A battle of Tank on the Mac App Store

The tanks arrived in the Apple Mac shop.

The Publisher Gameloft not only of the Apple mobile platform and continues to offer new games on the Mac App Store. The latest is Tank Battles, a type of well known game that is to lead a tank and face three opponents on a map. The solo game has 50 missions and it is of course possible to make games simple against the computer or better still against other players over the Internet.

 

The game is very well done, but the hand is difficult since he is directing the tank with the directional arrows and aim with the mouse. This calls for a small time adapting to win the first parties. The Tank Battles of Gameloft game is available on the Mac App Store for less than 6 euros.

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Apple blocks the sale of GalaxyTab 10.1 in Europe

Decidedly, Samsung is in the crosshairs of Apple.

After the temporary prohibition of placing on the market of the 10.1 of Samsung in Australia GalaxyTab, Apple has obtained a preliminary injunction of the Court of Düsseldorf in Germany who believes that the design of the Samsung Tablet violated Apple patents. As a result, the marketing of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is suspended in Europe, the day after his arrival on the market.

For the moment, only the Netherlands can still sell the Samsung Tablet as Apple initiated a separate proceeding in that country. But in the rest of Europe, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is now unmarketable. The Korean company will therefore reach an agreement with Apple, or yet to modify the design of its Galaxy Tab 10.1. In Australia, it has also announced the arrival of a new model which is not yet available.

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Lion passes Tweaks version 1.2

The small utility continues to unlock functions for Mac OS X Lion.

Fredrik Wiker Developer continues to update its small utility for Mac OS X Lion to restore certain functions available on Snow Leopard. Dubbed the Lion Tweaks, this software allows for example to re-enable access to the user's library, to force the display of the dock in 2D, remove animations of Windows either yet of the AutoCorrect. Version 1.1 was added a few options such as the display of hidden files, disabling the Windows crash, the hit-highlighting in stack in the Dock and the change of the interfaces of iCal and addressbook of leather to aluminum.

The latest version 1.2 also brings its lot of new features with the possibility of désactiviter the times for a single application option, reactivate the FTP server and customize the wallpaper of LauchPad. In short, essential software for those who want to recover a few abandoned or absent from Mac OS X Lion functions.

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Samsung communicates on the prohibition of sale

Samsung to defend themselves.

Yesterday, Apple has obtained a preliminary injunction of the Court of Düsseldorf in Germany temporarily banning the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Samsung shelves in Europe. In the aftermath, Samsung issued a press release:

Samsung is disappointed by the decision of justice, and we intend to respond immediately to defend our rights through the legal proceedings under way in Germany, and we will continue to defend the world. The application for interim relief has been made without that Samsung is to be warned, and the decision was made without any hearing or presentation of the defence of Samsung. We will take all necessary measures to ensure that innovative mobile communication devices from Samsung are available for customers in Europe and around the world. The decision of the Court in Germany not influence any other legal procedures to the various courts in Europe and elsewhere.

The Korean company has well to defend himself, but during this time, the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is suspended as a preventive measure to prevent potential harm. Only the final judgment to permanently ban the sale of the Tablet Samsung in Europe. Otherwise, Apple will probably compensate Samsung for losses related to the withdrawal of the Galaxy Tab 10.1.

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Apple has been the largest company in the world

For a short time, Apple has become more importa that Exxon Mobile.

As stated by experts, the stock market is very volatile at the moment. This volatility caused by the crisis of confidence in the financial markets to the capacity of States to pay off their debt leads of the sometimes surprising situations. Thus, the Apple company became, for some time, the first capitalization of the stock market on Wall Street passing Exxon Mobile.

To 7 pm, Paris time, the market capitalization of Apple reached $ 341,55 billion while that of Exxon Mobile did not exceed 341,2 billions of dollars. At the close, Exxon is ironed with a capitalization of 348.2 billion 346,74 billion for Apple. Today, Apple may take Wall Street head to stay there.

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iPad 2: other providers of screens

The problems encountered by LG, Apple turned to Samsung and Chimei.

According to DigiTimes, Apple is about to change provider of screens for its second generation iPad. The California-based company would have been forced to review its plans because of the problems of returns to the level of the currently produced by LG Display screens, an impressive number of screens would not withstand tests quality. Apple would have suspended the monitors from LG Display commands to turn to Samsung and Chimei Innolux.

In July, LG Display would have managed to produce only 2.5 million respecting the Apple specifications while the command amounted to 4 million units. During the same month, Samsung has produced 2 million screens for the iPad 2, more than the usual delivery of one million pieces.

Chimei Innolux manufacturer could take advantage of the situation by also increasing its production of screens for the iPad 2. It is much easier that this manufacturer is close to Foxconn, the final assembler of the Apple tablet. Despite logistical problems, Apple has managed to cover demand for iPad since the Tablet is now shipped under 24 h under 1-3 days in France and the United States.

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The old Paris on iPhone

How was Paris in 1900?

My town prior has published a very original application for iPhone and iPod touch to back a few years back. The Paris before application to view photos of Paris from 1900 to today to see the evolution of a particular place. The application is very well done and enables to use augmented reality to discover new places. The developers have also implemented a reporting system that allows to notify the user when it is near a place where old photos are available.

  

Finally, the application also offers descriptions of places and several tales. In short, a good way to discover Paris like you've never seen him. The Paris before application containing 1600 sites is currently in promotion on the App Store to 0.79 euro instead of 1.59 euro. Attention all the same, it is only compatible with the devices under iOS 4.0 and higher, and augmented reality does not work on iPhone 3 G. This application is also for the city of Metz.

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iOS 5.0 Beta 5 already unbridled

The latest beta version of iOS is already released.

In the wake of the publication of the fifth beta version of iOS 5.0, the Dev Team has updated its debridement RedSn0w tool so that it supports the latest version of the mobile operating system from Apple. RedSn0w 0.9.8b9 allows therefore of jailbreaker all iOS devices using this beta version of iOS in the the iPad except 2, always more complicated to release.

Attention, this jailbreak is temporary or in English "Captifs", which means that it is unable to restart the device iOS without a computer nearby to force of the boot sequence using RedSn0w, which is extremely restrictive. The latest débridable version of permanently is iOS 4.3.3 the jailbreakme.com site. It is unlikely that hackers offer new tools for the permanent jailbreak of 4.3.4 and 4.3.5 of iOS versions. All faults safety from now are kept warm for the public release of iOS 5.0.

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The first game for the Apple TV

When the Apple TV is the video game...

More person not to expect really and yet it is finally here: the first game for the Apple TV of second generation. Of course, this novelty is not to the credit of Apple, for which the Apple Tv is still only a simple hobby. The arrival of the first game on the Apple TV follows directly from the debridement of the aircraft via Season Pass. This tool allows to access a disk hard network from the Apple TV to read non-compatible with iTunes files, DivX for example, access to Last.fm or even to install Couch Surfer, a web browser for the Apple TV.

Therefore, a developer had the idea to develop a game in HTML5 perfectly compatible with the Apple TV. Of course, the game of BlackJack is very basic, but it illustrates the type of game that could accommodate the Apple TV. Is still rumored to show case Apple may have its own App Store applications adapted to the television: the weather, the Games compatible with the remote control or even to the games operator iOS devices.

 

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Apple blocks the sale of GalaxyTab 10.1 in Europe

Decidedly, Samsung is in the crosshairs of Apple.

After the temporary prohibition of placing on the market of the 10.1 of Samsung in Australia GalaxyTab, Apple has obtained a preliminary injunction of the Court of Düsseldorf in Germany who believes that the design of the Samsung Tablet violated Apple patents. As a result, the marketing of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is suspended in Europe, the day after his arrival on the market.

For the moment, only the Netherlands can still sell the Samsung Tablet as Apple initiated a separate proceeding in that country. But in the rest of Europe, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is now unmarketable. The Korean company will therefore reach an agreement with Apple, or yet to modify the design of its Galaxy Tab 10.1. In Australia, it has also announced the arrival of a new model which is not yet available.

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A fifth beta for iOS 5.0

Apple refines still its mobile operating system before the public release scheduled this fall.

Apple took the weekend to publish the fifth beta version of iOS 5.0. Intended only for developers, this update can be performed directly via the Wi - Fi network, it is one of the features of iOS 5.0, updates can be made directly on the device iOS without a computer. This process is still in test phase since Apple advised to perform a backup on iCloud before restoring the system after the upgrade. The delta update weighs only 128 MB against more than 500 MB for the full version.

This fifth beta mainly focuses on the correction of bugs and adds a new mode to improve the sound quality for the hearing impaired. This option would significantly reduce the Edge reception, according to Apple.

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Orange UK offers rentals of movies on iTunes

The operator Orange UK pamper customers.

In the United Kingdom, Orange has partnered with Apple to a new offer called the Film To Go. This service allows to rent a film per week free of charge. Only reserved for subscribers to the operator Orange, this offer allows therefore to some customers enjoy free film on their iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Apple TV on Mac and PC.

The procedure is relatively simple. Clients send a SMS to £ 0.35 Orange operator who then sends them a promotional code can be used on the iTunes Music Store. The rental terms and conditions are those of the iTunes Store that the rented movie is available for 30 days and it can be viewed in the 48 hours following the first reading. For now, Orange customers have the choice between The Wrestler, The Ghost, My Blueberry Nights or Che: Part One. This list will grow over the months.

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An Apple Store in Alaska and Italy

Apple continues to expand its direct distribution network.

Last Sunday, Apple opened its first store in Alaska. It is located at 320 West 5th Avenue in the city of Anchorage. It is probably the most eccentric boutique on the continent. Indeed, in a strange way, Apple is not yet present in all U.S. States since seven of them are still spared by Apple Madness: Arkansas, Montana, the North Dakota, the South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, and the State of West Virginia.

During the weekend, Apple also opened four other Apple Store in the world: a boutique in Utah to the United States, one in the town of Cheltenham in Australia, another at Waterloo at the Canada and finally, a shop in Florence in Italy Europe. Last July, Apple announced the opening of 33 new stores by 30 September. It remains therefore a little less than two months to Apple to open still 26 shops and reach the figure of 363 Apple Store in the world at the end of the fiscal year 2011.

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Apple has been the largest company in the world

For a short time, Apple has become more importa that Exxon Mobile.

As stated by experts, the stock market is very volatile at the moment. This volatility caused by the crisis of confidence in the financial markets to the capacity of States to pay off their debt leads of the sometimes surprising situations. Thus, the Apple company became, for some time, the first capitalization of the stock market on Wall Street passing Exxon Mobile.

To 7 pm, Paris time, the market capitalization of Apple reached $ 341,55 billion while that of Exxon Mobile did not exceed 341,2 billions of dollars. At the close, Exxon is ironed with a capitalization of 348.2 billion 346,74 billion for Apple. Today, Apple may take Wall Street head to stay there.

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Apple supports over Mac PowerPC

Apple is definitely a cross on the machines of PowerPC processors.

The arrival of Mac OS X Lion signed the end of the Apple machines based on PowerPC processors. Indeed, in addition to not install on PowerPC-based machines, as was already the case for Snow Leopard, the new Apple operating system integrates more the Rosetta emulator which allowed to run applications designed for PowerPC Mac so far. Late last week, Apple has released the list of machines that will no longer be supported by after-sales service from September 13, 2011. This list of obsolete products include therefore the PowerMac G5, iMac G5, the last Xserve RAID, 2005 and 2006. It was the last processor PowerPC-based machines still supported by Apple.

The Californian company does not stop the Mac mini and iMac using Intel Core Solo and Core Duo processors released in 2006, are also most taken in charge from September. It must be said that the Mac is not compatible with Mac OS X Lion that needs at least an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. If you have one of these machines and that you have a problem, it is time to go for a ride in your reseller before it's too late.

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The most effective Time Capsule news

Tests show that the new Time Capsule are more effective.

In June, Apple quietly renewed its Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme Base Station terminals. The first is disk hard network with support for backups Time Machine with more features of router with four ports - Gigabit Ethernet and the management of several networks Wi Fi simultaneously. AirPort Extreme is the same, but do not drive and only routing functions. Earlier this summer, therefore, the Time Capsule is passed to 3 To and model 1 To has been removed from the catalog for the benefit of the 2 TB. For Apple, these new made then no change except the hard disk, but the FCC documents indicated the contrary.

 

 

Our colleagues of AnandTech tested in depth new pillars Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme in comparison to previous models. Network Marvell chip has been replaced with a Broadcom chip with an enhanced power. Therefore, the scope of the new models has been largely improved, as the performance of transfers to long distance. For example, in the most distant place, the MacBook Pro 2010 could not hang the previous pillar while with the new model, it is possible to surf normally. Finally, Mac equipped with Broadcom chips come also to better exploit the potential of the new terminals, this is the case in all recent Mac, including the latest MacBook Pro 2011 and iMac have three antennas Wi - Fi and support the 802 .11n ready at 450 Mb/s. In practice, this allows to achieve flow of the order of 300 Mb/s, either 35 MB/s.

Small precision is important, this gain of power which can improve the scope and performance of the Apple terminals should not concern the European models since legislation limited the power of the devices to 100 mW on the 2.4 GHz band and 200 mW in the 5 GHz band while the power here achieved mtco2 with new models.

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Apple English Store gutted by precaution

Following the riots in England, several Apple Store were completely emptied.

To not be robbed entirely, the Apple Store of United Kingdom have been fully emptied their stock. The scenes are surreal and several users have posted photos on Twitter or Facebook to completely empty shops. The Apple Store in Liverpool or Manchester are concerned, but Apple resellers have also made the household like that of Canterbury.

 

 

In London, the Apple Store in Regent Store is simply monitored by the forces of order throughout the night. Finally, some vendors do not hesitate to show the absence of stocks on their showcase to deter robbers.It should be noted that since the beginning of the week, riots take place in London and some major cities of the United Kingdom.

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A dock for the iPhone charger

An original way to replace the USB cable.

The BlueLounge manufacturer offers a rather original accessory: the MiniDock. The latter to dispense with the USB cable to Apple dock connector and to place his iPhone or iPod directly on decision-making with the original charger Apple. Particularly suited to the American shipper, this solution also works with the European shipper. In the latter case, the outlet will a little more, suffer European charger is longer. The MiniDock also works with the "square" iPad magazines, in this case, it is more interesting to choose the American version of the product.

  

The three versions of the MiniDock: American, European and English

 

The BlueLounge MiniDock is marketed at a price of approximately $ 20 which should add $ 5 for delivery to the France.

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Sony follows lead of Apple with Thunderbolt

Sony has announced a range of Vaio Laptops new that will make the first non-Apple seller to use the thunder of Intel technology.Electronista reports, Sony is positioning the new range of Vaio Z as a competitor to MacBook Air, moving the optical drive and the graphics processor dedicated to an external dock to keep as small and thin as possible.

New laptop from Sony's Vaio Z

The Vaio Z connects to power media dock with Thunderbolt, but steps in the form of the mini DisplayPort Apple connector uses. Power media dock is home to a Radeon HD 6650M video card, an optical drive with Blu - Ray option, and USB ports, an HDMI port and VGA-out.The Vaio Z has a 13.1 inch screen with a resolution of 1600 x 900 and weighs less than 1.2 kg. It uses a dual-core 2.7 GHz Core i7 Intel processor and comes with up to 8 GB of RAM. It will be launched at the end of next month.Apple is rumored that it for preparing a new line of MacBook Air and reports suggest that the stocks of the existing models are executed down for this.Thunderbolt technology, originally developed by Intel under the code name "Light peak", allows the transfer of data at a speed of up to 10 Gbps (gigabits per second). It was thought that Apple would have at least one step ahead one year on from other vendors, when it introduced Thunderbolt ports on a new range of MacBook Pros and, subsequently, in the range iMac.During this time, Apple has released an update of the firmware for the update for Thunderbolt, as the accessory first related Thunderbolt began arriving on the Apple Store Tuesday. The update provides "performance and fixes stability" and requires Mac OS X 10.6.8.

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Iomega hard drive includes device iOS port of loading

Recent release Lion of Mac OS X from Apple shows how Mac and iOS platforms are overlapping. And third parties start to follow lead of blur to the Apple platform: Tuesday, Iomega has deployed an external hard drive which also contains a port of loading designed for Apple mobile devices.

Iomega Mac companion hard drive

The Iomega Mac companion hard drive is available in two sizes to and 3 to — 2. 7200 RPM drive comes in a compact design, Iomega said may tuck neatly in the basis of an iMac or Apple display.

Most important for the owners of Mac who also use iOS for Apple devices, however, the new hard drive includes a USB port of loading. Users can connect their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch in the reader of Mac companion for recharging the batteries on mobile devices, each time they are at their workstation.

It is not difficult to understand why Iomega decided to include a port of loading with its new hard disk. The drive manufacturer reported that Apple sold more than 9 million iPads in its fiscal year third quarter; during the same period of three months, iPhone sales exceeded $ 20 million. Combine this with third record quarter for Apple Mac sales, and that's a lot of people who have all sorts of gadgets designed in Cupertino.

In all, companion Mac hard drive offers two FireWire 800 ports, a USB 2.0 port and an integrated USB 2.0 hub of two ports. That this last connection means that users can connect printers, and other external hard drives or other devices for the new Iomega offer. Mac's Companion hard drive comes with three cables - one for FireWire 800, one for USB 2.0 and a conversion cable FireWire 400 and 800.

The sports also drive a gauge indicator of the capacity - essentially a set of four LEDs - gives users an idea of the amount of space they have left on the hard disk of companion Mac. Four white LEDs mean that less than 20 per cent of the capacity is used, for example, while a single red LED indicates that more than 80% of the storage space was used.

Mac companion Hard Drive from Iomega starts at $195 for the model 2 TB; version 3 fresh to $ 295. The reader understands the Iomega software for backup at the free level file QuickProtect and 2 GB of online backup by Mozy. The drive is initially available via the online store and the Apple retail points, although Iomega plans to increase sales to other stores and sites later in August.

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