Microsoft 10K warns of iPhone, Mac threats as iPhone nears 1.1% share A Microsoft filing with the US government reveals a newfound worry that the Windows developer's traditional stance of selling software alone won't work against an increasingly profitable Apple — a concern that may magnify as iPhone 3G pushes Apple's cellular market share past one percent worldwide. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 115
AT&T may hold on to exclusive iPhone deal until 2010 In what may be a rare peek at negotiations between Apple and carriers, a prominent newspaper claims AT&T agreed to hefty iPhone 3G subsidies on the condition that it remained the lone US carrier for the handset until 2010. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 30
Carmack: iPhone more powerful than Nintendo DS, PSP combined Speaking at QuakeCon 2008 in Dallas this week, id Software co-founder Carmack praised Apple's iPhone as an emerging force in mobile gaming industry and revealed his firm to be working on two titles for the handset. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 44
New Mac OS X Security Update patches dangerous DNS hole Apple late on Thursday offered up its fifth security update of 2008 to cover an industry-wide and potentially dangerous exploit of Domain Name System server access for spoofing attacks. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 24
Apple drops first build of Mac OS X 10.5.5 with warning As expected, Apple on Thursday afternoon provided its vast developer community with the first pre-release build of Mac OS X 10.5.5, but warned developers not to use this initial version of the software with Macs that contain integrated graphics chips. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 29
iPod shuffle 4GB may be enroute; QuarkXPress 8; more Apple could boost its least expensive iPod this fall with a redesign and 4GB of storage, according to one report. Also, Quark has shipped a major overhaul of its long-running publishing software, the iFund is now backing a game developer, and Apple is now offering daily statistics to iPhone software developers for their App Store sales. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 14
Psystar hires attorneys who've faced Apple before A pair of attorneys representing Psystar in its legal bout with Apple are already familiar with the Mac maker, with whom they've clashed before and came out on top. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 88
iPhone 3G owners report hairline cracks in their phone's casing Some early adopters of Apple's second-generation iPhone have witnessed thin cracks appear at the edges of the device that damage the phone's look and threaten to pose a larger threat down the road. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 109
Apple set to drop Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update on developers Apple this week is preparing to equip its developer community with the first pre-release builds of the next maintenance and security update to its Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system, AppleInsider has learned. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 19
Apple chief Jobs settles health worries In a rare discussion of his personal health, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has privately revealed to a journalist exactly what conditions led to his overly thin appearance at the Worldwide Developer Conference this year. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 78
Apple stores now open at 8 A.M. to handle iPhone 3G demand All of Apple's US retail outlets are now in a permanent launch mode and will open as much as two hours earlier each day to accommodate the unprecedented demand for the new iPhone. Also, at least some locations are now giving customers rainchecks for the day's iPhone 3G stock. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 49
Apple now posting near-daily MobileMe outage updates Taking the matter head-on, Apple is now fully acknowledging the problems it's had with MobileMe in the past two weeks as well as the attempts to fix it — to the point where company chief Steve Jobs is involved. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 112
Yahoo! Music's death at age 3 warns of DRM's risk Yahoo did its best to stage a rival to Apple Inc.'s iTunes, but after three years of lagging results, the Internet icon is putting its Yahoo! Music service to rest and leaving subscribers with copy-protected music libraries that can't be transfered to new computers. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 83
Apple seeds iPhone 2.1 with directional GPS, push notification Apple is already providing developers with a new iPhone firmware beta with enhanced location-finding that could lead to true navigation as well as the roots for background push services. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 56
Virginia Tech's Mac Pro supercomputer to crack 29 teraflops A switch to newer Intel-based Apple Mac Pro workstations for an upcoming rekindling of Virginia Tech's supercomputer efforts will more than double the performance to as much as 29 teraflops and will once again put a Mac cluster in the limelight — this time, placing it among the top 100 supercomputers in the world. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 24
Steve Jobs in good health following second surgery - report Steve Jobs is reassuring some of his closest associates that rumors of his health are greatly exaggerated, but is telling those same people that he underwent a procedure this year related to his weight loss, the New York Times is reporting. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 64
AT&T developing voice-controlled iPhone apps (video) AT&T has developed a software trick that will let modern mobile handsets, including Apple Inc's iPhone, recognize voice commands without the need for specialized voice recognition software. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 24
Second firm tests Apple's legal resolve with Mac OS X-ready PCs Ignoring action just taken against Psystar, a new company known as Open Tech says it's making Mac OS X-compatible PCs, and believes it has found a loophole that prevents legal action from Apple. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 73
Apple may be eying sub-$1000 notebook market Investment bank Piper Jaffray said Tuesday it believes Apple is readying new iPod and notebook products that will apply downward pressure to profit margins because they'll be priced more affordably, such as 13-inch MacBook that will fetch less than $1000. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 81
Apple plans mystery "product transition" before September's end During his quarterly financial results call, Apple's chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer revealed that the company will make a key "product transition" that cuts back on its profit margins to help shut out rivals. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 735
Notes of interest for Apple's Q3 2008 financial results call Apple on Monday announced the best spring quarter for earnings and revenue in company history, and has just finished a financial conference call with analysts and members of the media. Several notes of interest are available from the call. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 76
iPhone 3G now all but sold out in 38 states With the iPhone 3G not even ten days old, virtually all of the Apple retail store stores open within the United States are without any examples of the device to sell on July 21st. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 103
iPhone 3G jailbreaking tool goes live The well-known iPhone Dev Team has released one of the first utilities to jailbreak iPhone 3G and let it run unsanctioned apps, albeit one with more than a few catches. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 86
iPhone 3G and 2.0 affected by buggy software, sensors, wireless While iPhone 3G itself is hard to buy, those who do own the new handset are reporting a number of common problems that range from crash-prone third-party apps to lag, Bluetooth, and GPS. Katie Marsal 17 years ago 187
