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2022 posts filed under Apple News
Universal Final Cut Studio Available
Final Cut Studio 5.1 which is made up of Final Cut Pro 5, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro 4 and Motion 2 is now fully Universal allowing it to work natively on both Intel and PPC systems. Final Cut Studio 5.1 costs $1,299 (£899.99). Customers…
Apple Corp Case Begins
Today was the opening day of the court battle between Apple Corps and Apple Computer. Apple Corps made opening arguments in its request for an injunction that would bar the computer manufacturer from using its logo - an apple with a bite taken out -…
Apple Quietly Updates 30-inch Cinema Display
Apple today boosted the specs on its 30-inch Cinema Display. The displays brightness was originally 270 cd/m2 and has now been upgraded to 400 cd/m2. The contrast ratio has also been increased from 400:1 to 700:1. We are unable to confirm whether it is a…
Apple Corps V’s Apple Computer
This week the two companies are back in court again. Apple Corps, owned by the former Beatles and their heirs still owns the licensing rights to Beatles'. Apple Corps claims that the introduction of iTunes broke the agreement they made back in 1991. The agreement…
Apple to Roll Out New Serial Number Format
Think Secret has today reported that it expects Apple to make changes to its serial number scheme. All Apple hardware will sport a new 18 digit numeric serial number. The current serial numbers consist of 11 digit alphanumeric serial numbers. Hardware components such as optical…
iPod and iTunes Added to UK Inflation Index
The sale of iPods and iTunes downloads has been added to the list of goods used by the UK government as a standard for measuring inflation. The 650 product list which is compiled and maintained by the Office for National Statistics aims to measure the…
French Lawmakers Approve Draft Law
As reported on last week French Lawmakers voted on an online copyright bill that aims to break exclusive formats from the likes of Apple, Sony and Microsoft. The bill was approved 296-193 and will now be debated by the Senate which is expected to take…
AAPL Shareholder’s Meeting
All seven members of Apple's Board are up for re-election at the annual shareholders meeting. Filing the request with the Securities and Exchange Commission Apple announced that on Thursday April 27 it will hold the meeting at 4 Infinite Loop in the Town Hall Auditorium…
Apple Posts New iPod Ad
Readers of WOA have been pointing out over the last few hours that American channels such as NBC and during the NCAA Championships a new iPod advert aired. The ad was shrouded in confusion as nothing similar was viewable on Apple's site, luckily they have…
Security Update 2006-002 v1.1 (PPC/Intel)
Apple has today reissued a previously released Security Update. The update is around 13MB in size. Apple has included a method to check whether the update is official using SHA-1 digest. This document discribes how to verify the a SHA-1 digest (also known as a…
PowerBook 15″ (Double-Layer SD) Battery Update
Apple has released a new Battery Update for the 15" Aluminium PowerBook. This battery firmware update is required for PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD) computers. You will find instructions below on how to determine if your PowerBook requires this update. This firmware update is required…
NCAA Basketball Tournament Coming to iTunes
Apple and CBS Sports have joined forces to bring us the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championships. The games will be available on the iTunes Music Store for $1.99 per or $19.99 for all 63 games which is making further use of the newly…
Jobs to Visit India Next Month
Steve Jobs is expected to make a visit to Bangalore in India next month to open Apple's new research and development centre. Back in February it was reported that Apple would open the facility and hope to hire 3,000 people by 2007.
Apple Offers First Full Length Movie on iTunes
Today Apple posted the first full length movie on the iTunes Music Store. High School Musical is 1 hour and 39 minutes in length and was originally available to view on the Disney Channel, the download is 487MB and costs $1.99. This looks promising for…
Apple Releases Security Update 2006-002
Apple has today released a security patch that once again addresses the OS X Zero Day exploit present in Safari and Mail.app. Weighing in at 14.3MB for PPC, Apple briefly writes the following (details after the jump); Security Update 2006-002 is recommended for all users…
iMac G5 EOL’d
As widely expected the iMac G5 has been removed from all European online Apple Stores, obviously the arrival of the Intel iMac back in January has caused this but it is unknown why the US Store is not following suit. The iMac G5 is still…
IDF: New HD Interface
Today both Apple and Intel have been showing off a new cable designed to provide high definition video to a display, that standard is UDI. It is hoped that the new cable with replace the ageing VGA, UDI promises to bring the power and functionality…
Multi-Pass Subscriptions for TV Shows
Well here it is, a major leap for Apple. Today they introduced a form of subscription service that they are calling Mulit-pass. "iTunes is launching the service in partnership with Viacom Inc.'s Comedy Central Network, which is rolling out "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"…
WWDC 2006 7-11 August
Apple today announced when it intends to hold the 2006 WWDC in San Francisco, the dates are set as the 7 to 11 of August of this year, early registration ends June 23rd.
Apple UK Airs Modified Intel Ad
Many readers of World of Apple have pointed us towards the fact that Apple UK has begun airing the Intel advert on many of the mainstream channels. But the advert is different, Apple appears to have modified it from, 'dull little boxes dutifully doing dull…