Apple/Macintosh News

Anyone who's held an iPhone near electronic equipment like car radios, computer speakers, audio receivers and more has likely been subjected to the noise of electronic interference from the iPhone. A new product from Quick Bridge Solutions promises to fix that. The QB-EM Shield costs $3.99.

Delkin Devices on Friday announced it's shipping its Secure Digital to CompactFlash card adapter. The adapter costs $29.99.

While the possibility of the iPod having an integrated solar cell remains a patent application on paper for now, a company from Singapore, Shiro, offers an alternative for those who can't wait.

San Francisco - Apple iPhone, move over. At least, that's the hope of Google and Research in Motion as they ready the first serious competitors to the iPhone, in the "mobile 2.0" market that Apple invented.

Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) on Friday announced it's shipping the TransDock Direct, a new dock and charging system for the iPod. It costs $59.99.

Corrected at 2:45 p.m.: This report misidentified one of the MacBook Pro's rumored features; it is a mini-DVI connector. The report also misidentified the Web site attributed to the original report. It was AppleInsider.

An investigation by Apple shows some MacBook Pros may have faulty Nvidia graphics processors after all, despite Nvidia's earlier assurances to the contrary, the computer maker has announced.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Apple Inc. rallied more than 9 percent Friday, as investors saw a newly attractive valuation in the battered stock and anticipated new laptop computers.

How Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt can continue to serve on Apple's board is a question legal observers are pondering as the first "Google" phone is set to enter the market vs. Apple's iPhone.

When Apple released its MacBook Pro laptop, reviewers called it an evolutionary improvement and touted its new GeForce 8600 GT mobile graphics processor, made by Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia. Now some models may have faulty chips.

Research In Motion and its U.S. carrier, AT&T, are being careful to avoid the problems Apple had with its launch of the iPhone 3G.

Apple has acknowledged that some MacBook Pro notebooks may suffer from the same sort of faulty Nvidia GPUs that have affected other manufacturers.

If you've ever been stuck with a non-functioning computer and a functioning Apple iPod that has all your music on it, you are not alone. Now Senuti ("iTunes" reversed) offers a solution.

ezGear has released its ezView Leather Case for the iPhone 3G. The new case costs $34.99.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Mobile gaming companies say they will book few new sales from Nokia's N-Gage phones or Apple's iPhone, but are betting on a market boost next year as more phones of these kinds are taken up by consumers.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Apple has swept the board at Britain's T3 technology magazine's annual awards, winning four top prizes, including gadget of the year for its iPod Touch.

With the release of its Apple SA-2008-10-09 security update on Thursday, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company provided patches for nearly two dozen software flaws.

The Web is percolating rumors that a new Apple laptop is in the works with an $800 price tag. Currently, Apple lists its lowest-priced MacBook at $1,099.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple is expected to unveil new notebook computers, perhaps even one priced for those with tight budgets, at a "town hall" gathering at its northern California headquarters next week.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc will unveil its updated laptops on October 14 and they may cost less, but analysts say the company's drooping stock has already taken any change into account.

Incipio has introduced the Feather, a new case for the iPhone 3G. It costs $19.99.

Move over Apple iPhone, Google Android, Samsung Instinct and Nokia 5800, and make some room for the BlackBerry Storm.

It took quite awhile, but Apple has finally received a patent on one of the most recognizable features of Mac OS X.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Research in Motion Ltd (RIM), maker of the Blackberry, unveiled its first smartphone with a touch-screen on Wednesday, its answer to the popular Apple iPhone.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion will roll out a touch-screen model of its BlackBerry smartphone later this fall, thrusting it into direct competition with Apple's popular iPhone.

Apple may not have reached its goal of selling 10 million iPhone 3Gs yet, but the company has spurred a large number of consumers to abandon their carriers and flock to AT&T, the exclusive mobile carrier for the iPhone in the U.S.

The European Union is considering a requirement that all cell phone batteries be easily replaceable, which might cause a problem for Apple's iPhone.

LateNiteSoft released an update for its iPhone drawing application, Sketches. Among the changes in Sketches 1.4 are new drawing options and tools.

Digidesign used last weekends Audio Engineering Society conference in San Francisco to debut the new version of its professional audio software, Pro Tools.