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We have it on good word that Mac OS X 10.4.10 has been seeded to developers. It is build 8R2205 for Intel, 8R205 for PowerPC. Mac OS X 10.4.9 was first seeded to developers in December 2006 and released to the public in March 2007. As an aside, this confirms that subversion number 10 is the natural successor to subversion number 9 in Apple's numbering scheme. While many thought this...

European Apple execs were reportedly dined in style at a special dinner held for them: The restaurant Amura de Puerto Calero remains unequaled in their objective to organize the best events in our island. With this in mind, this Monday, I had the responsibility to prepare, in secret, a special dinner which was enjoyed by all the top ranking executives of Apple who had met at Lanzarote for the...

Macworld.co.uk reports that Apple has cut the price of the iPod shuffle in the UK by 6. The new price is 49, down from...

Appleinsider cites one of its sources as claiming that future Apple notebooks may feature an option to include built-in 3G wireless. While such features have been present in the PC industry for some time, Appleinsider believes that Apple will do a better job of implementing the chip, placing it in the display and away from the logic board to minimize electromagnetic interference and maximizing ...

Gizmodo is claiming that a source has revealed that a new Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pro could be coming as early as next week. While the site doesn't seem to have much faith in the next week date, they do seem to have faith that Apple will indeed update the line by WWDC. ThinkSecret has indicated that a MacBook Pro WWDC refresh was indeed coming that would include LED-displays. Despite...

Microsoft has released a pair of updates, one which is targeted at Vista iPod users, and another routine update to Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac. The former update stamps out an issue where using Windows' "Safely Remove Hardware" function on an iPod could corrupt the iPod's data. However, even with iTunes 7.1.1, which together with iTunes 7.1 had addressed various incompatibilities with Vista,...

ThinkSecret cites an unconfirmed source who believes that Apple may show the long-awaited touch-screen iPod tomorrow and ship the device alongside the iPhone in June. ThinkSecret stresses that this information is otherwise unconfirmed, and sorry to dash hopes, but we have heard that this information was likely...

AT&T/Cingular sent out a simple confirmation email to users who signed up for the mailing list. No new information is provided: The email links to http://www.att.com/iphone which lists the usual features: Fully functional touch screen iPod which syncs with iTunes AT&T wireless service and all the benefits of network reliability, Rollover minutes, and more Visual Voicemail: a first on...

A SouthPark-Style 'Get a Mac' Ad: ...

A Sun Blog entry reveals that Sun engineering is joining on ongoing project to port OpenOffice to Mac OS X (native). Currently, a version of OpenOffice runs under X11, but the new project aims to provide a native Aqua interface. Why is Sun joining the Mac porting project? If you look around at conferences and airport lounges, you will notice that more and more people are using Apple notebooks...

Arstechnica notes that the AppleTV will also be found at some Costco stores for $289. In other news, a reader and friend of mine Dan Ciskey e-mailed me over the weekend, saying that some Costcos may also be carrying the Apple TV. He said that the one he works at in Lincoln Park in Chicago has them (apparently without fanfare) for $289.99 and that they don't charge a restocking fee upon returns. He ...

The New York Times reports on a recent memo sent by Michael Dell to Dell's 80,000 employees. In the memo, Dell suggested that they would be restructuring beyond the "direct sales" model. From the article: It is the first time that Mr. Dell or any other senior executive has publicly conceded that the business model that was crucial to the companys success could and should be altered. Until...

Skoker submitted these photos of the Apple TV, now at retail Target stores. An earlier report had indicated that Target would begin offering the Apple TV by the end of this month. ...

Macworld.co.uk reports on comments made by Apple's vice president for Europe, Pascal Cagni this week: Cagni also confirmed that Apple will launch its iPhone in Europe in the fourth quarter of this year, and confirmed plans to open an Apple retail store in Paris, France at some point. Last reports on a European launch of iTunes movies had targeted Spring 2007....

According to an unconfirmed report, Apple is working on a higher end web authoring application to complement iWeb, much like they've provided a range of software applications for other aspects of the iLife suite. "iWeb Pro" is said to offer an easy to use web authoring interface for small to mid sized companies. While the current version of iWeb is more of a complementary tool to .Mac, "iWeb...

According to Reuters, Gracenote is in talks with Apple to supply music lyrics for Apple's iTunes. Gracenote currently holds the rights to legally distribute lyrics from BMG, Universal Music, Sony/ATV and other content providers, and is used by iTunes to query CD track names. Yahoo announced today a similar partnership with Gracenote to provide an ad-sponsored online music lyrics...

Apple UK posted a new ad to the Apple UK site entitled "Office Posse". The ad demonstrates that Microsoft Office runs on the...

According to a thread in the InsanelyMac forum, Apple has seeded Mac OS X Leopard build 9a410. The build continues to present developers with a long list of known issues in areas such as installing, iChat, PhotoBooth, printing, QuickTime, third party applications, and graphics hardware (among more miscellaneous issues). Apple notes 7 changes since build 9A377a, which was seeded in early March ...