Alex Brooks — page 173
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17″ iMac G5 Out of Stock
The US, UK and German online Apple Stores are all showing no further availability of the 17" iMac G5. Previously the price of the 20" imac was dropped obviously to encourage more sales. Stocks of PowerBooks remain fairly healthy.
Logic Pro 7.2 Available
Apple has today quietly released its first Universal Binary pro application. Logic Pro 7.2 is native too Intel systems and can be purchased for $49 (£35) by owners of Logic Pro 7. Version 7.2 also packs some new features including, Apogee Ensemble, Digidesign Pro Tools…
Tablet Mac the Second Coming
Remember that Patent we looked at last week filed in New Zealand? Well today it appears one has popped up on the US Patent Office. The patent was field on January 31 2005 but most recently updated February 2. Some of the names given to…
Apple Seeks Help With Aperture
Apple is calling all professional photographers to upload images so Apple can improve the RAW imaging program in OS X. Apple said "In a ongoing effort to improve and refine the handling of RAW images in the Mac OS, Apple is interested in working with…
Apple Protests Swiss iPod Tax
Apple has been protesting against a new tax on sales of MP3 players. The tax which will take effect on March 1st will be levied against flash and hard drive based MP3 players. The idea has been spawned by local authorities giving pressure on the…
DVD Studio Pro Update 4.0.3
Apple has posted an update to DVD Studio Pro updating it too version 4.0.3. The update is said to bring compliance for the 1.0 HD DVD Video standard for both Tiger and Panther users. The update weighs in at 6.8MB available here.
Cingular Launches Motorola SLVR L7
As reported by World of Apple a few weeks a go, Cingular have launched the new Motorola SLVR L7 iTunes phone. It appears that the phone is still marred with some of the problems that the original iTunes phone was plagued with. The phone retains…
Apple Reduces Price on 20″ iMac G5
Apple today lowered the price of the iMac G5 by $200 while leaving the 17" model untouched. Hopefully this will help alleviate some issues customers have been having when purchasing new iMacs. If you bought your 20" iMac within the last ten days then contact…
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.