Nicholas Allegra, otherwise known as Comex, is the creator of the infamous and useful tool JailbreakMe (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch jailbreak software). His creations have given Apple many problems in the past as Apple continues to prevent users from Jailbreaking their products. Starting the week of September 5th, he will join the numerous iOS engineers at 1 Infinite Loop as an intern. Nothing is too surprising, as his skills and experiences is definitely an asset for Apple; hiring someone who finds security exploits definitely help Apple fix them as fast as possible and make the platform more secure. How Apple uses Comex is unknown at the moment, but it’s not too hard to guess!
Steve Jobs has just handed in his resignation to Apple’s Board of Directors, and as of now, is no longer the CEO of Apple. In his resignation letter, he recommended that the board appoint Tim Cook as his successor, to which they agreed. According to his letter, Steve will still be involved in Apple as the Chairman of the Board and work with company strategy.
Latest rumors coming from Reuters indicate that Apple is indeed planning to release two iPhones this fall; a cheaper, 8GB version of the iPhone 4, and the iPhone 5 (or iPhone 4S). Citing “two people with knowledge of the matter,” Reuters reports that the 8GB flash memory for the new iPhone 4 is being manufactured by an unnamed Korean company.
Japanese Apple fan site Macotakara reports that Apple is going to release an entirely new Mac line of Mac PCs, potentially before the end of this year. The new and unnamed Macs will allegedly be very different from Apple’s current Mac products. This information is said to come from an anonymous Apple supplier that, and stems from the fact that Apple is purchasing components significantly different from those used in current devices. Supposedly, this is happening at the current moment, which points to a release timeframe in a few months. Macotakara was 
HTC and Apple are going at it with the full force of the law. HTC is suing Apple, claiming that Apple has infringed upon three of HTC’s patents. The patents have to do with Apple computers, iPhones, iPads, and iPods. HTC wants the importing of these products to the United States to be banned. They are also requesting money to compensate for damages to HTC as a result of Apple’s alleged patent infringement. If HTC wins this battle, the United States may be without Apple goodness for a while, as the affected products will be banned. A similar situation just happened when Apple won a suit that they filed against HTC and the affected HTC devices have been banned from the United States.
Apple confirms that the release of Samsung’s new tablet, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is haltered in all European countries except the Netherlands. The reason being an ongoing lawsuit about a patent infringement on Apple’s product design.
Apple has just released a firmware version 4.3 update to the Apple TV. This update adds Vimeo to the device, allowing a user to watch any video posted to Vimeo from the comfort of the television. iCloud was partially added to the Apple TV. In this update, iCloud allows users to stream movies purchased from iTunes to the Apple TV. Previously, only rented movies could be watched on an Apple TV. 4.3 also contains bug fixes and minor app updates.
