Alex Brooks — page 179
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Re-inventing The Wheel
Think Secret has posted an article claiming that Apple has "tapped" Synaptics to supply click wheels for the iPod nano. Earlier in the year World of Apple reported on Apple creating their own proprietary click wheel for the nano, but is evidently having supply issues.
PowerMac Quad G5 with nVidia 7800 Card Ships
Reports have emerged that Apple began shipping some of its high-end Quad G5 systems containing the nVidia GeForce 7800 GT graphics card. It had previously been stated by Apple that systems ordered with the high-end graphics card may not ship until late into December but…
Mac mini The New Hub of Your Living Room
Last week Think Secret came out with a story that claims that the Mac mini will be unveiled with a brand new Intel processor and featuring a more digital hub orientated set of features. Expected to be released one year after its initial release the…
Apple to Unveil Media Content Distribution System
Think Secret has posted a very interesting story stating that it expects Apple to release a new media content distribution system. The system will aid in the delivery of feature length content, and television offerings. The down side of the system appears to be its…
The Switch Part 2 - Emulation
As promised last week we will be covering the topic of emulation as we move closer to the big switch, last week we covered how Apple could play the naming game, this week we will be looking into Rosetta, Apple's name for the PowerPC emulator…
AppleCare Coming to Florida
As of December 9th Apple customer in Florida will be able to purchase AppleCare in any retail store or third party retailers. Up to now Floridian laws have prevented the sale of AppleCare.
iTMS Europe Counts Down to One Hundred Million
Apple announced today that it has started a promotion counting down to one hundred million songs being sold on iTMS Europe. Apple has the following to say about the promotion; Music fans in 17 countries around Europe are clicking their way to 100 million downloads…
Steve Jobs to Deliver Macworld SF Keynote
IDG announced today that Steve Jobs will deliver the Macworld keynote that will kick off the whole event. The Keynote is on Tuesday 10th of January at 9.00am. World of Apple will be in attendance and offering live coverage through our specially designed facility, more…
Deep Inside Aperture
Ever wondered how Aperture ticks? No didn't think so. We don't usually do this but this blog has posted a very interesting article discussing the internals of Aperture. It appears Aperture uses SQLite to store all its underlying data and is linked very closely to…
How Much Does That Advertising Cost?
In 2004 Apple spent $206 million on advertising this year they spent $287 million, that's a 40 percent increase. And for the record in 2003 Apple spent $193 million, this information has been release in Apple's annual report filed to the Securities and Exchange Commision…
iPod Updater 2005-11-17
The update applies only to the iPod shuffle and updates its firmware to version 1.1.3, the update is around 37MB. Apple describes the update as "bug fixes", although Apple have obviously declined to comment on the exact details it appears that the update fixes problems…
Send News or just Contact Us
Although World of Apple has an abundant array of news providers we could always do with the odd piece of inside information or tip off. If you have any information that you don't think is that important we still want to hear it. Submit all…
Apple Unleashes Security Update 2005-009
Apple has posted the ninth security update of the year, weighing in at around 6MB and requiring a restart, it contains the following components: apache_mod_ssl CoreFoundation CoreTypes curl iodbcadmin OpenSSL Safari sudo syslog For the more advanced individuals here is the full information:
The iPod Bar
Apple has begun testing of a new section to its Retail Stores, the iPod Bar is very much like the Genius bar but focuses solely on helping customers with iPod problems. As another Mac site has kindly pointed out, this seems like a fair waste…
On the Brink of $70
Over the past few weeks Apple's stock has bee steadily rising and today it came very close to moving over the $70 dollar barrier, with a few more hours left of trading it is likely that it will surpass the figure this afternoon. Deutsche Bank…
iLife and iWork ‘06?
Although this rumour is stated to be unconfirmed it follows suite that Apple will release its next installments of the iWork and iLife suites. The rumour states that iLife '06 will include for support for an optional $50 remote control and presumably bundle Front Row…
Aperture Reviews
It is now evident that Aperture has begun shipping in the United States and this morning reviews began popping up all over the Mac web. In particular this review highlights some of the nice features of Aperture with some nice screenshots and a sample gallery…
Apple Releases Broadband Tuner 1
Apple yesterday released a new freeware application that allows you to take full advantage of your broadband connection, its generally for connections with high latency (5Mbps or greater) but will work with those that are slower. The applications simply adjusts the size of the send…
Apple Offers Gift Cards
Apple today began selling gift cards via its online store, the cards can be redeemed at any Retail Store or online. The cards can be purchased in any denomination from $25 - $2500 and are sent via post to the recipient, an optional personal message…
Apple Developing App to Make Widgets?
The application is rumoured to be called Dashcode allows the creation of Dashboard widgets in a WYSIWYG environment although powerful javascript debugging tools are available for the more advanced developer. The application allows the creation of a widget with very little configuration, four templates are…