Those disappointed by the lack of a 3G announcement at MacWorld can take heart. According to UBS analysts, iPhone chip supplier Infineon Technologies is ramping up production for the next generation iPhone. This time around, it will include a high-speed 3G data radio.

Keep in mind this is just some guidance from analysts. Analysts are people, too, and prone to make mistakes now and again. That said, the note published to investors by UBS yesterday seems more credible than other reports that have been scattered across the Internet.

The unnamed analyst who wrote the report said that “3G-enabled iPhones will be released by mid-year, and that the current EDGE iPhone platform is being ramped down earlier than expected to ‘clean’ inventories.” In addition, German chipmaker Infineon Technologies will be the one to manufacture the necessary chips to give the iPhone its 3G-ness.

As you all remember, the iPhone has been derided from the beginning for its lack of 3G capabilities. Apple’s response was that it wanted to provide the most consistent experience to the widest range of possible customers. That meant using AT&T’s EDGE network, which covers practically every square inch of the U.S. Even though the iPhone includes speedier Wi-Fi, the lack of 3G prevented many from purchasing the device.

The Mac faithful were largely expecting word of a 3G iPhone at last month’s MacWorld. It didn’t happen. No new versions of the iPhone were introduced, save for the 16GB version that was bowed in late January.

What’s interesting is that Apple is hosting an event next week to detail the iPhone SDK. Apple could use this event to make other iPhone-related announcements. Will Steve Jobs actually break the news of a 3G iPhone? Who is to say.

For now, we have to take the UBS analyst’s comments with a grain of salt.

The cheese-grater Power Mac tower is just perfect for holding a dot matrix display, and it looks like Anders Lundberg thought the same thing:

In proper hacker style, Anders took an old alarm clock, threw away the extra parts and from there, designed a circuit board.

The clock needs an external AC power supply, but what’s one more trip to Walmart?

Best of all, he’s selling kits, starting at $70 for a self assembly red LED set and $85 for the ready made.

Source: MAKE

The man is a legend. First Steve Wozniak was immortalized in Lego, now he has been cloned in cogs at Disney’s Epcot Center.

Seen here working on what looks like some kind of wooden Mac, the King of the Geeks presides over a messy garage workshop on the refurbished Spaceship Earth ride.

Alternatively, it could actually be Steve Jobs under that beard and hair. Who knows?

Maybe Disney opted to save money by combining both Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs into an unholy Jobswiak Monster?

The largest Whole Foods Market in California opened literally just around the corner from Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino.

This is great news for CEO Steve Jobs, who is a famous health food nut of the pescetarian variety.

Here’s a little fun fact for my readers: Pescetarian is a vegetarian who will eat fish.

Source: San Jose Mercury News

Just a small heads up to my gaming, arcade and MAME friends that I’m now offering up a version of MAME that supports Mac OS X on my MAME page.

As most of us in the gaming community know, the MacMAME project has been dormant for over a year, so this is a nice bit of news for people who want to run the latest version MAME under OS X and yes, this version does support Intel based chip sets.

For the Apple geeks in the room, this latest release is designed to take advantage of all the latest OS X technologies, like Core Video, Core Image and OpenGL. This not only ensures the best performance but allows real-time Core Image filtering on the emulation output.

The other versions of MAME will be updating in the coming days, so be sure to check back for more information.