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• Class-action charges Apple with illegally tying iPods to iTunes - Apple Inc. in a new class-action lawsuit is charged with illegally tying iPods to its iTunes Store in order to forge a monopoly over the digital media market so it can inflate prices, exclude competition, and force consumers to continue to buy into its closed ecosystem. AppleInsider
• THIS DAY IN APPLE HISTORY November 7, 1980: Apple Files Paperwork to Go Public, Sorry Massachusetts - Apple became a partnership on April 1, 1976. Success came rapidly and soon the company began passing out shares to valued employees and founders. A lot of shares went to (read more) Applematters
• Eisner's advice to striking writers: Blame Steve Jobs, not the studios - At the Media & Money conference, the former Disney exec calls the Writer's Guild of America strike "stupid" and suggests that it's the technology companies, not the studios, who are to blame. (From News.com's The Social blog.) C|Net News
• Apple's Ron Johnson Scores $112 Million - Cupertino retail king exercises his options. Insanely Great Mac
• Mac OS X Leopard: Beautiful - Unable to resist being left in the dark ages any longer, I made the plunge and installed Leopard, and found it to be a beautiful product with nothing significant to (read more) Applematters
• Wired: ‘Who’s nuttier, Apple fanatics or Ron Paul enthusiasts?’ - Wired's Kevin Poulsen (Threat Level) judges Apple fanatics vs. Ron Paul enthusiasts... MacDailyNews
• AAPL Tops $191 - Apple's stock closed at a new high on Tuesday when it shot up over US$191 to hit $191.79. AAPL climbed a full $5.61 during the day from its Monday $186.18 closing price. Mac Observer
• Gates, Jobs top ‘Most Influential IT Industry Personalities’ poll - Steve Jobs (shown) and Bill Gates are the industry’s most influential IT personalities of the past 25 years, according to a poll by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, claimed the top spot on the most influential list. MacimumNews
• Apple legal chief taks $25m handshake - Apple's new general counsel was head-hunted by CEO Steve Jobs and received $25 million in restricted stock for joining the company. Macworld UK

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Mac Hardware

• Thousands of MacBooks en-route to students in southern U.S. - Nearly 8,000 Apple MacBook computers are currently being distributed to students in Louisiana and Kansas as part of new learning initiatives aimed at better preparing students for college and helping underprivileged children gain access to modern technology. AppleInsider
• New MacBooks surprisingly fast - Provide much more juice than the modest CPU speed increase can account for... Insanely Great Mac
• Apple’s new ‘Santa Rosa’ MacBooks significantly faster than previous MacBooks - Apple quietly released new MacBooks last week which feature (among other things) the Santa Rosa chipset... MacDailyNews
• Kansas City schools distribute 5,000 Apple MacBooks - More than 5,000 high school students in the Kansas City, Kansas, School District... MacDailyNews
• Louisiana begins rolling out over 3,600 Apple MacBooks to students and teachers - Maplewood Middle School will be the first of 54 schools in the state of Louisiana... MacDailyNews
• Apple Rolls Out iMac Software Update 1.2.1 for Tiger - Apple released iMac Software Update 1.2.1 for Mac OS X 10.4.10 users on Tuesday. The update for the glossy display iMac improves performance and reliability when using graphics-intensive applications or video games, and also corrects issues some users experienced when installing Leopard after iMac Software Update 1.2 had been installed. Mac Observer
• First Intel Penryn Based PCs Arrive... Apple to Follow? - Electronista reports that HP has upgraded their workstations with the new Intel Penryn Xeon processors. The new 45-nm Xeon 5200 (dual core) and Xeon 5400 (quad core) processors can be configured in dual-processor configurations (up to 8 cores total). MacRumors.com
• Review: Apple Wireless Keyboard’s size is its strength, weakness - The first thing you’ll notice about the US$79 Apple Wireless Keyboard is its size. In fact, the graphic accompanying this story is life-sized. Okay, not really, but the keyboard is amazingly petite. Which is both its strong and weak points. MacimumNews
• Samsung expands Syncmaster line with 24-inch LCD monitor - Samsung Electronics America has expanded its line of SyncMaster displays with the 245T, a US$799, 24-inch LCD monitor. The commercial monitor, designed for a range of professional applications including desktop publishing, CAD and graphic design, is now shipping and available. MacimumNews
• Cool Mac Gear: Travel accessories - We’re here to shed a little light on annual gift-buying the problem. We’ve collected some cool Mac-compatible gadgets to help you feel at home while traveling—from laptop bags and sleeves to iPhone adapters and headsets. You’ll find gifts at various prices, making it that much easier to find the right gift at the right price for each recipient—even if the recipient is you. And be sure to check out the previous installments of the Macworld Gear Guide, featuring the hottest gift ideas in entertainment and photography and video. Macworld
• Apple tablet Mac chatter intensifies - The Apple rumour mill is buzzing on recent claims the company plans to introduce a tablet Mac, perhaps as soon as early next year, conjecture claims. Macworld UK
• Kansas City public schools distribute MacBooks - This week more than 5,000 Apple MacBook laptop computers will be distributed to high school students in the Kansas City, Kansas Public School System. It’s part of the school system’s one-to-one computing initiative. Yahoo! NEWS

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OS X & Software

• Leopard: The Source - The open source project - still happening. Insanely Great Mac
• Office 2004 11.3.9 Update - Addresses Word printing issue... Insanely Great Mac
• No Linux or Mac drivers for Skype phones? What are they thinking? - As a committed Ubuntu Linux newbie, I've been feeling pretty pleased with my new distribution over the past couple of days. However, I've hit a telecommunications snag and, judging by the free flow of angst pervading all of the Linux forums I've visited, I'm not alone in my disgust. itwire
• Computerworld: Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard spanks Microsoft’s Windows Vista - Given the timing of Mac OS X's release, the somewhat lukewarm response to Microsoft's Windows Vista by many... MacDailyNews
• Qwest: We do so support Apple Macs - Even though some Qwest employees told our reader that Qwest wireless wouldn't work... MacDailyNews
• Microsoft releases Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.9 Update - Microsoft has released Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.9 Update which... MacDailyNews
• Quick Look: It's only a preview - The purpose of Leopard's Quick Look is to give you a glance or a peek a document's contents without going through the overhead of launching the document's owning application. This is an interesting technology, but do not regard it as a substitute for opening the document properly. The preview used by Quick Look depends upon either the owning application or on Apple's own built-in "generators" (stored in /System/Library/QuickLook). Either way, the preview can portray the document in any way it pleases, and this may differ, sometimes significantly, from what you would see if you opened the document for real. MacFixIt
• QuickTime 7.3: a trickle of troubles - As usual after a QuickTime update, our readers are reporting a variety of things that they say were working before the update but are not working after it. Here are some examples. MacFixIt
• FoneLink 1.2 Adds Leopard Support, More - nova media announced the immediate availability of FoneLink 1.2 on Wednesday. The updated version added support for Leopard, and also added the ability to send SMS messages from Address Book. Mac Observer
• iRemember 2.1.1 Gets Mac OS X 10.5 Support - Intriguing Development announced the immediate availability of iRemember 2.1.1 on Wednesday. The new version of the digital scrap booking application added support for Mac OS X 10.5. The update also added several performance enhancements and bug fixes. iRemember 2.1.1 is priced at US$39.95. The update is free for version 2 users, or $9.95 for version 1 users. Mac Observer
• Sandvox 1.2.4 Adds Leopard Compatibility - Karelia Software announced the immediate availability of Sandvox 1.2.4 on Wednesday. The updated version of the Web site design application added support for Mac OS X 10.5. Mac Observer
• O'Reilly Releases Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide - O'Reilly Media announced the immediate availability of the Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide on Wednesday. The title by Chuck Toporek includes over 300 tips and techniques for Mac OS X 10.5 and also features a "survival guide" for users new to the Mac platform. Mac Observer
• Toon Boom Apps Leopard Ready - Toon Boom Animation announced on Wednesday that its Storyboard, Storyboard Pro, and Digital Pro animation applications are Mac OS X 10.5 compatible. The company plans on releasing Leopard compatible versions of Harmony and Studio in the near future. There isn't any word yet on exactly when to expect those updates, but users can check the Toon Boom Web site for additional information. Mac Observer
• Microsoft Office 2004 11.3.9 Fixes Printing Issue - Microsoft released Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.9 on Tuesday. The update corrects a problem that caused Word to unexpectedly quit when printing a document. The Office 2004 11.3.9 update requires Office 2004 11.3.8, and is available via the Office Auto Update application, or as a downloadable installer from the Microsoft mactopia Web site. Mac Observer
• Leopard Guest User Account - TMO Quick Tip - Letting a friend or family member use your login account to "check email real quick," or do just about anything else, can lead to heart ache and pain when they accidentally delete the Real Big Project™ your were working on, or all of your email accounts. Mac OS X 10.5 helps avoid those unexpected tragedies with its Guest account. Mac Observer
• Leopard one of ‘Top 10 Gifts for the Entrepreneur’ - Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) is among the “Top 10 Gifts for the Entrepreneur,” according to Entrepreneur’s Source, a source for self-employment options, franchising information, education and training. MacimumNews
  
• O’Reilly releases ‘Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide’ - O’Reilly has released Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide, an US$14.99, 223-page book by Chuck Toporek that offers more than 300 tips and technique on Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”). The author includes a Survival Guide that explains how to adapt and a chapter on Mac OS X’s key features. MacimumNews
  
• Destineer licenses Unreal Engine 3 - Destineer Publishing Corp has licensed Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games for a yet to be announced project. Destineer is the studio formed by former Bungie Software executive vice president, Peter Tamte. MacimumNews
  
• EVE Online available to Mac, Linux users - CCP, an independent game developers, and TransGaming, a developer of software portability products for the electronic entertainment industry, have announced the availability of EVE Online, a leading massively multiplayer online game (MMOG), on the Mac and Linux platforms. MacimumNews
  
• Game Room: Newbie’s guide to EVE Online - Now that EVE Online is available to the Mac world, Peter Cohen offers some background information to help you settle in. The universe of EVE is very, very daunting for the uninitiated—it’s both the game’s greatest strength and its greatest curse. Macworld
• Apple quells Time Machine complaints - Bad file names and incorrectly formatted hard drives may be the culprits as some Leopard users report Time Machine woes. Macworld UK
• Karelia updates Sandvox for Leopard - Latest version of easy website creation software offers iPhoto and Leopard support, bug fixes and new website templates. Macworld UK
• Leopard launch at Chester Zoo - Apple's big cat prowls around the real jungle animals at world-renowned Chester Zoo during MCC-hosted special event on 13 November. Macworld UK
• Apple Garageband instrumental in UK youth music competition - The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters is calling out for songs written using Apple's Garageband software in its latest music creation competition. Macworld UK
• Microsoft kills Mac IM, updates Office - Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.9 is available now and repairs a printing problem, while reports claim MSN Messenger for Mac is about to be terminated and replaced. Macworld UK
• Mozilla closing in on Firefox 3.0 beta - Months late Mozilla prepares its first public beta release of forthcoming browser, Firefox 3.0. Macworld UK
• Congress slams Yahoo on dissident arrest - US lawmakers at a congressional hearing rip into Yahoo executives over its role in the arrest of a Chinese dissident. Macworld UK
• Mac OS X firewall blocks Skype and online gamers - You realise, of course, this means Warcraft The Register

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iPods & iTunes

• ‘In Rainbows’ nets Radiohead $6 per download - The experiment by the band Radiohead to allow their fans to determine the cost... MacDailyNews
• Warner Music hits new low - A new day and a new low for what remains of the Madonna-less Warner Music Group... MacDailyNews
• iTunes 7.5 weird memory dialog -A reader writes that iTunes 7.5 is refusing to launch, with a mysterious dialog: "The iTunes application could not be opened. There is not enough memory available." MacFixIt
• TuneWear ships Stereo Sound Recorder for iPod - TuneWear has released the US$49.95 Stereo Sound Recorder for iPod, a stereo voice and music recorder for the iPod classic, 5G (video enabled) iPod 5G, 2G iPod nano and 3G iPod nano. It adds a stereo microphone and works using the built-in recording function already included in iPod. MacimumNews
  
• Apple sued for illegally tying iPods to iTunes Store - Another day, another lawsuit. In a new class-action lawsuit Aple is charged with illegally tying iPods to its iTunes Store in order “to forge a monopoly over the digital media market so it can inflate prices, exclude competition, and force consumers to continue to buy into its closed ecosystem,” reports AppleInsider. MacimumNews
• BluFM new in-car solution for iPods, mobile phones - GEAR4 has released the the BluFM. The device (approximately US$74) is an FM transmitter for the iPod, but also pairs up with your mobile phone to let you take calls hands-free over your car stereo. MacimumNews
• Double-checking iTunes purchases - Apple tells you there’s a purchase waiting to download yet, try as you might, it’s nowhere to be found. Chris Breen has run into that problem and has already, and in the latest iPod Blog he details a way to force the issue. Macworld
• Peter Gabriel on the future of music - Peter Gabriel offers his predictions on the future of music and media in the digital age. Macworld UK
• Oregon state challenges RIAA - A US attorney general is filing against the RIAA over college file-sharing, argues cost of investigation, data protection and complexity as cause. Macworld UK
• Amazon offers online storage in Europe - Amazon has opened up a European version of its Amazon Simple Storage Service, but charges European customers more for the privilege. Macworld UK

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iPhone

• Analysts slam German iPhone touch-screen maker Balda over losses and opaque accounting - Just as the Apple iPhone launches in Europe, a German company that analysts believe... MacDailyNews
• BOOK REVIEW Learning New Tricks With 'The iPhone Book' - Apple's iPhone isn't a difficult device to use, but there are lots of treats hiding under its hood. So many, in fact, that without a little help you'll likely miss some especially useful feature that's going to make your life so much easier. That's exactly what Scott Kelby and Terry White are hoping to help you find with The iPhone Book. Don't think of The iPhone Book as another manual. Instead, think of it as all of the cool iPhone tips you wish you could remember. Each page covers a single tip or iPhone feature, which is something I appreciated right away. MacNewsWorld
  
• O2 Powers Up Customer Service for iPhone Crowds - O2 has substantially bulked up its customer service staff ahead of the high-profile launch of Apple's iPhone this week as the mobile operator looks to ensure that consumers that fork out for the expensive handset receive the best possible support. O2 will add 1,400 staff prior to the launch of the handset on Friday to ensure it can cope with the unprecedented demand for the flashy phone. MacNewsWorld
• BBC: iPhone Competitors in UK Not Panicking - iPodObserver - More than 285 million mobile phones were sold in the third quarter this year while Apple sold just 1.4 million. That's an impressive opening number for Apple, however, mobile handset manufacturers, while not panicking, are keeping a close eye on Apple, according to the BBC News on Wednesday. Mac Observer
• The Anti-iPhone Sales Pitch - Hot Forum Topic - Today TMO readers are discussing the sales pitches they have received trying to sway them away from Apple's iPhone. Mac Observer
• iPhone Display Maker Balda Under Scrutiny - iPodObserver - The Germany-based Balda, believed by many analysts to be the primary iPhone touch screen supplier, is under scrutiny for its financial practices. Financial analysts are questioning the secrecy surrounding a US$50 million deal that gave unnamed investors "convertible profit participation rights." Mac Observer
• Apple iPhone Launches in Germany and UK on November 9th - Apple will be launching the iPhone in the UK and Germany this Friday, November 9th. MacRumors.com
• Google phones won't challenge iPhone any time soon, says ARM CEO - San Francisco (IDGNS) - Google's move into the market for smartphone operating software on Monday has hyped the idea of a "Gphone," but the new software may take a while to catch on, the head of mobile microprocessor developer ARM said Wednesday. Yahoo! NEWS
• Poll: consumers plan to use iPhone for work as well as play - While the iPhone is positioned as a consumer device, a recent IDC poll of U.S. professionals shopping for mobile devices at www.MyProductAdvisor.com suggests that this segment of the population is planning to use the device for both work and play. Nearly 70 percent of those polled who already own, or plan to purchase an iPhone in the next 12 months, consider the device to be for both personal and business use. MacimumNews
• IT pros get high-end app through iPhone - Apple's iPhone and iPod touch have taken another step toward enterprise users with news of support for these devices for web-based management and emergency notifications software from MIR3. Macworld UK
• EPICENTER - Will Friday iPhone Update Brick Your Phone? Wired
  

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