Month of July , 2007

ThinkSecret provides details on the latest build of Mac OS X Leopard. As previously reported by MacScoop in an article revealing the development roadmap of Leopard this build incorporates some minor cosmetic enhancements and features.

Here is a brief catch-up on iPod/iPhone news.

Apple has seeded a new build of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to developers, labeled "9A499", several reports indicate. The development team is now heading towards the Final Candidate build.

Apple Inc. has posted record June profit and revenue, thanks to record Mac sales, steady iPod demand and successful launch of the iPhone.

Apple will release its Q3 (or Q2 calendar) financial results on Wednesday after the markets' close through a conference call webcasted live on Apple's web site.

Here's a brief catch-up with the news.

Apple has taken the third spot in U.S. PC sales for this year's second calendar quarter, in quasi-execo with Gateway, a recent IDC study claims.

A patent application recently published on the U.S. Patents and Trademarks Office's database describes a backlit trackpad as well as a backlit click-wheel.

More information on Intel's upcoming CPU generation, code-named Penryn has started to emerge on internal memos corroborated by reports posted on the Internet.

&Here's a brief catch-up with this week's news:

Apple has posted a Firmware Update for its latest MacBook Pro line-up (2.2 and 2.4Ghz), bringing the firmware version to 1.3.

Apple has acquired the CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) project according to a posting posted on Cups.org web site.

Apple has posted updates for both iTunes and QuickTime, bringing them, respectively to version 7.3.1 and version 7.2.

Apple may be on the verge of releasing a new iPod featuring a Multi-Touch display a recent report published on the Internet claims.

Trusted sources informed MacScoop that Apple is headed towards the release of a notebook that is so small and light that it could redefine the standards of ultra-portable computing.

UPDATE: JPMorgan, now retract its previous claimings and now says the iPhone nano may come later (via TUAW).

Apple could be working on a cheaper version of the iPhone according to some analyst reports and hints found in the U.S. Patents and Trademarks Office filings.

Former Apple subsidiary FileMaker Corp has released FileMaker 9 and FileMaker Server 9.

Apple has posted an update for its iPod reset utility without providing any details on the bug fixes.

UPDATE (Jul. 9 2007 - 10:19 GMT): According to separate unconfirmed reports, Apple may bundle a new keyboard with the next revision of the iMac line-up.

The next iMac revision could eventually be released on August and feature a brushed metal enclosure, recent report claims.

According to a recent Walt Mossberg's Q/A report posted on AllThingsDigital, Adobe and Apple should bring Flash to the iPhone in the "next couple of months".

Reports on the Internet highlight a recent patent application describing a mouse that features a similar technology to Multi-Touch.

There has been so much iPhone news lately that we have to group them into these brief summaries. For those who aren't too full of iPhone news yet, enjoy!

Sources informed MacScoop that the development of the next iteration of iLife has reached the Golden Master phase. The consumer software suite could ship before the release of Leopard, which is now slated for October.

On Monday, many analysts published their post-launch estimations of the number of iPhones sold during the first week-end after the product's debut. Today, another estimate finds an even more impressive number.

Here are some iPhone only news which broke during this week's beginning:

In an effort to respond to issues encountered by some Intel Mac users with the recently released Mac OS X 10.4.10 Update, Apple re-issued a revision of this update versioned 1.1 and posted a fix for those who had already installed it.

It has been an unforgettable week-end for the first iPhone buyers and MacScoop will now put the focus on one of them who provided to MacScoop a complete review of Apple's very anticipated gizmo.

Here are some iPhone post-launch news for you iPhone fans!