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Apple News from around the web - Weekend Edition 5 - 7 Jan 2008
Executive Summary
- InfoWorld’s Yager: Microsoft will headline Macworld Expo
2008 (and Apple will debut 3G iPhone)
- Apple gets fans juices flowing with iMac-like laptop dock
- Sony BMG to Offer DRM-Free Music
- Apple sued for illegal monopoly on digital music market
- Orange sells over 70,000 Apple iPhones in France in first month
Apple Inc
- Needham opens coverage of Apple with "buy" rating
- Needham & Co has reinitiated its investment coverage of Apple,
noting that the Mac maker has moved past the "old" iPod to
prosper with the iPhone and the Mac. AppleInsider
- Apple Stores Going Cash-Register-Less Soon - Leave
your Benjamin Franklins at home. Insanely
Great Mac
- Tech stocks join broad market decline on U.S. unemployment
rate rise - Technology joined in a broad-market decline in
early trading Friday that was spurred on by the U.S. unemployment rate...
MacDailyNews
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ABC News hack: Apple probably can’t keep on going,
pulling still more rabbits out of Steve Jobs’ hat -
Apple has enjoyed one of the most spectacular and innovative runs
in U.S. business history... MacDailyNews
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InfoWorld’s Yager: Microsoft will headline Macworld
Expo 2008 (and Apple will debut 3G iPhone) - I go to trade
shows with a mission based on my view of what matters, which oft times
yet entirely by chance fails... MacDailyNews
- CES Predictions and Expectations - Hot Forum Topic
- Today TMO readers are discussing what may come out at the CES electronics
Expo in Las Vegas next week, and whether or not those new products will
be innovative or a rehash of what's already on the market. Mac
Observer
- Investment firm: Apple prospering with the iPhone, Mac
- Needham & Co has reinitiated its investment coverage of Apple,
noting that the Mac maker has moved past the “old” iPod
to prosper with the iPhone and the Mac (as noted by AppleInsider.) MacimumNews
- Predictions for Jobs' Macworld Keynote - NewsFactor - What will the
upcoming "Stevenote" bring? For the uninitiated, the Stevenote
is the keynote speech Apple CEO Steve Jobs will deliver at the MacWorld
Expo later this month. The Web is rife with rumors. Yahoo!
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Mac Hardware
- Building a PowerMac Media Center Part 4: What Applications
You Need - As we get towards the end of building our PowerMac
Media Center, it’s time to gather the applications we need that
will drive our downloading, converting, and tagging. Be advised (read
more) Applematters
- THIS DAY IN APPLE HISTORY January 5, 1999: Corporate Towers
Go Translucent - After Apple revealed the original iMac with
its gumdrop and clear consumer aspirations, Mac fans were wondering
what Apple would do with pro level computers. It was widely feared that
(read more) Applematters
- A Dock for Slim MacBook? - Apple's ultra-portable
strategy taking shape? Insanely
Great Mac
- Apple seeks patent for slide-in dock - Apple has
come up with a new twist on the notebook docking station: an iMac-style
unit with a side slot into which a notebook can be inserted. itwire
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PC box assemblers try to mimic Apple hardware designs, but
have no answers for Mac OS X, iLife, etc. - PC makers have
begun a radical overhaul of their machines' appearance... MacDailyNews
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Intel’s newest chips offer intriguing hints about what
Apple’s Steve Jobs will announce on Jan. 15th - The
rumors about what Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs might unveil in
his keynote speech... MacDailyNews
- WSJ: Stylish PCs Will Tackle Apple - PC buyers are
often immersed in technical specifications. Lately, however, Dell Inc.'s
design group has started to come up with designs that try to put a sense
of style into their computers to better compete with Apple, according
to the Wall Street Journal on Friday. Mac
Observer
- DXG launches high-def consumer camcorder - DXG USA
will debut its first DXG-branded, low-cost (IS$149.99) high-definition
camcorder at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week. The DXG-566V
HD is a 5-megapixel digital camcorder with three-inch TFT LCD screen.
MacimumNews
- Intel exits One Laptop Per Child program - Citing
disagreements with the organization, Intel has abandoned the One Laptop
Per Child program, “dealing a big blow to the ambitious project
seeking to bring millions of low-cost laptops to children in developing
countries,” reports Wired. MacimumNews
- Upgrade your wireless card - In this Macworld video,
Dan Frakes demonstrates the process of upgrading an older MacBook Pro’s
802.11g wireless card to a new, faster 802.11n version. Macworld
- Apple patent reveals docking station for ultramobile PC
- A US patent granted to Apple adds weight to rumours that Apple is
set to launch an ultramobile PC at Macworld San Francisco on Tuesday
15 January, 2008. Macworld
UK
- Rumour: Blu-ray support on new Macs - American Technology
Research analyst Shaw Wu cited sources in a research note issued to
clients and claimed Apple is ready to start shipping computers with
support for the next-generation DVD format. Macworld
UK
- Hitachi announces 500GB laptop drive - Hitachi has
announced what it says is the world's highest-capacity 2.5in mobile
hard drive: Its Travelstar 5K500, with 500GB of storage capacity. The
new drive is expected to be available beginning in February, 2008. Pricing
was not announced. Macworld
UK
- Consumers, businesses snapping up more hard drives
- The hard disk drive (HDD) market became profitable again in the third
quarter of last year while consumer and enterprise purchases drove up
both shipments and revenue, according to market research company iSuppli.
Macworld
UK
- OLPC won't miss Intel's 'half-hearted' laptop effort
- Intel's resignation from the One Laptop Per Child Project's board
of directors will have "no impact" on the group's operations,
since the chip maker contributed little to the project since joining
last year, OLPC President Walter Bender said in an interview. Macworld
UK
- Intel quits OLPC over pressure to kill Classmate PC
- Intel resigned from the One Laptop Per Child Project's board of directors
after refusing a request to abandon its Classmate PC program, claims
source. Macworld
UK
- A Wi-Fi virus outbreak? Researchers say it's possible
- If criminals were to target unsecured wireless routers, they could
create an attack that could piggyback across thousands of Wi-Fi networks
in urban areas like Chicago or New York City, according to researchers
at Indiana University. Macworld
UK
- Apple gets fans juices flowing with iMac-like laptop dock
- Designed for the rumoured Mac sub-notebook? The
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OS X & Software
- SETI@home seeking volunteers - New array, sensitive
receivers have increased data 500 times Insanely
Great Mac
- MacUser reviews FileMaker’s Bento: Exemplary Mac OS
X Leopard data organizer - Despite the gap left by AppleWorks,
neither iWork nor Office provides a database component... MacDailyNews
- SecureMac releases free Mac OS X trojan removal utility
- SecureMac has released a free utility called DNSChanger Removal Tool...
MacDailyNews
- Block Frenzy - Cool Waste of Time -Simple to play
doesn't always mean simple to master. Vern Seward reminds us of that
along with how easy it is for a simple game like Block Frenzy to quietly
eat away at our time. Mac
Observer
- Telestream Launches Flip4Mac Image Server for Final Cut Pro
- Telestream announced the immediate availability of its Flip4Mac Image
Server Component for Final Cut Pro on Friday. The Final Cut Pro plug-in
adds IMX file compatibility and MAXX server file transfer support to
Final Cut Pro. Mac
Observer
- Meander 1.2 Adds Custom Measurements - Fastforward
Software announced the immediate availability of Meander 1.2 on Friday.
The updated version of the route planning application added the ability
to define custom measurements, improved the preferences window, and
fixed several bugs. Mac
Observer
- Leopard: Disable File Extension Rename Dialog - TMO Quick
Tip - If you regularly change file type extensions in Leopard's
Finder and you know what you are doing, the warning dialog that asks
if you really do want to make the change can get old. Mac OS X 10.5
includes a way to disable that warning, and it's easy to do. Mac
Observer
- Public preview of Things task management app available
- Cultured Code has released a public preview of Things, a task management
application for Mac OS X. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5, and is
available as a free download until the finished version ships this spring
for $49. MacimumNews
- Image Server Component for Final Cut Pro announced
- Telestream has announced the US$495 Image Server Component for Final
Cut Pro, which provides IMX (MPEG-2) file compatibility, and direct
file transfer between 360 Systems’ MAXX servers, and Apple’s
Final Cut Pro editing systems. MacimumNews
- JAMF Software’s Recon Suite now available for individual
purchase - JAMF Software has made the Recon Suite independent
from their full-featured client management system. The Recon Suite provides
a cross platform inventory solution for an entire network. MacimumNews
- Inside Microsoft Office 2008 - After four years in
the making, Microsoft Office 2008 arrives in Mac users’ hands
on Jan. 15. But we’ve got it right now—and here’s
an overview of what’s new. Macworld
- Facebook hack fuels Web 2.0 concerns - Researchers
at security gateway vendor Fortinet have uncovered an adware-distribution
scheme being carried out on the Facebook social networking site considered
to be the first attack propagated on the wildly popular online portal.
Macworld
UK
- Facebook and Plaxo in data portability tussle - Facebook
has reacted swiftly and sternly to an attempt to let members of the
social networking site transfer their friends' contact information to
Plaxo's address-book-management service. Macworld
UK
- Macworld invites kiddies to 'Make Bouncy Bouncy'
- The 'game you can control with one hand' The
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iPods, iTunes & Apple TV
- Last of the "big four" labels to offer DRM-free
music tracks - Record labels are remaining on the offensive
when it comes to battling iPod maker Apple Inc. for revenue share in
the digital music business, with word spreading that Sony BMG will soon
join the ranks of other major labels in offering its catalog through
some online retailers stripped of copy protection measures. AppleInsider
- Apple accused of bullying Microsoft - A class-action
lawsuit has been filed claiming the iPod maker is blocking Microsoft
from the digital music market. CNN
Money
- Digital album sales way up - CDs, however, continued
their inexorable decline Insanely
Great Mac
- Apple sued over 'music monopoly' - Complaint refers
to iPod OS as 'crippleware' Insanely
Great Mac
- Apple settles patent lawsuit with Intertainer - Apple
Inc. settled a patent suit with online movie distributor Intertainer
Inc. of Santa Monica... MacDailyNews
- Thank Jobs: Lone major holdout Sony BMG to finally sell DRM-free
music - In a move that would mark the end of a digital music
era, Sony BMG Music Entertainment... MacDailyNews
- iPods in the Workplace: Diligence or Distraction?
- On a typical day at Page Design Group in Sacramento, Calif., Mark
Aplet is cozy in his office chair, ear buds firmly in place, tapping
his feet to his favorite tunes as he works on Web sites. Aplet, 32 and
a former rock musician, rarely separates himself from his iPod, and
that includes while he's at work. When he's not enjoying his downloaded
music, from Bob Marley to the White Stripes, he listens to podcasts
about Web design. Recently he plugged his iPod into the office's audio
system and blared holiday music, much to the delight of his fellow staffers.
MacNewsWorld
- Peggle - iPO Review - PopCap makes great games. I
played their Bejeweled 2 for the iPhone (read my 4-star review here)
so much I was afraid I was going to wear out my touch screen. And now
they've come out with another addictive time-waster. It's called Peggle
and it's PopCap's newest game for the iPod classic, 3d generation iPod
nano, and 5th generation iPod with video. Mac
Observer
- Sony to Offer DRM-free Music - iPodObserver - Sony
BMG, the last major label hold out in the DRM battle, is finally giving
in and will begin offering copy protection-free music downloads in the
first quarter of 2008. The record label hasn't revealed yet how much
of its library will be available without copy protection, or whether
or not it will offer those tracks through Apple's iTunes Store. Mac
Observer
- Apple Hit with Music Monopoly Lawsuit - iPodObserver
- Apple is facing a lawsuit that claims the company is violating the
Sherman Antitrust Act for failing to support Microsoft's DRM-protected
WMA music files on the iPod. The case was filed on December 31, 2007,
and the plaintiffs are hoping to get their suit certified as a class
action. Mac
Observer
- Sony BMG to Offer DRM-Free Music - Businessweek reports
that Sony BMG is the last of the four major record labels to agree to
offer their music for sale without Digital Rights Manangement (DRM)
restrictions. The news comes a week after Warner announced it had added
its catalog to Amazon's DRM-Free MP3 store. MacRumors.com
- Apple sued for illegal monopoly on digital music market
- Another day, another lawsuit. An antitrust lawsuit filed against Apple
on Dec. 31 charges the company with maintaining an illegal monopoly
on the digital music market (as noted by Information Week). MacimumNews
- Wadia Digital debuts the iTransport for the iPod
- Wadia Digital, a high-end audio company, will debut the US$349 iTransport
for iPod at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The company says it’s the market’s first digital player
dock to retrieve a direct digital signal from an iPod. MacimumNews
- Sony to offer DRM-free music - Sony BMG Music Entertainment
is finalizing plans to sell songs without the copyright protection software
that has long restricted the use of music downloaded from the Internet,
reports BusinessWeek. Sony BMG, a joint venture of Sony (SNE) and Bertelsmann,
will make at least part of its collection available without so-called
digital rights management, or DRM, software some time in the first quarter,
the article adds. MacimumNews
- It's the content, stupid - Late last year, Yahoo’s
Gadget Hound, Ben Patterson, declared the Apple TV one of the 10 Worst
Tech Products of 2007, right up there with Palm Foleo and Microsoft’s
beleaguered operating system,Vista. Just wait until the other shoe drops.
Macworld
- Rumour: Apple to become a record label - Jay-Z was
previously president of label Def Jam, but left that company in December.
According to The Boy Genius Report he will enter into a partnership
with Apple. Macworld
UK
- Apple is a Microsoft-like monopoly claims lawsuit
- Apple is accused of maintaining an illegal monopoly on the digital
music market in an antitrust lawsuit filed on 31 December. Macworld
UK
- Hitachi sees iPod hard drive market dwindling - Hitachi
says that flash memory storage-based devices are filling that niche,
and said that it will focus its efforts on desktop, laptop and enterprise
drives instead. Macworld
UK
- Device bypasses PC to record video onto iPods, USB devices
- Pinnacle Systems has unveiled Pinnacle Transfer Video, a mobile device
capable of recording analogue video onto iPods and other USB 2.0 storage
devices without using PCs to copy files. Macworld
UK
- Your Rights Online: Antitrust Suit Filed To Halt Apple 'Music
Monopoly' - Dotnaught writes with word of an anti-trust lawsuit
filed against Apple late last month. Information Week has the story,
a suit charging the company with maintaining an illegal monopoly on
the digital music market. "The complaint goes beyond software licensing
politics and charges Apple with deliberately designing its iPod hardware
to be incompatible with WMA. One of the third-party components in iPods,
the Portal Player System-On-A-Chip, supports WMA, according to the complaint.
'Apple, however, deliberately designed the iPod's software so that it
would only play a single protected digital format, Apple's FairPlay-modified
AAC format,' the complaint states. 'Deliberately disabling a desirable
feature of a computer product is known as crippling a product, and software
that does this is known as crippleware.'" Slashdot
- Apple targeted in DRM monopoly suit (again) - 'I
want WMA on my iPod', squeals Hogmanay bellyacher The
Register
- NetFlix sics troops on Apple TV - Trumpets set-top box. Plans 100
more The
Register
- RIP DRM: Last Major Label Plans to Ditch Restrictions
- In a move certain to rock the distribution of digital music, Sony
BMG is in the midst of finalizing plans to begin offering at least part
of its downloadable music catalog DRM-free, according to BusinessWeek.com.
This makes Sony BMG the... Wired
- Update: Class-action suit charges Apple with music monopoly
- InfoWorld - San Francisco - A class-action suit filed against Apple
alleges the company unfairly uses technological restrictions with its
iPod line and iTunes Music Store to beat out competitors. Yahoo!
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