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Updated at 7:30 am, July 6, 2008.

Next Version Of Flash Player To See Performance Leap
Adobe released Flash Player 10 beta 2 via its Adobe Labs website this week. According to one of its developers, the new mac version promises to bring up to 3 times the performance for certain operations.

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1.8GHz SSD MacBook Air Drops $500
Apple has quietly dropped the price of the high end MacBook Air by $500.

The high end MacBook Air comes equipped with a 1.8GHz upgrade (from 1.6GHz) and a 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD). The total price for the high end laptop is $2598...


MobileMe Retail Boxes Shipping to Customers

Meckimac.com posts a photo of the MobileMe retail box that has started shipping to some customers.

The box itself is not particularly useful as it likely just contains an activation code for a year of MobileMe service. Apple...


NVIDIA Reports GPU Failures in Significant Quantities of Laptops
NVIDIA reported that there is a problem with some older graphics chips that shipped in a "significant quantities" of laptop PCs. NVIDIA has provided no details as to which laptop models are affected, but plans to release a software driver in the nea...

Patents Reveal Ongoing Touch and Multi-Touch Research
The United States Patent and Trademark Office revealed at least a dozen new patent applications from Apple this morning. The majority of the applications revealed ongoing multi-touch research by Wayne Westerman, the former cofounder of Fingerworks. ...

Optus Announces iPhone 3G Pricing in Australia
Mobile carrier Optus has announced iPhone 3G pricing and plans in Australia. Optus is offering both pre-paid and traditional post-paid plans.

The pre-paid price for the iPhone is $729 (8GB) and $849 (16GB) and allows you to sign up ...


Apple Sets App Store Launch Deadline for Developers

In typical Apple fashion, the iPhone SDK program and App Store application process has been clouded in some uncertainty about launch dates and details of the approval process. Today, Apple finally gave developers a firm deadline of July 7th ...


Solid State Drives (SSD) Reduce Battery Life?
Tom's Hardware publishes some interesting conclusions based on their testing of Solid State Drives (SSD) in laptops. They report that contrary to popular belief, SSD drives actually reduce the battery life in laptops as compared to traditional Hard ...

Mac Marketshare Continues to Rise
Net Applications has published their latest numbers on browser and operating system marketshare. The numbers indicate that the Mac's marketshare, as reflected by their sample population, has continued to increase to as high as 7.94% in June.
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Apple Matters

Updated at 7:30 am, July 6, 2008.

The iPhone 3G Guided Tour Under a Microscope
  Furthering a trend that has been going on for well over a year now, Apple released the iPhone 3G Guided Tour to give us a fairly detailed sneak peak into what the new version of the iPhone is going to bring to…

DRM Free O’Reilly Titles? An Author’s Perspective
Usually book publishers don't make news. This isn't much of a surprise as there is nothing very exciting to the public about the business of publishing books, particularly technical books. O'Reilly bucked the trend and managed to make some ripples in the tech community when the company announced that it…

Behold, the Revolutionary Apple Wireless Touchboard Concept
  If you’ve ever had a chance to use one of Apple’s recent notebooks for any length of time, you know that they ship with the best trackpads in the world. The trackpads are so awesome, in fact, that the Mighty Mouse doesn’t look…

Microsoft Has Been Quiet Lately . . .
So on a different note from all the Apple-love stories lately, I just thought I would mention that Microsoft has been uncharactaristically quiet lately. The only real news from them has been the quiet acceptance that Bill Gates is finally moving on and completely giving up any control of his…

Apple TV=Netflix Killer, Or Does It?
This past weekend I had my Apple TV Ah-Hah moment. The kids wanted to watch a movie, there wasn't really anything On-Demand and I didn't feel like heading out to Blockbuster. Netflix was a few days away by mail so I went to my Apple TV. I'm not sure if…

June 27, 1983: Apple Sells Millionth Apple II


10 Ways Professional Photographers Can Use the iPhone
Alright, I admit upfront that this article partly at an attempt to convince myself that I should replace my iPod Touch with the new iPhone 3G. Last week I wrote my first piece about the new iPhone, and since then I've been giving a lot of thought to how I…

June 26 , 1996: Steve Capps Leaves Apple for Microsoft


June 25, 1985: Bill Gates Proposes Mac Licensing in a Memo to Apple


June 24, 1979: Apple Introduces First Apple Printer


Apple Top iTunes Songs

Updated at 7:30 am, July 6, 2008.

1. I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry
I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry from the album I Kissed a Girl - Single

2. Viva la Vida - Coldplay
Viva la Vida by Coldplay from the album Viva la Vida

3. 7 Things - Miley Cyrus
7 Things by Miley Cyrus from the album 7 Things - Single

4. Burnin' Up - Jonas Brothers
Burnin' Up by Jonas Brothers from the album Burnin' Up - Single

5. When I Grow Up - The Pussycat Dolls
When I Grow Up by The Pussycat Dolls from the album When I Grow Up - Single

6. Disturbia - Rihanna
Disturbia by Rihanna from the album Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (Exclusive Edition)

7. Shake It - Metro Station
Shake It by Metro Station from the album Metro Station

8. Take a Bow - Rihanna
Take a Bow by Rihanna from the album Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (Exclusive Edition)

9. Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield
Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield from the album Pocketful of Sunshine

10. All I Want to Do - Sugarland
All I Want to Do by Sugarland from the album All I Want to Do - Single



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