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About the Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update — The Mac OS X 10.5.5 Update is recommended for Mac OS X Leopard versions 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3 and 10.5.4. It includes general operating system improvements that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.
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Arn / MacRumors:
Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.5 — After weeks of developer seeds, Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.5 to customers. The latest upgrade to Leopard is available through your Mac OS X Software Update. — The 10.5.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard …
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: Citi Says Sept. Qtr Tracking Ahead Of Street Ests; Contends Shipments Have Begun On New MacBooks — Citigroup's Richard Gardner asserted in a research note this morning that Apple's September quarter is tracking in line with his above-consensus revenue estimate of $8.3 billion …
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
New MacBooks shipping all around us, unseen? — Disappointment following certain Apple events is hardly new. The company sets the bar so high that now it seems anything less than a new iPhone will be a disappointment. Apple's “Let's Rock” even last week was no different.
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Wow. Apple Financial Services Really Does Make Buying a Mac as Easy as Using One — Economic softness in the states is widespread, but apparently it stops short at 1 Infinite Loop. Though consumer spending on electronics is generally trending lower, it's trending higher for Apple products.
Ashlee Vance / Bits:
New iPhone Chip Will Cost an ARM and a Missile — Given Apple's super-secretive ways, it's quite a shock to find a company engineer disclosing something about the iPhone's future innards on a public social networking site. — Wei-han Lien, the senior manager of Apple's chip team …
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Times of London:
Google search finds seafaring solution — Google may take its battle for global domination to the high seas with the launch of its own “computer navy”. — The company is considering deploying the supercomputers necessary to operate its internet search engines on barges anchored up to seven miles (11km) offshore.
Nilay Patel / Engadget Mobile:
Verizon Blackberry Storm talking points slip out — We're still waiting on Verizon's official launch of the Blackberry Storm, but the anticipation is running high, especially since we just received a list of specs and talking points distributed to store reps about RIM's first touchscreen phone.
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Kevin Michaluk / CrackBerry.com blogs:
More Verizon BlackBerry Storm Images... ANOTHER UPDATE: Check after the jump for a fifth shot of the Storm. This one is a bit less blurry and features a look at Verizon's Navigator Service running on the device. UPDATE: ‘Mr. Blurrycam’ (Thanks for the hilarious reference Engadget Mobile!) has sent in another image from his Pearl.
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Everyone but Apple joins new “buy once, play anywhere” group — Buying a movie online is simple; it's watching it on the device you want that's hard. The movie studios have been reluctant to allow DVD burning from online stores (and when they do, it doesn't always work) …
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Google Mac Blog:
Gears for Safari — We're really excited to announce the official release of Gears for Safari on OS X (minimum requirements are Leopard 10.5.3 or Tiger 10.4.11). — You can download it today from http://gears.google.com. — This means that you can now access all the Gears-enabled sites …
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The Official Google Blog:
Google Desktop 5.8 for Windows: increased performance — We love getting your feedback, and one of the themes that has cropped up in the Google Desktop Help group is that you want a lighter, faster product. We heard the message loud and clear and decided that the Google Desktop 5.8 …
Elinor Mills / CNET News:
‘BusinessWeek’ site hacked in potential malware attack — Hackers have broken into BusinessWeek's online site and set up an attack scenario in which visitors to a section of the site could have their own computers compromised and their data stolen, a security researcher said on Monday.
Mitchell / Mitchell's Blog:
Ubuntu, Firefox and License Issues — Ubuntu recently included a patch that causes an End User License Agreement for Firefox to appear. This has caused great concern on several topics. One is the content of the agreement. Another is the presentation. A third is whether there's any reason for a license at all.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Isn't A Social Network. And Stop Trying to Make New Friends There — A controversy is brewing over a popular Facebook application called PackRat, where users collect sets of illustrated cards for points and levels. The company behind the application, Alamofire …
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The Social Web, Unit Structures, Search Engine Watch, WebProNews, HipMojo.com, AppScout and RotorBlog.com
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
HP To Cut Workforce By 7.5%, Or 24,600, Over 3 Years — Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) this afternoon said that that as part of its plan to absorb newly acquired EDS it will cut the combined company's workforce by 7.5%, or 24,600 people, over three years. The company said “nearly half” …
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Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Stack Overflow Launches — You know what drives me crazy? Programmer Q&A websites. You know what I'm talking about. You type a very specific programming question into Google and you get back: — A bunch of links to discussion forums where very unknowledgeable people are struggling with the same problem and getting nowhere,
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louisgray.com:
As Twitter Regains Footing, Competitors' Growth Stalls — Over the last few months, Twitter's challenges have been well documented, here and elsewhere. Between issues with uptime, occasional data loss, a reduced feature set, and a difficult relationship with its developer community …
