A leaked Intel roadmap has surfaced on Engadget, and it turns out that the company will release a speed bumped Core i7 processor later this year. As Macrumors reports:

“The upcoming Core i7-640M will run at a base frequency of 2.8GHz with “turbo boost” speeds up to 3.46GHz. This new processor draws the same power as the current MacBook Pro processors so should be a natural upgrade for Apple.”

Indeed it’s very likely that Apple will implement these new processors in the new Macbooks sometime this fall or next year, but you can bet that the next Macbook line won’t be just about speed bumping. Also, we don’t think we’ll be hearing anything about desktop computers at the upcoming WWDC. Remember, it’s about the iPhone OS platform.

Opera has just released a first alpha version of its browser, labelled 10.60. It’s available for download here, and the final version will be released “this summer” for Mac, Windows and Linux at the same time.

10.60 seems to be a “finely tuned” version of the popular 10.50, with enhanced tab functions (visual peeks on hover) and an even faster Javascript engine. Other changes include widescreen speed dials, a more visible Menu button and many other fixes.

Go download it here.

Consumers are practically begging for a Netflix app on the iPhone at this point, as one frustrated developer went ahead and hacked about the iPad version until it was iPhone compatible. After tinkering with the Netflix app and the iPad mediaplayer frameworks, he made a suitable version that really wasn’t too difficult to implement. In fact, Netflix seemed to have been preparing for an iPhone debut, as it was already bundled in (it just needed some tweaking to activate). Modmyi.com does a fantastic job of covering both the app was ‘unlocked’ and how we could install the version for ourselves, but it seems big brother didn’t appreciate such silly antics. With a simple press of the panic button, the iPhone implementation discovered in the iPad version has been squashed (erm, disabled) into oblivion. Whether this was an Apple or Netflix call, we don’t know, but it’s interesting that the original function was there. Perhaps AT&T wouldn’t appreciate movies streaming through their 3G network. Click past the break for screenshots courtesy of ModMyi.

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Alright, so we’ve heard rumors about what the iPhone 4G’s screen technology would be, but we haven’t confirmed it yet. According to Engadget, some folks in the Czech Republic at SuperiPhone.cz have taken a microscope to one of the iPhone 4G’s screens floating around, measuring pixel density and analyzing the screen technology. It’s confirmed: you’ll have an high res 960x640, IPS panel in your next iPhone.

Note: I don’t know what the SuperiPhone’s error is, but I assume the site is being hammered. It’s the source Engadget links to, so we’ll roll with it for now.

UPDATE!: Reader Koohan has shared with us video from iphonemania.mobilmania.cz

Two Magic Mouse patents that never made their way to the USPTO’s public database have magically showed up in the European Patent Office for reasons unknown. Patently Apple reveals that of the two patents covered, both reference optical tracking, and suggests that implementing laser tracking was a last minute decision. The patents themselves cover how Apple handles touch based input (mainly how the mouse decides between what’s an actual gesture or an erratic movement).

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While Microsoft is slanted to talk at this year’s WWDC, what will it be about? Analysts suspect that Microsoft will be chatting about their new Visual Basic development tools for the Mac platform, but a bold few suggest it’s about Bing. While I wouldn’t keep your hopes up, there’s a rumor flying around that Bing might be replacing Google as the search provider on the iPhone once the next version lands this summer. Even though Google has become Apple’s new and latest threat, Google has a lot to lose when it comes to the amount of people who are exposed to their search engine; Google’s not going to let Apple shake hands with Microsoft.

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