• Caught in the Act: HP Chairman is a Mac user

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    HP Chairman is a MAC User

    A few days ago, Retures published an interview with HP executive chairman Ray Lane where he, as the photo above shows, was busy using a Mac. This is not the first time for Apple competitors caught using MAC devices in the public.

    Another example for such thing, during a Microsoft Store opening in McLean, Virginia. As noted by CultofMac, the DJ brought to entertain the crowd was using a MacBook Pro cover by Microsoft sticker. Check out the photo below

    DJ using a Mac in Microsoft Store

  • New Samsung Ad Bashes iPhone Fans

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    New Samsung Ad Bashes iPhone Fans

    Samsung has dropped a new ad for their Galaxy SII touting the device larger screen and 4G speeds and bashing Apple fans who stand in line for the latest iPhone for days without knowing there is something better. So this is Samsung’s way to counter the incredible popularity of the iPhone. Watch the ad below:

  • Siri Protocol Cracked

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    Siri

    It seems the guys over at Applidium have managed to get Siri’s protocol cracked, this actually opens the door to all sorts of possibilities letting Siri to, potentially, be ported to various apps and devices including iPad, Android devices or other third-party apps.

    Apple has already gone into some detail of how Siri works. Basically it works by communicating with Apple’s remote servers, the speech you feed you iPhone 4S is sent, deciphered by the servers and then bounces it back to your handset.

    Today, we managed to crack open Siri’s protocol. As a result, we are able to use Siri’s recognition engine from any device. Yes, that means anyone could now write an Android app that uses the real Siri! Or use Siri on an iPad! And we’re going to share this know-how with you.

    But there is one little snag to this in that the Apple servers need an identifier key called a UDID associated to an iPhone 4S model only to get Siri work.

  • iOS 5.0.1 iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV Direct Download Links Repository

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    Apple has just released iOS 5.0.1. The update brings battery life fixes for all devices running iOS 5, as well as security improvements and multitasking gestures on the original iPad. Battery life issues are said to be fixed as well.

    iOS 5.0.1 update

    This update contains improvements and other bug fixes including:

    – Fixes bugs affecting battery life
    – Adds Multitasking Gestures for original iPad
    – Resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud
    – Improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation

    device current version date found
    AppleTV(2G) (AppleTV2,1)
    4.4.2 (9A336a)
    		 10/24/2011 17:51:03
    iPad (iPad1,1)
    5.0.1 (9A405)
    		 11/10/2011 13:06:01
    iPad2(wifi) (iPad2,1)
    5.0.1 (9A405)
    		 11/10/2011 13:06:01
    iPad2(at&t) (iPad2,2)
    5.0.1 (9A405)
    		 11/10/2011 13:06:01
    iPad2(vz) (iPad2,3)
    5.0.1 (9A405)
    		 11/10/2011 13:06:01
    iPhone (iPhone1,1)
    3.1.3 (7E18)
    		 04/08/2010 21:05:48
    iPhone3G (iPhone1,2)
    4.2 (8C148)
    		 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPhone3GS (iPhone2,1)
    5.0.1 (9A405)
    		 11/10/2011 13:06:01
    iPhone4 (iPhone3,1)
    5.0.1 (9A405)
    		 11/10/2011 13:06:01
    iPhone4(vz) (iPhone3,3)
    5.0.1 (9A405)
    		 11/10/2011 13:06:01
    iPhone4S (iPhone4,1)
    5.0.1 (9A405)
    		 11/10/2011 13:06:01
    iPodTouch(2G) (iPod2,1)
    4.2 (8C148)
    		 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPodTouch(3G) (iPod3,1)
    5.0.1 (9A405)
    		 11/10/2011 13:06:01
    iPodTouch(4G) (iPod4,1)
    5.0.1 (9A405)
    		 11/10/2011 13:06:01
    last updated: 11/10/2011 15:55:02 EDT