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Macworld '09: Apple's last hurrah

Apple's marketing guru Phillip Schiller led the MacHeads at the company's final appearance at Macworld. Schiller biggest announcements included a new 17-inch MacBook Pro, an overhaul of iLife, and an end to DRM on iTunes.

Tags: Apple Inc., Macworld, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Marketing Research, Digital Media, Security, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Macworld 2009, Phillip Schiller, Apple, Steve Jobs, MacBook, DRM, iPhoto

Articles 2009-01-07

(Gallery: Macworld 2009 - Schiller's debut)

(Gallery: Macworld 2009 - Schiller's debut)UNDERWHELMING KEYNOTECould this be the nadir of apple ? ,without the pied piper to lead them into the new year this keynote was always going to tough assignment for Phil Shiller,he really needed a few tasty morcels to satisfy the apple faithful.Well he...

Tags: Schiller, Macworld 2009, Gallery

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009

Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009no, actually....A) The battery is supposed to last the usual lifetime of the laptop. They are rated for 1000 charges. If it goes bad prematurely, then you would be covered by the warranty. Since the details have not been posted yet,...

Tags: Engineering, Philip Schiller, battery, Macworld 2009

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Additional Resources

Apple hints at possible pen-based tablet

Pretty much anything that includes the words "Apple" and "tablet" in the same sentence is going to get the attention of the blognoscenti, but when it comes from Apple itself, people pay attention. Exhibit A is 9 to 5 Mac's piece today about a patent...

Tags: Patent, Handwriting Recognition, Termination, Apple Inc., Ink Manager, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Apple's bumper crop of fall hardware, reviewed

Apple yesterday released a cornucopia of new consumer hardware and the reviews are starting to roll in. No firm benchmarks have been conducted but several outlets have posted preliminary reviews of Apple's Fall 2009 hardware. Macworld likes the LED-backlit displays in the new...

Tags: Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Hardware, FireWire, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-21

News to know: VMWorld; Disney-Marvel; netbooks; Blackberry Storm; mobile banking; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Dan Kusnetzky: Doing the VMworld Dance, Day 1 Jason Perlow: Frugal Tech Show: Speaking with Centrify at VMWorld 2009...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Mobile, Mobile Banking, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Netbook, BlackBerry Storm, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Wiki, Hardware, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Macworld without Apple: The show will go on

When Apple announced last year that the 2009 Macworld conference would be its last, there were some rumblings as to whether the show could continue without Apple's presence - and the big keynote speech that the company offered every year. No one ever said the show would...

Tags: Apple Inc., Macworld, Macworld 2010, Public Relations, Operating Systems, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files

Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image filesWow, lots of critical vulnerabilities in there!!I can't believe how many of these bugs allow for arbitrary code execution! Viewing an image file shouldn't result in arbitrary code execution.Oh well, at least they were fixed within nano seconds of the vulnerability popping...

Tags: Desktops, SECURITY, Patches, Apple Macintosh, Mac Attack, Apple Inc., vulnerability

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall

Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fallBrave, but who's going to show up?That MS dude from the Apple ads?Those store will be gone in say 8 months.I am confused"they?d be more showcases than actual retail outlets"So, kinda of like an art museum? You can look at the Picasso,...

Tags: Retail, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Camping with your Mac

After having just returned from the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee I wanted to share a few tips about what to bring if you plan to bring your Mac and iPhone for that matter on a camping trip. Moisture is the enemy of all electronics. When...

Tags: Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple MacBook Pro, FastMac, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next month

Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next monthHats off. I rather like 7. Will welcome the RTM come July!A bit sooner than expected though. Not that I'm complaining.Do you know if beta keys will work?Will the existing beta keys work and still expire of course or will people without...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, RTM, RTM next month, RTM Next, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-02

CES attendance falls off a cliff in 2009

CES attendance falls off a cliff in 2009it was expectedwith a bad economy and no great keynote regarding Linux devices, there is no good reason to attend.RE: CES attendance falls off a cliff in 2009Not really surprising, with trade shows themselves becoming passe, and the worst economy in a very...

Tags: Linux, Consumer Electronics Show, cliff

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

Apple beats for Q2; Best non-holiday quarter; Netbook hardware 'junky'

Apple, known for conservative financial forecasts, easily surpassed Wall Street's estimates for the second quarter, reporting net income of $1.21 billion, or $1.33 per share, on sales of $8.16 billion. Statement Wall Street had been expecting earnings of $1.08 per share on $7.9 billion in sales, according to Thomson Reuters....

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Financial, Apple Inc., Netbook, Sales Strategy, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Do IT pros demand Apple's new Xserve?

I posted this morning that Apple has debuted its new Xserve with Intel Nehalem processors, but I didn't give the full rundown of the product. So here's the who, what, why and how. Apple today announced an updated Xserve that it says "delivers...

Tags: Apple Xserve, Information Technology, Apple Inc., PC Magazine, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-07

How to kick iTunes' lock-in media formats squarely in the fruit

ZDNet Editor-In-Chief Larry Dignan came to the frustrating realization today that his iTunes media collection was rendered unusable on his new media device, a SanDisk Sansa Clip. When he tried to copy his files over, he quickly found out many of them were useless and wouldn't play. ...

Tags: Apple iPod, Media, Apple iTunes, YamiPod, CDex, Mediacoder, Songbird, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-03-16

App Store surpasses 20,000 apps

According to a post on Apptism, an iPhone app activity aggregator, the 20,000th iPhone app was added to the store some time yesterday. Apptism's Rob Libbey monitors the App Store hourly and constantly updates the total number of apps available. Here's the chart. Macworld notes that if...

Tags: App, Apptism, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-02-11

Tax Refund Special: Laptops and desktops

The average tax refund is around $2,500. Given the state of the economy, you may be tempted to stick it in your mattress. But we all know the patriotic thing to do is spend it-immediately. It may be too late to save Circuit City, but there's...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Tax, Memory, Apple Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Pixma MX7600, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-02-11

Psystar scores small but significant win against Apple

Psystar scores small but significant win against AppleDer PC mit Mac OS Xhttps://www.pearc.de/In German Law, the Apple EULA is deemed invalid.German translation of pearc FAQ section:http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?newsid=24856[b]A German company is offering Mac OS X clones built to order with OS X 10.5 pre-installed.The move is unlikely to win friends with Apple...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Psystar, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, German Law, Apple Mac OS

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

Signs of iPhone v3 in latest firmware (updated)

MacRumors has discovered that a file in Apple's iPhone 2.x firmware (USBDeviceConfiguration.plist) contains evidence of the next generation iPhone which has been designated "iPhone2,1". Apple uses these models numbers to distinguish between different hardware models. The original iPhone carries the model number of "iPhone 1,1" while the 3G iPhone...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Hardware, Firmware, MacRumors, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-01-29

Shop around before you buy Apple's iLife '09

Mark your calendar, fellow Macheads. Apple's iLife '09 will be released tomorrow. The upgrades to iLife, of course, was one of the big (YAWN!) announcements during this year's Macworld keynote speech. That's where Marketing VP Phil Schiller  - filling in for Steve Jobs - highlighted things like...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Facial Recognition, Apple iLife, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-26