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Forbes reports on claims that Quanta Computer has won contracts from Apple for the manufacture of "video iPod devices". This appears to simply be the current 5G iPods, as the report continues to state that Inventec Applicances Corp is the current supplier of video iPods to...

Several sites have reposted photos of a "torched" MacBook Power connector which was originally posted on Flickr. The MagSafe connector reportedly spontaneously "burned up". The user took down the photos after Apple contacted him to investigate the potential issue: The reason for this is that Apple, after dealing with this issue, kindly requested me to remove the pictures at least until their...

Digitimes is reporting that "with weaker-than-expected iPod nano sales this year", Samsung had been dumping excess NAND flash stock. Meanwhile, SanDisk has been adding additional pressure with aggressive pricing of their NAND flash...

Apparently confirming earlier speculation, The Times of India reports that Apple will open a "massive tech support facility" in the city of Bangalore in southern India. Reportedly, up to 1,500 people (later 3,000 people) may be employed to provide AppleCare, as well as a product development team of 100 to 200 engineers. The facility, initially 150,000 square feet and later expanding to...

iMediaConnection reports that NBC Universal and Touchstone Television are working a on a deal to add Scrubs Episodes to the Apple iTunes store. The deal is unique in that it requires cooperation between NBC and a 3rd Party Studio (Touchstone, in this case) which produces the show to be offered (Scrubs). According to Variety, the two companies are splitting ...

Station A posts a pdf and image of an article in the April issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly entitled "i GOT GAME: Apple bites into the portable-gaming market". The article depicts a Nintendo Gameboy / iPod hybrid image which claims to be an Apple portable game machine to be introduced by Apple called the iGame. EGM reportedly posts April Fools articles in their April magazine issues,...

This photo claims to be a picture of Microsoft's upcoming Origami platform. Microsoft's Origami Project is expected to be shown/revealed on March 9th at CeBIT. It appears to be a handheld media...

More iPod images have been spread around the internet. These images were anonymously sent to MacShrine. Images are mirrored in the Gallery of Video iPod Mockups. No reason to believe that these images are real. In fact, they may simply be additional fakes sent in due to the popularity of the previous...

A firmware update for the single-processor 1.8GHz Power Mac G5 is now available for download. Firmware for Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later Firmware for Mac OS X 10.3.9 This Power Mac G5 System Firmware Update is only for the 1.8 GHz, (600 MHz bus), single-processor Power Mac G5 (Late 2004) computer. This update improves the reliability of your Power Mac G5, especially after it has been inactive for ...

Macsimumnews.com summarizes a recent patent filed by Apple employees describing the implementation of a "wide touchpad". This particular patent has some age to it and was originally filed on August 25, 2004. The patent describes ways to interpret the multiple contact points and provides several images as...

Available via Software Update: GarageBand 3.0.1 addresses an issue with Podcast production using the French or Finnish localized versions. Also available via direct download....

Several readers note that Apple is offering more Widescreen content through iTunes. NBC's free pilot, Conviction is 320x176 pixel (Widescreen) resolution as well as the most recent Battlestar Galactica episodes. The transition appears inconsistent as the popular TV show, Lost, remains in the traditional 4:3 aspect...

Today marks the Steve Jobs' 51st birthday and MacRumors.com's 6th birthday. Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955 and later co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985, but later returned in 1997 after Apple bought NeXT (also founded by Jobs). Steve Jobs is Apple's current CEO. MacRumors.com began on February 24, 2000 as a site to consolidate...

ThinkSecret notes that Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.4.6 to developers one week following the official release of Mac OS X 10.4.5. The update currently delivers about 50 documented improvements, including several OpenGL-related fixes, improvements to CoreImage and CoreGraphics, and other bug corrections for iSync, AppleScript, and other components. Known issues with the update include certain...

MacDailyNews posted a blurry user-submitted photo of what appears to be an Apple-branded aluminum cube. Text that included the photo submission read as following: I was only able to snap one quick shot of this as I was only in there for about 30 seconds. I sort of stumbled upon it - can't say more about how or why. I only got about half a sec to look around back - there are a bunch of ports (and...

A post at faq-mac.com (in spanish) claims the upcoming Nokia Series 60 phones will include iTunes, and sport a Front Row-style user interface design. A picture of the Nokia N80i displaying the interface & iTunes buttons is available in the discussion thread....

Engadget has publicized an unconfirmed rumor from NewTechSpy that Apple is working on incorporating color LCD buttons alongside the trackpad of future MacBooks. The new LCD keys would reportedly change their image based on what function they are assigned to. The idea appears to be similar to the much publicized OLED Optimus keyboard...

Member Michael Lehn today reported the discovery of a security flaw in the Open "safe" files after downloading feature of Safari, also being reported by heise online. The flaw has been independantly confirmed. When the Open "safe" files option is checked in the General tab of Safari preferences, a downloaded archive (zip file) containing a shell script named with a .jpg or .mov extension and...