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Valleywag today announced that it is offering a bounty of up to $100,000 for information on Apple’s much-anticipated tablet device. The reward ladder begins at $10,000 for “bona fide pictures” of the device, increasing to $20,000 for video. …

24/7 Wall St. reports that Apple and App Store developers appear to have lost approximately $450 million to piracy since the marketplace for iPhone and iPod touch application opened in July 2008. The rough number is based on several estimates regard…

Centrify Corporation today announced that Centrify DirectControl for Mac OS X has achieved McAfee Compatible status under the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance partner program. As part of this program, Centrify has integrated its Centrify DirectControl for Mac OS X with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator software to help enterprises better manage their computing assets and improve their compliance with regulations.

Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that new development partner, PHYX Inc., has released PHYX Keyer for the FxFactory platform. PHYX Keyer is a brand new collection of keying plug-ins designed to work inside Adobe After Effects CS3 / CS4, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion and Apple Final Cut Express applications.

As rumors of an Apple tablet reach a frenzy, there’s no shortage of opinions of what Apple could or should do in an upcoming tablet device. One major question that has remained is the input method that Apple will choose to adopt for the tablet. Th…

Boy Genius Report reveals that it has received information from a source regarding Apple’s much-rumored tablet, noting that it is basically an “iPhone on steroids” and offering a few details about the device.

- The tablet’s multi-touc…

Unreal Mojo today announced readMe 1.0, a simplified no-frills e-book reader for iPhone and iPod touch. readMe has enough features and comfort for users to enjoy reading e-books on the iPhone while at the same time to not overload users with information and various settings. It is simple, convenient and easy to use application that won’t get in the way of the user trying to enjoy a good book on the iPhone or iPod.

Charlotte, North Carolina Game developer Dan Russell-Pinson resorts to begging iPhone game reviewers to give him publicity, defacing famous works of art and making juvenile jokes about balls in order to promote his new physics-based iPhone game called Collider, due to be released by the end of January, 2010. Collider is an addictive, physics-based iPhone game featuring 56 intricate levels of play and dynamically generated music.

Intego today announced VirusBarrier X6, the latest version of its acclaimed antivirus and anti-malware software for mac OS X. VirusBarrier X6 now provides comprehensive protection from both malware and network threats. VirusBarrier X6 is the only antivirus program for Mac that includes full antivirus and anti-malware protection together with a two-way firewall, network protection, anti-phishing, anti-spyware features and more.

I recently upgraded from Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.6, and noticed that the power saving profiles have disappeared from the menu bar’s Battery Status menus. Luckily, this functionality is still accessible via the command line.

Open Terminal and type the following command in order to set the profile to be used when using the battery:

pmset -b modenum

Replace modenum with one of the following values:

• 1 – Better Energy Savings
• 2 – Normal
• 3 – Better Performance
• -1 – Custom

In order to set the profile used when connected to AC power, change -b to -c. I am able to use the above commands with neither administrator nor root privileges. Your settings should be reflected in the Energy Saver preference pane.