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Violent Criminals Target Shiny Apple Products in Malicious Crimes

How could anyone forget the footage Macblogz released on June 20th, 2008, showing a young man being beaten on a public bus to hand over his first generation iPhone. As reported today, it appears violence over coveted Apple technology still exists and perhaps could be running rampant.

According to one report, a 62-year-old women in Annapolis, [...]

Apple Lowers iPhone 3G Production Rate, iPhone 3G Sales May Tally 6 Million

According to a report from Pacific Crest, Apple is planning on building 14 million to 15 million iPhone 3Gs, as apposed to the 18 million previously believed for 2008. Additionally, iPhone 3G sales have seen their highest sales numbers in a research note by RBC analyst Mike Abramsky.

Citing “supply chain channel checks” (which might mean [...]

Apple Shares Downgraded, Not Immune To Slumping Economy

Investment banks Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital have both downgraded their target price on Apple Inc, (Nasdaq: AAPL) shares, proving that not even Apple is immune to economic downturn, slowing demand and “less-than-stellar” financial spending issues.

View the full AAPL chart at Wikinvest

Both downgrades prove that Apple is not immune to the overall economic downturn we [...]

App Store Rejection Letters Now Subject to NDA

According to recent claims, Apple has stuck a final nail in the coffin as even the App store rejection letters are subject to Apple’s NDA. So not only are you rejected after months of hard labor, but you are not even at liberty to tell anyone about your new found frustration.

In the wake of [...]

Apple Sends Adapter Recall Notification via SMS, Utilizes AT&T Cell Network

Last Friday Apple Inc, issued a Media Alert stating that it was replacing faulty electrical adapters due to the possibility of an electric shock. Today that have sent out an SMS message to most users announcing and explaining the recall and exchange program.

Apple continued to explain that “Users with ultracompact power adapters should immediately stop [...]

Briefly: AT&T Exec Confirms 3G Network Flaws

At the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference last week, AT&T admitted to the public that its current 3G network is simply not up to speed, and that they have not been prepared for the smash success of Apple’s iPhone 3G.

AT&T chief technology officer John Donovan confirmed that the “network had seen demand for 3G services in [...]

Microsoft’s New Ad Spot Made on a Mac. Who Would of Thought?

Recent metadata has indicated that Microsoft’s retort to Apple’s “Get a Mac” campaign was in fact created on a Mac running Adobe’s Creative Suite 3. Following the publication of photos on Flickr showing Microsoft’s creative copy used to make the ad, the company made hasty attempts to wipe the slate clean of the humiliation [...]

Breaking-Media Alert: Apple Exchanging Adapters Due to Electric Shock

In a Media Alert released by Apple Inc., this afternoon, the company is replacing faulty electrical eadapters due to the possibility of an electric shock.

The Press Release Reads as follows:
CUPERTINO, California—September 19, 2008—Apple® today announced that under certain conditions the new ultracompact Apple USB power adapter’s metal prongs can break off and remain in a [...]

Apple Sued Again; $5 Million Class Action Lawsuit Claims iPhone 3G Oversold

A man from Little Rock, Arkansas has started a class action lawsuit against Apple Inc., demanding $5 million in damages claiming that Apple and AT&T oversold the iPhone 3G and over-saturated the 3G network.

The Arkansas man claims that the firms (AT&T-Apple) “should have known that the strain on the network would make it impossible to [...]

Apple Ships Tiny iPod nanos in Huge Boxes

Although Apple has been making a conscious effort to develop “Greener” business practices, its use of unnecessarily large shipping boxes for the tiny little iPod nano is rather disheartening.

As previously reported, Apple is going greener this year with the updated version of the iPod nano and touch, eliminating certain environmentally unfriendly materials for more earth [...]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs: Center of Backdating Scheme?

The legal woes over backdating allegations are only beginning for Apple and company. An ongoing case is presently under seal at the Santa Clara County Superior Court, while the plaintiffs’ lawyer, H. Adam Prussin, says he is acting on behalf of shareholders, and using an approach “similar but not identical” to that of other lawsuits, [...]

iTunes Store HD Purchases Disappearing For Some Users

Apple has raised the bar once again with iTunes 8. But it’s not all sunshine and daisies for all users, especially those that are mysteriously losing their HD shows during the download process.

Found in an Apple Support discussion thread, some users are reporting that iTunes is deleting their HD shows during the SD download process, [...]

Apple Officially Bans NetShare From App Store

Despite the hopes of some users, iPhone tethering application NetShare has been officially banned from Apple’s App Store. News comes straight from developers Nullriver following an unfortunate final decision by Apple.

The following is from NetShare’s blog: Looks like Apple has decided they will not be allowing any tethering applications in the AppStore. As such, NetShare [...]

‘Podcaster’ Application Unfortunately Denied From App Store

Within the veritable sea of applications flooding the App Store these days, some more useful than others and some mere replicas of native apps that come standard on the iPhone, Apple has made the decision to deny Podcaster, an application that allows users to download podcasts on the fly.

Developed by Al Sokirynsky, Podcaster [...]

Shhhhhhh, Your iPhone is Watching Your Every Move

A recent diagnostic has determined that everything you do on your iPhone is temporarily stored as a screenshot, and can eventually be recovered.

According to iPhone hacker and data-forensics expert, Jonathan Zdziarski, iPhones capture screenshots of your most recent activity, no matter what it may be, in order to cache it. Every time the home button [...]

Update: iTunes 8 Causing the Blue Screen of Death in Windows Vista

Windows Vista users that have upgraded to the new version of iTunes, have been greeted with a pretty nasty surprise, the dreaded Blue Screen of Death.

We have all heard of the dreaded “Blue Screen of Death”, many have even seen said monster with our own two eyes. And according to users of the Apple [...]

Apple Admits: Kane Kramer Invented the iPod in 1979, Not Our Idea

In order to avoid potential legal issues in a patent dispute case with Burst.com, Apple has finally admitted that a British man named Kane Kramer, who dropped out of school at the age of 15, is the original inventor of the iPod.

Roughly 30 years ago, Kane Kramer came up with the technology that is used [...]

Apple and AT&T Brought to Suit for Over-Saturing 3G Network with iPhone 3G’s

A San Diego based lawsuit was filed late last week that alleges Apple, and its carrier partner AT&T, have knowingly oversold the iPhone 3G, “promising fast speeds only to see a mass of customers bog down the network with devices that themselves are flawed.”

Apple and AT&T customer William Gillis filed an 18-page complaint that cites [...]

Breaking: Tactless Forbes Writer Gets Slammed By Community For Steve Jobs Article

Steve Jobs and his health concerns have been a much debated topic within the last few months. Many blogs, websites and news publications respect Steve and Apple so much, that they edit each article written about the topic with a fine-tooth-comb. Others simply go for that shocking, tactless, headline to get you to read their [...]

Apple: Mobile Me Phishing Scam? Let’s Blog About It

Apple users have been the victims in two elaborate phishing scams within the last few months. With a new post on the Mobile Me Blog, Apple has addressed some of these issues directly.

The First Phishing Scam in early July was centered around the Online Apple Store and updating your personal account information. Many readers sent [...]