Apple PowerBook and iBook Settlement, up to $181.7 million
May 9, 2008
Apple Inc agreed to a settlement that will cost the Cupertino-based company between $57.5 and $181.7 million to pay refunds of $25 to $79 to as many as 2.3 million computer owners. Customers who bought certain replacement adapters for PowerBook and iBook computers are eligible for the refund. Read more
Apple Tech Support Beats Competition, Second to None
May 6, 2008
Apple’s tech support received high scores across the board for both laptop and desktop systems in Consumer Reports’ latest survey to be featured in the June 2008 issue. Overall, this year’s report card looks much more favorably upon the Mac than ever! Read more
Mac OS Safari Browser Triples Market Share on Windows OS
May 1, 2008
Use of Safari on Windows has tripled since mid-March, when Apple pushed it out for distribution via its Software Update service. Safari, the default browser for Mac OS X and also the native browser on the Apple iPhone and iPod touch, arrived to millions of unsuspecting Windows users through iTunes and QuickTime updates. Read more
Apple Upgrades iMac Computers: Speed, Power, Performance
April 28, 2008
Just when you thought iMac had everything, now there’s even more. Apple today updated its all-in-one iMac line with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors based on the 45-nanometer Penryn architecture, plus the most powerful graphics ever available in an iMac. Read more
MacBook Pro Blank Screen Fix: EFI Firmware Update 1.5.1
April 21, 2008
Apple has released the MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.5.1 to fix “several issues” and to “improve stability” of MacBook Pro computers. The update was apparently released to patch blank screen problems caused by a previous 1.5 firmware upgrade. Read more
Cloned Mac Computers: Hackintosh by Psystar
April 19, 2008
Psystar is selling home-built Open Computers with Mac OS X Leopard pre-installed, which is a violation of Apple’s licensing policy, which forbids users from jamming its software onto non-Apple hardware. Read more
Kabateck Brown Kellner vs Apple: iMac Color Lawsuit
March 31, 2008
An iMac owner sued Apple Inc. Monday claiming the 20-inch iMac desktop computers can’t display the “millions of colors” Apple promises in promotional materials. The plaintiff Chandra Sanders, resident of Texas, is seeking class-action status for the lawsuit. Read more
Charlie Miller Hacks into MacBook Air in 2 Minutes
March 28, 2008
Charlie Miller, best known as one of the researchers who first hacked Apple’s iPhone last year, hacked into the MacBook Air this time in only two minutes at the CanSecWest security conference. Read more
Apple Settles MacBook Pro Lawsuit for $250,000
March 28, 2008
On Wednesday, Apple Inc settled a 10-month-old lawsuit regarding its MacBook notebook displays. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed publicly, but one Apple executive who spoke on condition of anonymity told us they’ve settled the suit for $250,000. Read more
MacBook Pro (Penryn): Blazing Speed & Performance
March 15, 2008
The upgraded Mac Pro is a superfast eight-core notebook equipped with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and “Penryn” Intel Core 2 Duo processors with up to 6MB of L2 cache - capable of running at speeds up to 2.6GHz horsepower. Read more
