Livescribe releases the free Pencast Player application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The app enables consumers to access a digital copy of their synchronized notes and audio as pencasts from anywhere. Now notes and audio from critical meetings or lectures are portable and playable when you need them. Pencast Player lets anyone access pencasts posted on Livescribe’s online community, regardless of whether they have a smartpen or MyLivescribe account. Registered ...

Here is a really quick and rough tutorial for enabling the Japanese keyboard on your iPhone, which allows you to type in hiragana, katakana, and kanji. For some reason, even though there is rumor that the iPhone will be making its way sometime not too far from now to Japan, the Japanese language keyboard is not enabled on the device, though its functionality is clearly working and arguably ready to go.

(Thanks to the info http://web.mac.com/mac_scott/ and …

iLibertyX is the OS X version of iLiberty, an incredible app built to jailbreak, activate, and unlock your iPhone. It works with 1.0.2 and up, and is extremely easy to use!

All right, lets get started. Download iLibertyX. You must connect your iPhone to iTunes before opening the app. Don’t worry if iTunes says its an unsupported iPhone, etc, just let it see the iPhone.

All right, double-click iLibertyX to open it. It will automatically shut down iTunes …

Apple’s iPhone will soon receive a more enterprise-friendly version of firmware and security enhancements, resulting in Gartner, Inc. recommending “appliance-level” support status once the improvements are released. During the initial launch of the iPhone, Gartner analysts expressed concern over some security issues with the device, but recently announced enhancements, expected to be delivered in June 2008, have caused Gartner to change its recommendation.

“Appliance-level” status permits the iPhone to be used for PIM, e-mail, telephony and browsing applications. …

As part of its monthly “Patch Tuesday” schedule Microsoft has issued a number of bulletins about 12 security vulnerabilities in its software. Seven of the vulnerabilities affect Microsoft Excel, and could allow a hacker to gain remote control over a user’s computer by a maliciously crafted spreadsheet. Alarmingly, the vulnerability is not just found in the Windows version of Microsoft Excel, but also for Mac Office 2004 and the recently released Office 2008 for Macintosh.

Experts note that …

The explosive growth of the iPhone market signals a shift from home and office based communication to communication on the go. With the recent release of their latest service VPN Mobile, Secure-Tunnel.com offers this segment of wireless users the highest level of identity protection available for mobile devices.

To ensure the highest level of identity protection for mobile devices, global leader in privacy and identity protection technology Secure-Tunnel.com recently released a new service called VPN Mobile for mobile …

StyleTap, the company that develops a Palm OS environment for Windows Mobile devices, has posted a video of an experimental version of StyleTap running on a iPod Touch. According to the company, the video is more of a proof of concept and not an actual product at this time. StyleTap is also not saying definitively whether or not they will release a official version.

In the video the Touch is shown running a variety of native Palm OS …

Apple today introduced Xsan® 2, the first major upgrade to its easy to use, high performance, enterprise class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system for Mac OS® X. Combining enhanced performance with Apple’s legendary ease of use, Xsan 2 makes it easier for first time users to set up and quickly deploy a SAN; introduces MultiSAN, allowing users on a single workstation to access multiple SANs at the same time; is fully integrated with Mac OS X …

Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. (“Toshiba”) today announced that it has completed a thorough review of its overall strategy for HD DVD and as a result of recent market developments, the company has decided to discontinue sales and marketing of HD DVD players. Accordingly, Toshiba will begin to cease shipments of its HD DVD products to retail channels.

“While we continue to believe HD DVD is the best format for consumers, based on its technological advancements and the …

Apple today introduced Aperture™ 2, the next major release of its groundbreaking photo editing and management software with over 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use and more powerful. With a streamlined user interface and entirely new image processing engine, Aperture 2 also introduces new imaging tools for highlight recovery, color vibrancy, local contrast definition, soft-edged retouching, vignetting and RAW fine-tuning, and lets users directly post their portfolios on the .Mac Web Gallery* for …

Even after being on the market for less than half a year, more iPhones sold in the fourth quarter than Windows Mobile phones in the U.S., according to research from Canalys.

Canalys researchers estimate that the iPhone had 28 percent of the U.S. converged-device market in the fourth quarter of 2007. Research In Motion, with 41 percent, had the largest share of the market. Windows Mobile phones had 21 percent share of devices sold in the quarter, falling …

Apple has become the world’s third largest smartphone supplier, despite offering its single iPhone product in just four countries so far. New research from the analysts at Canalsys predicts the smartphone market reached 118 million units in 2007, up 53 percent on 2006.

The 2,320,840 iPhones Apple shipped in the fourth quarter of 2007 equates to 6.5 percent of the smartphone market in that quarter, edging Apple above Motorola (2,301,260 shipments), in third place behind Research In Motion …