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iSuit: 'America's Premier Puzzlemaster' Sues Apple for Allegedly Parking In His Spot (So to Speak)

Don Rubin's original 1977 puzzle; the goal is to get the black car out of the lot in the fewest possible movesDon Rubin is "America's Premiere Puzzlemaster" -- or so his lawyers would inform you on the very first line of Rubin's suit vs. Apple. It seems Rubin has a legitimate claim to that title -- ... More >>

Will the Real iPhone Apps Please Stand Up?

Don Rubin's original 1977 puzzle; the goal is to get the black car out of the lot in the fewest possible movesDon Rubin is "America's Premiere Puzzlemaster" -- or so his lawyers would inform you on the very first line of Rubin's suit vs. Apple. It seems Rubin has a legitimate claim to that title -- ... More >>

Activist's Blackberry Stolen From His Bedside at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion Hospital Room -- Authorities Suspect Employee

Photo | Bonnie Powell / UC BerkeleyGideon Sofer On the evening of May 10, Gideon Sofer lay in a UCSF Medical Center Mount Zion hospital bed. A 23-year-old U.C. Berkeley graduate, noted advocate for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and stamp collector, Sofer recently created his o ... More >>

Mount Zion Won't Fully Reimburse Patient For Blackberry Stolen From Hospital Room

Photo l Bonnie Powell / UC Berkeley Gideon Sofer​ ​The investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Gideon Sofer's Blackberry from his hospital room at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion is ongoing. But in the meantime, patient relations has offered Sofer just $100 to replace t ... More >>

Five Shitty Things About Concerts We Need Apps For

​Keep those phone chargers handy, people. With a patent application filed last week, Apple let on that it's creating an entire e-ticket system for the iPhone and iTunes. Concertgoers will be able to buy tickets through the iTunes store, store them on anything from an iMac to an iPhone, and scan th ... More >>

An App for Drinks and Apps

​Keep those phone chargers handy, people. With a patent application filed last week, Apple let on that it's creating an entire e-ticket system for the iPhone and iTunes. Concertgoers will be able to buy tickets through the iTunes store, store them on anything from an iMac to an iPhone, and scan th ... More >>

iPhones and iPads revolutionize beatmaking, piano playing, and symphony conducting

​Keep those phone chargers handy, people. With a patent application filed last week, Apple let on that it's creating an entire e-ticket system for the iPhone and iTunes. Concertgoers will be able to buy tickets through the iTunes store, store them on anything from an iMac to an iPhone, and scan th ... More >>

@sk Jamie Varon: Is it okay to tweet while my wife is in labor?

​Keep those phone chargers handy, people. With a patent application filed last week, Apple let on that it's creating an entire e-ticket system for the iPhone and iTunes. Concertgoers will be able to buy tickets through the iTunes store, store them on anything from an iMac to an iPhone, and scan th ... More >>

What Apple's Big Announcement Means for Music Fans

How will this pretty little thing shake up the music world?​Yeah, yeah, the new iPhone 4 is slick and skinny and sports two video cameras. But will today's news shake up the music world as Apple developments have in the past? Our thoughts below:Mobile music videos: Get ready for a world of iPhone- ... More >>

@sk Jamie Varon: Is it Okay to Tweet While My Wife is in Labor?

​ Dear Jamie, My wife is due to have our baby any day now. When she goes into labor, I want to document the process in real time on Twitter, which I think would make compelling reading. That probably sounds horrible, but I'm a writer, and like many writers, my life often serves as material. I mean ... More >>

S.F. Cell Phone Radiation Law 'Bogus,' Says U.C. San Francisco Radiologist

Your cell phone's radiation emissions won't turn you into the Hulk. You have our word. ​Type of radiation emitted by cell phones, A-bombs not the same, says UCSF scientist dismissive of San Francisco's new law. Fans of The Incredible Hulk will undoubtedly recall that it was massive doses of gamma ... More >>

Consumer Reports' Thumbs Down on iPhone 4 an Old Media Throwback

​In a world of viral marketing where everyone with a computer and an opinion is potentially a widely read critic, Consumer Reports' message to hold off on purchasing an iPhone 4 was like something out of the way-back machine. While there have been class-action lawsuits claiming Apple's new gizmo h ... More >>

Did Steve Jobs Know iPhone 4 Antenna was a Lemon?

This photo of Steve Jobs was taken a tad before he purportedly knew the iPhone 4 antenna is janky​What did Steve Jobs know and when did he know it? Bloomberg is reporting that Apple's chief antenna engineer told Jobs that the antenna design could lead to dropped calls very early in the phone's des ... More >>

'There Is No Antennagate': Steve Jobs Wants You to Buy iPhone 4, Stop Bothering Him

Bread, circuses, and free crap for all you whiners...​No longer able to ignore the mounting flack from the press for ignoring the cries of enraged geeks -- and the empowered geeks at Consumer Reports --  Apple CEO Steve Jobs today addressed the sea of complaints about the iPhone 4's spotty an ... More >>

Jailbreak! iPhone Users Can Now Legally Download Apps Apple Hasn't Approved.

Tough luck, Steve...​The Library of Congress' copyright office today approved an application submitted by San Francisco's Electronic Frontier Foundation which will allow millions of iPhone owners to get out of jail -- free. It is now legal for iPhoners to break electronic locks and download applic ... More >>

Broadcasters and the RIAA Want to Force FM Radio into Smartphones

​In today's news from Planet Too Dumb To Exist, Ars Technica and others are reporting that the broadcast radio industry and the Recording Industry Association of America are working on proposed national legislation that would, among other things, require that all portable electronics like smartpho ... More >>

Worried About Cell Phone Radiation? There's an App for That.

WARNING! CODE RED!​This June, San Francisco became the first city in the United States to require retailers to post information about how much radiation cell phones emit. Now, an Israeli company is capitalizing on the as-yet-unjustified anxiety surrounding cell phone radiation and allowing phone u ... More >>

Mobile app measures cellphone radiation

WARNING! CODE RED!​This June, San Francisco became the first city in the United States to require retailers to post information about how much radiation cell phones emit. Now, an Israeli company is capitalizing on the as-yet-unjustified anxiety surrounding cell phone radiation and allowing phone u ... More >>

Study Finds Many iPhone Users Are Tea Party Supporters (Really)

Apple's iPhone: The preferred mobile device of semi-literate morons​We certainly wouldn't have seen this one coming. A poll released today by the tech policy group CALinnovates.org reveals that iPhone users -- whom we would have firmly placed in the same consumer class as those who sip lattes and ... More >>

AT&T Officially Sucks, Says Consumer Reports

But this battle station does have weaknessess...​Earlier this year, Consumer Reports unloaded on the iPhone 4. Now the influential magazine has given the thumbs-down to the iPhone's obligatory service carrier, AT&T. Echoing the bellowed curses of legions of iPhone-wielding yappers, Consumer Re ... More >>

mSpot Lets You Stream Your iTunes Library on Your iPhone

via VentureBeat​There are smartphone apps which give you access to millions of streaming songs. But sometimes they don't have those rare recordings that you spent months tracking down. And there are smartphone apps that kinda, sorta let you connect to your home-based server or hard drive. But the ... More >>

We Answer the Important Questions About the Verizon iPhone

​After years (possibly decades) of speculation, the iPhone 4 is finally coming to Verizon. Current iPhone owners must certainly be intrigued, because using an iPhone in San Francisco on AT&T's network is about as enjoyable as a fine winter flu. If you can even manage to get a signal -- and goo ... More >>

iPad and iPhone Users Sue AT&T for Overbilling Customers

Small phone, huge bill​iPad and iPhone users might want to take a quick look at their phone bills -- they could be getting ripped off. In a class action lawsuit filed last week in San Francisco, millions of iPad and iPhone users are suing AT&T for overbilling customers and overstating web traf ... More >>

Apple Sued for Privacy Invasion -- Again

What does he know about you?​The number of iPad and iPhone users that claim Apple has passed around their private information is growing by the day.In December, two separate groups of iPad and iPhone users sued Apple, Inc., claiming the company had created apps that distributed personal informatio ... More >>

iPhone 5 Gets New Antenna Design, No More Dropped Calls...Hopefully

The next generation ​To this day, one of the most widely read blogs on SF Weekly is a July 2010 story on whether Steve Jobs knew the iPhone 4 antenna was a lemon all along. And for good reason -- people are still pissed. But they might be somewhat delighted to hear that reports and rumors circulat ... More >>

Apple to Hold World Developers Conference in SF: Will Steve Jobs Reveal Plans for iPhone 5?

What will the next generation look like?​Apple officials fired off an e-mail on Monday to developers, inviting them to the next conference where they can get a sneak peek at the future of iOS and Mac OS X and --as some analysts speculate  -- view plans for the iPhone 5. The e-mail was also th ... More >>

Rick James' Estate Suing Universal Music Group for "Cheating Artists" out of Royalties

Pay up.​Rick James' estate is suing his former record label for allegedly paying far fewer royalties than it says it's owed.In a class-action suit filed in San Francisco, the "Super Freak"'s estate claims Universal Music Group is cheating artists out of "tens of million dollars" every year by givi ... More >>

How to Get a Cab in San Francisco with Your iPhone

Was it ever easy to hail a cab?​We just told you that in 30 years we could be living in a spooky world where we use our iPhones to do everything -- even robbers will you hold you up with iGuns. And here is evidence that we are well on our way to living in the iWorld. The Examiner this morning kind ... More >>

Cellphone Companies Already Warn Customers of Radiation Risks

Try speaker phone ...​Never one to shy away from fringe crusades, San Francisco Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) is pushing legislation to make San Francisco's law that requires retailers to inform consumers of possible risks of cellphone use, mandatory statewide.And it turns out that cellphone co ... More >>

iPhone 5 to be Released Next Month

Waiting for the next generation ​On Friday, we gave iPhone users some grim news -- customers were being overcharged by as much as 300 percent for data they never used. But now we are here to deliver some good -- if not curious -- news: The iPhone 5 will be out in June!At least that's the buzz amon ... More >>

You Said It

Waiting for the next generation ​On Friday, we gave iPhone users some grim news -- customers were being overcharged by as much as 300 percent for data they never used. But now we are here to deliver some good -- if not curious -- news: The iPhone 5 will be out in June!At least that's the buzz amon ... More >>

Apple Closes Stores, Puts iPhone 5 Rumor Mill in Motion

Guess we'll have to go buy a PC then​The temporary shutdown of several Apple stores has people wondering whether there's a connection to the highly anticipated iPhone event to be held at Apple headquarters in Cupertino on next Tuesday.Considering that a number of stores have closed and reopened p ... More >>

Apple Unveils iPhone 5 iPhone 4S Today

​Unlike Apple CEO Tim Cook, we're going to cut to the chase and tell you what you really want to know from the Let's Talk iPhone event that kicked off at 10 a.m. today at Apple headquarters in Cupertino. For the tech journalists who sat through the three-hour conference, perhaps a more fitting nam ... More >>

Steve Jobs Thought Google Was Evil

​Walter Isaacson's much-discussed biography of Steve Jobs hits bookstores today. Some tidbits from the book -- for which Isaacson obtained unprecedented access to Jobs, soliciting his views on everything from rival Silicon Valley CEOs to Obama's presidency -- have already leaked. But a new bombshe ... More >>

Rant: Who Suffers From Your Technological Lag?

​Walter Isaacson's much-discussed biography of Steve Jobs hits bookstores today. Some tidbits from the book -- for which Isaacson obtained unprecedented access to Jobs, soliciting his views on everything from rival Silicon Valley CEOs to Obama's presidency -- have already leaked. But a new bombshe ... More >>