Mac News

09.01   Mac Night Owl   Make it Elegant or Make it Cheap!, Gene Steinberg: You know you can buy a netbook running Windows for less than $300, but the very cheapest Mac, the mini, is now $699.

09.01   Low End Mac   The 2010 iPod Value Equation, Dan Knight: A new design for the iPod nano, back to a tested design for the iPod shuffle, and the new iPod touch is more like the iPhone than ever.

09.01   Low End Mac   Open Source Will Never Displace Closed Platforms, Dan Knight: Although open source is emotionally appealing and free, there are only two markets where it dominates.

09.01   Low End Mac   Practically Perfect Design: The iMac G5, Dan Knight: Six years ago, Apple introduced the current iMac ’slab’ configuration with the iMac G5. The iconic design has barely changed since.

09.01   Low End Mac   Finding a New Home for Your Old Mac, Adam Rosen: You can repurpose the old Mac as a server, pass it along to a family member, donate it, sell it, give it away, or recycle it.

09.01   Mac Night Owl   Is the Mac OS Dying?, Gene Steinberg: You know that Apple is, nowadays, earning far more income from mobile products than from Macs. Right now, more people own products powered by iOS than powered by Mac OS X, so you begin to wonder where this all might be heading.

09.01   Mac Night Owl   The Net Neutrality Greed Argument, Gene Steinberg: Yes, we know the Michael Douglas character in the 1980’s film, "Wall Street," said "greed is good," but you wonder just how far that can go without hurting your customers. And, no, I’m not about to talk about how the character might have evolved in the forthcoming sequel, since I haven’t read the script.

09.01   Mac Night Owl   Are You Ready to Give Up Your Mac?, Gene Steinberg: More and more of the speculation I’ve read of late talks about extensive proposed changes to the Mac OS. There is that Apple patent filing that would add a touch interface, activated, evidently, by the direction in which the screen is tilted.

09.01   Mac Night Owl   So Much for Stagnating Mac Growth, Gene Steinberg: I have to constantly remind myself that sales estimates can be all over the place, so when a recent report suggested Macs sales weren’t improving as fast as some expected, I was ready to attribute that state of affairs to the extreme success of the iPad.

09.01   CNN Money.com   Google Responds To Steve Jobs, Seth Weintraub: At the Apple Event today, Steve Jobs slipped some jabs Google’s way but also lauded AppleTV’s ability to play YouTube.

09.01   BusinessWeek   Apple’s Pricing Decoys, Ben Kunz: Rumor says a small, 7-inch iPad is coming. It’s a ploy to help Apple defend margins.

09.01   TechCrunch   Jobs: Hey Google, We’re Activating 230,000 NEW IOS Devices A Day, MG Siegler: Last month, Google CEO Eric Schmidt noted that Google was activating 200,000 Android devices a day. Obviously, that’s a massive number. Today during the Apple event in San Francisco, Steve Jobs took the chance to one up him -- then take a shot at Google.

09.01   Macworld   Hands On With Apple, Jason Snell and Jonathan Seff: After Wednesday’s Apple media event, we got to spend a little while in a hands-on area adjacent to the Yerba Buena theater with a few dozen members of the media, analysts, VIPs, and--most importantly--new iPods and Apple TVs. Without any further ado, here’s what we spotted.

09.01   AppleInsider   Apple’s AirPlay to stream photos, video from iPhones to HDTVs, Neil Hughes: Apple’s upgraded wireless media streaming feature, now known as AirPlay, will soon offer video and photo streaming to Apple TV directly from iOS 4.2 devices, and allows users to send music and album art to third-party hardware.

09.01   TUAW   Why Is The Apple TV So Expensive In Europe?, Richard Gaywood: There are lots of disgruntled people in the UK this evening, following Apple’s announcement that the new Apple TV, retailing for $99 in the US, will cost...99 Pounds.

09.01   Ars technica   No Longer A Hobby? $99 Apple TV Drops Storage, Integrates Netflix, Clint Ecker: Apple announced a smaller, black Apple TV that costs $99, has no built-in storage, streams content from iTunes or iOS devices, and fully integrates Netflix into the existing Apple TV interface. Apple’s new black box will be available later this month.

09.01   TUAW   iPod Touch Outselling PSP And DS In Games, Not Systems, Mike Schramm: During this morning’s event, Steve Jobs tossed out the factoid that the iPod touch was trouncing traditional handheld gaming, claiming that the system had sold more than Nintendo and Sony’s portables combined.

09.01   Macworld   Inside Apple’s music numbers, Marco Tabini: Apple didn’t just roll out new products during its Wednesday press event; it also rattled off some impressive statistics about its mobile, music, and retail efforts.

09.01   AppleInsider   IOS 4.2 For iPad Coming In November, Adds Wireless Printing And Air Play, Staff: Apple on Wednesday showed off iOS 4.2 for the iPad, including folders, multitasking, support for wireless printing, and streaming of audio, video and photos through the new Air Play feature.

09.01   Apple Press   Apple Premieres New Apple TV for Breakthrough Price of $99, Staff: Apple today announced the new Apple TV which offers the simplest way to watch your favorite HD movies and TV shows on your HD TV for the breakthrough price of just $99.

09.01   Apple Press   Apple Introduces iTunes 10 With Ping, Staff: Apple today introduced iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network for following your favorite artists and friends to discover what music they’re talking about, listening to and downloading.

09.01   Apple Press   Apple Unveils New iPod shuffle, Staff: Apple today announced the new redesigned iPod shuffle which features both clickable "ring" buttons and Apple’s innovative VoiceOver technology, enabling users to easily navigate their music and playlists without ever looking at their iPod shuffle.

09.01   Apple Press   Apple Reinvents iPod nano With Multi-Touch Interface, Staff: Apple today unveiled a completely redesigned iPod nano featuring Apple’s Multi-Touch interface that lets users navigate their music collection by simply tapping or swiping a finger on the display.

09.01   Apple Press   Apple Introduces New iPod touch, Staff: Apple today announced the new iPod touch, packed with incredible new features including Apple’s stunning Retina display, FaceTime video calling, and HD video recording.