Internet Explorer 8: Ad Removed

Following lots of complaints an online ad for Internet Explorer 8 has been removed, the ad is said to have shown a woman projectile vomiting. Shortly after the complaints Microsoft removed the ad.

The ad apparently showed a woman looking through her husband’s history which results in her vomiting. Apparently the a video can still be seen on YouTube. The ad was meant to promote Internet Explorer 8’s InPrivate browsing feature, instead of promoting Internet Explorer 8’s functionality it ended up causing controversy.

A lot of viewers were said to be so disgusted with the ad that they thought that it was a fake, presumably made by Apple users.
Microsoft stated “We make a point of listening to our customers”, and the intention of the a was meant to be tongue in cheek.

Check out the full statement on ComputerWorld.

Did you see the ad? What was your thought?

LG planning to release an iPhone rival this year

LG have revealed that they are planning to release a series of new luxury phones, including a new PRADA phone and another model which they hope will rival the Apple iPhone. Read more

IPhone 3GS: AT&T Sales Record

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Apple struggle to control nudity on iPhone App store

It seems that Apple are having trouble containing explicit content on their App store, after recent reports that they have banned a second App in the same week for featuring explicit material. Read more

Palm Pre: O2 Rumored to have UK Exclusive

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IPhone OS 3.0: SMS Fix on its way

Since the release of Apple OS 3.0 on the whole reviews have been pretty good, however recently a vulnerability has been found that may allow an attacker to run unauthorized code with full access to the device. The vulnerability is said to be with SMS message handling, and Apple are said to be working on a fix.

Apple are doing their best to have a fix ready before 25th-30th of July, this is due to the Black Hat USA conference which takes place on these dates.

A security researcher named Charlie Miller is said to have found the security vulnerability and is said to present his findings during the Black Hat USA conference. This is not the first time Miller has found vulnerabilities with Apple software, last year he won awards for exploiting previously unknown vulnerabilities in their Safari Web browser.

Check out InformationWeek for a more detailed look into the vulnerability.

Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 Now Live

Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 is now live, but it seems that a number of users might find it hard to make the switch from Google Maps. IntoMobile explains how he would like to say how great they think Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 is, but they do not find any reason to move away from Google Maps. Read more

Mac OS X 10.5.8 Beta’s: All bases covered

With our recent look into the Snow Leopard Beta release it is becoming obvious that Apple are literally given every aspect of the Operating System a once over. With all these changes and how much redesign Apple are undertaking a lot of experts believe that this will be the update for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Read more

Apple Mac Sales and Shipments Increasing

Since a recent promotion and re-pricing of Apple’s MacBook Pro series, Apple have seen a boost in their personal computer shipments. This growth wasn’t greatly expected due to the current economic climate. Apparently Apple have sold 2.5million Mac’s in the second quarter of this year. Read more

Apple dropping NVIDIA in future iMacs and laptops

It has been speculated that Apple are planning to end their partnership with graphics company Nvidia in future versions of the iMac and laptop ranges in the next few years to come.

The news is according to MacRumors, who have obtained the info from SemiAccurate. They have said that the reason to continue the partnership is because of Nvidia manufacturing defects that were found in various MacBook Pro models.

It now looks likely that Apple will choose to return to Intel-based chipsets as they will want to avoid any further manufacturing defects in future models.

Theres more info over at MacRumors, let us know your thoughts on the news.

New Apple Patent Application: Karaoke on the iPhone

In a very interesting story, it has been revealed that Apple have published a patent which reveals plans to release some sort of Karaoke application for the iPhone. Read more

Edifier iF500 iPod Dock released

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ColorWare’s Stealth MacBook Pro: Specs and Price

Most of ColorWare’s custom paintjobs on devices are usually bright and vibrant; however ColorWare’s latest design is a matte black MacBook Pro. They call this the Stealth MacBook Pro. Read more

New iPhone Apps: Rick Dangerous

We are sure theres a few retro gamers out there who remember the classic Rick Dangerous way back on the Amiga. Well good news for fans of that game, as an iPhone and iPod Touch version has just been released. Read more

How to improve iPhone 3GS (3.0 update) voice control?

We have now had just less than two weeks with the new Apple iPhone 3G S that came with the new iPhone OS 3.0 software update. One of the features they we have used the most is the new Voice Control, and with an update already being planned for the latest OS, how can Apple improve the Voice Control features. Read more

Apple iPhone SDK 3.1: Voice Control with Bluetooth

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Apple iPhone Travel Apps: Top 20

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BlackBerry Tour on Sprint or Verizon Wireless?

We know that the BlackBerry Tour 9630 is coming; there have been a number of release dates thrown in the air over this much-anticipated handset, which is coming to both Sprint and Verizon Wireless. We have mentioned in a recent post that Sprint was to get the Tour in July, and that Verizon had delayed theirs until August. Read more

Some iPhone 3.1 software and 4.0 phone ideas

We wrote an article yesterday asking for your wishlist for the new iPhone OS 3.1, and one response that we had needed a mention. One of our readers gave us their tips as to what they would like to see from not only the iPhone OS 3.1 software update, but also the new Apple iPhone 4.0 (aka 2010 iPhone). Read more

Palm Pre Sales Beat Expectations

When Palm released the Palm Pre they expected quite high sales, but according to reports these estimates were vastly underestimated. Palm is currently producing 15,000 units per day in an attempt to keep ahead of demand.

Apart from its nice design the thing that seems to have impressed most users is its easy to use stable Operating System (webOS). Read more

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