Apple stuns WWDC crowd with pulsating App Store hyperwall
In a rare treat for developers at this year's WWDC, Apple is showcasing 20,000 of the most popular iPhone apps on a massive hyperwall built out of Cinema Displays -- one that pulses in sync with each and every App Store download.
iPhone 3G S to use PowerVR SGX GPU core for OpenGL ES 2.0
The new iPhone 3G S achieves its OpenGL ES 2.0 support using the PowerVR SGX graphics processor core, according to sources familiar with the new iPhone's graphics processor design, as AppleInsider first anticipated in a report last April that broke news of a secret deal struck between Imagination Technologies, Samsung, and Apple.
Snow Leopard gets richer, thinner, cheaper than Windows 7
After trying to beat back the Mac's increasing encroachment into the PC world with ads focused on price, Microsoft's club has been picked up by Apple to give Windows 7 an embarrassing pummeling in terms of price.
New 13" MacBook Pro drops digital audio input for FireWire and SD
The new 13" MacBook Pro unveiled at WWDC makes room for its new SD card slot and FireWire 800 port in part by giving up a digital audio input port. Instead, the new model uses the same integrated mic and headphone port as the iPhone.
Apple quietly testing first betas of Mac OS X 10.5.8
Apple this week is reported to be testing the first internal builds of Mac OS X 10.5.8, one of the final updates, if not the last, slated for its current Leopard operating system software.
Apple testing 'Find my iPhone' ahead of other MobileMe improvements
Apple overnight tapped its developer community to begin testing a new "Find my iPhone" feature, one of several enhancements to the company's MobileMe internet service due to arrive with this month's release of iPhone Software 3.0.
Steve Jobs' Jackling mansion nightmare still not over
Despite having received the go-ahead to demolish an aging mansion he owns in the hills of Woodside, California, Apple’s chief executive Steve Jobs has been called back to court again to fulfill the requirements of a 2006 court order.
Wall Street responds favorably to Apple's WWDC announcements
While the iPhone 3G S was generally in line with expectations, lowered Mac notebook and iPhone 3G pricing, combined with favorable upgrade pricing for Snow Leopard, made a positive impression on most Wall Street analysts, many of which issued positive reactions Tuesday while increasing their Apple price targets.
Apple backtracks on Safari 4.0 tabs on top, ZFS
Amid all of the new features highlighted Monday in Snow Leopard, iPhone 3.0 and Safari 4.0 were a few unpublicized retractions: Safari 4.0 has lost its "tabs on top" and returned to the old conventional tabs of the previous 3.0 version, while all mention of full ZFS support in Snow Leopard Server has been scrubbed.
