Jordan Hubbard, Director of Apple’s Unix Technology Group, made a mistake by listing the coming release date for Snow Leopard OS X. Hubbard accidentally put it on a slide that was used at a presentation at the LISA (Large Installation System Administration) conference.

Up til now, Apple was commenting only that Snow Leopard would be released "in about a year." Now it looks like it will be coming out in the first quarter of 2009. Steve Jobs must be annoyed at this information leak.

Livescribe has finally enabled their Pulse smartpen for use with Apple’s Mac OS X. PC users have been able to use the pen that transcribes real world handwriting into a digital template. On November 24th, Mac users will be able to as well.

The company has even thrown in some new features for both Apple and Windows users. For an additional $29.95 you can get your hands on some handwriting to text transcription software. Consumers can also print dot paper notepads for free.

Legacy Entertainment has released a joystick that doubles as an homage to the legendary Atari 2600 controller. The joystick just looks like an Atari controller, however. It’s fully Windows, OS X and Linux compatible and connects via USB. The company claims it will work flawlessly with "nearly any emulator" so you can seek out the original games that the joystick helped make so much fun. It costs just $14.99 and it’s currently available.

Those reports of Safari bugs were accurate. (I think its a plot!) Apple issued a new version of the public beta of Safari for Windows today — highest on the list of fixes were patches for three separate security vulnerabilities that were uncovered just hours after its first launch.

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The Leopard server, also known as Mac OS 10.5, will soon be ready for release by the end of this year. Among the 250 new features are an iChat server for instant messaging with users on outside systems, as well as an iCal server share calendar information, and wiki server for simplifying publication and maintenance of reference material.

Only Apple can deliver an advanced server operating system packed with over 250 new features on the same day as our client OS," said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "With no client access licenses, Leopard Server is the most affordable way to bring innovative server features, such as group calendaring and a wiki server, to everyone from small businesses to large educational institutions.

Mac OS X Server 10.5 will cost $499 for the 10-client edition or $999 for unlimited clients.