Messages Beta for Mac. Download here!

Download Messages Beta and get a taste of what’s coming in OS X Mountain Lion. When you install Messages, it replaces iChat. But iChat services will continue to work. And Messages brings iMessage to the Mac — just like on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch running iOS 5. Here are the features you can expect with Messages:

• Send unlimited iMessages to any Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.*
• Start an iMessage conversation on your Mac and continue it on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.
• Send photos, videos, attachments, contacts, locations, and more.
• Launch a FaceTime video call and bring the conversation face-to-face.
• Messages supports iMessage, AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, and Jabber accounts.

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Steve Jobs FBI file

The government just released the FBI file on Steve Jobs, including a background check for a presidential appointment in 1991 and a bomb threat against him in 1985. They included interview with friends and colleagues to make sure there was nothing in his past that would open him to blackmail,according to Wired.

One person who was interviewed mentioned Jobs' drug use, including LSD during his time at school. He had admitted to that in the past. Another said Jobs couldn't be trusted and claimed that he was able to create a "reality-distortion field." Perhaps that guy was sampling a little of the LSD too? "Several individuals questioned Mr. Jobs' honesty stating that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals," the report says.


People had nice things to say as well. One former colleague says that although Jobs was "not an engineer in the real sense, he understands base technology and technical jargon to the extent that he is an innovative force within the technical community, in terms of the contributions he has made."

The 191-page FBI file (.pdf), which was released following a Freedom of Information Act request by a number of publications. Steve, we miss you and we really don't care if you created a reality-distortion field. You gave us a pocket-sized magic box that can do just about anything. Thank you.

iPhone 4S Info and Stats

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 4S, the next version of its popular smartphone.

The new iPhone looks much like the iPhone 4, confirming previous reports. It comes with upgraded internals, including the new Apple A5 chip and 1 GB of RAM. Apple VP Phil Schiller revealed that it will be the first iPhone with a dual-core processor and dual-core graphics. It is “up to seven times faster” than the previous iPhone, he announced.

The device also contains a new antenna system that allows it to switch between two antennas for better sound quality and download speeds. The theoretical max of the iPhone 4S is a whopping 14.4 Mbps down, a vast increase from the iPhone 4′s theoretical max of 5.8 up and 7.2 down.

The device also contains a new 8 megapixel camera that can take 3264×2448 images, an increase of 60% from the iPhone 4. It is capable of taking in 73% more light than the iPhone 4 and is 33% faster. It includes a new f2.4 lens for wider shots as well.

iPhone 4S: all new camera system - 8mp sensor, 3264x2448 at 60% more pixels than iPhone 4!  The new 4S camera: "We didn't just want to make this better than other phones, we wanted to make it better than point and shoot cameras." 

Download speeds will be about double what the
iPhone 4 can do.