More MacBook Pro problems surface, iPod performance boost
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1.0.2 update boosts iPod performance
Apple has obviously taken recent criticism of the iPod nano and iPod classic to heart - it’s just issued a firmware update for both digital music players that massively boosts their performance. The 1.0.2 update improves menu navigation and the speed at which Cover Flow’s album artwork draws.
iPod touch to get calendar ‘bug’ fix
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has apparently promised to fix the ‘bug’ that stops iPod touch owners from adding new entries to the player’s Calendar application - and logically, its Address Book too. Apple had originally promised that this functionality would be present in the iPod touch, but then withdrew the claim. It was widely assumed the company did so to create a clearer distinction between the iPod touch and the iPhone, which already has Calendar, Address Book and Notes functions.
Facebook, iTunes to take on MySpace Social networking site Facebook is apparently teaming up with Apple to create an alternative musical universe to Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace. Facebook has allegedly been working on an artist platform that will act as a showcase for new and existing talent, with pages created by solo artists, bands and record labels.
5 ways Alpine can cure your car stereo woes
Getting good quality sound from a car stereo is often a futile exercise - you’re never sat in the right place to hear the music at its best. Glass, cloth, carpets and plastic all conspire to muddy the sound, and then there’s that strange squealing noise your car makes every time you ‘do a doughnut’. Not good. Now Alpine Electronics plans to change all that with Imprint - a new car stereo system that uses equalisation technology to give you the fidelity you’ve always dreamed of.
White is the new black for Goodmans LCD TV
You wait ages for something white to come along, and then two products turn up on one day. First up, of course, was the Sony PlayStation 3 we reported on this morning. And now there’s this: the matching Goodmans GTVL19W17HVFW LCD TV / DVD combi.
Dell vs Apple: 10 years on
In 1997 Michael Dell, CEO of Dell, told IT executives what he would do to Apple to save the company from financial ruin. “What would I do?” he said. “I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” Ten years on and that quote is coming back to haunt Michael Dell.
Apple Regent Street Store welcomes 10 millionth visitor
Apple has celebrated the arrival of the 10 millionth visitor to its Regent Street store in London, by giving the 25-year-old a whole bag of Apple goodies including a MacBook, an iPod nano and One to One personal training membership.
MacBook Pros now freeze with display problem
Last week we told you about screen freeze problems some iMac owners are experiencing with their brand new machines - and Apple’s response to them. Well, it seems MacBook Pro laptop users are affected too.
Flaming MacBook Pros! New power adapters soon
Apple has been forced to completely redesign the MagSafe power adapter for its MacBook Pro laptops. The plans come after a litany of complaints from users and a number of incidents which have seen the adapter’s cables fray, spark, melt and even catch fire. The existing 85W adapter is currently no longer available to buy from the online Apple UK Store.
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