News headlines

• MoBank app takes shopping to the iPhone in the UK
  

  The app works with iPhone, iPod Touch and gives users the advantage of convenience, MoBank says

• US Apple Store hit by armed robbery, gunshot fire heard
  

  Police have roped off the Apple Store and are searching for the adult male

• Music streaming site Spotify offers first audiobook
  

  While premium' users are being offered an 'enable high bitrate' option in the preferences

• Oracle may cut up to 1,000 European jobs, union says
  

  Layoffs come as Oracle recently said it was pleased with its financial results in Europe

• Ngmoco releases Rolando 2 for iPhone, iPod touch
  

  Golden Orchid also links to Ngmoco’s recently introduced Plus+ Network

• Apple iPhone 3GS prototype allegedly being offered on eBay
  

  The seller claims to have bought the phone of someone who found it at an airport

• Bankrupt Psystar offers new range of Mac clones
  

  "Open7 represents the future of Open Computing by introducing new Intel Corei7 line of processors"

• Apple iPhone 4G patent surfaces? Real-feeling "haptic" touchscreen & fingerprint scanning
  

  Haptic Feedback, Fingerprint Identification, and RFID Tag Readers coming soon?

• Microsoft IE8 'projectile vomit' removed from parts of the Web
  

  Ad, which promotes the InPrivate Browsing feature of IE8, left a bad taste in people's mouths

• Apple Learning Interchange security compromised
  

  The Apple Learning Interchange website is currently offline

• Macs may be exempt from China's Web filter mandate
  

  Non-Windows machines do not have to come with the software

• Mozilla releases first Firefox 3.5 patch over next few weeks
  

  Scheduled for a fix involves TraceMonkey, the new, faster JavaScript engine

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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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