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• Best Buy to double number of stores selling Apple's Mac line - Leading U.S. electronics specialty retailer Best Buy said this week it plans to increase the number of stores carrying Apple Inc.'s Mac computer line twofold in the next several weeks, signaling robust demand for the Windows PC alternatives in the broader consumer market. AppleInsider
• Resounding Apple presence evident at this year's CES conference - Despite its absence from the conference, Apple's impact on this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is evident from a quick stroll around the showroom floor, say analysts for investment bank Piper Jaffray who are on hand as observers. AppleInsider
• What to Expect from MacWorld 2008 - It’s that time of the year when we Mac commentators put what’s left of our reputations on the line and tell you what to expect from MacWorld San Francisco (MWSF). Applematters
  
• Best Buy to double Mac presence - Perhaps hinterland cities without an Apple Store can hope... Insanely Great Mac
• Gates: Ready to Take on Apple, Google - This emperor really doesn't have any clothes. Insanely Great Mac
• UBS: Best Buy to nearly double number of stores selling Macs as demand stays strong - The electronics retailer plans to nearly double the number of stores that sell Apple's Mac computers... MacDailyNews
• Former Apple Exec Richard Kerris Joins Lucasfilm - Lucasfilm announced on Wednesday that former Apple executive Richard Kerris has joined the entertainment and special effects company as Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Kerris will oversee technical operations for Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Sound, LucasArts, Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and Lucas Onlin. Mac Observer
• Macworld Expo Keynote Reader Predictions - Hot Forum Topic - With Macworld Expo 2008 and the obligatory Steve Jobs keynote only days away, TMO readers are sharing their thoughts on just exactly what Apple may introduce. Mac Observer

• Ready-made Macworld Expo iCal Schedules - TMO Quick Tip - Macworld Expo 2008 starts next Monday on January 14 which means we are only days away from exciting announcements, reunions with old friends, and crazy schedules. There's so much to do that it can be easy to forget to add something to your calendar, so pixelography.com's Rock Norris took on the unenviable task of creating iCal schedules for everything at this year's event. Mac Observer
• Best Buy is official merchandising Store for MWSF - IDG World Expo, which produces trade shows and events, has announced that Best Buy has been selected as the official merchandising store for Macworld Conference & Expo, scheduled to take place Jan. 14-18, at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. MacimumNews
• Lucasfilm appoints former Apple exec as chief technology officer - Lucasfilm has named Richard Kerris, a former Apple exec, as chief technology officer. As CTO, Kerris will oversee the technical operations and help develop and execute the company’s technology strategy for Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Sound, LucasArts, Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and Lucas Online. MacimumNews
• Andrea Jung takes 30,000 Apple shares - Apple's compensation package for its latest executive recruit, Andrea Jung, has been revealed in a regulatory filing, company to hand over stock options and $50,000 per year for Avon boss to join Apple board. Macworld UK
  
• MAC - MacWorld Highlights: Look for Upgrades, iPhone Apps Wired
• CULT OF MAC - Apple Plotting an Avon Power Play? Wired

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Mac Hardware

• THIS DAY IN APPLE HISTORY January 10, 2005: Year of HD - Steve Jobs is fond of dubbing the rhythmic cycle of four seasons “years” of this or that. Mac loyalists were treated to the “year of the laptop” and undoubtedly fellow Applematters
• Get yer Mac Pro memory - OWC has kits available for your new pro desktop kit Insanely Great Mac
• Mac Pro (Early 2008): iMovie may unexpectedly quit, other issue - Apple has published a slew of new support documents concerning the recently refreshed Mac Pro models. Among the noted issues: MacFixIt
• New System Brings Big Storage to Xserve Environments - Nexsan Technologies is moving into the high-end storage market for Mac-using organizations by offering a new high-density disk storage solution that will ramp up to a whopping 42 terabytes. Its SATABeast Xi is based on the company's SATABeast, but the Xi has been modified to work with the Apple Xserve and integrate into Mac Pro markets. In addition to a new user interface that's geared for customers familiar with Leopard, the SATABeast Xi has a new front cover that complements Apple's own product designs. MacNewsWorld
• OWC announces memory upgrades for new Mac Pros - Other World Computing has announced availability of OWC Memory Upgrade Kits for the latest Mac Pro 8-Core Xeon models announced Tuesday. The OWC (FB-DIMM) 800MHz DDR2 72-Bit ECC fully-buffered Memory Upgrade Modules are available in matched sets of 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB modules for up to 32GB of total memory. MacimumNews
• Apple releases new Mac Pro - The new Mac Pro combines two of Intel’s new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon 5400 processors running up to 3.2 GHz, new graphics and up to 4TB of internal storage. Prices start at $2,799. Apple also unveiled a new version of Xserve supposedly twice as fast as its predecessor. Macworld
• Revealed: USB 3.0 jacks and sockets - CES Next incarnation of the bus standard makes an appearance The Register
• Apple guns Xserve and Mac Pro to 11 - Er, make that 8 The Register

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OS X & Software

• Parallels rides Apple servers into hypervisor fray - Virtualization company hopes to bring on its Apple Mac virtualization expertise software from the desktop to the server market. But do we need another hypervisor? (From News.com's Underexposed blog.) C|Net News
• Parallels Server beta released - Up to 50 guest operating systems on a single machine Insanely Great Mac
• Some real Garmin lovin'? - Company taunts faithful 'you're gonna love it' Insanely Great Mac
• Tenon releases iTools 9 for Mac OS X; Apache web serving made easy - Tenon announced today the release and immediate availability of iTools 9... MacDailyNews
• Parallels Server beta available for Mac OS X, Linux, and WIndows servers - SWsoft (soon to be renamed Parallels) today announced the release of the beta version of Parallels Server... MacDailyNews
• Cannot copy and paste in Leopard: repair permissions - If repairing permissions with Disk Utility (located in /Applications/Utilities) is a useless ritual, don't tell the group of users who have been able to reverse an inability to cut/copy and paste under Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) via the process. MacFixIt
• Garmin to release a Bobcat at next week’s MWSF - The folks at Garmin are teasing that a new product codenamed “Bobcat” will be unveiled at next week’s Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco. MacimumNews
• SWsoft Releases Beta of Parallels Server - SWsoft announced on Wednesday the Beta release of its Parallels Server, a hypervisor-powered server virtualization solution. It is the first virtualization system designed to run on Apple servers, Mac Pro and Xserve, but also runs on any 64-bit server hardware running Windows or Linux. Mac Observer
  
• Merlin 2.5 Adds Network, Leopard Support - ProjectWizards announced the immediate availability of Merlin 2.5 on Wednesday. The updated version of the project management application added the ability to collaborate over a network and added Mac OS X 10.5 support. Mac Observer
  
• TweakerSoft Launches VectorDesigner for Mac OS X - TweakerSoft announced the immediate availability of VectorDesigner 1.0 on Wednesday. VectorDesigner is a vector-based graphic design application that also handles raster images and offers pre-output color correction. Mac Observer
• Macgamestore Intros Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients - Mac Gaming News - Macgamestore.com announced the immediate availability of Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients on Wednesday. The followup game to Chocolatier has players working to build a new chocolate empire after losing control of Baumeister Confections. Mac Observer
• NewsGator updates products, offers RSS reader products for free - NewsGator announced today the general availability of NetNewsWire 3.1, FeedDemon 2.6, and NewsGator Go! for Windows Mobile 2.0. The public beta of NewsGator Inbox 3.0 also began today. The award-winning products for PC (FeedDemon), Mac (NetNewsWire), Microsoft Outlook (Inbox), and mobile (NewsGator Go!) deliver a RSS reading experience that synchronizes through NewsGator’s online platform. MacimumNews
• Parallels Server beta available for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux powered servers - SWsoft (soon to be renamed Parallels) has released the beta version of Parallels Server, the company’s hypervisor-powered server virtualization solution. Parallels Server is the first virtualization solution designed to run on Apple hardware, including Mac Pros and Xserves, and the first to run multiple copies of Mac OS X Server 10.5 (“Leopard”) on a single Mac. MacimumNews
• ‘Pangea Software’s Ultimate Game Programming Guide for Mac OS X’ now free - Pangea Software has begun offering the programming book, Pangea Software’s Ultimate Game Programming Guide for Mac OS X for free. Previously, it costs US$49.95. MacimumNews
• Rondo MIDI player updated with over a dozen new features - FracturedSoftware has updated Rondo, its MIDI player for Mac OS X, to version 2.7. The upgrade includes over a dozen new features including a MIDI export option, note names on the keyboard and drag and drop loading of a file. The music library also has sortable playlist columns and several user fields to add your own info. MacimumNews
• Review: Mac OS X 10.5 Server - If you don’t already have a directory service or dedicated servers, and are just now thinking about implementing such things for the first time, Mac OS X 10.5 Server is a compelling product; just keep in mind that some of its services don’t work as well as they should. Macworld
• Borders to offer software-on-demand - Book retailer Borders will introduce SoftWide's unique software-on-demand service at its Oxford Street shop on 4 February. Macworld UK
• Free Trojan removal tool for OS X available now - Free DNSChanger Removal Tool detects and removes spyware targeting Mac OS X. Called DNSChanger Trojan. Macworld UK
• CES: Intel CEO says 'get ready for the Personal Internet' - Future devices and solutions will enable a more personalised world, improve learning and medical care, Intel boss asserts - and Apple's chip supplier wants a stake in that future. Macworld UK
• Google and Facebook team up - Key companies in their joint support of the DataPortability initiative presents a new opportunity for the next generation of software, industry observers believe. Macworld UK
• Jeremy Clarkson ripped off - Jeremy Clarkson learnt something this week - he learned not to publish personal banking information in a national newspaper. Macworld UK
• COOL APPS - MacWorld Software: Better Leopard, New Office, HD iTunes Wired

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iPods, iTunes & Apple TV

• Warner Bros said to have signed on for iTunes movie rentals - Major motion picture studio Warner Bros, which was reported earlier this month to be mulling a deal with Apple to offer up its catalog for a new iTunes rental service, is now said to have inked a deal with the iTunes operator that will see its films available through the service at launch. AppleInsider
• Apple to standardize iTunes music prices across Europe - Apple said Wednesday that within six months it will lower the prices it charges for music on its UK iTunes Store to match the already standardized pricing on its other European iTunes Stores. AppleInsider
• Apple changes its tune - Europe drops its unfair pricing case after the iPod maker agrees to alter the way it prices iTunes downloads CNN Money
• Apple passes on DRM alliance - Another trade group whose stated aim is to tilt at windmills Insanely Great Mac
• UK iTS prices coming down [updated] - Ball now in labels' court, facing pressure to unify wholesale cost. European Commission drops its inquiry of Apple... Insanely Great Mac
• Multiple studios to rent via iTunes - Fox, Warner, Paramount, Disney and Lions Gate all on-board Insanely Great Mac
• Apple, EC to settle iTunes pricing case - Apple is set to resolve charges by the European Commission that its country-based iTunes Stores contravene European Union rules. itwire
• NBC allies Microsoft to develop video DRM after Apple told NBC to kiss off - NBC Universal has formed a coalition with a group of technology companies... MacDailyNews
• Apple to standardize iTunes Store music prices throughout Europe; EU kills antitrust case - Apple today announced that within six months it will lower the prices it charges for music... MacDailyNews
• Sony unveils Made for iPod shelf systems, car stereos, HD Radio with iTunes Tagging - Sony has introduced its first Made for iPod line of shelf systems with a wide range of connectivity options... MacDailyNews
• Fox DVD Tips iTunes Movie Plans - iPodObserver - Rumors began surfacing late in December that Apple and 20th Century Fox signed a deal to include iPod-compatible movies on the studio's latest DVD releases. That rumor seems even more plausible now that a Family Guy DVD due for release on January 15 has made it into the wild: The disc appears to include an iTunes and iPod-compatible version of the movie that requires iTunes 7.6. Mac Observer
• Pure-Fi Elite - iPO Review - Logitech's Pure-Fi Elite bills itself as a "high performance stereo system for iPod" and I'm pleased to report that it pretty much lives up to its own hyperbole and might even exceed it. Mac Observer
  
• EU Closes iTunes Investigation - iPodObserver - The European Union has closed its investigation into iTunes Store sales following Apple's announcement that it plans to introduce a unified European pricing scheme within six months. The E.U. investigation began in April 2007 after a U.K. consumer organization complained that British iTunes Store customers were paying more for music downloads than other European customers. Mac Observer
  
• Apple Agrees to Standardize EU iTunes Pricing - iPodObserver - Apple Inc. announced on Wednesday plans to lower the price of iTunes Store music purchases in the U.K. within six months to match E.U. pricing. The change in fees will standardize iTunes Store pricing throughout Europe. Mac Observer
  
• Apple Lowering iTunes Prices in UK - Apple announced today that it would be standardizing iTunes music pricing in Europe. As a result, it will lower prices it charges for music in its UK iTunes store to match the pricing across the rest of Europe. MacRumors.com
• Apple to standardize iTunes music prices throughout Europe - Apple says that within six months it will lower the prices it charges for music on its UK iTunes Store to match the already standardized pricing on iTunes across Europe in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain. MacimumNews
• Proposed Dutch levy on iPods foiled - An attempt by Dutch artists to force a levy be imposed on sales of iPods, MP3 players and blank optical media was shot down in a Netherlands court yesterday. According to Reuters, the rights organization Norma, which compensates artists for the use of their copyrighted material, lost its bid for new levies. MacimumNews
• European Commission ‘welcomes’ Apple’s iTunes announcement - The European Commission has issued a statement saying it welcomes Apple’s announcement to equalize prices for downloads of songs from its iTunes online store in Europe within the next six months. This puts an end to the different treatment of UK consumers who currently have to pay higher prices for downloads, the EU says. MacimumNews
• Apple to lower UK iTunes prices - Apple will lower UK iTunes prices 'within six months' company promises. Move is an attempt to answer EU criticism of varied iTunes price structure in Europe. Macworld UK
• CES: Film studios praise Apple's iTunes - The pre-Macworld Expo rumour mill continues unabashed, with further reports suggesting big news from the company - could film rentals emerge in iTunes next week? Macworld UK
• EC statement on Apple iTunes price change - Europe’s competition commissioner Neelie Kroes said: "The Commission is very much in favour of solutions which allow consumers to benefit from a truly single market for music downloads." Macworld UK
• Dutch court rejects iPod tax - Netherlands music market continues its decline as government, courts reject MP3 player levy to compensate artists. Macworld UK
• MWSF: iPod gains electric drives - ZAP is previewing a made for iPod electric car as well as introducing its iZAP rechargeable battery technology for the iPod at the show. Macworld UK
• Apple cuts UK iTunes prices - Heads off EC investigation The Register
• iTunes downloads in UK to become cheaper - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - British music fans will pay less for downloads from Apple's online iTunes store after Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs reached a deal with the European Commission. Yahoo! NEWS
• PORTABLE MUSIC - Apple Adjusts iTunes Pricing Policy to Appease EU, Britain Wired

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iPhone

• Opera coming to the iPhone - They're just waiting for Apple's SDK to hit the streets Insanely Great Mac
• For iPhone, A Trojan - Follow the shoe. Insanely Great Mac

• Gates: Microsoft won’t launch iPhone rival - Microsoft will not launch a product that competes directly with Apple's iPhone... MacDailyNews
• Trojan created for jailbroken iPhones - F-Secure reports a trojan has been created for unlocked iPhones... MacDailyNews

• Revisiting our iPhone wish list - It’s been a year since Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone—not to mention six months since Apple’s smartphone hit the market. With just a week before a Macworld Expo that could introduce even more capabilities to the phone, we look back at our feature wishlist to see what’s been addressed and what’s still missing. Macworld
  
• iPhone virus confirmed - Users warned to be secure after first iPhone Trojan sighted, the Trojan only affects unlocked iPhones and doesn't do too much damage, but shows that security concerns are real. Macworld UK
• Microsoft won't launch iPhone rival: report - FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Microsoft will not launch a product that competes directly with Apple's iPhone, Chairman Bill Gates said in an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Yahoo! NEWS

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