The U.S. Department of Justice isn’t the only body suing Apple over alleged e-book pricing. Another slap came when 16 state attorneys general filed a suit against the company and three publishers in a multi-state suit.
And now Australia wants in on the action. Take two, as it were, as it was not long ago the country’s trade and competition regulator took a swipe at the iPhone and iPad maker.
An investigation into the custom A5 chip used in Apple TV has found that the new Application Processor uses both a smaller, more efficient 32nm die process and actually incorporates two cores, one of which is simply turned off.
According to a report by Chipworks, the custom A5 "APL2498" used in the third generation, 1080p Apple TV has improved upon the 45nm LP CMOS process of the previous A5 "APL0498," used in both iPad 2 and iPhone 4S last year.
According to sources, Apple has recently begun internally seeding the next major release of the iTunes application for computers, iTunes 11. Work on iTunes 11 began prior to the release of iTunes 10.6, and the development of the new software product – that we are familiar with – is currently focused on under-the-hood changes, rather than cosmetic changes. However, Apple develops different portions of products in separate groups or at separate times, so the final product will likely include some new user-interface elements and more visible features.
Apple has issued a second security update aimed at Flashback, the Mac malware that has reportedly infected 600,000 computers since last year.
A Russian security firm says it's found an alarming 600,000 OS X machines infected with the Flashback trojan.
The firm, called Dr Web, first said that it had found half a million infected computers but later upped the number in a tweeted message, where it added that some of the bots are in Cupertino.
Apple Insider is reporting reliable 'rumors' from How To Arena, stating that the iMac, will receive an update with Intel's next-generation Ivy Bridge CPUs in the June or July.
Apple, along with two other major international publishers, may avoid settling in a “cartel” e-book fixing antitrust investigation, while others seek a faster resolution.
While three accused publishers involved in a joint U.S. and EU antitrust investigation into “cartel” behaviour are reportedly close to reaching a settlement, Apple and two others may fight the claims.
Here we go again. The iPhone 5 will have a large screen more like that of the Android flagship, the Galaxy Nexus. Or maybe it won't. According to all the gossip, it will have an LTE 4G radio, just like the new iPad. As always, the rumor mill is a mix of highly suspect blogger fantasies and "duh" predictions, such as the inclusion of 4G. But let me be the first to tell you that whatever the next iPhone features, it won't be the name "iPhone 5."
Consumers shouldn't have to pay more for iPads, iPhones and other Apple devices despite the increase in wages promised by Apple's supplier factories. However, the pay rise could lead to higher unemployment rates in China a year's time, according to a report.
Researchers have found a new attack that employs two separate pieces of malware, a malicious Word document and some techniques for maintaining persistence on compromised machines, and the campaign is specifically targeted at Mac users. The attack exploits a three-year-old vulnerability in the way that Office for Mac handles certain Word files, according to researchers at AlienVault, who discovered and analyzed the attacks.
