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Apple’s Battery Charger Sets New Standby Usage Benchmark

One of Apple’s more interesting product announcements today was its Apple Battery Charger, designed to keep the company’s increasing array of wireless peripheral devices powered up. While we briefly mentioned the release in our coverage of A…

Apple Announces 27-Inch LED Cinema Display

Apple also announced the release of a new 27″ LED Cinema Display featuring a resolution of 2560×1440. The latest Apple screen features an iSight video camera, microphone and speakers: “With built-in MagSafe charging, iSight…

Apple Preparing to Seed Developer Builds of Mac OS X 10.6.5

MacRumors has received word that Apple is gearing up to begin seeding certain developers with builds of Mac OS X 10.6.5, the fifth maintenance release for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. While the release has und…

Apple Officially Announces July 30th International iPhone 4 Launches

Apple today issued a press release officially announcing the release of the iPhone 4 in 17 new countries for this Friday, July 30th. The news is not necessarily considered a surprise, as Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the launches at the com…

Apple Addresses iPhone Signal Strength Display With iOS 4.0.1 and iPad Wi-Fi Connectivity With iOS 3.2.1

As predicted earlier today, Apple has released iOS 4.0.1 (8A306) for the iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G. According to the release notes, the update addresses changes to the signal strength indicators as promised by Apple earlier this month.

Steve Jobs on Future Wireless iPhone Syncing, Replacement of ‘Hold’ Button With FaceTime

With the release of iPhone 4, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has fired up his email account again and is responding to a number of customer emails. First it was his description of the signal strength concerns as a non issue. And in another pair of publicized…

Valve Releases ‘Counter-Strike: Source’ for Mac OS X

Valve Software today issued an update to its popular Counter-Strike: Source game, bringing Mac OS X compatibility and a number of new features and fixes. To celebrate the release, Counter-Strike: Source is priced at $6.80, a 66% discount, un…

Apple Quietly Updates Antimalware Protection in Mac OS X 10.6.4

With the release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard last August, Apple rolled out a rudimentary antimalware feature which allows the operating system to detect specific malware threats in downloads and warn users accordingly. Far from offering true an…

Apple Claims Largest Ever First-Day iPhone Pre-Orders of 600,000

Apple has just issued a press release announcing 600,000 pre-orders for iPhone 4 yesterday, “far higher” than the company anticipated. In the release, the company also apologizes for the frustration and difficulties experienced by those atte…

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.6.4

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6.4, the fourth maintenance update for Snow Leopard, via Software Update. The update offers a number of fixes implemented since the release of Mac OS X 10.6.3 in late March. The 10.6.4 Update i…