News & Rumours

Apple has removed from the App Store a number of copycat applications that closely mimicked the titles of successful games after they provoked a public outcry from developers over the issue.

As it gears up for a high-profile initial public offering, Facebook has managed to lure Rebecca Van Dyck, Apple's former senior director of worldwide marketing and advertising, away from Levi's to serve as its head of global marketing.

Apple released Version 1.1 of Security Update 2012-001 for Mac OS X 10.6.8 - now available through Software Update - in response to problems with PowerPC applications experienced by many who installed the first release.

This release of iBooks Author updates the EULA to clarify restrictions on iBooks Author output.

more workarounds for bad software update, which broke applications that rely on the Rosetta compatibility layer

fixing serious 10.7.3 update bug ("CUI" issue), plus related notes [updated]

AirPort update issues

RFID security problems affecting credit cards, plus the lack of USB WiFi adapters for WPA Enterprise (802.1X authentication) wireless

moving from Eudora to Apple Mail

Neil Young, audio quality and related issues

mis-delivered message problem

Bad Tracks

Kronos job application problem

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Zevo ZFS from Ten's Complement brings the ZFS file system to Mac OS X.

Geist Interactive's GoDraw is an extension that adds drawing features to any FileMaker Go-based mobile application.

7toX for Final Cut Pro translates projects from Final Cut Pro 7 XML to Final Cut Pro X XML.

Stephen Oliver's Codepoints gives access to 24,428 records in the Unicode 6.1 database, making it possible to locate and copy any assigned character.

JNSoftware's telephony tool adds improved Safari integration, Firefox 9 and 10 compatibility, Asterisk AJAM support, improved stability and crash handling, and "better support for many devices and services."

BeLight Software's image editor adds over 100 photo frames, 65 vector borders, 40 masks (Pro only), interface updates, eight new image filters for Lion, and a View menu option and keyboard shortcut to view at actual size.