http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/narrows.content.focus/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/ebaydeals.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />eBay has launched Deals, a second free iPhone app. Likewise meant as a companion to the eBay website, the title differs from its sibling by concentrating exclusively on auctions with no bids and less than fours remaining. Users create custom searches, which screen matching listings for bidding. The app also highlights several categories, such as Daily Deals.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/narrows.content.focus/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/case.involves.embedded.web.apps/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/gavel.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Research and development company Eolas Technologies has filed a lawsuit against over a dozen companies, including major technology businesses such as Apple, Adobe, Amazon, Google, eBay and Sun. Eolas accuses the companies of violating two US patents, 5,838,906 and 7,599,985; the broadest of these is the first, which allegedly covers all "fully-interactive" embedded web applications. The second i... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/06/case.involves.embedded.web.apps/ Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/18/company.claims.large.scale.patent.violations/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/gavel.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple and eBay are among many online retailers named in a new patent infringement lawsuit, reports say. Filed by TQP Development, the suit alleges that the defendants are violating a 14-year-old patent, titled Encrypted Data Transmission System Employing Means for Randomly Altering the Encryption Keys. The company uses the specific example of Apple's online store, noting that the website generat... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/18/company.claims.large.scale.patent.violations/ Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/01/ebay.sells.off.skype/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0908/skypelogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Auction site eBay has completed a deal to sell off its Skype VoIP division, according to an announcement. The deal is said to be worth $2.9 billion, granting a 65 percent stake to an investor group including Silver Lake, Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. eBay is holding on to a 35 percent equity investment, and gaining $1.9 billion in cash, plus a ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/01/ebay.sells.off.skype/ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/20/little.disk.coloristic/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Combine PDFs 4.4 ($30) is a utility that allows users to merge PDF files and images into one PDF file. Users can also split a PDF file or create a new PDF file with interleaved pages from two different PDF files. Version 4.4 includes a new preferences window which allows users to set PDF files to open in either Acrobat Reader or Preview. The applications main window has been modified to fit better... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/20/little.disk.coloristic/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/23/apple.battles.fake.cards/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/iTunes.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is quietly combating fraudulent iTunes gift card offenders, writes the Washington Post. After using cards purchased from eBay, some shoppers are reporting that their iTunes accounts are being disabled. As a consequence, many claim that they are losing all iTunes Store purchases that are not backed up. Fake cards are typically said to be listed at $20 (for a $25 iTunes card), and originally ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/23/apple.battles.fake.cards/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/29/monitormymac.ivpn/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Tweetie ($20) allows users to post tweets, organize conversations, and search for popular topics on the popular social networking site Twitter. With the latest update the software is now capable of recording and posting videos through an iSight camera. Videos can also be uploaded by dragging the source files to Tweetie's main window. The update has also improved Growl notifications and fixed a bug... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/29/monitormymac.ivpn/ Fri, 29 May 2009 15:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/20/ebaytoical.checkup/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AudioLobe 3.9 ($20) allows users to alter the playback speed and pitch rate of audio files, which can be helpful when attempting to learn a difficult section of a song. AudioLobe allows users to save the altered files meaning users can keep copies of tracks for practicing along with. Version 3.9 has added the ability to work with MPEG1-Muxed files. [Download - 2.1MB]... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/20/ebaytoical.checkup/ Wed, 20 May 2009 15:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/10/ebay.iphone.auction.gone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0903/iphoneprot.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />An eBay auction claiming to offer original prototype iPhones has been pulled at the request of Apple, the seller claims. Speaking to the press, the seller explains that "as many people predicted would happen, Apple has contacted eBay to close the listing." A purported demonstration video on YouTube has also been pulled, with a simple disclaimer stating only that "This video is no longer availabl... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/10/ebay.iphone.auction.gone/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/10/prototype.iphones.on.ebay/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0903/iphoneprot.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />An auctioner at eBay claims to be selling two prototype models of the original iPhone. Although only one of the phones is operational, it is said to be running an alpha or beta version of the iPhone OS, distinguished by rudimentary graphics and completely different button layouts. The phone is unable to sync with iTunes, but can nevertheless make calls and take photos, as well as receive text me... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/10/prototype.iphones.on.ebay/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:40:00 GMT