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HBO and Apple today announced that programming from HBO is now available for purchase and download on iTunes. New HBO programs on iTunes include the Emmy Award-winning programs The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Deadwood and Rome, as well as the critically acclaimed hits Flight of the Conchords and The Wire. The iTunes Store is the world’s most popular online TV store with over 150 million episodes sold and features the world’s largest catalog with over 800 shows (over 20,000 episodes)…
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »May 2nd, 2008
Apple today announced that new movie releases from major film studios and premier independent studios are available for purchase on iTunes on the same day as their DVD release. New releases and catalog titles will be available from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios. Movies purchased from iTunes can be viewed on an iPod with video, iPhone, Mac or PC or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV, with new releases priced at US$14.99 and most catalog titles at $9.99…
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »April 28th, 2008
Apple today updated its all-in-one iMac line with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and the most powerful graphics ever available in an iMac. With prices starting at US$1,199, the new iMacs include faster processors with 6MB L2 cache and a faster 1066 MHz front-side bus across the entire line, and 2GB of memory standard in most models. The 24-inch iMac now offers a 3.06 GHz Intel processor and the high-performance NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics as options, extending iMac’s lead as the ultimate all-in-one desktop computer for both consumers and professionals…
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »April 27th, 2008
A few weeks ago we reported that Psystar was going to launch a new tower capable of running Mac OS X. Not only that, but they planned to ship their computer with our favourite operating system pre-installed, with reports that the company was willing to fight Apple’s restrictive licensing terms in court if necessary. Despite rumors that the whole project was a hoax, and a somewhat uneventful response from Apple so far, it appears that the first few Mac clones have indeed shipped. Although first hand experience is for the most part positive, there are small issues involving the software update and no guarantees Apple won’t put these things out of commission when they release 10.5.3. Gizmodo has posted a demonstration video here.
Posted in Other Items | No Comments »April 23rd, 2008
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 second quarter ended March 29, 2008. The Company posted revenue of US$7.51 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $5.26 billion and net quarterly profit of $770 million, or $.87 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 32.9 percent, down from 35.1 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 44 percent of the quarter’s revenue…
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »April 15th, 2008
Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple, has been on Time Magazine’s cover five times, and featured in the top 100 most influential people of the year list three times in the past. However, at the time of writing, Steve is sitting at 200th place, with a mere 23% rating. Michael Dell and Steve Ballmer are even beating him at this stage, so if you’re can’t live without your iPhone, iPod touch, AppleTV, or any other Apple product, be sure to place your vote here.
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »April 3rd, 2008
Unlocking and jailbreaking iPhones has been common practice for a while now, in fact earlier this week, Apple Insider revealed that an extensive study released by Rubicon Consulting reveals that nearly one half of US iPhone users have taken measures to add applications to the handset on their own, while just a bit more than 10 percent say they’ve unlocked the device from AT&T’s wireless network. This doesn’t even include the thousands of iPhones being parallel imported into countries where the iPhone has yet to be officially released. Russia is one of the leaders in this regard according to Bloomberg, who just published a report stating that around 250,000 people own iPhones, more than any other country except the US and China…
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »April 3rd, 2008
Arstechnica is reporting that Apple has surpassed Walmart to become the largest music retailer in the US, holding 19% of the market. Amazon, who has recently started selling music online placed a distant fourth at just 6% of the market according to an email sent to a select group of employees. In February, Apple announced that it was the number two music retailer in the US, having sold over four billion songs, with an incredible 20 million songs sold on Christmas Day 2007 alone. It is expected that Apple will make an official announcement early next week.
Update: Apple has now confirmed that this report is correct.
Posted in News, Other Items | No Comments »April 1st, 2008
As many of you may have noticed, we’ve been a bit behind on posting news items over the last few weeks. This was largely due to problems with our content management system. However, everything is working fine now and over the next few weeks we hope to clear up any remaining CSS bugs (particularly the AJAX login system which is working far from perfectly). If you run a Mac hardware or software development company and wish for us to publish your press releases, please read on. Additionally, if you are interested in writing for maccrazy, further details are published in this article…
Posted in Other Items, Site News | No Comments »March 18th, 2008
Apple today introduced Safari 3.1, the world’s fastest web browser for Mac and Windows PCs. Apple claims that Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari also runs JavaScript up to six times faster than other browsers, and is the first browser to support the latest innovative web standards needed to deliver the next generation of highly interactive Web 2.0 experiences. Safari 3.1 is available immediately as a free download here for both Mac OS X and Windows.
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