Apple acquired PA Semi

According to Forbes Apple Inc. acquired PA Semi, a designer of semiconductors, for about $278 million in cash.

Apple seeks iPhone Chat patent

Apple filled a patent for the “Portable Electronic Device for Instant Messaging” at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on March, 6th.

Apple stopped auto-install of Safari on Windows

Apple decided to change strategy on delivering its browser Safari to Windows users; instead to offer it by default with the Quicktime and iTunes updates, it is now offered as choice under the “New Software” category.

SUN-MySQL may privilege Enterprise over Community

During the last MySQL Conference & Expo Sun Microsystems announced that it is planning to start offering new features for the popular database server first on the Enterprise, and paying, version and only after on the Community, and free, version. This is definitively a U-turn compared to the developing strategy adopted so far by MySQL AB.

About the security content of Safari 3.1.1

Source http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1467

Summary

This document describes the security content of Safari 3.1.1, which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences, or from Apple Downloads.

Firefox 2.0.0.14 released

Source: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.14/releasenotes/

Firefox 2 is the next-generation release of the award-winning Firefox web browser from Mozilla.

These Release Notes cover what’s new, download and installation instructions, known issues and frequently asked questions for Firefox 2. Please read these notes and the bug filing instructions before reporting any bugs to Bugzilla.

Mac experiencing graphic glitches

The latest version of MacBook and MacBook Pro are affected by several glitches, according to users, especially when playing videos and scrolling web-pages.

Psystar obscured for OpenMac name

Psystar, a company selling Mac-compatile computers, took its web site off-line yesterday in order to change the name of its main product from OpenMac to OpenComputer.