Child labor at Apple’s suppliers in China? You betcha. Apple says it discovered a number of 15-year-olds working last year, among numerous other factory transgressions.
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Telegraph
The Associated Press has an iPad app in development. For a paid subscription, it will aggregate news from AP and more than 1,000 member news sources.
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Business Insider
Yet another Camera RAW update adds support for these recent models: Hasselblad H3DII-50; Leica M9, X1; Olympus E-P1, E-P2; Panasonic GF1; Pentax K-7, K-x; Sony Alpha A500, A550, A850
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Apple
February 26 2010
feature: Seven steps to netbook marital bliss with Windows 7
More than fifty million netbooks have been sold since the phenomenon’s beginnings in late 2007, and of those, only a small fraction run Windows 7. With cheap licenses available in family packs and academic discounts, and XP installs increasingly decrepit, ugly, and vulnerable to malware, lots of Windows 7 upgrades are going to happen. However, a quick install from a USB DVD-ROM or thumb drive won’t let users get the most out of a netbook. As with the Hindu Saptapadi wedding vows, there are seven steps to optimizing your netbook for maximum Windows 7 performance.
Boxee has brought back Apple TV support with its latest beta, after a brief break of no Apple TV love from the Boxee team.
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Boxee, Apple TV/Boxee instructions
Two new TiVos have appeared in Best Buy’s inventory system ahead of an expected March 2 unveiling.
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Engadget
Apple has released an update for Aperture 3 that addresses memory and disk problems related to importing large libraries. It also includes stability and performance improvements.
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Aperture 3.0.1, previous Ars coverage
February 25 2010
Apple is a "mobile devices" company in post-iPhone world
Apple COO Tim Cook answered a round of questions during the annual Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference Tuesday and ended up discussing various aspects of Apple’s business. A major thread throughout Cook’s talk was the fact that Apple thinks of itself as a “mobile devices company,” echoing Steve Jobs’ comments at the recent iPad introduction that Apple competes with the likes of Nokia and Sony when it comes to revenue.
February 24 2010
Microsoft Asia prototypes fancy new inductive charging pad
Microsoft has applied for a neat patent for a smart inductive charger (via Being Manan). Inductive charging, used for example in the Palm Pre’s Touchstone, allows for contactless charging of devices in close proximity.
The charger couples inductive charging with an LCD screen that can be used to show off “weather conditions, sports scores, news headlines, and/or other selected items” through a wireless connection to a PC. More useful, I would think, would be some indication of the charging status of the device.
