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Apple Freezes Snow Leopard APIs, Mac OS X 10.6 Upgrade Steps Closer to Release

Over the weekend, Apple distributed a new beta of its upcoming Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system that altered the programming methods used to optimize code for multi-core Macs, telling developers they were the last programming-oriented changes planned ahead of the software’s release. The company is said to have informed recipients of Mac […]

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Apple Begins Selling Contract-Free iPhone 3G at Full Price

As of Thursday, Apple retail locations have begun selling unrestricted quantities of the company’s iPhone 3G handset at the non-subsidized price of US$599 for the 8GB version and US$699 for the 16GB version. Once sold, the buyer does not need to have an existing AT&T contract. According to AppleInsider, activation can completed by the customer […]