According to the latest twitter from Mike Pinkerton, the Mac Team responsible from Google, there are only 8 bugs to be corrected before Google Chrome can have its first Mac beta released. We could be only a few weeks, if not a few days from the release if we consider that only a month ago, there were around 20 bugs.

Google’s browser is currently at a moderately advanced stage, with a very solid and fast rendering engine and a better extension support. Still to be implemented are the Bookmark manager and the full screen mode.

Apple has released the Boot Camp Drivers Update 2.2 for Windows, an update that will correct some malfunctioning in Mac portable hardware with Boot Camp installed. More precisely, the trackpad precision was enhanced and the red led from the audio port now turns off when not used.

Besides, that, the update also introduces support to the new Magic Mouse and Apple Wireless Keyboard for Windows XP and Windows Vista users. Boot Camp Drivers Update 2.2 for Windows is recommended for all Boot Camp users and it’s available here.

Apple has released two new ads for the iPhone. As usual, both of them show a selection of applications available for the smartphone. The first one is called Gift, and as the name probably hints to, it shows an application dedicated to choosing gifts that are the most adapted to each contact, and other interesting applications as well.

The second one is called Song, and it shows some classic applications such as Facebook, Shazam or The Sims 3. The spots can be seen on Apple’s official TV ads page. Enjoy!

Apple has released the update 10.6.2 for Snow Leopard today. The Update includes many corrections and enhancements concerning the stability, compatibility and safety of the whole system.

The update is advised to all Snow Leopard users and its size varies according to previous updates done on the machine. It’s available for download at Apple support’s download page for both Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server, or through the Software Update panel.

Rumors are rumors and we always treat them as such, but should this one come to pass, it should be an interesting possibility for the future. According to 9to5ac, Einar Rosenberg from Nearfield Communications has declared that Apple would be working in testing the RFID technology on the next generation of iPhones. Those were the exact words:

“A highly reliable source has informed me that Apple has built some prototypes of the next gen iPhone with an RFID reader built in and they have seen it in action. So its not full NFC but its a start for real service discovery and I’m told that the reaction was very positive that we can expect this in the next gen iPhone.”

In a nutshell, then, the RFID implementation should allow the devices to notice the distance and start pre-determined actions automatically, such as synchronization (through WiFi perhaps) or the payment authorization by putting the credit card in contact with the phone display. Of course, in order for that to work, the card must have an integrated RFID chip, but it’s becoming more and more common now, especially in the USA.

We’ll have to wait and see.

From Apple’s official support forum, many users have complained that when trying to synchronize their iPhone to the newest Windows 7, they get the error message 0xE8000065. The problem seems to be between Windows 7 and the Intel P55 chipset that works as an USB controller: the iPhone is recognized, but when the user tries a synchronization with the computer, it shows the error.

The problem seems to exist for both 32 and 64-bit versions, and there’s no real solution for that right now. A Microsoft spokesperson has announced that “Microsoft has not seen this particular question posed in the Microsoft Answers for Windows 7 community forum, nor in any of our call centers. We reviewed the issue raised on the Apple Discussion Board and are currently investigating. If we determine this to be a problem specific to Windows 7, we will post an update on the Microsoft Answers site.”