EA Mobile on Friday published the original Monopoly for iPhone. The publisher previously released the Here & Now edition, but this one is the Monopoly most players have known for decades. Players shake their handheld to roll the dice and tap the screen to move their game pieces and manage proper

The elimination of the iPhone’s exclusivity to Orange in France has resulted in “more than double” the sales of the device and dealt a blow to the BlackBerry, according to research notes issued recently. Estimates from Bernstein, Strategy Analytics and others report twice as many iPhones being shipped in the summer quarter as in the spring due specifically to Apple’s handset being readily available at Bouygues Telecom as well as SFR. That added exposure is thought to have directly impacted RIM as customers at the new carriers had a new, major alternative to the Blac…

The elimination of the iPhone’s exclusivity to Orange in France has resulted in “more than double” the sales of the device and dealt a blow to the BlackBerry, according to research notes issued recently. Estimates from Bernstein, Strategy Analytics and others report twice as many iPhones being shipped in the summer quarter as in the spring due specifically to Apple’s handset being readily available at Bouygues Telecom as well as SFR. That added exposure is thought to have directly impacted RIM as customers at the new carriers had a new, major alternative to the Blac…

Jesse Sackman is selling his Apple I, the first computer designed by Steve Wozniak and sold by Steve Jobs under the then-new company, Apple Computer. Mr. Sackman has listed his Apple I on Ebay, complete with original packaging and invoice (signed by “Steven”), and a letter signed by Steve Jobs relating to a question about how to hook up a keyboard and monitor.

The latest games to hit the App Store include Coladia’s Secret of the Lost Cavern Episode 1, which is based on the Mac/PC game of the same name, and Clickgamer’s DJ Nights: Julie Thompson Edition, a follow-up to the publisher’s DJ Nights: Global Tour.

SubRosaSoft has upgraded its file recovery software, FileSalvage 7. The software recovers deleted files, as well as files lost in an accidental reformat or initialization. It works on multiple file systems, recovering files from Mac OS hard disks, iPods, flash cards, Linux and Windows disks or Boot Camp partitions. The software is also claimed to work with scratched CDs. The interface provides previews of recoverable files, with options to reconstruct file names of many formats such as JPG, MP3 and M4A….

Paramount Digital Entertainment and TransGaming have announced that next month will see publication of Star Trek D-A-C (Deathmatch-Assault-Conquest) for the Mac. It supports online multi-player, online co-op, and single player action between Starfleet and the Romulan Empire, with support for up to 12 starship captains.

Celmaro has released a new time-tracking application, Minco 1.0. It is designed as a minimalist tracker for time, tasks or earnings, and can fully integrate with iCal. The software runs in the system menu and offers visual representations of time spent on tasks, with options to produce time logs in multiple formats. The earnings capabilities include projecting or displaying the results of a task, day, week, month or year. The new software also has built in tagging options….

Microsoft should once again release its next mainstream version of Windows about three years after the last, a roadmap obtained this week reveals. The schedule has the major revision, tentatively titled “Windows 8,” launching in 2012 or about three years after Windows 7. It will purportedly keep in step with a rhythm developed by Microsoft that has Microsoft launching major releases four years apart, as Windows Server 2008 is considered a major release where its R2 upgrade and even Windows 7 are both treated as “release updates.”…