Archive for January 14th, 2008
Fans of Apple and all things Mac are holding their breath as industry observers and pundits around the world make predictions about what’s going to be launched at Macworld next week.Macworld, the largest Mac event of its kind, will include over 400 exhibitors and is expected to draw more than 50,000 attendees. Macworld’s five-day conference program features 191 sessions with content designed for Mac users of all levels and backgrounds.
Will Bill Gates show up to introduce Office 2008 for the Mac? Will a new iPhone be introduced? Are the rumors about an on-demand rental service for iTunes true?
Analysts are saying that nobody really knows what surprises Apple CEO Steve Jobs might pull out of his turtleneck, well, nobody outside Apple. But plenty are willing to take a guess.
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January 14th, 2008
Microsoft 
users are facing good news and bad news. The bad news: Microsoft had issues with its update process again as it prepared to launch the final version of its first Service Pack for the Windows Vista operating system. The good news: After addressing the glitch, Microsoft turned on a dime and made SP1 available to the public on Friday.The drama began early last week when Microsoft accidentally sent a patch to some users running the Windows operating system. Specifically, Microsoft issued a Vista update to prepare PCs for a future release of Vista Service Pack 1.
The update marked one of three prerequisites for SP1 and was intended for delivery only to Vista Enterprise and Vista Ultimate machines. The update targeted BitLocker, a full-drive encryptiontechnology Microsoft bundles with premium editions of its latest operating system. However, the update was also delivered to PCs running Vista Home Basic and Home Premium.
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January 14th, 2008
Amazon.com on Thursday announced a new deal with Sony BMG to sell its digital music without copy protection. Sony is the last of the major record labels to jump on the Digital Rights Management-free bandwagon.Amazon’s DRM-free MP3 digital music store will now feature music from all four major labels — Sony, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and EMI — as well as more than 33,000 independent labels. The MP3 songs are playable on virtually any digital music-capable device, including PCs, Macs, iPods, Zunes, Zens, iPhones, RAZRs and BlackBerrys. Sony’s music will debut on Amazon.com later this month.
“We are excited to be working with Amazon as they continue to build new markets for digital music,” Thomas Hesse, president of Sony BMG Music Entertainment’s Global Digital Business & U.S. Sales, said in a statement. “We are constantly exploring new ways of making our music available to consumers in the physical space, over the Internet and through mobile phones, and this initiative is the newest element of our ongoing campaign to bring our music to fans wherever they happen to be.”
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January 14th, 2008
