Archive: November 2005
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iPod Updater 2005-11-17
The update applies only to the iPod shuffle and updates its firmware to version 1.1.3, the update is around 37MB. Apple describes the update as "bug fixes", although Apple have obviously declined to comment on the exact details it appears that the update fixes problems…
Send News or just Contact Us
Although World of Apple has an abundant array of news providers we could always do with the odd piece of inside information or tip off. If you have any information that you don't think is that important we still want to hear it. Submit all…
Apple Unleashes Security Update 2005-009
Apple has posted the ninth security update of the year, weighing in at around 6MB and requiring a restart, it contains the following components: apache_mod_ssl CoreFoundation CoreTypes curl iodbcadmin OpenSSL Safari sudo syslog For the more advanced individuals here is the full information:
The iPod Bar
Apple has begun testing of a new section to its Retail Stores, the iPod Bar is very much like the Genius bar but focuses solely on helping customers with iPod problems. As another Mac site has kindly pointed out, this seems like a fair waste…
On the Brink of $70
Over the past few weeks Apple's stock has bee steadily rising and today it came very close to moving over the $70 dollar barrier, with a few more hours left of trading it is likely that it will surpass the figure this afternoon. Deutsche Bank…
iLife and iWork ‘06?
Although this rumour is stated to be unconfirmed it follows suite that Apple will release its next installments of the iWork and iLife suites. The rumour states that iLife '06 will include for support for an optional $50 remote control and presumably bundle Front Row…
Aperture Reviews
It is now evident that Aperture has begun shipping in the United States and this morning reviews began popping up all over the Mac web. In particular this review highlights some of the nice features of Aperture with some nice screenshots and a sample gallery…
Apple Releases Broadband Tuner 1
Apple yesterday released a new freeware application that allows you to take full advantage of your broadband connection, its generally for connections with high latency (5Mbps or greater) but will work with those that are slower. The applications simply adjusts the size of the send…
Apple Offers Gift Cards
Apple today began selling gift cards via its online store, the cards can be redeemed at any Retail Store or online. The cards can be purchased in any denomination from $25 - $2500 and are sent via post to the recipient, an optional personal message…
Apple Developing App to Make Widgets?
The application is rumoured to be called Dashcode allows the creation of Dashboard widgets in a WYSIWYG environment although powerful javascript debugging tools are available for the more advanced developer. The application allows the creation of a widget with very little configuration, four templates are…
Apple Confirms Rome Retail Store
Apple has begun recruiting for its first mainland Europe Retail Store, an advertisement has appeared on the Italian retail website recruiting for the usual positions. The page also reveals that Apple will open the store in 2006. The location is still under wraps.
Intel Naming Conventions
Back in the 70's when Apple was only a sparkle in Steve Jobs' eye IBM created a processor family called the PowerPC range, of course when Apple first started up they used Motorola processors and through there great success used a whole range of processors…
Reverse Engineering FairPlay
A company by the name of Navio which specialises in digital-rights management have taken it upon themselves to reverse engineer Apple Fairplay DRM format. The format is used to protect songs bought from the iTunes Music Store. The company plans to allow other online music…
Aperture to Begin Shipping November 30th? [Update 2]
A number of sites have reported on the appearance of Aperture on Amazon, according to some customers of Amazon they have received an email stating that Amazon has already received copies of Aperture but is unable to ship it too the public. "Apple Aperture Post…
10.4.4 Seeds Again
Around one week after the first seed emerged Apple has reportedly released another seed of its upcoming Mac OS X update 10.4.4. The build is labelled 8G9 adds more fixes to the previous seed including Bluetooth and the MS DOS filesystem. Right now testers are…
Apple Invests $1.25bn in Flash Memory
Apple today confirmed that it has invested a massive $1.25bn to help secure flash memory supplies. Apple has reached agreements with Hynix, Intel, Samsung and Toshiba which will help the company support a supply of NAND memory until 2010. SJ himself, said "We want to…
Black Friday Discounts
As with previous years Apple is planning to offer discounts on selected products on the 25th of November. In previous years Apple has varied which products it has applied discounts too and varied the amount of discount.
Grand Opening - Manchester, UK [Update 1]
Unfortunately World of Apple were unable to attend the Grand Opening of the Trafford Centre Apple Store but some other lucky sod got to go. Earlier this week ifoAppleStore reported that Apple had opened the Store before the Grand Opening day, for us this just…
Apple Releases Front Row 1.0.1 [Update 1]
Apple has released its first update to its new Front Row application. "The Front Row Update delivers overall improved reliability and compatibility for browsing music, photos, and videos on your iMac." Early reports have shown that the update checks whether the application is running on…
Intel iBook Due in January
Think Secret posted a report earlier this week suggesting a good possibility that Apple would release an Intel iBook at MWSF in January. Although the site states that the source is highly reliable it is unable to state any specific specs but can comment on…