Apple admits Leopard problems

Apple posted a support document over the weekend on its Web site addressing reports of interminable "blue screen" problems that caused some Mac users upgrading to Mac OS X Leopard no small degree of frustration, reports CNET News.com.

Some attempts to upgrade to Leopard were stymied after the installation process was almost complete and users attempted to restart their machines.

A long thread on Apple`s discussion forums outlined the problems, in which their Macs would get hung up on the initial boot screen. That screen happens to be blue, inviting comparisons to the infamous Windows "blue screen of death" encountered when Windows crashes.

A new high-resolution picture of Leonardo Da Vinci`s masterpiece, The Last Supper, has been posted online, exposing the artist`s finest brush strokes to conspiracy theorists across the Internet, says the Telegraph.co.uk.

At 16 billion pixels, the image is 1 600 times stronger than those produced by a typical 10 million pixel digital camera.

The high-resolution allows art lovers to view details of the 15th century painting as though they were centimetres away from the work.

Apple has limited iPhone sales to two per customer and insisted on bank card payments on the phones to discourage resellers and guarantee holiday supply, media reported yesterday.

According to People`s Daily Online: "Customer response to the iPhone has been off the charts, and limiting iPhone sales to two per customer helps us ensure there are enough iPhones for people who are shopping for themselves or buying a gift," Apple spokesman Natalie Kerris said.

Before the new policy was implemented on 25 October, people could buy as many as five iPhones a person and pay in cash.

With Samsung Electronics fast increasing supply of microSD cards, Taiwan memory module makers have reported an easing of shortages, with the NAND flash market likely to see oversupply in the beginning of 2008, industry sources said, reports DigiTimes.

Since mid-October, increases in Samsung`s 50nm production have boosted its microSD card supply, particularly in the 1GB and 2GB segments, the sources said.

MicroSD cards need 8Gb chips, produced at 50nm, the sources remarked, noting that Samsung`s previous output of 50nm 8Gb chips had chiefly catered to Apple, sparing little for Taiwan makers.