New Bed Holds iPod; Stops Snoring, Too
You're probably used to having a big-screen TV or a cell phone charger in the bedroom, but diversified manufacturer Leggett & Platt wants to take things a step further by bringing tech gadgets right into your bed. The company plans to sell a tricked-out place of rest it calls the Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed, mattresses included.
New Bed Holds iPod; Stops Snoring, Too
New Bed Holds iPod; Stops Snoring, Too
Just days after its introduction, the folks at Primate Labs have grabbed hold of one of Apple's new 2.8GHz Harpertown-based Mac Pros and pit the system against its 3.0GHz Clovertown-based predecessor in a set Geekbench benchmark tests.
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Primate benchmarks Apple's new 8-core Mac Pro
The results...
Primate benchmarks Apple's new 8-core Mac Pro
For Apple fans, the keynote speech at Macworld is like a movie they've been waiting to see for months. Then the media comes in and gives away the supposed ending. What, doesn't anyone like surprises? First, the <i>Financial Times</i> reported that Apple has been in deals with Twentieth Century Fox to bring the film studio's movies to iTunes and offer them as rentals.
Can iTunes Fix Online Movie Rental
Can iTunes Fix Online Movie Rental
Bloomberg reports that Warner Brothers, Paramount, Walt Disney Co., Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, and Fox will begin renting movies through Apple's iTunes Store in an announcement scheduled for January 15th at Macworld.
Warner, Paramount, Disney, Fox, Lions Gate to Join iTunes Rentals
Warner, Paramount, Disney, Fox, Lions Gate to Join iTunes Rentals
Apple has reached a deal that will have it equalize prices on the European version of its iTunes Music Store and end a European Union probe into the legality of the original pricing policy. As a result of the deal, iTunes users in the United Kingdom will see slightly lower prices for song downloads.
Apple Settles Score With EU, Trims UK iTunes Pricing
Apple Settles Score With EU, Trims UK iTunes Pricing
Major motion picture studio Warner Bros, which was reported earlier this month to be mulling a deal with Apple to offer up its catalog for a new iTunes rental service, is now said to have inked a deal with the iTunes operator that will see its films ...
Warner Bros said to have signed on for iTunes movie rentals
Warner Bros said to have signed on for iTunes movie rentals
Leading U.S. electronics specialty retailer Best Buy said this week it plans to increase the number of stores carrying Apple Inc.'s Mac computer line twofold in the next several weeks, signaling robust demand for the Windows PC alternatives in the br...
Best Buy to double number of stores selling Apple's Mac line
Best Buy to double number of stores selling Apple's Mac line
Apple announced today that it would be standardizing iTunes music pricing in Europe. As a result, it will lower prices it charges for music in its UK iTunes store to match the pricing across the rest of Europe.
Apple Lowering iTunes Prices in UK
Apple Lowering iTunes Prices in UK
Despite its absence from the conference, Apple's impact on this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is evident from a quick stroll around the showroom floor, say analysts for investment bank Piper Jaffray who are on hand as observers....
Resounding Apple presence evident at this year's CES conference
Resounding Apple presence evident at this year's CES conference
Apple said Wednesday that within six months it will lower the prices it charges for music on its UK iTunes Store to match the already standardized pricing on its other European iTunes Stores.
The move will see British iTunes customers charged the ...
Apple to standardize iTunes music prices across Europe
The move will see British iTunes customers charged the ...
Apple to standardize iTunes music prices across Europe
MacNewsWorld reports that Apple has released new Mac Pro Workstation and Xserve Server updates
Amid the hubbub generated by this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Apple announced the latest versions of its two professional-class machines, the Mac Pro Workstation and Xserve Server. The introduction of the new Mac Pro, sporting eight processor cores, and the Xserve server, featuring the latest Intel processor, comes just a week before the company's annual product showcase.Apple Gets Down to Business With Mac Pro, Xserve Updates
MacRumors reader mr echo received an early copy of a Family Guy DVD intended for release January 15th and discovered an included iTunes/iPod compatible digital copy. Also reported on TUAW.
Fox DVDs To Include iTunes Compatible Digital Copies
Fox DVDs To Include iTunes Compatible Digital Copies
Apple Inc. at the Macworld conference next week will show off a new version of its iTunes jukebox software that bundles support for a digital movie rental service slated for an introduction at the same time, AppleInsider has been able to confirm.
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Apple's preps iTunes 7.6 with support for movie rentals
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Apple's preps iTunes 7.6 with support for movie rentals
Apple will soon announce steps to resolve European Commission charges that its iTunes stores broke European Union rules by setting prices country by country in Europe, Reuters is reporting.
Citing people familiar with the situation, the media outl...
Apple set to resolve EU iTunes case
Citing people familiar with the situation, the media outl...
Apple set to resolve EU iTunes case
Alongside new Mac Pros, Apple on Tuesday also introduced the new Xserve, a 1U rack-optimized server that the company claims is up to twice as fast as its predecessor and includes an unlimited client license for Mac OS X Server Leopard.
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Apple unveils most powerful Xserve ever
Starting at...
Apple unveils most powerful Xserve ever
Apple today revised the Mac Pro and Xserve with a new architecture and the recently released Penryn Processors. The Mac Pro combines two 45-nm Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2GHz and up to 4TB of internal storage. The standard 8-core con...
Apple Announces Penryn Mac Pros and Xserves
Apple Announces Penryn Mac Pros and Xserves
Ahead of next week's Macworld conference, Apple on Tuesday introduced the new Mac Pro with eight processor cores and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of its predecessor.
As was anticipated in October by AppleInsi...
Apple introduces new Mac Pro topping out at 3.2GHz
As was anticipated in October by AppleInsi...
Apple introduces new Mac Pro topping out at 3.2GHz
An average Apple retail outlet easily outperforms its generic counterpart in terms of revenue and sales -- but the expense of supporting all those customers may be pulling Apple down, says a new investment note from Bernstein Research.
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Report: Apple stores' Mac sales beat PC stores by 10-to-1
Senior anal...
Report: Apple stores' Mac sales beat PC stores by 10-to-1
Businessweek reports that Apple may be close to striking a deal with most of the major movie studios to provide movies for the iTunes store.
Apple Compromising On iTunes Movie Terms
Apple Compromising On iTunes Movie Terms
Apple has announced that Andrea Jung has been elected to Apple's board. Andrea also serves as Chairman and CEO of Avon Products, board member of General Electric, and member of the New York Presbyterian Hospital board of trustees and the Catalyst bo...
Andrea Jung Joins Apple's Board Of Directors
Andrea Jung Joins Apple's Board Of Directors