IDG World Expo, responsible for organizing the MacWorld Expo, has announced that the 2010 event is going to be postponed from January to February, exactly from February 9th to 13th.

The decision was done based on the exhibitors’ requests, but also to avoid an overlap with the CES from Las Vegas, another technology expo that will be held exactly in January.

Apple has communicated that the 2009 was the last time the company would show up at a MacWorld Expo. The reasoning behind it was that the event was no longer adequate to the company’s needs, since they can achieve the same amount of success with their own Special Events and the Apple Stores throughout the country.

Apple seems to be working hard on the next update for Leopard. This weekend, in fact, the company has sent yet another build, the 9J39 for the Mac OS X 10.5.7.

The release notes following the latest build indicate that some problems with Mail and System Profiler were sold. The only thing remaining was the Safari 4 beta bug that can only be installed on the 10.5.6 version.

The constant weekly updates sent to developers can be an easy indicator that the final build should be released soon. We’ll keep tuned.

Apple has officially announced that the annual conference for the Apple developers, the Worldwide Developers Conference 2009 (WWDC) will be held from June 8th to June 12th in San Francisco, at the Moscone Center.

The WWDC will have lectures by Apple engineers on how to develop software for the Mac OS X and iPhone platforms. In order to participate, the developers must pay a fee of $1295 up to April 24th. After that date, it will cost $300 more. There will be special free subscriptions for students and other categories.

Apple has released a firmware update for the graphic chipset that is featured on the latest MacBook Pro 17″. The update corrects some visualization problems, like vertical lines or image distortion, and hence it’s advised to all of those that have a new MacBook Pro 17″.

The update is donwloadable as usual through Software Update or through Apple’s dedicated page, and it’s less than 1Mb in size. More information can be found on Apple’s Support Page.

The launch date of Apple’s new operational system, the Mac Os X 10.6, also known as Snow Leopard, should be coming soon, according to World Of Apple.

Rumors say that the launch should happen during the first week of June, while the final beta version should be given to developers at the Worldwide Developers Conference.

The main strong points of Apple’s new operational system are the multi-touch and location: features for the average user that allows Apple to compete with the new Windows 7 from Microsoft. Other new features are the Grand Central, that takes better advantage of multicore system, a new QuickTime version that enhances the playback, and many performance enhancements.

According to BoyGeniusReport, internal sources at AT&T would have confrmed the launch of the new iPhone model. The succesor to the iPhone 3G should be first announced in mid June, confirming the “tradition” of one new phone from Apple every year.

The new smartphone seems to have been defined “faster than the previous” and with brand new features that were never found on any other models (the reference doesn’t seem to apply only to the OS). Also, it seems Apple has decided to please users by offering some of the most requested features.

The UMTS connection should be brought up to 7.2Mbps and AT&T should offer new applications to allow users to fully experience the services.

We’ll have to see if all those rumors are true. We’ll stay tuned!

It seems that Apple’s working hard on developing the Mac OS X 10.5.7. In fact, the company has sent a new build labeled 9J34 to developers last weeekend.

The release notes show that the Mail and the Speech Dictionary, plus a long number of corrected bugs that add to the previous 80 that were solved in the two previous releases. The problem with Safari 4’s public beta is still there, however. It can only be installed on Mac OS X 10.5.6.

It’s too early to predict when the new Mac OS X 10.5.7 will be launched to the public, but the specialized blogs claim that it shouldn’t be too long from now.

Apple has launched a software update for the brand new iPod Shuffle, that now goes to its 1.0.1 version. The very small readme file doesn’t really explain what was changed; limiting to say that some issues were solved. And that’s it.

In order to perform the update, users need to connect the iPod Shuffle to their computer and wait for iTunes to open up, then follow the instructions that will be shown on the screen.

After the first images already found on the net, the guys from Engadget now have put together a video that shows the main new features on the new iPhone OS 3.0.

The video shows the use of images inside the messages and the landscape mode. It also shows the voice notes and Spotlight, the copy/paste feature and the cancelling through the “shaking” of the device, which is possible both on the copy/paste and the normal typing.

It’s noticeable however that the new firmware seems a little slow and has a few bugs, which can obviously be justified by the fact that it’s not a final version, but it seems promising so far.

The main protagonist from yesterday’s Apple Event was the new iPhone OS 3.0 with its many new features. The objective, according to Apple, is to attract the developers by releasing the update and 1000 new API, which allows the iPhone platform to take a step forward.

The main new features on the iPhone 3.0 will be the following:

• Copy/Paste (also for web and SMS) with the “shake to undo” feature. Copy and Paste for multiple pictures to be sent through email
• Message forwarding
• MMS support
• Voice memo
• calDAV and subscription support
• Internal search engine enhancement and implementation of the Spotlight feature that allows users to perform searches within native applications such as Mail, Calendar and Notes
• Peer-to-peer connectivity: thanks to the new APIs, the system is capable of finding other devices that use the same application through the Bonjour technology (via bluetooth) and it’s possible to create a connection through IP, in order to play the same game, for example
• Developers will have the possibility to create applications that interact directly with the hardware
• Special APIs will allow users to insert Google’s maps in the applications
• Background replacement to enhance the battery duration and performance, also, sound and text warnings will be available
• VoIP with data detector APIs (telephone number and address recognition, for example)
• New video player that adapts itself to the network speed in order to provide a better video streaming
• Panoramic keyboard and view to all built-in iPhone applications

Also to be highlighted is the new business model that Apple will provide through its App Store: The new update will allow developers to create applications featuring “in-app purchase”, which means the possibility of selling extra contents inside each application, such as gaming levels, new maps and so on.

The iPhone OS 3.0 was made available in beta for developers yesterday, while for the normal users it will be available from this summer as a free update for the iPhone 3G owners and for $9.95 for the iPod Touch owners.