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Sun, May 18, 2008 - 11:26 AM EDT  —  AAPL: 187.6201 (-2.1099, -1.11%) |  NASDAQ: 2528.85 (-4.88, -0.19%)

And they wanted to block Safari: PayPal’s EV SSL page and its vaunted green URL vulnerable to attack
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 09:49 AM EDT

A serious scripting error has been discovered on PayPal that could enable attackers to create convincing spoof pages that steal users' authentication credentials... [Read More]

Apple’s massive iPhone 2.0 rollout: 42 countries, 575 million potential customers - and counting
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 05:45 PM EDT

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster summarized the flood of recent iPhone deals in a note to clients on Friday... [Read More]

RIM co-CEO Lazaridis: BlackBerry Bold three years in the making, design not mimicking Apple iPhone
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 04:19 PM EDT

BlackBerry maker RIM this week hosted the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Fla... [Read More]

Windows to Mac switcher dispels myths
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 01:33 PM EDT

There are lots of reasons that people don't want to switch from Windows to Macintosh... [Read More]

Report: Apple iPhone in Canada coming in June with Rogers’ $7 per month data plan
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 12:54 PM EDT

The Canadian iPhone is set to be launched in June and will potentially have the least expensive data plan of any carrier... [Read More]

Always -- Free ground shipping with orders over $50 at Apple Store.

Thurrott: Long lines at Apple Store Grand Openings make me uneasy
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 11:12 AM EDT

My mother in law actually called me yesterday to find out if I was going to the opening of the Boston Apple Store... [Full Story]

Along with Red Sox players, crowds storm grand opening of Boston’s new Apple Store
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 10:12 AM EDT

There was Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek chatting nonchalantly with a couple of Apple guys... [Full Story]

Report: Taiwan flat-panel makers get orders for new Apple MacBook due Q308
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 09:51 AM EDT

AU Optronics Corp. and Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp., Taiwan's top two flat-panel makers by revenue, have obtained... [Full Story]

Apple wins two coveted Black Pencils in 2008 D&AD design awards (now has most of any company)
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 09:38 AM EDT

The creative industry’s most elusive prize, the Black Pencil, was presented to 6 creative teams at the D&AD Awards Ceremony in London last night... [Full Story]

Report: Apple to please missile makers with long-term support of PA Semi’s existing PowerPC chips
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 09:18 AM EDT

Apple will indeed support PA Semi's line of PowerPC-based processors... [Full Story]

Google releases App Engine Launcher for Mac OS X
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 08:57 AM EDT

On the Google Mac Team, one of our passions is keeping the Mac a first-class citizen for Google products and services... [Full Story]

Orange to bring Apple iPhone to Europe, Middle East, Caribbean and Africa
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 08:38 AM EDT

Orange today announced a new agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Orange customers later this year in... [Full Story]

Microsoft: Windows Mobile will grab 40% market share in 2012
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 04:49 PM EDT

Microsoft expects sales of its Windows Mobile platform products will account for 40% of the global smartphone market... [Full Story]

Lines form ahead of Apple Store Boylston Street grand opening
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 04:10 PM EDT

Lines have begun to form for the grand opening (today, 6pm EDT) of Apple's newest and largest U.S. Apple Retail Store... [Full Story]

Apple patent application details iPhone server
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 03:38 PM EDT

Apple Inc.'s iPhone can already playback video, browse the Internet, and place phone calls, but a new filing by the handset maker suggests... [Full Story]

Feral Interactive to ship Eidos’ Battlestations: Midway for Mac on June 27th
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 02:44 PM EDT

Feral Interactive today announced Friday, June 27th as the release date for "Battlestations: Midway," Eidos’ top-rated action strategy game for the Mac... [Full Story]

What’s coming from Apple at WWDC?
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 02:19 PM EDT

WWDC is drawing near, and its time for our almost traditional heap of speculation and wishful thinking... [Full Story]

Report: Cox also guilty of blocking BitTorrent traffic
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 01:45 PM EDT

Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers... [Full Story]

Intel disavows Atom-powered Apple tablet comment
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 01:06 PM EDT

Intel Corp. today is scurrying to clean up a mess made by Germany's ZDNet on Wednesday when it reported... [Full Story]

Air New Zealand turns airliners into authorized Apple iPod accessories
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 12:49 PM EDT

Air New Zealand will equip eighteen of its airliners with in-flight entertainment rigs allowing iPod users... [Full Story]

Thousands expected at grand opening of new Boston Apple Store (link to jaw-dropping video tour)
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 11:47 AM EDT

A new store opens on Boylston Street Thursday and a huge crowd is expected. It's the largest Apple computer store in the nation... [Full Story]

Analysts see iTunes music subscriptions in Apple’s future
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 11:32 AM EDT

As more stores and record labels abandon digital rights management, Apple may have an alternative plan for subscription services... [Full Story]

Intel exec reportedly confirms Atom chip for Apple iPhone
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 09:30 AM EDT

In what might be a high-profile case of career suicide, an Intel Germany executive has reportedly confirmed... [Full Story]

Photos: Apple Store, Boylston Street inside and out
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 09:16 AM EDT

The new Apple Store on Boylston Street in Boston, Apple's largest U.S. retail store to date, has been revealed... [Full Story]

CBS to buy CNET for $1.8 billion
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 08:59 AM EDT

CBS Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire CNET Networks, Inc., it was announced today by Leslie Moonves... [Full Story]

Deutsche Telekom says 100,000 Apple iPhones sold in Germany to date
Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 08:49 AM EDT

Deutsche Telekom AG Chief Executive Officer Rene Obermann said Thursday the telecommunications operator... [Full Story]

Survey: Apple among top six gay-friendly brands in U.S.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 07:05 PM EDT

Apple is among the top six gay-friendly brands in the US, recent research reveals... [Full Story]

Apple: WWDC 2008 sold out
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 04:54 PM EDT

Apple has announced that the company's Worldwide Developers Conference 2008, June 9-13, 2008, in San Francisco, is sold out... [Full Story]

Apple’s infinite loop: Apple TV ‘unable to check for downloads’ dead end [UPDATED]
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 04:40 PM EDT

A smattering of MacDailyNews readers and a few more in an Apple.com Discussions thread are reporting the following infinite loop... [Full Story]

UBS downgrades beleaguered Palm to ‘Sell’
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 04:16 PM EDT

UBS analyst Maynard Um today cut his rating on Palm to 'Sell' from 'Neutral,' with an unchanged $5 price target... [Full Story]

AT&T limits Apple iPhone purchases to one per customer
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 04:09 PM EDT

A 'breaking news' bulletin was just sent out to all AT&T Retail employees today stating that they have started limiting iPhone purchases... [Full Story]

Did Apple plan the current iPhone shortage?
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 02:57 PM EDT

It makes sense that with a new model iPhone on the way, Apple is clearing its supply chain to make way for the device. But... [Full Story]

Apple Store Boylston Street to open in Boston on Thursday, May 15
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 12:37 PM EDT

Apple will open its newest retail store on Boylston Street in the heart of Boston’s historic Back Bay on Thursday, May 15 at 6pm EDT... [Full Story]

O2 prompts new speculation over next-gen Apple iPhone
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 11:28 AM EDT

Telefonica's O2 and Apple Inc. will be making a joint announcement in the 'coming weeks,' prompting speculation... [Full Story]

Apple slams Microsoft in new ‘Get a Mac’ ad: ‘Sad Song (Vista Blues)’ (with video)
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 10:19 AM EDT

Apple has debuted a new "Get a Mac" ad, called "Sad Song," on television networks and online... [Full Story]

AT&T preps 20-megabits-per-second 3G by 2009
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 09:45 AM EDT

AT&T's cellular Internet access will be more than five times faster in 2009 than it is this year... [Full Story]

Apple Store Wall Street?  Apple negotiating for entire 12,500-square-foot building at 23 Wall Street
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 09:39 AM EDT

Sources tell us that Apple is seriously negotiating for the entire 12,500-foot building at 23 Wall St... [Full Story]

Swisscom to launch Apple iPhone in Switzerland ‘later this year’
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 08:41 AM EDT

Echoing the short messages posted on mobile telecom company websites the world over... [Full Story]

QuarkXPress 8 to take dead aim at Adobe’s Creative Suite this August?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 07:42 PM EDT

Quark, Inc. is preparing to release a major new version of its flagship QuarkXPress software this fall... [Full Story]

Apple should go after the corporate computing market
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 04:03 PM EDT

When Apple sells you a computer, it comes loaded with Mac OS X -- and that's simply a very pretty version of Unix... [Full Story]

QuickerTek debuts extended battery for Apple MacBook Air; external pack adds 6-10 hours of power
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 03:00 PM EDT

MacBook Air traveler? QuickerTek has launched an extended battery upgrade for Apple's MacBook Air... [Full Story]

Yahoo! acquires ‘Inquisitor’ instant search extension for Apple’s Safari web browser
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 02:41 PM EDT

Yahoo! has acquired the rights to Inquisitor, the instant search extension for Apple's Safari web browser... [Full Story]