system freezes, etc.

file transfer

iAd experience; iPod Touch 4; apps and jailbreaking

buzzing noise; 64-bit-compatible USB modem

HTML 5 video issue

Mobile Safari, parental restrictions and "back doors"

Parallels' virtualization software gets fixes for compatibility with new Mac Pros based on Intel Xeon Westmere processors.

Recent changes in HairerSoft's audio editor and processor include faster launching, an improved waveform display, better handling of MP3 settings, and better handling of the disconnection/reconnection of sound devices.

Cultured Code's task management application adds much improved sync speed (up to 10x faster, according to the developer), custom font sizes, arbitrary reordering of Projects from different Areas in the sidebar, and other improvements.

Smile's PDF utility adds a choice of notebook when saving to Evernote, support for submitting forms by HTTP or email, and some bug fixes.

Apple announces all-new iPods, including an iPod Touch with front and back cameras (lower in resolution than the iPhone 4 camera) and the "retina" display; plus new iOS versions with bug fixes and a "Ping" social network for "music discovery"; and a tiny new Apple TV that acts as a streaming client for Apple's new movie and TV rentals, as well as streaming content from your computer and from iDevices.

SeedCode's Zulu is a plug-in for FileMaker Server that makes it possible for iCal to see FileMaker data as iCal calendars.

Fake is a web browser designed for automation of repetitive tasks, "like a combination of Safari and Automator that allows you to run (and re-run) 'fake' interactions with the web," according to the developer.

Adobe's photo manager adds raw support for more cameras, publishing to Facebook and SmugMug, new lens profiles, and bug fixes.

Apple issues Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 fixes for a number of security holes.

Dekorra's vector-based drawing application adds Abstract Fill (paint fill for any abstract closed region), three new cursor forms with live read-out and custom colors, Convert to Shapes, and other improvements.

Richardson Software's database development and administration tool adds an Execute SQL Script option to DB Tools, smart commit mode, preferences for query results date and time formats, and more.

Trailrunner7 writes "Google has released a new version of its Chrome browser and has included more than a dozen security fixes in the update. The new version, 6.0.472.53, was released two years to the day after the company pushed out the first version of Chrome. Google Chrome 6 includes patches for 14 total security vulnerabilities, including six high-priority flaws, and the company paid out a total of $4,337 in bug bounties to researchers who reported the vulnerabilities. A number of the flaws that didn't qualify for bug bounties were discovered by members of Google's internal security team." (Read on for more, below.)

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itwbennett writes "According to Harvard magazine, Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted at its meeting on May 11 to require instructors to officially inform the Registrar 'at the first week of the term' of the intention to end a course with a formal, seated exam, 'the assumption shall be that the instructor will not be giving a three-hour final examination.' Dean of undergraduate education Jay M. Harris 'told the faculty that of 1,137 undergraduate-level courses this spring term, 259 scheduled finals — the lowest number since 2002, when 200 fewer courses were offered. For the more than 500 graduate-level courses offered, just 14 had finals, he reported.'"

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Hugh Pickens writes "Ryan Lawler writes on GigaOm that although many have touted the availability of Flash on Android devices as a competitive advantage over Apple's mobile devices, while trying to watch videos from ABC.com, Fox.com and Metacafe using Flash 10.1 on a Nexus One over a local Wi-Fi network connected to a 25-Mbps Verizon FiOS broadband connection, mobile expert Kevin Tofel found that videos were slow to load, if they loaded at all, leading to an overall very inconsistent experience while using his Android device for video. 'While in theory Flash video might be a competitive advantage for Android users, in practice it's difficult to imagine anyone actually trying to watch non-optimized web video on an Android handset,' writes Lawler. 'All of which makes one believe that maybe Steve Jobs was right to eschew Flash in lieu of HTML5 on the iPhone and iPad.'"

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