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Having essentially liveblogged the iLife ’11 presentation yesterday, one thing that struck me: where’s the love for iDVD? Apple’s DVD authoring suite hasn’t seen any new features since iLife ’08,…

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Yep, Apple Killed The CD Today

9:11 am PDT • October 21, 2010

Stop. Take a deep breath. Before my headline gets you all worked up, consider what I’m saying here. The CD and other optical discs, like DVDs and Blu-rays, are obviously…

I’ve done it. I’ve worn the battery completely down on one of the new MacBook Airs. As such, I thought I’d post some initial thoughts about the machine. This isn’t…

I’ve done it. I’ve worn the battery completely down on one of the new MacBook Airs. As such, I thought I’d post some initial thoughts about the machine. This isn’t…

Free As A Bird: Initial Thoughts After A Day With The New MacBook Air

Yep, Apple Killed The CD Today

11:05 pm PDT • October 20, 2010

Stop. Take a deep breath. Before my headline gets you all worked up, consider what I’m saying here. The CD and other optical discs, like DVDs and Blu-rays, are obviously…

Yep, Apple Killed The CD Today
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Why FaceTime And Not iChat?

10:30 pm PDT • October 20, 2010

Is anyone else curious as to why Apple decided to make an entirely new FaceTime app instead of adding support to iChat? Lets look at why Apple could have done…

Just a quick note: it was just pointed out that MacBook Pros now let you put up to a 2.8GHz Core i7 processor in them. The previous max was 2.66.…

It’s been an eventful day all around. All but the most outlandish rumors we’d heard were confirmed, including the marriage of OS X and iOS, FaceTime coming to the Mac,…

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Hands-on With Facetime for OS X

4:37 pm PDT • October 20, 2010

http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=M4YnNyMTpSL_Pr4Ncg1PZoRl0Q5Maefh&version=2 This is clearly a beta product. It’s very non-intuitive and the contacts system is ridiculous. Regardless, it worked well enough from iPhone to desktop and from desktop to desktop.…

Today, following Apple’s Back to the Mac event, we got some hands on time with the new products unveiled. Of those, the biggest announcement was the new MacBook Air. Pretty…

Apple took just a few quick minutes during its Back To The Mac event today to announce Facetime on OS X. The release seems only natural as most Macs have…

There will be a Mac App Store in Mac OS X Lion. It will be much the same as the current App Store found in iOS devices. It will open…

Apple is busy running through all the new bells and whistles of iLife. It’s actually quite boring. But if you look close when the demo machine shows its dock, there’s…

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Apple Has Unveiled iLife '11

1:11 pm PDT • October 20, 2010

Yup, as expected Apple unveiled the new version of iLife today, iLife ’11. Woo!

One of new things showed off at today’s Back to the Mac event at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, CA, was iLife ’11, the latest version of Apple’s consumer software suite.…

Apple made waves this morning when they announced today’s event would be livestreamed, but only to certain Apple devices. Well, some of our commentors quickly pointed out that since Apple…

Behold: The New MacBook Air [Pictures]

12:24 pm PDT • October 20, 2010

Today, following Apple’s Back to the Mac event, we got some hands on time with the new products unveiled. Of those, the biggest announcement was the new MacBook Air. Pretty…

Behold: The New MacBook Air [Pictures]

Today during their Back to the Mac event today at their headquarters in Cupertino, Apple gave a first glimpse of the next version of OS X. As anticipated, OS X…

On stage at the Apple event today, Tim Cook highlighted some of Apple’s recent retail successes and expanded on some of the figures given out on Monday’s earnings call. According…

Today, during their Back to the Mac event at their headquarters in Cupertino, CA, Apple kicked things off with some numbers they wanted to share. COO Tim Cook took the…

If Apple Spun Off The Mac Business, It Would Be Number 110 On The Fortune 500 List

Look at Apple. Isn’t it so cute that they finally discovered the joys of livestreaming? Or rather rediscovered it as they used to stream their conferences way back when. But…

“It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I’m okay with that.“ That was Microsoft COO Kevin Turner during his keynote speech this past July at the…

While yes it would be an amazing feat of hypocrisy if Apple actually advertised against the search term “Sex Game Apps” that is not what is happening here, even though…

With nary a peep on the possibility of Apple baking a seeable-in-sunlight transflective display into the rumored 11.6” MacBook Air that’s expected to come floating up from the Pulpit of…

Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs went on a bit of a tirade against Google, and Android in particular, during the company’s quarterly earnings call yesterday. You can listen to…

Since being wrestled back from Microsoft’s death grip, the web browser has thrived thanks to its openness. All of the popular browsers beyond IE — Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera —…

What If Google's Social Layer Is Chrome? What If Facebook Builds A Browser?

Well would you look at that. Earlier today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs went on a bit of a tirade against Google and Android in particular. And you know that couldn’t…

Android Chief Andy Rubin Sends His First Tweet — And It's Aimed At Steve Jobs

Well, that’s that. I kind of had my hopes up for an iPad “suite” including a smaller and larger device, but no less a personage than Steve Jobs himself has…

Just in case it wasn’t clear enough, Apple’s Q4 earnings call today made it more clear than ever that Apple and Google are in the middle of an all-out war…

Apple And Google: The Activation Pissing Match Continues

When we heard that the MacBook Air was in short supply, our thoughts immediately went to rumors of an 11.6″ version we heard some months back. New information seemed promising…