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Adium has long been my favorite chatting program on the Mac. Sorry Apple, but iChat just doesn’t cut it for me. It’s kind of like TVs; you don’t know how bad your TV looks until you’ve seen a 1080p in person.

This week, Adium released an official update to their slick chatting program, clocking its version number at 1.3.

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Bloomberg made a rather colossal slip-up today by accidentally releasing Steve Jobs’ obituary to the press. And no, his Steveness hasn’t died.

Most prominent figures have obituaries drawn up and ready to go, so that there can be a media frenzy the second they pass. Bloomberg editors were spicing it up a bit today, apparently bringing it up to date, when someone hit the wrong button and published it.

Bits of the obit after the break.

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With another new chapter in the Psystar saga, things aren’t all dandy over in Cupertino. The nasty stuff’s about to hit the proverbial fan, so Apple may want to consider their options. But, it looks like Cult of Mac writer Leigh McMullen took care of the thinking, and came up with a seemingly perfect solution.

Read on to hear all about how Apple can stop Psystar with ease.

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The International Space Station has been infiltrated. That’s right, a virus has made it’s way onto the computers of the International Space Station. The computers, running Windows XP, were non-mission-critical, containing things like e-mail and “nutritional experiments.”

The computers were infected by the W32.Gammima.AG worm, which harvests credentials for online games. Somewhat disconcertingly, the virus has spread since its entry into space, meaning that it is on some sort of onboard drive or intranet.

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There’s never a lack of things to do for the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority. For instance, very recently they had to deal with the very pressing matter of banning an ad that was already off the air.

Learn which ad after the break.

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For those of you who’s life isn’t necessarily contained within the borders of the US, and who want to take full advantage of the new iPhone 3G, read on. 

AT&T has officially announced international plans for the iPhone 3G, intended to accompany the existing 20 and 50MB International options. The old plans cost $25 and $60 per month, respectively. The new plans, with 100MB and 200MB options, cover data costs in almost 70 countries, including the biggies such as Canada, France, Mexico, China, India, Germany and Japan. If you are interested in the 100MB option, it will set you back $120 per month, whereas the 200MB option weighs in at an even $200. 

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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for August 26, 2008:

• An Alaskan company releasing USA Presidential candidate software for the iPhone? Are they even allowed to vote up there?
• wondertouch’s particleIllusion has been updated...or does it just appear that way?
• Kenbushi allows you to organize and sync your media to all non-Apple portable media players, which leaves...uh...
• Sadly, MacVide’s iPod Converter doesn’t convert random objects into iPod’s, ‘cause that would be pretty cool.
• MacUpdate reminds students to bundle up; it’s going to be a long, cold school year.
• Use your iPhone to record stuff with Plum Record. It’s available in English, German, Spanish and French...so, I guess it can’t record the Japanese?
• Cross your references in QuarkXPress with Sonar Bookends XTensions.
• The Daylite productivity suite is now even productivitier with the release of v3.7.6.

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FROM GAMERTELL - Reflexive Entertainment has just released a downloadable version of its popular, casual music game, Music Catch. The downloadable version works on both PCs and Macs and allows users to import their own MP3s into the game.
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When Steve Jobs set some lofty iPhone 3G sales goals, some said it couldn’t be done. Well, to the naysayers dismay, it looks as though Apple is well on its way to its goals, and then some. With the original iPhone selling 6 million units in the first year, it seems as though Apple may pass that mark after about a month and a half. 

According to recent reports, anonymous sources claim that the main assembler of the phones, Foxconn, is pumping out iPhones to the tune of 800,000 per week. Also in the tip were rumors of Foxconn increasing that output in the near future. Now, if you do the math, the iPhone 3G should have passed the 6 million mark within the week.

Even bigger numbers after the break.

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Apple, growing now at exponential rates, has passed the 10% marketshare mark, landing at 10.4%.

Apple is growing in leaps and bounds in an economy where few companies are. This time last year, Apple’s market share was at 7.5% of the industry, and the year before, they had 5.4%. That means that between 2006 and 2007, Apple grew 2.1%, and between 2007 and 2008 they grew 3.9%, nearly doubling the rate of growth.

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