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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…
iPhone Coming Soon?
Barron's Tiernan Ray reports in an exclusive report that Apple could be poised to release its own brand of mobile phone before the year is out. Speculation about an Apple phone is several years old, but analysts say the process is finally moving forward. Apple…
Rome Store Pretty Much Confirmed
ifoAppleStore is reporting that is no longer believes that Parco Leondardo is the place of the store but Romaest is pretty much confirmed as the location. Situated to the east of Rome is avoids the hustle and bustle of Parco Leonardo, the opening could be…
Changes Coming to 60GB iPod
AppleInsider notes that Apple has notified resellers that the current top of the line 60GB iPod has officially been put on Apple's 60 day "at risk" list. As with past notifications of such a thing it does not necessarily mean that the product is being…
Jabra Scores Deal on Wireless iPod Transceiver
China Times reports that the large wireless headset maker Jabra has come to an agreement with Apple about the development of a Bluetooth Wireless attachment for the iPod. The device which is said to be capable of transmitting music back and forth with devices such…
French Law Changes to Cause iTunes Closure [Update]
Yahoo! News has been today reporting that French parliamentarians are hoping to push through a law that could open the iTunes Music Store to anyone and every device or worse close it down completely. The new law would allow consumers to be able to legally…
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…
Windows XP Officially Running on Mac
The contest to boot Windows XP on a new Intel Mac has officially ended with the winner receiving around $14,000 in prize money. The contest asked budding hackers to: Boot Windows XP on an Intel Mac Neither Mac OS X nor Windows must interfere with…
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…
What the Apple?
We've come up with a fun new game (hopefully), we hunt down an image of a Apple computer then we crop it down to some obscure part and you Mac zealots try and guess what it is. No prizes just pure fun, and at the…
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…
Apple Store Summit Sierra Opening March 15
The grand opening of the Apple Store Summit Sierra in Reno, Nevada will take place this Wednesday, March 15 at 10 am PST. Rumour has it that the Store is opening to coincide with the Grand Opening of the mall itself. As usual we want…
Corrie Coming to an iPod Near You?
ITV bosses in a recent interview with a UK newspaper have confirmed that they have considered plans to make Coronation Street and ITV shows available on the UK iTunes Music Store. On a similar note both the BBC and ITV already have a scheme that…