Arnold Kim
Arnold is the Editorial Director of MacRumors and founded the site in February, 2000.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold Kim's Articles
Apple Posts Minor Safari Update (3.2.1)
Only a week after the Safari 3.2 update, Apple has posted version 3.2.1 in Mac OS X's Software Update. Apple does not detail the changes but describes this update containing "stability improvements" and that it is recommended for all Safari users.
The 3.2 update added protection from fraudulent phishing websites and better identification of online...
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Buyer's Guide Update: Apple iPhone, Black Friday Sales
Several readers have noticed that our Buyer's Guide has recently changed the iPhone recommendation to "Don't Buy - Updates Soon" despite no recent rumors about a new iPhone update.
The Buyer's Guide generates some of its recommendations automatically based on historic product life cycles. For a product like the iPhone, however, which has only been on the market for a short period of time,...
2nd Generation iPod Touch Faster than iPhone
Mobile developer Handheld Games Corp reported to TouchArcade.com that performance of their 3D TouchSports Tennis game [App Store, $4.99] is noticeably different between models of iPhones and iPod touches. Their 3D tennis game (video) seems to particularly challenge the 3D hardware on the iPhone and iPod...
Coaster Set of 16 iPhone Icons
Techeblog points out a coaster set designed from the iPhone's home screen icons. Technabob describes that the set was designed by Meninos design: Created by the guys over at Brazils Meninos design (the same guys who make these awesome hard drives), these icon coasters are a great gift for any iPhone addict. All your favorite applications are there, from Maps to Calculator, from iPod to...
Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Firmware with Street View, Emoji and More [Updated]
Surprisingly, Apple has released the iPhone 2.2 firmware tonight shortly after midnight. The latest update is available in iTunes for existing iPhone and iPod touch owners. The update contains: Enhancements to Maps
- Google Street View
- public transit and walking diretions
- display address of dropped pins
- share location via email
Enhancements to Mail
- resolved isolated issues with...
Apple Releases iTunes 8.0.2
Apple has released an update to iTunes to version 8.0.2. The update is available in your Mac OS X software update. iTunes 8.0.2 improves stability and performance and provides a number of important bug fixes, including:
- Addresses a quality issue creating MP3s on some computers.
- Fixes a connectivity issue with the iTunes Store when using some Internet proxies with Mac OS X.
- Improves...
'Official' MMS May Arrive for iPhone
MacWorld Sweden caught the attention of iPhone users when they reported that Swedish carrier Telia is planning on bringing Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) to their iPhone users. MMS is a feature that has been long requested by iPhone users and would allow the easy sending of multimedia (photos, video) to your contacts.
Their solution
Nehalem EP (Xeon) Processors 'Ridiculously fast'
TechRadar.com reports on some preliminary benchmarks on Intel's upcoming Nehalem EP chips which they say will be sold as the Xeon X5560 CPUs in the 1st quarter of 2009. Apple has traditionally used the Xeon processors for the Mac Pro line.
Based on their early benchmarks of dual-processor configurations, TechRadar found that the new Nehalem Xeons at 2.8GHz scored favorably in SPECfp...
iPhone Vulnerability, Fix Coming on November 21st in Firmware 2.2?
German publication Spiegel.de reports an newly announced iPhone vulnerability that can force a (potentially expensive) phone call to be made simply by visiting a webpage in Safari. The vulnerability was to be announced in ComputerBild on Monday but was detailed today in a press release from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT). A video of the exploit is also...
IBM to Acquire Transitive
Earlier this week, IBM announced its plans to buy Transitive, a small cross-platform virtualization company.
MacRumors readers will remember the company for providing the technology behind Rosetta, Apple's PowerPC emulator for Mac OS X. Rosetta played a major role in allowing Apple to transition from PowerPC to Intel architectures and remains a part of Mac OS X. Apple's need for...
Apple Releases Apple TV 2.3 Software Update
Apple has released a new update for the Apple TV tonight. Apple TV owners can download the new updates by accessing the "Update Software" menu option in their Apple TV's settings.
Apple lists the new features and fixes found in 2.3:
- Music can be streamed via AirTunes to Airport Express speakers or other Apple TVs in your house.
- Apple TV can now learn other remote controls and use...
Apple Negotiating More DRM-Free Music for iTunes
CNet confirms some earlier rumors that Apple is in ongoing negotiations with the major music studios to offer more DRM (copy protection) free music in iTunes. Earlier rumors had suggested that Sony BMG had already agreed but CNet was unable to confirm this. A year after iTunes began offering music without copy protection software from EMI, Apple is in discussions with the other three top...
Apple Waiting on Quad-Core Desktop CPUs for January?
DigiTimes reports that Apple is amongst the vendors who are awaiting the release of three new low-power desktop CPUs due in January from Intel. Intel will launch the Core 2 Quad Q8200s (2.33GHz/4MB L2), Core 2 Quad Q9400s (2.66GHz/6MB L2) and Core 2 Quad Q9550s (2.83GHz/12MB L2) with prices at US$245, US$320 and US$369, respectively in thousand-unit tray quantities. These CPUs will have the same...
OpenCL Specification Completed in Record Time for Snow Leopard
Macworld reports from the SuperComputing 08 conference which is taking place in Austin, Texas this week. The Khronos group was present to celebrate the launch of the upcoming OpenCL specification which Apple is planning to implement in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. OpenCL is a new programming interface (API) to allow developers to take advantage of parallel computing across graphics processing...
Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Due in 1st Quarter of 2009?
Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard spoke at LISA '08 last week. LISA (or Large Installation System Administration Conference) is a technical conference targeted at engineers and system administrators. This year's conference invited Apple's Jordan Hubbard to speak about the evolution of Mac OS X from large...
Judge Dismisses Psystar's Anti-Trust Counterclaim Against Apple
A California judge has dismissed a counterclaim from Psystar which asserted that Apple was violating federal and state anti-trust laws in limiting the sale and use of Mac OS X on Apple branded computers.. But in a 19-page order passed down on Tuesday, Judge William Alsup largely reject Psystar's claims and granted Apple's motion to have the countersuit thrown out of court should the clone maker...
Mid-2007 Prototype MacBook Air Found on eBay
MacRumors forum member Brett33 bought an "as is" MacBook Air on eBay for a selling price of $730. As it turns out, it appears the machine is actually a prototype model of Apple's MacBook Air.
After receiving the unit, Brett33 noticed that the bottom of the laptop was made of black aluminum and that the screen bezel did not have "MacBook Air" written on it. The laptop runs an interim build of ...
Apple Incorporates HDCP (Copy Protection) in New Laptops
Apple's new unibody notebooks appear to incorporate a version of copy protection known as HDCP. HDCP is most well known for preventing unauthorized copying across HDMI but is also used for the DisplayPort which is found in Apple's new MacBooks, MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs. High bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a form of digital copy protection developed by Intel Corporation to...
Apple 24'' LED Cinema Display Available for Order
Apple is now taking orders for their new 24" LED Cinema Display that was announced in October. While early versions of the new Cinema Display have been shown at Apple retail stores, orders had not been accepted until now.
Apple recently discontinued the 23" Apple Cinema Display to make way for...
CastCatcher 1.3 Update Approved by Apple
We'd previously reported that Return7's CastCatcher update had been rejected by Apple due to "excessive" bandwidth usage. CastCatcher is an internet radio application that works similarly to many other applications in the App Store, so Apple's rejection was a bit of a mystery.
Fortunately, Return7 reports that Apple has now approved their update to CastCatcher. Version 1.3 should appear in...
