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Seton Hill University: An iPad for Everyone!

Submitted by Chris on March 30, 2010 - 1:09pm

Seton Hill University has announced that starting this fall semester, all full-time students will be given a iPad (wi-fi of course). Expect to see a lot more universities following this trend in the next coming years.

Seton Hill University will give a new Apple iPad to every full-time student in fall 2010.

Students will be able to download their textbooks to their iPads from the iBook Store. In addition, iPads can be used as phones and for air and file sharing, as well as note-taking.

[Via TUAW]

Apple Posts iPad Guided Tours

Submitted by Chris on March 29, 2010 - 11:59am

The best way to spend a Monday afternoon :). Go check them out!

Apple Releases OS X 10.6.3

Submitted by Chris on March 29, 2010 - 11:39am

Apple has just updated Snow Leopard to version 10.6.3. (You can grab via Software Update)The 10.6.3 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

Apple Boycotts Fox News Advertising

Submitted by Chris on March 28, 2010 - 9:32pm

The Washington Post is reporting that Apple has abandoned Fox News advertising altogether because of the controversial Glenn Beck's program.

More than 200 companies have joined a boycott of Beck's program, making it difficult for Fox to sell ads. The time has instead been sold to smaller firms offering such products as Kaopectate, Carbonite, 1-800-PetMeds and Goldline International. A handful of advertisers, such as Apple, have abandoned Fox altogether.

Link: Screenshots of Yahoo!, Omnigraffle, Bento, Brushes from the iPad App Store

Submitted by Chris on March 27, 2010 - 11:18pm

Sneak Video Preview of Kobo Books' Upcoming iPad App

Submitted by Chris on March 26, 2010 - 1:10pm

Just days after Amazon teased us with the upcoming Kindle app for the iPad, Kobo Books has posted a sneak peek video of what they have been working on. Like Apple's iBooks app, Kobo sports a highly interactive bookshelf UI but with even more customization options. It looks really good.

With Barnes & Noble also expected to have their own e-book app available at launch, the iPad will have content available from all the major e-book stores. This will immediately make it more appealing than a stand-alone device from any of these companies...
I'm still a bit puzzled as to why Apple did not make iBooks a default app however.

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Untethered Jailbreak for 3GS, iPod Touches, maybe iPad

Submitted by Chris on March 26, 2010 - 2:46am

Geohot has posted a teaser video of his latest jailbreak software that will successfully provide you with an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS and the 2nd and 3rd gen iPod Touches. Currently, owners of these devices can jailbreak using blackra1n, however, they need to keep their device connected via the USB cable during reboots. This was caused by a change in the boot rom in the iPhone 3GS and some nand flash technicalities with the iPod touch. Apparently these problems have now been circumvented. Most importantly however is that Geohot thinks the new jailbreak software may also work on the iPad. Hehe...a jailbroken iPad.

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Link: Is CBS preparing to launch an iPad-compatible video site?

Submitted by Chris on March 25, 2010 - 3:00pm

We shouldn't be surprised if most of the Network TV sites are doing this or will do it in the near future. Wake me up when Hulu.com becomes flash-free.

Preview of the Content Aware Fill Feature in CS5

Submitted by Chris on March 25, 2010 - 2:45pm

Adobe has announced that it will be shipping CS5 on April 12th at 8:00 AM Pacific Time. Here's a sneak peak at an amazing new feature called content aware fill.

Apple now accepting iPad Apps

Submitted by Chris on March 19, 2010 - 1:59pm

Apple sent out an email to developers today informing them that they are now accepting apps for the iPad. "The iPad will begin shipping soon and your opportunity to be part of the grand opening of the iPad App Store starts today. Submit your iPad app now for an initial review by the App Review Team and receive feedback on its readiness for the grand opening. Apps must be submitted by March 27."