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No PowerBook G5 "Anytime Soon"; Could MWNY Hold PowerBook G4 Revisions?

Until a mobile version of the G5 chip addresses heat and power consumption issues, many have already speculated a PowerBook G5 is out of the question. Apple?s VP of Hardware Product Marketing confirmed this in an interview with MacCentral yesterday. ?Motorola is huge for us,? Joswiak told MacCentral. ?Our partnership with Motorola is not going […]

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iSight Retail Availability This Week

Apple Retail Store representatives are reporting they expect availability of the new iSight camera/microphone in the next couple of days. There are rumors that the iSight was supposed to be in-store for the WWDC telecast. If thad had happened, we can imagine the enormous wave of impulse buys it could have generated.

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WWDC: OpenOffice 1.0 GM

OpenOffice for Mac OS X (X11) has gone Gold Master and is available for download. This is a fully-functional, open-source office application, though it does require you to download X11. Aqua support is likely further off: check out their details on Aqua progress on their roadmap. In the meantime, the 1.1 beta promises PDF and […]

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iPod Software

AAC vs. MP3 vs. Ogg vs. AIFF

How does AAC stack up against the popular alternatives and what does this mean for the quality of the Apple iTunes Music Store? When Apple released the iTunes Music Store they made some bold claims as to the quality of AAC. Since I had read no listening comparisons of AAC to other formats, I decided […]