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iChat Update 1.0
Apple today released a Software Update for iChat on Tiger. The update which is available for both PPC and Intel weighs in at 2.3MB and 3.9MB respectively. Apple describes the update as:- This update renews the .Mac certificate required by iChat for encrypting text, audio…
In Brief: iWork and iLife ‘07 Make Appearance on Amazon, Without Numbers?
iWork and iLife '07 Make Appearance on Amazon Amazon.com has posted holding pages for iWork '07 and iLife '07 , the pages contain no further details on the products or any release dates. It is widely expected that the two products will be refreshed next…
Apple Renews Commitment to Retail Strategy
AppleInsider has posted an insightful article into the current state of Apple Retail with facts gained from Apple's recent SEC filing . The report states that Apple is fast approaching $1 billion of total store lease commitments and intends to use $360 million in capital…
Intertainer Sues Apple for Patent Infringement
Forbes.com has posted a report stating that Apple, Google and Napster are being sued for patent infringement by Intertainer Inc., described as a defunct online video and audio on-demand service. The suit was filed in a Texas-based federal court on Friday accusing all three corporations…
Apple to Make Use of LED Backlighting
The Digitimes reports that Apple and several other computer notebook manufacturers are expected to launch notebook's using LEDs as the source of backlighting. "Taiwan-based LED makers will not likely earn orders from such major brands, as notebook makers have high requirements for their product specifications…
Goldman Analyst Looks Ahead to Macworld
Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey has given his opinion on the upcoming Macworld Expo, the analyst predicts that Apple will release a new video iPod. According to his checks the iPod "is noticeably more innovative than the current generation and should not be considered as…
Goldman Says Apple Sold 1.8m Macs in Dec
Goldman Sach analyst David Bailey has released a research note to clients over the last few days, in the note he forecasts Apple for better-than-expected profit. The analyst expects earnings of $.79 per share on sales of $6.38 billion compared to estimates on the Street…
iTV Unlikely to be Available at MWSF?
AppleInsider reports that Apple CEO Steve Jobs will talk further about iTV but the officially launch could escape Macworld by several weeks. The report states that problems with the device related to quality assurance are causing an official launch to be delayed. The company is…
Apple Posts 2007 Teaser
Apple has updated its website with a teaser for the coming year. The Apple front page reads; The first 30 years were just the beginning. Welcome to 2007. Apple posts website teaser Back in 2002, Apple did a similar thing by updating their website daily…
In Brief: SEC Filing Reveals Multiple Lawsuits Against Apple, New Display Rumours Continue, 8-Core Mac Pro in January?
SEC Filing Reveals Multiple Lawsuits Against Apple In Friday's SEC filing Apple revealed that it is facing multiple federal lawsuits, one of which accuses the company of creating an illegal monopoly with iTunes and iPod. The case which was filing on July 21 refers directly…
Apple Restates Earnings Back to 2002 Following Options Review
Apple today released it's Form 10-K which restates earnings back to 2002 to account for backdated stock-option grants. Apple adjusted its results by $4 million for the fiscal year of 2006, $7 million for 2005, and $10 million for 2004. In the filing Apple said…
Jobs Involved in Falsified Stock Options Documents
The Financial Times reports that Apple CEO Steve Jobs was awarded 7.5 million stock options in 2001 without required authorisation. The report cites "people familiar with the matter," saw documents "that purported to show a full board meeting had taken place to approve Mr Jobs'…
In Brief: iTunes Visits Surge 413% Over Christmas, Options Scandal Unlikely to Impact Jobs
iTunes Visits Surge 413% Over Christmas Hitwise has reported today that visits to the Apple iTunes website surged 413% on Christmas Day this year over Christmas Day 2005. In addition to this visits to the online Apple Store showed an increase of 110% when comparing…
Apple Fears Formal Charges From SEC
According to a Law.com report, Apple is set to publish its annual report before this current week is out, the slowest week of the year. According to the report Government officials are looking closely into the stock option probe, which concerns falsified documents forged by…
Presenting World of Apple Live, World of Apple at MacWorld
The World of Apple Team proudly presents World of Apple Live, the first site to offer a live audio stream of the MacWorld Keynote. After months of planning and development it was recently decided that such a scheme is possible with the necessary funding and…
In Brief: Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.4.9, 1G iPod shuffle Software Update, New Displays at MacWorld?
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.4.9 Apple has seeded build 8P21111 for Mac OS X 10.4.9 to developers. Areas said to have fixes are as follows; Sync Service Engine, rsync and extended attributes, .Mac Sync, Rosetta, USB Modem and caller ID, Bluetooth device pairing, USB…
Apple Turns Down Samsung Hybrid Drive
Apple Computer has turned down an offer to incorporate hybrid flash-enhanced drives from Samsung into its notebook computers. Apple has reportedly been working on a next-generation laptop that will feature flash memory to increase the speed of certain functions, instead of accepting Samsung as the…
Apple Receives Resolution Independent User Interface Design Patent
Apple filed a patent protecting its Resolution Independent on July 21, 2006, Apple today was granted this patent. FIG. 4 shows a screen image of a graphical user interface object design application in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. In the patent application Apple…
Further iPod Hi-Fi Development?
In a recent job posting Apple states that it is looking for "an Acoustic Engineer who will be responsible for the design and development of many aspects of consumer loudspeaker systems such as Apple’s Hi Fi - including enclosure design, passive and active filter design…
Mac OS X for Consumer Electronics?
AppleInsider reports that Apple is working on an Operating System based on core technologies of Mac OS X but designed to work on upcoming consumer electronic devices. According to AppleInsider, Apple plans to use the version of Mac OS X to run its iPhone, but…