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Apple's online store now reflects a new expected shipping date for new Apple TV orders: Early U.S. Apple Store orders still show a March 20th ship date. Australian orders have been moved back to March 27th. Meanwhile, Apple stores have started getting inventory in, but are unable to post materials until at least Wednesday. Update: Customers are reporting they have received shipping ...

According to LoopRumors, Apple is seriously considering another stock split, which would drop the price of its stock while proportionally increasing the amount of shares. At the recent Morgan Stanley Technology Conference, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer simply stated that he didn't "have anything to announce at this time" when questioned as to whether Apple would split its stock. Investors...

EMSNow cites the China Economic News Service which reports that Nanya Printed Circuit Board Corporation will be supplying at least 30% of Apple iPhone printed circuit board orders and is scheduled to deliver them in April. This appears to be citing the same article as a previous report also indicating that iPhone component manufacturers are planning on shipping by...

Released today via Software Update: iTunes 7.1.1 addresses a stability issue and minor compatibility problems in iTunes 7.1....

Macworld.co.uk reports that Macworld San Francisco 2007 had "record-breaking" attendance with 45,572 attendees in 2007, compared to 38,441 in 2006. Apple introduced the iPhone at Macworld 2007, which certainly helped to draw the record...

Apple has released another Mac OS X 10.4.9 seed to developers last night. Apple has had a number of developer seeds for the 10.4.9 build over the past few months, with users expecting the final update to be released any day. This release lists only one known issue: "After installing the reversioner and this update, AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002 may show up in Software Updates...

According to multiple anonymous sources, Apple's next installment of Mac OS X (named Leopard) will arrive in mid to late April with an exact shipping date being announced later this month, perhaps alongside Adobe's Creative Suite 3 event. While the sources are anonymous and cannot be confirmed at this time by other known and traditionally reliable means, agreement from such a variety of...

Apple released Airport Extreme Update 2007-002 yesterday: This update is recommended for all Intel-based Macintosh computers and improves compatibility with AirPort Extreme base stations and networks. This update includes the content from the AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001, and addresses a security issue as described in: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305031 This...

According to published reports on the internet, Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard build 9A377a to developers. The new seed contains a long list of known issues involving Time Machine, Safari, iChat, Spotlight, Finder and more. Meanwhile, only a few changes are explicitly listed in the seeding notes. Apple is expected to release Leopard in "Spring"...

According to a blog posting (translated from original French version) getting increasing interest around the Mac web, Apple's professional audio workstation product, Logic, is being redesigned. The new version, reportedly set to use a different name, is supposedly heavily dependent on Mac OS 10.5 "Leopard" features, and will require the new OS to run. Also mentioned is the possibility of Apple...

Gizmodo claims to have a video from a updated iPod with firmware that allows it to display Coverflow. A somewhat convincing video accompanies the article. (Youtube link). Gizmodo has historically been very liberal about posting Apple rumors in the past, and despite the video, leaks from Apple have never previously come in the form of video footage. The site claims that the update will come ...

A small Texas based company is suing Apple, Samsung, and Sandisk for infringement on patent 7,065,417, which describes "an MPEG portable sound reproducing system and a method for reproducing sound data compressed using the MPEG method." According to InfoWorld, the suit was filed February 16th in Marshall, Texas, which has a reputation of being friendly to plaintiffs. Apple, like many other...

Tuaw reports that current plans for in-store Apple TV displays are set for March 5th. Look for your local Apple retail store to have a nice, shiny new Apple TV display in their window on March 5th. The display will showcase the Apple TV hooked up to a very nice Sony Bravia (just like they did at Macworld), and will no doubt cause Apple TV lust to develop in the hearts of passers by. This prompts ...

MacScoop claims that Apple's complete line of Macs will be updated by the end of Q2 2007. While the claim is broad and lacking in specifics, it is not unreasonable given Apple's current product cycles, as noted in our MacRumors buyers guide. Also mentioned is a specific claim that a black version of the iMac may be introduced in 20 and 24" varieties. Of some relevance, there have been previou...

LoopRumors believes that April's NAB will infuse the Mac Pro with a HD burner option. Today's information confirms a rumor we brought you in July and cites the ability to burn and play high-definition format discs, although the specific format was not mentioned in this latest tidbit, we are still assuming that since Apple has its hand in the Blu-Ray technology, this optical format will be the most ...

Gizmodo posted an odd story claiming to have an image of the iPhone dock and providing a poorly hand drawn rendition. What the story fails to realize or mention is that the iPhone dock was shown during the Macworld San Francisco keynote when the iPhone was introduced: ...

PC Retail Magazine reports that data from YouGov's Brand Index shows that Apple's recently released U.K. Get A Mac Ads may be backfiring, with Apple's brand popularity reportedly falling 6 points on the company's scale. A media backlash was levelled against the former Radio Four comedians alongside the YouGov figures. Some claim that the ad campaign propped up a 'smug superiority' stereotype that...

LoopRumors believes that Apple is staging a redesign of its Mac Pro systems. The new systems are said to be smaller, with a new cooling system that will direct hot air out the top of the system rather than the back. When Apple introduced the Mac Pro in August last year, it left the design of its pro system largely untouched outside of slight internal shifts and the addition of a second...