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The home of Windows is now, ironically, the home of the world’s first course for iPhone development certification. The University of Washington is offering a professional certification program consisting of three classes to help students obtain a good base in becoming solid developers. Despite Stanford University’s decision to make their iPhone development class (taught by Apple employees) available for free on iTunes U, UW has decided to have a richer experience for students by offering the full course.

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Apple, as you may or may not have heard, has not been overly lenient with itsiTunes App Store approvals, even with items has high end as Google Voice.  Slingmedia is hoping it isn’t next on Apple’s chopping block, and that, as Engadget reports, its recently submitted Slingplayer 1.1 will make it through to the masses.

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According to research done by Toni Sacconaghi of Bernstein Research, Apple—while only the 5th largest mobile phone vendor#151;contributed to 32% of the industry operating profits in the first half of 2009. Though its overall revenue is only a scant 8% of what the entire cell phone industry produces, Apple is profiting heavily, much like it has been in its $1,000+ computers.

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In June, Apple did not fully phase out the 2008 model of the iPhone, the 3G. Instead, they chose to sell the 8GB model of the iPhone 3G in stores—that is, until a time when supply of the device is exhausted. This may be closer than we previously thought, as the Boy Genius Report has a picture of a supposed Rogers internal message, titled “Rogers 8GB iPhone transitioning to 3GS.”

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As we near the release of Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6), the final updates for the current version of OS X will slowly start to trickle in. Today, Apple has made available Mac OS X 10.5.8, the 8th revision of the Leopard operating system. It is available through Apple’s website, as well as OS X’s Software Update.

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The recently seeded iPhone OS 3.1 beta contains a particularly interesting plist file. In the “USBDeviceConfiguration.plist” file, lies a previously unseen device: the “iProd1,1.”  This new name harkens back to a few months ago, when an “iPhone3,1” appeared in a plist file. Months later, we were given the now-current iPhone model. 

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The perfect marriage between Google and Apple was not to be, it seems, as CEO of Google Eric Schmidt has resigned from the Apple Board of Directors. Schmidt, who had been a board member for 2 years, has resigned at a time where the Mountain View search/advertising company is branching out into Apple’s territory. With each producing competing smartphone platforms (Android and iPhone) and possibly even operating systems (Chrome OS and Mac OS X) Schmidt’s presence in the Apple boardroom was beginning to be one of conflicting interest, even though he had been removing himself from decisions where the two companies overlapped.

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Apple slated Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) for a September launch at a $29 price point when they announced it in detail at WWDC earlier this year.  Amazon is generally the first 3rd party retail store to have a product for sale. This does not change with Apple, as their next iteration of Mac OS X is now available for pre-order at Amazon.

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Barron’s is reporting that an “analyst” has “... seen first-hand a prototype slate-style computer from Apple.” According to this analyst, the device will retail between $699 and $799, and will launch in November, following an official announcement in September. The device will fulfill a plethora of multimedia functions—from supposedly impressive high-def video playback to gaming.

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Apple has pushed out the iPhone 3.0.1 update, defeating the SMS security hole that had been in the news of late. Security expert Charlie Miller found the hole and informed Apple of it a month ago, but until today, they had done nothing to combat it. He revealed the details of his hack at Black Hat, where hackers convene to make the public aware of security breaches that can be made relatively easily.

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