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• THIS DAY IN APPLE HISTORY December 5, 2002: Apple Online Store Services Millionth Customer - Apple started the Apple Online Store pushing customization in 1997. The online store provided users a way to order a Mac in multiple configurations, something of a novelty when it Applematters
• Intel upgrade, U.S. productivity gains lift tech stocks; Apple shares rise - Most technology stocks gained ground Wednesday morning after upbeat news on U.S. productivity levels... MacDailyNews
• Analyst: iPod, Mac sales robust, iPhone sales slightly flat - iPod sales appear to be above expectations and may hit 25 million units for the Apple’s December fiscal quarter, American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu wrote in a note to clients. Meanwhile, iPhone sales are tracking around 2.1 million and Mac sales are tracking around 2.3 million, he adds.MacimumNews
• Apple to exceed Q1 guidance - analyst - American Technology Research notes Apple to file better than expected quarter on strength of strong sales across its product range Macworld UK
  

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Mac Hardware

• Intel to launch Penryn mobile chips ahead of Macworld - Intel Corp. plans to formally introduce its Penryn family of next-generation mobile processors in early January, paving the way for significant upgrades to Apple Inc.'s notebook and iMac consumer desktop lines shortly thereafter. AppleInsider
• Is It Time for Apple to "Do an iPhone" on the Apple TV? - After Apple’s revolutionary redefinition of the mobile phone, is it time to do the same to the Apple TV—plus a few other devices? Folks often have short memories, especially whenApplematters
• Burying the myth of Mac's promised land - Apple pitches the Mac as the anti-Windows PC, that "just works." What about when it doesn't? C|Net News
• Intel to launch Penryn Jan 6 - Just for the Mac Pro or will Apple drive home advantage? Insanely Great Mac
• Report: Intel’s new 45nm Penryn processors to debut just ahead of Macworld Expo - Intel will up the ante again on January 6, 2008 with its new 45nm Penryn-based... MacDailyNews
• Mobile Penryns to Launch on January 6th - DailyTech.com pinpoints the release of the upcoming mobile Penryn CPUs on January 6, 2008. MacRumors.com
• LaCie unveils the Hard Disk - LaCie has announced the Hard Disk with a design by Neil Poulton. It’s available in capacities of 320GB, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB. The 3.5-inch disk omits a bright blue line from underneath that creates an ambient glow.MacimumNews
• HDTVs, game consoles high on holiday wish lists - High definition televisions and high-end game consoles are at the top of holiday wish lists in 2007, according to the results of a new web poll conducted by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).MacimumNews
• Research group: consumer tech spending will have slow holiday growth - Retailers and economists alike are looking for signs that this holiday season will be as lucrative as last year, but the actual results from Black Friday offer little cause for full-voiced rejoicing, according to consumer and retail information provider, The NPD Group.MacimumNews
• Apple's latest 'Get A Mac' ad - 'Misprint' - PC character has hissy fit as he rails at recent PC World (US) report, which declares the best Vista computer is a Mac. Macworld UK
• Sub-notebook Macs for Macworld Expo? - The annual pre-Macworld Expo rumour and speculation season begins once again, with a Far East report suggesting sub-notebook Macs will be introduced at next year's show, where Apple CEO Steve Jobs is to deliver a keynote speech. Macworld UK
• Space Shifting DVDs to Cost Extra? - Depending on who you listen to Steve Jobs has supposedly been pitching the idea of selling "premium" DVDs that would include an extra fee for the privilege of transferring your legally-purchased DVD to a different device. "The courts have held that "space-shifting" your CDs to a portable music device is a fair use. So you can legally import your CD collection to your iPod, or any other device, without paying a penny. But Steve Jobs apparently wants to charge you $4 for the privilege of doing the same with your DVDs." Slashdot

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OS X & Software

• OS X 10.5.2 to leverage new compilers - Update expected in time for Macworld San Francisco Insanely Great Mac
• Flash goes HD with H.264 update - Flash Player 9 Update 3 adds high-definition video capability to Adobe's media plug-in. itwire
• Google launches Google Mac Developer Playground - Today, we're unveiling the Google Mac Developer Playground, a website where the Mac community can look for new... MacDailyNews
• Bad Santa: Online Saint Nick bot run by Microsoft turns foul-mouthed online - Turns out Santa himself can be naughty.. MacDailyNews
• TechTool Pro 4.6.1 gains Leopard compatibility, users report success -TechTool Pro has become one of the first commercial disk/system utilities to gain full compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard). Previous iterations of the software could cause problems with the installation of Leopard -- the presence of an "eDrive," in some cases, actually causing a prompt to reinitialize the startup drive where Leopard is being installed. MacFixIt
• InDesign CS3 crashes when opening/saving files or launching in Leopard -- fixes - Several users have reported an issue where InDesign CS3 crashes when attempting to open or save certain files or when launching the application under Mac OS X 10.5.x (though the latter may be conflated with the former, i.e. users invoking an application launch by opening afflicted files). MacFixIt
• Flash Player issues persist with "Leopard-compatible" release - Users continue to report problems with Flash playback under Mac OS X 10.5.x, even with the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player, which lists "Mac OS X Leopard support" as a new feature. This issue is sometimes exemplified by a QuickTime logo with a question mark overlaid (as shown at below). MacFixIt
• PRODUCT REVIEW GarageBand '08 Rocks Out With New Features - Whether you love or hate Apple, you have to admit that it stepped up its audio game lately with the powerful new Logic Studio suite. Fortunately, Apple also applied and adapted some of Logic Studio's new ideas to GarageBand '08, bringing it into its own as a computer audio tool. Powerful new options increase functionality without alienating beginners, all while making a smoother transition for producers who begin songs in GarageBand but finish in Logic Pro/Express. MacNewsWorld
  
• Don't Get Meta-Mugged - As if we don't have enough worries in the real world, we now have to worry about pickpockets in the virtual world. The Mercury News has learned that security researchers have found a flaw in the Second Life virtual world that allows them to strip a user's character of its virtual-world money. MacNewsWorld
• Parallels Desktop 3 Now Leopard Ready - SWsoft announced the immediate availability of a Mac OS X 10.5 compatible version of Parallels Desktop 3 on Wednesday. The company also released Parallels Desktop Premium Edition with three Windows-based security and maintenance utilities. Mac Observer
• Yojimbo 1.5 Gets Image Support, Better Searching - Bare Bones Software announced the immediate availability of Yojimbo 1.5 on Wednesday. The updated version of the information management and organization application added support for image files and also improved filtering and searching performance. Mac Observer
  
• Spiderweb Software Launches Avernum 5 - TMO Gaming News - Spiderweb Software announced the immediate availability of Avernum 5 for the Mac on Wednesday. The latest game in the Avernum series sends players on an adventure in an underground fantasy cave world to find capture an assassin. It includes over 50 spells and battle disciplines, hundreds of quests, dungeons, fortresses, and more. Avernum 5 costs $28 and is available for download at the Spiderweb Software Web site. Mac Observer
  
• Smasher 1.6 Includes Leopard Support, More - Insider Software announced the immediate availability of Smasher 1.6 on Wednesday. The update for the font maintenance application added support for Mac OS X 10.5 and automatic CUPS spool file removal. Mac Observer
  
• Blocking Outbound Connections with Little Snitch - TMO Quick Tip - The Mac OS X firewall can block some or all inbound connections. However, to be 100 percent secure, the vigilant Mac OS X user should also monitor and manage outbound connections. Little Snitch is one program that can do that. Mac Observer
•  FileMaker Pro 9.0v3 and FileMaker Pro 9.0v3 Advanced Updater released - FileMaker Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, has released FileMaker Pro 9.0v3 and FileMaker Pro 9.0v3 Advanced Updater with more compatibility for Mac OS X (“Leopard”).MacimumNews
• Bin-it update adds Leopard support - Fastforward Software has updated Bin-it, a Mac OS X desktop utility that brings the Mac OS Trash back to the desktop, to version 1.5, which support for Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”).MacimumNews
• Google announces Mac Developer Playground - Google has announced the Google Mac Developer Playground for open source projects and demos.MacimumNews
• Freeverse to distribute Pulp Motion in North America - Freeverse and Aquafadas have announced that Freeverse will be distributing PulpMotion to retail in North America. PulpMotion is software to make animations using existing music, photos, and videos.MacimumNews
• Yojimbo information manager adds support for image files - Bare Bones Software has updated Yojimbo, a Mac OS X information organizer, to version 1.5, which adds support for image files.MacimumNews
• Game Hall of Fame: Technology of the year - The biggest development in Mac games in 2007 wasn’t a software release. Rather, it was a translation-layer technology that allowed delivery of Mac games to market faster than ever before. In this installment of the 2007 Game Hall of Fame, Peter Cohen takes a look at Cider, a technology that boosted the entire Mac gaming market. Macworld
• Analysts: iWork still second - Microsoft Office has long been the dominant player when it comes to suites that offer word-processing, spreadsheet, and presentation tools. And although Apple’s iWork has made gains, analysts look for Office to maintain its hold on the productivity suite market when the new version ships in January. Macworld
• Mac users invited to Meander 2.0 - Move from A to B and tell your friends all about it with Fastforward's new and improved Meander 2.0 software. Macworld UK
• QuarkCopyDesk 7 announced - QuarkCopyDesk 7 is text and picture editing software designed for writers, editors and others involved in putting content together in publishing Macworld UK
• PDF approved as international standard in ISO vote - Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) 1.7 has been approved as an international standard by the International Standards Organisation (ISO). Macworld UK
• Google integrates AIM into Gmail - Google widens its reach, delivers AOL support within Gmail's chat features, which already support group chats, and more. Macworld UK

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iPods & iTunes

• Nokia, Universal partnering on tunes - Free music for a year that you can keep Insanely Great Mac
• CoverSutra, an iTunes extender, now offers more cover style options - CoverSutra, an iTunes extender for Mac OS X has been updated to version 1.2. The upgrade enables users to choose from three different cover styles including a retro vinyl record style.MacimumNews
• Nokia announces groundbreaking 'free music' deal - The war between Apple and Nokia for UK customer's hearts, minds and wallets just cranked up another notch. Nokia's new 'Comes With Music' service will offer unlimited music downloads for a year, and customers get to keep the music when their subscription runs out. Macworld UK
• DOJ approves $222,000 RIAA fine - The US Department of Justice says a $222,000 damage award in a music copyright infringement case won recently by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is constitutional. Macworld UK
• ENTERTAINMENT - Universal's CEO Called iPod Users Thieves. Now He's Giving Songs Away Wired

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iPhone

• Google launches new Web app for iPhone users - Continuing its push towards omnipresence, Google Inc. on Wednesday announced the release of a new iPhone application that integrates its multiple services into a single interface, making it easy for iPhone users to find, use and switch between Google search, Gmail, Calendar, Reader, and other services. AppleInsider
• France's Orange sells nearly 30,000 iPhones in five days - Orange, the mobile arm of France Telecom, said Wednesday that it sold nearly 30,000 of Apple's iPhone in the first five days the handset was available for sale on the French market. AppleInsider
• iPhone tops list of 2007 Google searches - List also includes Webkinz, TMZ, Transformers, YouTube, Club Penguin, MySpace, Heroes, Facebook, and Anna Nicole Smith. C|Net News
• 30,000 iPhones Sold in France in 5 Days - 48% of iPhone customers new to Orange. Insanely Great Mac
• 30,000 consumers in France say ‘oui’ to iPhone - The iPhone only launched in France on November 29, but already French telco Orange has reported selling 30,000 iPhones, showing the iPhone phenomenon shows no signs of slowing down, even in the face of a 3G model arriving sometime in 2008. itwire
• Telstra a shoe-in to get the iPhone - It is no surprise that Apple gets on well with telecommunications carriers like AT&T, T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom) and O2 (formerly BT and now Telefonica S.A). All have their roots in fixed line telephony monopolies. Orange (France Telecom) may be the exception as far as friendliness goes but fiercely anti-foreign-monopoly France was always going to be the exception. So who will get the iPhone in Australia next year? No prizes for guessing. itwire
• Court says T-Mobile can keep iPhone locked - A German court has ruled that T-Mobile is entitled to sell Apple's iPhone with a SIM lock and a service contract. itwire
• China’s Apple iPhone fans don’t let a little thing like legal availability stand in their way - Want to buy an iPhone in Beijing? Apple's wonder isn't legally available in China, but... MacDailyNews
• Google launches Apple iPhone-formatted homepage - Google has launched an iPhone version of its homepage, linking itself even more closely with Apple... MacDailyNews
• Orange sells 30,000 Apple iPhones in France in first 5 days - Just 5 days after the full commercial launch, France Telecom's Orange has announced that they've already sold 30,000 Apple iPhones... MacDailyNews
• Google Announces iPhone Application Integrator - iPodObserver - Google announced the release of its iPhone Web application Integrator on Wednesday. The new Google app integrates its multiple services into a single interface that makes it easy for Apple iPhone users to use and switch between Gmail, Search, Calendar and more Mac Observer
• Macworld Expo iPhone Predictions - Hot Forum Topic - December ushers in a special season each year. No, not the holidays: Macworld Expo predictions. Today TMO readers are talking about what might be in store for Apple's iPhone come January. Mac Observer
• Orange: 30K iPhones Sold in 5 days - iPodObserver - Apple's iPhone is off to a good start in France. Only five days after the combination iPod and smart phone hit store shelves, Orange managed to get 30,000 into customer's hands. Mac Observer
• Google Launches New iPhone Web Application - Google announced that they have launched a new web-based application for the Apple iPhone integrates its multiple services into a single interface. The new application is based on AJAX/Web 2.0 technologies and is launched when an iPhone user visits http://www.google.com. MacRumors.com
• Voicemail is ‘back’ in France - setteB.IT has published an article about the “return” of Voicemail to the iPhone in France.MacimumNews
• Mobile music's $11b future - Music sales through mobile phones across mobile networks set for massive growth, to be an $11 billion industry by 2011, analysts claim. Macworld UK
• Orange sells 30,000 iPhones in France - French consumers rush to buy an iPhone, claims Apple's local network partner Orange, 30,000 iPhones sold in the first six days. Macworld UK
• iPhone fastest rising search term of 2007 - Google - Google reveals its top emerging search terms for 2007, with Apple's iPhone topping the list in the US and internationally. Macworld UK
• Court rejects German iPhone injunction - T-Mobile Germany is free to sell Apple's iPhone locked to its network and with a two-year service contract, a Hamburg court has ruled. Macworld UK
• iPhone's visual voicemail ain't so new - Patent holder sees Apple in court The Register
• iPhone tops mobile browsing charts - Interface driving usage? The Register
• Google Interface Optimized for the iPhone - If you've noticed Google's homepage looks a bit different on your iPhone, don't worry, you're not hallucinating. The company quietly rolled out a revamped mobile interface late Tuesday evening that gives iPhone users (and iPhone users only) access to many... Wired
• Google unveils application for iPhone - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is releasing a new application for Apple Inc's iPhone that combines the Web leader's services such as e-mail, search and calendar into a single interface. Yahoo! NEWS
  
• Orange says sold 30,000 iPhones so far in France - PARIS (Reuters) - France Telecom said on Wednesday that its Orange division had already sold close to 30,000 iPhones in France since its launch there last week. Yahoo! NEWS
  
• German Court OKs Locked iPhones for T-Mobile - NewsFactor - Score one for Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile. Europe's largest telephone service provider emerged victorious on Tuesday in the iPhone-locking suit that Vodafone filed against it in Germany. A German court has ruled that Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile does, in fact, have the right to block Apple iPhone buyers from using the mobile device on competing wireless networks. Yahoo! NEWS

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