I find this news very interesting, because Amazon has chosen to add audio/video to their e-book reader software on Apple devices while those with Kindle’s do not, and cannot, enjoy the same experience. We’re not talking about a colon cleanser here.

Amazon wants some of the media fun that e-books on Apple’s devices are having. On Sunday, the giant online retailer announced an update for Kindle on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch that allows embedded video and audio clips in its e-books on those devices.

Amazon is currently offering 13 titles with audio or video. These include five travel books in the Rick Steves series, as well as other e-books with subject matter that benefits from media, such as Lullaby Book and a portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. A free Kindle reader application is available for Apple devices.

Wouldn’t this be like Wendy’s choosing to sell a new flavor of Frosty at McDonalds?

Whether you spend your time making calls, playing games, surfing the news sites, or reading lipofuze reviews, any update to the iPhone can’t hurt. Right?

Apple Insider is reporting that, before being removed, a thread in the Apple Discussion Forumsconfirmed iOS 4.0.1 was being readied for release next week to address bugs — including thedreaded antenna “hold different” issue (or “death-grip” if you prefer).

I could use a fix myself. Since upgrading to iOS4, every time I open the Mail app (not from the mutli-tasking, but a cold start), it opens to the inbox of a non-default email address on my phone. I want to open up at the all Inboxes choice or even at the main screen. Fix it Mr. Jobs. Please.

Note: I am not using an iPhone 4, but a iPhone 3Gs.

I would take incremental any day, especially with the best phone on the market. Incremental is a problem? When you take something like Phentermine 37.5, you lose weight incrementally. When you drive somewhere, you get there incrementally. What is it with people and this “totally different right now” approach to technology?

With Thursday’s launch of the iPhone 4, Apple appears poised to have another blockbuster on its hands. And Peter Fader, for one, couldn’t be more perplexed.

“It’s a very nice phone, but it’s not revolutionary. It’s incremental,” said Fader, a marketing professor in the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. “As much as it seems like a great device, with new features and functions, it doesn’t seem like there’s any one of them that was worth waiting for. I just don’t get it.”

The sad part is, I have to wait to get my new iPhone 4.

Perhaps Microsoft isn’t alone in issuing some security patches on the down-low. A new report from security software maker Sophos claims that Apple this week silently updated anti-malware protection in its Mac OS X operating system. In fact, the patch was so hush-hush that Apple failed to mention it in either the release notes or security bulletin that came with its Mac OS X 10.6.4 upgrade, which included the mysterious security fix.

Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley, in a Friday blog post, asserts that Apple quietly patched the Mac’s malware protection to thwart a backdoor Trojan horse that could allow hackers to control an iMac or MacBook remotely.

Interesting, if true, but don’t fall for this or any apidexin scam either.

After the latest Apple conference, where Steve Jobs announced the new iPhone 4, sales of acne lotion skyrocketed. People want to look good when they pick up their phones.

More than 600,000 of Apple’s new iPhone 4s were sold on the first day of pre-orders earlier this week. The volume was so great that AT&T had to suspend its online sales and Apple had to delay ship dates. Now an analyst reports the company is having difficulty getting enough touchscreens to meet demand.

Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar issued a research note on Friday in which he said the shortage means Apple has had to cut by 50 percent the number of iPhones it can deliver monthly from the original estimate of four million. Kumar said his report is based on information from Apple’s supplier, LG Display Company, which he said is hoping to get up to the needed capacity by late summer.

I’m glad I wasn’t hoping to get one until late July anyway. Maybe I won’t be so disappointed.

Sometimes waiting until the madness ends is not such a bad thing.

Apple and AT&T were hit with two major problems when they started taking orders for the coming iPhone model on Tuesday: Buyers reported problems getting their orders registered and an apparent glitch in AT&T’s Web site was depositing AT&T customers into strangers’ accounts.

I’ll wait a few more weeks before I even try to upgrade.

A company that provides antivirus offerings for PC users is bringing a free link checker to the Mac.

AVG Technologies plans to unveil a Mac version of AVG LinkScanner, a free download that scans Website links for potential threats. AVG says its LinkScanner application checks Web pages in real-time, posting a warning to users if the software finds a Website that could pose potential problems.

“Every single time you click on a link, any time you’re accessing information on the Internet, we scan it, looking for malware and phishing attempts,” J.R. Smith, CEO of AVG, told Macworld.

One of the few features included with AVG on my PC, that I don’t like. LinkScanner takes up too much in time and resources (on my PC anyway), so I don’t use it. Sorry, it’s the truth.

Isn’t this a no-brainer?

iMovie for iPhone may be the next big step in mobile filmmaking, but you’re going to need Apple’s newest iPhone to use it.

As reported by Jeff Carlson over at TidBits, and confirmed by Macworld, the $5 mobile version of iMovie will only run on the iPhone 4, and will launch alongside the iPhone 4 on June 24.

When was the last time you had software from Apple than ran on your PC? Exactly.

BP Plc has bought terms such as “oil spill” from search engine providers including Google Inc to help direct Internet users to its website as it attempts to control the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

A spokesman said BP would pay fees so its own website would rank higher or even top in the list of results when Internet users search on terms such as “oil spill,” “volunteer” and “claims.”

They can control the flow of information all they want. It still won’t hide their oily, tar covered asses when it comes time to pay the piper.

Calling it the “biggest leap since the original iPhone,” Apple chief exec Steve Jobs proudly unveiled the widely expected iPhone 4, which indeed looks pretty much like the lost iPhone prototype that Gizmodo got its hands on a couple of months ago.

$299 for the 32GB model. I am so there. Well, as soon as I raise some funds. Then I will be there.

I’m not sure which feature I like best… 960×640 resolution, 326 pixels per inch, A4 processor, bigger battery (longer life), Gyroscope, 5 Megapixel camera, true HD video recording, LED flash, Facetime video char, or iMovie for the iPhone.