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Apple Special Event Feb 28th
This ones official, Apple is planning a special event for February 28th at 10:00AM PST (6:00PM GMT). The event is too be held at the Apple Town Hall on the Cupertino Campus. The invitation features a large iCal style icon with the date set to…
Procare 2.0
As we reported just the other day Apple has now officially launched its new ProCare package, you can find out more on the ProCare website.
Intel Expectations
We were all expectant, yet surprised, when the first ever Intel-based Macs were announced in January at Macworld San Francisco. It wasn't a complete surprise, at WWDC last year Steve announced the transition from PowerPC (IBM) to Intel processors that would start in the middle…
Battle Chips - Article from The Metro Newspaper
Last Wednesday the Metro newspaper featured a very biased article about Macs and PCs. The article somehow reminds me of that one by Dvorak last week. Click the thumbnail to download low res JPEG. Alterntively click here to view the higher res PDF. Thanks to…
MediMac - New Support Service from Apple? [Update 1]
Yesterday World of Apple reported on a set of images that appeared on Flickr showing the new 15" MacBook Pro in all it's glory. Sure it was a nice set of photos, seemingly taken within the Apple campus with attention being drawn to the stick…
ProCare 2.0 to Arrive This Week?
ThinkSecret has posted an article backing up its previous claims that Apple will release a new ProCare product. The service dubbed ProCare 2.0 is expected to arrive this week and will remain priced at $99 (£79). The new package will include Personal Training, Fast Track…
“Trust not their presents, nor admit the horse.”
Mac fanatics. An elite group of Mac users who rant and rave about their superior operating systems, and scoff at frozen windows and spyware blockers. We as a group feel we must defend our favorite company every time it comes under attack by the infamous…
17″ MacBook Pro at WWDC?
AppleInsider has recently reported that it expects the MacBook Pro to be announced in a 17" version around the time of WWDC, World of Apple can today confirm that reports from particular sources have confirmed that the MacBook Pro will begin shipping around the time…
MacBook Pro’s Begin to Arrive [Update 1]
This week Apple announced that it was shifting the processor speeds of the MacBook Pro's up and it also announced that the machines would start shipping this week, about two days ago some Mac users began reporting that their tracking pages showed that the MacBook…
Hingham, MA Apple Store Opens Feb. 18
Apple has announced that its Hingham Store will open tomorrow at 9:00am, the store is dubbed Apple Store Derby Street and for those of you unaware of what we're going on about this is a store in Massachusetts. As always the first 1000 through the…
Further Patent Findings for Apple’s Tablet Plans
Further patent findings have popped up on the internet, although considerably older (September 2005), the patent clearly shows OS X with one of the diagrams. Below are some interesting extracts from the filing; "A computer-implemented method of generating a display on a touch screen of…
Poll Results and Change
We've just thought up a new poll for the site, the last one ran for nearly a month and ended in a result that a severe majority of people will be holding out on purchasing a new Intel Mac. This months poll we look at…
Software Review - Delicious Library
Software - Delicious Library Developer - Delicious-Monster Price - $40 Grade - A (The barcode did not always scan items and wasn't always accurate) Ever since I saw this product last year I have been wanting to mess with it, after all, the interface looked…
Apple Releases Software Update to iLife ‘06
Apple has today released an update to iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iWeb and iDVD. iDVD 6.0.1 - 5.3MB This update to iDVD 6 resolves issues with integration with the other iLife applications, importing of legacy projects and some theme related issues. It also addresses a…
Tesco Opens First In-Store Apple Store
Tesco the food retailer has opened a dedicated area in its Milton Keynes Store selling Apple products. The display includes an interactive iPod point and on display are quite a few laptop and desktop models.
Apple Nicely Warns Hackers Against Stealing Mac OS X
We heard a few weeks back about Apple concealing a text file in the depths of OS X by the name of "Don't Steal Mac OS X.kext" but now Apple have evidently taken it one step further, astute hacker maxxuss has found a little poem…
Apple Expands Warranty Cover
Apple has expanded its warranties to allow a global service coverage, the update applies to Apple servers, iPods, portables, displays and desktops. This is particularly useful for those travelling although we should note that portables have always been covered by a global warranty due to…
Apple Unleashes Mac OS X 10.4.5
Apple has posted an update to Mac OS X Tiger,10.4.5 weighs in at a measly 6.4MB and is described as the following by Apple: The 10.4.5 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the…
Apple Updates MacBook Pro Specs [Update 1]
Earlier today the US Apple Store was down with the usual message when it returned it didn't look like much had changed but it appears Apple has added the option to upgrade your MacBook Pro to 2.16GHz. The option is yet to appear on the…
Apple Prepping Intel Mac mini Without Rumoured iPod Dock
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is preparing the new Mac mini featuring an Intel chip. The site also goes back on its previous rumour about the Mac mini featuring an iPod Dock. The rumour had appeared before when an astute mac head dissected a Mac…