Monday, June 11, 2007

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  • Apple Posts WWDC 2007 Keynote

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    The keynote is now up and available for QuickTime streaming here on Apple's website. If Apple follows its usual MO, a downloadable version should be available shortly on iTunes. Watch this space.

    Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

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  • CNBC interviews our own Scott McNulty at 8pm ET

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    Late word here at TUAW world headquarters: our fearless blogmeister Scott McNulty is scheduled to appear on CNBC's "Fast Money" tonight, discussing the fun and festivity surrounding WWDC. Top rumor sites hint that he may be wearing some sort of tropical attire, possibly a shirt with a floral pattern; we'll know soon. Good luck Scott!
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  • Hula over to Mahalo for WWDC links
    The human-powered search engine Mahalo (launched and led by TUAW founder Jason Calcanis and staffed by some familiar faces) has a nice page up for WWDC 2007 searches, including a link to our fearless coverage.

    Favorite link there so far: the 2002 'Funeral for OS 9' video. Ah, the memories...
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  • TUAW at House of Shields tonight

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    The party starts tonight at 8pm at House of Shields! Apparently we're just a couple of blocks away from the Webkit party (bet they will certainly get a turnout now, huh?) and Buzz Andersen's 4th annual WWDC bash. So let's just take over this part of the city, shall we?

    House of Shields is at 39 New Montgomery Street. We'll begin the party around 8pm, and start handing out prizes a couple of hours later. Prizes? You mean beyond just t-shirts? As in, possible collectibles? Why yes, thanks for asking. Everyone loves a mystery prize.
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  • What happened to .Mac?

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    After all the fuss over the new Mac OS X Leopard features, the rest of today's announcements and the Apple.com site redesign, I finally noticed that .Mac has taken a bit of a back seat on the site, at least for now. Note that along the new minimal site navigation bar at the top of Apple's site, .Mac no longer enjoys its own tab. Apple has of course done some house cleaning and simplified that navigation menu, and .Mac is now a sub-section under the main Mac tab, along with Apple's other Mac hardware and software products, and is featured under the "Why You'll Love A Mac" section. The .Mac link at the very bottom of Apple's pages has been turned into a header, with the Learn More and Log In links broken out -- www.mac.com still works, though, redirecting to apple.com/dotmac.

    Keep in mind that the .Mac site was not merely used for product promotion: it also served as the gateway to the web-based .Mac services like Mail, Bookmarks, Address Book, etc. Of course, it could easily be argued that the web-based .Mac services took a major back seat to the applications and features Apple has built into Mac OS X, but still: what could this mean? Jobs recently admitted that .Mac wasn't achieving its full potential and that it was due for an overhaul, so it doesn't quite make sense to assume the service is in any serious trouble. The more likely assumption here is that .Mac is in fact (or at least hopefully) undergoing that overhaul Mr. J mentioned, and that it will regain some prominence at Apple's site once it returns for the next round.

    When that will be, of course, is still anyone's guess. There was no real mention of .Mac during today's keynote, nor any mention of its close companion iLife, either. As usual with Apple's quiet attitude towards development, we'll have to play the waiting game to see what becomes of Apple's polarizing web service package.
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  • Path Finder 4.7 is available

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    Don't feel glum that you can't use Leopard's new Finder for another four months, just download Path Finder!

    Pathfinder is the Finder replacement for Mac OS X that has earned many fans. It's a dream for power users, as it greatly enhances the amount of information available about your files, customization and more. Today, Cocoatech released version 4.7. Changes include:
    • A revamped Get Info window that provides summary information for multiple items.
    • "Experimental" Subversion support from within Path Finder with basic svn functionality (status, update commit, diff, add, etc.).
    • A redesigned Applications Launcher
    • The integrated Terminal feature has been updated to the latest iTerm code.
    There's more, of course, and you can get the full run-down here. Path Finder 4.7 costs $34.95US (existing customers can upgrade to Path Finder 4.7 for $17.95US) and requires Mac OS 10.4 or later.
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  • TUAW Tip: Reverting back to Safari 2

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    Thanks to Erica and Laurie for pointing out that if you're having a bit of a time with your shiny new Safari 3 Beta for Mac goodness, there's a quick way back to the safe harbor of Safari 2: run the uninstaller thoughtfully included in the disk image. Well played, Apple.

    User reports of finicky Safari 3 beta experiences on the Mac (as opposed to the Windows reports we're collecting here) are showing up on Macintouch now.
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  • Apple posts new iPhone info

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    Lest you think that the iPhone has gotten lost in all the buzz about Leopard, Apple has posted two new sections to the iPhone website. First off is a gallery with some new pictures of everyone's favorite device they can't get their hands on. Also new is some more information about the technology that makes the iPhone so cool.

    Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
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  • CenterStage open source media center updates, offers preview of future interface

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    The Mac media center market is heating up lately, with a healthy collection of competitors to Apple's Front Row offering unique features and different UI experiences. This is great news for anyone who wants to turn an older Mac into a media center, or if Front Row simply doesn't float your boat. CenterStage, while still very much in alpha and under heavy development (they're always looking for more developers to lend a handy, by the way), is a promising open source media center that brings a strong style, some exclusive features and the promise of an impressive UI down the road.

    For now, CenterStage covers the meat of what a media center needs to be pretty well: it can play movies, music and your photos; nothing too much to write home about there. CenterStage can already do interesting things like play TV shows recorded with EyeTV, but highlights from the planned features list, however, is what might peak more of your interest:
    • Bonjour support is coming to allow access to the media of other machines on the network, which will include viewing photos and slideshows from other computers (take that, Apple TV)
    • Subtitle support for playing movies
    • Live TV viewing
    • Live and scheduled TV recording
    • Game support - playing CD-ROM, Flash and emulation games
    For now, CenterStage has released a significant v0.6.2 update which the team calls the "most fully functional release to date." For the future, however, the CenterStage crew have also produced a slick video of what the interface will eventually become, with demonstrations of browsing the library and a few other choice features.

    Like I said though, CenterStage is still very much an alpha product so if you give it a spin, definitely treat it as such. Still, the project seems to be progressing nicely and it will be great to see the day when it is a formidable competitor to the likes of Front Row and equinux's MediaCentral.
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  • Leopard's Boot Camp brings 'fast switching' between Mac OS X and Windows

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    Thanks to you TUAW readers, tips are rolling in on all the tiny and not-so-tiny features that Mac OS X Leopard will be bringing in October. One feature that is definitely not-so-tiny is something I'll dub 'fast switching' between Mac OS X and your Boot Camp Windows installation. While this isn't quite the built-in virtualization that some users were hoping for, it will minimize the startup, shutdown and boot times when switching between the two OSes. Detailed on Boot Camp's new features page, Apple has hooked their safe sleep feature into Boot Camp to allow Mac OS X to save all your open applications and windows, and then boot over into Windows. Once you're done in Windows, you can boot back over to Mac OS X and pick up where you left off - with all your open applications and documents put right back where you left them.

    This is a great idea and an interesting compromise between making it a little too easy to run Windows on your Mac, and it also keeps Apple from stepping on the toes of virtualization products from companies like Parallels and VMware.

    Thanks, Daniel
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  • Apple announces 3rd parties can write Web 2.0 apps for iPhone

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    Along with all the Mac OS X-related announcements at WWDC today, Apple also announced a solution, of sorts, to the 3rd party apps conundrum surrounding the iPhone.

    Since the device's announcement at Macworld '07 earlier this year, one of the largest questions everyone had for Apple was whether the company would allow 3rd parties to develop applications for it. After all, with such a powerful device and what is likely to be a very, very broad user base, not allowing users extend the functionality of the iPhone could be a significant - if not mortal - roadblock for the device. At one point, Apple VPs confirmed there would be no 3rd party apps, and even Steve Jobs himself confirmed that the iPhone would be a closed platform in the name of security and making sure users didn't take down the West Coast AT&T network because "some application messed up." As you can imagine, this comment was widely slammed, largely because plenty of other mobile phone platforms (Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, etc.) allow for 3rd party apps, and to this day no phone has reportedly knocked out any portion of a coastal network.

    Still, users and developers saw through this bizarre smoke screen and still requested a more relevant and definitive answer as to whether the iPhone will allow 3rd party apps. Eventually, Jobs began to hint at the possibility, telling the community that Apple was 'considering the possibility.' Today, finally, Steve Jobs revealed Apple's plan for allowing 3rd party apps on the iPhone, and it surprisingly involves Safari and web 2.0/AJAX technologies.

    Both on stage during today's WWDC keynote and in a press release issued this afternoon, it was revealed that the iPhone will allows 3rd party apps which:
    look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone, and which can seamlessly access iPhone's services, including making a phone call, sending an email and displaying a location in Google Maps. Third-party applications created using Web 2.0 standards can extend iPhone's capabilities without compromising its reliability or security.

    This is an interesting compromise for Apple, and one that has understandably been met with mixed fanfare. On the one hand, leveraging web technologies will allow both Mac OS X developers and web developers to easily get their apps onto the iPhone. This opens the door for a lot more people to get their apps and services on the iPhone since they won't have to learn the entirety of Mac OS X. Interestingly, this could have a serious effect on Safari's market share (or WebKit's share, depending on how you look at it), since Apple has now made their browser available for Windows and a hotly anticipated mobile device.

    On the other hand, developers might understandably feel a bit constrained by the limitations of web technologies and not having full access to the iPhone's operating system like they do on a real Mac running Mac OS X. While Steve Jobs demonstrated some surprisingly powerful apps built to run in Safari on the iPhone, this doesn't mean every desktop app that users want a mobile counterpart for can sufficiently run in an environment that's limited by web 2.0 and AJAX.

    Of course, it's still very early to tell; while the initial reaction to the iPhone 3rd party app compromise has been mixed, we'll all just have to wait and see what the 3rd parties can make of this system when the iPhone is released and the apps start (hopefully) rolling in.
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  • Safari on Windows: Your reports

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    Reader ADM sent us a message and screenshot of his Windows XP PC (Wait a minute...or readers have Windows PC's?!?) running Safari 3 Public Beta. He reports:

    "...Just downloaded and installed safari...Note the cleartype font smoothing in effect. It's fast but not stunningly fast, so far..."

    If you've got a Windows box sitting around like ADM and you're willing to install the Safari Beta, tell us how it goes. What works and what doesn't? What do you like and what could use a little beta-development love? The comments are open.
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  • Apple announces Leopard server features

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    Steve said today that there is only one version of Leopard, which isn't technically true. There are, in fact, two versions: client and server. The client version (which is what most people run on their desktops) got all the love at WWDC today, but Leopard server is also shaping up to be very nice.

    New to Leopard Server are:
    • a new step up interface (which includes a widget)
    • Podcast Producer: create podcasts and upload them to servers. This takes advantage of Xgrid for heavy lifting (and faster encoding)
    • iCal server: uses CalDAV to create a robust calendaring solution
    • Spotlight Server
    • Xgrid 2
    Leopard server will ship in October and cost $499 for a 10 seat license and $999 for unlimited.
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  • Front Row reworked to resemble Apple TV

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    One of the 300 new Leopard features that Steve didn't mention is an updated version of Front Row. Specifically, the UI has been rebuilt to look just like that of the Apple TV, so there no more need to install your own skin.

    From the limited copy on the webpage, we can assume that the functionality is the same, and only the look as changed. Perhaps this is just an extension of Leopard's new unified look.

    Thanks, to everyone who sent this in!
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  • Hello Tomorrow: The 300+ new features of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

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    While Steve Jobs introduced ten major features coming in Mac OS X Leopard at last year's WWDC, the entire list of new features has finally been unveiled. We already knew about some of the enhancements coming in apps like Mail and the all-new Spaces and Time Machine, but Jobs today highlighted some significant new features such as an interesting new approach to the Desktop and a (finally!) updated Finder.

    This isn't all that's coming in Leopard, however; not by a long shot. In fact, along with a redesigned Apple.com, the company has unveiled the full Leopard features site, elaborating a lot more on most (but likely not all) the new features we'll get to play with in October. The list this time around actually tops over 300+ new features - the most significant upgrade in Mac OS X's history. Included in the list are apps we haven't seen featured on stage, including iCal, Parental Controls, DVD Player, Automator and more.

    There's a lot to look through here (and likely much more to discover that Apple hasn't detailed), so we're going to take some time to digest this all. As always, feel free to send us tips as we publish more info on new features as quickly as possible.
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  • AAPL down after disappointing WWDC Keynote

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    AAPL shares were down almost 3% to 121.40 just minutes after Steve Jobs wrapped up his World Wide Developer Conference 2007 keynote. The keynote failed to deliver any wild or exciting news, instead offering participants an advanced look at Apple's new 10.5 Leopard operating system features and Apple's port of its Safari web browser to Windows. Many participants had hoped that Apple would deliver a full third party software developer kit for its upcoming iPhone. Instead, Apple suggested developers work on Web 2.0/Ajax solutions for iPhone.

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  • Safari 3.0 available for Download

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    Apple just updated their Safari page, and you can now download the public beta of Safari 3 for both Mac and Windows. Safari 3 offers pretty much all the same Safari features you've come to love and expect (tabbed browsing, inline find) along with a few new Firefoxy ones (forms autofill and faster performance). I'll be giving the new software a full going over but for right now, it seems much of the same. (Much like the WWDC keynote for that matter.)

    Are there any new and fabulous Safari features that I'm overlooking? Let us know in the comments or via the Tip form. Thanks!

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  • Rate the Keynote

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    Okay TUAW readers. What did you think of the WWDC keynote with its coverage of Mac Gaming, Finder Features, Safari for Windows and iPhone development? Did it rock for you? Or was it a big fizzle? Or maybe it fell somewhere in between. Here's your chance to sound off. Let us know what excited you and what bored you abou this year's WWDC 2007 keynote.

    Rate the Keynote
    Beyond Fabulous. A solid 5!
    Good stuff. I rate it at 4.
    Mediocre. I give it a 3.
    Disappointing. Just a 2.
    What a loser keynote. It earns a 1.
    Complete failure. I give it a 0.
    pollcode.com free polls
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  • Apple.com sports new look

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    Looks like the web elves at been hard at work Leoparding up Apple.com. The website has been overhauled to be more in line with the new look of Leopard, which will be hitting your desktop sometime in October. I am sure there are many wed designers taking a gander at the code Apple has used in this new look.

    So, readers, what do you think of the new look?
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  • Metaliveblogging the WWDC Keynote

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    This year, TUAW doesn't have a live feed into the WWDC keynote. Instead, we bring you this metaliveblog--a live blogging event of other live blogs. We hope you enjoy.

    Content sources include Engadget, and Mac Rumors Live as well as any last-second live feeds from TUAW readers on the spot.

    Continue reading Metaliveblogging the WWDC Keynote

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