MWSF: Apple introduces new 17-inch, unibody MacBook Pro
Dennis Sellers 
Jan 6, 2009 at 3:30pm
Apple has unveiled the new 17-inch MacBook Pro featuring an aluminum unibody enclosure, and a new built-in battery that purportedly delivers up to eight hours of use and up to 1,000 recharges for more than three times the lifespan of conventional notebook batteries.
MWSF: iLife ’09 sees mpgrades to iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand
Dennis Sellers Jan 6, 2009 at 3:14pm
Apple today introduced iLife ’09, which features major upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand, and includes iDVD and an updated version of iWeb. iPhoto ’09 builds on the ability to automatically organize photos into Events by adding Faces and Places as new ways to easily organize and manage your photos.
MWSF: Apple unveils iWork ‘09, introduces iWork.com public beta
Dennis Sellers Jan 6, 2009 at 3:10pm
Apple has introduced iWork ’09, the latest version of Apple’s office productivity suite, which adds new features. The company also announced a new service called iWork.com.
MWSF: All songs to soon be DRM-free at iTunes Store; new pricing structure coming
Dennis Sellers Jan 6, 2009 at 3:00pm
Apple has announced several changes to the iTunes Store. Beginning today, all four major music labels—Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group and EMI—along with thousands of independent labels, are now offering their music in iTunes Plus, Apple’s DRM-free format with higher-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings.
‘Macsimum News’ LIVE keyboard coverage: iLife ‘09, iWork ‘09, 17-inch MacBook Pro, iTunes news
Dennis Sellers Jan 6, 2009 at 12:45pm
Hi, Dennis Sellers, editor/publisher/chief macsimizer of Macsimum News here. I’m inside the Moscone Center awaiting the start of the keynote of Phil Schiller, Apple’s president of worldwide product marketing. We’ll be giving you the highlights of his announcements here. For the details on any new products introduced, we’ll be doing follow-up articles. Also, as this article is being updated frequently, you’ll wan t to refresh it every few minutes.
MWSF: New Eye-Fi app brings effortless photo uploads to iPhone users
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 5:36pm
Eye-Fi Inc., makers of memory cards for digital cameras, today announced it is developing a new iPhone application that will allow Eye-Fi card owners to send photos taken on an iPhone directly to their computer and the Web. The application will be previewed at Macworld in San Francisco, January 6-9, in booth #3315 in the North Hall.
MWSF: Danilo Campos releases Oddage 1.0 for iPhone/iPod Touch
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 5:28pm
Danilo Campos has released version 1.0 of Oddage, an iPhone/iPod Touch game. In Oddage, players are faced with four words – three that are similar and one that does not belong. Fast brains are rewarded with more points, while the list of possible choices grows. Oddage presents an engaging, polished gameplay experience. It has also been tuned to the specific needs of iPhone/iPod Touch users. Oddage exists to bring an end to the small spells of boredom in the lives of iPhone users.
Treasure Island and Cleopatra: a Queen’s Destiny are coming to the Mac and the iPhone
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 5:22pm
Coladia is proud to announce that Destination: Treasure Island and Cleopatra: a Queen’s Destiny are coming to MacOS X and the iPhone. Coladia has signed a publishing and distribution agreement with Nobilis and Kheops Studio to port more adventure games on the Mac platform and the iPhone in 2009.
Chicktionary game for iPhone now has free version, more puzzles
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 5:13pm
Dallas-based Blockdot has released a free version of Chicktionary – one of the most popular word games on the internet – for the iPhone, and has boosted the puzzle count in the full iPhone version.
MWSF: ‘Safe Eyes Mobile’ comes to the iPhone
Dennis Sellers Jan 6, 2009 at 5:00pm
InternetSafety.com is introducing Safe Eyes Mobile, an Internet filtering software enabling parents to protect children from exposure to objectionable Internet material on a mobile device, at this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo.
NuageProduction releases four applications for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 4:55pm
NuageProduction today released four applications for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch that help users customize access to thousands of international media sources. The NuageProduction solutions enable users to personalize content index from ever-expanding directories of TV networks, radio stations, print media, RSS feeds, and Web pages. The applications work on 3G, Edge and Wi-Fi networks, and in Airplane Mode with unique streaming and downloading options. Video access requires a Wi-Fi connection.
Super Brain Surge for iPhone and iPod Touch available (video demo)
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 4:41pm
Super Brain Surge is a challenging mix of fun games, suitable for all ages, to train the brain. Play alone or with 3 friends as Dr Fergus, the nutty professor,challenges you to a plethora of mind stretching puzzles that will flex your cerebral muscles and sharpen your visual, memory, computing and logic skills.
Livescribe Introduces Livescribe Desktop software for Mac users
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 4:33pm
Livescribe Inc. today announced its native Livescribe Desktop software for Mac, version 1.0, for its Pulse™ smartpen at the Macworld Conference. Livescribe’s Pulse smartpen captures handwriting and simultaneously records audio and synchronizes it to the writing, so users never miss a word they hear, write or speak. Users can simply tap on their notes to replay what was recorded from the exact moment they were writing.
Macsimum iPhone Video: Demo of Google Picasa for Mac
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 4:32pm
Today’s Macsimum iPhone video demonstrates Google’s new Picasa photo editing software for the Mac. Picasa for Mac has been designed to play nicely with iPhoto.
Parallels updates Desktop 4.0 for Mac
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 4:14pm
Parallels has released a revised version of Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac, adding a handful of new features such as improved DirectX support for gamers and experimental support for coming versions of Windows and Mac OS X.
MWSF: Active Storage announces delivery of MacIT Storage Session at Macworld
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 4:10pm
Active Storage, Inc. today confirmed that CEO Alex Grossman will deliver a session titled “Complex Storage Deployments in Two Minutes” as part of the MacIT Storage Track at this year’s Macworld Conference and Expo.
MWSF: Case Logic expands line of Apple-specific accessories at Macworld
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 4:05pm
Case Logic, an innovator in organization and storage solutions for consumer electronics, will debut new lines of iPod cases and MacBook-specific sleeves beginning tomorrow at the Macworld Expo, January 6 through 9 at the Moscone Center’s North Hall in booth number 3410.
Pentax introduces Optio P70, E70 digital cameras
Dennis Sellers Jan 6, 2009 at 4:00pm
Pentax has announced two new, compact digital cameras: the Optio P70 and Optio E70. The Optio P70 digital compact camera sports 12 megapixels for large, detailed images, a 4X optical zoom (equivalent to 27.5mm-110mm), plus a wide angle 28mm lens.
MWSF: WebIS unveils Pocket Informant 1.0 for iPhone
Dave Merten Jan 6, 2009 at 3:57pm
Texas based Mobile PDA and Smartphone maker, WebIS Inc. today announced that it will be showing its incredibly popular PIM, Pocket Informant, for the iPhone and iPod Touch at MacWorld 2009. Pocket Informant is a Personal Information Manager for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices. Version 1.0 will offer Agenda, Week, Month, and Day views for the calendar, a Today view, a Tasks view with full GTD capability, Context, Projects, Next Action, Inbox, Search, and more.
Apple patent is for deep pixel display
Dennis Sellers Jan 6, 2009 at 3:40pm
An Apple patent (number 7474315) for a deep pixel display has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. The invention relates generally to a user interface for sharing content, and, more particularly, to a method, apparatus, and system for providing a deep pixel display on a display device.
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Reporter’s Notebook: the long, arduous, screen-damaging trip to Macworld
By Dennis Sellers 
Jan 6 at 7:00am
I’ll be inline early this morning, awaiting entrance into the keynote by Phil Schiller, Apple’s vice president of worldwide product marketing. Since Steve Jobs says that, despite rumors, he’s sick but not deathly ill and just chose to spend holiday time with his family rather than preparing for a Macworld keynote as he’s done for a decade, I’ll be anxiously awaiting Phil’s talk.
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Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
Said:
They need you in Cupertino JonDoe. Both the legal department and the marketers could benefit from your direction. If I were you I’d get out there right away.
Reporter's Notebook: the long, arduous, screen-damaging trip to Macworld
Said:
Dennis, I’m afraid the only way to take carryons in modern aircraft is by FedEx. I’m no professional traveler but it seems to me you have to send it ahead because you can’t trust airlines.
I hope the rest of your stay is good and productive and without incident. I count on you to tell me what happens at Macworld.
Bob
iKanji released for iPhone, iPod touch
Said:
Where is it?
Linked to KanjiDo?
This is not the expected design.
Yannick
Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
Said:
Apple will still hurt themselves and lose customers, or potential customers. Even though BluRay and HD look exactly the same, and the only difference between the two is the capacity . . people are still brainwashed that Blu Ray is better looking. So to please current , and possible , customers Steve Jobs should have just gone ahead and included Blu Ray in the next OS and DVDSP update. It is a bad decisions that they’re not going to.
FileMaker Pro 10 ships with new interface, dynamic reporting, more
Said:
Nice application update. Now, where is FileMaker and Bento for the iPhone/iPod touch? You know that they have to have one in the making. The question is why haven’t they announced it yet?
Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
DAG Said:
An iMac with EyeTV, Griffin Shark and Front Row already does pretty much all you describe. A 1TB FW800 external HD spares the internal drive a lot of the wear and tear. The Eye TV tuners also support Clear Quam HD (Cable as opposed to ATSC over the air).
As for improvements, how about a screen that’s not so shiny you can shave in it from 15 feet away?
MWSF: Pinnacle Systems releasing Video Capture for Mac
Said:
You would think, with a mature product line for the Mac that Pinnacle has, that they would know that the Mac should be referred to as ‘Mac’ and not ‘MAC’ (while it is correct in this article, their whole web site appears to use MAC instead).
MWSF: Retrospect 8 to arrive this week
Said:
Ouch. You have to burn one of licenses for each VM you want to back up? So it’s not a per-machine or per-user license, it’s a per-OS license?
Macworld Photos, Day One
Said:
The banner to the 2009 Macworld coupon book, when clicked redirects to an invalid link, any ideas where we can download the coupon book?
Thanks!
'Macsimum News' Macworld news coverage
Said:
what about a new release to imac?
Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
Said:
Dennis,
I already use my 24” iMac for movies. Netflix sends me DVDs and I watch them. I gave away my TV in 2006 an have been happy ever since.
How do you make your iMac a radio?
Keep up the good work big guy.
Bob
Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
Said:
Haven’t you heard - BLU-RAY is dead. Failed. DVD will be here for a long time. Buy an external Blu-Ray drive to access blu-ray on a Mac.
MWSF: Macworld 2009 to serve as launching pad for new products
Said:
MWSF coupon book link doesn/t work 404 error
MWSF: Cultured Code to shop Things task management app for Mac OS X
Jason Said:
Things is quite simply brilliant! WHile it won’t organize you or do your laundry, it will unobtrusively help you manage and make the most of your day. And, it does all of this with a simplicity that only a true Mac developer could create. Things should be a staple for almost every Mac user. It deserves an award, even before it is officially released.
Rogue Amoeba unveils satellite radio app for Mac OS X
Said:
I found a neat iPhone app that keeps track of Satellite radio news at http://satradio.webappgalaxy.com
Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
Said:
I still want a headless Mac for $1299 with a good video card, room for RAM, at least a 300G hard drive, and a boatload of USB and FireWire ports.
So, maybe a new Mini will answer my prayers. But who am I kidding. I rarely get what I want!
A tale of two iPod battery extenders
Said:
I don’t really understand why anyone would get the Richard Solo-style battery packs for iPods/iPhones. Having the battery connected solely using the dock connector (I believe newer models have a little plastic bracket to try to work around this issue a little), winds up putting a large strain on the internal connector inside your iPod. And guess how likely you will get a warrantee replacement from Apple because your dock connector has broken because of this.
If I was given one of these, if I ever used it, I would connect it, leave the iPod/battery flat on a table until it had charged the iPod or I needed to use the iPod, then I would immediately disconnect it before doing anything with the iPod.
Mathomatic released for iPhone, iPod touch
Said:
Can I purchase XM Radio for my Iphone? So that I have access at all times on IPHONE.
Apple sued over defective iMac screens
Said:
Well in this case it’s true. A person I help with things Mac has an iMac from mid-2007 which started developing vertical (coloured) lines - first several then the lines multiplied over time. I looked on Apple’s Support forum and others and found many people had the same issue with their iMacs. Apple has denied it is their problem. Took the iMac into an authorized repair place and they said only solution was replacing the display (which would cost about 600 Euros since the iMac was out of warranty by then). They hadn’t a clue as to the cause.
7 new Apple-related software updates
Dave Merten Said:
Alex, their January 2, 2009 press release states version 2.9.6. If you look at that page you referred to, you will notice it jumps from version 2.9.5 to 2.9.7. I believe whoever sent out the press release made a typo and meant to list version 2.9.7.