Apple has finally released a new update that brings Mac OS X version 10.4.9 up to version 10.4.10. This delta update is for both PowerPC-based and Intel-based Macs. The update includes the following fixes and features:

• Bluetooth
• Addresses an issue in which a Bluetooth headset may show up as an available device for sound output in the Sound preference pane after it had been removed from Bluetooth preferences.
• Third-party
• Adds RAW image decoding support for the following cameras: Panasonic DMC-LX1, Panasonic DMC-LX2, Leica M8, Leica D-LUX 2, Leica D-LUX 3, Fuji S5 Pro, Nikon D40x, and Canon EOS 1D Mk III.
• Resolves an issue in which some DNG images may appear tinted or distorted.
• Improves compatibility of Mathematica 6 with 64-bit Macs.
• USB
• Improves reliability when using the IR remote control after waking from sleep.
• Improves reliability when mounting external USB hard drives.
• Resolves an issue in which a TomTom GO 910 may not be recognized when connected via USB to an Intel-based Mac.
• Other
• Improves responsiveness when using the Control-Eject key combination to display a shutdown dialog.
• Addresses a specific issue in which users importing video from a DV camera may experience dropped frames.
• Includes recent Apple security updates.
• Addresses issues with calendar calculations in certain applications.
• Addresses issues when rounding decimal numbers for display in certain applications.
• For Motion, addresses an issue in which some texture corruption could appear in Motion if VRAM is full.

You can get the update via Software Update or by clicking on the "Read" link below and downloading the standalone installer. Installation instructions as well as more information can also be accessed via the "Read" link.

Computer and electronics companies including LG, Panasonic, NEC, Samsung, Sony, and Toshiba are planning to come up with a set of standards for WiHD or WirelessHD. WiHD is a high-definition digital interface - it will let devices communicate with each other to share high-definition audio/video streaming and also to allow high-speed data transmission.

Basically, it's like a WiFi standard, only more robust and manly. WiHD aims for 5 gigabits of data per second - and up to a distance of 30 feet. Transmission will take place at the 60GHz frequency. To compare, WiFi operates at around 2.4GHz to 5-point-something-GHz.

60GHz! That's a high frequency usually only used by the military or in ship-to-ship communications!

The companies plan to have a standard drafted and ready by early 2007. Then they'll put WiHD into all their HDTVs and all their audio video gadgets. So...

• Will the PS3 take advantage of WiHD in the future? Did somebody mention HDTV? Yeah, Sony is one of the companies (that's their old Bravia ad in the YouTube vid; we chose it for this article because we love the music).
• Where's Microsoft and Apple? Will they follow suit, team up, or make their own standards? Like WiFi, will we end up with several standards - will there be a WiHD.a and WiHD.b and other standards?
• The Nintendo Wii shunned HD, right? Will this new development make Perrin Kaplan eat her words?

Thinking off the top of my head here, I can't name any company who hasn't wholeheartedly pursued RF technology and incorporated it into their products. Well, actually I can. That would be Apple and its iPod line.

Though Apple relies on the tech for other devices, it hasn't made the full commitment to the wireless technology in its iPods. That may change, according to Mobile Mag, who speculates, based on information it has received, that Apple may be preparing to introduce EDGE technology in its new iPods.

A reader, who identifies himself as a mechanical engineer with Panasonic Mobile in Atlanta, correctly tells us that his office is being shut down. That means a bunch of engineers are looking around for work. According to the reader, Apple hasn?t been interested in mechanical engineers like him, but they have been snapping up RF engineers ?like there is no tomorrow?. Here?s where it gets good ? they are specifically looking for people with EDGE experience. An online job listing on Apple's site confirms this information (jobs.apple.com), an opening for a Sr. RF Engineer is listed. The job description is as follows; "The Sr. RF Engineer will define and design Apple future wireless products.

Here's hoping that news is true, and that it applies to iPod products.

[Via, Mobile Mag]