Archive: January 2006 — page 3
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Post MacWorld 2006
It's all over for another year, that right MacWorld is officially over and its time to start booking tickets for next year. 8-12th January 2007, we'll be there! So in usual fashion, although slightly late we're going to roundup what we got right and what…
Intel Macs Have Support for 802.11a
Introduced around 2001 the 802.11a standard was thought up as an alternative to 802.11b, at the time 802.11g was being ratified and due to its compatibility became the mainstream standard in computers from that point onwards. Three years ago Greg Joswiak of Apple said "802.11a…
Final Gallery Up
After some set backs and then followed by more set backs we've got the final images online. Check out the images of the Expo floor Yes we are aware that the images appear to be scrambled, not sure why this has happened.
Jobs to Reap Stock Rewards
Already a billionaire from owning stock in Pixar, Steve is set to receive another set of stocks from Apple. "Jobs exchanged worthless options on a split-adjusted 55 million shares for 10 million shares of restricted stock three years ago. The shares, Jobs's entire stake in…
iMacs to Use X1800 Graphics Card?
The current line of iMacs uses ATI's Radeon X1600 Graphics Card, and although this is a welcome boost it appears more power may be due in the very near future. A report straight from ATI's Conference room suggests that the Radeon X1800 card will be…
12″ and 17″ MacBook Pro’s?
An individual very close to the core of Apple has spoken out on the Cult of Mac Blog, offering information about how the Keynote address was changed at the last minute, slating the 12" and 17" MacBook Pro's from the lineup. The decision is supposedly…
iPod Updater 2006-01-10
Apple has released an update for most of the current pods. As described below, looks like this is to enable support of the new FM Radio Remote. iPod Updater 2006-01-10 delivers: iPod Software 1.1 for iPod iPod Software 1.1 for iPod nano iPod Software 1.2.1…
Mac OS X 10.4.4 Available
As announced in todays Keynote Apple have released 10.4.4. As promised the new widgets are included along with the following fixes:
World of Apple’s Keynote Coverage
We really enjoyed that and we hope you really enjoyed following along, and we hope you joined us. You can now download the text file of everything we wrote, its handy for reference and you can follow via pictures! Text File This is WOA's official…
iTunes 6.0.2 Released
Apple has been working very hard today, iTunes 6.0.2 has been rolled out in Software Update, described with the following: With iTunes 6, you can preview, buy, and download over 2,000 music videos and hit TV shows on the iTunes Music Store and sync your…
iPod radio Remote
Apple describes the remote as: Listen to FM radio on your iPod and control everything with a convenient wired remote. You also get a set of earphones with a shorter cable that's a perfect fit for the remote. Compatible with iPod nano and iPod with…
iLife, iWork ‘06, New .Mac
iLife '06 is now featuring a new program called iWeb, making publishing all your media to the net very easy. iPhoto has introduced Photocasting and Garageband now has the facility to create your own video Podcasts. iWork has seen updates to its Keynote and Pages…
First Intel Mac Shipping
In another shock announcement Apple announced its first Intel Desktop as the iMac. The iMac features are identical the recent revision expect it boasts Intel's Core Duo. 17 inch - 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo - $1299 20 inch - 2GHz Intel Core Duo - $1699
Apple announces MacBook Pro
Apple today announced in a shocking Keynote that it will ship a brand new MacBook Pro in February, the first Intel processor laptop from Apple. The books will come in the following specs: 1.67GHz InteL Core Duo - $1999 15.4-inch TFT display with 1440x900 resolution…
15″ Aluminium PowerBook Battery Update
We're not sure which revisions this applies too but its definitely updated some new PowerBooks. The update weighs in at 820KB and is described with the following sentence; " aids the 15-inch Aluminum PowerBook battery in performing at full capacity."
World of Apple Galleries Online
As we promised we've been feverishly taking pictures, out first days worth of images are up, the next set will go up on Monday. We have so many now that we've created a page to list them all We've updated the galleries with out visit…
World of Apple Galleries
Below are all the galleries that World of Apple have compiled - Apple Store Bullring - Bullring Apple Store Opening Apple Store Regent Street - Opening - Regent Street Store opening and MacExpo 2004 Mac Expo 2005 - MacExpo 2005 MacWorld San Francisco - Saturday…
.Mac Maintenance Scheduled for January 10th
Reports have emerged that the .Mac service will be undergoing maintenance during the MWSF Keynote on Tuesday. Mac will be undergoing scheduled maintenance from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST on 1/10/06. All .Mac services will be affected. We apologize for the inconvenience. Previous rumours…
Apple to release 42″ and 50″ Display
PowerPage has made a reports stating that it believes Apple could release a 42" and 50" Plasma displays at MWSF. The report states that the displays would be powered by Viiv, the prices are said to be $2599 and $3299 respectively. The report is very…
French Maids How to Guide
As a bit of humour I came across this on YouTube I have to say its pretty fun although not suitable for some