Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Doctor Who comes to iTunes in Christmas countdown
Macworld staff
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has announced plans to release recent Doctor Who seasons in the run up to Christmas on iTunes.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
iBreath offers cheer for festive iPhone drinkers
Macworld staff
The iBreath Breathalyzer, an iPod and iPhone accessory, has gone on sale in the UK allowing drinkers to take their own alcohol breath test to check they aren’t over the limit.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
The Dark Knight tops iTunes 2008 section even before release?
Macworld staff
The Oscar tipped The Dark Knight, the latest big screen outing for Batman, looks likely to have outsold all other iTunes movie downloads in 2008 despite not yet being released.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Apple reveals top iTunes App Store downloads for 2008
Macworld staff
Apple has announced the top downloads from the App Store in 2008, revealing the top 10 paid and free applications for the year.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Apple pushes anti-virus for Macs claims BBC
Macworld staff
Apple has urged Mac owners to use anti-virus software according to a report by the BBC
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
The Thumb promises to improve iPhone typing accuracy
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
Imagebakery has announced the release of The Thumb, a new app for the iPhone and iPod touch. It costs 59p.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
New Windows worm builds massive botnet
Gregg Keizer Computerworld
The worm exploiting a critical Windows bug that Microsoft patched with an emergency fix in late October is being used to build a new botnet, a senior research engineer with Trend Micro has said.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
IE share slips under 70 per cent, Firefox surges past 20 per cent
Gregg Keizer Computerworld
The market share of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer dropped under the 70 per cent mark last month for the first time since Web metrics vendor Net Applications started keeping tabs on browsers, the company said on Monday.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Netbooks dominate Cyber Monday on Amazon
Dan Nystedt
Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon.com on Cyber Monday in the US, the biggest online shopping day of the year.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Apple adds DMCA charge to complaint against Psystar
Jim Dalrymple Macworld.com
The court has granted a motion by Apple seeking to amend its complaint against Mac clone maker, Psystar. According to documents filed with the court, Apple will add a Digital Millennium Copyright Act claim to the original complaint.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Nikon unveils flagship D3X DSLR
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
Nikon has introduced the D3X, a new FX-format digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera with 24.5 megapixel resolution. It costs £4,500.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
LapTuk Clear Stand Released
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
Macessity has announced the release of the LapTuk Clear stand for the MacBook, MacBook Pro 15-inch, MacBook Air and PowerBook 15-inch models.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Hackers port Linux kernel to iPhone and iPod touch
Dan Moren Macworld.com
Linux has been ported to the iPhone and the iPod touch developed by members of the iPhone DevTeam.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Gibson’s new Les Paul guitar connects to your Mac
Jim Dalrymple Macworld.com
Following the success of the Robot guitar released last year, Gibson unveiled the next generation Robot called Dark Fire. In addition to its ability to auto-tune itself, the Dark Fire can also connect to your Mac via FireWire and soon wirelessly over Bluetooth.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Apple licenses Mini DisplayPort for free
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
The Mini DisplayPort is a video output interface found on new Apple laptops. So far, Apple is the only company to support it on shipping products, but it's hoping to change that by licensing the technology for free to companies that want to support it.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Rayman's Raving Rabbids game comes to Mac
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
TransGaming has announced the release of Rayman's Raving Rabbids for the Mac, a conversion of the game Ubisoft originally released for the Nintendo Wii video game console.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
KavaMovies updates Mac movie database software
Peter Cohen Macworld.com
KavaSoft on Monday announced the release of KavaMovies 1.1, an update to their Mac movie database software.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Slow PC demand sinks global semiconductor revenue
Agam Shah
Global semiconductor revenue is expected to fall this year as demand for PCs and consumer electronics slows down, iSuppli said.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Hitachi GST, Intel team up for solid-state drives
Sumner Lemon
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Intel are teaming up to produce solid-state drives for servers and workstations.
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Analyst: Apple's Black Friday sales look strong
Jim Dalrymple Macworld.com
If the business Apple did on Black Friday is any indication, the holiday season could be a very happy one indeed for the computer maker. That's according to research from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who's been tracking Apple sales leading up to holiday season.












