WHITE PLAINS - Smile, you're busted.

A tech-savvy White Plains woman whose apartment was burglarized solved the crime herself after she was able to log on to her stolen laptop, photograph one of the suspects with it and get photos of another, police said.

Edmon Shahikian, 23, of 13 Cobbling Rock Road, Katonah, and Ian Frias, 20, of 1609 E. 174th St., the Bronx, were picked up at their homes Wednesday night after the victim turned the pictures over to police. The police said they recovered most of the $5,000 worth of electronics stolen in the burglary.

"Our victim did a phenomenal job," said Lt. Eric Fischer, commander of the Detective Division. "She knew her computer, and she let us know as soon as she obtained the information. We rolled on it immediately, and the result is the arrest of two burglary suspects and the recovery of most of the stolen property."

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Brick and mortar stores could have sales stolen by Apple iTunes digital downloads

»www.beet.tv/2008/04/ftc-should-stop.html

He was rather nonchalant about it when he mentioned it and didn't stop to elaborate. So I guess it must be true! ;-)

If you're bored easily by Uncle Walt, you can find the magic statement in about the last minute of the video.

TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (2317.TW) has secured an exclusive contract to assemble a more advanced version of Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) popular iPhone, a person familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires Friday.

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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG will likely be supplying the new systems solution to Apple Inc.'s next-generation iPhone, UBS analysts told clients in a note published Thursday. The broker said this is not yet the consensus view and could be a positive catalyst for the stock. It also believes that 3G-enabled iPhones will be released by mid-year and that the current EDGE iPhone platform is being ramped down earlier than expected to "clean" inventories.

»www.marketwatch.com/news/story/3···eid=rss

I guess this will be the best stocked Apple store in the world. ;-)

Apple plans to officially say "ni hao" to China with its first retail store opening later this year. ifoAppleStore detailed the location of the new store over the weekend (found through AppleInsider), which will be on Qianmen Street near the famed Tiananmen Square. The area is apparently undergoing a $40 million renovation, although apparently it will be restored to its 1920s appearance. "According to architecture sources, Apple’s store will blend in with the Chinese architecture rather than use its standard storefront designs," wrote ifoAppleStore.

»arstechnica.com/journals/apple.a···his-year

Adobe announced that Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 for Mac will become available in the second quarter of 2008. Adobe plans to show off the latest version of Elements at Macworld Expo next week.

»www.macrumors.com/2008/01/10/ado···for-mac/

Apple expected to announce sales of 5 million iPhones at Macworld.
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A Symbian commisioned study shows some surprising sales results for the iPhone:

What the study shows, among other things, is that, in its first full quarter of sales, Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone outsold all the smartphones in the North American market except for RIM’s (RIMM) Blackberry. That puts it ahead of the entire field of devices running Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows Mobile, Linux or Palm OS.

Seen here; originally spotted here

"Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac will let users port PowerPoint presentations to iPhones and video-equipped iPods, Microsoft Corp. said yesterday as it unveiled the latest details of the suite scheduled to ship in January," Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld.

Hopefully this is a trend and that other big names will follow.

For whatever reason, the Big N will be axing MP3 support and adding in AAC compatibility, and the company even goes out of its way to make sure that you realize downgrading will not possible once you install v1.1.

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This is the final installment of Computerworld's A Week of Leopard: »www.computerworld.com/action/art···Number=1 .

They've been dissecting the new OS for a week now, showing its good points and bad. As this final article says,

»news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/200710···YUE1vAI

Apple's U.S. Mac shipments have increased 15.9% in the third quarter compared to last year. This has led to a market share of 6.3%, according to IDC.

Buy more Macs, keep this shareholder happy!

»www.businessweek.com/technology/···lusives

Will Apple Open the iPhone?

An official software-development kit may finally be announced at January's Macworld. Why the wait? It may have something to do with Leopard
by Arik Hesseldahl and Olga Kharif
Technology



William Hurley loves his iPhone.

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Two weeks to the day after Apple's iPhone software update wiped third-party applications from the device and disabled unlocked phones, the hackers have struck back.

The Unofficial Apple Weblog posted details of the iPhone Dev Team's latest effort, which once again opens the iPhone up to third-party applications and the ability to use it on any other GSM network than AT&T's. This appears to be a more substantial effort than the one posted earlier in the evening that exploits a vulnerability in a TIFF image file; you can bet that one will be patched fairly quickly.

Anyway, if you unlocked your iPhone and then installed the 1.1.1 update only to be left with a pretty paperweight, the iPhone Dev Team says their update won't fix your problem. However, the iPhoneSIMFree folks announced Thursday morning that as a result of the iPhone Dev Team's work, they're now able to not only unlock 1.1.1 iPhones but they are also able to unbrick those unlocked iPhones that fell silent after installing the update.

The featured Web software includes a Facebook application that connects the iPhone to friends' pages, allowing users to upload and share photos, or send and receive messages.

»www.informationweek.com/hardware···Platform

From the LA Times...

"When they get really mad, they lob an M-bomb -- they say Apple is starting to remind them of historical rival Microsoft Corp., which in their world is the prototypical soulless, monopolistic machine.

"There is a rise in complaints about Apple's policies and strategic decisions this year, and it seems to be accelerating," said John Gruber, writer of the popular technology blog Daring Fireball."

»www.earthtimes.org/articles/show···33.html

The iPhone 1.1.1 update released by Apple makes good on the warning that any unlocked iPhones will be rendered unusable on networks other than AT&T.

A report in Variety magazine says that Apple is all set to slash the price of TV episodes on iTunes despite its much-publicized fallout with NBC over low pricing issues.

»www.earthtimes.org/articles/show···68.html

Talk of the government's pending auction of valuable wireless spectrum has focused largely on one intriguing newcomer to the bidding: Google (GOOG). But another tech powerhouse has considered joining the bidding as well: Apple (AAPL).

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