The first week of March was filled with Apple headlines. Here’s the rundown:

Apple’s Tuesday Announcements

• Five New Updates Available via Software Update
• Apple Says ‘Adios’ to Firewire 400
• New Apple Wired Keyboard without Number Pad
• 15″ Macbook Pro gets a BTO Update
• Apple Updates Time Capsule & Airport Extreme Base Station
• Apple Updates Mac Mini
• Apple Updates iMac
• Apple Releases New Nehalem Mac Pro

Other Apple News

• WWDC ‘09 Slated for Second Week of June?
• Apple Patents Localized iTunes Stores?
• Time Capsule/Airport Base Station Update for Older Generations
• A New Snow Leopard Build Released
• You can now turn your iPhone into a Kindle
• Apple Releases Digital Camera Raw 2.5 update
• Apple Releases Battery Update 1.4
• Macbook Air Hinge Problem NOT covered by Applecare?
• Will there be a March 24th Apple Event?

This Week’s iBAM Posts:

• A Look at iLife ‘09
• iPhone App Spotlight: Tweetie

The Mobile World Congress may be making headlines, but Apple’s still in the news. Here’s a look at this week in Apple-related news:

• RUMOR: Nex-Gen Mac Mini Photo leaked?, and is this it on Video?
• 20-Inch Cinema Display Discontinued
• Hulu Leaves Boxee
• Steve Jobs Graces Cover of The New Yorker
• Macbook SMC Update 1.3
• Then 17-incher Gets disassembled
• 17-inch Macbook Pro’s now shipping

& This Week’s iBAM Posts:

• A Look at iWork ‘09
• iPhone App Spotlight: DataCase
• Midway’s Touchmaster comes to iPhone

We’ve got your look back at the second week of February in Apple-related news:

News Stories

• Snow Leopard Adds New Stacks Features
• OS X Security Updates
• MobileSafari Dominates
• Apple has no love for jailbreakers
• MobileMe has FileSharing
• Google Chrome for the Mac is Still Coming
• MobileMe Control Panel for Windows Updated
• Apple Surveys AppleTV Users
• Google Sync Calendar & Contacts for iPhone beta released
• The Woz joins ‘Dancing with the Stars’

Rumor Patrol:

• Apple Stores getting a Facelift?
• The Rumor With 9 Lives: $99 iPhone
• Customizable Four-Finger Gestures on Unibodies?
• Is this the new iPhone?
• iPhone + Kindle Romance?
• Streaming Video in iTunes?
• Quicktime Pro standard in Snow Leopard?
• Apple asked Google to leave out Multitouch on G1?

iBAM Posts

• StainWow!
• Keeping a Lock on Your Passwords

Now that Macworld and CES are over, and as January comes to an end, it seems as if tech news has come to a slowdown. Yet, the Apple news thrives on. Here’s a look back at this week:

• Apple sets new Company Records with Q1 Results
• The Mac Turns 25 Years Old (Link to Great Macworld Coverage)
• Quicktime 7.6 is released
• White Macbooks Updated to near-unibody Specs
• iWork ‘09 Goes Serial Number-Free
• Pirated copies of iWork ‘09 carry trojans
• Tim Cook makes comments on Apple + Netbooks
• Settlement Reached over iPod Nano scratch lawsuit
• Potential Apple v. Palm Court Battle?
• Seagate Hard Drives reported having Issues
• Despite Recent Health Issues, Steve Jobs is renominated for Disney Board
• Jony Ive will be featured in the documentary Objectified
• Ustream iPhone App Released

This Week’s iBAM Posts:

• iPhone App Spotlight: The Price is Right
• Slingshot: Keeping Your Files & iTunes Library in Sync

As the holiday season is in full gear, Apple is making headlines – as well as numbers.

This Week’s iBAM Posts:

• Quick Tips for Switchers
• iPhone App Spotlight: Sketches
• Skitch: Your Little Capture Buddy
• Ask iBAM: Yahoo Mail & Transferring iTunes Libraries
• Notebook Gift Ideas

This Week’s Top Mac-related Headlines:

• Apple recommends antivirus, then backtracks and removes the article.
• Apple’s In-Ear Headphones Now Available & Shipping
• iTunes debuts “Best of 2008″ Lists
• AppStore now offers “Promo Codes” for developers to distribute
• Apple slaps Psystar with DMCA Charges, and the Apple v. Psystar Drama continues
• Netflix Streaming for the Mac leaves Beta
• 10,000 Apps and over 300 million downloads in the iTunes AppStore
• iPhone triples marketshare in Q3 2008
• iTunes takes 12.6% of Music Market
• Safari Nabs 7.13% Market Share
• A slew of Apple patents were revealed
• New Apple Store Opening in Munich. 

The Hot Rumors:

• Walmart to sell 4GB $99 iPhone?
• Vendors Downsizing at Macworld Expo 2009?