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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: iPhone patent revealed

On November 30, 2006 Apple filed what appears to be a patent for the iPhone, a mobile phone/iPod hybrid that has been rumored to be in development for over three years.

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iTV

Apple iTV Touted on 60 Minutes Segment

60 Minutes on CBS featured a segment on NetFlix and discusses DVD popularity and potential competition from online movie distribution. In the segment Apple ITV mentioned.

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Rumor

Digg’s Kevin Rose Leaks Possible iPhone Details

Kevin Rose, founder of digg.com, leaked a slew of exciting details regarding the possibility of Apple’s upcoming cell phone, or “iPhone” in a recent digg.com vidcast, according to MacWorld UK. Keeping in mind that this is still rumor and speculation despite the anticipation that greets a potential phone with Macworld Expo San Francisco on the […]

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Software

iCyclone Allows Users to Set Custom Fan Speeds

Kkillian has released iCyclone, an open source donation-ware program that allows users to manually set the minimum speeds of built-in fans for Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro Intel-based laptops. The program allows a custom spin rate to be set as well as an optimal rate to be found automatically while not spinning below the hardware’s […]

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battery

An Additional Reason to Exchange Your MBP Battery

MacMerc.com has a full story and updated picture (via way of flickr) of a MacBook Pro battery swelling far beyond any size it should have originally been. The battery is a model A1175 that should have been exchanged when Apple began its program in response to overheating and swelling found in the MacBook Pro battery […]