December 2008

December 1, 2008

 * Apple offers modest 'Black Friday' discounts
 * Kaufman Bros. Shaw Wu on modest 'Black Friday' discounts
 * Munster: On iPhones, MacBooks, iPods and retail
 * Needham and Co.: Mac sales for small business spike
 * Intel exec: Netbooks ain't all that
 * HTC: 1 million Google phones to sell by Year's end
 * Apple updates QuickTime for new laptops
 * Atlantic Records: 51% of music sales in U.S. now digital
 * Some Warner Music shows up DRM-Free on iTunes
 * Documentary 'Welcome to Macintosh available for pre-order
 * MacMerc.TV: Video podcast for the rest of the rest of us

December 2, 2008

 * Apple advises Mac users to install antivirus software
 * Goldman and Piper on Black Friday
 * Deutsche Banks sees Black Friday demand for iPods
 * Early-bird registration extended for Macworld Expo 2009
 * NetApplications notes rise for Mac OS X, Safari and Mobile Safari
 * Computerworld: A closer look at the Microsoft slide
 * Apple to license Mini DisplayPort tech to developers at no fee
 * Apple amends Psystar case to add DMCA violations
 * The Guardian: Apple uses DMCA to keep walled garden walled
 * PC World: Bluwiki removes iPod Hash Project from site
 * Greenpeace gives Apple failing grade (again)
 * 148Apps.com: 10,000 appls for $31,693.02
 * Tracking for App developers to take Christmas holiday
 * The Simpsons: A six-minute riff on Apple

December 3, 2008

 * Gizmodo: Nothing new to Apple Anti-virus Suggestion
 * Macworld: Apple removes antivirus suggestion page from site
 * Apple taking orders for new in-ear headphones with remote and mic
 * Needham and Comapny: iPhone 3G saves smartphones' 3Q
 * IBM seeks chat with Apple execs regarding Papermaster
 * Adobe: No booth on the Macworld 2009 show floor
 * The iPod tax in France: A case of imports
 * Computerworld: Hackers load Linux on iPhone (kind of)
 * Joost releases Wi-Fi video app for iPhone and iPod Touch
 * Macworld UK: Netbooks rule amazon.com on 'Cyber Monday'
 * iTunes lists top apps for 2008
 * Macworld UK: The Dark Knight tops iTunes 2008 movie list
 * Coldplay (album) Leona Lewis (single) top iTunes 2008 tunes

December 4, 2008

 * Shaw Wu: iPods selling like, well, iPods
 * BusinessWeek and Munster: iPods selling less like iPods
 * Adobe Systems trimming workforce by 8%
 * Apple wins trademark suit in China
 * AmazonMP3 launches in UK
 * Amazon releases Amazon Mobile app for iPhone and iPod Touch
 * Intego spots its own name in latest RSPlug trojan variant

December 5, 2008

 * Munset lowers Apple sales estimates for 2009
 * Boy Genius: $99 iPhone 3G at rumored for Wal-Mart
 * Gartner: iPhone sales exceed Windows Mobile device sales worldwide
 * Second Google phone set for January contract-free
 * Netflix 'Watch Now' streaming officially available for MacIntel users
 * Google releases Google Earth plug-in for Mac, adds languages to google.com/mac
 * FluidTunes: Control your iTunes with a wave (in theory)
 * Lightastic for iPhone and iPod Touch: The fun of a Lite-Brite without the danger
 * Report: Obama works out to Tunes from a Zune

December 8, 2008

 * San Jose Mercury News confirms (?) iPhones for Wal-Mart
 * ComScore: Apple 5th most visited retail site on 'Cyber Monday'
 * Apple ad: 10,000 apps and 300 million app downloads
 * Silicon Alley Insider: How much Apple made from the apps (and why it doesn't matter)
 * Apple insider: Belkin, Seagate, Creative Labs giving Macworld a miss
 * Jobs has yet to confirm Macworld keynote
 * IDG announces Macworld music studio on Macworld floor
 * Deadline for Macworld 'Best of Show' awards entries Dec. 13
 * OpeniMac: Mac cloners in Argentina

December 9, 2008

 * Rumor from Europe on DRM-free iTunes moves today
 * CNET's Sandoval takes a mallet to the DRM-free rumors
 * Reuters, NY Post: iPhone headed to Wal-Mart by end of December
 * Deutche Bank: iPhone/iPod Touch to grab 30% portable gaming market share in 2008
 * Global Equities Research: Apple to intro new class of device in 2009
 * CNET's Krazit: Nuts to the Global Equities non-rumor
 * Broadcom announces 802.11n combo chip for smartphones in 2009
 * Acer plans Acer branded smartphone
 * Google adds AdWords to 'Real' mobile Internet browsing
 * Dec. 9, 1968: The mouse and hyperlinks go public

December 10, 2008

 * Wired beats up on three Apple rumors
 * Apple-proposed Open CL 1.0 ratified and released
 * Sony Ericsson, Vodafone, 12 others join Android-centric Open Handset Alliance
 * Ars Technica: Latest 10.5.6 to developers spotlights Mail and MobileMe
 * Macworld: Engraved iPod the best idea?
 * Microsoft updates Office for Mac 2004 and 2008
 * CNET: TV (temporarily) kills some movies on iTunes and Netflix
 * ZDNet: Apple should add eBooks to iTunes
 * Promo blitz launched for 'Watchmen' movie on iTunes

December 11, 2008

 * Psystar countersues Apple (again)
 * Morgan Stanley cuts Apple target by $10 to $95
 * CNBC: Jim Goldman tears Morgan Stanley analyst apart
 * FBR cepital markets: Good news for market suppliers
 * Apple releases updates for aluminum MacBooks (Late 2008)
 * Venture Beat: 'Great movies under $5' disappears from iTunes Store
 * South Korea set to open for worldwide smartphone busines
 * Business Week: The 76-year-old roots of iPods in color

December 12, 2008

 * The Guardian: Laptop makers lose market share to NetBook makers
 * IBD: Apple holds its own in planned PC purchases
 * Gartner and Bajarin: High price not deterring potential Mac buyers
 * Apple files patent for multi-dimensional Mac OS X workspace
 * AT&T selling iPhones 3G online with in-home Activation
 * Corel session at Macworld: 'Digital art pioneers and trendsetters'
 * Final Cut 'SuperMeet' set for January 7 in SF
 * Tennessee Department of Education launches sessions on iTunes
 * The Motley Fool: Microsoft needs to do something with the Zune or kill it
 * Plus 10 minutes with Greg Grunberg from Heroes and his band 'Band from TV'

December 15, 2008

 * U.C. Irvine: iPod responsible for over 41,000 jobs
 * 2008: The digital versus physical music battle
 * Smashing Pumkpin plans to abandon albums for singles
 * Whoopee Cushion apps return to the App Store
 * Apple deadline for free shipping for Christmas Dec. 17, 18 or 19
 * Apple T-Shirt quilt: Over $400 on eBay
 * No RSVP from Jobs, Apple on Macworld keynote

December 16, 2008

 * Apple updated Leopard to 10.5.6
 * Security update included in 10.5.6 released separately for Tiger
 * Mac OS 10.5.6: Apple versus jailbreakers round infinity
 * Ars Technica: Jailbreak break explained
 * BusinessWeek: Mixed messages on Jobs keynote at Macworld 2009
 * Documentary 'MacHeads' to debut at Macworld 2009
 * ITIC survey: Plans for Mac in businesses double in 8 months
 * Goldman Sachs downgrades Apple from 'Buy' to 'Neutral'
 * AmazonMP3.com: Dinging (not denting) iTunes one year later
 * Stupid music story 1: No music on MY iPod!
 * Stupid music story 2: People like to listen to things

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