Apple MultiTouch Laptop patent once again heralding a MacTab?
Apple Insider is reporting that Apple has applied for a patent for a multi touch screen interface for laptop computers. This move makes the long awaited, and bi-annually rumored, MacTablet computer one step closer. ...

Apple ProRes QuickTime Decoder 1.0 for Mac and Windows
According to Apple, this tool will allow QuickTime to play Apple ProRes files, using the codec that provides "lossless, uncompressed HD video at SD data rates" for Final Cut users. This is the first version of the codec that includes ...

Apple acknowledges iPhone passcode flaw, promises fix next month
Apple's taking a pretty lackadaisical attitude toward one of the most easily avoided security flaws in recent memory, calling the iPhone's passcode lock bypass a "minor iPhone security issue" and saying that a fix will be rolled out in ...

Apple applies for touchscreen Mac patent
A recent patent application filed on behalf of Apple describes technology for controlling a touchscreen Mac tablet with iPhone-like gestures and controls.

Why is everyone picking on Apple?
A spate of bad news surrounding Mobile Me and iPhone 3G quality problems paired with renewed vigor from competitors Microsoft, Dell, and Nokia has Apple running out of slack from the normally fawning press (TUAW certainly not ...

Apple wax on or wax off?
Should your apple sparkle like a diamond before you take a bite or should you remove commercial grade wax added by apple packers before that delectable crunch? Except for apple pie and applesauce, I always eat the peel. ...

How to port Pitfall 2 to the Apple IIe. Image: not Pitfall 2.
Here's Bradford describing the porting of Pitfall II to the Apple II, then following it up with a casual name dropping of his work on Looking Glass' Terra Nova and System Shock: two of my favorite games ever. ...

Mississippi, Las Vegas Apple Stores set to open
Apple Store Renaissance at Colony Park (Ridgeland) will open at 10:00 AM. The store is located at 1000 Highland Colony Parkway, next to Williams Sonoma and J Crew. You can find full travel directions here. This will be Mississippi's ...

Apple to fix hole in password protected iPhones in September
Apple promises to plug hole next month that exposes iPhone users' e-mail, text and voice messages despite password protection.

Psystar countersues Apple
This week, Psystar seems to be preparing to countersue Apple, citing anticompetitive business practices. Specifically, the suit alleges that Apple's practice of restricting OS X to Apple hardware is "...an anticompetitive restraint of ...

Apple’s Fall product lineup
None of this is set in stone — especially as long as Steve Jobs retains the prerogative to change his mind at the last minute — but AppleInsider has posted the most definitive road map to date of Apple’s (AAPL) fall product lineup. ...

Apple files another patent for… gasp… a multitouch interface!
As an example of overcoming common size restrictions, the close/minimize/maximize buttons in the title bar would deliberately expand when the user reaches to touch one of them, permitting Apple to use its standard Mac OS X interface ...

Apple Speaks! Security Fix Firmware Coming in September
Dieter’s already brought us up to speed on the nasty security bug Gizmodo found in the iPhone’s current 2.0.2 firmware (which John Gruber points out Apple already fixed once for firmware 1.1 way back last year — yikes!). ...

Apple Speaks! Security Fix Firmware Coming in September
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