No NFC on New iPhone?⇢

This make a lot of sense to me. Not only do the leaked parts build a case against it, the real world just isn’t NFC-ready yet. Don’t get me wrong, I think Apple is the company that could make NFC go mainstream, but I don’t see it happening this fall.

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Apple to Build Next Mars Rover⇢

Ulysse Merou:

Searching for organic carbon compounds buried in soil 35 million miles from home? There’s an app for that.

Faced with severe budget cutbacks, NASA has turned to Apple for help with its next Mars lander.

Man, I love Scoopertino.

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Apple Wins Samsung Trial⇢

Nilay Patel:

Perhaps most importantly, the jury ruled that many of Samsung’s infringements were “willful” — that is, the company deliberately copied Apple’s patents. That’s how they got to that $1.051 billion damage award; they punished Samsung for doing it on purpose.

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10.8.1 Released⇢

Here are the fixes:

  • Resolve an issue that may cause Migration Assistant to unexpectedly quit
  • Improve compatibility when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server in Mail
  • Address an issue playing audio through a Thunderbolt display
  • Resolve an issue that could prevent iMessages from being sent
  • Address an issue that could cause the system to become unresponsive when using Pinyin input
  • Resolve an issue when connecting to SMB servers with long names
  • Address a issue that may prevent Safari from launching when using a Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) file
  • Improve 802.1X authentication with Active Directory credentials

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