Apple tries to patent travel, hotel, shopping apps
The company applied for a patent on mobile applications for booking flights and hotels, as well as mobile shopping services.

Originally posted at Circuit Breaker

Friday Poll: Is the mouse, indeed, dead?
Some say Apple's new Magic Trackpad heralds a mouse-free future. Are mice a dying breed or will they take their place alongside multitouch and gesture?

Originally posted at Crave

The jailbreaking exemption has its limits
The "essential use" exemption means that only customers can legally perform jailbreaks. And it doesn't stop companies such as Apple from various work-arounds, argues Stanford Law Fellow Larry Downes.

Originally posted at News - Politics and Law

New Droid X ad laughs at Apple's bumpers
A new ad by Motorola's Droid X suggests the main difference between it and the iPhone is that it doesn't need a jacket.

Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

Apple to investigate iOS 4 problems on iPhone 3G
Some owners of the older model iPhone who upgraded to the most recent system software have complained of slowness and quickly drained batteries.

Originally posted at Circuit Breaker

Apple releases Safari Extensions Gallery
The company updates its Safari Web browser, offering users a gallery with extensions from the likes of Amazon, Bing, MLB.com, and Twitter.

A reality check on Jobs' 3G network complaint
The Apple CEO said it can take years to add new cell sites in cities like San Francisco. We set out to discover if that's true.

Originally posted at Circuit Breaker

Winners of CNET 100: Your top-10 iPhone apps
For two business weeks, CNET editors submitted their favorite iPhone apps for you, our readers, for your votes. Now the votes have been tallied and the results are in. See which are your top apps.

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

The new muscle inside the new iMac, Mac Pro
Apple's refresh of desktop lineup taps Intel chips in a way it never has before.

Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog

Study: iPad owners are selfish, unkind antigeeks
Research conducted among 20,000 people suggests that those who use iPads are power-hungry, selfish, unkind, non-altruistic, and the opposite of independent geeks.

Originally posted at Technically Incorrect