Apple has apparently fired 800 of their staff who were found guilty of cashing in the $100 rebate for the iPhones that they were given for free ! The conditions of the rebate specifically excluded Apple employees but this apparently did not deter the 800 who are now looking for alternative employment.

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Apple announces UK Launch Events at a number of high street Apple stores.

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After months of speculation and nearly a year and a half since the last release, Apple are set to launch the fifth major iteration of OS X on October 26th. Originally previewed by Steve Jobs at the WWDC event in August 2006 Apples latest Big Cat has big a long time coming and has been eagerly anticipated by the Mac faithful despite it apparently only offering minor feature upgrades compared with OS X Tiger.

Confirmed, a one click iPod Touch Jailbreak utility released. Unfortunately Windows only but surely a Mac version won’t be far behind. Check this Link for the full details.

Apple have officially launched a new Web Applications Directory for iPhone and iPod Touch’s. The Directory has a categorised list of custom applications that can be accessed by WiFi as well as by the cellular ( EDGE ) connection on the iPhone. Categories include Games, Social Networking, Utilities, Search amongst others.

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Third party apps are up and running on the iPod Touch. Engadget has this to say.

Appleinsider is reporting that OS X Leopard development is now complete. Rumours have been circulating widely over the last few days of a potential launch of Apples latest big cat with the consensus being that October 26th is the most likely date.
At the same time Apple released 10.4.11, the latest ( and possibly last ) software update for OS X Tiger.