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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.


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