Archive: October 2008
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IBM Employee Moves to Apple, Miffs IBM
CNET is reporting that a former IBM employee by the name of Mark Papermaster has accepted a job at Apple. The article is mainly targeted at a lawsuit which IBM has started against the former employer for joining Apple. Papermaster was IBM's Vice President of…
Opera Browser Banned from iPhone
In an article from the New York Times on the Opera Software company it is revealed that Apple is not allowing the company to distribute a version of its web browser for the iPhone. Mr. von Tetzchner said that Opera’s engineers have developed a version…
Psystar Incorporates Blu-Ray, So What?
Editors note: This article contains the opinions of the author The blogs are a-buzz with the news that Psystar has incorporated Blu-Ray players into their OpenComputer line. Is this a big deal? Yes and no. Bottomline? Yawn. First, commenters on various articles, such as one…
Apple Details MobileMe Changes
Apple has posted a support document which uncharacteristically details many changes the company has recently made to MobileMe. Apple explains why it is being so open by saying: Since server-side updates are a bit more innocuous than a standard software update to Mac OS X…
AT&T Offers Free WiFi to iPhone Owners
AT&T has officially announced that they are offering free WiFi access to all iPhone subscribers in the U.S. WiFi spots can be scouted out using an online tool , WiFi is also available in Starbucks restaurants which can be found here . The following steps…
New Mac Pros at Macworld, iMac, Mac Mini Nov. 10?
Dennis Sellers of MacsimumNews has gone out on a limb today and predicted that both the iMac and the long stagnant Mac mini will see an update on November 10th (a Monday). But also goes onto state that a Mac Pro update will come at…
In Brief: Apple Volleys Back in Reply to Psystar (UPDATED)
On October 23, 2008, Apple filed its Reply Brief in Support its Motion to Dismiss Psystar’s Counterclaims. In its introduction, it argued precisely as I had suspected, to wit: Psystar argues that its antitrust and unfair competition claims should proceed even though the allegations in…
Updates: iPhoto 7.1.5, Airport Extreme Update 2008-004
iPhoto 7.1.5 - 9MB This update improves the printing quality of books, cards and calendars ordered via the iPhoto printing service. Airport Extreme Update 2008-004 - 2MB This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers running Mac OS 10.5.5 and resolves some issues with…
Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G21) Seed Notes
Late last week Apple seeded the first build of Mac OS X 10.5.6. The update will be the sixth update to Leopard since its retail release in October of 2007. The update which is expected to be one of the largest updates to Mac OS…
Latest Snow Leopard Build (10A190) Now Available [Seed Notes]
This weekend Apple has made the latest build of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard available to developers. As was rumoured earlier in the week , the seed notes accompanying build 10A190 of Snow Leopard confirm that the Finder is "partially rewritten in Cocoa". Snow…
Apple Seeds iPhone OS 2.2
It is being reported by numerous sites that Apple seeded a new build of iPhone OS 2.2. Beta 2 is said to add no new features that weren't in Beta 1 but Google Street View is said to be fully enabled. The accompanying notes also…
Apple Publicly Opposes Prop. 8
Apple has used its Hot News feed to publicly oppose proposition 8 which seeks to eliminate same-sex marriage in the state of California. Apple has also donated $100,000 to the "No on Prop 8" campaign . Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a…
Apple Updates iPhone NDA
As promised earlier in the month Apple has posted a revised iPhone non-disclosure agreement. Two agreements appear to be in place, one is a public agreement ( PDF ) the other is only available to registered iPhone developers ( PDF ). The new NDA continues…
iTunes UK Glitch Inadvertently Censors Song Titles
The BBC is reporting that a temporary error on the UK iTunes Store today has caused many non-offensive song titles to become censored. Searching through the store it appears that bands such as Hot Chip and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers were also censored. A…
Photomatix Pro Winner Announced!
One week ago, I reviewed Photomatix Pro . I found it to be a great piece of software for easily creating HDR effects on your photos. If you missed the review, be sure to check it out (especially if you're into photography). As part of…
iPhone Accounts for 39% of Q408 Revenue
When Apple released its quarterly results for the 2008 fiscal it was overlooked by many that Apple has now adopted to supply two sets of quarterly results. Apple will continue giving out GAAP ( Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ) results, these will include subscription based…
QuickTime 7.6 in Developer Testing
Apple has released a build of QuickTime 7.6 to some of its developer community this week. Downloads of QuickTime 7.6 are available for Windows, Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. The builds reportedly deliver improvements in multi-channel encoded audio tracks, in addition developers have been…
AT&T Reports 2.4M iPhone 3G Activations
AT&T reported on Wednesday that its third quarter profits were boosted by a larger number of iPhone activations that was initially predicted. The US iPhone carrier reported a 5.5 percent rise in profits to $3.23 billion and EPS of $0.55. AT&T also noted that it…
Notes of Interest from Q408 Conference Call
On Tuesday Apple held its fiscal fourth quarter conference call to discuss its financial results for the past quarter. The call which featured a rare and surprise appearance from company CEO Steve Jobs. Macs Sold 2.61 million Macs, best quarter ever. Of those sales 936,000…
Mac mini to be Discontinued?
Gizmodo is reporting that Apple may announce during today's fiscal conference that the Mac mini is being discontinued. According to Gizmodo's European retail sources Apple has told them not to expect any further shipments of the Mac mini. It was first rumoured a year ago…