How Apple Can Keep Its Value

It’s official. Apple is the most valuable computer maker in the world. In the wake of the company’s better than expected earnings in the quarter ended September 30th, Apple’s shares rose by nearly 7 percent, making the company’s total market value $162 billion. But what accounts for this success?[...] Thanks to Blakovitch for providing this nice story on Digg.

Mac OS X Leopard 9A581’s Dock Visual Tweaks

Apple’s Gold Master (Retail) version of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has at least one visual tweak over the developer seeds. It appears Apple has listened to user feedback about the visual inconsistency with dock items appearing on a 3d shelf on the Left and Right side of the screen.[...] Thanks to mattyohe for providing this nice story on Digg.

What Mac enthusiasts have been hoping to see for 20 years.

Whether you’re a veteran Mac-fanboy, or a Microsoft-loving drone, Gruber states the current trend of the rising popularity of Macs as it is.[...] Thanks to TannerC for providing this nice story on Digg.

IPhone’s Security Rivals Windows 95 (No, That’s Not Good)

With Apple’s announcement Monday that it shipped 1.12 million iPhones in the three months after its launch, the gadget’s apparent popularity rivals some PCs. That has security experts warning of trouble, following revelations that Apple built the iPhone’s firmware on the same flawed security model that took rival Microsoft a decade to eliminate.[...] Thanks to MrBabyMan for providing this nice story on Digg.

Happy Sixth Birthday iPod!

It’s hard to believe that six years ago to this very day, the iPod was officially brought into the world at a Steve Jobs Special Event. In six years, we’ve seen 1,000 songs in your pocket become ever more affordable, and as hard-disk technology has progressed, so too has the number of songs an iPod can hold.[...] Thanks to diggleague for providing this nice story on Digg.

Let the unbricking begin-iPhone Elite team announces “revirginizer” release

Over at Google Code, the iphone-elite team has released their revirginizing tool, which is designed to rebuild your iPhone’s seczone lock table. After using this tool, the team suggests, your 1.0.2 unlocked iPhone will return to its pre-unlocked state and be safe to upgrade to 1.1.1.[...] Thanks to lisapham for providing this nice story on Digg.

Discover cool apps on the iPhone with Wakoopa

Like Apple’s web app directory, but accessible on the iPhone and with a whole lot more features. Like adding friends and checking out what they actually are using this very moment on their iPhones.[...] Thanks to blueace for providing this nice story on Digg.

Apple Is Now Worth More Than IBM

After Apple’s phenomenal earnings report this afternoon, AAPL is up over 7 percent in after hours trading to $186.02. This marks Apple’s market cap at $161.8 billion — above IBM ($154.23 billion) for the first time ever. Feeling a little blue, IBM?[...] Thanks to supernova17 for providing this nice story on Digg.

iPhone SDK won’t chase hackers away

Code-signing has the opportunity to encourage a much richer ecosystem of applications, but while third-party applications may function beneath your fingers, Apple could still hold developers under its thumb.[...] Thanks to MrBabyMan for providing this nice story on Digg.

Bonjour on the iPhone

TUAW’s own iPhone hacker, Erica Sadun, gets Bonjour running on her iPhone and iPod touch. iPhone hacking at its best.[...] Thanks to blankbaby for providing this nice story on Digg.