Archive for September, 2008

Pole Position: Remix Comes to iPhone, iPod

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Pole Position: Remix Comes to iPhone, iPod Rounding out the growing selection of racing titles for the iPhone, Namco on Tuesday released Pole Position: Remix for both the iPhone and iPod, an update on the classic 1982 arcade game.

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Adobe official confirms Flash for the iPhone, says Apple will …

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

He said (not direct quote) ‘My team is working on Flash on the iPhone, but it’sa closed platform.’ He noted that Apple makes all the decisions, so in other words, the ball is in Apple’s yard at this time. If Apple says yes,

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iPod touch survives run-in with pickup truck

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

A user at the iPod touch Fans forums posted pictures of his touch after being run over by a pickup truck. The glass screen is shattered but intact, and the back of the case is dented. However, it still works.

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Adobe denies Flash Media Server vulnerability

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Adobe is denying reports of a security vulnerability in its Flash Media Server 3 software. The company cites a Reuters story from earlier in the month, which claimed that while commands sent to play media were encrypted, the actual media was left unprotected in order to improve download speeds. This was in fact said to enable piracy at video sites such as Amazon’s, and Reuters cited its own reco…

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Broadcom GPS gets Wi-Fi assist from Skyhook

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Broadcom on Tuesday said it would start integrating Wi-Fi support into its GPS navigation chips, letting cellphones and other devices equipped with the hardware use the local network for positioning. The technique draws on a license from Skyhook that uses known Wi-Fi points to triangulate a rough map location when GPS is unreliable or completely unavailable and should both generate a GPS lock fas…

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