More rumored details of a new 11-inch MacBook Air are trickling in. This time, the rather comprehensive list of new features comes from ex-Wired.com editor and Cult of Mac boss Leander Kahney, and even includes some guesses at the price. According to Kahney’s “well-placed source”, there will be two versions of the new MBA announced this [...]Read similar

UPDATE 3: And the images were fake. UPDATE 2: Leander here. I go to pick up my kids after school and all hell breaks loose. Two things: 1. TMZ’s pictures are very upsetting but there is clearly news here. Unfortunately, the images make abundantly clear why Jobs just resigned. If these images are real, they [...]Read similar

We haven’t…uh…tried this yet (primarily because Cult editor Leander Kahney refuses to get back into his fencing Mexican-wrestler costume after last year’s Halloween fiasco) but it looks pretty damn cool, or something. Sonic Speed Ball sets up a Bluetooth connection between two iPhones (or BT-equipped iPods), then simulates a virtual ball that can be smacked [...]Read similar

Imagine if you could fit all of your Mac's personality -- settings, documents, and even applications -- into your iPhone, and then be able to have any Mac turn into your Mac. According to a source who talked with Cult of Mac's Leander Kahney, the iPhone 5 is expected to allow you to easily perform this type of magic through a Near Field Communication (NFC) capability built into the device. NFC's initial use would be to turn the iPhone 5 into a passcode-protected electronic wallet or security passkey (like a SecureID fob) that would communicate via the short-range wireless technology to other c... Read similar

The gaping security hole in Mobile Safari has been fixed with updates to Apple’s iOS operating system. Apple has just updated iOS to 4.0.2 for the iPhone (and iPod touch) and iOS 3.2.2 for the iPad. The updates patch a security vulnerability that allowed Safari to run code embedded in PDF files. The updates are [...] Read similar

Here’s a reminder about Ubergizmo’s Digital Summer party, a festival of fashion, photography, tech and fun, which is coming up fast. On August 25, San Francisco’s glamorous people will gather for Digital Summer, an annual fashion show/tech-showcase that attracts throngs of the city’s brightest young things. Last year, there was a line around the block. (Check out [...] Read similar

Take this with a pinch of salt, but we’ve been tipped that Apple’s rumored $1 TV subscription service, due to be unveiled next week, is technically correct but missing an important detail. Instead of renting individual TV shows for $1, customers will pay $1 a month for ALL EPISODES of that show. In other words, [...] Read similar

The iPhone Dev-Team will not release a jailbreak for iOS 4.0.2/3.2.2. “With FW 4.1 still in its beta stages, it makes no sense to escalate the ‘cat & mouse’ with Apple for FW updates that only fix the jailbreak holes,” the Dev Team says on its blog. “To quote WOPR, ‘the only winning move is [...] Read similar

Here are three of the best alternative iTunes 10 icons so far, and instructions how to install them: This cloud-inspired iTunes 10 icon is by designer Pedja Rusic. … we are done with the cd-s, but we are gonna store them on a cloud like drive. That has some kind of connection to a server etc. [cuz [...] Read similar

Apple has moved quickly to debunk this morning’s story that Steve Jobs tried to smuggle ninja stars aboard a private plane. “Steve did visit Japan this summer for a vacation in Kyoto, but the incidents described at the airport are pure fiction,” Apple told All Things Digital. “Steve had a great time and hopes to [...] Read similar