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LoopRumors posts a followup to their previous Panther information. Some of the features are rehashed, with possible new information including the return of themes, dock grouping, and voice recognition...

iPodlounge has a story describing the possibility that there is a "better" iPod revision with a blue backlight. Details are...

Several have noted that the latest version of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) offers PowerPC 970 support. GCC is used as the compiler for Mac OS X, Linux and a number of other platforms. By itself, this fact means little... as IBM uses Linux for their Blade Servers which will also be migrating to the PowerPC 970... but it is a necessary step if/when Apple is to migrate to the PowerPC...

MacOSRumors updates after a long hiatus, and claims that they have seen early builds of Panther. In the brief report, the claim speed improvements as well as no Piles feature currently available. In addition, they report that upcoming machines may employ the use of processor names/numbers rather than the "G" (G3, G4)...

MacWhispers believes that there will be a surprise product celebrating the Mac's 20th anniverary. Based on information they have received, they believe the limited edition mac may be a variant of the Cube form...

MacWhispers describes two seperate "upscale" docks coming for the iPod. The docks are said to include features such as advanced I/O ports (RCA, mic, line in) as well as remote playback and Airport...

MacNews.net.tc claims that Safari final will be arriving at WWDC: Sources close to the development of Apple's webbrowser have told us to expect a final release of Safari 1.0 at WWDC 2003....

MacBidouille claims that the 15" Powerbook supplies are...

MacWhispers claims that a more advanced iPod dock is heading towards production soon. Added features appear to make the iPod interface with your home stereo system and are said to provide data management, multiple i/o, file management and possibly a wireless...

Background... In December 2002, ThinkSecret first reported on faster PowerPC G3 processors in the works -- these high speed chips were said to provide speeds in excess of 1GHz, and were codenamed "Gobi". Beyond this, few other details were provided. We heard again about Gobi in January 2003, when MacEdition reported that the Gobi processors would be in full production during the...

LoopRumors summarizes a list of improvements that are coming to Panther. New information appears to be Document control in the Dock (save, print, close), Quicktime 6.5, "Advanced Mouse Support" (3rd Party Mice with 2/3 buttons), and Software Update keeping track of one-click purchases. ...

This article on Apple.com.ua (Ukraine) mentions the 970, the Xstation... and also MacRumors.com. Some of the non-US Apple sites appear less "official" than others, this particular site is linked from at least one location in Apple's site. An old (?test) http://www.apple.com/jp/home/index.html page links the Ukraine site from the pop-up list on the bottom. The article appears to...

One report indicates that we should keep an eye out for Mac OS X 10.2.6 today. Asante has already hinted at an upcoming 10.2.6 update on their support forums. There is a known problem in the modified USB support in OS X 10.2.5. Apple is aware of this problem and has a fix for it in the soon to be released OS X 10.2.6. This is not something that Asante can fix...

Macnews.net.tc pegs the 970 PowerMacs to be due in August, alongside Panther... and confirms the same speeds as MacBidouille. (1.4 single, dual 1.6,...

Under comments to an iPod/May 2nd story on Macnn, one anonymous reseller indicates that there will be further updates next week: Apple is trying hard to get product to their Apple Specialist dealers. We received 16 of the first 17" PowerBooks in the county even before any of the Apple retail stores and any catalog vendors. Apple has in the past screwed the Apple dealers, but I think...

One reader reports seeing a slightly modified Apple keyboard image on a new banner hanging in the "Etc..." section of a larger Apple Store. The user was unable to provide photos, but described a side-view image of an Apple Keyboard which was slightly different (no elevation bar, instead a larger base) than current ones. Still awaiting verification of this image. Any readers with...

MacUnderground posts that songs with added album art consumed more HD space once transfered to the iPod. One reader, Marco, had reported the same observation: While adding album artwork pictures to my iTunes collection, I noticed that the pictues were actually being stored inside my mp3 files and then re-sinked to my iPod. Combine that with apple's push towards including artwork...

LoopRumors revives rumors that the 15" iMac is being discontinued. ...