Posts with tag macworld 2008
Wait up, hang on here -- you're telling us a personality profiling conducted on 7,500 people at Apple's biggest tub-thumping event of the year, Macworld, yielded results that would suggest Apple users "are more liberal, less modest, and more assured of their own superiority than the population at large." And this so-called survey says Apple users have high indexes for "low modesty," "high perfectionism," and "high superiority," and low indexes for things like "humility," and "self esteem"? Lies and half truths. We don't know a single Apple user that fits anything remotely similar to that profile. Plus, we hear this poll totally had some hanging chads.
iTunes Digital Copy from Fox DVD goes under the microscope
Where the failed promise of Managed Copy on Blu-ray and HD DVD left us all hanging, Apple, iTunes, and Fox have oddly picked up the pieces. As paradoxically quietly announced at this week's Jobsnote, the new Family Guy Presents Blue Harvest DVD comes with an included movie file that one can pull off the disc onto their machine -- but only by making use of an included code (and a copy of iTunes with a valid account, of course), which ensures the DRM is still there. What's unclear is whether the movie file is DRMed before being pulled off the disc, or is encrypted specific to one's account during the process of download from the disc. Ultimately these details won't change the fact that iTunes Digital Copy is a ripe target for people who wants to legitimately buy their media, yet doesn't think it should be friggin' rights managed. Crazy, we know.
Way too much Apple coverage at Macworld -- it's all here

Keynote
MacBook Air
- The MacBook Air
- Apple MacBook Air first hands-on
- Video: MacBook Air hands-on
- MacBook Air: plenty more details
- MacBook Air doesn't have a user-replaceable battery
- MacBook Air battery replacements: $129, free install!
- MacBook Air features Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
- The MacBook Air SuperDrive
- Apple USB Ethernet Adapter brings RJ-45 to your MacBook Air
- Apple MacBook Air and MacBook Pro size showdown
- Apple offers up Micro-DVI to DVI / VGA / Video adapters for MacBook Air
- Apple announces Remote Disc to wirelessly install software on MacBook Air
- Meet the new MacBook family
- Apple's MacBook Air is available for pre-order
- First Macbook Air multi-touch control panel screenshot
- Poll: Did you pre-order a MacBook Air?
- Apple's sold 4 million iPhones since launch
- Apple adds five apps to the iPod touch -- for a price
- iPhone firmware 1.1.3 update announced: it's just like we heard
- Updated firmware 1.1.3 is available for iPhone and iPod touch, sort of
- The skinny on iPhone and iPod touch firmware 1.1.3
- Apple iPhone firmware 1.1.3 hands-on
- Video: iPhone firmware 1.1.3 doing its thing
- Apple TV (Take 2), iPod touch, and iPhone: yep, more details here, too
- Poll: Are you spending $20 on new iPod touch apps?
First Macbook Air multi-touch control panel screenshot

Axiotron Modbook tablet Mac hands-on

Gallery: Axiotron Modbook tablet Mac hands-on
Video: Apple TV Take 2 menu hands-on

Apple Macworld booth tour

Gallery: Apple Macworld booth tour
Video: MacBook Air hands-on

Updated firmware 1.1.3 is available for iPhone and iPod touch, sort of

Read - 1.1.3 update package for iPhone
Read - 1.1.3 update package for iPod touch
Apple Time Capsule hands-on

Gallery: Apple Time Capsule hands-on
Apple's iTunes 7.6 plays nice with 64-bit Vista
Not only is the latest version of iTunes (v7.6 for those keeping count) required to enjoy those brand new movie rentals, but users with 64-bit Windows Vista machines can now look forward to using the software without issue. According to a number of tips, owners of said setups are apparently having no issues with it as of now. So, 64-bit Vista users -- for any of you courageous enough to give it a whirl, why not install iTunes 7.6 and report back with how things worked out?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
More details on Apple's iTunes movie / HD rentals

Yeah, about those server problems...
Long time Engadget readers know it's been a while since we've seen a service outage during Steve Jobs keynotes, which basically come close to making asplode the internets. Today, unfortunately, we did see some issues -- we're hosted by AOL, which obviously has more bandwidth than God, and yet still two data centers went out. Of course, there are far more data centers hosting us than just two, so a lot of readers saw no issues whatsoever. We are already in the midst of a post-mortem, but it's pretty clear you all must really love what we've got going on here, because this was easily our most trafficked live coverage to date.The upshot, of course, is that we're fully back online right now and anticipate zero further issues throughout the day. So head on over and hit up our hands-ons and check out all the news of all the new Apple gear! Don't worry, we can handle it.
Apple MacBook Air first hands-on
Apple TV Take 2 hands-on
The MacBook Air
The MacBook Air SuperDrive
Meet the new MacBook family
Apple introduces Time Capsule, a NAS companion to Time Machine
Apple unveils the Apple TV, take 2
iPhone firmware 1.1.3 update announced: it's just like we heard
Apple introduces iTunes movie rentals, HD rentals
Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote
Meet the new MacBook family

Gallery: Meet the new MacBook family
Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote























