As expected, Apple’s online store is back up featuring Black Friday discounts. The Mac maker not only slashed prices for its computers, iPods, and Apple TV, but also for creative tools, cases and bags, software, speakers, iPhone accessories, headphones, chargers, and more.As soon as Apple’s store was back online, the first thing we could spot was the 21.5-inch iMac now selling for $1,098.00. The same $101 discount applies for the 27-inch configurations. Customers can also save $101 on Apple’s newest MacBook Pro 13-inch (from $1,098), as well as on 15-inch and 17-inch models.Moving on to the iPods, a fifth-gen nano can now ... [read more >>] In what is simple routine at Apple, the company’s web store has been taken down for maintenance to be updated with Black Friday sales. Although no price cuts have been confirmed by the Mac maker, Apple has historically offered discounts on its products between the 23rd and the 29th of November, when Black Friday occurs.“Lots of gifts. 1day not to miss. The Special one-day Apple shopping event. This Friday,” read one of Apple’s banners posted earlier this week. “Come back to the Apple Online Store this Friday for a special one-day-only Christmas shopping event. You’ll find dozens of great iPod, iPhone and ... [read more >>] The developer of one of the best known iPhone applications to ever hit the App Store (iFart) and other seemingly useless apps has created yet another simple iPhone application, called Kaching. Unfortunately for Joel Comm, his app has been rejected for boasting little to no user functionality, according to Apple.After receiving the rejection email from Apple, Comm decided he would go public with it. And he did. The developer made a video that appeals directly to Apple’s CEO. The clip begins with Comm congratulating Jobs for being crowned CEO of the decade by Time Magazine, while also expressing his love for Apple products and how ... [read more >>] Complaints are surfacing that either Apple, FedEx or someone else isn’t handling new iMac shipments properly, with the devices showing up DOA (dead on arrival) or with cracked screens. As always, frustrated customers have turned to the Apple Discussions forums to seek advice or simply to express their grief as they wait for their replacement computers.Engadget sounds the alarm on Core i7 iMacs showing up DOA after going through the aforementioned forum posts, citing the same issues with their own new iMac (i7). It doesn’t seem to be a manufacturing issue, according to the web site, but rather something going wrong during shipmen... [read more >>] A brochure listing Apple’s planned discounts for Black Friday has reportedly been leaked to people at The BoyGeniusReport who, without fail, posted the document in all its glory. The site claims that the Black Friday deals have been provided by a trusty source, although there is still doubt as to whether the imagery is accurate.“We weren’t too positive about that last one as it was from a new source, but this new image comes from a pretty credible connect of ours and it seems to be more reasonable [...] Again, we’re feeling pretty confident about this one and everything looks like it’s in the realm of what Appl... [read more >>] A mother trying to have her son's iMac repaired at a local authorized repair center was shocked to find that AppleCare warranties were voided due to secondhand smoke, the Consumerist reveals in a report. Teader Ruth wrote a letter to the website after trying to have her son's computer repaired. The letter can be read below, in its entirety. I bought an iMac for my son (for school) along with the extended Applecare warranty. A month ago, it quit working. My son took it to the authorized Mac service center. The "tech" informed him it would be ready in 48-72 hours. Five days go by and he's heard nothing, so I called. They infor... [read more >>] An InsanelyMac forum member has developed a replacement kernel for installation on Atom-equipped hackintosh netbooks, TUAW reports. Going by the screen name of teateam, the guy offers a download and urges fellow forum members to test his patch. Most of those running OS X Snow Leopard on hacked laptops say the patch is a go. However, there are still some risks involved with running it, let alone using Mac OS X on a non-Apple-branded machine. “The bad news began when it was reported that beta builds of 10.6.2 had no support for the Atom Processor; a commonly used processor in netbooks,” one of the latest posts (signed blkhockeypr... [read more >>] There are quite a few days left until the Black Friday will arrive, yet it seems that Apple has already made up its mind when it comes to the deals it will offer to users that very day. Moreover, details on those plans are also rumored to have leaked into the wild, and it seems that the company has some rather major sale goodies up its sleeves.According to a recent article on Boy Genius Report, an anonymous source sent the flyer attached to this article along with the info on Apple's yearly Black Friday deals for 2009. The said deals are only in place during Friday, November 27, the day after Thanksgiving, and, although for the t... [read more >>] Microsoft’s Simon Aldous has been talking through his hat, the Windows maker claims, when the company's partner group manager stated that Microsoft tried to “create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics” for Windows 7. As reports circulating on the Internet say, Aldous appeared to admit that Microsoft had looked at Mac OS X for inspiration. Microsoft vehemently denies this. Via Neowin, the full quote from the respective interview has been reproduced below. One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it's very graphical and easy to use. What we've ... [read more >>] While some say Psystar has a shot at winning the ongoing legal battle it’s engaged in with Apple, there’s at least one aspect that acts as a big bump in the company’s road to victory – Apple’s claim that it is offering a complete product by selling Macintosh computers with Mac OS X. Psystar is capitalizing on Apple’s work by taking one piece of Apple’s product and selling it for something else. Apple also claims Psystar is selling an inferior product that is affecting its standing in the marketplace. A Miami New Times report looks at the Mac cloner’s business, as well as its founders’ b... [read more >>] | 
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