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2022 posts filed under Apple News
Apple Loses Case Against Online Journalists [Updated]
In a case where by Apple Computer wishes to obtain details of communications between unnamed sources that allegedly leaked information to several online news sites. On Friday the case took a major fall when the Judge agreed with lawyers that PowerPage and AppleInsider were protected…
Education iMac Disappears from Online Store
Just last week Apple officially announced a replacement for its eMac line of computers, the 17-inch iMac sported a 1.83GHz processor and a small price tag of $899. Sources have stated that Apple removed the iMac from the online store due to a mistake, the…
Apple Updates Boot Camp Beta
Apple today quietly released an update to its Boot Camp software. Although Boot Camp remains a Beta application the version number has now increased too 1.0.2. Apple has not officially announced the update nor have they offered any indication on what has been changed.
Apple Japan Exec Steps-Down
Apple confirmed today that Vice President of Marketing Yoshiaki Sakito has stepped down from his position in Japan. The Associated Press claims that Sakito came to an agreement with Apple although further details are unclear. In a contrasting report Nihon Keizai Shimbun says that Sakito…
Apple Execs Revealed to be Involved in Stock Option Irregularities
AppleInsider has exclusively revealed that top Apple execs are involved with the stock option grant irregularities and could be forced to return any funds gained. List of options as well as those involved The 23-page complaint was exclusively revealed to AppleInsider, the complaint which was…
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to Lack Virtualisation
Needham and Company analyst Charles Wolf recently spoke with Phil Schiller at the opening of the Fifth Avenue Apple Store. He asked Phil a simple question, ‘will Apple include a virtualization solution in [the next version of Mac OS X] Leopard.’ He said ‘absolutely not…
Lawsuits Announced Over Apple Stock Grants
Apple Computer has today announced that two lawsuits have been filed against the company over the awarding of stock grants. Both suits make claims against current and former officers and directors with respect to the company's awarding of stock option grants. Last week, Apple proactively…
Apple Introduces $899 iMac for Education [Updated]
Apple today released an iMac priced for education, at $899 the 17-inch iMac features a 1.83GHz Core Duo, as well as 512MB of memory, Combo and 80GB hard drive. The iMac has no been stripped of its iSight and ship with Airport as standard. The…
Apple Expands Retail MacBook Configurations
Apple has recently expanded its line of MacBook notebooks at its retail stores. The two new configurations push the offerings to five retail configurations. The first addition is a new 2.0GHz white MacBook with 1GB of RAM and 80GB of hard drive storage. The new…
Internet Bandwidth Restricts Movie Downloads Says Apple
Apple Director of QuickTime Product Marketing, Frank Casanova has told the press that internet bandwidth limits is "one of the reasons why there's no activity taking place in movie downloads". With a sizeable movie file "you could request a movie from Netflix before this download…
Mac OS X 10.4.7 Intel Re-Release [Updated]
Sources are claiming that Apple has updated its original Mac OS update for Intel based Macs. Although the update has not been changed in Software Update as of yet, Apple did send out a notice to its security email list: "the install package that upgrades…
Apple Probes Stock Option Irregularities
Apple said Thursday that it had begun an internal investigation into irregularities that have been discovered related to issuance of certain stock option grants between 1997 and 2001. A special committee of Apple’s outside directors has hired independent counsel to perform an investigation and the…
iTunes 6.0.5 Released
As expected Apple has released iTunes 6.0.5 via the Software Update Utility. With iTunes 6, you can now preview, buy, and download music videos, short films, and hit TV programs on the iTunes Music Store and sync your music and purchased videos with iPod to…
In Brief: VoIP Coming to Leopard, Intel Upgrades Yonah
VoIP Coming to Mac OS X 10.5? AppleInsider is reporting that developers are feverishly working on the inclusion of internet phone calls to Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard". Sources familiar with recent builds say that VoIP dialling is a new feature of iChat 4.0. It…
QuickTime 7.1.2 Available
Apple has released an update to QuickTime 7 (50MB) via the Software Update utility. QuickTime 7.1.2 addresses an issue previewing iDVD projects. This update is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.
MacBook Pro 17-inch Firmware Update
Apple today quietly released a Firmware Update for the 17-inch MacBook Pro. This SMC Firmware Update adjusts fan behavior in the MacBook Pro 17-inch.
Mac OS X 10.4.7 Now Available
Available via Software Update: The 10.4.7 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies. It includes fixes for: preventing AFP deadlocks and dropped connections saving Adobe and Quark documents to…
Apple Quarter 3 Results Call July 19
Apple will host its third quarter 2006 financial results on July 19. Apple is expected to announce average sales of its MP3 Player whilst announcing that sales of Macs have climbed. During last quarters call Apple chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer warned investors: "Looking ahead…
WWDC 2006 Keynote Details Announced
Apple today released details of this years WWDC Keynote, the Keynote which will begin at 10.00am PDT on August 7 2006 will be hosted by Steve Jobs, who will speak about the upcoming OS Leopard. From Apple's press release: Steve Jobs will headline a team…
Apple Announces eMac Repair Extension Program
The eMac Repair Extension program for eMacs that were sold between April 2004 and June 2005 and are experiencing scrambled and/or distorted video, no video or no power. Which eMac computers are affected by the eMac Repair Extension Program for Video and Power Issues? The…