Analyst: iTunes film rentals a 'game-changer'
Apple's film rentals may have the most impact on the company's future business, said American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu.
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MACWORLD : Web flaw yields free MacWorld VIP pass
For the second year running, security researcher Kurt Grutzmacher has found a way to get a free "Platinum" pass to the Macworld Expo.
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Significant advance in speech on Mac
MacSpeech has achieved a revolutionary new speech recognizing dictation solution for the Mac, claiming the software takes just minutes to train.
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Kensington device enables USB monitors for Macs
Kensington has opted to deploy a new technology to enable Mac users to connect additional displays to their computer using USB.
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iPhone watchers debate potential Canadian launch
The rumors and speculation around the availability of the iiPhone in Canada has been making waves since the handheld's unveiling over a year ago. But just as CEO Steve Jobs said then, many analysts are saying now that Canadian enterprises shouldn't be too concerned about the trendy device.
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PDF2Office Personal adds full Leopard support
Recosoft Corporation on Wednesday announced the release of its PDF2Office PDF converter for Mac OS X. The new version, which will ship in March, functions as an upgrade to its PDF2Office Personal PDF to Word conversion tool.
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MACWORLD: Going green is in the bag
In our analysis of trends we saw at last week's CES, my colleague Dan Moren and I noted the movement among many companies to "go green" by using more and more recycled materials – or at least, materials that are more easy to recycle – in their products, along with fewer environmentally-harmful substances. That trend is evident here at the Macworld Expo, as well. Of course, Steve Jobs noted the environmentally-friendly construction of the new MacBook Air, but other companies are also showing products designed with the environment in mind.
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Apple patches QuickTime, iPhone, iPod bugs
Just hours after Apple Inc..'s CEO Steve Jobs touted iTunes and the iPhone, the company plugged four security holes in QuickTime – iTunes' media-player sidekick – and fixed three flaws in both the iPhone and its iPod Touch cousin.
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MACWORLD : Apple TV untethers from Mac, price dropped
Acknowledging the failure of the Apple TV, Apple CEO Steve Jobs showed attendees of his Macworld Expo keynote address on Tuesday a new software upgrade to Apple TV that turns the device into a substantially different product.
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MACWORLD : Apple, Fox team up for iTunes Digital Copy
Apple and Twentieth Century Fox on Tuesday introduced iTunes Digital Copy, new technology that enables users who buy specially configured DVD movies with the ability to copy the movie to iTunes, for later playback on the Mac (or PC), iPod and other compatible products.
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Apple introduces Time Machine hardware
Apple Tuesday unveiled Time Capsule, a new product designed as companion hardware to the Time Machine automatic backup feature that highlights OS X 10.5.
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Apple unveils MacBook Air
During his Macworld Expo keynote address on Tuesday morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the MacBook Air Tuesday, a computer that the company billed as the world's thinnest notebook – small enough to fit inside an interoffice mailing envelope. It's priced starting at US$1,799 (£1,199 inc VAT).
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MACWORLD: Will MacBooks follow iPhone to 3G?
Banners hanging at Macworld Expo on Monday read, "2008: There's something in the air," suggesting wireless news to come in CEO Steve Jobs' keynote Tuesday morning.
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MACWORLD: Show forecast: Thin, light notebook 'sure bet'
Although only Steve Jobs knows for sure what new products he will introduce Tuesday to the Apple faithful gathered in San Francisco, if there's anything close to a sure bet, it's a smaller notebook, analysts said Friday.
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iPhone briefly becomes number-one Google user
Google released an update to its offerings for the iPhone, hoping to continue a trend that recently saw the iPhone briefly become the number-one mobile phone hitting Google sites.
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Netflix responds to Apple, offers unlimited movie streaming
Beginning Monday, Netflix Inc. subscribers who have unlimited DVD rental plans will be able to stream as many movies and television shows as they want online for no additional charge, the online DVD rental company said.
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Apple, Amazon pre-sell Office 2008 for Mac
Online retailers, including Apple's own store, have begun taking pre-orders for Microsoft's Office 2008 for Mac, the first new version of the application suite on Apple's platform in nearly four years.
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EU drops probe as Apple equalizes iTunes prices
The European Commission ended its antitrust investigation into Apple after the company agreed to reduce the price of music downloads from its iTunes Web site in the U.K., the European Union's antitrust regulator said Wednesday.
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UK's Christmas iTunes sales up 50 per cent
Legitimate music download sales nearly doubled year-on-year across Christmas 2007, claimed UK record label trade group, the BPI last week.
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Xbox Media Center for OS X
Open source developers are working to port Xbox Media Center (XBMC) to Mac OS X.