One lesson that iPhone fanatics learned through the years is that if there will be a new version coming out, secure your preorder ASAP. And sadly enough, those who ordered their iPhone 4S won’t be getting any unit on the launch date.

Apple originally set the delivery of iPhone 4S on October 14 which marks as the first day the users will be able to hold the new iPhone. But after a while, Apple updated their website saying that those who preordered the new phone can expect to get them in one to two weeks time.

We don’t know yet if this change in schedule has anything to do with Steve Jobs demise, regardless iPhone fanatics are still eager on getting the new iPhone, as long as it’s not the iPhone 5 being sold in China.

This is bad news to other iPhone 4S owner wannabes however; as this news suggests that iPhone 4S on the launched date at least thru the Apple store are already sold out. But if you think that we won’t be seeing epic long lines that we’ve seen in past iPhone launches then you’re wrong. Those who want to grab iPhone 4S earlier than most of

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While fanboys from the most parts of the world are disappointed with Apple and Tim Cook not giving them the new iPhone 5 that tech blogs have been hyping about for at least the past few weeks, there is one place on Earth that already has iPhone 5 and that’ll be no other than China.

Before you complain about Apple favoring China you should know that the iPhone 5 we’re talking about is a pirated product.

The latest iPhone 5 is currently on sale in China. That shouldn’t be a surprise since the country is known for counterfeit products selling cheap versions of almost every known Western brand of clothes, perfume, movies, toys and of course gadgets, but to come up with something that’s not even on the market is something newsworthy.


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Apple this week released four new printer drivers for Mac OS Snow Leopard. This update include printers from Cannon, Brother, HP and Lexmark. The updates require Mac OS X 10.6.1 or later.

You can download all individual updates directly from Apple for Canon (274.59MB), Brother (99.9MB), HP (387.44MB) and Lexmark (117MB). A full list of printer and scanner compatibility is also available on Apple's support Web site.

Snow Leopard includes a number of printer-related features, including "Nearby Printers," a list of available printers that will appear right inside your printer dialog box. Users can simply connect a USB printer and the print queue will be automatically created.
[via Apple Insider]

11th November Apple has released an update to its Safari Web browser, addressing a vulnerability that could allow an image file to exploit Macs with older software.

According to Apple, the flaw allowed maliciously crafted images with an embedded color profile to execute arbitrary code, or unexpectedly terminate the application. The issue does not affect Mac OS X 10.6 systems, and was already addressed with Security Update 2009-005 for Mac OS X 10.5.8 systems.

The 36.2MB download is available via Software Update. In addition to the security patch, Safari 4.0.4 is said to offer:

• Improved JavaScript performance
  
  
• Improved Full History Search performance for users with a large number of history items
  
  
• Stability improvements for third-party plug-ins, the search field and Yahoo Mail

The last update to Safari, 4.0.3, was released in August. It provided stability improvements for Web pages that use the HTML 5 video tag, and fixed issues that prevented some users from logging into iWork.com

 

[via Apple Insider]

It didn't drop last Friday as rumored, but the Mac OS X 10.5.7 update is now available, so back up your important files, fire up Software Update, and get your 449MB update on.

This release includes mostly bug and security fixes, including some strange ones like, «Addresses a situation that may cause issues when logging into Gmail.» Who knew that was an issue? Check the official update page for more specifics.

Mac OS X 10.5.7

The Mac OS X 10.5.7 client software is available as a 442MB delta download for Macs running Mac OS X 10.5.6 and as a 729MB combo update for Macs running earlier versions of the Leopard operating system. A list of specific enhancements included in the release follows:

General

• Includes latest security fixes.
• Includes additional RAW image support for several third-party cameras
• Improves performance of video playback and cursor movements for recent Macs with NVIDIA graphics
• Improves the reliability and accuracy of Unit Converter, Stocks, Weather and Movies Dashboard widgets
• Improves reliability when syncing contacts with Yahoo!
• Resolves an issue with Dvorak keyboard layout in Mac OS X 10.5.6
• Expansion Slot Utility for Mac Pro now reports the correct PCIe slot configuration
• Improves Finder search results for network volumes that may not support Spotlight searching, such as Mac OS X Server v10.4, Time Capsule, and third-party AFP servers
• Improves network performance when connected to certain Ethernet switches that have Flow Control enabled
• Improves stability for network home directories hosted by Mac OS X Server v10.4
• Addresses a situation that may cause issues when logging into Gmail
• Includes several improvements to Directory Service and Client Management, which are described in the About Mac OS X Server 10.5.7 Update article

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The updated version of iTunes is released by Apple on Monday. This new release facilitates rental of HD movie on PC and/or Mac with synchronization upgrades between media and multi-touch devices.

The proprietors of TV wireless set-top-box of Apple company’s is sole hand has a right to use the HD movie rentals before the release of iTunes 8.1.1 which is 66MB download.

Based on the concise note of release, issues are reported with voiceover and coordinating with ipod and iphone touch. Along with this the new release of iTune fixes number of bugs.

A parallel release of iTunes is available for both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of windows XP and vista.

In the meantime, the report about movie catalog of Apple is released by Arstechnica. This is an ongoing project of Apple. Nearly 300 titles appended to iTunes store in most recent week according to the report of tech site. Most of them are added by this weekend.

Most of the latest additions are known to be library titles which cost $2.99 per rental.

As expected, Apple on Wednesday evening provided its vast developer community with a new pre-release distribution of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and asked that they focus attention on 64-bit compatibility in their third party kernel extensions.

The seed, true to predictions earlier in the day, is indeed build 10A314, which arrived in tandem with an identically labeled build of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server.

According to people familiar with the matter, Apple is «strongly encouraging» developers to get busy developing and testing 64-bit support in their kernel extensions (typically low level hardware drivers) for the new build.

While relatively few third party developers create kernel-level software, the new operating system won't work in 64-bit if users lack 64-bit versions of the kernel extensions (kexts) they need.

Developers can deliver both 32 and 64-bit kexts that will enable Snow Leopard to automatically boot as a 64-bit kernel on 64-bit hardware, including all Macs that use a Core 2 Duo or Xeon CPU, while also working properly in 32-bit on earlier Macs using Core Solo or Core Duo CPUs.

Microsoft faced similar driver transition issues when it tried to move Windows XP users to Windows Vista, which used a new driver architecture. Windows users have also faced some transition problems in moving from the 32-bit versions of Windows XP and Vista to the 64-bit versions of those operating systems.

Apple's need to get kernel developers up to speed on 64-bit support is somewhat less problematic because Mac OS X runs on a much smaller subset of hardware than Windows does, and Apple develops or manages most of the kernel-level driver software that most Mac users need to use the new 64-bit kernel.

Users who have specialized hardware and want to run Snow Leopard in 64-bit will need to make sure their vendors supply them with 64-bit versions of those drivers by the time the new operating system ships; it is expected to be released sometime this summer.


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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

According to people familiar with the matter, Apple's roadmap for the final stretch of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard development currently calls for the release of three 'key' builds through the company's high-membership Apple Developer Connection.

Each of the builds will carry a significance in its own right, the first of which is scheduled to appear between now and the start of WWDC 2009 during the second week of June. This build will reportedly include «big updates» to system components and functionality.

The next build is said to arrive alongside the start of WWDC on June 8th. It's expected to be the first build of the next-gen OS that will be «feature complete,» bundling significant changes to the Mac OS X interface, assuming those changes are not approved for inclusion in the aforementioned build.

A third and final build is tentatively scheduled to make its way to developers in the weeks between WWDC and the software's formal release. This build is expected to serve as a lead-in to the final candidate stage that precedes the declaration of a Gold Master build suited for duplication on optical media.

People familiar with the matter have previously estimate that it will take Apple upwards of two-months from the time it shows off a feature complete Snow Leopard at WWDC to deliver the software to market, suggesting a release date around August.



Apple may also choose to seed more marginal builds intermittently between these key builds if it runs into unexpected issues and requires additional feedback from developers.

Mac OS X 10.5.7 Juno


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