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Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian unveiled what he’s been working on since leaving Disney Interactive earlier this month: a new mobile-gaming studio called Industrial Toys.

A statement on the new studio’s Facebook page pegs their audience as "core gamers." Seropian and company want to elevate their games above the “inferior gameplay, graphics, and … elementary mechanics” and instead offer free-to-play ...

The security firm Intego recently issued a report on a new variant of the Trojan known as Flashback.G. This new Trojan adopts a multi-pronged strategy in attacking users’ systems. The methods that are used rely on vulnerabilities in Java, which are patched in systems running up-to-date versions of Java, but leaving outdated systems prone to being infected through the security holes.

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Earlier today Apple turned off its iCloud and MobileMe push e-mail services for users in Germany in compliance with an injunction brought against Apple by Motorola Mobility.

German iCloud and MobileMe users can still receive emails, but only when they have the Mail app open or when the app is set to check for e-mail (welcome back to 2009). Normally users have the choice of setting e-mails ...

A California judge’s ruling in small claims case could help consumers affected by AT&T’s data throttling policies.

The Associated Press reported today Judge Russel Nadel ruled in favor of Matt Spaccarelli in Ventura Superior Court in a small claims case against AT&T. Spaccarelli argued that AT&T unfairly slowed data speeds on his iPhone 4’s unlimited data plan. Judge Nadel awarded Spaccarelli $850 in his decision ...

Apple’s iPhone 4S helped the company surge 12% and surpass Google Android in mobile ad impressions in North America. The growth was detailed on Friday by InMobi, which is the largest independent mobile advertising network; InMobi released its “Mobile Insights Report: North American Edition” for the month of January which comes from their network, serving more than 93.4 billion advertising impressions around the world ...

While there are countless people out there who appreciate what Siri has been able to bring to the iPhone in terms of functionality, there are always those of us who feel that her competences could be brought to the next level. Agreeing with this philosophy is iOS developer John Coates, who created a new jailbreak tweak dubbed AssistantLove to make Siri more suitable under very regular circumstances.

AssistantLove can be enabled and disabled on demand, as well as each of its individual features. ...

With the transition of notification pop-ups to notification banners in iOS 5, Apple seemed to have overlooked a spot – the notifications that appear when you become low on battery. A new free jailbreak tweak dubbed LowPowerBanner by iOS developer snakeninny will let you change that, making it so you receive a banner notification instead of one of those iOS 4-style, intrusive notifications.

The banner-style notification is better ...

iOS 5 has some pretty entertaining keyboards – like emoji; one keyboard iOS 5 was missing is Unicode text, until now. iOS developer Moeseth has decided to release a new, free jailbreak tweak dubbed PictoKeyboard that lets you have a Unicode keyboard for typing symbols that you might like to have just for enjoyment. These symbols are great for Twitter, text messages, and other things that you want to express feelings with.

PictoKeyboard has a preferences ...

For close to a year, the word from Wall Street to Silicon Valley is that Apple will eventually depart NASDAQ to join the Dow Jones Industrial Average. And based on the latest industry projections, such a move would represent a massive gain for the Dow.

This week investors rejoiced as the Dow Jones Industrial Average poked above 13,000 for the first time in almost four years. Of course, if you think ...

Launching Siri is easy – press and hold the home button for a few seconds and then she will pop up. Sometimes things happen; your home button breaks, you are in a position where you can’t press and hold the home button, or you’re just lazy. In all of these situations, a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed LockAssistant by iOS developer FreeManRepo will let you launch Siri from the lock screen of your iDevice by tapping on the iOS 5 camera button. ...

On Friday, Steve Jobs would have turned 57 years old. Sadly, the world prematurely lost the iconic Apple co-founder last October. But the Apple community is turning out in droves today to honor the late Mac innovator and iDevice pioneer.

In addition to trending worldwide on Twitter today, Steve Jobs is receiving tributes on social media from every corner of the globe. Apple fans have taken to posting/tweeting ...