Psystar, the firm behind the Mac clones at the heart of an ongoing legal battle with Apple, is to add Blu-ray burning capabilities to its machines – a feature not available in genuine Macs. The firm is also launching a notebook based on the Mac operating system.
Apple is continuing its series of TV commercials accusing Microsoft of emphasizing marketing over fixing problems with Windows. However, several sources have pointed out the financial realities aren’t much different to Apple’s own spending.
Despite releasing its own smart phone operating system, Google has released Google Earth as an iPhones application. However, it’s not available in all countries yet.
Officials now believe the fake news story about Steve Jobs’ health which caused a brief slump in Apple’s share price was the work of an 18 year old prankster. It appears he or she didn’t capitalise on the scare through buying and selling stock.
Apple has hired the dean of Yale’s business school for its own university. Joel Podolny will take up the position early next year.
Apple’s profits are up by 25% compared with last year despite slightly missing analyst expectations on revenues. The firm says economic problems shouldn’t cost it customers, but is being cautious about its forecasts for 2009.
In our recent article on Apple’s legal action against Psystar going to an out-of-court hearing, we raised the question of what this meant for legal action brought by Psystar against Apple. It turns out that situation, with Psystar accusing Apple of exploiting a monopoly, is still being hotly disputed.
When we write stories here at Blorge, we often find there are minor developments in the subsequent weeks which are worthy of reporting but don’t justify a full post to themselves. Here are some updates to recent stories from our Mac channel.
It appears that the ongoing case between Apple and Psystar, a firm it accuses of illegally selling computers running the Leopard operating system, may not see the inside of a courtroom. The two sides have agreed to go through alternative dispute resolution (ADR), a process designed to produce a negotiated settlement.
Two days after Apple’s much-hyped launch event for its new MacBook range, there’s one issue that seems to be raising eyebrows across the blogosphere. That’s the lack of Blu-ray support – and Steve Jobs’ description of the technology as a “bag of hurtâ€.
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