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One dev mailing list post leaves the BIOS/Firmware question for upcoming Intel-Macs open: We realize there are lots of folks that need to know what is going to be in the ROMs on these new machines, and what partition scheme will be used. Unfortunately, we are not yet in a position to make that information available, but we will communicate it as soon as we reasonably can. Don't assume that what...

Apple is advertising for a new finance manager for "new online commerce business": Finance manager for new online commerce business. Work with marketing and management team to develop the business model, including updating pro-forma P&Ls, resource plans, and NPV of the new business opportunity over time as development continues. Provide ongoing support (post-launch) to track profitability and...

A fake PowerBook G5 press release is making the rounds, which has been engineered to appear to have been posted at Apple's site, but is not. The fake url page begins with http://64.233.167.104 making it appear to be a Google cache address, but uses a form of url masking to redirect the user to a different site. Similar fakes have appeared in the...

Appleinsider cites analyst reports indicating that iPod and Mac stocks are the highest they've been in a year. In fact, for the first time in over a year, there is enough stock of all of Apple's major products -- both Mac and iPod -- that even the company's often-neglected value added retailers can get most products on demand. The only exceptions appear to be the new iMac G5 and the Special...

MacOSXRumors cites anonymous sources who claim that Apple is planning to introduce a new iPod shuffle with 2GB of storage and display. Meanwhile the 1GB iPod shuffle would remain without display. According to the rumor site, the display would be a 3inch by .7inch grayscale LCD with backlight. Pricing would come in at $149 (2GB) and $99 (1GB). No word on the fate of the 512MB iPod shuffle, ...

One reader notes that iTunes 4.8 already seems to have localization for Motorola's iTunes compatible phone. iTunes.app -> Contents -> Resources -> English.lproj -> Localized.rsrc contains the "Eject Phone" phrase as well as later references to "Phone". Motorola's iTunes compatible phone has been long awaited, with a number of delays reported. Last comments from Motorola claimed that it...

Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.4.2 8C21 to developers. Seed notes mention fixes in Mac Notification Client, Automator, AddressBook, AppleScript, CoreGraphics, Display Preferences, Finder Search files, iCal, iDisk Syncing, iWork, JavaScriptCore, Mail, AirPort networking, Printing, Safari, Spotlight. Final version reportedly expected in mid...

MacPlus.net notes that Apple is planning to continue its expansion of official Apple retail stores with a store in Paris in 2007, based on a comment from Steve...

Hyponoticnet reports on a new error message that pops up in iTunes 4.8 which suggests there is an upcoming Airport remote coming from Apple. The error message displays: Your computer is using a firewall software that prevents you from sharing music or using a remote control for AirTunes...

According to MessagerForMac.com, Microsoft is releasing Messenger 5 for Mac on Monday, May 16th. New features are reported to include: Brushed Metal look and feel Display pictures Improved File Transfers and...

In the internet-game-of-telephone, several sites are reposting rumors of a Sony/Apple collaboration on the upcoming Playstation 3. The source of all of these is a single forum post. Claims include iTunes/PS3 interoperability, and iPod/PS3...

Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.4.1 8B15 according to ThinkSecret. ThinkSecret speculates that the frequency of new builds suggests an imminent final release. "Problem syncing the Address Book to .Mac" is the only known remaining...

Mobile Gazette has published what it claims to be a picture of the upcoming Motorola iTunes enabled phone. Based on the description, however, it appears that it may simply be a mock up: However, Motorola are fairly notorious for leaking out information before the official product launch and there now appears to be enough intelligence to put together a picture....

Apple has apparently seeded Mac OS X 10.4.1 Build 8B13 to developers. The upcoming Mac OS X update is expected to arrive in...

ThinkSecret notes that while the most recent PowerMac revision still sports 970FX processors -- Apple/IBM are still anticipating 970MP based machines in the future... perhaps by year's end. Previous hints had pointed to multiprocessor 970MP machines coming from Apple based on evidence from developer tools. ThinkSecret points to further room for processor changes noted in Tiger's reporting of ...

ThinkSecret maintains that iMac and eMac updates are just around the corner and could ship "as soon as Friday, alongside Tiger". A previous report gave use expected specs for the anticipated...

Banc of America Securities speculates that Apple could launch a new iPod product "as early as June". This appears not to be based on any insider knowledge, and instead is simply analyst...

Appleinsider provides summary of upcoming hardware updates that have been tossed about. One new tidbit is the expectation that new Macs will be introduced on April 26th...