Looking at the new iMacs the 27" quad-core looks like it would make a superb pairing station for programming. I've been waiting to see what the update looked like before looking at end of year purchases. Here's how I see it:

I was hesitant at first to install the new Snow Leopard as I have heard a lot of about the inconsistencies, bugs and quirks of this new operating system from Apple. However, after the release of the 10.6.1 update, it looked attractive enough that I went and bought the €25 upgrade (FTW price!). It was lying another week or two waiting for the right moment, and it finally came some time ago. Here are just a few things that I liked about this years first Snow.

Business travelers with an iPhone have found it to be an indispensable tool for both. Here are the top 20 iPhone apps for business travelers to get the two done in no time.

iPhones are under attack! Who said anything coming from Apple is all safe imageNEVER needing any security software? Well that’s fast changing now indicating that hackers have now started to take Apple seriously. Before this, Apple always claimed that all it’s computing hardware is free from any kind of viruses unlike MS’s Windows which are all so vulnerable to virus attacks. Well, yeah, Apple was damn right but the reason was that no hacker ever took Apple seriously so as to even try to create a worm for it.

Programming for the iPhone is still pretty new. It might be a bit tougher to find iPhone developer resources, but we found a bunch that will get you through building any iPhone app you might be starting on. Check out our list of our favorite developer books, blogs, podcasts, screencasts, open-source libraries, communities, forums, conferences, training, and more!