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Blogs

>> Friday, 26 Sep 2008

Macworld Team: MySpace Music could shake up digital music

By Juan Carlos Perez

MySpace Music represents a promising next step in the tumultuous integration of the web into the music business, but its success hinges on a number of far-from-sure bets.

>> Thursday, 25 Sep 2008

Macworld Team: Don't drive iPhone developers away, Apple

By Jason Snell, Macworld US

One of the presenters at the recent C4 Mac developers conference made a point about Apple that is incredibly relevant to how the company is viewed, especially by the media and rabid Apple fans.

Macworld Team: Will iPhone NDA mean 'Never Develop Apps?'

By Dan Moren, Macworld US

Back when the National Security Agency still had a low profile, before it became the villainous adversary of action movies or the subject of congressional inquiries, there was a quip amongst the agency's employees that the abbreviation NSA stood for "Never Say Anything."

>> Wednesday, 24 Sep 2008

Macworld Team: Sync devices in iTunes via keyboard shortcut

By Rob Griffiths, Macworld UK

Here's a little timesaver that- - even though it's specific to the iPhone/iPods and iTunes - may help you in other programs as well. As regular readers know, I'm a huge fan of using the keyboard whenever possible, so I usually assign shortcuts to often-used menu items via the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel.

>> Tuesday, 23 Sep 2008

Macworld Team: Bad signs for Blu-ray abound

By Ian Lamont, Industry Standard

In this month's issue of Wired magazine, Sony and Microsoft splurged on a full-page insert that includes a Blu-ray DVD. The disc is the "director's cut" of Coma, a seven-part noir-esque crime thriller.

Macworld Team: The RIAA vs ... well, everybody

By Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld (US)

Most sane humans would greet a lawsuit from the RIAA the way you'd welcome a surprise audit from the IRS. Not Ray Beckerman. He says, "Bring it on, bubba."

>> Monday, 15 Sep 2008

Macworld Team: Spore growing by 1 million+ creations per day

By Ian Lamont, Industry Standard

Last week I noted the overwhelmingly negative reviews of Spore on Amazon.com centred on the DRM restrictions set by Electronic Arts. The implication was the Spore experience was not living up to the nuclear-powered hype that preceded the launch.

>> Thursday, 04 Sep 2008

Mark Hattersley: Is it time for the MacBook mini?

I recently returned from the sausage-eating and tech slavering extravaganza that is the IFA Show in Berlin, and the lasting impression I got was the almost omnipotent presence of the small laptop.

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