Macworld UK

Apple attempted to silence a father and 11-year old daughter with a gagging order reports The Times newspaper after an iPod Touch allegedly burst into flames.

The Times reports Apple would only offer the family a full refund only if they were willing to sign a settlement form. The proposed agreement left them open to legal action if they ever disclosed the terms of the settlement claims the newspaper.

Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit.com, talks about what the company learns from tearing apart expensive tech gadgets like the iPhone 3G S.

Opera, the Web browser, is looking for feedback from users over how the User Interface (UI) appears on different on different platforms and how it should look in the future.

U.K. designer Jon Hicks has just started as Lead Designer at Opera and is looking for feedback.

72 percent of businesses say they would change ISP if their Internet connection became unreliable. The independent research carried out by Shape the Future Limited on behalf of Zen Internet, the award winning ISP, surveyed over a 1,000 Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) between September and October.

An important decisive factor for SMEs is the level of support provided by ISPs: 85 percent stated that the level of support was the most important criteria when choosing an ISP while the highest number of respondents, 80 per cent, considers UK based support to be very important. Some ISP providers have been criticised for taking telephone support overseas and cutting staffing costs.

Apple has told developers that MobileMe still has performance issues. The information came in release notes accompanying the recent Mac OS X 10.5.6 build 9G35

The note included some of the following statements:

Myvu Corporation Wednesday announced its video glasses for iPod, Myvu Crystal, are now fully compatible with the iPhone - though you do need to purchase a new cable.

Developed originally for military use, the Myvu Crystal headset attempts to beam video straight from your iPod - or iPhone - to your eyes, creating a full-screen viewing experience.