Mac Rumors: Apple Provides Sneak Peek Of Media Center (iTv)

Tuesday September 12, 2006 04:16 PM ESTPosted by Knox

In a rare move, Apple provided a sneak peek of the long rumored Apple media center. Currently without a final product name, it has been codenamed iTV and has the apperance of a flattened Mac mini.

Providing various audio [...]

Apple has determined that certain lithium-ion batteries containing cells manufactured by Sony Corporation of Japan pose a safety risk that may result in overheating under rare circumstances.

The affected batteries were sold worldwide from October 2003 through August 2006 for use with the following notebook computers: 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4.
Apple [...]

From Financial News – Yahoo! Finance on Thursday August 24, 4:23 pm ET
By Rachel Konrad, AP Technology Writer

Apple Recalls 1.8 Million Sony-Built Laptop Batteries That Could Overheat, Catch Fire

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday recalled 1.8 million Sony-built notebook batteries that could overheat and catch fire, just 10 days after Dell Inc.’s record-setting recall [...]

I just caught this on eWeek: “Microsoft: No Virtual PC for Intel-based Macs”, by Peter Galli—August 7, 2006

“Microsoft has decided not to move forward with a version of Virtual PC for the Intel-based Macintosh, and will also be discontinuing support of Visual Basic scripting in the next version of Office for Mac, the company said.

“As Virtual [...]

TidBITS has an axcellent article reviewing what when know of 10
.5 Leopard—TidBITS: mac os X 10.5 Leopard Previewed at WWDC 2006

“First Issue Served by Our New System·Apple Releases Security Update 2006-004·More, Less, and No Information on Running Windows on a Mac·Wireless Driver Hack Could Target Macs and Windows·TypeIt4Me Returns Again, Again·AOL Drops Fees, Offers 5 [...]

As reported on PC Advisoron August 10, 2006 by Simon Jary:

A fundamental reason behind the commercial success of Windows PCs over Apple’s Mac has been the wide price gap between the two platforms. Apple computers always cost more than PCs, so most people save money by buying into Windows.

Right? Wrong. Today’s Macs are often [...]