Keynote

17-inch MacBook Pro is Unibody, $2799

Finally providing a noticeable difference between the MacBook and MacBook Pro, Apple has pushed the Pro’s screen to 17 inches, its price to $2799, and thrown in a high-capacity (non-replaceable!) battery. https://gizmodo.com/macbook-and-macbook-pro-dual-review-5063492 The new Pro has the unibody aluminum build—and virtually everything else—in common with its smaller 15″ brother. But now you won’t have to…

iWork ’09 Includes iWork.com, Costs $79 + Subscription

Just as rumored last week, Apple is taking iWork ’09 online with file hosting and group editing services. Think of it as MobileMe, but for your documents. And that’s not all. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-apple-iwork-going-to-the-cloud-5121835 The suite is getting a pretty strong set of new features— some fluffy, but many meaty and delicious. See the full list, updated…

Keynote Remote for iPhone Will Make Corporate Drones Horny

The new Keynote Remote will allow you to control the new Keynote 09 straight from your iPhone. Unlike the free Apple Remote for iPhone-which control iTunes in your computer-this one costs .99 cents. From the iTunes App Store: • With Keynote Remote, you can control your Keynote slide presentation on your computer from your iPod…

Sting Teaches You to Play Guitar in Garageband ’09

In one of the odder announcements during the Macworld keynote, Sting, along with others like Norah Jones, will teach you to play guitar and piano in Garageband ’09. https://gizmodo.com/apple-revamps-ilife-for-09-79-for-iphoto-facial-recog-5124196

Apple Revamps iLife for ’09: $79 for iPhoto Facial Recognition, Improved iMovie and More

Today at Macworld 2009, Apple showed off a new iPhoto with true facial recognition, a better iMovie and other iLife updates—$79 solo, $99 for family, requires Leopard, available late January. It’s a good solid upgrade full of very nice features. One big catch, though: You need Leopard for it to run. Here’s the rundown, app…

Apple Makes DRM Deal with Big Three Music Labels, Plus 3G Downloads Coming?

According to CNET sources, Apple has signed deals with Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner to bring flexibly-priced DRM-free music to iTunes while simultaneously introducing music downloads to the iPhone’s 3G service. https://gizmodo.com/drm-officially-dead-last-major-label-sony-bmg-plans-to-340598 While EMI is already offering DRM-free music on iTunes, they represent only 10% of the music market. With “the big three” on board,…

iPhone 3G Rumor Accuracy Check: We Were Right(ish)!

Last Friday, we rounded up and judged the most colorful iPhone 3G rumors floating around the tubes. Now that Steve has spilled the beans, I bet you’re curious as to how accurate our thinking was. Turns out we were pretty much on target with our verdicts. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-2-rumor-round-up-verdict-dont-believe-everythi-5013932 • iPhone 2 to be 22% thinner. We…

How To Launch an Apple Product in 5 Easy Steps

Ladies and gentlemen, after hours of studious dissection of Apple keynotes (requiring countless YouTube clips, a non-linear editing program and a pile of empty Hot Pockets boxes that reaches our ceiling), we’ve figured out just how Apple “does it” and presented “it” to you here. Launching a new iPod or iPhone isn’t about the new-fangled…

Apple Reveals WWDC Plans; Keynote Set for Monday, June 9

Today Apple revealed its plans for WWDC, confirming that the Jobsnote this year will take place 10AM PST on Monday, June 9, rather than the usual Tuesday. (No word as to whether the turtleneck will still be black, or if the 3G iPhone will actually be present.) The WWDC will of course have two separate…

The End of an Era: Steve Jobs Says Only One Boom!

A lot of you have complained about Steve’s “Booms” in the past. Old. Tired, you say, especially in our cartoons. Well, judging by yesterday’s keynote, the Apple head man thinks the same. Compare and contrast yesterday’s miserly tally of one “Boom!” to last year’s bumper crop of 15 B-words. So, what word should El Jobso…

Macworld 2008 Keynote: Live

Click to viewYou want it, we got it. Live coverage of Steve Job’s Macworld 2008 Keynote starts Tuesday, January 15 at 9 AM PST (12PM EST), but we’ll ramp up the liveblog a few hours before as we always do. Head to live.gizmodo.com first thing tomorrow morning. You don’t want to miss it. Boom. Or…

Do You Really Think the Macworld Keynote’s Leaked on Wikipedia?

Seriously? We weren’t going to post anything on this, but lots of sites seem to be picking it up. Do you really think that Steve Jobs would let his keynote be leaked, and on Wikipedia of all places? The keynote that many of his own people don’t even know about? We’ve even heard about employees…

A Brief History of Reality Distortion Fields, Starring Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is the first non-science fiction character to possess a reality distortion field (RDF). Apple’s MacWorld 2008 conference kicks off tomorrow with a keynote from Jobs, which leaves gadget lovers and iPod fiends white-knuckled on Tuesday morning as news of the next “insanely great” thing trickles out of Moscone Center in San Francisco. Why…

What To Expect at Macworld 2008 and Why We Think It Will Be Bigger than Usual

Click to viewT minus four days and counting. Steve Jobs’ Macworld 2008 keynote is next Tuesday and at this point we only know one thing for sure: something big is coming from Apple. Maybe not one single iceberg-sized thing, but this year we believe the Boom Count™ is going to be so high that Apple…

Panasonic Keynote Bits: Wireless HDTVs, YouTube, Wireless Lumix Camera and Comcast Cable Box Inside

•The keynote highlight was the monster TV you see above, but those details came out today too. •There’s a portable DVR and DVD player that can hook into the Comcast content as well. •Youtube partnership, Steve Chen is here. The UI looks as clean as Apple TVs. But blurry YouTube on a giant plasma is…

This Video Makes Bill Gates Look Cooler Than Steve Jobs

OMG, I can hear the fanboys battling already. Here’s a video from last night’s CES 2008 keynote, Bill Gates’ last for the foreseeable future. And I know its scripted, edited and contrived, but I’m sold: The man is a cool geek. He’s not cool in a fonzie/Jobs kind of way in this video. But very…

Apple Keynote Index Fund Lays Out Your Jobsnote Money-Making Chances

The unspoken conventional wisdom around MacWorld every year is that you can make a good deal of money buying up Apple stock before the keynote and dumping it afterwards, cashing in on hyped up traders high on Jobs’ ass fumes (a.k.a. his bullshit cloud or RDF). The Keynote Index Fund, however, lays out exactly how…

Bill Gates CES Keynote Subject Matter Speculation by the Seattle PI

The Seattle PI does great Microsoft reporting due to its proximity to HQ. But I’m not sure this piece about Bill Gates’ keynote subject matter is anything but speculation. Don’t get riled up by the new Xbox or Media Center rumors then. [SeattlePI]

For those of you who want to relive the hour and a half you spent not working, here’s Apple’s official recording of the keynote yesterday. [Apple]

Why is Apple Trading Boom for Bada Bing, Bada Bing, Bada Bing?

Emo fanboy-ism can turn abruptly the other direction on occasion. Apple found that out this week as some declared this Monday’s WWDC Keynote the worst ever, and that it signified the beginning of something bad for Cupertino. Some humorously found a way to blame it on Microsoft, yet again. (Poor Billy.) https://gizmodo.com/worst-keynote-ever-shirt-period-268195 People, let’s get…