blog.wired.com - 11/21/2008
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Apple is devising a way for the iPhone to display status icons even when the handset's display is turned off.
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company this week published a 24-page patent detailing a dual-backlight
system, so that in addition to the pre-existing backlight, a second
low-powered backlight would always ...
apple.com - 11/20/2008
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apple.com —
New section on Apple’s iPhone web site promoting
third-party apps. Interesting for at least two reasons: (1)...
I’ve already found a couple of interesting apps I’d never heard of before, and (2) it shows you which iPhone apps Apple ...
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Apple: ‘iPhone Your Life’
support.apple.com - 11/21/2008
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support.apple.com —
Last Modified: November 21, 2008 Article: HT3318 Summary
This document describes the security content of iPhone OS...
2.2 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.2. For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues ...
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About the security content of iPhone OS 2.2 and iPhone ...
blog.wired.com - 11/20/2008
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blog.wired.com —
Appearing to cave to Hollywood demands, Apple has
quietly added a restrictive copyright protection mechanism to its...
new MacBooks that is preventing customers from watching movies on external displays. Apple has secretly included a copy ...
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Apple Bends to Studios, Adds Copyright Protection to ...
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Apple Submits Patent For New iPhone Backlight
GadgetReview —
... feature is along the lines of other smart phones that let the user know they have unchecked media through flashing LED’s that use hardly any power to run. More specifically, the design incorporates layered backlights, with an “always on” one positioned behind the main one, and projecting through it’s transparent layer. Who knows when we will see this street side, but it for sure means that I will be buying a new iPhone.
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