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Highlighted October 18, 2007 11:20am (by RoundupGuy):

Apple Adds Memory Randomization To Leopard - .mack notes a ZDNet blog outlining some of the security features added to OSX Leopard (10.5). Here's Apple's brief description of all 11 new security features. "Apple has announced plans to add code-scrambling diversity to Mac OS X Leopard, a move aimed at making the operating system more resilient to virus and worm attacks. The security... [ More ] ...[ Jump: slashdot.org ]

Some of Leopard's 300+ New Features - With Leopard's official announcement, Apple now details a list of 300+ new features that can be found in Mac OS X 10.5. Sitening compiled a list (with descriptions) of 16 of what they felt were the coolest least known features coming i... [ More ] ...[ Jump: macrumors.com ]

Road to Mac OS X Leopard: Safari 3.0 - Apple has made significant changes to Safari in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, introducing integration with Dashboard, smart drag and drop of tabbed windows, full text searching of your web history, and more. Here's a look at the birth and maturity of the on... [ More ] ...[ Jump: appleinsider.com ]

Apple Plans to Uncage Leopard in Late October - Leopard, the next tweak to Apple's Mac OS X delayed since summer, is now set to hit the shelves on Oct. 26. Cost to you: $130. [ More ] ...[ Jump: Wired.com ]

Secrets: Excerpt: Getting your Mac ready for OS X 10.5 - Planning on taking the plunge when Leopard arrives on October 26? There are things you can do right now to make the upgrade process run smoother. In this excerpt from his Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard ebook, Joe Kissell runs through the things you can do to clean up your Mac in advance of OS X 10.5's arrival, such as updating third-party... [ More ] ...[ Jump: maccentral.macworld.com ]

Gartner: PC sales up, Mac share at 8.1% - Worldwide computer sales measured 68.5 million in the third quarter of 2007, a 14.4 percent growth over the same quarter last year, says the technology research firm Gartner. The group specifically notes that growth was fastest in the combined region of Asia and the Pacific, where it rose 23.4 percent, while Europe, the Middle East and Africa... [ More ] ...[ Jump: mac.nn ]

Report: 800 Apple Retail Store employees fired for fraud - We've been told that as many as 800 Apple Store retail associates... [ More ] ...[ Jump: macdailynews.com ]

Apple patents iPhone, file system concepts - The US Patent and Trademark Office has today disclosed a small collection of applications by Apple, generally connected to pre-existing technology. Among these are two filings for design trademark protection on the iPhone, which would be considered International Class 009. Under this it would be associated with "handheld mobile digital... [ More ] ...[ Jump: mac.nn ]

Apple to Release Unlocked iPhone in France (PC World) - PC World - Apple is releasing an unlocked version of the iPhone that will allow users to run it on various cellular networks. But you have to live in France to get it. [ More ] ...[ Jump: news.yahoo.com ]

News: Consumer Reports: Apple tops list for direct Web sales - With the holiday shopping season just around the corner, Consumer Reports has published its recommendations on the many retailers vying for our dollars. [ More ] ...[ Jump: maccentral.macworld.com ]

Apple, AT&T Slapped With IPhone Monopoly Suits - Two lawsuits accuse the companies of unfair business practices and antitrust violations based on their restrictions for using the iPhone. [ More ] ...[ Jump: Wired.com ]

Environmentalists, Apple Trade Blows Over iPhone Toxicity - Greenpeace and California's Center for Environmental Health both allege that Apple's iPhone contains dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. Apple fires back with a defense of its environmental practices and plans. [ More ] ...[ Jump: Wired.com ]

Apple sued over iPod storage capacity - Yet another class-action lawsuit targeting Apple has been filed against the Cupertino-based company, this time in Quebec's Superior Court. Lead Plaintiff and Montreal law student David Bitton is suing Apple because the company's 8GB iPod nano offers 7.45GB of actual storage capacity, rather than the full 8GB as advertised. Apple sells the 8GB... [ More ] ...[ Jump: mac.nn ]

Apple supporting WDL initiative; Mac worldwide share; iPod suit - Apple is amongst a handful of tech companies pitching their support to a multinational effort to create a free international digital world library. Meanwhile, Piper Jaffray weighs in with estimates on the Mac platform's worldwide market share growth.... [ More ] ...[ Jump: appleinsider.com ]

iPhone Rate Plans for Germany? - MacNotes.de publishes what it believes to be the rate plans for the iPhone in Germany based on multiple T-mobile sources. iPhone M 49 EUR/month Free data over EDGE Free T-Mobile WiFi Hotspots Free Voi... [ More ] ...[ Jump: macrumors.com ]

News: States keep antitrust pressure on Microsoft - Several U.S. states are requesting a five-year extension of the antitrust judgment against Microsoft to ensure the company's compliance, a court filing said. [ More ] ...[ Jump: maccentral.macworld.com ]

At E! Online, Apple offers a new reason to buy - Music, that is. Thanks to the new iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, the editors at E! Online find it all but irresistible to indulge in the guilty pleasure of impulse music buying. As long as you re at a hot spot, you can click on the new Wi-Fi widget for your iPhone or iPod touch and get access to Apple s music library at the usual 99 cents per... [ More ] ...[ Jump: Apple.com ]

News: Nokia CEO 'paranoid' about iPhone competition - Nokia CEO Olli Pekka Kallasvuo said he is “paranoid” about Apple's entry into the cell phone market. [ More ] ...[ Jump: maccentral.macworld.com ]

News: MySpace will open platform to external developers - MySpace will open up its platform to third party developers, following in the footsteps of rival Facebook. [ More ] ...[ Jump: maccentral.macworld.com ]

Highlighted October 17, 2007 3:20pm (by RoundupGuy):

Apple to beat estimates for Q4 - Apple will likely reveal earnings slightly higher than Wall Street expectations when it discloses its financial results on October 22nd, according to research firm Piper Jaffray, and Apple's AT&T revenue share will probably take the spotlight. "Despite highly anticipated sales figures from Apple's September quarter, we believe investors may... [ More ] ...[ Jump: mac.nn ]

Apple shares hit new all-time closing high - again - Shares of Apple Inc. today rose $3.17, or 1.87% to close at $172.75... [ More ] ...[ Jump: macdailynews.com ]

Apple to open iPhone for developers (AP) - AP - In an apparent about-face, Apple Inc. will allow third-party applications to work directly on the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a posting on the company's Web site Wednesday. [ More ] ...[ Jump: news.yahoo.com ]

Thanks Apple! - The big news of the day is of course Steve Jobs announcement of an iPhone SDK for February. I am very excited about this. It is an important signal to the Mac OS X developer community that Apple values our commitment to Mac OS X and rewards us with letting us have a part of the success that it will enjoy as OS X on embedded systems. We can't wait... [ More ] ...[ Jump: www.oreillynet.com ]

Apple's Leopard Ready To Steal Windows Vista's Thunder (TechWeb) - TechWeb - Apple hopes new productivity enhancements and security tools will push Mac OS X deeper into the business computing world, where it's largely been shut out by Microsoft. [ More ] ...[ Jump: news.yahoo.com ]

Leopard, Apple's new OS, could stalk Windows sales (USATODAY.com) - USATODAY.com - LOS ANGELES - Apple said Tuesday its next-generation operating system, Mac OS X "Leopard," will go on sale Oct. 26 for $129. Leopard is Apple's sixth major upgrade to Mac OS X since the desktop operating system debuted in 2001. [ More ] ...[ Jump: news.yahoo.com ]

The UNIX wars are over, and Leopard won. - Well, you could argue that any one of the OS X ‘Big Cats' was the winner, simply because Apple has made a user-friendly UNIX system that outperforms most, if not all, other operating systems. Leopard is now fully POSIX conforming making it more inter-operable with other POSIX systems. Some other goodies are things like DTrace which... [ More ] ...[ Jump: www.oreillynet.com ]

Analyst: Leopard May Help Apple in the Enterprise (NewsFactor) - NewsFactor - Mac OS X Leopard -- the "best upgrade" Apple has ever released, in the words of Steve Jobs -- will be available on October 26, Apple announced Tuesday. Deemed version 10.5, Leopard will go on sale at 6:00 p.m. that day. [ More ] ...[ Jump: news.yahoo.com ]

Leopard Under The Hood And Requirements Analysis - With Mac OS 10.5 "Leopard's" formal announcement, many readers have been reading through Leopard's list of over 300 new features and their associated technical requirements. With the list being quite extensive, we will attempt to analyze some of the... [ More ] ...[ Jump: macrumors.com ]

Ambrosia, Games, and Leopard - We preview the E for All Expo for gaming enthusiasts, talk software with Ambrosia Software's Andrew Welch, and look at the upcoming OS X 10.5 release in this edition of the Macworld Podcast. [ More ] ...[ Jump: maccentral.macworld.com ]

Road to Mac OS X Leopard: iCal 3.0 - Apple has made major changes to iCal in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, introducing integration with its own new WebDAV-based iCal Server included in Leopard Server. Here's a comprehensive history of software-based calendar applications and a look at what's n... [ More ] ...[ Jump: appleinsider.com ]

Jobs on Leopard; Orange to sell unlocked iPhones; retail firings - Apple chief executive Steve Jobs says he can almost feel Apple reaching an inflection point in personal computer market. Meanwhile, there are some rumblings about 'official' unlocked iPhones going on sale in France. And rumor has it that as many as 8... [ More ] ...[ Jump: appleinsider.com ]

iTunes Plus Expanded, Becomes Largest DRM-Free Catalog - Apple announced today the expansion of iTunes Plus to 2 million songs including artists from Sub Pop, Nettwerk, Beggars Group, IODA, The Orchard and many others, along with EMI 's digital catalog. The announcement comes after Apple bega... [ More ] ...[ Jump: macrumors.com ]

Apple slashes iTunes' DRM-free prices - Apple Inc. has cut the price of copy protection-free tunes to 99 cents, matching the standard for iTunes tracks with restrictions and closing the gap with rivals such as Amazon and Wal-Mart. [ More ] ...[ Jump: computerworld.com ]

Apple preparing 200th retail store opening - Apple will soon mark a psychologically important event by opening its 200th retail store, a report indicates. The new outlet will open in the SanTan Village shopping center in Gilbert, Arizona, on the important date of October 26th, the same day as the launch of Mac OS X Leopard. It will also have been just over six years since the debut of the... [ More ] ...[ Jump: mac.nn ]

iPhone SDK: Could Motion Controls Make The iPhone A Mini Wii? - by Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac Think handheld portable Wii. [ More ] ...[ Jump: myapplemenu.com ]

Mac OS X users to double by June - Steve Jobs announced the opening of the iPhone and iPod touch today... [ More ] ...[ Jump: macdailynews.com ]

Report: Apple has no women at the top - Apple is among many of the largest public companies headquartered in California cited for having very few women in top executive roles by a study conducted at UC Davis. The study found that 122 of the 400 surveyed companies -- 30.5 percent -- listed no women executives or board members in their annual reports to the Securities and Exchange... [ More ] ...[ Jump: mac.nn ]

Creative Notes: Leopard features for creative pros - Apple's list of the 300+ new features in Leopard has a few surprises for creative pros. [ More ] ...[ Jump: maccentral.macworld.com ]

Creative Notes: A List Apart survey looks at Web designers - A List Apart has published the results of its 2007 Web Design Survey. [ More ] ...[ Jump: maccentral.macworld.com ]

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