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• Yahoo rebuffs Icahn, says MS refused talks

  Yahoo tonight responded to Carl Icahn's attempt to nominate a takeover board at the company by accusing the investor of "misunderstanding" the basis of Yahoo's decisions and being unaware of Microsoft's true behavior during its failed attempts to negotiate a takeover of the search firm. Yahoo Board Chairman Roy Bostock argues in an open letter to ... 9 hours ago

• VIA to ship 45nm and dual-core processors next year

  Mobile processor manufacturer VIA on Thursday announced it would commence shipments of 45nm processor fabrications in 2009, as well as the company's first dual-core chips. DigiTimes writes that insiders have brought to light some of the specs, with the Isaiah-based dual-core processor allegedly featuring a 2GHz core frequency. The chip will sit on ... 10 hours ago

• RocketRAID now supports boot on Mac Pro, Xserve

  HighPoint Technologies recently announced a new firmware update to the RocketRAID 3522 SATA hardware RAID controller, which will support booting to Mac OS X on Apple Mac Pro and Xserve models released from (2006 through 2008). The RocketRAID 3522 is a PCI-Express x8 external hardware RAID controller with Intel IOP 341 (800MHz) RAID engine and will ... 14 hours ago

• iPhone user crafts recycled car holder

  iPhone enthusiast Bernat Alsina decided to construct an iPhone Car Mounting Bracket using a couple household items, giving him the ability to mount his iPhone or iPod Touch right on the dashboard of the car for easy access while driving. In seven somewhat simple steps Bernat takes a hodgepodge of plastic, velcro, and glue and turns it into somethin... 14 hours ago

• AT&T iPhone WiFi launch canceled, on hiatus

  AT&T on Thursday had scheduled its iPhone WiFi service to commence, but pulled the plug at the last minute, with little explanation as to why. CrunchGear reports that a notice went out from AT&T officials, describing that the planned launch was cancelled, and that the project is currently on an indefinite hiatus. The publication theorizes that the ... 15 hours ago

• Feral ships Battlestations: Midway June 27

  Feral Interactive today announced that Friday, June 27th would be the release date for Battlestations: Midway, Eidos' action strategy game for the Mac. Created by Eidos Studios Hungary, the game invites you to take command of the greatest battles of the Pacific theatre. Players will experience every aspect of combat in a unique blend of action an... 16 hours ago

• Novatel 3G modem coming, supports MacBook Air

  Sprint will soon sell a Novatel 3G modem that properly supports the MacBook Air's USB opening, if a spec sheet for the device obtained by Phone Arena proves accurate. The US carrier is reportedly set to launch the as-yet unannounced Novatel U680, an extra-thin USB modem which is explicitly compatible with the Air's slot. Novatel's device would su... 16 hours ago

• NI ships KONTAKT Retro Machines library

  Native Instruments has released a new addition to its line of Soundpack libraries for KORE 2 and KORE Player, KONTAKT Retro Machines. The library emulates a number of classic electronic instruments invented in the 1970s and '80s, used in genres such as electro and hip-hop; five digital synths, 11 analog synths and six drum machines are reproduced,... 16 hours ago

Apple Hot News

• Time Capsule off to a great start

  “After about a month on the market,” reports Arik Hsseldahl (businessweek.com) “Time Capsule is proving to be far and away the market leader.” Hesseldahl notes that “Steve Baker of market research firm NPD called it the ‘dominant product in its category.’” 2 days ago

• Apple Retail Store, Boylston Street, opens May 15

  When it opens its doors to customers on May 15, the Apple Retail Store on Boylston Street — located in the heart of Boston’s historic Back Bay — becomes the largest Apple Store in the US. Customers will enjoy hands-on access to the Mac, iPhone, and iPod on the first two floors, and on the third, they’ll find a Genius Bar and Boston’s first Pro Labs, offering free, in-depth training on Apple’s pro applications. 2 days ago

• HBO programming now available on iTunes

  HBO and Apple today announced that customers can now purchase and download critically acclaimed HBO shows — including such Emmy Award-winning programs as The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Deadwood, and Rome — from iTunes. “We’re very excited to make these legendary HBO programs available on the iTunes Store,” said Henry McGee, president of HBO Video. 3 days ago

• Apple Executives to Showcase OS X Development Platforms at WWDC

  On Monday, June 9, a team of Apple executives led by CEO Steve Jobs will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address, Apple today announced. The keynote showcases two revolutionary development platforms: Mac OS X Leopard and OS X iPhone, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. 3 days ago

• Quick Tip of the Week: Taking advantage of .Mac Sync

  Using .Mac sync in Mac OS X Leopard, you can synchronize most of your personal data — including contacts, bookmarks, iCal events, Dock items, Dashboard widgets and more — among the multiple Macs you use at work and home. In fact, .Mac Sync even lets you add your iPhone to the mix. Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week. 4 days ago

• Delivering automatic, constant, complete, wireless backups

  “You can’t imagine how satisfying it is to know that if your hard drive dies, you will lose no more than one hour of work,” relates David Pogue (nytimes.com) in his review of Time Capsule. “The Time Machine automatic backup feature of the latest Mac OS X version backs up your Macs onto the Time Capsule, automatically, constantly, completely and wirelessly. And in my book, automatic, constant, complete backups are the only kind that really count.” 8 days ago

• Creating Algorithmic Art on a Mac

  Using his 24-inch iMac, Jean-Pierre Hébert, the 68-year-old artist-in-residence at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara, California, creates “algorithmic art” in a variety of media—from sand to copper to tree bark. “Mac OS X is a very good environment for me to work in,” he says. “It offers the best of all possible worlds.” 8 days ago

• Now playing on iTunes U: TERRA

  The first online science and nature film series, TERRA lets us enjoy the compelling documentaries produced by the grad students in the Science and Natural History Film Program at Montana State University. Through multiple seasons of programming, TERRA introduces us to the nature of our world. 8 days ago

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Apple Downloads

• djay 2.1

  Turntable-style music mixing software that integrates with your iTunes library. 29 hours ago

• StarPlayr2 2.0.6

  A New Breed of Sirius Internet Radio for the Mac. 29 hours ago

• iCash 4.4

  Personal finance and money manager for office / home accounting. 29 hours ago

• Stox 1.1.0

  Stock research, tracking and analysis software. 29 hours ago

• UNA for OS X 1.0

  A real-time collaborative development environment for software engineers. 29 hours ago

• MaxBulk Mailer 5.7.1

  Send customized newsletters with this Advanced bulk mailer and mail-merge software. 29 hours ago

• SerialMailer 5.5.3

  Sends personalized newsletters and bulk emails. 29 hours ago

• iconXprit 1.0.3

  Make desktop items more expressive with combined image, color and text. Newly developed for Leopard. 29 hours ago

ThinkSecret

AppleInsider

• WSJ on touch BlackBerry; Intel 4-core; T-Mobile at 100K iPhones

  A report by the Wall Street Journal further kindles rumors of a touchscreen BlackBerry going toe-to-toe with the iPhone this year. Meanwhile, T-Mobile Germany reports selling more than 100,000 iPhones since launch, Singapore Airlines offers passenge... 15 hours ago

• Intel: Apple tablet comment simply untrue

  Intel Corp. today is scurrying to clean up a mess made by Germany's ZDNet on Wednesday when it reported that an Intel exec had confirmed the ongoing development of a iPhone-like tablet at Apple, a report which the chipmaker now claims is patently fal... 21 hours ago

• Mac OS X 10.5.3 moving along, on course with iPhone 2.0?

  Apple continues to plug away at the next maintenance and service update to Mac OS X Leopard, which may be on track for a release around the same time as the company's iPhone software v2.0, according to one tipster. People familiar with ongoing tes... 22 hours ago

• Apple filing places iPhone networks at restaurants, zoos, concerts

  Apple Inc.'s iPhone can already playback video, browse the Internet, and place phone calls, but a new filing by the handset maker suggests it may one day take your lunch order and serve as a tour guide at the local zoo. The concept calls for a sho... 24 hours ago

• Mexican iPhone, iTunes June rumor; Wall Street retail; Boston unveiled

  Mexicans will get an iTunes Store to match the iPhone for a launch next month, according to one report. Also, the same may be true for Brazil; Apple may be close to securing its Wall Street store; and Apple has taken the wraps from its Boston store.... 2 days ago

• WWDC sold out with over 5,000 attendees

  Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, scheduled for June 9-11, has sold out for the first time ever. Attendance at the event has rapidly grown as interest in the Mac platform has snowballed in proportion to rapid new sales of Macs. Build It and ... 2 days ago

• Intel exec vouches for Atom-based Apple Newton tablet - report

  A high ranking Intel executive is said to have made comments this week that corroborate reports of a Netwon-like mini-tablet under development at Apple, as originally revealed by AppleInsider last year. Intel Germany chief Hannes Schwaderer report... 2 days ago

• AT&T now limiting iPhone sales to one, requiring plastic

  AT&T in an internal memo to its retail department on Wednesday instated a couple of new policies regarding sales of Apple Inc.'s increasingly hard-to-find iPhone, primarily that customers are allowed to purchase only one of the handsets until further... 2 days ago

MacRumors

• Apple's Next MacBook Due in Q3 2008?

  Marketwatch relays a Commercial Times report that suggests we will see the next MacBook revisions in Q3 2008 (July-September). According to the newspaper, AU Optronics Corp.and Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. received orders for flat-pan... 9 hours ago

• Apple Explores Delivering Location-based Content to Mobile Users

  Mockups by Phil Lu A much publicized patent application published in December 2007 revealed that Apple had explored allowing handheld owners (such as the iPhone) to place orders from local stores. The system would, for example, allow ... 21 hours ago

• Intel Denies Atom-Powered iPhone Comments [Update]

  Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog notes that Intel has now denied the statements published by ZDnet.de yesterday. Specifically, they claim that the Intel Germany's CEO was making general remarks about the kind of mobile devices that the Atom might power in t... 23 hours ago

• WWDC Sells Out for the First Time in History

  Apple confirmed to Macworld that the 2008 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) has sold out for the first time. "Response to this year's WWDC has been off the charts and we are delighted with the show of enthusiasm and suppo... 2 days ago

• Intel Confirms Atom-based Larger iPhone (Mini-Tablet)?

  According to ZDNet.de, Intel Germany CEO Hannes Schwaderer confirmed that Apple would be using the Intel Atom processor in a future version of the iPhone. The new model will reportedly be a larger model with a larger display, correlating with circul... 2 days ago

• Swiss iPhone, 3G iPhone on June 9th?

  As rumored, Swisscom announced today that they would be delivering the iPhone to Switzerland later this year: The iPhone will be available later this year. We will inform you personally as soon as we have more news.As typical fo... 2 days ago

• Largest U.S. Apple Store Opens on Thursday (Boylston St, Boston)

  Image from Gizmodo Apple is set to open their new Boston Apple Store on Boylston Street on Thursday, May 15th at 6:00 pm. Apple will be giving away limited edition T-shirts and "other surprises" at the store opening. 2 days ago

• Microsoft Office Update, and Visual Basic for Applications to Return [Update]

  Microsoft announced today record sales of Mac Office 2008 which was launched at Macworld San Francisco:"The response has been amazing; since we launched in January, the velocity of sales for Office 2008 is nearly three times what we ... 3 days ago