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  • Sabr
    For all the iPhone fans out there, take a look at
    . However, on a more serious note, since the FCC approval, will the iPhone work in Europe? The InsanelyMac Awards have now began! Cast your vote for InsanelyMac's favourite moderator and administrator (I know you want to vote for me ).
     
    Fed up of Tiger's boring cursor? Then get your iCursor today! This application comes with 20 different effects for you to play around with. In other news, Apple has released an update to their MacBook product line.
    Since the Leopard delay, Apple has made itself some time to work on 10.4 with another Tiger update - 10.4.10. Don't like the numbering scheme? Tell us your thoughts on the matter.
     
    As always, have a nice weekend.
    - Sabr.
  • Alex Oughton
    Apple has today announced a refresh to its line of Macbook laptops. The Macbook now features faster Core 2 Duo processors, 1 GB of RAM as standard, and a selection of larger hard disks.
     
    The new base models are as follows:
     
    * 2.0GHz, 13.3" White MacBook, 80GB, 1GB RAM, $1099
    * 2.16GHz, 13.3" White MacBook, 120GB, 1GB RAM, $1299
    * 2.16GHz, 13.3" Black MacBook, 160GB, 1GB RAM, $1499
     
    Apple's press release:
     
    Apple® today updated its MacBook® consumer notebooks with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model. The MacBook is just one-inch thin and features built-in 802.11n wireless networking for up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g.* Every MacBook also includes a built-in iSight® video camera for on-the-go video conferencing, Apple's MagSafe® Power Adapter that safely disconnects when under strain, and iLife® '06, Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications.
     
    (Continues here)
     
     
    The usual selection of BTO options are available from the Apple store, which is currently offline for updates.
  • Sabr
    Start your weekend off with 3 new Apple adverts. Or, if you prefer the homemade type, try
    style! In other news, MacDrive 7 has officially been released with full compatibility for Windows Vista. If you can't wait to get your hands on an iPhone, why not give China's iPhone clone a look? More pictures and information (if you are able to read it) here. 
    Always want the latest and greatest icons to go with your apps? Try out mkprk's fantastic CS3 Icon Pack. And finally, according to AppleInsider, Apple may be offering video rental services through iTunes!
     
    As always, if you have any recommendations/ideas as to what could be put in next weeks edition, feel free to PM me.
     
    - Sb.
  • ColdFusion
    According to ThinkSecret, Apple are looking to update their Macbook Pro range with LED-backlit displays next month:
    "Apple placed its first order in mid-April looking for in excess of 100,000 15.4-inch LED backlight displays...Based on Apple's standard schedule that it has used in the past, it would allow for a three to four week window to manufacture and ship"
     
    This could well coincide with the Worldwide Developer's Conference, which opens with a speech from Steve Jobs on Monday June 11th.
     
    This story does seem to be a little speculative to us, but it does at least agree with a Digitimes report which is along the same lines.
     
    ThinkSecret suggest that Apple are not planning to update the MacBook line until the third quarter of this year.
  • ColdFusion
    As part of their new Green(er) approach to the environment, Apple is planning to introduce LED backlighting to its range of LCD displays.
     
    After coming under some criticism from environmental organisations (including Greenpeace), Steve Jobs outlined exactly what Apple is doing to remove toxic chemicals from their products:
    "Apple plans to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of mercury by transitioning to LED backlighting for all displays when technically and economically feasible...we plan to introduce our first Macs with LED backlight technology in 2007"
     
    But the plus points for LED backlighting aren't all environmental; the technology offers increased colour saturation, lower power consumption, cooler operation and a longer life span when compared to the existing cold cathode fluorescent backlights (CCFLs).
     
    It's not clear exactly how soon we'll see these new displays across the board, as Jobs is careful to mention:
    "Our ability to completely eliminate fluorescent lamps in all of our displays depends on how fast the LCD industry can transition to LED backlighting for larger displays."
  • ColdFusion

    More Apple Updates

    By ColdFusion, in OSx86,

    Rather unusually Apple have re-released their latest security update (2007-004) to include a fix for Airport connection problems (affects OS X v10.3.9 only) and a security update for FTPServer (OS X Server only). More info here.
     
    Perhaps more topical for those interested in the $10k Mac Hack story is the news that Apple have released an update for Quicktime, which addresses the exploit. It also includes support for the recently released Final Cut Studio 2.
     
    Both updates should show up in OS X's 'Software Update' facility, though you'll need to be on version 10.4.9 for the QuickTime update .
  • ColdFusion
    Reuters reports that British Home Secretary John Reid will reach out to Apple and Sony for help in curbing "gadget" related crime.
     
    The UK saw an 8 per cent rise in street robberies in the last quarter of 2006, prompting the government to draw up a shortlist of MP3 player makers who it hopes to convince to take part in an anti-crime summit. According to a spokesman, the Home Office already enjoys a close working relationship with mobile phone manufacturers.
     
    "New technology, lifestyle changes, new commodities and new gadgets mean that the criminals continually move on," Reid told the BBC's Sunday AM programme. "So when we defeat them on mobile phones, they move on to Sat-Navs and then on to iPods."
  • Alex Oughton
    Apple has just released Battery Update 1.2 via Software Update, to "improve battery functionality".
     
    The update applies to the following notebook models:
     
    * MacBook
    * MacBook (Late 2006)
    * MacBook Pro (15-inch)
    * MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy)
    * MacBook Pro (15-inch Core 2 Duo)
    * MacBook Pro (17-inch)
    * MacBook Pro (17-inch Core 2 Duo)
     
    The update requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 or higher to install, and battery firmware is updated the first time a battery is connected with the AC power plugged in.
     
    Unfortunately, no information on specific fixes is available from Apple at this time.
     
    More Info
  • ColdFusion
    We think this could be a world's first: Forget Cisco or Juniper, yesterday Fubra (the new owners of InsanelyMac) hooked up two Mac Mini boxes running Quagga in to the London INternet eXchange (LINX) to act as BGP border routers for the Fubra Network.<br><br>For those of you who don't know, an Internet Exchange is where a bunch of ISPs and content providers get together to swap traffic. LINX handles 95% of total UK Internet traffic, and as their newest members Fubra had to come up with a clever solution to keep costs low and speeds high. Utilitising just 3U of rackspace, they were able to install 2 low latency HP gigabit switches and a pair of 1.83 GHz Mac Minis with 2 GB Ram, giving them fully redundant connections to the largest Internet Exchange Point in the world.Fulfilling their environmental obligations, the total power draw of this setup is less than 2 typical household lightbulbs (< 120W).<br><br> Setup 2 x HP Procurve 1800 24G Switches 2 x 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo Mac Minis (with 2Gb Memory upgrade) Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn (Server Edition) + OpenSSH + Quagga 2 x 100Mbps connections to LINX (eXtreme LAN and Foundry LAN) Fubra Director, Paul Maunders, commented "Installing Feisty Fawn on the Mac Minis was a breeze, although we did have problems with the boot-loader with previous versions of Ubuntu. We think Fubra may well be the first to use Mac Minis in a setup like this, but let us know if you've seen it elsewhere."<br><br>You can read the full article, and see more pictures over on the Fubra Blog.<br><br><script type="text/javascript">digg_url = 'http://www.fubra.com/blog/2007/04/first-mac-mini-bgp-routers-on-worlds.html';</script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  • ColdFusion
    Apple has announced revenue of $5.26 billion and net profit of $770 million for its fiscal 2007 second quarter ended March 31, 2007. This represents a growth in profit of 88% on last year's quarter.
     
    During the quarter, Apple shipped 1,517,000 Macintosh computers and 10,549,000 iPods, representing 36 percent growth in Macs and 24 percent growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter.
     
    These figures really reinforce the fact that Apple is gaining market share, but what about from the osx86 community? cavemonkey wrote an excellent article a few months ago sharing his experiences on the switch from osx86 to the "real thing". I personally first encountered OS X through osx86, and it was enough to entice me to buy a Macbook. So we want to know how many of you have taken the plunge and forked over your hard-earned cash for some genuine Apple hardware?
    Let us know by taking part in our poll!
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