Apple Announces AppleTV Take 2 + Price Drop
Now there's no computer required - you can now rent movies directly on the Apple TV in your choice of DVD quality or HD + dolby 5.1 surround sound. Podcasts are available in audio and video format, as well as photos from Flikr and .Mac and sync with ...
Apple Announces AppleTV Take 2 + Price Drop
Apple Announces AppleTV Take 2 + Price Drop
As expected, Apple on Tuesday announced iTunes Movie Rentals featuring movies from all the major movie studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertain...
Apple premieres iTunes Movie Rentals
Apple premieres iTunes Movie Rentals
Apple on Tuesday closed out its Macworld keynote address by introducing MacBook Air, the world’s thinnest notebook, measuring an unprecedented 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76-inches is less than the thinnest point ...
Apple's new MacBook Air dubbed world ’s thinnest notebook
Apple's new MacBook Air dubbed world ’s thinnest notebook
Presenting at the Macworld Expo on Tuesday, Apple unveiled an all new version of its Apple TV software that allows movie fans to rent movies on the iTunes Store directly from their widescreen TV, and also lowered the price of Apple TV hardware to jus...
Apple introduces new Apple TV software, lowers hardware pricing
Apple introduces new Apple TV software, lowers hardware pricing
Apple is once again hinting of a surprise in store for its Macworld San Francisco keynote. Also, Netflix's new unlimited movie streams may take on Apple movie rentals, and Pepsi aims to repeat its Superbowl 2004 music giveaway in 2008 -- but with Am...
Apple's "in the air" teaser; Amazon and Pepsi promo; Netflix videos
Apple's "in the air" teaser; Amazon and Pepsi promo; Netflix videos
China Mobile will not carry Apple's iPhone after the two companies failed to reach a deal to bring the device to the populous Asian country.
The breakdown has been given only the briefest of confirmations by the Chinese provider, which counts more...
Apple, China Mobile talks for iPhone break down
The breakdown has been given only the briefest of confirmations by the Chinese provider, which counts more...
Apple, China Mobile talks for iPhone break down
Apple's bid to sell its iPhone in China has apparently failed with the news that China Mobile is ending talks to market the device there. The two firms reportedly ceased negotiations because they were unable to agree upon a revenue-sharing model for the music, games and video downloads that China Mobile would offer.
Apple, China Mobile Talks Fizzle
Apple, China Mobile Talks Fizzle
Elgato on Tuesday will introduce EyeTV 3, a major overhaul to its Mac OS X software for recording, post-processing and export of television programs that will introduce a handful of new features, including a refined interface, smart program guides, a...
Elgato to unleash EyeTV 3 with Smart Guides, iTunes-like interface
Elgato to unleash EyeTV 3 with Smart Guides, iTunes-like interface
Apple's first cellphone has contributed to a steadily mounting enthusiasm for Apple and its wireless partner AT&T that is leading to more Apple product owners overall, says a new study by Solutions Research Group.
Between October 2006 and November...
"iPhone Effect" boosting opinions, sales of Apple and AT&T
Between October 2006 and November...
"iPhone Effect" boosting opinions, sales of Apple and AT&T
Much of the technology world may have been at CES last week, but there was apparently still plenty of time to discuss events announced there and elsewhere on the Linux blogs. Most recently the focus on Slashdot was Apple, sparked by an article in Apple Matters titled Apple Is Killing Linux on the Desktop.
Real Geeks Prefer Apple
Real Geeks Prefer Apple
Logitech's Pure-Fi Elite bills itself as a high performance stereo system for iPod and I'm pleased to report that it pretty much lives up to its own hyperbole and might even exceed it. Of course the most important thing about iPod speaker systems is how they sound, and Pure-Fi Elite sounds excellent.
Pure-Fi Elite iPod Speaker Set Lives Up to Its Name
Pure-Fi Elite iPod Speaker Set Lives Up to Its Name
Sometimes I hear things come out of my mouth that just sound really strange, words I never thought I'd say. Where is my iPod? would be on that list. Mostly because I never imagined I'd own an iPod. But since my youngest son got a newer, more hip version for Christmas, I -- the only iPod-less member of the family -- inherited his old nano. It's not like I've never enjoyed music.
iPod Operation: Easy Perhaps, Intuitive No
iPod Operation: Easy Perhaps, Intuitive No
It's that time again -- the first round of vague and non-descript Apple teaser banners have begun cropping up around San Francisco's Moscone Center, the site of next week's highly-anticipated Macworld Expo.
Sure to fuel rampant and widespread spe...
Apple hoists "There's something in the air" Macworld banners
Sure to fuel rampant and widespread spe...
Apple hoists "There's something in the air" Macworld banners
An initiative on the part of Apple Inc. to develop a modern day successor to its now defunct Newton handheld device is not expected to play a role in next week's Macworld Expo.
The project, however, remains a work-in-progress, according to people ...
Sources: Apple Newton-tablet not ripe for Macworld
The project, however, remains a work-in-progress, according to people ...
Sources: Apple Newton-tablet not ripe for Macworld
The Apple and Mac-focused blogosphere has been dominated by the the upcoming Macworld show, and more importantly, what Apple CEO Steve Jobs might unveil. Last year, Jobs stole the world's attention away from the much larger Consumer Economics Show when he announced the iPhone. What's coming this year? Can anything top the iPhone? Bloggers are making their predictions.
Mac Blog Safari: Predictions Abound for Macworld '08
Mac Blog Safari: Predictions Abound for Macworld '08
Apple is planning a major upgrade of its slow-selling Apple TV set-top box as part of a new offensive to try to boost its share of the digital video download market, according to BusinessWeek.
However, the business publication offers no details of...
Report claims "major" Apple TV update in the pipeline
However, the business publication offers no details of...
Report claims "major" Apple TV update in the pipeline
ElectricPig.tv claims (via 9to5) they have an extremely senior source at Sling Media who says that an iPhone/iPod Touch version of their SlingPlayer client software is coming.
SlingPlayer for iPhone and iPod Touch
SlingPlayer for iPhone and iPod Touch
You're probably used to having a big-screen TV or a cell phone charger in the bedroom, but diversified manufacturer Leggett & Platt wants to take things a step further by bringing tech gadgets right into your bed. The company plans to sell a tricked-out place of rest it calls the Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed, mattresses included.
New Bed Holds iPod; Stops Snoring, Too
New Bed Holds iPod; Stops Snoring, Too
Just days after its introduction, the folks at Primate Labs have grabbed hold of one of Apple's new 2.8GHz Harpertown-based Mac Pros and pit the system against its 3.0GHz Clovertown-based predecessor in a set Geekbench benchmark tests.
The results...
Primate benchmarks Apple's new 8-core Mac Pro
The results...
Primate benchmarks Apple's new 8-core Mac Pro
For Apple fans, the keynote speech at Macworld is like a movie they've been waiting to see for months. Then the media comes in and gives away the supposed ending. What, doesn't anyone like surprises? First, the <i>Financial Times</i> reported that Apple has been in deals with Twentieth Century Fox to bring the film studio's movies to iTunes and offer them as rentals.
Can iTunes Fix Online Movie Rental
Can iTunes Fix Online Movie Rental