Archive: August 2007 — page 3
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In Brief: Apple Posts Special Event Video, Mac Pro PCI RAID Card Available
Apple Posts Special Event Video Apple has posted a video of yesterdays Special Event on its website. Yesterday Apple released many new products and refreshed others, here is a summary. New iMacs iLife '08 iWork '08 Some .Mac improvements Mac mini receives update Airport Extreme…
Updates: iPhoto 7.0.1, Front Row 1.3.1, Aperture 1.5.4
iPhoto 7.0.1 - 8.8MB This update to iPhoto addresses issues associated with publishing photos from an upgraded library to .Mac Web Gallery. Front Row 1.3.1 - 4.5MB This Front Row update provides for improved iPhoto compatibility. Aperture 1.5.4 - 129.7MB Aperture 1.5.4 is required for…
In Brief: Apple Quietly Upgrades Airport Extreme
Apple has quietly updated its Airport Extreme base station. The original Airport Extreme released in January at Macworld featured standard 10/100 ethernet ports but today Apple updated it with Gigabit ethernet ports. Apple sneaked the following into today's iMac press release ; new Apple Wireless…
Mac mini Receives Quiet Update
Apple has today updated the Mac mini computer, the Mac mini was only mentioned briefly during a question and answer session held at the end of the Special Event. The update brings Core 2 processors to the Mac mini with a 1.83GHz model and 2.0GHz…
.Mac Receives Improvements
As well announcing the new iMac and revisions to iWork and iLife, Steve Jobs also noted some improvements to .Mac. .Mac Web Gallery lets members easily share photos and movies directly from iLife ’08 with anyone on a Mac, PC or iPhone™ in stunning quality…
Apple Introduces iLife ’08
During todays Special Event Apple showed off a new iteration of iLife, the most significant upgrade ever to Apple’s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications, featuring a major new version of iPhoto and a completely reinvented iMovie. iPhoto ’08 automatically organizes photo libraries into Events…
Apple Shows off iWork '08
During todays Special Event Steve Jobs demonstrated iWork '08 a significant upgrade to Apple’s productivity software suite featuring new versions of Pages and Keynote word processing and presentation applications, and introducing an innovative new spreadsheet application called “Numbers.” Numbers introduces the concept of intelligent tables…
Apple Unveils New iMac
During Apple's Special Event today the company unveiled a new iMac. Featuring gorgeous 20- and 24-inch widescreen displays encased in elegant and professional aluminum and glass enclosures. The entire new iMac line features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and a new, ultra-thin aluminum…
Live Coverage from Apple Special Event
Apple is about to begin its Special Event in Cupertino, World of Apple will place live updates in this post, so keep refreshing (descending).
Live coverage of Apple’s August 7, 2007 Special Event
In around about 45 minutes Apple will begin its "Mac centric" Special Event at the Apple Town Hall on Apple's Cupertino campus. World of Apple will offer updates during the event but tune into one of the following for more detailed live reports. Also read…
Gaming: EA Announcement Today, id Shows Off "Rage"
EA Announcement Today Back in June at WWDC Electronic Arts and id showed up to discuss their plans for the future of gaming on the Mac. Both companies promised to begin delivering more titles and with simultaneous releases. EA has now put a post up…
iMac Pricing to Begin at $1199
Think Secret reports that Apple will deliver three new iMac price points during tomorrows announcement. The price points will be at, $1199, $1499, and $1799. Current iMac price points Think Secret notes that the pricing makes it obvious that Apple is cutting out the 17-inch…
Rumour Roundup: Apple Special Event, Tuesday August 7th
Tomorrow Apple will host a special event at its Cupertino based Apple Town Hall, the event will begin at: 7:00AM - Hawaii 10:00AM - Pacific 11:00AM - Mountain 12:00PM - Central 1:00PM - Eastern 5:00PM - GMT 6:00PM - London 7:00PM - Paris 2:00AM -…
.Mac to See Update at August 7 Event?
Apple's .Mac site is warning users that the service will be down for maintenance on August 7th between 10.00am and 12.00pm PDT. Due to scheduled maintenance, .Mac members might be intermittently unable to access some .Mac services from 10 AM to 12 PM PDT on…
16GB Flash Based Video iPod in September?
The DigiTimes reports that Apple will unveil a 16GB NAND flash based video iPod in late September. The new iPod video will use NAND flash as the major storage media, and will have a storage density of 16GB, according to the sources. Of note Digitimes…
Detailed Look At Latest Leopard Build (9A499)
In late July Apple released Build 9A499 of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to ADC members. This build represented the first since WWDC and offers very little major change but does implement some excellent visual changes and many, many minor ones. View Exclusive Gallery of…
Leopard Achieves UNIX 03 Certification
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has achieved UNIX 03 certification. The certification is granted by the Open Group who is an organisation that ensures conformity to recognised standards. Ars Techinca notes that Apple has always been keen to tout Unix as the base for Mac…
In Brief: Apple UK Hires New Legal Chief
Apple UK has recruited former Sky Sports head of legal, Jay Gillman-Wells as the new Apple UK Legal Chief. According to an article on the matter, Gillman-Wells joined Apple this week and will be based in the company's London office. Gillman-Wells will be responsible for…
In Brief: iTunes 7.3.2 Released
Apple has released an update for iTunes this evening for both Mac and Windows. iTunes 7.3.2 for Mac iTunes 7.3.2 for Windows iTunes 7.3.2 provides bug fixes to improve stability and performance.
In Brief: Apple's 5.5G iPods Receive Price Cut at Some Retailers
It appears that over the last day or so a few major online retailers have cut the price of the 5.5G iPod. Currently you can get a 30GB or 80GB iPod for about $20 off at Amazon, Best Buy, Circuit City and J&R online stores…