Apple (sort of) confirms Leopard will not run on G3 Macs
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Not that it should come as much of a surprise to anyone, but Apple may have made it semi-official that the next iteration of OSX (Leopard) will not support the “ancient” G3 processor. A posting over at the theappleblog notes that just after Monday’s WWDC Keynote speech, the Leopard Preview page listed a line of copy reading “From... Read More
Rumor: New Apple program “TEAMS” leaked?
Posted by Helper Monkey Yesterday at the WWDC Steve Jobs mentioned that there were a few upcoming features of Leopard he was not going to be discussing. He also made mention of new collaborative features in iCal. Well, faithful Macenstein reader Trudy sent us a link over at Apple’s own newly opened macosforge that seems to list a new calendaring product from Apple called... Read More
Apple Installs XP on Apple Store iMacs
Posted by iGor According to numerous reader submissions, Apple has reportedly installed Windows XP running Boot Camp on at least one Mac in each of its retail stores. We have as of yet been unable to confirm this for ourselves in person, but the number of reports seems to hint this is likely true. The majority of installations seem to be on iMacs, from what we are hearing. We are... Read More
Apple Joins Khronos – iPhone imminent?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein A forum posting at iPod Wizard claims that Apple has joined the mobile phone industry consortium known as Khronos. Khronos’ purpose is “to standardize mobile phone applications across the industry�. In visiting Khronos’ web site we were indeed able to confirm that Apple, along with Dell and Google, joined the group July 31st. While... Read More
Rumor: Apple to make Bluetooth headphones a priority in next iPod revisions in order to help fight crime
Posted by Dr. Macenstein An anonymous e-mailer has sent us what he/she claims to be a bit of legit info on Apple’s next gen iPod(s). (I know I know, but hey, it’s a slow news day, and Apple’s stellar financial results have been much been taken care of by every other site on the planet). He/she claims that Bluetooth wireless technology will be built into the... Read More
RUMOR: iTunes movie RENTALS?!?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Think Secret is reporting that Apple has finally signed a deal with most of the major Hollywood studios to bring downloadable movies to iTunes, although it is not the deal most of us were hoping for. The site claims these movies will be rentals-only, and expire after either a set period of time or number of playbacks. No pricing information is given,... Read More
Is Apple adding a 15-inch MacBook to the lineup?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein According to DigiTimes, sales of Apple Computer’s Intel Core Duo-based MacBook laptops have been stronger than expected. So much stronger, in fact, that the company is allegedly considering adding a 15.4-inch model to the MacBook lineup to meet demand. Currently, Apple is asking its Taiwanese supplier for 20,000 more MacBooks per month than it originally... Read More
Microsoft demos Windows Vista on a MacBook Pro?
Posted by Helper Monkey We know that NOTIHNG, and we do mean NOTHING legitimate has EVER come from a Flickr posting…BUT… There are a couple interesting shots of what claim show a Microsoft Belgium rep demoing Windows Vista and Office 2007 on a MacBook Pro. The shots were allegedly taken this month at Microsoft HQ in Diegem during a presentation for some bloggers. Well,... Read More
Apple’s web guys drop the ball again… Apple iTunes Movies to debut tomorrow?
Posted by Helper Monkey Macenstein reader Tin Man sends in a report he noticed over at Digg that suggests Apple has created a “moviesâ€? directory on its website at http://www.apple.com/movies. When attempting to access the directory, one receives the following message “403 Forbidden: You don’t have permission to access /movies on this server,â€? whereas... Read More
Is Apple producing a horror movie?
Recently there has been much buzz about Apple having a bit of trouble getting the big movie studios to agree to release their masterpieces on the iTunes store, at least at a reasonable price. Well, it looks like Apple might be attempting to just bypass the whole Hollywood system altogether and start making its own feature films for the iTMS. A casting call post on the IMDBPro Boards... Read More
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