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As rumored, Steve Jobs announced today at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference that the Macintosh will make a transition to Intel processors. Jobs reviewed the two previous major transitions, from Motorola 680x0 processors to the PowerPC in 1994 thru 1996 (before Steve Jobs was back at the helm), and from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X in 2001 through 2003. Saying "It's time for a third...

During today's opening keynote speech at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Steve Jobs made a number of announcements. The transition to Intel was of course the most important, and is covered in a separate MacRumors news story.Among the other announcements, fact, and figures, were the following:The next Mac OS X will be named Leopard and will be released in late 2006 or...

Apple has announced an iPod recycling program at U.S. Apple retail stores, with a same-day discount if you purchase a new iPod at the same time.From the description on the Apple Retail Page: Bring any used iPod, iPod mini or iPod photo to any of the more than 100 Apple Stores in the US for free environmentally friendly recycling and get a 10% discount on the purchase of a new iPod that same-day....

Today is April Fool's Day so be wary of hoaxes and practical jokes, especially at news sites.Despite the date, rumors that Mac OS X Tiger will be announced today have not changed.Real announcements are sometimes made on April Fool's Day, such as Google's announcement of Gmail last year. Apple Computer itself was founded on April 1, 1976, with today being its 29th birthday.However, even respected ...

AppleInsider reports that Apple declared Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger build 8A428 as the Gold Master (shipping version) today and that Apple may announce completion of Tiger as early as tomorrow. Mac OS X 10.4 has been rumored to be announced on April 1. Update: MacWorld.co.uk also reports that Tiger has gone Gold...

Now available via Software Update: iPod software update 2005-03-23 delivers iPod software 1.1 (for iPod with color display):* Support for optional iPod Camera Connector for importing and viewing photos directly on iPod* Updated slideshow transitions...

Now available via Software Update: Security Update 2005-003 delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components:AFP ServerBluetooth Setup AssistantCoreFoundationCyrus SASLFolder permissionsSafariSambaFor detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798Further...

Apple has made public its plans to open its first Canadian retail store, at the Yorkdale Shopping Center in Toronto, Ontario, with the grand opening scheduled for Saturday, May 21, 2005.The Yorkdale Apple Store has been a rumored retail location in previous MacRumors discussions.The opening in Canada will expand Apple's retail presence to its fourth country, after the U.S., Japan, and the U.K.[Upd...

ifoAppleStore has added four new Apple Stores to its growing list of rumored or confirmed upcoming store locations:Shibuya, Tokyo, 3.5 miles from the existing Tokyo store in Ginza, making it the fourth Apple Store in Japan. The other cities with Apple Stores are Nagoya and Osaka.Annapolis, Maryland, in the Westfield Shoppingtown Mall off I-97. This would be the fourth Apple Store in Maryland,...

AppleInsider reports that there will be another update to Mac OS X 10.3 Panther before Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is released, that Mac OS X 10.3.9 is already being seeded inside Apple, and that it will be seeded outside Apple within...

MacShrine has posted 45 screenshots from Tiger build 8A351, as a directory of images. There is no thumbnail page yet. Version numbers shown: Mac OS X 10.4 pre-release, Build 8A351 [images 006 and 011], Automator 1.0 (30) [image 041], Dictionary 1.0.0 [image 001], iChat AV 3.0 (v364) [image 027], and Mail 2.0 (693) [images 015 and 028]. Also included are screenshots of Spotlight and...

An article today in DigiTimes reports on Apple's Taiwanese contractors, saying that Foxconn Electronics (also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry) is contracted to manufacture and ship 100,000 or more Mac minis per month and that Asustek is contracted to manufacture and ship up to 400,000 to 500,000 iPod shuffles per month. Almost as an afterthought, the article mentions that Asustek, which...

Now in Software Update...iTunes 4.7.1, for the newly introduced iPod shuffle: iTunes 4.7.1 includes support for iPod shuffle and other performance improvements.[Update] iTunes 4.7.1 is also available for download, with this description: iTunes 4.7.1 includes support for iPod shuffle, support for copying photos to an iPod photo, the ability to show duplicate songs in your library, and other...

Several sources have informed AppleInsider that Apple plans to open at least two of its own retail stores in Australia this year, starting with stores in Sydney and Melbourne. The Apple Australia event for Apple's business partners on January 12 was rumored to be a possible sign that the iTunes Music Store would open in Australia. Now there is another possibility: retail store announcements. ...

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Carly Fiorina, CEO of Hewlett-Packard, announced that starting later this year HP will sell a version of the iPod photo. Story at CNET news.com. The first HP iPod was discussed in this MacRumors news story: HP iPod To Appear September 5?....

AppleInsider reports that Apple released a build of Mac OS X 10.3.8 to developers today. Details of the update are scarce, but sources say the software will deliver improved graphics performance along with several fixes that will improve the overall stability of the Panther operating system. [Update] According to developer discussions monitored by AppleInsider: The system update will improve...

Several members have alerted us that Apple has quietly opened the iTunes Music Store in Ireland. Price: 0.99 per song. The iTunes Music Store opened in the U.S. on April 28, 2003 (story, press release), along with the release of iTunes 4, with a price of $0.99 per song and a catalog of over 200,000 songs. Apple released iTunes 4.1 for Windows on October 16, 2003 (story, press release)....

CNET News reports that Apple is suing rumor site Think Secret for posting Apple trade secrets and for encouraging and inducing persons to provide product information in breach of agreements. Previously, Apple had named ThinkSecret.com, along with AppleInsider.com and PowerPage.org, in subpoenas while tracking down leaks of information about Asteroid. The court filings list particular Think...

Think Secret reports that Adobe may announce Creative Suite 2.0, with Photoshop CS 2.0 (Photoshop 9) and Illustrator CS 2.0 (Illustrator 12), as soon as next week. It is expected to use Bridge, a cross-suite file browser, is not expected to include 64-bit Photoshop support, and may have "stricter product activation". Among the expected Photoshop features: lossless scaling of placed files,...

Continuing its series on Macworld Expo, Think Secret now reports that Apple will introduce a productivity suite named iWork '05, the application code-named Sugar in the previous report. The suite will include Keynote 2 as well as a word processor named Pages, once known as Document. According to the report, iWork '05 will use a software serial number, require a 500MHz system or better, run...