Mac sales to stay strong; more 3G iPhone rumors; Amazon No. 2 Planned purchases of Macs should buck a drop in computer spending created by a poor economy, according to a new study. Meanwhile, Digg's chief now claims to have additional evidence of a 3G iPhone, Amazon's music store is catching up to iTunes, ASUS' Eee PC has gained multi-touch, and Apple has updated a security fix for Aperture users. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 43
Airport Express with 802.11n leaks on Apple's Swiss site Apple Switzerland has inadvertently revealed an upgrade to the company's travel router that takes advantage of the latest Wi-Fi standard. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 51
Sun plans Java for iPhone, iPod touch After receiving access to the iPhone and iPod touch through Apple's SDK, Sun Microsystems says it will release a version of Java for the two Apple devices. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 85
BBC iPlayer official; Gameloft iPhone games; Beatles in 2008? The BBC has finalized the first version of its iPlayer TV service for the iPhone and iPod touch. Also, Gameloft and id Software have weighed in on iPhone gaming, and Paul McCartney's divorce may be the last obstacle to the Beatles on iTunes. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 31
Lawsuit claims iPhone infringes call display patent A new Massachusetts complaint accuses Apple of violating a patent for a basic call display system. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 50
Report: iPhone SDK pushed back to March Developers eager to write native applications for the iPhone and iPod touch will have to wait until March for the software developer kit, according to a reported insider. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 74
Apple retires Xserve RAID; MacBook Keyboard Update; more Lost in the (iPod) shuffle, Apple on Tuesday quietly retired its Xserve RAID storage unit in favor of third-party devices. Also, a new firmware update for Apple portables aims to cure unresponsive keyboards, Gameloft has hinted at games for the iPhone, and even Adobe spokespeople aren't sure if Flash will be available on the device. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 44
Toshiba rumored to quit HD DVD as Wal-Mart pulls support The conflict between high-definition disc formats is rapidly drawing to a close, as Wal-Mart is the latest store to back Blu-ray over HD DVD and Toshiba is reportedly poised to withdraw its format from the market in the near future. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 312
Analyst projects as many as 1.5m hacked iPhones in use With more than 25 percent of total iPhone sales potentially in the hands of customers who don't subscribe to AT&T, investors should look to pure unit shipments rather than carrier numbers as a gauge for iPhone success, according to a note from American Technology Research. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 23
iPhone, iPod updates pad Apple margins; Belgian iPhone; more Apple's new 16GB iPhone is as much a move to restore comfortably high profit margins as to spark sales, according to one report. Also, Belgium's main carrier may support the iPhone this year, and the chief creator of Linux has chastised Apple's approach to Mac OS X. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 51
Mac web share at 7.6 percent for January; iPhone in "almost every country" Apple's presence on the Internet continues to grow as use of Mac OS X climbed to a record 7.6 percent for January, say reports from Net Applications — studies which also confirm that the iPhone is already in use around most of the world. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 29
Needham says Apple letting iPod touch cannibalize iPhone sales Apple knowingly gave up as many as 1.5 million iPhone sales during the holiday quarter to establish the future of the iPod as a mobile device, according to investment note issued on Monday by Needham & Co. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 52
Microsoft: Vista successor may not arrive until 2011 However well customers are taking to Windows Vista, its replacement is only in the earliest stages of development, according to a statement from Microsoft. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 90
Tracking down Apple's missing 1.4m iPhones Apple says it has shipped four million iPhones since launch. With just short of two million AT&T customers using the device, however, one analyst suggests that a large number of the handsets are mysteriously unaccounted for. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 65
Former staffer: Apple currently averse to social apps, blogs A recently departed Apple senior software developer describes a corporate culture that largely overlooks social software and discourages even official blogging. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 103
NVIDIA readying GeForce 8800 GT upgrade for earlier Mac Pros After owners of the first-generation Mac Pro desktop voiced frustration that they couldn't upgrade to the GeForce 8800 GT video card, its creator NVIDIA is pledging an updated version that will work with both new and old Apple towers. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 123
Third parties at Macworld: Garmin, Kensington, LaCie (photos) A number of third-party vendors stand out from the pack at Macworld San Francisco and are bringing new technologies with them, including USB display adapters and 1.3-inch hard drives. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 7
Apple posts Macworld 2008 keynote stream Living up to its promise from its last-minute site update, Apple on Tuesday evening posted the streaming QuickTime feed of its Macworld San Francisco 2008 keynote speech by company chief Steve Jobs. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 29
"iPhone Effect" boosting opinions, sales of Apple and AT&T Apple's first cellphone has contributed to a steadily mounting enthusiasm for Apple and its wireless partner AT&T that is leading to more Apple product owners overall, says a new study by Solutions Research Group. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 24
Net stats place Mac user share at 7.3 percent in December Apple's share of web users has topped 7 percent for the first time at the expense of Windows, according to the latest statistics from web researchers at Net Applications. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 43
Apple posts QuickTime 7.3.1 security update Apple on Thursday night issued a hotfix for its QuickTime media player that patches a single but already exploited flaw in the software's handling of streaming content. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 35
Patent suit targets Apple, US cellphone and computer makers A Delaware firm named AutoText Technologies claims that Apple and virtually all of the US electronics industry is infringing on a patent for the concept of a computer-based transcription device. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 22
Apple, Intel among those facing renewed suit over PCI Express Having proven that its technology is patentable, Microlinc LLC has filed suit against ten large computing firms claiming patent infringement through use of the PCI Express bus. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 18
Apple posts iPhone 1.1.2 firmware ahead of Euro launch Hours ahead of the official launch of the iPhone in Germany and the UK, Apple has posted the first international version of the handset's firmware on its website. Aidan Malley 18 years ago 30
