A year after opening App Store, Apple sitting pretty
How can you tell that the App Store’s first anniversary is a big deal? Even Apple—which normally treats milestones the same stony silence divorced couples regard their erstwhile wedding anniversaries—has acknowledged the event.
Apple tweaks Dock menus in new Snow Leopard beta
Apple delivered to developers a new build of its forthcoming Snow Leopard operating system that addresses a number of outstanding bugs but also delivers a couple of interface tweaks.
Demand for Macs, iPhones on the rise
Corporate IT departments are considering increased spending on Mac laptops and desktops, and even iPhones in recent months. And, no surprise, consumers looking for a smartphone favor the iPhone by a large margin.
Intuit says new Quicken for Mac delayed to 2010
Looking to quash rumors that it will may never get around to releasing a once publicized overhaul to Quicken for the Mac, Intuit announced Thursday that the latest iteration of its financial management software will finally arrive in February of 2010.
Apple launches HTTP Live Streaming standard in iPhone 3.0
One of the more overlooked features of the new iPhone 3.0 is support for a new open standard for live video streaming over HTTP, which promises to open up standards-based video broadcasting to a wide audience while giving mobile users an optimized picture as they roam between WiFi and mobile networks.
App Store turns 1 this week; iPhone/iPod touch users rejoice
Apple has begun celebrating the first birthday of the App Store with a special page on iTunes. A number of popular apps and games have been highlighted, but the App Store's true success lies in the thousands of great (and horrible) apps that have become such an integral part of the iPhone and iPod touch experience.
Apple to drop WebObjects in Snow Leopard Server
According to sources familiar with Apple's plans, the company will drop deployment support for its WebObjects web application server in Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server later this year.
The PC with Mac OS X Reaches Benelux
PearC, a company dealing with Mac clones owned by HyperMegaNet, is expanding its business to Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and France. PearC’s business is similar to that of Psystar, whom Apple is currently battling in court for practices involving the modification of regular PC hardware for the ability to run the company’s licensed Mac OS X operating system. Apple still hasn’t contacted the German vendor shipping PCs with Mac OS X support.
Ogg Theora, H.264 and the HTML 5 Browser Squabble
Pundits are roasting Apple over a scuffle raised by Mozilla and Opera to define the free Ogg Theora video codec as the official way to present video on the web in the new HTML 5 specification. The problem: HTML isn't supposed to define content codecs, and even if it were, Ogg Theora, commercially abandoned nearly a decade ago, doesn't have what it takes to deliver video on the increasingly mobile.
Apple to Build $1B Server Farm in North Carolina
Apple reportedly will announce the exact location of its $1B server farm
Apple is expected to announce the location of a new $1 billion data center that is expected to be built in Maiden, which is located in North Carolina's Catawba County.
Decoding the HTML 5 video codec debate
The HTML 5 video element has the potential to liberate streaming Internet video from plugin prison, but a debate over which codec to define in the standard is threatening to derail the effort. Ars takes a close look at the HTML 5 codec controversy and examines the relative strengths and weaknesses of H.264 and Ogg Theora.
Apple revamps MobileMe iDisk features
MobileMe web applications have received another facelift, with new features including a revised iDisk module that enables easy file sharing using a system Apple first debuted with its iWork.com experiment at Macworld Expo.
IE's market share falls below 60%, Firefox surpasses 30%
With Firefox 3.5 being recently released, and hitting five million downloads in 24 hours, Firefox appears to be gaining more market share, and Internet Explorer's market share is slipping according to Favbrowser, and a graph by statcounter shown below.
First iPhone 3GS jailbreaking tool available for download
George Hotz, the 19-year old wiz kid who made headlines two years ago for being the first to successfully unlock Apple's original iPhone all by himself, is again drawing the spotlight for creating and releasing the first-ever jailbreaking tool for the new iPhone 3GS.
iPhone overheating problems could see aid from new patent
As reports of battery problems causing discoloration on the white model iPhone 3GS continue to grow, a patent from Apple published for the first this week looks to address both internal and external elements that could have adverse effects on a device's power source.
Apple may drop NVIDIA chips in Macs following contract fight
Although they've portrayed themselves almost as best friends for several months, Apple and NVIDIA are now rumored in a spat that could see some GeForce chipsets excluded from future Mac models.
Apple posts iPhone OS 3.1 beta, SDK with new video extensions
Although iPhone OS 3.0 is just cooling off, Apple has already given developers early access to iPhone OS 3.1 with new hooks for video support.
Apple sees brief iPhone 3GS shortages; NVIDIA intros CS4 plugins
Apple nearly saw a repeat of last year's sellouts on the weekend with widespread, but brief, iPhone 3GS shortages at many of its US retail stores. Also, NVIDIA has launched plugins that let Macs with newer video cards dramatically speed up tasks in Adobe's Creative Suite 4.
An Artistic Homage to Michael Jackson
As the world pays tribute to the king of pop, we’ve decided to do so in WDD in a unique and artistic way.Now show you some amazing artistic creations portraying Michael Jackson, created by various artists around the world.
These creations bring an engaging and unique exploration into the multifaceted talent that was, and still is, Michael Jackson.For more information about the artists’ creations, please click on the images below to visit their websites.
Apple posts new Snow Leopard, 10.5.8 seeds
Apple has reportedly issued new seeds of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and of Leopard 10.5.8 to developers that, at least in the former case, add functionality that was previously only shown at WWDC.
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Apple has Psystar's lawsuit stay lifted; Palm Pre unhurt by iPhone
Psystar's hopes of stalling Apple's lawsuit have crumbled as the Mac maker has successfully overturned the court stay on its case. At the same time, Apple's legal hammer has been falling on iTunes gift card fraud, and the Palm Pre continues to sell out even with the iPhone 3GS threatening to pull customers away.