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Apple’s Second Tokyo Store Opening August 6
Apple will open its fourth store in Japan this Saturday, the store is located in Tokyo's Shibuya district. The store will open at 10am local time and is around a 5 minute walk from the Shibuya train station.
What’s Next in The iLife Suite?
Apple Matters has posted an interesting article casting speculation on what the future of the iLife suite may hold.
Apple Recruiting Sony VAIO Engineers
Engadget is reporting that Apple are hiring ex and current Sony engineers to help with, "trouble playing catch up with the learning curve for designing using the Intel platform". This is supposedly in order to have an Intel based Powerbook out by next year, and…
Apple to Sell Branded Merchandise
ifoAppleStore is reporting that Apple will begin to sell Apple branded merchandise in its retail stores. "Expect to see golf shirts and balls, dress shirts, ties, socks, T-shirts, polos and other merchandise for sale at reasonable prices."
Testing of Mac OS X 10.4.3 Begins
Apple this week seeded Mac OS X 10.4.3 to developers. The build is 8F8 and is said to include over 40 bug fixes related to .Mac, AFP Server, Finder permissions and AppleScript. According to rumours around the web the update is expected in September.
HP Drops The iPod
In a shock announcement HP have said they will no longer be selling a rebranded version of the iPod.
Colour iPod minis by October?
Everyone knows its almost inevitable but analysts still insist on showing off there powers of prediction.
Details of Video iPods Revieled
Supposedly, I say that because this could be random rubbish but seems interesting anyway. Supposedly Sharp sales men have been bragging about a big customer for their SOC (system on chip).
iTMS Japan?
Apple computer have been sending out invitations to special journalists inviting them to a special music event in Tokyo on August 4th. It expected that Apple will announce the release of the iTunes Music Store in Japan.
Update: iPhoto 5.0.4 Released
Available in Software Update for those with iPhoto 5, resolves the following issues;
Apple Releases Updated Mac Mini
Alongside the expected iBook announcement Apple have rolled out updates the Mac mini line of products. The most notable feature is 512MB of RAM as standard, the configurations sold are as follows;
Apple Releases New iBooks
As expected Apple have released a new line of iBooks, the case is the same and they do not include Widescreen displays.
MOTONOW Not So Now!
Numerous sites are reporting that within the first 5 minutes of the event beginning Ed Zander from Motorola read a statement from Apple stating that the iTunes phones will not be unveiled today but at a separate music event within the next 66 days. "we're…
Update: Garageband 2.0.2
Size - 14.6MB Available in - Software Update Version - 2.0.2 GarageBand 2.0.2 addresses issues with time signature handling, Apple Loops authoring, locking tracks, and improves compatibility with Mac OS X Tiger.
MOTONOW, Will it Finally Settle The Rumours?
Tonight at 7PM CDT (around 2AM GMT if I'm not mistaken) Motorola will host an event that will "likely" include music related announcements.
Widescreen iBooks Pop Out of The Blue?
Well this interesting screenshot has appeared on the internet, unable to find a source of the image I have come to the conclusion that it seems fake, not only have the bottom images not changed as they often do. Not to mention that the 14"…
eBay Auctions Off Rare Apple Merchandise
The descriptions states: The Item you are bidding on is an extremely rare Apple Collectible. It was originally part of the window display during the Grand Opening of the Chandler Arizona Apple Store. To my knowledge only 14 of these were ever produced, and of…
Updates to Safari 1.3 and 2.0 Soon
Reports from tipsters have indicated that Apple is working on the next versions of the Safari web browser on both Mac OS X 10.3 and Mac OS X 10.4. Developers were asked on Thursday to test an update to Safari 2.0 and update 6 for…
OS X Security Update Due Soon
Security update 2005-007 is for Mac OS X 10.4.3 is rumoured to be in the early stages of testing. No details are available and no open security hazards are known to the public sector.
Mac OS X 10.4.3
Apple has begun the development of the next update to Tiger and is expected to be released in mid September. Surprisingly the first release is expected to reach testers in a matter of days.