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• THIS DAY IN APPLE HISTORY November 23, 1995: Toy Story Premieres - The history of Pixar, thus far, can be divided into two sections: money sucking hobby of Steve Jobs and incredibly successful movie studio. The dividing line between the two parts (read more) Applematters
• Apple posts Black Friday deals, save on Macs, iPods, and more for one day only - Apple has posted their Black Friday deals. These prices are good for one day only... MacDailyNews
• MarketWatch holds Readers’ Choice CEO of the Year Award poll (Apple CEO Steve Job among candidates) - On December 6th, MarketWatch will announce the winner of its annual CEO of the Year Award... MacDailyNews
• Why you should buy a Mac and some AAPL, too - Apple (AAPL) is trading at $164 per share, $28 off their yearly high... MacDailyNews
• Cringely: Why did Burst.com let Apple off the hook for only $10 million? - Sometimes there is as much news in the timing of an announcement... MacDailyNews
• TRI expects Apple to see notebook sales grow 30% in 2008 - Global shipments of notebook PCs are expected to reach 93 million units... MacDailyNews
• Apple Retail Stores Publish Extended Hours for Holidays - iPodObserver - Apple announced special extended hours for their retail stores for the holiday weekend and have also published special hours well into January. Mac Observer
  
• Apple's Annual Black Friday Sale: Ready. Set. Shop. - iPodObserver - Apple holds a one-day sale event annually on the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. This year's "Ready. Set. Shop." sale will be on Friday, November 23, also known as "Black Friday." Mac Observer
• Apple (and Others) Black Friday 2007 Sales Prices and Links [Updated] - Popular online retailers such as BestBuy, CompUSA, CircuitCity.com, and Amazon are now participating in online Black Friday sales. MacRumors.com
• Apple EMEA education chief - interview - Apple EMEA education chief explains Apple's educational strategy, and talks about the future of technology in education. Macworld UK
• Your Rights Online: Apple, Burst Reach Settlement - An anonymous reader writes "In 2005, Microsoft settled Burst's lawsuit for infringements on media player patents for $60 million. Many thought that Apple would be a ripe target next. However, Apple successfully voided 14 out of 36 Burst.com's patent claims in their iPod lawsuit. Apple would have gone after the remaining 22 claims. Today, Market Wire announced that the case was settled out of court: "Apple agreed to pay Burst a one-time payment of $10 million cash in exchange for a non-exclusive license to Burst's patent portfolio, not including one issued U.S. patent and 3 pending U.S. patent applications related to new DVR technology. Burst agreed not to sue Apple for any future infringement of the DVR patent and any patents that might issue from the pending DVR-related applications." The big winner would be the lawyers who reduced the settlement to approximately $4.6 million." Slashdot
  

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Mac Hardware

• Apple slashes prices on Macs and iPods for 24-hour sale - Apple Computer early Friday morning kicked-off the 2007 holiday shopping season with its annual "Black Friday" sale, offering significant discounts on Macs, iPods and accessories. AppleInsider
• MacMall, Microsoft, Amazon, others holding Black Friday sales - MacMall today is offering discounts of up to $600 on Apple's latest desktop and notebook offerings. OnSale.com is holding an iPod sale that includes free gifts. Microsoft is effectively offering $100 off Mac Office 2008. Amazon.com has slashed prices on digital cameras and HDTVs. And Buy.com and Parallels are also holding strong sales. AppleInsider
• Benchmarked: NewerTech G4 1.8 GHz Upgrade - Last week I went over upgrading a PowerMac with one of NewerTech’s fabulous G4 upgrades (single processor, 1.8 GHz), and the process was easy enough when done with some common (read more) Applematters
• Black Friday Sale: $101 off iMac - Pick up some cheap(er) Mac, iPod gear. Insanely Great Mac
• You need this... - The Mac fan acid test gets a new benchmark—the Quicksilver mailbox Insanely Great Mac
• Apple seeks patent for compactable disc adaptor - One of the problems with slot-loading optical drives is that they aren't compatible with 8cm discs. Apple thinks it has come up with a variety of schemes for adaptors that can be packaged within the dimensions of an 8cm disc in order to save shipping costs. itwire
• Advanced Multitouch Gesturing Patents - PCJoint.com points to ongoing research by Apple into multi-touch technologies. The most recent patent applications reveal techniques to recognize both palm and finger contacts in order to react appropriately. MacRumors.com
• Apple patent involves compactable memory storage disc adapter - An Apple patent (number 20070271577) involving a compactable memory disc adapter and method of using it have appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. It relates generally to a memory storage device. More specifically, the invention describes a compactable memory storage disc adapter. MacimumNews
• New patents involve Apple + Nike initiative - Apple patents involving the Apple + Nike initiative have appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Patent number 20070270663 is for a system that includes a portable media player and physiologic data gathering device. MacimumNews
• Gear Up - Getting started on your holiday shopping? Make sure you start here. Our winter gift guide profiles 49 Mac-compatible gadgets, in three categories: digital entertainment, photography and video, and travel. Within each category, you’ll find gifts at various prices, making it that much easier to find the right gift at the right price for each recipient. And if you’re still stumped, our colleagues at Network World have even more ideas, starting with a mobile phone you might have read about during the past few months. Macworld
• Apple patents multi-touch for hands - As the US sleeps for Thanksgiving, a range of Apple patents appear that suggest a wealth of innovation still remains unspent inside the doors of Cupertino's r&d labs. Macworld UK
• Broadband Britain confirmed - Broadband dominates UK 'Net access, though slowing take-up poses peril of entrenched digital divide, as 40 per cent of UK homes still lack access. Macworld UK

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OS X & Software

• Issues with Finder sidebar, desktop item display in Leopard -The Finder in Leopard is evincing a variety of drawing glitches. A fairly common complaint is that the sidebar in a Finder window will show two copies of the same disk. Here's one report: MacFixIt
• PRODUCT PROFILE Boob Tube Tech: A Golden Age for Couch Potatoes - TV lovers have never had it better. You don't have to stay glued anymore to the boob tube just to catch a favorite show. You don't even have to be home to watch. A bumper crop of gadgets and services can grab, deliver and play back television programs and movies anytime or anywhere to give couch potatoes their fix. All you need is a high-speed Internet connection. MacNewsWorld
• DJ-1800 v3.0 now Universal Binary - DJ-1800 has released the DJ-1800 v3.0, and update of the professional DJ software for Mac. Version 3.0 delivers pitch lock and automatic BPM calculation. In addition, it enables users to plug in an iPod and go. MacimumNews
• eX-cinder changes name to Creaceed - eX-cinder, the company behind Morph Age and Magnet, creative apps for for Mac OS X, has changed its name to Creaceed. MacimumNews
•  Pixaria Gallery update includes support for advanced Boolean image searches, more - Pixaria has unveiled Pixaria Gallery 2.0, an update of the content management system for photographers. It has more than 20 major new features, including support for advanced Boolean image searches and a new standards compliant user interface and the ability for photographers to designate users who can upload photos of their own. MacimumNews
• Akvis LightShop now Universal Binary - Akvis has updated Akvis LightShop for Mac and Windows systems to version 2.0. The software lets you create a number of light effects that an animate any photo. Now the program is available in both standalone and plug-in versions. MacimumNews
• Cocktail gets maintenance update - Cocktail 4.0.1 (Leopard Edition) has been released. It’s the latest maintenance update for the general purpose utility for Mac OS X. latest maintenance update for Cocktail (Leopard Edition). It addresses performance issues of Clear System Caches, Clear User Caches and Clear Internet Caches actions, fixes a bug in which Pilot scheduler could not be enabled and resolves a number of other minor issues discovered in the previous release. MacimumNews
• Video: 10 More 10.5 tips - Another Thanksgiving is in the books, but Rob Griffiths still finds something to be thankful for—10 little tricks that can help you get more out of Leopard. In the latest Macworld video, Rob shows you how to drag and drop file uploads in Safari, zoom into PDFs and images in Quick Look, set Dock printers to auto-quit, and much more. Still hungry for Leopard tips? Check out Kirk McElhearn’s advice on setting Parental Controls in OS X 10.5. Macworld
• Leopard lurgy hits laptop battery life - Reports emerge that claim Apple's new OS puts extra stress on Mac laptop battery life. Macworld UK
• DJ-1800 3.0 digital DJ software ships - Play music directly from your iPod using your Mac, pitch-shifting and BPM calculation all offered within latest version of powerful digital DJ software application. Macworld UK
• Skype cancels London numbers - Skype has informed some of its customers that the London telephone number they use for incoming calls will stop working next month. Macworld UK
• Remote working better for staff and employers - Working from home (or teleworking) is better for workers and bosses, as it boosts morale and job satisfaction, and cuts stress levels, researchers have shown. Macworld UK

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iPods & iTunes

• Do We Only Buy iPods Because Our Poop Stinks? - Where our cave dwelling ancestors, after having dragged themselves out of the primordial slush, sought shelter, food, clothing, fire, weapons, tools, and a couple of sticks to bang together, we (read more) Applematters
• Apple settles Burst.com patent case - Apple and Burst.com have agreed that $US10 million is enough to settle the latter's patent infringement claim. itwire
• onSale holds 48-Hour Apple iPod sale, including 10% off iPod touch - onSale.com has announced that they are running a 48-hour Thanksgiving Special Sale on Apple iPods... MacDailyNews
• Burst, Apple settle lawsuit - Burst.com has settled with Apple in return for a one-time payment of US$10 million cash, giving Apple a patent license providing the right to use Burst’s intellectual property in its own technology and products, without further consideration, reports Sys-Con Media. MacimumNews
•  Apple patents involve iTunes and media content - Apple patents involving the iTunes store and its content have appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Patent number 20070266028 is for processing of metadata content and media content received by a media distribution system. It relates to media asset management, and more particularly, to submission of media assets to a distribution system in a client-server environment. MacimumNews
• Oz study confirms iPods boost learning - Six-month Australian research project reinforces claims that use of iPods and Apple technologies in the classroom can boost attainment, attendance and results. Macworld UK
• Microsoft blows Zune supply - Microsoft blows the launch of its Zune 80, supply doesn't match demand in critical US Thanksgiving market, but Apple isn't threatened by Redmond's power play. Macworld UK
• iPod: The Missing Manual reaches sixth edition - iPod: The Missing Manual reaches sixth edition, author guides users through the latest iPod models. Macworld UK

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iPhone

• Europe's $1,478 iPhones - Battles are breaking out in Europe over Apple's attempts to let a single carrier sell its mobile phones. Here's what happened when Apple lost a ruling in Germany. CNN Money
• Orange iPhone Contract 49 Euros Per Month - Pricing details leaked. Insanely Great Mac
• Unpatched iPhones said at risk - Readily available hack allows access to calls, data, more using the .tif vulnerability Insanely Great Mac
• Charlie Sheen caught talking into upside-down Apple iPhone (with Jenny McCarthy) - Actor Charlie Sheen's been caught talking into an upside-down iPhone... MacDailyNews
• PRODUCT REVIEW The iPhone and Everything - Apple's iPhone has shaken up the smartphone business and set other manufacturers scrambling to add features and make it easier to get e-mail, surf the Web and enjoy music and movies on a cell phone. Prices also have come down to the point where some of these feature-packed models cost little more than "dumb" phones. Sizes have come down too -- gone are the days when carrying a smartphone was a workout. Remember, though, that you need a data plan to get the most out of a smartphone, which usually adds about $20 to the monthly cost. MacNewsWorld
• Nov. 29 is court date for iPhone controversy in Germany - A Hamburg, Germany court will hear the case on T-Mobile Deutschland’s German marketing rights for the iPhone Nov. 29, reports CNN Money. Following a court order, T-Mobile has made changes to its iPhone offer, but has said it expects its marketing model to hold up in court, the article adds. MacimumNews
• Studywiz for iPhone - Mobile learning takes a leap with news the popular Studywiz learning platform will be made available for the iPhone. Macworld UK
• Orange 'dramatically increases' UK hotspot access - Mobile operator Orange has signed a deal with European WiFi network operator The Cloud, taking its UK coverage to more than 10,000 hotspots. Macworld UK
• O2 has Wigan-sized iPhone problem - Exclusive Just 26,500 activated, lots of stock The Register
• T-Mobile Unlocks iPhone in Germany -- At A Price - Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile has bowed to the demands of a German court. On Monday, the court had ordered the company to change its marketing campaign for Apple's iPhone and issued a restraining order prohibiting the company from selling the Mac-maker's handset. Yahoo! NEWS

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