Jazz News

Hackers Have Already Jailbroken the iPad

Source: All About Jazz
April 6, 2010

The iPad has only been on sale for less than three days, and already hackers have jailbroken it to get around Apple's restrictions. MuscleNerd, a member of the iPhone Dev Team committed to hacking the iPhone OS, has jailbroken the iPad after just a day of tinkering. The hack gave him root access to the iPad and allowed him to install non-approved applications and to run apps simultaneously. It uses the same exploit employed to jailbreak the current OS 3.1.3 ...

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Where the iPad's Early Adopters Live

Source: Michael Ricci
April 6, 2010

Now that we've finally embarked on a future of tablet computing (didn't we do that ten years ago?) with the iPad, we immediately got to wondering: What does iPad adoption look like across the country? Luckily, online ad network Chitika has offered some numbers on what its seeing for iPads broken down over time and state by state.

Chitika took a look at where and when it was seeing hits from iPads and built a real-time page to show you ...

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App Brings Centuries of Great Art to the iPad

Source: Michael Ricci
April 6, 2010

The iPad makes a perfect coffee table book and photo browser but a new application called Art Authority sends the touchscreen interface back through centuries of humanity's finest imagery. Built by 1980's Apple engineer Alan Oppenheimer, Art Authority is a beautiful way to get some art education and ponder the human condition while flipping through more than 40,000 historic works of art on your iPad. Oppenheimer calls the app a public domain and web art browser. It makes good use ...

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Leibovitz Accused Anew of Not Paying Her Bills

Source: All About Jazz
April 6, 2010

Photographer Annie Leibovitz is facing new accusations of balking at bills, less than a month after she struck a deal intended to resolve financial problems that had risked her rights to some of pop culture's most famous images. Investment firm Brunswick Capital Partners LP said in a lawsuit filed Friday that Leibovitz owes more than $800,000 in fees for its help arranging her recent financing agreement with another firm, Colony Capital LLC. Leibovitz representatives had no immediate comment Monday. New ...

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13 Glaring iPad Shortcomings

Source: All About Jazz
April 6, 2010

While the iPad is fun to play with, it's hard to figure out what role it fills The iPad shows great promise. It's thin and sleek and not like any other gadget out there. It was also more hyped than any new device in recent memory. But is it worth buying? Given the cost, and a slew of drawbacks, the answer boils down to how much you're willing to pay for a toy. We've been testing both a low-end and ...

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Colleges Dream of Paperless, iPad-Centric Education

Source: All About Jazz
April 6, 2010

Three universities are getting pumped to hand out free iPads to students and faculty with hopes that Apple's tablet will revolutionize education. Seton Hill University, George Fox University and Abilene Christian University each pre- ordered bundles of iPads -- sight unseen -- with plans to experiment with how the tablet could change classroom learning. In interviews with Wired.com just prior to the iPad's launch last week, officials from each university saw the iPad as having potential to render printed textbooks ...

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Eugene Allen White House Butler from Truman Through Reagan

Source: Michael Ricci
April 6, 2010

Eugene Allen, a White House butler who served presidents from Harry S. Truman through Ronald Reagan, has died. He was 90. Allen died of renal failure Wednesday at a hospital in Takoma Park, Md., the Washington Post reported. Allen, who was black, started at the White House in 1952, when racial segregation prohibited him from using public restrooms in his native state of Virginia. When he left the White House in 1986 after 34 years, he had witnessed defining moments ...

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Trumpeter Tim Hagans Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
April 6, 2010

Trumpeter Tim Hagans, it appears at times, can almost fly under the radar. His splendid playing has been heard in a variety of contexts over the years, always creative, expressive, expansive. Maria Schneider expresses glee when he'sable to be a part of her orchestra and help interpret her musical creations. He's been part of the Stan Kenton organization and played alongside the wonderful Thad Jones. He brings a bright, buoyant style to every occasion.

Hagans' latest release is the continuation ...

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