Archive: January 2006
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Intel iMac CPU Swappable
An article is currently making it's way around the Internet purporting that the Intel iMac has a swappable CPU. The CPU is said to be mounted on a standard Intel socket, some iMac owners have in fact gone out and bought a standard 2GHz Core…
Garden State Apple Store Opening Feb. 4th
Apple is set to open the second Apple Store of 2006 this Saturday. The Garden State Plaza in New Jersey is the lucky candidate this time and the Grand Opening will begin at 10 am. The usual things are going down, sweepstakes and 100 t-shirts…
“Mac Pro” Trademark Filing
Towards the end of last year Apple filed a trademark on the phrase "Mac Pro" at the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office. The filing dated November 18 2005 desscribes the phrase "Mac Pro" as "computers; computer hardware; computer software; computer peripherals; notebook computers; laptop computers…
Apple Remote Advances Keynote Slides, Works in iTunes, Quicktime and More
A reader of World of Apple has pointed us out to an interesting fact about the Apple Remote, it appears that the remote is capable of controlling many applications outside of the Front Row environment. Reports have confirmed that the remote can advance slides in…
Apple to Release 1GB nano?
An analyst has predicted that he expects Apple to EOL the iPod shuffle in favour of a 1GB iPod nano. The analyst has also shed some light on the availability of NAND flash memory; "Our latest checks do pick some modest loosening of demand in…
Apple to Release Red iPod?
Rumours have arisen after Bono unveiled a new project to help fight AIDs called Product Red. The charity hopes to raise money to help finance the fight against AIDs, TB and Malaria. Apparently Bono has been putting pressure on Apple to release a red iPod…
Brent Cross Grand Opening - The Lowdown
As you know World of Apple attended the Grand Opening of the Brent Cross Apple Store. We arrived at around 8.15am to be greeted by a very small turn out, we placed ourselves in the queue at around the 30 position and began snapping away!…
Intel iBook to Include iSight and Front Row?
As has been long time rumoured AppleInsider have once again reiterated that they expect Apple to release a new Intel iBook (likely to be called MacBook) with a 13.3" wide-screen display, incorporating a built-in iSight and coming bundled with Front Row and Apple Remote. They…
Brent Cross Apple Store Photos
We've now posted the photos from the Grand Opening of the Brent Cross Apple Store. Take a look
Accelerometer Patents Point Towards Mac Tablet
MacsimiumNews has posted a detailed report on a new patent that has been filed by Apple which shows the use of an accelerometer in a tablet computer. An accelerometer is a very similar technology to that used in the PowerBooks but is known as a…
Apple Seeking Software Engineer for the Finder
Apple has posted a very interesting Job Application page asking for a Software Engineer that specialises in the Finder. Here is what Apple describes its perfect candidate: The Finder team is seeking an energetic, motivated software engineer to help develop next generation versions of the…
Motorola SLVR L7, Cingular and iTunes
It looks like Cingular is preparing to do an advertising blitz with the brand new Moto SLVR L7. We're pretty sure this is real anyway.
Universal Aperture to be Free of Charge
Apple has update their Aperture page to state that the Universal Crossgrade will be free of charge and be available before the end of March 2006.
More Video Content Added to iTunes Music Store
Apple has once again expanded the selection of videos available on the iTunes Store. The content includes the following; South of Nowhere (Season 1) Soapography (Season 1) Spongebob SqaurePants (Season 1) Dora the Explorer (Season 1) Zoey 101 Beavis and Butt-head Laguna Beach Wonder Showzen…
Mac OS X 10.4.5
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has begun testing of the next update to Mac OS X, this will be the fifth update to Tiger within a year. Details are slim right now but it appears the area of focus will be Safari, Core Graphics applications…
Disney Short Films Available on iTMS
No less than 3 hours have the papers have been signed the iTMS has gained some new additions in the form of Disney Short Films, they are available for $1.99 and a total of 10 are available.
Apple Adds Further Video Content to iTunes
Apple has added the following shows the the US iTunes Store. ABC's "Wildfire" Season 1 and 2 NBC's "The Munsters" Season 1 ABC's "Ebert and Roeper at the Movies"
Brent Cross (UK) Store to Open Saturday
Apple has confirmed that it will open its 5th retail in the UK on Saturday, the Grand Opening is scheduled for 9:00am on Saturday 28th January 2006. World of Apple should be providing some coverage. London’s second Apple retail store will open at the Brent…
Macintosh is 22 Today!
On this day in 1984 Apple aired a commercial during the SuperBowl that would change the worlds perception of computing and to this day the Macintosh lives on. Happy Birthday old chap.
iWork Second Best Selling Office Suite
A report shows that iWork achieved a 2.7% market share in 2005 which is slightly more than Corels WordPerfect which holds 1.6% share. Naturally Microsoft Office covers 95% oh the share but the interesting fact is when we come down to Mac only stats where…