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Read Leander Kahney's latest commentary about Apple and Mac News in Wired.com's Cult of Mac Blog, including Mac, Mac Pro, MacBook, iMac, iBook, Mac mini, iPod video, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iTunes, iPhoto, iPhone, Apple TV, OSX, Steve Jobs, and Macworld.
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Real Steve Reads Fake Steve
At the D Conference today, Steve Jobs admitted he likes the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. Walt Mossberg asked: Do you read the Fake Steve Jobs blog? Jobs: I have read a few of the FSJ things recently, but I...

At the D Conference today, Steve Jobs admitted he likes the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs.
Walt Mossberg asked: Do you read the Fake Steve Jobs blog?

Jobs: I have read a few of the FSJ things recently, but I thought it was pretty funny!

lkahney
Apple Releases iTunes 7.2 Supporting DRM-Free iTunes Plus
After midnight Eastern tonight, Apple let its own cat out of the bag to go along with Microsoft's announcement of Surface. The Mac OS X Software update brings iTunes 7.2, featuring support for DRM-free downloads off of the iTunes Store,...

After midnight Eastern tonight, Apple let its own cat out of the bag to go along with Microsoft's announcement of Surface. The Mac OS X Software update brings iTunes 7.2, featuring support for DRM-free downloads off of the iTunes Store, what Apple is calling "iTunes Plus." The update notice mentions this support from "participating labels" (does EMI have friends in its DRM-free world?), and then the help file goes further, as noted by MacRumors:
The iTunes Store also offers songs without DRM protection, from participating record labels. These DRM-free songs, called "iTunes Plus," have no usage restrictions and feature higher-quality encoding.

The first time you buy an iTunes Plus song, you specify whether to make all future purchases iTunes Plus versions (when available). You can change this setting by accessing your account information on the iTunes Store.

If you already have iTunes Store purchases that are now available as iTunes Plus downloads, you may upgrade your existing purchases. To do so, visit the iTunes Store and follow the onscreen instructions.
Perhaps there's hope for converting my library of FairPlay-encoded files to come back to life. We can only hope. Tomorrow's going to be exciting. Stay tuned...

Technorati Tags: drm, itunes

Pete Mortensen
Oops: MS Launches Huge Multitouch Display Years Away From Home Use
Remember that totally awesome touchscreen demo at huge scale that had broad applications such as natural photo sorting and editing and fingerpaints? Well, in advance of the D Conference today, Microsoft decided it would be a good idea to launch...

Remember that totally awesome touchscreen demo at huge scale that had broad applications such as natural photo sorting and editing and fingerpaints? Well, in advance of the D Conference today, Microsoft decided it would be a good idea to launch a product line that is...exactly that demo. They call it Surface, and if it lives up to the demo videos on the official site, it will be spectacular in use.
T-Mobile, Harrah's Entertainment and others plan to roll them out very quickly. You might be playing with one in a few days. So what's the problem? Why isn't Apple panicking? Because this is as far from a consumer application as you can get. A 30" touchscreen display built on a coffee table in the living room is years away from being something people will buy.
Granted, Apple's multi-touch product, the iPhone, is also very high-end, but a $600 phone is closer to reality than the Future Table 6000. Don't get me wrong. I'm sure that Microsoft will make money from this selling to stores and casinos. There are many people looking for an interactive table for what I would assume is at least $10,000, if not more. But this is like a new pinball machine, not a technology that will make an impact at home for years to come.
It is an amazing demo, but it's far from ready for prime-time. This is for an exciting display in a store. The fact that MS isn't talking about rolling this technology to other platforms yet indicates that they're not playing for those markets. And I will pit the iPhone or a touch-enabled iPod against a to-be-announced Surface Zune any day. If anything, launching this way is a sign that Microsoft knows it doesn't have a product to compete with the iPhone ready to go. So they brought out the circus edition of the technology.
I'm sure the clowns and the elephants are psyched.
Microsoft Surface: multi-user touch table [MacNN]

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Pete Mortensen
Mac Plus Beats AMD Dualcore In Word, Excel Tests
Ever wondered what we've gained in 20 years of computing advancement? Other than better graphics, the answer is...not much, at least for basic office productivity tasks. Hal Licino at HubPages runs a vintage MacPlus from 1986 against a brand-new PC...

Ever wondered what we've gained in 20 years of computing advancement? Other than better graphics, the answer is...not much, at least for basic office productivity tasks. Hal Licino at HubPages runs a vintage MacPlus from 1986 against a brand-new PC running on AMD dual-core hardware, and finds that the MacPlus is faster for virtually all comparable tasks, including booting and several ordinary MS Office tasks.
Just goes to show you -- computing peaked in 1988 (the Mac SE/30 dominates the Plus still).
86 Mac Plus Vs. 07 AMD DualCore. You Won't Believe Who Wins

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Pete Mortensen
Nominee For Oddest Mac Mini Case Mod
It's giant friendly green blob Haro from Gundam! And his back ate a Mac mini! Good thing he can dance or something. A very, very odd Japanese import. Check Ubergizmo for more. Via GeekSugar. Technorati Tags: gundam, mac mini, mod,...

It's giant friendly green blob Haro from Gundam! And his back ate a Mac mini! Good thing he can dance or something. A very, very odd Japanese import. Check Ubergizmo for more.
Via GeekSugar.

Technorati Tags: gundam, mac mini, mod, accessory

Pete Mortensen