MacRumors Story Archive - August 2008

• U.K. 'Back to School' Promo Starts on Monday?
    Friday August 1, 2008 8:25 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• NetShare iPhone Tethering App Reappears in App Store [Updated]
    Friday August 1, 2008 11:24 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• AT&T to Remain Sole US iPhone Carrier into 2010?
    Friday August 1, 2008 3:23 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• iPhone Nano Rumor Revived
    Sunday August 3, 2008 5:06 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Intel Details Upcoming GPU Project (Larrabee) Due in 2009
    Monday August 4, 2008 5:52 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Ramps Production to 800,000 iPhones a Week?
    Monday August 4, 2008 9:56 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• MagicPad (with Copy and Paste) and Proposal for System-Wide Copy and Paste
    Monday August 4, 2008 11:53 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Psystar Lawyer Hints at Anti-Trust Defense
    Monday August 4, 2008 12:36 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Leaked Aluminum MacBook Case? [Updated]
    Monday August 4, 2008 1:23 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Releases iPhone Firmware 2.0.1
    Monday August 4, 2008 4:48 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• NullRiver 'Working with Apple' on Bringing Back Netshare
    Monday August 4, 2008 6:17 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Best iPhone Voice Recorder Roundup
    Monday August 4, 2008 6:35 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• VoiceThis Dialer Tries to Bring Voice Dialing to iPhone
    Monday August 4, 2008 9:27 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Steve Jobs Acknowledges MobileMe Missteps [Updated]
    Monday August 4, 2008 9:30 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple's Sub-Notebook 'Delayed' Until 2009, iPhone Colors in 2008?
    Tuesday August 5, 2008 8:19 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• A Look at Two Crossword Puzzle Games on iPhone
    Tuesday August 5, 2008 2:45 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• FlipBook and Flickbook: Animation Apps for iPhone
    Tuesday August 5, 2008 3:39 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Are You Rich? Buy this $999.99 iPhone App [Updated]
    Tuesday August 5, 2008 4:44 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple iTunes Still #1, but Amazon Gaining
    Tuesday August 5, 2008 11:06 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Touch Screen iPod Nanos?
    Tuesday August 5, 2008 11:14 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• International iPhone 3G Launches: India, Singapore, Estonia, Romania, More...
    Wednesday August 6, 2008 7:08 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• New Apple Cinema Displays Finally at MWSF 2009?
    Wednesday August 6, 2008 7:19 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• TouchTerm: Simple SSH Client for iPhone
    Wednesday August 6, 2008 11:38 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple's Ability to Deactivate Malicious App Store Apps
    Wednesday August 6, 2008 12:23 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Offering Free Year to Affected MobileMe Customers
    Wednesday August 6, 2008 2:23 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Remote iTunes Streaming to iPhone or iPod Touch?
    Thursday August 7, 2008 7:49 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F9)
    Thursday August 7, 2008 5:04 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• PhoneSaber Pulled by Lucasfilm... But Official Version In Works
    Thursday August 7, 2008 5:22 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone SDK NDA Remains in Place for Patent Reasons?
    Thursday August 7, 2008 7:16 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• 8 People Bought $999.99 'I am Rich' App
    Thursday August 7, 2008 8:20 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Published Blacklist Blocks Core Location Only?
    Friday August 8, 2008 7:18 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• ProRemote Offers Wireless Multi-Touch Remote for ProTools and Logic
    Friday August 8, 2008 7:30 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• ZFS (and Snow Leopard) to Speed up Solid State Drive Performance?
    Friday August 8, 2008 9:12 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• pTerm (SSH, Telnet Client) for iPhone
    Friday August 8, 2008 12:27 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• NetShare Unlikely to Return to U.S. App Store
    Friday August 8, 2008 1:17 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Releases iPhone Firmware 2.1 Beta 3
    Friday August 8, 2008 5:02 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• T-Mobile to Launch App Store?
    Friday August 8, 2008 5:14 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Nehalem Officially Named 'Core i7'?
    Friday August 8, 2008 6:01 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• GTS World Racing Game for iPhone
    Friday August 8, 2008 6:59 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• IBM Previews Lotus iNotes For iPhone
    Sunday August 10, 2008 11:27 am PDT by longofest
• Only 6 People Intended to Buy 'I Am Rich'
    Sunday August 10, 2008 5:05 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Intel Officially Brands Nehalem as 'Core i7' Processor
    Sunday August 10, 2008 5:49 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Jobs: $30 Million App Store Sales in First Month, Confirms Kill Switch
    Sunday August 10, 2008 10:44 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• RunKeeper for iPhone: a GPS-based Training Assistant
    Monday August 11, 2008 9:01 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple to Add Dedicated Video Hardware to Macs?
    Monday August 11, 2008 9:14 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Analyst Believes 3 Million iPhones Sold in First Month
    Monday August 11, 2008 11:05 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Frommer's Introduces Travel Guide iPhone Apps
    Monday August 11, 2008 1:31 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• MotionX's Free Dice App a 'Must Get'
    Monday August 11, 2008 2:45 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Top Free iPhone Apps Generate About 80,000 Downloads a Day
    Monday August 11, 2008 6:33 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• September Event to Introduce iPod Updates and More?
    Monday August 11, 2008 10:51 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Google Translate For iPhone
    Tuesday August 12, 2008 2:50 am PDT by longofest
• Two Weeks Later: MobileMe's Uptime Calculated (96%)
    Tuesday August 12, 2008 3:22 am PDT by longofest
• iPod Touch and MacBook Updates for September?
    Tuesday August 12, 2008 7:07 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Developers Get First Monthly Sales Report for Apps
    Tuesday August 12, 2008 8:47 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Teleport VNC Client Allows Remote Access to Your Computer [Lite Version Now Free
    Tuesday August 12, 2008 10:05 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Some Customers with iPhone 3G Connection Issues
    Tuesday August 12, 2008 11:08 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Microsoft Updates Office 2008 and Office 2004
    Tuesday August 12, 2008 3:39 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Best Buy to Sell iPhone 3G Nationwide [Official]
    Tuesday August 12, 2008 4:56 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• MobileChat Instant Messaging App Now Available
    Tuesday August 12, 2008 5:09 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Fire at Apple Headquarters Tuesday Night
    Tuesday August 12, 2008 11:45 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Fire Contained at Apple Headquarters, R&D Building? [Update]
    Wednesday August 13, 2008 6:09 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Banking Firm HSBC Considering iPhone? More iPhone Sales Estimates
    Wednesday August 13, 2008 8:18 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone App Sales Numbers Continue to Impress
    Wednesday August 13, 2008 10:23 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Palringo Instant Messenger: a Free Alternative
    Wednesday August 13, 2008 11:39 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone to Shake Up Japan's Cellphone Industry?
    Wednesday August 13, 2008 1:16 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Now Worth More Than Google
    Wednesday August 13, 2008 1:29 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Premieres iTunes Movies in Australia and New Zealand [Updated]
    Wednesday August 13, 2008 7:48 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• BoxOffice Returns to App Store
    Wednesday August 13, 2008 9:42 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone 3G Connection Issues Related to Software or Hardware?
    Wednesday August 13, 2008 11:54 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Mac OS X 10.5.5 Build 9F13 Seeded
    Thursday August 14, 2008 12:09 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple to Update MacBook Air to Penryn Soon?
    Thursday August 14, 2008 8:21 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone Stylus with Flexible Tip
    Thursday August 14, 2008 9:48 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Zingersoft's iSSH Client Now Available
    Thursday August 14, 2008 9:56 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Former Apple General Counsel Settles Backdating Charges
    Thursday August 14, 2008 2:32 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Stream Your iTunes Library to Your iPhone Over Wi-Fi, EDGE or 3G
    Thursday August 14, 2008 2:58 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Wired's Global iPhone 3G Performance Study
    Thursday August 14, 2008 11:50 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Turn by Turn GPS Navigation for iPhone Coming?
    Friday August 15, 2008 8:25 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• GPSKits Adds Advanced GPS Functions to iPhone
    Friday August 15, 2008 10:07 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• T-Mobile To Offer Android-Based Phone By Christmas
    Friday August 15, 2008 2:49 pm PDT by longofest
• iPhone 2.1 Beta 4 Seeded, Removes Push Notification Service
    Saturday August 16, 2008 7:12 pm PDT by longofest
• Adobe To Drop PowerPC Support For After Effects CS4
    Saturday August 16, 2008 7:53 pm PDT by longofest
• Pandora May Shut Down Due to Rising Royalty Fees
    Sunday August 17, 2008 5:19 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone 3G Connectivity Affecting 2% of Customers? Software Fix Soon?
    Monday August 18, 2008 12:26 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Dell to Try to Take on Apple's Online Music Dominance?
    Monday August 18, 2008 12:21 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone Firmware 2.0.2 Due Today? [Released]
    Monday August 18, 2008 1:47 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• iPhone Firmware 2.0.2 Released
    Monday August 18, 2008 2:34 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• DataCase Provides File Storage And Viewing On iPhone
    Monday August 18, 2008 6:37 pm PDT by longofest
• Apple Provides 60 Day Extension to All MobileMe Subscribers
    Monday August 18, 2008 6:41 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• New Mac TV Ads: Pizza Box, Throne and Calming Teas [Updated]
    Monday August 18, 2008 7:01 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Download Stats for #2 iPhone App: Brain Tuner
    Monday August 18, 2008 11:53 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Tops Customer Satisfaction Surveys
    Tuesday August 19, 2008 9:06 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Retail Store Opening in Fort Worth, Texas
    Tuesday August 19, 2008 9:36 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Accelerates Mac OS X 10.5.5 Seeding (9F17)
    Tuesday August 19, 2008 9:41 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Screenshots for Upcoming Nike+ App for iPhone and iPod Touch? [Fake?]
    Tuesday August 19, 2008 9:54 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Jobs: Fix for iPhone Apps Crashing in September
    Tuesday August 19, 2008 3:58 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Overheating iPod Nano and Frayed MagSafe Replacements
    Tuesday August 19, 2008 6:57 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• OpenClip.org Offers Copy and Paste for iPhone Across Apps
    Tuesday August 19, 2008 9:01 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Intel Discusses Mobile Nehalem. Quad Core Notebooks Coming Next Month.
    Tuesday August 19, 2008 10:45 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• ApolloIM Developer Joins MobileChat Team
    Wednesday August 20, 2008 9:51 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone Factory Worker Photos Found on New iPhone
    Wednesday August 20, 2008 10:58 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• The #1 Paid App: Koi Pond
    Wednesday August 20, 2008 12:35 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• September Apple Event Rumor: 'iTunes Unlimited', iPhone iDisk Access?
    Wednesday August 20, 2008 4:09 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Retail Supplies for iPods Dwindling Ahead of September Refresh?
    Wednesday August 20, 2008 6:15 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone Games Roundup: Best Of and Upcoming Titles
    Wednesday August 20, 2008 9:15 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Microsoft Hiring Seinfeld for Major Ad Campaign
    Thursday August 21, 2008 8:03 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Mach Dice Offers Arbitrarily Sided Dice Rolling Simulator
    Thursday August 21, 2008 8:48 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple's September Quarter Mac Sales Projected to be "Massive"
    Thursday August 21, 2008 10:34 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone 3G Issues Persist Despite Latest Firmware
    Friday August 22, 2008 12:18 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Planning to Make Over 40 Million iPhones in Next 12 Months?
    Friday August 22, 2008 12:59 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Launching iPhone 3G in 20 Countries Today
    Friday August 22, 2008 1:09 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Silver-Zinc Batteries Coming in 2009
    Friday August 22, 2008 10:01 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Intel Unveils Update to MacBook Air's Custom Processor
    Friday August 22, 2008 10:49 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Sends SMS to Customers about 2.0.2 Update
    Friday August 22, 2008 11:48 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• iHologram Looks Remarkable, but Is it Real? [Update: Not Real]
    Friday August 22, 2008 2:08 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Releases MacBook Air Software Update to Address Video Playback
    Friday August 22, 2008 6:59 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• New iPhone Ads: 'Lonely Planet', 'Cro Mag', 'Vicinity'
    Friday August 22, 2008 7:29 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• New iPod Nano, iPod Touch, iTunes 8.0, and Blu-Ray in OS X 10.5.6?
    Friday August 22, 2008 8:39 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• 'Leaked' MacBook Pro Ad is Just a Mockup
    Sunday August 24, 2008 4:50 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPod Nano Case Leaks, Next iPod Touch to Have GPS?
    Sunday August 24, 2008 5:06 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Mac OS X 10.5.5 9F23 and New Safari 4 Seeded to Developers
    Monday August 25, 2008 1:20 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone 3G Study Shows Regional Differences in Speed
    Monday August 25, 2008 2:20 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• ATI's 4870 HD and 4850 HD Graphics Cards Coming for Mac
    Monday August 25, 2008 10:11 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Firm Tests iPhone 3G Antenna, Says It's OK
    Monday August 25, 2008 10:15 am PDT by longofest
• iTunes 8 and iPod Nanos on Sept 9th?
    Monday August 25, 2008 11:40 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• More 4th Gen iPod Nano and 2nd Gen iPod Touch Cases
    Monday August 25, 2008 12:03 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Last Chance to Get 'Tris' Before It's Gone
    Monday August 25, 2008 1:34 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• EA's 'Spore Origins' Arrives for iPod First
    Monday August 25, 2008 1:55 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Event for September 9th?
    Monday August 25, 2008 4:59 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Resellers Getting Signals for a Wide Range of Apple Updates?
    Tuesday August 26, 2008 12:21 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Movies.app Gets Acquired and Releases Major Rewrite
    Tuesday August 26, 2008 2:25 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone Factory Worker Girl Still Has Her Job
    Tuesday August 26, 2008 2:41 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Orange France Capping iPhone Speeds
    Tuesday August 26, 2008 10:49 am PDT by longofest
• iTM Tools Offer Midi Control from the iPhone
    Tuesday August 26, 2008 11:31 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Manage Netflix and Blockbuster Queues on the iPhone
    Tuesday August 26, 2008 11:55 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• U.K. iPhone Ad Banned Due to 'Misleading Claims'
    Wednesday August 27, 2008 1:36 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone Passcode Flaw Already Addressed for Future Firmware Update? [Update]
    Wednesday August 27, 2008 9:03 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPhone Stylus Shootout: Pogo Stylus vs. Touch Pen Stylus
    Wednesday August 27, 2008 10:01 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Psystar to Countersue Apple for Anticompetitive Practices
    Wednesday August 27, 2008 1:31 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Mediquations Offers Common Medical Equations for Docs
    Wednesday August 27, 2008 1:48 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPods, Notebooks, and... iMacs before the Holidays?
    Wednesday August 27, 2008 2:40 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Patent: Apple Details Multi-Touch Mac User Interface
    Thursday August 28, 2008 7:44 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Steve Jobs Obituary Accidentally Published by Bloomberg
    Thursday August 28, 2008 7:52 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• iPod Nano Photos? Or Just an iPod Clone?
    Thursday August 28, 2008 12:40 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Confirms September iPhone Update
    Thursday August 28, 2008 2:28 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Apple Releases ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0
    Thursday August 28, 2008 4:06 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple and AT&T Discussing Official Tethering Option for iPhone?
    Thursday August 28, 2008 7:11 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Details of iPhone 2.0.2 Firmware 3G Connectivity Improvements?
    Thursday August 28, 2008 8:34 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• Apple Releases Final Cut Express Update 4.0.1
    Thursday August 28, 2008 10:48 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
• China Mobile to Subsidize iPhone
    Friday August 29, 2008 11:20 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Solver Now Available for Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac
    Friday August 29, 2008 2:00 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Gameloft's Asphalt 4 Elite Racing Now Available [Video]
    Friday August 29, 2008 9:00 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
• Funky Punch and Milebug (Mileage Log) on Sale
    Saturday August 30, 2008 11:47 am PDT by Arnold Kim
• Belkin JoyPod Game Controller for iPhone with App Support? [Update: No]
    Sunday August 31, 2008 12:27 pm PDT by Arnold Kim