Apple Hot NewsHot News provided by Apple.First Apple Retail Store in Australia opens in Sydney on Thursday, June 19- June 18, 2008 On Thursday, June 19, the Apple Retail Store, Sydney the first Apple store in Australia opens its doors for the first time. With two floors dedicated to the Mac and iPod and a third to training and the worlds largest Genius Bar, this breathtaking new store will be the ultimate place for the people of Sydney to shop, learn and be inspired, says Ron Johnson, Apples senior vice president of Retail.http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/06/18retail.html?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss VoiceOver: empowering technology for author Elliot Aronson- June 17, 2008 When Mac OS X was released with VoiceOver, it was a lifesaver, says Elliot Aronson. Though hes lost 90% of his vision to macular degeneration, the social psychologist used VoiceOver, which he calls the single most important technical invention for me, to write his latest book on his Mac mini. The Mac with VoiceOver is indispensable. Without them, I wouldnt be able to write or edit my work.http://www.apple.com/business/profiles/aronson/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss Keeping up with Get Smart- June 17, 2008 Would you believe that iTunes already has the soundtrack for the soon-to-be-released Get Smart available for you to preview and purchase Youll also find Filmmaker Talk podcasts (two posted and more on the way) and the exclusive and free Get Smart clip.http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewCustomPage?name=pageGetSmart MacBook Pro one of the best desktop-replacement laptops- June 16, 2008 Thanks to their updated CPUs, improved battery life, and the incorporation of touch-pad gestures from the MacBook Air, the new MacBook Pro models led the pack with a rating of 8.2 (out of 10) in CNETs review of desktop-replacement laptops.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/16/BUO11190F7.DTL Call it the iPhone economy- June 16, 2008 Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster calls them more powerful and attractive than anything hed seen on a mobile device before. Hes talking, of course, about the iPhone applications demoed at Apples recent developer conference. And, according to John Boudreau (mercurynews.com), Munster believes Apple could be creating a billion-dollar industry built around the iPhone.http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9599971?sr=hotnews Tal Yarden: Multimedia Ringmaster- June 13, 2008 Macs have always given me the feeling that I can figure anything out, explains Tal Yarden. And in his latest project, the video designer has figured out how to use the Mac, FInal Cut Pro, Motion, Keynote, and other Mac software to stage an innovative production of Wagners Gtterdmmerung that adds video via a Mac mini-controlled 66 screen array.http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/tal_yarden/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss Celebrating the best in iPhone and Mac software development- June 13, 2008 Apple today celebrates the achievements of many innovative developers by revealing the winners of the Apple Design Awards 2008. The awards recognize technical excellence, innovation, and outstanding achievement in software development in seven categories. Take a look.http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ada/#showcase?sr=hotnews Meet the Actors: Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway- June 12, 2008 On June 18, just two days before the hilarious Get Smart opens in theaters, stars Steve Carell (Maxwell Smart) and Anne Hathaway (Agent 99) visit the Apple Retail Store, SoHo, to discuss the film, screen clips, and answer audience questions. Seating is limited, so come early to the 9:00 pm event.http://www.apple.com/retail/soho/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss Computer Music offers The Ultimate Guide to GarageBand- June 11, 2008 The leading magazine for digital musicians dedicates its latest print issue to one topic. GarageBand. Computer Musics June issue (with its included DVD) includes a dozen video tutorials, offers an exclusive Best of Jam Packs loop collection, features interviews with Fall Out Boy and Alex Greenwald, and includes plenty of demos and GarageBand songs to hone your audio editing skills on.http://www.computermusic.co.uk/page/computermusic?entry=cm_special_the_ultimate_guide Macs help reveal how dinosaurs ran- June 11, 2008 The duck-billed Hadrosaur dubbed Dakota grazed the area now known as the North Dakota badlands some 65 million years ago. Unearthed in 1999, Dakota yielded not only soft tissue (an exceedingly rare find) but also near-complete mummified remains. Using a Mac Pro cluster, University of Manchester scientists are now discovering how the 7000-pound looked, walked, and ran.http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/manchester/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss |