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Fox's Legal iTunes DVD Rip Works Great, Wastes Plastic

Amid all of the MacBook Air hullabaloo, you might have forgotten about the Apple announcement that Fox would begin providing "free" iTunes versions of programs via DVD. The first release was Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest, a Star Wars parody. Being the brave product testers that we are, we tried it out. It was, well, kinda weird. more »

12:30 PM ON MON JAN 21 2008
BY WILSON ROTHMAN
63,264 views, 58 comments

macworld

Fastest Macworld Keynote Liveblog Ever: Thanks

It happened again•According to not a few people, we had the fastest and most reliable liveblog around. From what I was told, we had roughly 5 minute lead on our closest competitors on images with publish times at about 10 seconds from snap, and for text, we were neck and neck with the always fast Macrumors. And we never went down. Thanks to the tech teams at Gawker and Wordpress, the flying fingers of Giz's editorial staff, and of course, all you readers who stayed fixated on the Jobsnote via the Giz.

5:54 AM ON THU JAN 17 2008
BY BRIAN LAM
1,990 views, 43 comments

Latest by yoshi: It would be "Game Over" if you just provided a realtime video feed. Get some of your interns strapped up with a live webcam wirelessly streaming over the internet. more »

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Is MacBook Air Worth the Money? Five Slim Laptops Face Off

Updated with battery life stats, by popular demand. We can all agree that the MacBook Air is a slick-looking little laptop. It's so thin! You can't argue with that! But if you're in the market for a small, high-performance laptop, is it the best option? I pored over specs for four similarly positioned and more-or-less similarly priced laptops to see if you'll get your $1,800 worth out of the Air. Let's go to the chart, shall we? more »

1:00 PM ON WED JAN 16 2008
BY ADAM FRUCCI
130,981 views, 221 comments

Latest by my favorite car is a motorcycle: Well, you feature-counters, have you actually exercised each of these machines? The XPS, for example, leaves a lot to be desired in the fit/finish/feel categories. Call me a snob, but I'm willing to pay a little but more for a product that more »

peripherals

Meet MacBook Air's Kids: Ethernet and SuperDrive Peripherals

If the MacBook Air is the mother of all slimline notebooks, then these two must be her offspring: you may have to ferry them around a lot if you watch DVDs or use wired surfing while you're on the road. While the Superdrive is a slot-loading 8x number in an aluminium jacket, and weighing just over a pound, the Ethernet adapter looks to be a standard Apple white, and gives you that RJ-45 connector for 10/100BASE-T support that everyone's talking about. Combined together they take up around 25 cubic inches we think, showing just how skinny the Air itself actually is at 52 cubic inches: more »

4:33 AM ON WED JAN 16 2008
BY KIT EATON
9,846 views, 61 comments

Latest by imrubber: @maclaptop6: Ok, it comes with a waranty, and ... wait, did you throw in Office? Now I see, you were just being ignorant. more »

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MacBook Air: 360 Degrees of Video

Want a sense of how thin the new MacBook Air really is? Here is full rotation of the MacBook suspended in Air, showing you all sides, and providing a perfect visual reference to how surprisingly thin the computer is. [Full MacBook Air Coverage on Gizmodo]

4:51 PM ON TUE JAN 15 2008
BY CHRISTOPHER MASCARI
11,612 views, 51 comments

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Highlight Reel: Apple's Official MacBook Air Tour in 60 Seconds

Why sit through all 7+ minutes of the MacBook Air guided tour when we have what you need right here? Take a look at the Air's thin frame, check out a hand gesture or two, and learn how to install software via Remote Disc, from a Windows PC or a Mac. Stay until the end for two bonus shots of the MacBook Air up close. If you can handle more, hit Apple's site for the full-length video. [Apple]

4:24 PM ON TUE JAN 15 2008
BY BENNY GOLDMAN
13,425 views, 41 comments

Latest by RickeyJ: Its all fine and well that your willing to throw out your flawed magnetic storage but with blue ray doing what its doing optical media aint no frisbee...50Gb on soon to be inexspensive reliable yet disposable medium... to sweet to more »

apple

Macworld 2008 Keynote: Live

You want it, we got it. Live coverage of Steve Job's Macworld 2008 Keynote starts Tuesday, January 15 at 9 AM PST (12PM EST), but we'll ramp up the liveblog a few hours before as we always do. Head to live.gizmodo.com first thing tomorrow morning. You don't want to miss it. Boom. Or Poof!

We're here! The liveblog is up and we're updating in real time from the keynote hall. In the remote case that you're having problems seeing the liveblog, delete your cookies in Firefox (especially the Wordpress.com cookie).

BY JASON CHEN
127,545 views, 237 comments

Latest by sonburn: @AnOffDutyNinja: Ooooo Fanboy... hehehe totally. I don't give a rats ass weather I'm called fanboy. Mac produces awesome products... like you don't go giddy in your skirt every time Bill Gates farts. more »

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Macworld and CES Overlaps in 2009 - Kinda

Apparently Macworld and CES will overlap again in 2009, with the former going Jan 5-9 and the latter going Jan 8-11. The keynote, however, shouldn't overlap with the actual CES show (just some pre-show stuff), which means good news for everyone.

1:34 PM ON TUE JAN 15 2008
BY JASON CHEN
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Apple MacBook Air Is World's Thinnest Notebook, Looks Absolutely Amazing

It's real. The fabled MacBook Air actually exists. It's ultra-thin, can have a normal hard drive or a solid state one and, except for a couple ports, it's all about wireless connectivity. It's a stunning .16 inches thick at the bottom and .76 inches on the top. The black keyboard (reminds me of some of those black-over-aluminum Braun designs) is LED backlit, sightly recessed MacBook-style, with rounded edges all around. The latch is magnetic and has a gorgeous 13.3-inch screen with ambient-light sensor and, get this, multitouch trackpad. Check the full specs, 20-image gallery and continuous updates after the jump:

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1:12 PM ON TUE JAN 15 2008
BY JESUS DIAZ
215,856 views, 221 comments

Latest by tang0r: For all of those interested in the MacBook Air (or plan to purchase one in the future), there's an online community and message board forming here: MacBook Air Lounge & Forum [www.macbooklounge.com] It looks like it will have a mods more »

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Apple Adds Mail, Maps and More to iPod touch - for $20

The little iPod touch is getting a much needed update to make it resemble the iPhone a little more closely. There will be a full-fledged Mail program, along with a Maps that gets location from Wi-Fi triangulation. It will also do web clips, stocks, weather, even notes. But it'll cost you. $20 for this upgrade, baby. Apparently, that $400 you coughed up for a 16GB just wasn't enough. [Macworld 2008 Keynote] Official Press Release: more »

12:34 PM ON TUE JAN 15 2008
BY WILSON ROTHMAN
23,838 views, 140 comments

Latest by fearfactor87: Isnt google maps and gmail supposed to be 100% free? Apple is always looking for an extra buck. Fuck Them! more »

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iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware Update is Official

The iPhone got its expected firmware upgrade, delivering version 1.1.3 that we've seen and debated about before. It delivers new features like the ability to send SMS messages to multiple recipients at once, faux-GPS on Google Maps via triangulation, Google Maps showing the hybrid map view, drag and drop icons on the home screen and bookmarks on the home screen (i.e. Webclips). There are also some new features, such as videos with chapters, the ability to display lyrics on music. Check out some screenshots below and hit the jump for the official press release.
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12:27 PM ON TUE JAN 15 2008
BY ADAM FRUCCI
28,732 views, 51 comments

Latest by jolt3500: My only question is how exactly the GPS works. It obviously does not use satellites to show a person exactly where they are on a map, because you can walk into building and the gps software can still track you. more »

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Apple Time Capsule Server for Wireless Time Machine Backups

At Macworld 2008, Apple just announced Time Capsule, a full Airport Extreme base station with 802.11n wireless and four Ethernet ports, plus server grade hard drives to back up all of the Leopard Macs in the house. Did we call this or what? OK, minus the leopard spots, that is. Yes, all signs suggested that something like this would happen, but little did we know it would come with such a reasonable price tag: 500GB for $300; 1TB for $500. Click here for our Time Capsule hands-on at Macworld, or jump for details, plus the official press release: more »

12:03 PM ON TUE JAN 15 2008
BY WILSON ROTHMAN
44,866 views, 48 comments

Latest by xipher: ~sigh~. I bought an airport extreme just 1 month ago.. Knew I should have waited :'( more »

ipod docks

Macally FlexTune Dock Holds iPhone Sideways For Video Without the Neck Strain

Most iPod docks think vertically: iPod slides in, charging and playing in the most upright of fashions. But Macally's new FlexTune dock gives you two 30-pin choices, one centered old-school towards the bottom, and one off to the right, so that you can clamp in your iPhone or iPod touch to view video the way God intended, in 16:9. It's a great idea, since the larger the iPod/iPhone screen gets, the less important LCD-equipped video docks become. The FlexTune takes four AA batteries for portable enjoyment, and has a line-in jack for non-iPods. Let's just hope the FlexTune sounds halfway decent, but for $60, we're not entirely optimistic. [Macally]

8:47 AM ON TUE JAN 15 2008
BY WILSON ROTHMAN
1,853 views, 5 comments

Latest by loslosbaby: I use my iphone as almost 100% of my "fiction" related TV watching...seriously, its my "craptop" and I think this is bitchin'. I really dig watching 5 minutes of "The Rest of Everest" or "Jericho" or BSG whatever when more »

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Adobe Brings Back Photoshop Elements for Mac

The good news: the promise that Photoshop Elements would come back to Mac (after skipping version 5) has been kept—just in time for Macworld 2008, a $90 version of the Intel-native PSE is up for pre-order. I use Adobe Photoshop CS3 these days, but couldn't be happier about this. Remember that trick I told you about, where you take two group photos and select the bits you like from both to get one really good shot? PSE only. And how about batch editing? Pop quiz: Which app is easier to use if you're resizing and tweaking brightness on 12 image files? Yep, the cheap one. The link will give you the goods on the new PSE, which is careful not to go after iPhoto on the organizational side. Now, Adobe, it's time to get crackin' on Premiere Elements for the Mac. Or can't you do any better than Final Cut Express 4? [Adobe]

3:46 PM ON MON JAN 14 2008
BY WILSON ROTHMAN
1,721 views, 3 comments

Latest by FubarGuy: Nice! I was trying out Pixelmator, but it's just not Photoshop. For light editing & manipulation at home, Elements is fine. more »

announcements

Do You Really Think the Macworld Keynote's Leaked on Wikipedia?

Seriously? We weren't going to post anything on this, but lots of sites seem to be picking it up. Do you really think that Steve Jobs would let his keynote be leaked, and on Wikipedia of all places? The keynote that many of his own people don't even know about? We've even heard about employees who worked on the products being announced at Macworlds being surprised that Steve Jobs pulls it out during showtime. But if you really want to read the list of "what's going to be announced," hit the jump. more »

3:24 PM ON MON JAN 14 2008
BY JASON CHEN
21,460 views, 71 comments

Latest by sumocat: Fake. It's plausible enough to look real, but it seems contrived and overly safe to me. Not that some of it won't turn out true. more »

peripherals

DroboShare Adds Gigabit Ethernet to Data Robotics' Lil Server Bot

We all love the idea behind Drobo, the four-drive storage robot from Data Robotics that promises auto-mounting on both OS X Macs and Windows PCs. It's a little pricey at $500, especially since the drives cost extra, but the system just got more powerful: its new shoe fits snugly underneath, providing a gigabit Ethernet network connection and support for "all major file systems" (NTFS, HFS+, EXT3, FAT32). And unlike most NAS devices, this one can be connected locally when necessary, then easily reattached to your network. Of course, it will cost an extra $200, but it'll probably make your initial investment worth more. [Data Robotics]

3:07 PM ON MON JAN 14 2008
BY WILSON ROTHMAN
2,797 views, 9 comments

Latest by goglen: That is better priced that the ReadyNAS. I bought my ReadyNAS (with no drives) for $600 in Aug 2006. Now, 15 months later and after Netgear bought the company, the "now years-old-design" empty unit sells for $800 (if you can more »

the future of apple is in 1960s braun

1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future

The year 2008 marks the 10th Anniversary of the iMac, the computer that changed everything at Apple, hailing a new design era spearheaded by design genius Jonathan Ive. What most people don't know is that there's another man whose products are at the heart of Ive's design philosophy, an influence that permeates every single product at Apple, from hardware to user-interface design. That man is Dieter Rams, and his old designs for Braun during the '50s and '60s hold all the clues not only for past and present Apple products, but their future as well:

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10:30 AM ON MON JAN 14 2008
BY JESUS DIAZ
295,213 views, 101 comments

Latest by haobam: I guess, it wont be surprising if someone point out the similarity between the Samsung's NV series camera to some 6's Leica camera. - Haobam more »

it's coming

Macworld Rumor: Mac Tablet Not Coming This Year, First Macworld Spyshots Appear

Apple Insider has sources who say the Newton-esque tablets Apple are working on will not be announced at Macworld 2008. The unnamed tipsters say there are challenges in the development stages similar to problems which arose with the iPhone last year. And as proof that the Macworld madness is nearing, Apple Insider also received a gallery of spyshots, including a Macworld display banner that reads "2008...There's something in the air." What ever could it be?

3:33 PM ON FRI JAN 11 2008
BY ADRIAN COVERT
27,817 views, 108 comments

macworld 2008

What To Expect at Macworld 2008 and Why We Think It Will Be Bigger than Usual

T minus four days and counting. Steve Jobs' Macworld 2008 keynote is next Tuesday and at this point we only know one thing for sure: something big is coming from Apple. Maybe not one single iceberg-sized thing, but this year we believe the Boom Countâ¢ is going to be so high that Apple had to take their new big irons out of the way to clear the launching pad. And if it wasn't enough, there's plenty of evidence that points out the magnitude and importance of next week's announcements: more »

3:30 PM ON THU JAN 10 2008
BY JESUS DIAZ
136,008 views, 142 comments

Latest by pevans34: none of the things listed above really excites me at all. an apple tv? even if it does get released, whats the point? iphone, slimmer mac book, and movie rentals? yawn. actually i would get a tablet mac. that would be more »

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Let Giz and Ars Technica Buy You a Beer at Macworld 2008

CES is in full swing. But if today's new Mac Pro and Xserve announcements are the news Apple can spare from the keynote, Macworld is going to be huge. To celebrate, I'd like to buy you a beer if you're going to the show. Just come on over to this party Giz and Ars are co-sponsoring.

Where: Harlot at 46 Minna St, San Francisco, CA
When: 8 p.m. Pacific Time
I think pals like FSJ, Leander from Cult of Mac, some other Wired pals, and Arn from Macrumors are planning to stop by too. More soon.

4:40 PM ON TUE JAN 8 2008
BY BRIAN LAM
2,317 views, 21 comments

Latest by drbles: @teexcue: I wonder the same! I'd like to just stop by and say Hi, even if I can't drink! Giz? Let us know please. more »

apple

Why is Apple Launching New Gear a Week Before Macworld? The Official No-Answer Reads Like a Zen Koan

I had a briefing with Apple on their new Xserve and Mac Pros that were released today, midweek during CES, a week before Macworld 2008. I had only one question for them, and it had nothing to do with hardware specs. Why release new gear when the Keynote is only a few days away? Their answer won't satisfy your curiosity, but here is the official response: more »

9:24 AM ON TUE JAN 8 2008
BY BRIAN LAM
115,942 views, 104 comments

Latest by airmanchairman: Latin Biblical quotation: "Nolite Sanctum dare Canibus, nec mittatis Margaritas ante Porcos; ne conculent Pedibus, et conversi dirumphant vos" English translation: Give nothing sacred unto dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn upon you more »

macworld 2008

ShowTime Brings True Video Recording to the iPhone (Verdict: Nice, but We Want More)

ShowTime is a new application which captures and saves video at six frames per second, 320 x 627 resolution. Not as fast Drunknbass, but this one actually saves the video clips to the iPhone's flash memory as individual files. The application looks and feels polished, even if the recording format is weird. Layton Duncan, the developer, says that they are planning to add new features to the software: more »

4:27 PM ON SAT JAN 5 2008
BY JESUS DIAZ
11,107 views, 28 comments

macworld 2008

Is the Apple MacBook Touch a Realistic Possibility?

Some Apple fan mixed the real iMac-like dock patent and the fabled MacBook touch, getting a very nice rendition of how both concepts may look together. There is minimalist dock station too, with an optical drive, extra hard-drive, charging and wireless connectivity but without the screen, which looks like a more realistic proposition. The whole thing is just a figment of a wet fanboy imagination, but could this really happen? And would you buy an Apple tablet, an ultra-Slim MacBook or none of them?

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8:00 AM ON SAT JAN 5 2008
BY JESUS DIAZ
81,591 views, 56 comments

Latest by yungfiddy: i would be all for a laptop that scrolls the internet like an iphone. but i think there would be a problem w/ typing, especially if you had to type something 4 school. they should make it with voice activated more »

rumors

Apple to Start Shipping Macs with Blu-ray at Macworld?

According to analyst Shaw Wu, Apple has plans to start selling computers with Blu-ray drives built-in. It'll announce this at Macworld, and immediately thereafter the HD DVD camp will gulp audibly. That is, if it's merely a Blu-ray drive: more »

1:00 PM ON THU JAN 3 2008
BY ADAM FRUCCI
10,103 views, 62 comments

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Apple's Final Cut Pro User Group Will Have Something Super Secret at Macworld

AppleInsider reports that there will be something "super secret" unveiled at a January 16 Final Cut Pro group, held a day after Steve Jobs' January 15 Macworld keynote. What it is is unknown (obviously, because it's a secret), but will probably not be the next version of Final Cut Studio. It could be an updated Mac Pro with improved processors/memory/specs/whatever, but it's unlikely that it's going to be anything for the consumer audience. So unless you're waiting for an update to the high end Macs or some sort of Final Cut software feature update, you won't have much to look forward to. [Apple Insider] more »

8:07 PM ON WED JAN 2 2008
BY JASON CHEN
3,547 views, 23 comments

Latest by JoOngle: A Quad-Quad perhaps? more »

rumor

The Old Music Industry Is Dead: Apple Launching Record Label With Jay-Z

Looks like there might another major announcement at MacWorld. BGR says they've "confirmed" that Apple is launching a record label with Jay-Z, who's set to step down from Def Jam. Jay-Z and Jobs are both brilliant businessmen, and the move would make sense on a number of levels: The labels almost view iTunes as a competitor now, the industry landscape is rapidly transforming, and whoever finds the magic formula for a new kind of label/distribution firm stands to make a lot of money as they establish the new paradigm of the industry. And iTunes already is something like a label. This could be megaton big, if the rumor is true. [BGR]

5:39 PM ON WED JAN 2 2008
BY MATT BUCHANAN
43,781 views, 76 comments

Latest by schluzzzk: Interesting that you are using the old-fashioned term "record label" while proclaiming that the "old music industry" (releasing "records") is dead. I can't even see that Apple will bother to sell "records". And none of the major music parent companies (Universal, EMI, more »

apple

First Ultraportable Macbook Photochop: Why It Is Fake

It's thin but its fake. Do I have proof? Not really any more proof than those who thought this was real, but I ask you this: Would Apple put a trackpad and button right where your sweaty manhooks are resting as you type? We'd have passed on this story, but since others were commenting, I thought I'd put my two cents in. UPDATE: Aha, I forgot about this patent. The image still looks fake, but you know, so did that iPod nano shot from earlier this year. [Macrumors]

2:30 PM ON WED JAN 2 2008
BY BRIAN LAM
18,838 views, 56 comments

Latest by aloncarmel2k: Very simple. The both screens are identical, both have the same exact Finder. he just moved the icons abit before he snapshot the desktop and opened a dialog. but the finder is identical. I doubt he installed the same exact more »

apple

Apple Keynote Index Fund Lays Out Your Jobsnote Money-Making Chances

The unspoken conventional wisdom around MacWorld every year is that you can make a good deal of money buying up Apple stock before the keynote and dumping it afterwards, cashing in on hyped up traders high on Jobs' ass fumes (a.k.a. his bullshit cloud or RDF). more »

2:15 PM ON WED JAN 2 2008
BY JASON CHEN
3,325 views, 12 comments

Latest by cgiddings: @Lorne: Bought mine in 2001 at $23.47. Still growing stong. :-) more »

apple

Rumors: Ultraportable Macbook and the Multitouch Trackpad

Macrumors is reporting that the rumored ultraportable Macbook we're hoping for at Macworld 08 is to have a multitouch trackpad and external optical. The optical makes sense, and is welcome. The multitouch trackpad rumor is a curiousity: Macbooks already use simple multitouch in trackpads for two-finger scrolling. Maybe a Leopard update will allow for things like zooming and swiping, like the iPhone. [Macrumors]

3:28 PM ON TUE JAN 1 2008
BY BRIAN LAM
49,348 views, 62 comments

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iPhone SDK in the Wild

According to Wired's sources, while all developers will get the iPhone SDK in February, some "big ones" may already have it in their hands now, readying applications to "whet developers' appetites" (as if they needed any whetting) and tell Gizmodo to TFSU. [Wired]

6:47 AM ON MON DEC 17 2007
1,952 views, 3 comments