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Apple today released a pair of updates for its Logic audio workstation software packages, bringing improved compatibility with Apple's new Mac Pros and several other enhancements. Logic Pro 9.1.2 (193.01 MB) and Logic Express 9.1.2 (139.67 MB) each require Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later. Issues addressed with 9.1.2 include: - Improved compatibility with 6 and 12-core Mac Pro systems - Support...

MacStories reports that Apple has seeded a fourth developer preview version of Xcode 4, the company's development environment for the Mac and iOS platforms, to registered Mac developers. This is a pre-release version of Xcode 4, a major new release of Xcode for both Mac and iOS development. This release requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and includes the iOS SDK 4.1, to develop apps for Mac,...

Microsoft today released several updates for users of its Office for Mac productivity suite, bringing security and stability improvements to Office 2008 and 2004, as well as a pair of ancillary updates. - Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.7 Update (332.8 MB) This update improves stability. In addition, it includes fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of...

Bloomberg Game Changers, a new documentary series from Bloomberg Television that debuted last week with an episode on Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, will this week turn its attention to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Airing this Thursday, October 14th at 9:00 PM Eastern Time, the documentary will offer an overview of his career and feature clips from interviews with a number of Jobs' associates over the...

Apple has announced via an email to MobileMe members that pages created with the legacy .Mac Homepage web application will cease to be viewable online as of November 8, 2010. Dear MobileMe member, Over a year ago, we retired the .Mac HomePage application for publishing new pages, but allowed previously published pages to remain viewable on the web. On November 8, 2010, we will discontinue...

Electronista reports on a new research note from Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu claiming that Apple is set to launch new iPhone form factors in the relatively near future, offering different screen sizes in at least of pair of models bracketing the current iPhone's market position. Analyst Shaw Wu has stated that supply chain checks indicate signs of new form factor iPhones under development,...

Despite a strikingly similar user interface between the old and new Apple TV, the new Apple TV represents completely re-engineered hardware and software. The focus on the new Apple TV is a streaming-only device as compared to the previous generation storage-syncing device. It appears this fundamental change has opened up a loophole in Apple's rental procedures. Apple's stated rental...

9 to 5 Mac points to a book listing [Google translation] on Amazon's German site discussing the as-yet-unreleased iLife '11 suite. The cover artwork and Amazon description for the new book, which is set to launch in December, appear to reveal several features of the next revision of iLife, including the possibility of additional iOS apps beyond the current iMovie offering. In particular, a...

Gizmodo reports on the plans for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' new house in Woodside, California, to be built on the site of a mansion Jobs purchased back in 1984. That mansion, which had been built in the 1920s by copper magnate Daniel Jackling, had been the subject of a contentious dispute between Jobs and preservationists, with Jobs ultimately winning the right to tear down the residence and build...

Apple today released Security Update 2010-006, a minor update to Mac OS X Snow Leopard. According to a support document, the update addresses a single issue related to AFP shared folders. An error handling issue exists in AFP Server. A remote attacker with knowledge of an account name on a target system may bypass the password validation and access AFP shared folders. By default, File Sharing is...

As noted yesterday by TiPb, plugged-in Microsoft follower Paul Thurrott tweeted a claim that the company is working on applications for Apple's iPad. Shhh.... It's true: Microsoft is working on iPad apps.While Microsoft has released several applications for the smaller screen of the iPhone and iPod touch (Bing, Windows Live Messenger, Seadragon Mobile, Tag Reader), it has yet to offer any...

Apple today released Pro Applications Update 2010-02, a package of updates for users of the company's Final Cut Studio professional-level video and audio editing suite. Pro Application Update 2010-02 adds compatibility for new camera formats, improves overall stability and addresses a number of other minor issues. This update is recommend for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and ...

Apple today released QuickTime 7.6.8 for Windows, addressing a pair of security issues related to ActiveX control and QuickTime Picture Viewer. QuickTime 7.6.8 improves security and is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users on Windows. For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.The update weighs in at MB and requires...

Earlier this week, Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson noted that he had been informed by a "T-Mobile manager" that the carrier would begin offering the iPhone 3GS (but not the iPhone 4) by the end of this year. The claim was met with widespread skepticism, in part because, unlike AT&T and the iPhone's other carriers around the world, T-Mobile's 3G network operates within the 1700 MHz spectrum...

Apple today announced an update to its MobileMe Control Panel for Windows, bringing enhanced integration between Microsoft Outlook and Apple's MobileMe Calendar beta. The new MobileMe Control Panel 1.6.2 provides push calendar updates and support for proxy servers when using the MobileMe Calendar beta with Microsoft Outlook. In addition, you can now upload your personal Outlook calendars to...

Apple today released a series of updates to its printer, scanner and multifunction device drivers for Mac OS X Snow Leopard: - Brother 2.4 Printer Drivers for Mac OS X v10.6 (104.70 MB) - Infotec-7 Printer Drivers for Mac OS X v10.6 (20.05 MB) - Lanier-7 Printer Drivers for Mac OS X v10.6 (20.52 MB) - NRG-7 Printer Drivers for Mac OS X v10.6 (19.7 MB) - Gestetner-7 Printer Drivers for Mac...

Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson yesterday tweeted that he had been told by a "T-Mobile manager" that the carrier will begin offering the iPhone 3GS "later this year", but that the iPhone 4 will not be offered. A T-Mobile manager casually mentioned to me that they're going to get the iPhone 3GS (but not 4, oddly) later this year. Common knowledge?The tweet is bizarre on a number of levels,...