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MacRumors has heard that Sling Media's long awaited SlingPlayer Mobile may finally appear on the App Store tonight. In addition to full support of current Slingboxes (PRO-HD and SOLO), legacy Slingboxes, which include the Classic, AV, and TUNER, will work with the application but will not be officially supported. However, the application will be limited to streaming only over Wi-Fi...

Apple has released MacBook SMC Update 1.3 for the latest white polycarbonate MacBooks. Polycarbonate MacBook computers released in early 2009 may display slower performance when started up using battery power only. Restarting using battery power may not clear the condition. You can resolve this issue by downloading and applying this update. Apple quietly updated the entry-level white MacBook...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to review Apple's disclosures about Apple CEO Steve Jobs's health problems, according to Bloomberg. People familiar with the matter are quick to note a review does not necessarily indicate the SEC has seen evidence of wrongdoing. However, many Apple investors have been frustrated with Apple's limited and contradictory disclosures...

Circuit City announced today that it is seeking bankruptcy court approval to liquidate its U.S. assets including the shutdown of its remaining U.S. stores. The company has already received approval from four companies to start the liquidation process. "We are extremely disappointed by this outcome. The company had been in continuous negotiations regarding a going concern transaction. Regrettably...

If you weren't impressed by today's announcements during the Macworld keynote, perhaps you will be interested The Onion's report on the MacBook Wheel. Note: The Onion is a satirical publication [via Hulu]...

Apple has published a letter today from Apple CEO Steve Jobs that addresses speculation surrounding his health. Steve Jobs reveals that he has been recovering from a hormone imbalance that has been causing an unhealthy weight loss. Dear Apple Community, For the first time in a decade, I'm getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld...

iPhone Alley is reporting that updated USB kernel extensions in yesterday's Mac OS 10.5.6 update breaks mac-based iPhone/iPod touch jailbreaking tools. Workarounds are documented by the Dev-Team blog and include re-installing the relevant 10.5.5 kernel extensions or using a USB hub. While many may have lost interest in "jailbreaking" their iPhones since Apple has implemented the App Store,...

Apple's Safari web browser has crested 7% of worldwide browser market share according to online research firm Net Applications. While Safari's accomplishment is significant the biggest winner is clearly Mozilla's Firefox which crested 20% market share and climbed nearly an entire percentage point in one month. Meanwhile, Internet Explorer continues to bleed market share and now sits below ...

Google will be bringing a voice-enabled search application to the iPhone, which the New York Times reports may be available sometime today. Users [...] can place the phone to their ear and ask virtually any question, like Wheres the nearest Starbucks? or How tall is Mount Everest? The sound is converted to a digital file and sent to Googles servers, which try to determine the words spoken and pass ...

Many users have contacted us about the status of Apple's in-ear headphones. Apple announced the accessory at the September Let's Rock event with an expected availability date of "October." Today, Apple's site still lists the accessory as "Coming Soon." Readers have reported Apple privately promising various shipping dates, though Apple has yet to publicly comment on the...

Apple has posted two new ads to their website titled Shazam and Loopt. Shazam Shazam [App Store] is a popular application that can identify songs via the iPhone's built-in microphone. Meanwhile, Loopt [App Store] was profiled by Apple during WWDC 2008 and has been described as location aware social...

In a profile this past week of Opera Software, the New York Times had indicated that Opera's Mini Browser had been rejected from the App Store based on anti-competitive grounds. Apple has rejected other applications claiming the submitted application's feature set mirrors one of Apple's too closely; a practice which has drawn heavy criticism. This particular case, however, may not be entirely ...

Apple has released Airport Extreme Update 2008-004 via Software Update. This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers running Mac OS 10.5.5 and resolves some issues with AirPort connections when roaming in large Wi-Fi networks. The update appears to be Apple's replacement for the recently pulled Airport Extreme 2008-003 update....

AT&T today posted their 3Q earnings with strong wireless division gains lead by 2.4 million iPhone 3G activations in the quarter, 40% of which were new AT&T subscribers. Adjusted earnings dipped slightly due to the subsidies placed on the iPhone 3G and hurricane related expenses. AT&T highly values iPhone and other smartphone subscribers due to their lucrative data plans that have...

Apple has started televising two new 'Get a Mac' ads which have been posted to their site. - V Word - In order to avoid the bad connotations now associated with Vista, PC buzzes Mac everytime he says the word Vista. - Bean Counters - Mac notes that PC spends more on advertising than on fixing...

While we typically don't follow the ebb and flow of Apple's stock (AAPL) price on MacRumors, today the value of the company dove over 15% when two analysts cut their ratings on Apple. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, RBC Capital Market and Morgan Stanley both downgraded Apple's value from bullish "outperform" or "overweight" to more neutral "sector perform" or "equal weight". Both...

German site wiwo.de (English translation) is claiming that Apple will launch iTunes movie purchases and rentals within the next few weeks in Germany. According to the site's sources Apple is currently building a catalog of German movies to provide at launch. Apple began selling TV shows in Germany in April 2008. By year's end, HDTV-quality offerings should also be available according to w...

Several sites have noted that Apple is running low on inventory of 8 GB iPhone 3Gs. Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog notes that as of last night only 36 of Apple's 197 U.S. retail stores had stock of the 8 GB model remaining. From this raw data several sites are speculating on possible causes of the shortage. AppleInsider has suggested that the 8 GB model may be discontinued and a 32 GB model be...

Reuters reports that AT&T is working on iPhone applications that will tie the handset to its U-verse TV/internet/phone service. The iPhone applications under development would presumably interact with the U-verse subscriber's set-top box (required for u-Verse service). Reuters describes applications that could be used to listen to voicemails on the user's TV, act as a TV remote control,...

As noted by our forum members and iLounge, Apple has released iPod Nano 4G Software 1.0.2, notably skipping software version 1.0.1. iLounge notes that some small typographical errors have been fixed but otherwise nothing groundbreaking is included in the release. The software is available via the iPod software update feature of...