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Should I be locked into a contract? One that I agreed to and accepted, and furthered my acceptance by making the agreed to payments for a number of months. I would not waste my time in Small Claims Court, fully realizing I had no case. The iPhone is just the first of what should be an avalanche of technology and and hopefully style, if not iPhone 2.0. MACHINIST reports on a House committee looking into the locking of the iPhone to one provider and the $175 cancellation fee by AT&T and similar fees by others. More …

HFS has been with us since the dark ages (Classic). According to an article by Rixstep, the possibility of Sun Microsystem’s Zettabyte File System for OS X Leopard, requires another look at the present file system for OS X. Does Apple intend to occupy both in Mac Classic OS and the world of UNIX without regard for the proven UNIX file system? Incorporating the Sun file system would mediate all concerns. More …

There’s a company called Blendtec that makes a high-powered blender. To showcase its capabilities, they’ve done a number of hilarious “Will It Blend?” videos that feature a wide variety of objects being subjected to blending. They’ve destroyed a can of fake cheese, old toilet components, and even a garden hose. But for their latest spin de force, Blendtec put an iPhone into their demon blender, and… More …

This is only summer, and the iPhone has periodically knocked out up 30 campus wireless access points. Talks are going on with the router provider, Cisco, and a troubleshooting ticket has been opened with Apple. Full time school opens in late August, so they have some time. More …

Get ten applications for only $49. Get GraphicConverter, Fetch, iWOW, GarageSale, Cocktail, ProfCast, Amadeus Pro, Little Snitch, Intaglio and TechTool Pro! For the first seven your registrations will be available instantly after purchase, but Little Snitch, Intaglio and TechTool Pro become part of the bundle only after they are unlocked.

To unlock the locks, the goal is to reach 9,999 bundle sales in 9 days. With each purchase, the blue status bar moves closer, unlocking products into the bundle as you go. Finally, when 5,999 sales are reached, TechTool Pro is unlocked. More …

Update: The magic number has been reach, making all applicaitons available. This is thus a super deal.

InfoWorld covers the announcement this week from NetSuite, that its web-based ERP and CRM service displays on the iPhone just fine.. ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems helps track and manage your customer relations. NetSuite claims that customers already use the iPhone and the SuitePhone solution in the field to look up customer history, process credit cards, and even do payroll. Lack of iPhone’s most wanted feature, drag and drop, will make use of the service more difficult. More …

Restore firmware in which the install was interrupted or failed:

You can only use this to restore the firmware after an interrupted or failed update. If your computer is already in this state, you’ll need to download the software and create the CD on another Macintosh computer, or you can take your computer to an Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider to restore your firmware. This CD can be created on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macintosh computers. More …

Apple’s MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.3 “fixes a display issue on 2.2/2.4GHz 15-inch MacBook Pro models.” MacBook Pro Software Update 1.0 must have been applied first The update enables display rotation for 2nd display.

Affected applications include (but may not be limited to) FaxSTF, World of Warcraft, TurboTax 2006, and Full Tilt Poker.

The Console log may show the following error message:

Error locating symbol - dlcompat: Symbol “_JVTDecoOpen” not found

Easiest solution is the upgrade to QuickTime 7.2 More …

This update fixes a vulnerability that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code. This update also addresses an issue with using public folders in Entourage, and it contains the latest postal code information for Japanese addresses. More …