iPhone Fanatics Will Get YouTube Too

Weeks after announcing an agreement with YouTube to allow Apple TV owners to access the Web TV portal's content on their television screens, Apple on Wednesday promised future buyers of the yet-to-be-released iPhone that they, too, will have access to YouTube via a browsing application built into the phone.

published on Wednesday, the 20. June 2007, macnewsworld

MusicXML 2.0 format debuts

Recordare has released version 2.0 of its MusicXMLT sheet music file format, commonly used in sheet music preparation and publishing. The new version adds a compressed format that makes MusicXML files about 20 times smaller than before (the files have traditionally been very large), similar in size to the corresponding MIDI files. The compressed fo...

published on Wednesday, the 20. June 2007, macintosh-news-network

M-Audio ships new Torq DJ package

M-Audio has released Torq Xponent, billed as a complete hardware and software package for computer-based DJs. The heart of the system is its MIDI control surface, which has over 64 buttons, four sliders, two scratch wheels, eight knobs and a touchpad, which keeps a DJ's hands on the Xponent for the entirety of a live event. LED meters allow users...

published on Wednesday, the 20. June 2007, macintosh-news-network

Analyst predicts 10m iPods in June quarter

Apple's June quarter is likely to churn out 9.5-10 million iPod sales if the company maintains its current progress, according to Piper Jaffray senior analyst Gene Munster. "Our analysis of iPod unit data from NPD for the month of May leads us to a preliminary iPod approximation of between 9.5 million and 10 million units for the June 2007 quarter ...

published on Wednesday, the 20. June 2007, macintosh-news-network

Are Apple?s iPhone Crosshairs on VOIP?

Alumnus of The Apple Blog, Chris Holland, is back to ranting about his tech-mistress, SIP. And although the concept may sound far-fetched at the onset, the idea at the core is pure genius, and in this writer’s opinion, has Apple written all over it. Chris postulates the iPhone as being the vehicle Apple [...]

published on Wednesday, the 20. June 2007, apple-blog

EC Gives Universal Music More Time to Address iTunes Concerns

Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group said it has received a "short extension" to a midnight deadline Wednesday to respond to the European Commission's antitrust concerns over the pricing of songs on Apple's iTunes online music store. A spokesperson said the group had "requested, and been granted, a short extension to the deadline", without giving further details.

published on Wednesday, the 20. June 2007, macnewsworld

St. Francis U switches to the Mac

St. Francis Xavier University of Antigonish, Nova Scotia is officially announcing that it will move away from Windows-based PCs and standardize on Apple's Intel-based Macs beginning this fall. The school will swap out Windows PCs and replace them with Macs in labs, classrooms and offices throughout the campus. St. Francis will also openly encourage...

published on Wednesday, the 20. June 2007, macintosh-news-network

AT&T Expects Massive Wireless Growth Upon iPhone Release

AT&T is bracing for a consumer frenzy when the hotly awaited Apple iPhone hits stores June 29 and expects much of that interest to come from the customers of its rivals, CEO Randall Stephenson said Tuesday. Of the more than 1 million people who have sought more iPhone information from the companies, nearly 40 percent are not AT&T wireless subscribers, Stephenson said, addressing an audience at NXTcomm.

published on Wednesday, the 20. June 2007, macnewsworld

iPhoto Album Backup 0.2

Basically just a simple script which opens iphoto, displays a list of albums, allows you to pick one then copies the pictures within into a folder either named after the album or with a name of your choosing along with the current date. Very simple, very lightweight.

published on Wednesday, the 20. June 2007, scriptbuilders

iPhone site shows Internet contacts, more

Apple's update of the iPhone website that accompanies the YouTube feature launch also confirms extra details about the device, Electronista has discovered. In addition to confirming the design of the iPhone dock, which remains largely unchanged from the design first seen in January, the site has also changed to reflect features that have previousl...

published on Wednesday, the 20. June 2007, macintosh-news-network