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Apple Delivers Extensive Security Update for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
Apple has today released Security Update (2010-005) for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. Apple offers limited information about the update in Software Update but gives extensive details on this support page . The update is available for Mac OS X Server 10.5, Mac OS…
Analyst Offers Insight into Apple and Verizon Talks
Analyst for Kaufman Bros, Shaw Wu has written in a note to clients that Apple requires to bring another carrier onboard in the U.S. to continue iPhone growth but it doesn't necessarily have to be Verizon. Wu continues to explain that AT&T's 90-million subscriber base…
Rose Weighs in on Apple TV Rumours
Kevin Rose founder of Digg.com has revealed some information he has heard from sources regarding the Apple TV update. Rumours of the Apple TV's first major hardware revamp first appeared in May this year . Engadget has since reiterated the initial rumour stating that the…
Software Update to Address iPhone 3G Performance Issues
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has purportedly sent an email confirming that Apple will be addressing performance issues with iOS 4.0 on the iPhone 3G in a forthcoming software update. Last month Apple confirmed that it was looking into reports of performance issues affecting the iPhone…
Apple Releases Second Build of Mac OS X 10.6.5
Apple has released to developers the second build of Mac OS X 10.6.5. The release comes just five days after the first release of Mac OS X 10.6.5. Mac OS X 10.6.5 build 10H529 weighs in at 558MB for the delta update and contains six…
iPad is Delicious. Apple's New iPad TV Ad
Apple has today revealed a brand new television advert for the iPad. Taking on a slightly different take to the previous advert known as "What is iPad?" The new advert which has no narrative begins with "iPad is" and is officially called "iPad is Delicious"…
Legal News: Baltazar v. Apple, Case No. C10-03231, Northern District of California
Here comes another class action Complaint against Apple, this one filed July 23, 2010 and involving the iPad. There are three named Plaintiffs standing as representatives of a putative class. I had read in a blurb on the Apple web that the case was about…
Snow Leopard Graphics Update Resolves Graphics Performance
Apple has today released a Mac OS X Snow Leopard Graphics update. The update which is the first of its kind went through a short testing period in the hands of developers before its release today. The update which weighs in at just 69MB contains…
Legal News: Christopher Corsi v. Apple, CV10-03316PVT, Northern District of California
This is yet another class action complaint and was filed on July 28, 2010. The claims are nearly identical to those involving the liquid submersion indicators in the Gallion v. Apple case reported on here . Thus, I will only note where this plaintiff nuanced…
Legal News: Gallion v. Apple and DOES 1-100, United States District Court Northern District of California, Case No. 3:10-cv-01610-RS
A Class Action Complaint was filed on April 15, 2010 against Apple and 100 Doe Defendants. With regard to the unnamed Defendants, Plaintiff states: Plaintiff is unaware of the true names and capacities of Does 1 through 100 and dues them by fictious names. Plaintiff…
Apple Releases First Build of Mac OS X 10.6.5
Apple has released to developers the first build of Mac OS X 10.6.5. The previous update to Mac OS X, 10.6.4 was released in mid-June , not long after Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. Mac OS X 10.6.5 build 10H525 weighs in at 517MB for the…
Legal News: McCaffrey and Wrinn v. Apple and ATT
This is a Class Action Complaint filed on June 30, 2010 in the District Court of Maryland, Case No. 1:10-cv-01776-RDB and amended on August 2, 2010 only to provide the correct corporate name for AT&T. The subject matter of the suit is allegedly defective iPhone…
How Will Apple Cope with Europe's Common Charger?
Last year the European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, said that it had reached a voluntary agreement with ten major mobile phone manufacturers to bring a common charger for mobile phones to the market. A couple of weeks ago the story resurfaced, this was…
Apple to Replace Over-Heating First Generation iPod Nanos in Japan
Apple has agreed to entirely replace first-generation iPod nanos for customers in Japan who have experienced issues with their units overheating. Apple had previously only agreed to replace the batteries but quietly updated its website yesterday to inform that it will replace entire units. In…
Apple Issues PDF Exploit Fix for iPhone and iPad
Apple has today released an update for iOS 4 and iPad software. The update fixes a PDF exploit that came to light last week after it was used to aid in the Jailbreaking of iPhones. Fears were raised early last week that the exploit could…
Latest on Eastman Kodak/Apple Dispute
In reminder, there is a whole constellation of pending actions involving Apple and Eastman Kodak. Here is a summary list (with details on status to follow): International Trade Commission Investigative Report Number 337-703, Eastman Kodak v. Apple. Complaint involves patent no. 6,292,218 ("the '218 patent'")…
iPhone App Review: Sudoku 2 Pro
During my research I found that there are a wide variety of Sudoku apps out there for the iPhone and I know that really you only need one Sudoku app as there isn’t enough variance in the puzzle itself to require multiple versions. For that…
Mark Papermaster Leaves Apple
It has been confirmed by Apple that Mark Papermaster will be leaving Apple. Papermaster previously had held the position of Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering within Apple and was of course in charge of much of the iPhone 4's production. Papermaster joined Apple…
iPhone App Review: Hipstamatic
When I saw this application in the app store I thought I had to give it a try. I did wonder whether the application would put style before functionality, which I have seen in applications before but this is not the case with Hipstamatic. I…
Apple Releases Third Beta of iOS 4.1
Apple has today released the third beta of iOS 4.1 which first entered the hands of developers in mid-July . iOS 4.1 beta 3 build 8B5097d is a 599MB download for the iPhone 4 and 383MB for the iPhone 3GS and is only available to…