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Shape Shifting Interfaces

Apple has gotten a patent on a technology where the device itself changes its physical interface, depending on the situation. Using it like an iPod? You get a wheel. Using it like a remote control, you get the buttons for that. Need a physical keyboard? It would be able to do that too. This is [...]

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Best Apple WWDC Keynote Coverage

Ars Technica is doing a GREAT job with their Live WWDC Keynote coverage. Jacqui Cheng and Aurich are doing a better job than anyone else who’s covering the event.

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Big MacBook Pro Updates

MacBook Pro now with Intel i5 and i7, and 4 gig of memory standard. Check the Apple Store. The older versions are still around at Amazon, at least for a while.

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The “Impending Apple Slate”

Bill Keller of the NY Times mentions, “the impending Apple Slate” in this video, after about the 8:15 mark Bill Keller speaks to the digital group at The New York Times from Nieman Journalism Lab on Vimeo.

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Apple’s Magic Mouse

Apple intro-ed the Magic Mouse today… Hope it’s better than the Mighty Mouse. I hated that thing. New models of the Mac mini, iMac and Macbook were also introduced.

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Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple Board

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, has resigned his position on the Apple Board of directors.

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MacWorld 2009 Apple 2009 Keynote Video

Apple has posted the MacWorld 2009 Keynote

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MacWorld 2009 Announcements – iLife 09 – GarageBand 09

GarageBand will add video instructions of how to play instruments, (piano and guitar demoed). Nine lessons included. Artist lessons will be available, including John Fogerty, Cobie, Sting, Sarah McLachlan, and more. The lessons are $4.99 per lesson.

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MacWorld 2009 Announcements – iLife 09 – iPhoto Faces and Places

iLife 09 is adding Faces and Places to iPhoto. Face Recognition technology to let you tag someone’s face and then find that person in all your pictures. Places will use GeoTagging in the photographs to show where pictures were taken. Support for tagging faces and geotagging on Flickr and Facebook too, including sharing of tagged [...]

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Letter About Steve Jobs’ Health

The following was released today by Steve Jobs: Dear Apple Community, For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, [...]

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