Archive: 2008 — page 45
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Apple to Standardise European iTunes Pricing
Apple has announced today that within six months it will lower prices on its UK iTunes Store to match already standardised pricing on iTunes across Europe in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain. Apple…
Fox DVDs Include Digital Copy, Apple Prepping iTunes 7.6
TUAW reports that one tipster has received the Family Guy DVD 'Blue Harvest' a week ahead of the January 15th release, the tipster has provided several screenshots of a Digital Copy file suitable for playing on iPods that is included on the DVD. Fox Digital…
Apple Unleashes Updated Mac Pros and Xserves
Apple has today updated the Mac Pro workstation and its Xserve server range . Both machines now feature Intels "Harpertown" processors. The Mac Pro combines two 45-nm Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2GHz and up to 4TB of internal storage. The standard 8-core configuration…
In Brief: European Media Invited to London Macworld Stream, Leeds to Host Apple Store, Stevenote Bingo
European Media Invited to London Macworld Stream Apple invites UK and European media to view Macworld keynote live in London During next weeks keynote presentation being held in Macworld San Francisco, Apple has invited members of the European media to BBC Television Centre for a…
Andrea Jung Joins Apple’s Board of Directors
Apple today announced that Andrea Jung, chairman and chief executive officer of Avon Products, was elected to Apple’s board of directors. Andrea also serves on the board of directors of the General Electric Company and is a member of the New York Presbyterian Hospital board…
French iPhone Sales Fall Short
Orange, the carrier of the iPhone in France has said that it has sold over 70,000 devices since its launch on the 29th November 2007 . The four week sales total falls shorts of Orange's original prediction of a "little under 100,000" by the end…
Patents: Portable Computer Docking Station, Ever Changing Keyboard
Integrated monitor and docking station - Patent Link A patent application submitted in 2006 has been published for the first time revealing that Apple could be working on a docking system for portable computers. The dock itself closely resembles the look of the current iMac…
In Brief: Fujitsu, Hitachi Quit Micro Hard-Drive Business; Icon Wiggle in Patent; Final Cut Meeting Holds Answers
Fujitsu, Hitachi Quit Micro Hard-Drive Business, Icon Wiggle in Patent A report from Reuters notes that an increasing shift to flash-based storage has forced Fujitsu and Hitachi out of the ultra-small rotating hard drive business. Both Fujitsu and Hitachi had supplied micro hard-drives for Apple's…
iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 to Include Copy/Paste?
According to MacScoop the recent leak of firmware version 1.1.3 for the iPhone was of an incomplete build and some surprises may still be present in the final release. According to the rumour site Apple intends to include copy and paste support in the final…
Apple Readying Blu-Ray Capable Macs
A note by American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu to clients states that Apple is set to put some weight behind the Blu-Ray High Definition format and begin shipping some of its computers with the capabilities built in. "We believe this is a key announcement…
Photo of Ultra-Portable Mac, MacBook Revision?
Earlier in the day newly registered MacRumors user ' greenrabbit ' posted a picture to the ongoing discussion about the heavily rumoured ultra-portable Mac thread. Is this the ultra-portable Mac, or the MacBook revision? To throw down to personal opinion, I personally avoided writing about…
Further iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 Details [Video]
First we saw screenshots , followed by a brief video ; now we have a lengthy video walkthrough and ongoing question and answers about the upcoming firmware upgrade for the iPhone. The following features are demoed in the video: Moving home screen icons, across pages…
Ultra-Portable with Multi-Touch Trackpad, External Optical Drive?
MacRumors is reporting that it has heard from reliable sources about the heavily rumoured ultra-portable Mac/sub-notebook . The site which is historically accurate notes that the ultra-portable Mac is due at this months Macworld Expo which kicks off on Tuesday 15th. MacRumors sources stated that…