month's announcement that it would begin carrying the iPhone and iPad, with several models of the iPad beginning to appear on store shelves. The iPad is being offered at a slight discount, with Wi-Fi models checking in at $12 under Apple's standard pricing and Wi-Fi + 3G models coming in at a $20...

Late Friday, Reuters reported that Cisco has hired Mark Papermaster, former Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering at Apple. Papermaster left Apple in early August after less than a year and half on the job, with sources citing "cultural incompatibility" as the main reason behind his short tenure with the company. Cisco said on Friday Papermaster has joined the networking giant as...