Archive: 2007 — page 23
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In Brief: iPhone Capable of Flash? Banners Appear in AT&T Stores
iPhone Capable of Flash? A screenshot of the recent iPhone advert has been posted to Flickr , it points out the portion of the New York Times' that features a flash video. It should be noted that the website could simply be fabricated onto the…
Brushed Metal iMac Due at WWDC?
Think Secret is going head-to-head with AppleInsider, reporting that the iMac will receive an update at or around WWDC, which starts on June 11. The new iMac is said to feature a brushed metal enclosure. The report states that the machines will benefit from the…
Apple Releases Boot Camp Update
Apple has released an update to Boot Camp. The update to Boot Camp 1.3 fixes the following: Support for keyboard backlighting (MacBook Pro only) Apple Remote pairing Updated graphics drivers Improved Boot Camp driver installer Improved international keyboard support Localization fixes Updated Windows Help for…
Photos of WWDC Banners
RoughlyDrafted has posted several shots of banners posted in Moscone West in San Francisco. Entrance to Moscone West Leopard Rocket Fuel Banners in Moscone West Expand your universe
Apple Removes 2 Year Contract Requirement from iPhone Ads
TUAW notes that the latest advert posted by Apple to its website differs from the others. The original adverts that aired stated that a 2-year contract was required to use the iPhone. Now the latest advert has the line removed all together.
iMac Unlikely for WWDC
AppleInsider reports that the appearance of a brand new iMac are looking unlikely at next weeks WWDC. "There's no compelling rationale for [Apple] to pre-announce new iMacs months in advance of availability," said another contact familiar with Cupertino-based Mac maker's consumer product strategy. "The current…
ZFS to be Default File System in Leopard?
Sun Microsystems CEO, Jonathan Schwartz has spilled the beans on the status of ZFS in Leopard. The CEO announced that Apple would announce plans to reveal ZFS as the default file system in Mac OS X Leopard. "In fact, this week you'll see that Apple…
iPhone Advert Focuses on Internet Application [Updated]
An unpublished advert has recently shown on CNBC, the advert for the iPhone shows off the ability to surf the internet. The advert which is only viewable on YouTube uses a similar style to the others published but demonstrates the scrolling, zooming and general browsing…
In Brief: iPhone Dev Kit at WWDC? AT&T Improving EDGE Network?
iPhone Dev Kit at WWDC? The New York Times reported at the beginning of the week on the upcoming iPhone. The article focuses on the development of 3rd party applications for the device. The article cites Steve Jobs speaking last week at D: All Things…
MacBook Pro Receives Update
As per the rumours yesterday Apple has updated its professional line of notebooks to include faster Core 2 Duo processors using Santa Rosa technology, support for up to 4GB of RAM, LED backlit displays and 17-inch models can have a high resolution displays up to…
MacBook Pro Updates Tomorrow?
Mac Rumors is reporting that it is confident that Apple will release an update to the MacBook Pro tomorrow morning (June 5). The site also pieces together "various reports" to produce some potential specifications for some of the models of MacBook Pro; 2.2GHz, 4mb shared…
Apple Releases Three iPhone Adverts, Coming June 29
Apple has released three new adverts for the iPhone, in particular a release date of June 29th has been confirmed in the adverts that have aired on TV. The first advert called "Never Been an iPod" demonstrates how the iPhone is like no other iPod…
Apple Prepping MacBook Pro Update?
Mac Rumors , AppleInsider and Think Secret are all reporting that Apple is planning to release updated MacBook Pro's as early as this coming Tuesday. AppleInsider offers some brief details on the update, the MacBook Pro's are said to take some enhancements from Intel's Santa…
iTunes Plus Songs Tagged
Erica Sudan of O'Reilly is speculating that Apple may be tagging the AAC section of iTunes Plus tracks. Erica's research led her to create a secondary iTunes account and download two tracks on two separate accounts. This morning I created a new account over at…
Apple Sends New Seed of 10.4.10 to Developers
MacRumors is reporting that Apple has seeded builds 8R208 (PPC) and 8R2208 (Intel) of Mac OS X 10.4.10. The site states that areas of change are Image RAW, WebCore JavaScript, and ImageCapture.
YouTube to Encode in H.264 for Apple TV
Earlier in the week at D5 conference Steve Jobs showed off an Apple TV with the ability to show videos from YouTube. At the time Walt Mossberg raised the question of quality, Steve Jobs assured Walt that things would improve over time. YouTube on the…
AT&T to Deliver IPTV to Apple TV?
Engadget is reporting that sources tell them that Apple and AT&T are working on adding IPTV capabilities to the Apple TV. The sources state that the release plans are yet to be "worked out". Engadget compares the service to AT&T's current TV service called U-verse…
Apple Updates Xserve Lights Out Firmware
Apple has released an update called Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware Update 1.0. The update which is 760k in size is said to combine security and reliability updates to help improve the monitoring and management of Xserve. This update includes changes to the Lights-Out Management environment…
Apple Joins S&P 100
Standard and Poor's announced on Thursday that Apple Inc. will join its S&P 100 index. The company will replace MedImmune Inc. on the index following the end of trading on Thursday. The S&P 100 is a selection of the top 100 companies from the S&P…
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Share Stage at All Things Digital Conference [Updated]
As reported earlier in the week Steve Jobs and Bill Gates took the stage a few hours ago with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates share stage at D: All Things Digital Conference Soon the great Silicon Valley soap opera will…