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If you weren’t able to make it to Macworld 2009 or you missed our booth, there is no need to be unhappy anymore: Chris Pirillo was nice enough to record a short presentation of several of our applications given by Paul on video (actually Paul was sick so Chris is doing …

Task Management leicht gemacht: Die deutsche SoftwareschmiedeCultured Codeaus Stuttgart hat nunTHINGSfr dem Mac in einer finalen Version zur MacWorld vorgestellt. Das Gute daran ist, dass es auch eine Anwendung fr das iPhone namens THINGS IPHONE gibt. So hat man seine Notizen auch unterwegs bei der Hand. Die Synchronisation luft einwandfrei. Eine GTD (Getting Things Done), [...]

The 17-inch MacBook Pro is the most powerful Mac notebook yet with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors available up to 2.93 GHz, up to 8GB DDR3 main memory and a graphics architecture that allows users to switch between the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor for better battery life and the powerful NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics processor for higher performance. … Pricing & Availability The new 17-inch MacBook Pro will be shipping at the end of January and will be available through the Apple Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $2,799 (US), and includes: 17-inch widescreen LED-backlit 1920 x 1200, glossy display; 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 6MB shared L2 cache; 1066 MHz front-side bus; 4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM; NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics; NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT discrete graphics with 512MB GDDR3 video memory; 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor; a slot-load 8X SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) optical drive; Mini DisplayPort for video output (adapters sold separately); built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; Gigabit Ethernet port; built-in iSight video camera; three USB 2.0 ports; one FireWire 800 port (FireWire 400 compatible); ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot; one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog; glass Multi-Touch trackpad and illuminated keyboard; built-in, 95WHr lithium polymer battery; and 85 Watt MagSafe Power Adapter.

Apple introduced iLife ’09 at MacWorld, which features major upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand, and includes iDVD and an updated version of iWeb. iPhoto ’09 builds on the ability to automatically organize photos into Events by adding Faces and Places as breakthrough new ways to easily organize and manage your photos. iMovie ’09 expands on the revolutionary super fast movie creation introduced in iMovie ’08 by adding the depth users want through powerful easy-to-use new features such as the incredible new Precision Editor, video stabilization, advanced drag and drop, and animated travel maps. … “With iLife ’09, we’ve made working with photos, making movies and learning to play music a lot more fun, and iMovie users are especially going to love the advanced but easy-to-use new features.” iPhoto ’09 makes it even easier to browse and search photos, not only by when they were shot (Events), but by who appears in them (Faces) and where they were taken (Places). iPhoto automatically scans photos to detect people’s faces and when you assign a name to any face iPhoto will automatically find more pictures of that person.

Keynote ’09 introduces Magic Move, which allows you to apply a simple transition to automatically animate the position, scale, rotation and opacity of any image, graphic or text that is repeated on consecutive slides. … Pricing & Availability iWork ’09 is now available through the Apple Store (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $79 (US). iWork ’09 is available for $49 (US) with the purchase of any Mac through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. iWork ’09 requires Mac OS X version 10.4.11 or Mac OS X version 10.5.6 or later, a Macintosh computer with an Intel processor, PowerPC G5, or 500 MHz or faster PowerPC G4, 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended), 32MB of video RAM, QuickTime 7.5.5 or later, a DVD drive for installation and 1.2GB of available disk space. iWork.com Public Beta is not included with the purchase of iWork ’09.

Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs of january, 5 2009 Dear Apple Community, For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. … But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it.