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Tony meets Steve.
If only our guy was as smart as theirs.

MacBook firmware updated.
This updates the way the fans turn on and off. Macbooks have been known to overheat adn discolour so update before it's too late!

Get your Free MacExpo ticket now!
There's only 5000 of them. After that you'll have to pay £12 on the door. I haven't been to an Expo for a few years, so I've yet to see it at Olympia. I've had some business cards printed especially, so I can enter all those 'first out of the hat' competitions. I won a Macally Airstick once...gave it to my brother.

Good news for power hungry designers: Quark Xpress ports as Universal Binary version!
...And there you were thinking you were gonna have to wait until next year.
Surely all those who switched to InDesign will be kicking themselves. Adobe's not going to rush to push out the UN version of Creative Studio. They're still bitter and twisted from when Apple stuck the nail in the coffin for Premiere. Perhaps this will force Apple to update Aperture so it can be a Photoshop contender?

A message from PC...
This was shown before Mr Jobs entered stage right.
Well, I found it mildy amusing.

Watch the Webcast here

Leopard Preview details:

"Apple® today previewed Mac OS® X version 10.5 Leopard, the sixth major version of Mac OS X, to its third party developers. Leopard, scheduled to ship in spring 2007, extends Apple’s leadership in software innovation with groundbreaking new features, including Time Machine, a revolutionary new way to automatically back up and restore everything on your Mac®, and Spaces, an entirely new way to instantly switch between groups of applications required for various tasks. Leopard also includes industry-first advancements in Mail and iChat, including Stationery, Notes and To Dos in Mail; and Photo Booth™-style effects, the ability to “place” yourself in any photo or video as the backdrop for your chat, and live presentations of iPhoto® slideshows, Keynote™ presentations and videos in iChat."
Apple Press Release.

Mac Pro redesigned on the inside but not on the outside.
The new architecture can run more hard drives and optical drives. Hence the extra drive bay on the front.

Standard Configuration:
Two 2.66GHz dual-core Xeon processors
1GB of 667MHz memory
250GB storage
Nvidia GeForce 7300GT graphics with 256MB VRAM
16x SuperDrive optical drive
$2,499.

"This is a great product to bust the myth of Apple's computers being more expensive,"
Schiller the priced a similar configuration from Dell for approx $1,000 more.

Build-to-order configurations clocked at 2, 2.6 and 3GHz, with up to 16GB RAM, 2TB storage, upgraded Radeon X1900 XT or Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 video.

MacPro ships today (in the States).

A Leopard doesn't change his spots, unless...
...it's on Mac OS X 5 CD.
Apple have kept the stylish black colouring for it's new OS packaging design.
The WWDC starts today and even the iPhone may make an appearance.
iWeb 2 is going to have a YouTube-type of live video podcasting/webcam thingimajig. iWork will be updated to include a spreadsheet app.
The MacPro will be launched and will be fast as fuck.
There maybe a new generation of iPod nanos.
I'll be checking the newsfeeds tonight.

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The brown fizzy sugar water maker has struck a deal with Apple for a new music site. For the launch they'll be 70 million free songs and thousands of iPods in a promotion that will make you fat and rot your teeth.

Spoof iPhone ads flood YouTube.
This is one of the better ones. The large logo gives it away.