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AT&T upgrades 3G as iPhone waits in the wings

Update at 8:35 a.m. PDT: More details have been added throughout.

For some reason, this hasn't drawn a ton of attention. But AT&T is edging closer to completing a 3G upgrade just in time in for the rumored release of a 3G iPhone next month.

On Wednesday, the company announced that it is only six cities away from reaching its goal of faster 3G uploads in 275 cities. AT&T has already deployed faster 3G download technology in these cities, and by the end of June, these markets will also have the faster upload … Read more

How-to reset Mac laptop battery via the System Management Controller

My MacBook Air has been down to about 2 hours of battery life and I finally looked into what the problem might be. At the same my friend who had the same issue took her MBA to the Apple Store and the guy there "fixed" hers. He didn't explain what he did but after some digging we figured out that he reset the System Management Controller.

After doing a full backup I reset mine and now the machine says I have 3 hours 40 minutes of battery life available, though I do have wifi turned off, which … Read more

Dialed In 32: An iPhone Wish List

We give our wish list of what we want out of the upcoming iPhone, plus chat about the FCC maybe ending early termination fees, new phones from T-Mobile and Sprint, a possible Treo comeback, and much more. Listen now: Download today's podcast NewsFCC may limit early termination fees http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9949465-1.htmlPalm Treo 800w/850 rumors http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9946211-1.html http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9949410-1.htmlT-Mobile Debuts new music phone http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9949156-1.htmlVirgin Mobile offers first Samsung phone http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9947411-1.htmlT-Mobile Sidekick Slide Scarlet http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9946039-1.html… Read more

What I want from the new iPhone

Another day, another 3G iPhone rumor. This time, the latest dish suggests that Apple CEO Steve Jobs will unveil the second generation of Apple's uberhyped iPhone on June 9, which is the first day of Apple's World Developer's Conference. And hold on to your hats fanboys and slamboys, as the gossip also predicts that the 3G iPhone will go on sale that very same day.

Unfortunately, we know very little about Apple's new products until the words tumble out of Jobs' mouth. Of course, we are certain that the new iPhone will added 3G and Microsoft … Read more

Apple iCal hit with three remote vulnerabilities

On Wednesday, Core Security announced three vulnerabilities within iCal, the personal calendar application that ships with the Mac operating system. The vulnerabilities affect iCal version 3.0.1 on MacOS X 10.5.1.

ZDNet's Ryan Naraine quotes an as-yet unpublished Core Security announcement as saying: "The vulnerabilities are caused due to iCal not properly sanitizing certain fields on iCal calendar files (.ics). This can be possibly exploited to crash iCal (first two bugs) or possibly execute arbitrary code (third bug) via malicious calendar updates or by importing a specially crafted calendar file."

Apple was rumored to … Read more

Apple iTunes targeted by phishers

We've seen banks, even eBay and PayPal, all targeted by phishers. Now they've turned their attention to iTunes, creating a bogus site that reportedly looks like an iTunes billing page asking for current credit card information.

"We've never seen Apple as the target," Proofpoint's Andrew Lochart told Computerworld on Tuesday. "It's probably indicative that the bad guys see Apple's online presence as large enough to be a target."

In addition to asking for credit card information, the phony iTunes page also asks for one's social security number and mother'… Read more

Buzz Out Loud 729: Wacky wireless Wednesday

It's all cell phones all the time: The FCC might make early-termination fees less of a problem, rural carriers want less exclusivity (and so do we), and no one wants cell phones on a plane except, strangely, Molly. Also, the second-generation $100 laptop will double as an e-book reader and cost $75, assuming it ever exits the realm of elaborate fiction. Listen now: Download today's podcast EPISODE 729

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Microsoft demos Zune advertising service http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146109/ microsoft_demos_zune_advertising_service.html… Read more

Apple, CBS sued over 'Mighty Mouse' device

A computer peripheral maker filed suit against Apple and CBS on Tuesday, claiming the companies are infringing on its trademark for the "Mighty Mouse" device.

Maryland-based Man & Machine says it was selling its chemical-resistant and waterproof mouse to hospitals a year before Apple sold its single-button mouse of the same name.

CBS owns the rights to the Mighty Mouse cartoon and licensed the use of the name to Apple. The network was named in the lawsuit because Man & Machine says it doesn't have the right to license the name. Both Man & Machine and CBS … Read more

Apple missing golden .Mac opportunity

If you're buying a computer to get onto the Internet, don't you think you'd be interested in a service that makes that computer much easier to use with the Internet?

Over the last five years, people have grown more accustomed to storing personal photos, documents, and files in the "cloud," rather than on a hard drive in their home. At the same time, they are buying Apple's Macs in larger numbers than ever. The company's answer to this trend has been its .Mac service, a $99-a-year collection of online tools released in 2002 … Read more