Once again, the Iphone is becoming the portable gaming platform of choice.

While, commentators say the Iphone lacks hardware and software features, even so the device is well suited to casual gaming. Nintendo’s all conquering Wii has shown the power of casual gamers, though it is being usurped by Apple.

The Iphone OS has been seen to increase its US gaming market share by 14% in 2009. Nintendo took a 5% hit with Sony’s dying PSP which showed a massive 9% drop, placing it far below the devices from Nintendo.

On Sunday, Apple specifically came out to apologize to customers amidst growing complaints and reports of shipment delays of the recently introduced 27-inch iMac desktop. "The new iMac has been a huge hit and we are working hard to fulfill orders as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience or delay this may cause our customers", said a company spokesperson.

As of now, shipment time for the 27 inch models is at least 2 weeks, while that for the other variants, the 21 inch ones, is within a mere 24 hours.

As reports and issues regarding "flickering" display continue to grow, it has been reported that Apple has delayed shipments of its 27-inch iMac models to resellers, in order to look at the problem more closely.

Resellers which are Apple authorized have confirmed the delays in shipment of the aforementioned models due to growing reports of a defective display. The reports and complaints regarding "flickering screens and yellow-tinged displays" are steadily becoming common, so much so that a site has been created just to catalogue reports of all the issues being faced by users.

With the aim to involve more fans and users of its services, Apple has taken iTunes LP and Extras' development public and is encouraging independent developers to work on "interactive digital content" for these services, which will be distributed in iTunes as early as next year. Apple's initiative is a big move in taking on Abode Flash, pushing adoption of improved web standards and creating a new business model for the company's content, and these changes could change the face of how Apple's upcoming offerings are sold and used.

After one very irking virus, a new worm is eating into jailbreak iPhones, this time in Netherlands, as has been confirmed by the security firm F-Secure. The virus is particularly targeting those users who access the internet banking services of the Dutch online bank ING Direct with their iPhones.

Judge William Alsup, a federal judge has given Apple a sweeping legal victory by ruling Macintosh cloner Psystar Corp. had violated Apple's copyright, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Sounding the death knell for Psystar, the judge has also granted Apple motion for summary judgment, even while denying the counter-claims of Psystar.

Basically, Judge Alsup swiftly and thoroughly ruled that Apple's OS X End User License Agreement (EULA) prohibiting the software installation on non-Apple hardware, is perfectly legal and means exactly what it says.

It has been reported that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to take a look at the close relationship between the two Google and Apple boards.

The New York Times reports, FTC has informed Google and Apple that it would like to investigate, having two members of their boards as Directors-in-Common i.e. Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former Genentech CEO Art Levins, amounts to violating the anti-trust law.  So far, all three i.e. FTC, Apple, and Google have declined to comment.

Can the tight US economy help Microsoft beat back the cavalry charge of its much smaller, but much cooler, competitor Apple?

The software giant from Seattle seems to sense a whiff of opportunity in the air, bombarding the trendy maker of Macs, iPhones and iPods in ads and executive comments for being too expensive in these penny-pinching times.

The latest salvo comes in the form of widely screened TV ads, which show what Microsoft says are real life computer users shopping for new machines.