News headlines

• Palm Pre owners highlight 'horrible build quality,' loose-fitting cases, dead pixels
  

  Is Palm going to have to recall the Pre asks users?

• Crucial.com/uk wins PriceGrabber.co.uk Customer Satisfaction Award
  

  Crucial wins second consecutive award from PriceGrabber.co.uk

• Conficker cost Manchester council £1.5m
  

  Worm highlighted disaster recovery weaknesses

• Liverpool MCC 'New to Mac for Business' event announced for 22 July
  

  The People’s Club, Goodison Park, Everton hosts free Macs in business event

• New UK search engine showcases job opportunities
  

  ZubedJobs hopes it will gain an edge on other job-hunting sites by uncovering hard-to-find vacancies

• UK Government criticised for plan to hire former hackers for security forces
  

  Cyber security strategy gets shredded by industry

• Adobe shuts down for a week in cost cutting measure
  

  Adobe said it would repeat the week long break at least once more this year.

• O2 extends Wi-Fi hotspots, signs deal with BT Openzone, iPhone users to benefit
  

  O2 adds 3000 BT Openzone WiFi hotspots to its network

• Internet cafe company offers £4.6 million for The Pirate Bay
  

  Global Gaming Factory X will look for ways to pay copyright holders for files downloaded via the site

• Group pitches Linux for free netbooks from mobile carriers
  

  Linux advocate urged Chinese companies to offer Linux-based devices and download stores

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Blogs

>> Thu, 02 Jul 2009

Why the Apple iPhone can't be 'killed'

By Brad Reed

Every few months, some new hopeful to the smartphone market will garner enough hype where various media outlets will dub it an "iPhone killer".

>> Wed, 01 Jul 2009

Original David Hockney iPhone artwork available to download

To coincide with Imagine: David Hockney - A Bigger Picture on BBC1 last night (available on iPlayer) the BBC is offering a chance to download a small selection of original iPhone artwork from the acclaimed artist. You'll need to be quick as the offer is only open for 48 hours.

>> Mon, 29 Jun 2009

Does the iPhone 3GS overheat?

By Melissa J. Perenson

Is the Apple iPhone 3GS having overheating issues? I've seen some reports circulating on the Web that indicate some handsets might indeed be affected. And I have my own tale to add to fray.

>> Mon, 22 Jun 2009

Apple v Microsoft gets nasty

There’s all-out war raging between old foes Apple and Microsoft on US television. And, here’s a surprise… Microsoft appears to be winning. Back at the start of 2007 Apple UK mimicked the US ‘I’m A Mac’ TV ad campaign, using Peep Show’s very funny David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Unfortunately, the ads backfired. YouGov’s BrandIndex report showed that UK consumer buzz around Apple actually fell from +8 to +4 after the ads were screened.

Creative Profiles - Emma du Pille – Graphic Designer

Emma du Pille graduated from Norwich School of Art & Design in 2008 and has since been working in London, undertaking various design placements at some of the capital's top studios. Her work has already attracted rave reviews on various design forums and blogs. Macworld caught up with Emma to discover her hopes and ambitions as she continues a career in design.

>> Fri, 19 Jun 2009

Creative Profiles - Dan Milnor – Photographer

Dan Milnor is a documentary fine-art photographer who spends his time making portraits and working on self-assigned documentary projects.

>> Thu, 18 Jun 2009

Apple fires my old PR agency

Today’s news that Apple has fired its UK PR agency Bite has a bittersweet taste for me in my role as Editor of Macworld.

Analysis: Did Apple downgrade the new MacBook Pro's SATA interface?

By Lucas Mearian

Apple's latest MacBook Pro laptops came with a number of upgrades to processor speeds, RAM and hard drives - not to mention reduced price tags.

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