As widely expected, Vodafone will become a dominate iPhone supplier following the signing an agreement with Apple today to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe. Later this year, Vodafone customers in New Zealand, Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, South Africa and Turkey will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network. It appears that the deal will be exclusive, although there are suspicions that an unlocked model will be made available in some markets (as in France). Of note, Vodafone New Zealand has recently started locking phones…

Apple today updated its all-in-one iMac line with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and the most powerful graphics ever available in an iMac. With prices starting at US$1,199, the new iMacs include faster processors with 6MB L2 cache and a faster 1066 MHz front-side bus across the entire line, and 2GB of memory standard in most models. The 24-inch iMac now offers a 3.06 GHz Intel processor and the high-performance NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics as options, extending iMac’s lead as the ultimate all-in-one desktop computer for both consumers and professionals…

A few weeks ago we reported that Psystar was going to launch a new tower capable of running Mac OS X. Not only that, but they planned to ship their computer with our favourite operating system pre-installed, with reports that the company was willing to fight Apple’s restrictive licensing terms in court if necessary. Despite rumors that the whole project was a hoax, and a somewhat uneventful response from Apple so far, it appears that the first few Mac clones have indeed shipped. Although first hand experience is for the most part positive, there are small issues involving the software update and no guarantees Apple won’t put these things out of commission when they release 10.5.3. Gizmodo has posted a demonstration video here.

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 second quarter ended March 29, 2008. The Company posted revenue of US$7.51 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $5.26 billion and net quarterly profit of $770 million, or $.87 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 32.9 percent, down from 35.1 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 44 percent of the quarter’s revenue…

I began writing this review while on the bus home from university. Having carried a PowerBook in my backpack in previous years, the MacBook Air is certainly a welcomed change. While not a laptop for power users, it is more than adequate for lighter use. But how does it really benchmark against other Macs? Are common criticisms online and in the media founded on real use or simply conjecture? Since the release of the MacBook Air, almost every major publication has released a review of some sort. Instead of evaluating every aspect of the MacBook Air, this review will focus on some of the more common concerns and differences between the Air and its larger counterparts, the MacBook and the MacBook Pro…

Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple, has been on Time Magazine’s cover five times, and featured in the top 100 most influential people of the year list three times in the past. However, at the time of writing, Steve is sitting at 200th place, with a mere 23% rating. Michael Dell and Steve Ballmer are even beating him at this stage, so if you’re can’t live without your iPhone, iPod touch, AppleTV, or any other Apple product, be sure to place your vote here.

Oh yes, you read the title right. Psystar has announced plans to start selling a US$399 tower capable of running Mac OS X. Not only that, but they claim they’ll also pre-install our favourite OS if you want them to. Their site is currently being bombarded with traffic, so we’ll fill you in on the details. Spec wise, it is definitely more powerful than a Mac mini, with a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, along with 2GB of DDR2 667 memory, a DVD burner, 4 USB ports and 250GB 7200RPM hard drive. Though it only includes integrate graphics, there is an option to upgrade to a more powerful dedicated chip from the likes of NVIDIA or ATI…

Originally demonstrated last year, Apple today announced that Final Cut Server, a powerful software solution for media asset management and workflow automation, is now shipping. A scaleable server application, Final Cut Server automatically catalogs large collections of assets, allows searching across multiple disks and SAN volumes and enables viewing, annotation and approval of content from anywhere using a PC or Mac…

Unlocking and jailbreaking iPhones has been common practice for a while now, in fact earlier this week, Apple Insider revealed that an extensive study released by Rubicon Consulting reveals that nearly one half of US iPhone users have taken measures to add applications to the handset on their own, while just a bit more than 10 percent say they’ve unlocked the device from AT&T’s wireless network. This doesn’t even include the thousands of iPhones being parallel imported into countries where the iPhone has yet to be officially released. Russia is one of the leaders in this regard according to Bloomberg, who just published a report stating that around 250,000 people own iPhones, more than any other country except the US and China…

Arstechnica is reporting that Apple has surpassed Walmart to become the largest music retailer in the US, holding 19% of the market. Amazon, who has recently started selling music online placed a distant fourth at just 6% of the market according to an email sent to a select group of employees. In February, Apple announced that it was the number two music retailer in the US, having sold over four billion songs, with an incredible 20 million songs sold on Christmas Day 2007 alone. It is expected that Apple will make an official announcement early next week.

Update: Apple has now confirmed that this report is correct.

As many of you may have noticed, we’ve been a bit behind on posting news items over the last few weeks. This was largely due to problems with our content management system. However, everything is working fine now and over the next few weeks we hope to clear up any remaining CSS bugs (particularly the AJAX login system which is working far from perfectly). If you run a Mac hardware or software development company and wish for us to publish your press releases, please read on. Additionally, if you are interested in writing for maccrazy, further details are published in this article…

Apple today released Aperture 2.1, which introduces an open plug-in architecture that makes it easy for photographers to use specialized third party imaging software right from within Aperture. Available today as a free software update, Aperture 2.1 includes the Apple-developed plug-in, Dodge & Burn, which adds brush-based tools for dodge (lighten), burn (darken), contrast, saturation, sharpen and blur. Over the coming months, third party software developers will deliver image editing plug-ins for localized editing, filters and effects, noise analysis and reduction, fisheye lens correction and more…