Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Student Discount for iCloud Quite Possible

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What the folks at 9to5mac are calling a source with some previous success has passed them, and therefor the world, some information about the upcoming iCloud in the form of an educational discount. Apple has been more than ready to offer discounts to students in the past (I myself have partaken in such a bounty more than once,) so this sort of deal certainly isn’t out of the question. Apple’s ties to schools have been what you and I know to be an integral part of their

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Motorola Atrix heads to T-Mobile

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T-Mobile has announced that it is joining its Everything Everywhere label-mate Orange in offering the Motorola Atrix. The network will be offering the super-charged smartphone for free on a £35.75 per month 24-month contract, which nets you 900 minutes, 500 texts and a 500MB data allowance to boot. Up your monthly payment, however, and you can grab the 'Work and Play' kit, which includes the Motorola HD media dock with three USB ports and an HDMI port, plus a remote control, mouse

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Vodafone axes tethering fees

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Vodafone UK has announced that it is no longer differentiating between on-device and tethered data use, hopefully marking the start of a trend that will cross the Atlantic and be copied by North American carriers. Customers must be on one of a new set of price plans, launching today, though existing subscribers can shift to a new plan with no contract extension, assuming it costs at least the same as they’re already paying.


The carrier does warn that tethering tends to burn

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Review: Updated: HTC Sensation

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HTC has gone from being an unknown manufacturer for bigger brands to one spewing out leading Android smartphones. The Desire was a landmark phone in the fight against the iPhone, but now tech has moved up a level - can the HTC Sensation stay at the sharp end?With the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S2, the Motorola Atrix and (to a degree) the LG Optimus 2X, dual-core phones have become the darling of the tech enthusiast.Our colleagues at T3.com grabbed some HTC Sensation video footage,

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Mac malware bypasses Apple File Quarantine in hours

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Dear Apple: welcome to the malware race. Despite Apple having released a new, daily-updating antivirus system yesterday to clean out the MacDefender menace, the authors of the malware responded within hours with a new version that bypasses the OS X defenses. ZDNet reports that it took less than 8hrs from the Mac Security Update 2011-003 definitions being released to an updated MacDefender build arriving.


As before, the malware – now going by the name Mdinstall.pkg –

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Video: Video: Top 10 free iPhone apps

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We're partying like it's the 1890s* here at TechRadar, rocking out with some moving pictures showcasing our top 10 free iPhone apps. That's right; we've waded through the App Store to fish out the best of the best and then turned them into a video so you don't even need to scroll through the page or anything. While you're probably familiar with the number one app, perhaps you're less well acquainted with TonePad, a graphical digital music toy, in at number nine, or alternative

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Apple iCloud labels onboard, but publishers still causing headaches tip insiders

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Apple is expected to sign a cloud music deal with Universal Music Group this week, completing its quartet of key labels ahead of the official iCloud launch promised for Monday’s WWDC 2011 keynote. The news follows suggestions that Apple intends not only to offer streaming audio services but cloud-based TV shows and movies, with negotiations already underway for some time.


If the Universal tip is true, it suggests Apple could be leaning somewhat on the label, given its

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