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Apple Announces Best Quarterly Revenue in History, Record iPod Sales
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 first quarter ended December 27, 2008. The Company posted record revenue of $10.17 billion and record net quarterly profit of $1.61 billion, or $1.78 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $9.6 billion and…
Low-End MacBook Receives Speed Bump
Apple has within the last few days quietly updated the low-end white MacBook with specs nearer to its unibody siblings. Engadget first spotted the updated MacBook which remains the only model with a white polycarbonate enclosure amongst a lineup of unibody MacBooks. The MacBook which…
Apple Q109 Financial Results to be Unveiled January 21
On Wednesday January 21st at 2:00 p.m. PST/5:00 p.m. EST/ 10.00 p.m. GMT Apple will unveil it's first quarter financial results for the fiscal year 2009. Apple will provide live audio streaming of its FY 09 First Quarter Results Conference Call utilising Apple’s QuickTime. The…
T-Mobile Austria Slashes 8GB iPhone Price
Those looking to pick up an 8GB iPhone in Austria can do so for €1. T-Mobile which carries the iPhone in Austria and Germany dropped the price of the 8GB handset on Monday from €99 to just €1 (on a €45/month contract). In addition to…
Intel Unleashes Core 2 Quad Processors, Destined for iMac?
Intel has today officially unveiled its brand new Core 2 Quad line of processors . Intel states that the processors are aimed at "sleek and cool" desktops with the new components weighing in at 2.33GHz, 2.66GHz and 2.83GHz and all consuming just 65W of energy…
Apple Announces 500 Million App Downloads
Apple has today updated its homepage to announce that it has sold its 500 millionth application on the App Store.
Mac mini to Adopt NVIDIA Ion Platform?
Tom's Hardware has posted a report based on information from an unnamed NVIDIA partner that the upcoming refreshed Mac mini will feature NVIDIA's Ion platform which pairs the 9400M chipset and integrated GPU with Intel's Atom 330 processor. The 9400M system controller and integrated GPU…
Tim Cook and His Last Run in With Being CEO
Many will recall that this is not the first time that Apple Chief Operating Officer has stepped in while CEO Steve Jobs dealt with a medical condition. Back in 2004 Cook ran the shop for just over one month while Steve Jobs recovered from surgery…
Apple's North America Market Share Slumps
This week Gartner released the figures for U.S. and worldwide PC ships for the fourth calendar quarter of 2008. The report places Apple in fourth place in the U.S. market with a share of 8%, up 6.7% from the same quarter in 2007. The figures…
Jobs Health Related to Food Absorption?
The New York Times is reporting that two people familiar with Steve Jobs health issues have confirmed that he is not suffering a reoccurrence of cancer. According to the sources Steve Jobs is suffering from a condition which prevents his body from absorbing food, doctors…
Investors and Analysts Weigh in on Steve Jobs Announcement
Following yesterdays shock announcement that Steve Jobs will take the bench at Apple for six months until the end of June due to health issues and be temporarily replaced by current COO Tim Cook, Apple's shares took a seven percent plunge but in early trading…
Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave Until June
Apple CEO Steve Jobs today sent the following email to all Apple employees: Team, I am sure all of you saw my letter last week sharing something very personal with the Apple community. Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health continues to be a distraction…
Taking a Look at iTunes Plus
One of the biggest announcements at Macworld 2009 was that Apple would be selling all its music DRM-free by the middle of the year. Apple describes iTunes Plus as follows: Apple’s DRM-free format with higher-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality virtually indistinguishable from…
Apple Seeks Specialists in HSPA Technologies for iPhone
Apple has posted several job opportunities on it's employment site seeking individuals with experience with advanced 3G telephony technologies. Apple is looking for a lab tester and analyst who have experience with HSDPA and HSUPA (High Speed Downlink/Uplink Packet Access). The two technologies are commonly…
Mini DisplayPort Becomes Part of Official Specification
According to VESA Apple's variation of DisplayPort known as Mini DisplayPort will be included in the upcoming DisplayPort 1.2 specification. The tiny port is to be included in the upcoming DisplayPort 1.2 specification, the standard's overseer, Vesa, said last week. The digital monitor link tech…
Further Evidence Points Towards iPhone nano
Before Macworld several stories ran on World of Apple referencing the iPhone nano, although it always seemed unlikely for the device to show up at Macworld the evidence was there and further evidence and rumours now point towards a mid-2009 release. Digitimes has posted a…
Safari Vulnerability Affects OS X and Windows
Brian Mastenbrook an open source developer has discovered a security flaw in Safari which makes it vulnerable to "malicious websites". According to Masterbrook the flaw allows files to be read from a users hard drive which could expose sensitive information like emails, passwords and cookies…
Apple Signs Five Year Display Deal With LG
An SEC filing made today shows that Apple and LG have entered into a five year agreement in which LG will supply LCD panels to Apple. The deal also includes a prepayment from Apple to LG of $500 million. "Although LG Display already had a…
Online Screening of "Welcome to Macintosh"
During Macworld last week two films that cover Apple saw the light of day in exclusive public screenings. One of these films was "Welcome to Macintosh" which is having an online screening on Monday, January 12th, at 9:30 PM ET on The Digital Lifestyle…
Schiller Talks to Pogue on Apple's Event Schedule
Following the Macworld keynote on Tuesday The New York Times' D avid Pogue had the chance to talk to Apple's Phil Schiller. Pogue naturally questioned Schiller on why the company had decided to pullout of Macworld in future years, Schiller pretty much restated Apple's press…