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• Greenpeace gives Apple improving environmental marks; ranks Microsoft near bottom - Greenpeace first released their 'Guide to Greener Electronics' in August 2006... MacDailyNews
• FUD Alert: Fast Company publishes Apple hit piece - This promises to be a joyous holiday season for Steve Jobs... MacDailyNews
• Fortune’s 25 Most Powerful Businesspeople in the World: #1 Apple CEO Steve Jobs - Some are empire builders. Others are hired guns. But if they truly have world-class oomph... MacDailyNews
• Nielsen: Traffic to Apple.com up 111-percent on Black Friday - Nielsen Online, a service of The Nielsen Company, reported today that at home Web traffic MacDailyNews
• Apple Store holds ‘Cyber Monday Special Event’ one-day-only (U.S. and Canada) - Apple is holding a one-day-only Cyber Monday Special Event via their Online U.S. and Canada Apple Stores... MacDailyNews
• The Apple Store's Holiday Makeover - Not a cash register is in sight. The electronics on display are all powered up and ready for use. Personal trainers, specialists and newly minted concierges in aqua blue shirts make the Apple Store feel part salon, part Internet cafe -- just without the espresso. Over the past year, Apple has revamped its 201 stores, changing the layout, adding services and increasing its staffing. The "concierge" service that Apple launched last week is only the latest initiative designed to draw more visitors and bolster already record-breaking sales. MacNewsWorld
• Fortune Names Steve Jobs the Most Powerful Business Person - Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been called many things over the years, and now Fortune has added something else to that list: The most powerful business person in the world. Mac Observer
• Win a Platinum or Super Pass to Macworld Expo - TMO Contest - TMO is giving away a Platinum Pass or a Super Pass to Macworld Expo 2008 in San Francisco this coming January. The drawing is open through December 4th, and two winners (yes, TWO -- one for each!) will be picked and notified later that week. No purchase is necessary, of course! Come back and register up to once per day. Mac Observer
• Steve Jobs Rated Most Powerful Businessperson - Fortune magazine has ranked Steve Jobs as the most powerful person in business in its annual ranking of the 25 most powerful people in business. Fortune also posts an article on The Power of Steve Jobs. MacRumors.com
• Jobs tops ‘25 most powerful people in business’ list - Apple CEO Steve Jobs tops Fortune magazine’s list of the “25 most powerful people in business.” Here’s what Fortune has to say about Apple’s fearless leader: MacimumNews
• ‘Fast Company’: Apple should have ‘joyous’ holiday season - This promises to be a joyous holiday season for Apple, according to Fast Company. Why? MacimumNews
• Apple stock rising - Wall Street analysts proffer positive guidance on Apple's stock. Macworld UK
• Apple UK sales day on 30 Nov. - 'Black Friday' comes to the UK on 30 November, when Apple will offer a range of discounts to users. Macworld UK
  
• No Escaping Apple's New Store Design - NewsFactor - Apple is gearing up for a boffo year at the cash registers this holiday season. The recent price cuts in the groundbreaking iPhone, the fall release of the innovative iPod touch, a stellar launch for the new Leopard OS, along with renovations of Apple Stores and just-in-time launches of the iPhone in several European countries, Apple is looking forward to a stellar shopping season, despite a dragging economy. Yahoo! NEWS
  

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Mac Hardware

• Apple aware some MacBooks contain flawed Seagate drives - Apple Inc. is acknowledging that some of its MacBook notebooks shipped with hard disk drives plagued by a manufacturing flaw that can result in permanent data loss even when used under routine operating conditions. AppleInsider
• Apple Investigating Some MacBook Seagate Drives - Manufacturing flaw may result in data loss. Insanely Great Mac
• Is the whole world having a "c-change" and going Mac? - Recently a long time PC user friend dropped a bombshell on me - he had a "c-change" and bought an iMac. A sophisticated Windows user who works for one of the world's largest PC software companies (not Microsoft), he told me he couldn't be bothered with Windows any more, didn't like Vista. What's more, he said many of his colleagues at the office had also gone Mac. What's going on here? Recent Mac market share statistics are quite revealing. itwire
• Will USB 3 Kill FireWire? - Hot Forum Topic - Today TMO readers are discussing what USB 3 may bring to the table and what impact that may have of FireWire Mac Observer
• Apple Acknowledges Reports Of MacBook Hard Drive Failures - Apple has acknowledged to InformationWeek that it has received reports of MacBook hard drive failures and is looking into the problem. MacRumors.com
• Fujitsu to release 2.5-inch hard disk with 320GB capacity - Fujitsu Limited is developing a MHZ2 BH series of 2.5-inch hard disk drives with a maximum capacity of 320 GB. Sales of the new series will begin in February 2008. MacimumNews
• From the Lab: Updating our Speedmark 5 results - Since the introduction of Leopard, we in the Macworld Lab have been busy little testers, running the new and the not so new Macs we have around through the paces of our new overall performance benchmark, Speedmark 5. Now we’re adding results for seven systems to our main Speedmark 5 test results chart. Six of these systems are older, pre-Intel systems, while one is the recent (and much-requested) build-to-order iMac with a 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo processor. Macworld
• Toshiba, NEC collaborate on 32-nm chips - Toshiba and NEC Electronics will collaborate on the development of manufacturing technology for next-generation chips, they said Tuesday. Macworld UK
• Apple 'looking into' duff Chinese hard drive claims - Responds to above-average drive failure rates The Register

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OS X & Software

• A Bad PR Stunt - I am very sorry to post this publicly but at this point this has gone to far. Apple Matters is a big site, and it runs on Expression Engine, one (read more) Applematters
• Multiple Mac sites taken down - 'Malcwhore' spreads more FUD, hubris Insanely Great Mac
• Boot Camp/10.4.11 'Bricking' Some Macs? - Ensure your critical files are backed up if you're messing with system updates. Insanely Great Mac
• Vista a 'terrible product' - CNet has its say on Redmond's latest OS. Could Apple's 'hockey puck' mouse be worse still? Insanely Great Mac
• Exploit for QuickTime vulnerability in circulation - A proof of concept exploit for a recently discovered QuickTime vulnerability has been released. itwire
• 200+ productivity-boosting Mac OS X Leopard keyboard shortcuts - Usingmac.com has posted a comprehensive list of over 200 keyboard shortcuts for Apple's Mac OS X Leopard... MacDailyNews
• QuickTime vulnerability can crash QuickTime on Macs - The QuickTime vulnerability disclosed in the Windows version of QuickTime last week also affects... MacDailyNews
• Mac OS X 10.5.1: Admin rights, audio missing after update, fixes - Admin rights missing after update, fix Some users have reported an issue after updating to Mac OS X 10.5.1 that should have only been occurring after the initial upgrade to Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) according to Knowledge Base article #306876 -- a loss of appropriate rights for administrator accounts, which inherit standard account rights. MacFixIt
• Firefox Vulnerable to New QuickTime Exploit - Apple has been presented with yet another security headache by an independent researcher. Krystian Kloskowski has posted a proof-of-concept exploit for a vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime multimedia software. The researcher said that a successful attack could enable the remote execution of malicious code. MacNewsWorld
• Boot Camp Beta and Tiger 10.4.11 a Disaster for Some - A few users at Apple's discussion forum are experiencing a severe problem with the Beta of Boot Camp installed under Tiger, then updating to 10.4.11. The result is that the Mac cannot boot and the only remedy is to extract the user data in FireWire Target Mode, reformat and reinstall the OS. Mac Observer
• AccountEdge 2008 Adds Support for Apple Apps - MYOB US announced the immediate availability of AccountEdge 2008 on Tuesday. The new version of the small business accounting application added support for iCal integration and .Mac iDisk backups. Mac Observer
• Memories 1.1 Beefs Up Encryption - Coding Robots announced the immediate availability of Mémories 1.1 on Tuesday. The updated version of the personal journaling application added support for AES-128 encryption. Mac Observer
• Chopper 1.1 Sports New Graphics, Sounds - Mac Gaming News - Majic Jungle Software announced the immediate availability of Chopper 1.1 on Tuesday. The updated version of the side-scrolling helicopter game gained improved graphics and updated sound effects. Mac Observer
• Typinator 2.1 Gets Mac OS X 10.5 Support - Ergonis Software announced the immediate availability of Typinator 2.1 on Tuesday. The updated version of the auto-typing and typo correction application added support for Apple's new Leopard operating system. Mac Observer
• Toon Boom Releases Flip Boom Animation for Kids - Toon Boom announced the immediate availability of Flip Boom on Tuesday. Flip Boom is an animation application designed for kids who are interested in creating their own animated clips. Mac Observer
• The Semi-Hidden Features of Leopard - By now, you've likely heard all about the big new features in Leopard (aka Mac OS X 10.5): Time Machine, Spaces, the beefed-up Mail application, the improved Spotlight, and the rest. What you may not have heard about, indeed what you may not even know about despite already having installed Leopard on your Mac, are many of Leopard's small new features. Mac Observer
• MacITT, Apple Matters Defaced by Hacker - MacITT, AppleMatters and iPhoneMatters, three Apple and Mac related information Web sites, were defaced by a hacker Monday night. The regular site contents was replaced with a message about "excessive Apple fanboism." Mac Observer
• Vista makes list of ‘top 10 terrible tech products’ - Windows Vista has made the “Top 10 terrible tech products” list from Crave magazine. It placed number 10 on the list. Here’s what Crave has to say about Vista: MacimumNews
• MYOB US announces AccountEdge 2008 - MYOB US has released the latest version of its business management and accounting software: MYOB AccountEdge 2008. Among the new features are a redesigned command center interface and integration with various Mac OS X technologies. MacimumNews
•  ‘tDl’ network focuses on Apple products - The Digital Lifestyle has launched tDL , a 24-hour online network for Apple products and Apple fans. MacimumNews
• SkyFighters 1918 game flies to Mac OS X - Dons Games has released SkyFighters 1918, an US$29.95 World War I-era flight sim for Mac OS X. The game is currently available for download as a public beta. MacimumNews
•  Peek-a-Boo ready for Leopard - Clark Software has updated Peek-a-Boo, a utility to monitor and manipulate all running processes, to version 2.7, which works with Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”). MacimumNews
• Flip Boom - animation for children - Get started in animation in minutes using Toon Boom Studios latest application, Flip Boom. Macworld UK
• Lawyers: even Microsoft confused over Vista marketing - Microsoft charged with deceptive practices in letting PC makers slap a "Vista Capable" sticker on PCs, when "a large number" of the machines would be able to run only Vista Home Basic, the simplest version of the operating system," new lawsuit claims Macworld UK
• Yahoo to offer structured web search - Yahoo plans to offer structured search on user queries, that will help e-commerce applications. Macworld UK
• Java 6 Available on OSX Thanks to Port of OpenJDK - LarsWestergren writes "Many Mac users have been upset that Apple has not made Java 6 available on the platform. Landon Fuller posts that there is a developer preview release available of Java JDK6 on Mac OSX, Tiger and Leopard. It is based on the BSD port of Sun's Java 6 and is made available under the Java Research License. Charles Nutter posts about impressive JRuby performance gains using Java 6 on his Mac." Slashdot
• New Zero-Day QuickTime Vulnerability Emerges - NewsFactor - Apple's QuickTime is vulnerable to malware disguised as streaming video, and attack code has been published on the milw0rm.com Web site, security researchers have warned. So far, while the vulnerability affects Windows XP and Windows Vista, the jury is still out on whether Apple's own OS X is affected. Yahoo! NEWS

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iPods & iTunes

• Apple iPod Touch vs. Archos 605 WiFi - cnet prizefight The fully outfitted multimedia players go head to head in a contest rating sound, sexiness, price tag, and more. C|Net News
• 'Cyber Monday' iPod sales boost Apple - High demand leaves iPod Touch model on backorder at some retailers, says analyst. CNN Money
• iTunes Store freebies 11 / 27 / 07 - Get in the holiday spirit with a free Christmas carol Insanely Great Mac
• Analyst: Online demand for Apple iPod touch, iPod classic outstrip supply - Shares of Apple (AAPL) rose Tuesday morning after an analyst noted online demand... MacDailyNews
• ‘Cyber Monday’ iPod sales boost Apple - Shares of Apple rose Tuesday morning after an analyst noted online demand for iPods outstripped supply during the “Cyber Monday” shopping spree, reports CNN Money. Shares gained US$1.89 to $174.43 after the opening bell. MacimumNews
• First look: Amazon's Kindle e-book reader - Overall pretty good though some flaws, as people get close to Kindle. Macworld UK
• BBC, ITV and Channel 4 join to launch on-demand service - BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have joined forces to launch an on-demand content service in 2008 with the working title of ‘Kangaroo’. Macworld UK
• John Lennon, iTunes video move - 21 video promose from the career of John Lennon made available in a special US-only deal between Apple and Starbucks. Macworld UK
• LISTENING POST - Apple Ads Boost Artists as Well as Gadgets Wired

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iPhone

• Apple's London flagship still warming initial iPhone supply? - The slower than expected adoption of Apple Inc.'s iPhone amongst UK consumers may be most apparent at the company's local home base in London, where its largest flagship retail store is reportedly still working off initial inventories of the touch-screen handset. AppleInsider
• France's Orange comments on iPhone sales goal, unlocking costs - France Telecom mobile arm Orange said it expects to sell nearly 100,000 of Apple Inc.'s iPhones by the end of year and has also vowed to move the unlocked version of the touch-screen handset at costs well below its German counterpart, T-Mobile. AppleInsider
• Orange aims for 100k iPhones - While pundits claim O2 is falling short in UK Insanely Great Mac
• iPhone SDK released to some - Sources say early version is 'rough' and 'has its clear limits' Insanely Great Mac
• German iPhones unlocked via iTunes - The unlocking of T-Mobile iPhones is being carried out via iTunes, according to a German Mac news and rumours site. itwire
• Verizon Wireless to open up U.S. network starting at the end of 2008 - I've claimed previously that Apple's iPhone and Google's Android phone software were going to transform the mobile phone industry... MacDailyNews
• France Telecom’s Orange expects to sell nearly 100,000 Apple iPhones by year-end - France Telecom's Orange expects to sell nearly 100,000 Apple Inc. iPhones by the end of 2007... MacDailyNews
• Native LucasArts games make Apple iPhone, iPod touch ‘absolutely perfect’ - After a long wait, here is the application that makes the iPhone absolutely perfect... MacDailyNews
• A smattering of U.K. iPhone users complain of reception problems inside buildings - Apple Inc. may be having teething problems with another iPhone rollout... MacDailyNews
• iPhone France Launch and Unlocked iPhones (100 Euro?) [Update] - Retuers reports on Orange's expectations for iPhone sales in France. Orange expects to sell nearly 100,000 iPhones by the end of 2007 after its launch later this Wednesday. MacRumors.com
• iPhone SDK Already Seeded to Some Developers? - Electronista claims that Apple has already started seeding an early version of the iPhone SDK (software development kit) to a few select developers. MacRumors.com
•  iPhone: price comparison in four countries - setteB.IT has published an article about the iPhone with Orange in France. It’s approximately 24 hours from the official launch in 12 cities on Nov. 28, starting 18:30 local time. MacimumNews
• 100,000 iPhones expected to sell in France by 2008 - France Telecom’s Orange expects to sell nearly 100,000 iPhones by the end of 2007, reports CNET. “The target is a little under 100,000 sold by the end of the year,” CEO Didier Lombard told Europe 1 radio. MacimumNews
• Apple shipping beta iPhone SDK - Apple begins testing its development tools for the iPhone and iPod touch as SDK distributed to 'select' developers, report explains. Macworld UK
• Orange targets 100,000 iPhone sales - Orange hopes for huge iPhone sales in France, company boss reveals contract prices during Tuesday radio interview. Macworld UK
• UK iPhone sales warning - Report claims that UK iPhone sales may fail to meet their marks as consumers reject the product's high price. Macworld UK
• Rebate opens up German iPhone market - FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German mobile services reseller Debitel will offer a 600 euro ($891) rebate to customers with an Apple iPhone bought from T-Mobile (DTEGn.DE), destroying much of T-Mobile's competitive advantage. Yahoo! NEWS

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