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Apple delivered the software update it demonstrated for the Apple tv at Macworld Expo one month ago Tuesday afternoon. The software's release had been pushed back two weeks for unknown reasons.

Apple delivered Aperture 2 to customers Tuesday, an upgrade to its photo editing and management software that includes over 100 new features and a lower $199 price tag.

In development for months, Apple at last unleashed Mac OS X 10.5.2 on Leopard users Monday afternoon. The update packs the first substantial improvements to Leopard since its release in late September.

Apple's fiscal first-quarter 2008 10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that the company had one new lawsuit filed against it in the last part of 2007, and settled another four in the same time.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Apple has expanded its iPhone and iPod touch lines with higher capacity models.

T-Mobile recently announced that it has sold 70,000 iPhones in the first 11 weeks since the device went on sale in Germany in early November, as a number of factors appear to be affecting Apple's ability to ramp up sales of the iPhone overseas.

Apple's scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange commission Wednesday, details the compensation Apple's executives received in 2007. CEO Steve Jobs earned $1, once again, for the year.

Apple earned a profit of $1.58 billion on revenue of $9.6 billion for its fiscal first-quarter ending December 29, the company announced Tuesday. During the holiday quarter, Apple sold 2.319 million Macs, 22.1 million iPods, and 2.315 million iPhones.

SAN FRANCISCO—Apple CEO Steve Jobs kicked off Macworld Expo this morning with a keynote address at the Moscone Center. Think Secret has put together a gallery of photos from the keynote.

SAN FRANCISCO—Apple is showing off the new MacBook Air and its other newly announced products at its booth at Macworld Expo. Think Secret has put together a gallery of photos from Apple's booth.

The next major release of Mac OS X is scheduled to arrive before many were anticipating, according to a recent Apple presentation. When Mac OS X Snow Leopard was announced at WWDC '08, it was stated that it would take "about a year" to bring the update to market. ...

T-Mobile today started shipping the cameo digital photo frame. The Parrot-made viewer is comparatively unique in carrying its own SIM card and cellular subscription to let the owner update the current image through either an MMS message or e-mail. ...

Apple is waiting on a special round of Intel chips to update its iMacs with quad-core processors, according to claims by PC makers. ...

Photo editing programs let you do some amazing image manipulation, but unfortunately most of them cost quite a bit of money; not to mention that it takes lots of time and practice to create the enhanced image. ...

The Dream Apps on Monday offered a new update to its video recording utility for Mac OS X, Dream Capture 2.3, providing users with simple recording features and sharing options. This new update makes Dream Capture 2. ...

Ivyskin Released on Tuesday its newest iPhone 3G accessory, the QuattroPower SmartCase. Priced at $100, this bundle package includes a Glass touch-thru case called Quattro T4 along with a new QuattroPacô battery. ...

HP today became the first PC maker to incorporate a multi-touch display in a home-focused notebook with the TouchSmart tx2. ...

Technology company Epson has introduced the WorkForce Pro GT-S50 and GT-S80, its first sheet-fed scanners. The devices can both handle documents up to 6.5 inches by 36 inches, along with rigid ID cards, with automatic paper size detection. ...

4D has released the latest version of its integrated software platform, 4D v11 SQL Release 3. The update is optimized to take advantage of multi-core processor architecture capabilities. The company claims significant speed gains and scalability across a variable number of processor cores. ...

Design company Kena Kai has begun shipping leather "Inter-Departmental Mail" computer sleeves for the 13.3-inch Macbooks and ultra-portable notebooks with screen sizes of 10 inches or less. ...

Screen recording application, ScreenFlow, has been updated fixing several bugs including one conflict with WireTap Anywhere.

Judge William Alsup dismissed a Psystar lawsuit against Apple alleging the Cupertino, Calif. company violated federal and state antitrust laws.

Google plans to add up to 10 million photos from Life magazine's, dating back to the 1750s, to its Google Image Search pages.

Google's Eric Schmidt calls for new government spending to improve broadband and encourage alternative energies.

Online retail spending has fallen as concerns for the economy have taken over the low to middle income segment.

Nine of 17 TV makers surveyed on their recycling programs in the U.S. scored an F grade in a recent survey.

China Mobile plans to build an Apps Store, which will compete with Apple's and Google's.

Attendees at the SC08 high-performance computing conference in Austin got a progress report on OpenCL, the the Apple-spearheaded parallel computing API that figures to be a prominent new feature in the upcoming Snow Leopard update to OS X.

Facebook has launched a program to review applications and grant a seal of approval to those that meet its criteria.

Google's latest version of its iPhone search application adds the ability to search by voice. So how come Apple hasn't added voice-recognition yet?

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19th November 2008: Back In Time Records has announced the release of five new Expansions for UX3, Evalon II and all WusikEngine 4/5 compatible products, like Wusikstation. Evalon II VST Expansion: Solina String Ensembl...

19th November 2008: Bill Wall at Direct Approach has announced the release of BoostX v2.0 and LimitX v3.0, two new dynamics plug-ins for Windows. BoostX v2.0 is a transparent, zero latency, upward compressor (AKA paralle...

19th November 2008: Cakewalk has updated SONAR Producer and Studio Editions to v8.0.2. Issues resolved in SONAR 8.0.2: On some system configurations, project playback would stall/pause intermittently. Multi-selected c...

18th November 2008: UPDATE: 19th Nov 08: This update has been removed!Kenneth Rundt has updated SynthFont to v1.200. Bug fixes: In version 1.123 the Metronome button on Plug and Play screen - once pressed in it stayed ...

18th November 2008: Way Out Ware has updated KikAxxe to v1.1 for both Windows and Mac OS X. This update includes MIDI out for both the step sequencer and drum sequencer under VST and RTAS. Also, MIDI mapping of controll...

18th November 2008: MeldaProduction has updated MAnalyzer to v1.01 and MCompressor to v1.06. MAnalyzer v1.01 changes: Added customisable slope. Added 1/3 octave mode, original replaced by spectrum meter. MCompressor ...

18th November 2008: Thanks to the support of SAE Institute, Ardour 2.7 SAE Edition for Mac OS X is now available for download for Intel-Macs. In April 2007, SAE Institute agreed to become a corporate sponsor for the Ardo...

18th November 2008: Sonic Reality has announced the imminent release (this month) of the Studio ProFiles Drum Masters Silver, Gold and Platinum Editions featuring legendary drummers' kits and grooves. Drum Masters provid...

18th November 2008: EastWest has updated its PLAY software to v1.1.003 for Windows and Mac OS X. Changes: Added choice to automatically increment MIDI channel, or default to omni, when adding new instruments. Extended...

18th November 2008: Wavelore Instruments has released updates for Pedal Steel Guitar (v1.1) and American Zither (v1.2). Wavelore Pedal Steel Guitar (Full and Lite Editions) v1.10 This patch adds the free Wavelore Brush ...

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