Apple prepays for a half-billion dollars in flash memory
Apple has continued its significant investment in flash memory, with the Cupertino company announcing that it recently prepaid $500 million to Toshiba to secure long-term supply of NAND for its mobile devices.
Apple: 50% of our traditional MP3 buyers new to iPod
Apple announced a year over year decline in its sales of 10.2 million iPods, but noted that the company continues to maintain a greater than 70% share of the MP3 player market. It also stated that 50% of its traditional MP3 player buyers are new to the iPod.
Strong Mac sales, iPhone 3GS launch boost Apple 3Q earnings
Apple booked revenues of $8.34 billion during the third fiscal quarter of 2009 as it sold 2.6 million Macs and 5.2 million iPhones in that time. More numbers inside.
Hotmail's maximum storage size increases to 500 GB
As part of its Wave 3 update announced back in 2008, Windows Live Hotmail was to have "ever increasing storage", and now as reported by LiveSide, the current maximum mailbox size for Hotmail is 500 GB, and this includes e-mail accounts as part of Windows Live Admin Center, Office Live, and MSN Premium.
Apple retail exec now shaping Microsoft stores
Once one of the cornerstones of Apple's early retail efforts, real estate expert George Blankenship has switched sides and is now providing advice to Microsoft on plans for its own stores.
BlackBerry Desktop Software to arrive for Mac in September
RIM says that it will roll out a Mac version of its desktop software this fall, allowing BlackBerry users to do things like sync calendar data, contacts, and even iTunes playlists to their devices.
First Firefox 3.7 redesign screenshots released
Mozilla's popular Firefox browser is on the up and up; with version 3.5 recently released, it's making very good progress, and now, the organization has revealed some concepts for a redesign they plan to be included in version 3.7.
Developers claim Apple rates all browser-embedded apps mature
Apple has caught the ire of some developers this week after it was revealed that all applications with integrated Web browsers will reportedly be rated for ages 17 and up, and that all such apps will not be entitled to promotional codes.
iPod touch seen as small but stealthy asset in Apple lineup
Though iPod sales are predicted to be the weakest-performing segment of Apple's overall sales this quarter, the iPod touch is said to be the ace up the company's sleeve, thanks to the platform's compatibility with the App Store.
Paranoid lawsuit attempts to link Apple to Italian mafia
A new lawsuit from a Beverly Hills, Calif., man alleges that Apple conspired with the Italian mafia to secretly track him, transmit threatening messages to his iPod, and insert the word "herpes" into the song "Still Tippin'" by Mike Jones.
Analysts pull Mac sales numbers out of a hat
Apple’s Mac sales are up. Unless they’re down, say analysts.
Second-quarter estimates of Mac sales by Gartner and IDC split, with the former saying Apple’s numbers were up 2.5% over the same quarter last year and the latter saying they were, in fact, down 12.4 percent year-over-year.
Palm releases Mojo SDK for Pre/WebOS development
Palm announced its new Software Development Kit for the Pre is now available to all interested app developers, following an early access program that has been limited to a few Palm partners since April.
Apple now selling access to WWDC presentations via iTunes
Apple has announced the availability of iPhone and Mac development sessions, recorded at this year's WWDC, for members of its Apple Developer Connection programs, including the free ADC Online and Registered iPhone developers.
Bing's share of search less than Safari's share in browsers
Bing's market share in search, compared to Google, is actually smaller than Safari's share of web browsers in comparison to IE, according to statistics collected by Net Applications.
Microsoft stores to open beside Apple stores
In a not-so-subtle move, Microsoft says its retail stores will deliberately open near those run by Apple. Also, Steve Jobs has shown a rare public display of his love of music by attending a Coldplay concert, and the first Apple store in Canada's capital city is due to open this Saturday.
iTunes 8.2.1 fixes bugs, disses Palm Pre
Apple has released a small point update to iTunes. File it under "saw it coming a mile away," the update breaks compatibility with Palm's "MediaSync" hack.
Apple may block push notifications for unlocked iPhones
A Czech-based developer has found that Apple's push notification servers appear to ignore requests from phones that have been unlocked to work on unofficial carriers, which can cause applications that rely on push notifications to appear inoperable.
WebKit nightly builds enable 3D CSS transforms for OS X
Apple's WebKit developers finally saw fit to flip the switch on 3D CSS transforms for Leopard users. Performance isn't yet optimized, but the demos provide a glimpse at what the transforms enable.
iTunes goes retro with digital 45s
As a throwback to the old days of the two-song 45 rpm vinyl record, the iTunes Store launched a new “D45” section, featuring discounted prices on packs of two digital song downloads.
Intel may release new Nehalem chips
Intel appears ready to deliver, new server, laptop and desktop processors based on its new microarchitecture, which offers improved performance.
The new chips will be based on the Nehalem microarchitecture, which cuts down on bottlenecks that plague its current chips. Nehalem chips are also able to execute more tasks while drawing less power.
Apple unleashes new Leopard, Snow Leopard betas
Apple followed the release of its latest Snow Leopard beta with new pre-releases of both Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server.
Apple's iPhone "wrecking" the cell industry
While many iPhone owners hail Apple as saving them from greedy cellular carriers, an analyst now says the company has overturned AT&T and the entire wireless industry -- and not always for the better.
Browse the Web in style with Classilla for Mac OS 9
The Classic Mac OS may be dead, but that doesn't mean its users are. If you have been searching for a new browser for OS 9, a port of Mozilla may offer you some hope.
Silverlight to be in half of all Internet devices by 2010
With the release of Silverlight 3.0 not long ago, Microsoft has shown a bit more detail on the plans it has for the technology in the future. According to CNET, Abu-Hadba (leader of Microsoft's developer and platform evangelism division) has said that half of all Internet-connected devices will be packing Silverlight by next year.