MacBook at Apple Store

In Brief: Apple's 20-inch PowerPC-based iMac G5 is no longer available from the online Apple Store, following the disappearance of the 17-inch version last month and declaring the model "EOL" in the UK last week.... MacBook Pro ship times from the Apple Store have improved dramatically from the 3-4 weeks earlier this month to 7-10 business days.... A report of the MacBook Pro's new MagSafe power adapter catching fire has drawn attention from several outlets.... Mozilla has released its first alpha of FireFox 2.0, the next generation browser built on the newest engine (note: "Alpha releases are not for general consumption and may crash, delete your bookmarks, your profile, your hard disk, etc.").... Apple's move to outsource its technical support to India has drawn fire from many loyal users.... An online forum and podcast has been released for Mac OS X widget developers, offering tutorials about how to properly develop a Dashboard Widget... Radio station KRLX out of Carleton College in Northfield, MN, which offers multiple podcasts of independently-produced programming, has its own artist-style podcast portal on the iTunes music store.

by MacNN Staff