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• Steve Jobs to headline Macworld San Francisco 2008 - IDG World Expo officially announced Monday that Apple chief executive Steve Jobs will deliver the opening keynote address for next year's Macworld Conference & Expo. AppleInsider
• THIS DAY IN APPLE HISTORY December 4, 1997: Iacocca Not Replacing Amelio - The Apple CEO hunt was dragging on, and on, and on. Many candidates had been considered but none of them were just right, er, Steve Jobs. As the vacancy lingered, (read more) Applematters
• Jobs to keynote at Macworld San Francisco 2008 - We suspected it and hoped for it, and now it’s official. Apple CEO Steve Jobs will deliver the opening keynote address for this year’s Macworld Conference & Expo. The event will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center Jan. 14-18, 2008, and the keynote address will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 9 a.m. at Moscone West. MacimumNews
• Apple to open new Big Apple retail store - Apple will open a new retail store in New York City, NY, on 401 West 14th Street this Friday, Dec. 7. The grand opening will be held from 6 pm to midnight. MacimumNews
  

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Mac Hardware

• Building a PowerMac Media Center Part 1: Selecting Your PowerMac - My previous articles have focused on upgrading an older PowerMac to Leopard and outfitting it with a NewerTech G4 upgrade, but now it’s time to go deeper and finally build (read more) Applematters
• Are Mac users 'liberal'? - Better educated, better paid and a bit left of center, too Insanely Great Mac
• Got 802.11n? - Leopard activates the standard in equipped Macs Insanely Great Mac
• Macs 55% of All Sales at Penn State - Apple to overtake Dell in '08 as biggest campus brand. Insanely Great Mac
• Do Democrats prefer Apple Macs? - As MacDailyNews reported this weekend, Aliso Viejo, CA-based Net Applications announced November 2007... MacDailyNews
• QuickerTek Introduces 802.11b/g/n for MacBook Pro - QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of the MacBook Wireless ExpressCard for Apple's MacBook Pro on Monday. The wireless upgrade card supports 802.11b, g, and n standards, and includes three external antennas that offer better reception that the laptop's built-in twin antennas. Mac Observer
• Upcoming Mobile Intel Penryn Prototype Previewed - Taiwanese site Coolaler previewed an early version of Intel's upcoming Penryn X9000 CPU. A translation of some of the findings was provided by Fudzilla. MacRumors.com
• Apple’s customer base among ‘greenest’ consumers - Greenpeace may always be on Apple’s case about environmental concerns, but Apple fans are among the “greenest” of consumers, according to a new survey by Forrester Research. Among the major computer brands, Apple’s customer base is the greenest, with 17 percent of its customers in the “bright green” consumer category. HP’s Compaq brand ranks second, with 13 percent of its customers in the bright green category. MacimumNews
•  Wacom adds two new models to Cintiq line - Wacom has added two new models to its line of Cintiq pen tablets. Both new models incorporate widescreen aspect ratios. MacimumNews
•  IOGEAR releases new SATA products - IOGEAR has released a Serial ATA (SATA) and External SATA (eSATA) family, including PCI and PCI-Express card adapters, enclosures and cables. The company’s new product line facilitates data transfers at speeds up to 3 Gbps—six times quicker than USB 2.0, according to Miranda Su of IOGEAR. MacimumNews
• Penn State sales of Macs on the rise - Pennsylvania: So far this year, Apple laptop sales at Penn State’s Computer Store accounted for 55 percent of all computer sales, an 11 percent increase over the same time period last year, Kevin Morooney, vice provost for information technology, told The Daily Collegian. MacimumNews

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OS X & Software

• Apple QuickTime exploit in the wild - An active exploit has been seen by Symantec for a vulnerability that affects the latest versions of Apple QuickTime. C|Net News
• VLC media player 0.8.6d - Leopard compatibility boost, Apple Remote support Insanely Great Mac
• Apple Internet Market Share Hits 'Historic High' - Web hits translate into market gains. Insanely Great Mac
• QuickTime RTSP flaw enables Second Life muggings - A pair of security researchers has demonstrated a way of exploiting the QuickTime RTSP vulnerability to steal currency from Second Life avatars. itwire
• The Road to Ubuntu (or Leopard) - screw the OS, move your apps online with Google - I've been trying to bend Gutsy Gibbon and Leopard to my will so I can abandon Windows, but most of my problems can be solved by embracing online applications like Google Apps. itwire
• QuickTime RTSP vulnerability goes wild - The QuickTime RTSP vulnerability disclosed last week is now being exploited in the wild. itwire
• Applications inexplicably running as root (cont.): Checking which apps use setuid, more - We continue to investigate a phenomenon where normal applications inexplicably run with root privileges. As noted yesterday, this is a potentially serious security concern, as apps running with such privileges can manipulate data beyond their intended bounds and potentially wreak system havoc. It's indicative of an inadvertent invocation of the setuid command -- which can be invoked to allow applications root privileges on a case-by-case basis. MacFixIt
• Pantone Launches Color Community Web Sites - Pantone, the company best known for its color standards products, launched two new Web sites on Monday geared towards creative professionals and color enthusiasts. myColor myIdea features creative professionals and the colors they are currently working with, and myPantone.com explores color relationships and the latest Pantone color trend forecasts. Mac Observer
  
• VPN Tracker 5 Improves Remote Workstation Support - equinux announced the immediate availability of VPN Tracker 5 on Monday. The new version of the VPN client application improved remote workstation support and introduced a new interface. Mac Observer
• Favorite Leopard Features - Hot Forum Topic - Today TMO readers are sharing their favorite new features in Apple's recently released Mac OS X 105, or Leopard. Mac Observer
• MercuryMover Offers Mouse-free Window Management - Helium Foot Software announced the immediate availability of MercuryMover 1.0 on Monday. MercuryMover is a utility that lets users move and resize the frontmost window on their Mac without using a mouse. Mac Observer
• Leopard: Seeing More with Quick Look - TMO Quick Tip - Quick Look lets Mac OS X 10.5 users see inside files without actually opening them, which is a great time saver. The problem is that Quick Look doesn't know how to preview every document type you might have on your Mac, leaving you with a useless preview icon instead. With a few extra Quick Look plug-ins, however, you can extend your gaze into more files than Leopard recognizes out of the box. Mac Observer
• Mac hits record 6.81 percent market share in Net Applications survey - After taking a brief October dip in advance of Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”)’s release, Apple’s share of the operating system market grew 3.34% in November to hit a record 6.81 percent, according to the results of a new Net Applications survey. MacimumNews
• Zevrix releases BatchOutput for Microsoft Office - Zevrix Solutions has released BatchOutput PPT 1.0, the last component of its BatchOutput suite of solutions for Microsoft Office. MacimumNews
• Apple seizes 6.81% online market share - Apple's Leopard release drives online client gains for the system, as new high point is reached. Macworld UK
• Extensis updates Suitcase Fusion - Extensis improves Leopard support within its Suitcase Fusion product, and releases best practice guide for font management on Apple Macs running OS X 10.5. Macworld UK
• Microspot DWG Viewer 1.6.6 ships - Microspot updates its Mac-friendly AutoCAD document reading solution, provides PDF print and more for users. Macworld UK
• Monopoly comes to Mac - Monopoly for Mac offers computer and multiplayer support and costs $19.95. Macworld UK
• Attackers target unpatched QuickTime flaw - Attackers are trying to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime software. Macworld UK
• Facebook's Beacon is highly intrusive - Facebook's Beacon ad system is much more intrusive and stealthy than previously thought, according to a CA security researcher. Macworld UK
• Native Windows PE File Loading on OS X? - ozmanjusri writes "Coders working on Wine for Mac have found that the Mac loader has gained its own undocumented ability to load and understand Windows Portable Executable (PE) files. They found PE loading capabilities in Leopard that weren't there in Tiger. Further dissection showed that Apple is masking references to 'Win' and 'PE' in the dll, which means it's not an accidental inclusion. Is Apple planning native PE execution within OS X?" Slashdot
• Leopard as the New Vista? - ninja_assault_kitten writes "There's an interesting rant from Oliver Rist up on the PC Magazine site. He compares the catastrophe that is Vista to the recently released OS X Leopard. While clearly one is a lion and the other a cub, there do appear to be some frustrating similarities. From the article: 'A month of using Leopard with the same software I had under Tiger and the OS has dumped six times. That's six cold reboots for Oliver. Apple isn't even honest enough to admit that Leopard is crashing: The OS just grays out my desktop and pops up a dialog box telling me I've got to reboot. Like the whole thing is my fault. I even snapped a picture of it. After all, I HAD PLENTY OF CHANCES!'" Slashdot
• Attackers target unpatched QuickTime flaw - InfoWorld - San Francisco - Attackers are trying to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime software that could let them run code on a victim's computer, Symantec warned in a DeepSight Threat Management System alert issued Sunday. Yahoo! NEWS
• MacSanta discount deals for Macs - Mac users can save up to 20 per cent against the cost of a range of Mac applications as the annual MacSanta discount deals kick in. Macworld UK

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iPods & iTunes

• Apple drops NBC television shows from iTunes - Apple, having yet to renew its content distribution agreement with NBC Universal, began pulling all television programming produced by the network from its iTunes digital download service this past weekend. AppleInsider
• The iPod Hi-Fi - It's a Swing, and A Miss! - So apparently Apple discontinued the iPod Hi-Fi this past September.... Yeah, I didn’t really care either. I actually meant to write about this sooner, but seeing as how it (read more) Applematters
• Paul McCartney Talks iTunes, Apple - Former Beatle sees digital music as artists 'taking back control'. Insanely Great Mac
• McCartney talks Jobs, etc - When he calls Apple, he gets put right through to Steve... Insanely Great Mac
• iPod shuffle replacement at Macworld? - The current iPod shuffle may be nearing the end of its life. itwire
• In-depth comparison: Apple iPod nano trounces Microsoft Zune - In-depth shootout between the Flash-based Microsoft Zune 8 with the identically-priced Apple iPod nano 8GB... MacDailyNews
• Oregon Attorney General takes on RIAA over evidence-gathering techniques - Oregon is fast becoming Ground Zero in the contentious battle between the Recording Industry Association of America... MacDailyNews
• KavaSoft releases ‘KavaTunes’ web jukebox for iTunes - KavaSoft today released KavaTunes, the web jukebox for iTunes... MacDailyNews
• Better Buds, Lend Me Your Ears - Do yourself a favor after opening up your new iPod this holiday season: Throw out the earphones that come with the player. The little earbuds that come with most iPods and other MP3 players tend to be cheap, uncomfortable and of low quality. In order to get good sound out of the factory 'phones, the volume often has to be turned up to high levels; that could be unsafe. Considering that you'll pay a few hundred dollars for a player and who knows how much more for music downloads, why not pay a little extra to have it sound good? MacNewsWorld
  
• OPINION Zune's Success and the MP3 Player Future, Blu-ray Is Sony's Iraq, Product of the Week - I've been looking at the early numbers from the Black Friday sales and -- as expected -- flat screen TVs are flying off the shelves and you can't find a Wii at anywhere close to retail price if you can find it at all. Products that sold through were the Amazon Kindle, the low-end Toshiba HD-DVD player and the 80 GB Zune. MacNewsWorld
• Belkin TuneBase FM - iPO Review - Belkin's TuneBase FM is an FM transmitter that lets you charge, power, and listen to your iPod in the car by sending its output to your FM stereo. While it seems like every iPod accessory maker offers a product like this, TuneBase FM has a few unique features that make it one of the best (if not the best) FM transmitters we've ever tested. Mac Observer
• Pepsi to Team Up with Amazon for Superbowl MP3 Giveaway? - Pepsi and Amazon are negotiating a deal to give away up to 1 billion songs during a music-giveaway promotion that will launch during the 2008 Superbowl on February 3rd, according to Billboard Magazine. The deal is reminiscent of the early iTunes-Pepsi promotional giveaways that were launched at the 2004 and 2005 Superbowls. MacRumors.com
• 20th Century Fox to bring movies to iTunes? - Silicon Alley Insider says that News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox studio is talking with Apple (AAPL) about selling its movies through iTunes, reports Pali Capital’s Rich Greenfield, who predicts a deal will be done early next year perhaps in time for January’s Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. MacimumNews
• McCartney on EMI, Steve Jobs and digital music - The music industry is changing, the artists are taking over, and MP3s are just as good as the mono radio signals the former Beatle listened to when he was a teenager, says Sir Paul McCartney. Macworld UK
• NBC Universal blips out of iTunes - NBC Universal and Apple's failed business arrangement leads to the disappearance of video from the studio from the iTunes Store in the US. Macworld UK
• Oregon legal chief faces up to the RIAA - The state Attorney General's office this week filed an appeal in US District Court in Oregon calling for an immediate investigation of the evidence presented by the RIAA when it subpoenaed the identities of 17 students at the University of Oregon who allegedly infringed music copyrights. Macworld UK

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iPhone

• German court to rule on iPhone; Apple confirms NYC opening - A German court said Monday it will delay a ruling on the ongoing iPhone dispute between local rivals T-Mobile and Vodafone until Tuesday. Meanwhile, Apple has confirmed with a press release plans to launch its largest New York City retail store at 6:00 p.m. this Friday. AppleInsider
• Pogo Stylus gives iPhone the finger - If you wished your iPhone could be used with a stylus, whether you’ve got long fingernails, fat fingers, because you like to wear gloves in winter, or because you simply want a stylus, Pogo have jumped in with the first stylus that works on the iPhone's screen. itwire
• German court delays decision on unlocked Apple iPhone dispute until Tuesday - A court said Monday it would delay by one day a ruling that has pitted cell phone operators... MacDailyNews
• Analyst: Next-gen Apple iPhone coming sometime between March to late summer 2008 - Apple is also working on new iPods, which, in turn, could drive the NAND market in 2008... MacDailyNews
• German Court Leaves T-Mobile, Vodafone on Hold for iPhone Ruling - A court said Monday it would delay by one day a ruling that has pitted cell phone operators T-Mobile and Vodafone against each other over the sale of an unlocked version of Apple's popular iPhone. The Hamburg District Court in Germany had been scheduled to rule Monday on an appeal by T-Mobile, part of Deutsche Telekom, that forced the company to sell an unlocked version of the device. MacNewsWorld
• German Court Set to Rule on T-Mobile iPhone Exclusivity Tuesday - iPodObserver - A German court had originally planned on issuing a ruling in the dispute between T-Mobile and Vodafone over Apple's iPhone on Monday, but now it appears the companies will have to wait until Tuesday. Vodafone won an earlier case to break T-Mobile's exclusive hold on the iPhone, but now both companies are in limbo awaiting the court's decision on T-Mobile's appeal. Mac Observer
• Apple sued for patent infringement on iPhone by Klausner Technologies - Another day, another lawsuit. Klausner Technologies has filed a patent lawsuit under its visual voicemail patents against Apple and AT&T on the iPhone, with damages and future royalties estimated at US$360 million. The lawsuit asserts that Apple’s iPhone Visual Voicemail infringes Klausner Technologies’ U.S. Patents 5,572,576 and 5,283,818. MacimumNews
• mStation announces mophie juice pack iPhone battery extender - mStation has announced the mophie juice pack iPhone battery extender, which comes “pre-charged” and houses a rechargeable lithium polymer battery within an ergonomic, comfort-grip case with a soft-touch, non-slip finish. MacimumNews
• German iPhone ruling delayed - The court decision as to the legality of offering the iPhone exclusively through the T-Mobile network has been delayed by 24-hours, German court reveals this morning. Macworld UK
• Ed Zander replaced at struggling Motorola - Ed Zander will give up his job as the CEO of Motorola at the end of the year, the company announced Friday. Macworld UK
• Google to bid for 700MHz spectrum - Google confirms it will bid on wireless spectrum in the 700MHz band when the spectrum goes to auction in the US early next year. Macworld UK
• Developers: iPhone Dev Team to Open Source Free Unlock - An anonymous reader writes "In an effort to keep up with changes from Apple at a faster speed, the iPhone Dev Team is considering open sourcing AnySIM, the free unlocking solution for the iPhone. In a chat with Gizmodo, iPhone Dev Team member Sam said that this move could 'open a lot of possibilities for the future,' mainly in terms of the speed of the updates and avoiding sloppy and possibly dangerous binary patches. They are now looking for community input to get the project started." Slashdot
• AT&T Playing Hardball With Apple? - Ponca City, We Love You writes "There's some interesting speculation from Cringley on why AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson let drop that a new version of Apple's iPhone will be introduced in 2008. The announcement is sure to cut into Apple's Christmas sales and could also cost ATT a million new customers and at least $1 billion in market cap, says Cringley. 'It is no coincidence that Stephenson made his remarks in Silicon Valley, rather than in San Antonio or New York,' says Cringley. 'He came to the turf of his 'partner' and delivered a message that will hurt Apple as much as AT&T, a message that says AT&T doesn't really need Apple despite the iPhone's success.' What may be troubling the relationship between AT&T and Apple is the upcoming auction for 700-MHz wireless spectrum and AT&T's discovery that Apple may be joining Google in bidding." Slashdot
• German court delays iPhone ruling - AP - FRANKFURT, Germany - A court said Monday it would delay by one day a ruling that has pitted cell phone operators T-Mobile and Vodafone against each other over the sale of an unlocked version of Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone. Yahoo! NEWS

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