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Apple Inc

• Apple Store Black Friday Sale - Get your plastic ready. Insanely Great Mac
• Apple shareholders to refile claims in rejected stock options backdating suit - Attorneys in a shareholder lawsuit against Apple Inc. over its backdating of stock options... MacDailyNews
• Shareholders to Refile Claims in Apple Options Case - Attorneys in a shareholder lawsuit against Apple over its backdating of stock options said Tuesday they plan to refile some of the claims. The shareholders claimed in the June 2006 lawsuit that company directors and officers committed fraud when they backdated some awards made between 1997 and 2001 to time the options when prices were low and boost later payouts. MacNewsWorld
• UK Princesshay Apple Store Opens Nov 24 - Apple's thirteenth retail store in the U.K. is scheduled to open on Saturday, November 24. The Princesshay Apple Store in Exeter will open its doors at 9AM and will include the usual amenities like a Genius Bar and Personal Shopping. Mac Observer
• Apple Shareholders to Refile Stock Options Case - Apple shareholders plan to refile their case against the Cupertino company over improperly backdated stock options. Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled that some of the fraud claims had been filed after the federal statute of limitations had expired and that the plaintiffs did not present enough detail. Mac Observer
• Apple holds ‘Ready. Set. Shop’ event for Friday - Apple has announced a “Ready. Set. Shop” event for its stores this Friday, Nov. 23. The company says you can shop online anytime and enjoy extended hours in its retail stores. Special holiday specials will be offered on what is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year. MacimumNews
•  Apple ending AABA program - Apple has emailed Apple Authorized Business Agent (AABA) members, announcing the end of the program. Apple Authorized Business Agents are professionals trained and experienced in helping customers make informed purchasing decisions. MacimumNews
• Apple shareholders to refile claims judge rejected in stock options lawsuit - Attorneys in a shareholder lawsuit against Apple over its backdating of stock options said Tuesday they plan to refile some of the claims, reports the Associated Press. MacimumNews
• Prepare yourself for Macworld Expo 2008 - setteB.IT has published an article about new locations for the 2008 Macworld Conference & Expo. MacimumNews
• Apple says, 'Hola Mexico' - Mexican Mac users are hopeful the launch of an online Apple Store for the country might presage the launch of a iTunes and iPhone for Mexico. Macworld UK
• Apple shareholders to pursue options litigation - Apple's seniore executives continue to suffer stock options case fallout as recently rejected shareholder action litigants confirm plans to refile claims. Macworld UK
• Macworld Best of Show details announced Macworld.com - The Macworld Best of Show Awards, presented each year at Macworld Conference & Expo to the best products making their debut at the annual trade show, will be unveiled during a live, on-stage Feature Presentation at the January 2008 expo. Yahoo! NEWS

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Mac Hardware

• MacBook, MacBook Pro owners suffer keyboard freezing with Leopard - Some users of Apple's Intel-based portables are reporting that their keyboards are periodically seizing up during use, especially after upgrading to Mac OS X Leopard. AppleInsider
• Cool Things You Can Do with Old Macs - Imagine for a moment that you have more money than sense, plenty of time, and a burning desire for all things Mac. Well then, have I got a deal for (read more) Applematters
• THIS DAY IN APPLE HISTORY November 21, 2005: Apple Announces Long-Term Supply Agreements for Flash Memory - One of the most oft-heard arguments about Mac pricing concerns economies of scale. The theory is that Dell’s huge volume allows them to purchase mass quantities of PC components and (read more) Applematters
• Logitech Control Center 2.4.0 - Input-device software update, but web cams still crippled under Leopard Insanely Great Mac
• BusinessWeek’s Best Tech Products of 2007: Apple iPhone, Mac Pro, MacBook Pro; and Worst: Apple TV - Every year there are winners and losers in the consumer electronics business... MacDailyNews
• Apple products excel in ‘PC Mag’ best of 2007 list - Apple products did well in the “Best (and Worst) of 2007” list by PC Magazine. The 20-inch Aluminum iMac placed second in the desktops category (behind the HP Blackbird 002), the 15-inch MacBook Pro (with LED screen) topped the notebooks list, and the iPhone was second among smartphones (trailing the Nokia N95). MacimumNews
• LaCie extends product warranties - LaCie warranty extension move should give customers a little more peace of mind, pro customers get three, consumers get two year cover. Macworld UK
• Intel CTO: Computing's future in multicore machines - Intel CTO Justin R. Rattner sees future developments in parallel computing, multi-core development and sees charge-based electronics making way for new processes. Macworld UK
• Can Dell Meet or Beat Apple's iMac? NewsFactor - Dell's chairman and CEO Michael Dell describes the company's new all-in-one desktop PC -- the XPS One -- as "perhaps the most beautiful Dell ever." Many are comparing it to the Apple iMac which is known as much for its form as its function. Yahoo! NEWS

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OS X & Software

• Quark bumps XPress - Also resolves a host of known issues with version 7 Insanely Great Mac
• Dancing with Samba - This is hardly our area of expertise (having no SMB network on which to test), but both Leopard and Tiger users continue to complain, after the latest updates, of trouble sharing with Windows machines. There are some big threads over on Apple Discussions, dealing with this issue, and precious few solutions. One post that many readers have applauded is a message from keggo in this thread where you have to make some changes to System Preferences under Network > Advanced > Wins, in NetBIOS. Readers who are having difficulties may benefit from this and other messages in that thread. MacFixIt
• PRODUCT REVIEW Leopard's Leap Forward - Leopard, the latest release of Apple's Mac OS X, lays the foundation for the next generation of personal computing. It offers a better user experience as well as the reliability inherent when you are able to integrate hardware and operating system. It's an evolutionary release with parts that are downright revolutionary. Boot times were quick, and the system's Sleep and Resume features worked flawlessly on the MacBooks I used for testing. On a variety of G5 and Intel-based Macs, I had no performance or stability issues, even when I upgraded from Leopard's predecessor. MacNewsWorld
  
• Macfun.com Relaunches with Free 3D Hearts Download - Mac Gaming News - Freeverse announced on Wednesday that it is relaunching the Macfun.com gaming Web site. To celebrate the return of the site, Freeverse is giving away its 3D Hearts card game for free. Mac Observer
• TimeLog 4 Leopard Ready - Media Atelier announced the immediate availability of TimeLog 4.0 on Wednesday. The updated version of the time tracking application now requires Mac OS X 10.5, improved iCal support, and supports using multiple timers simultaneously. Mac Observer
• QuarkXPress 7.31 Improves Mac OS X 10.5 Support - Quark released QuarkXPress 7.31 on Wednesday with improved support for Mac OS X 10.5, or Leopard. The update for the professional page layout application also corrected text reflow issues, Adobe CS3 PDF import, issues with older fonts, and more. Mac Observer
• Leopard Mail May Include Tiger Security Flaw - Heise Security says Apple's Mail application in Mac OS X 10.5 may include a security flaw that the company previously patched in Mac OS X 10.4. The flaw could allow an attacker to trick Mail users into running an application by disguising it as a JPEG email attachment. Mac Observer
• OmniGraffle 4.2.2 Gets Leopard Support - The Omni Group released OmniGraffle 4.2.2 and OmniGraffle Pro 4.2.2 on Wednesday with support for Mac OS X 10.5. The update to the diagramming application addressed cosmetic issues, PDF export issues, AppleScript-related issues, and more. OmniGraffle 4.2.2 is priced at US$79.95, and the Professional version costs $149.95. The updates are free for version 4 users. Mac Observer
• Managing Leopard's Smart Folders - TMO Quick Tip - Mac OS X 10.5 includes some pre-made Smart Folders that find all of the images, movies, and documents on your computer. That's a really cool feature -- unless some of those files aren't supposed to be seen. If you need to keep Spotlight from including certain directories out of Leopard's Smart Folders, just say so... with the Spotlight PreferencePane. Mac Observer
• 'Don't Give Up on Vista' Web Ad - Several readers have noted a new web-only advertisement from Apple that has appeared on a number of sites, including News.com, Engadget.com, and PCMag.com. MacRumors.com
• Quark releases free QuarkXPress 7.31 Updater - Quark has released the QuarkXPress 7.31 updater, a maintenance release of the company’s professional design software. It’s compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) and Windows Vista. MacimumNews
•  Leopard quarantine bug allows users to launch malicious attachments in Mail - Intego, which makes security and anti-virus software has issued the following security alert regarding Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”): MacimumNews
• TimeLog 4.0 ready for Leopard - Media Atelier has released version 4 of its work time tracking software, TimeLog. The update is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) and has a redefined interface MacimumNews
• Smart Blogger’s Guide: Widget wonderland - Anyone can slap pictures and text on a Web page and call it a blog. It’s much harder to make a blog that stands out from the pack. One way to do so is by dressing up your site with widgets. Widgets are essentially tiny programs that add functionality, transforming your blog into something unique. In this installment of the Smart Blogger’s Guide, Mathew Honan shares 13 add-ons that let you customize your blog with music, games, headlines, and more. Macworld
• Setting Parental Controls in Leopard - While Tiger had parental controls, they were part of the Accounts preference pane. In Leopard, these expanded functions get their own preference pane. In this excerpt from Take Control of Users & Accounts in Leopard, Kirk McElhearn explains what OS X 10.5’s parental controls do and how you set them. Macworld
• Easy online backups - You know you should back up your data. So wouldn’t it be great if you could click on a few buttons and ensure that your data was backed up regularly? In the latest edition of Working Mac, Joe Kissell urges you to forget juggling discs and safeguard your data off-site. Macworld
• Leopard Mail is security risk - researchers - Mac users with Leopard installed are being warned of the resurgence of a security flaw in Mail - a flaw that was repaired in Mac OS X 10.4 over a year ago. Macworld UK
• QuarkXpress update supports Leopard and Vista - Quark software update offers Leopard support to XPress 7 users, adds Vista compatibility and more. Macworld UK
• Remote Buddy 1.8 gets EyeTV, more - EyeTV and Remote Buddy become a killer combination, offering complete control of your Mac, including file and media navigation in multiple applications. Macworld UK
• iTunes DJs get Djay 2.0 - Digital DJs on the Mac can marshal a host of tools in the new and improved djay 2.0 software, with its improved interface and audio engine. Macworld UK
• Microspot ships Interiors Pro - Microspot takes interior design up another notch with latest release of popular 3D design software, which also offers built-in modeling. Macworld UK
• Huge interest in first Google OpenSocial app - Plaxo ships first application based on OpenSocial, sees traffic climb so fast it had to move from features to scalability. Macworld UK
• Firefox adds security, search with 3.0 beta release - Mozilla has released its first beta version of Firefox 3.0. Macworld UK
• Leopard security bug puts Mail users at risk - Nasty vuln, purged from Tiger, seizes new OS The Register
• Perfecting perfection: Mac OSX Leopard, part 1 InfoWorld - San Francisco - No one is unhappy with Mac OS X Version 10.4, known as Tiger. Yahoo! NEWS

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iPods & iTunes

• Amazon's Kindle: the iPod of spin - Could Amazon's new e-reader do for books what Apple did for music? Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt isn't convinced. CNN Money
• Free video tutorials get iPod, iPhone and AppleTV support. - New and improved video tutorials software/service offers AppleTV, iPhone and iPod export of tutorial assets, raises cash for domestic violence refuge centre. Macworld UK

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iPhone

• T-Mobile Germany to sell unlocked iPhones without contract - Deutsche Telekom mobile arm T-Mobile Germany said Wednesday it will temporarily comply with a court order by selling an unlocked version of Apple Inc.'s iPhone that will also not require customers to sign a two-year contract. AppleInsider
• T-Mobile: We'll sell iPhone without contract - Phone costs $1,478 without a contract, $590 with; carrier pushing for further clarification from court. C|Net News
• Europe's $1,478 iPhones - Battles are breaking out in Europe over Apple's attempts to let a single carrier sell its mobile phones. Here's what happened when Apple lost a ruling in Germany. CNN Money
• T-Mobile changes its tune - But, getting an unlocked iPhone will cost $1,477! Insanely Great Mac
• 3G iPhone: Coming in May? - Apple-Vodafone may not be friends right now - but next year? Insanely Great Mac
• Vodafone stymies T-Mobile's iPhone exclusive - A court in Germany has granted Vodafone a preliminary injunction against T-Mobile's requirement that iPhone buyers sign up for a 24-month contract. itwire
• 3G iPhone rumours return - After a few quiet months, the rumour mill has turned back to the question of the much-anticipated 3G iPhone. itwire
• A slick iPhone unbrick trick - My unlocked iPhone had just turned into an iBrick and I was facing the ultimate iPhone nightmare. Here's how the free iPhone unbrick trick helped me - and can help you too! itwire
• iPhone phone-home furphy - Claims by the tinfoil hat brigade that Apple was tracking user activity on individual iPhones have been shown to be unfounded. itwire
• Verizon’s ‘fake iPhone’ LG Voyager is no Apple iPhone killer - Here come the fake iPhones... MacDailyNews
• Germany’s T-Mobile to sell unlocked Apple iPhone without contract for €999 (US$1,480) - Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile unit said Wednesday it will offer Apple Inc's iPhone without a contract... MacDailyNews
• RIM to ditch tiny plastic keyboards, develop new OS, touchscreen devices in response to Apple iPhone - Research In Motion Ltd. is said to be preparing a whole new '9000-series' operating system... MacDailyNews
• Unlocked iPhones and Cry-baby Cell Carriers - Hot Forum Topic - Vodafone sues T-Mobile for a chance at getting some iPhone action, and Orange will offer unlocked iPhones in France later this month. Today TMo readers are discussing the impact of legit unlocked iPhones in Europe and how Vodafone blew its chance to work with Apple. Mac Observer
• iPhone Now Available in Germany Without Contract - iPodObserver - Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile loosened its grip on Apple's iPhone in Germany just a little and will now let consumers buy the combination iPod and smart phone without a contract. The follows Vodafone's request for an injunction against the rival cell carrier. Mac Observer
• T-Mobile Selling Unlocked iPhones in Germany - To be in compliance with a court ruling, Deutsche Telekom announced today that they will immediately start selling an unlocked iPhone without contract for 999 euro (US $1,477). The iPhone will still be sold, as before, with 2 year contract for 399 euro ($US $590). MacRumors.com
• T-Mobile to ‘open up’ iPhone in Germany - Apple’s iPhone strategy was “dealt a fresh blow today” when T-Mobile, its exclusive partner in Germany, was forced to make the communications available on rival networks, reports the Times Online. T-Mobile said that it will make the phone accessible to other mobile operators. MacimumNews
•  Details on the iPhone in France - MacGeneration has received some tips about what could be the plans for the iPhone in France with Orange. According to the documents, there would be 20000 iPhone ready for the launch. MacimumNews
• T-Mobile to sell unlocked iPhones in Germany - Germany's T-Mobile will sell unlocked iPhones following Vodafone's court injunction victory, says it will continue to do so until situation is 'clarified' by the courts. Macworld UK
• T-Mobile unlocks iPhone, charges €999 - Vodafone court case pays off... sorta The Register
• Verizon Releases Its iPhone Competitor NewsFactor - Hoping to add yet more treats to the holiday feast of new devices, Verizon Wireless announced this week the availability of two new phones -- the Voyager and the Venus, both made by LG. Yahoo! NEWS
  
• Deutsche Telekom to sell Apple iPhone without subscription AFP - FRANKFURT (AFP) - German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom said Wednesday that as a result of a court ruling, it would sell Apple's iPhone without forcing customers to sign up to a mobile telephone service. Yahoo! NEWS
• T-Mobile offers iPhone without contract AP - BERLIN - Deutsche Telekom AG's mobile unit said Wednesday it would offer Apple's iPhone without a contract to comply with a court injunction, but consumers that opt out of a two-year contract will pay more than twice as much for it. Yahoo! NEWS
• T-Mobile unlocks iPhone in Germany InfoWorld - San Francisco - T-Mobile will sell an unlocked version of Apple's popular iPhone in Germany while it fights a legal challenge from rival Vodafone, the company said on Wednesday. Yahoo! NEWS
• T-Mobile says to sell iPhone without contract Reuters - FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile will allow customers in Germany to buy Apple's iPhone without having to sign a T-Mobile contract after rival Vodafone obtained a court injunction against it. Yahoo! NEWS

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