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Apple releases Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station Firmware 7.4.1

MacDailyNews - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 17:30
Apple today released Time Capsule and AirPort Base Station (802.11n) Firmware 7.4.1 which...

Latest Mac OS X Snow Leopard build shows off new QuickTime X player, Cocoa-based Desktop

MacDailyNews - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 16:24
As expected, Apple overnight equipped its vast developer community with a new build...

Mac mini: teardown, adding second hard drive, 1TB upgrade kit

AppleInsider - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 16:00
Apple's new Mac mini can be taken apart in fifteen steps with an easy-to-follow, photo-rich instruction guide from a third-part solutions provider, which has also announced a do-it-yourself upgrade kit to replace the standard storage and optical drives with two 500 GB hard drives.

Text to get smarter in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

AppleInsider - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 15:55
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, expected this summer, will deliver a variety of advanced text related features across all applications that use Core Text, according to people familiar with Apple's plans.

Hulu returns to Boxee - sort of

MacDailyNews - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 15:01
Web video software company Boxee's few-hundred-thousand alpha users can again get access...

Apple picks at Psystar counterclaim as court info goes secret

AppleInsider - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 15:00
Apple has responded to Psystar's latest copyright abuse claims against it by pointing out technicalities; simultaneously, both have successfully won approval for a protection order that keeps some of their discoveries out of each other's view.

The Browser Wars reignite: Microsoft IE vs. Mozilla Firefox vs. Apple Safari vs. Google Chrome

MacDailyNews - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 14:47
Three of the tech industry's biggest names — Microsoft, Google and Apple — each has a significant...

New QuickTime Player, Cocoa Desktop in latest Snow Leopard beta

AppleInsider - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 14:45
As expected, Apple overnight equipped its vast developer community with a new build of its upcoming Snow Leopard operating system that includes significant changes, such as a redesigned QuickTime Player.

Apple App Store challengers launch sites peddling unauthorized iPhone apps

MacDailyNews - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 14:26
Apple Inc. faces a growing threat to its iPhone business, as renegade stores spring up online...

Only one storm drags down D.C. Republicans and Democrats alike: RIM’s awful BlackBerry Storm

MacDailyNews - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 13:57
There are a lot of storms swirling around Washington these days but only one that’s dragging down...

Apple issues key software update for Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme

AppleInsider - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 11:00
Apple on Thursday evening released a firmware update that resolves issues with the firmware shipping on its brand new Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme. It also adds Back to My Mac drive sharing support to the prior generation of the wireless products.

Mariner Calc for iPhone and iPod touch released; view and edit native Excel files

MacDailyNews - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 03:58
With more than a year in development, Mariner Software has introduced "Mariner Calc for iPhone" which offers...

Early iPhone developers may be served walking papers

AppleInsider - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 00:55
On the one-year anniversary of third-party iPhone app development, developers need to renew their contracts to avoid having their software pulled from the App Store but are facing difficulties in getting Apple to cooperate in time.

Briefly: Apple prepping new Snow Leopard, iWeb, ARD updates

AppleInsider - Fri, 03/06/2009 - 00:00
The news vacuum that's followed Apple's Mac desktop refresh offers space for some updates on the company's software-related efforts, which should soon produce new builds of Snow Leopard. Meanwhile, minor updates to iWeb, Remote Desktop, and other OS X components are also reportedly in the works.

Palm backer McNamee: Pre will take all iPhone users as AT&T contracts begin to expire in June

MacDailyNews - Thu, 03/05/2009 - 23:25
Palm Inc.’s new Pre smart phone will lure customers away from Apple Inc.’s iPhone when their contracts start expiring in June, Palm investor Roger McNamee says...

Apple App Store hits 25K apps; iPhone surpasses Windows Mobile as platform with largest app library

MacDailyNews - Thu, 03/05/2009 - 22:24
Other smartphone manufacturers may be rushing out their versions of Apple’s App Store...

Georgetown Apple Store moves closer to reality (rendering)

AppleInsider - Thu, 03/05/2009 - 22:10
After five sets of plans for a proposed Apple retail store in Washington D.C. were shot down, the Old Georgetown Board has finally given Apple its stamp of approval on a design that it feels will best fit into the surrounding neighborhood.

Did Amazon intentionally cripple Kindle app for Apple iPhone and iPod touch?

MacDailyNews - Thu, 03/05/2009 - 21:48
Kindle for iPhone is nice for people who already have...

Georgetown finally approves Washington D.C. Apple Retail Store design (with images)

MacDailyNews - Thu, 03/05/2009 - 21:26
Apple is on its way to Georgetown...

Apple gets Intel’s Nehalem early, plus VMWare and H.264 performance boosts

MacDailyNews - Thu, 03/05/2009 - 20:01
The release of the new Mac Pro on Tuesday marked the first use of Intel's Nehalem processor in Apple...
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