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      view feed content David Liittschwager: Tide Pool Portraits (Apple Website)   1 h, 59 min and 26 secs ago
To capture, process, and tag images for a recent National Geographic shoot, David Liittschwager took Aperture out to the beach. After all, that’s where the nudibranch hang out. There, Liittschwager tethered his Canon 1Ds Mark II to a shrouded MacBook Pro and used Aperture to make on-the-fly light and focus adjustments as he shot. How else has Liittschwager come to depend on Aperture for his work?

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      view feed content The easiest option for giving a cellphone? (Apple Website)   20 h, 11 min and 40 secs ago
If you want to get someone a phone and still surprise them, Jefferson Graham (usatoday.com) offers some advice: “Buy a gift card.” He notes that you can now purchase “a special ‘iPhone 3G Gift Card’ in any denomination you choose.” And when redeemed, he explains, a representative at the Apple Store will “customize the home screen, personalize the ring tone” and perform other setup chores.

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      view feed content The Killers: Virtual Sessions (Apple Website)   20 h, 29 min and 4 secs ago
With producer Stuart Price in London and The Killers in Las Vegas, there was only one way for Day & Age to come of age. Using a remote Logic-based songwriting workflow, band members recorded their ideas in Logic then shared them via email and iDisk with each other and Price, who, a continent away, added drum loops, keyboard lines, and other effects to the songs before sending them back to Vegas.

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      view feed content The Best of 2008 on iTunes (Apple Website)   1 d, 0 h, 17 min and 22 secs ago
Where can you find the best movies, best albums, and best new artists of 2008? On the iTunes Store, of course. We’ve collected your favorites — the best-selling audiobooks, Apps, TV shows, songs, music videos, and podcasts — and combined them with our staff picks. The result: a huge collection of music, movies, and other digital diversions to enjoy.

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      view feed content “Plenty dazzling,” iPhone tops tech gift list (Apple Website)   1 d, 0 h, 23 min and 25 secs ago
On the second day of his “12 Days of Christmas Tech Gifts,” Mike Wendland (freep.com) turns his attention to smartphones. “The best phone period,” he affirms, “remains the Apple iPhone.” “Groundbreaking in its functionality, features, and fun,” iPhone also tops his list because of the App Store, which “gives it so much power that none of the competitors can even come close.”

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      view feed content App Store Pick(s) of the Week: Shopping Season Helpers (Apple Website)   1 d, 4 h, 57 min and 34 secs ago
Now you can use Godiva Mobile to give someone the gift of holiday chocolate. Find a great gift using the Target Gift Globe. Mix up some cool outfits (and enjoy “Merry Mixed Carols”) with the GAP Merry Mix It. Relieve holiday anxiety using Stress Lifter. Or use iPhone or iPod touch to buy one or more Giftcards. You’ll find all of these free shopping apps — and others — in the Lifestyle section on the App Store.

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      view feed content Now Available: the iPhone 3G Gift Card (Apple Website)   1 d, 21 h, 59 min and 9 secs ago
Wish you could give someone a really special gift this holiday season? You can. With the new iPhone 3G Gift Card. Pick up a card at an Apple Retail Store (or order one at the Apple Online Store), and you can make someone extremely happy. In fact, when that lucky person redeems his or her gift card and picks up a new iPhone 3G at an Apple Retail Store, a Specialist will provide free Personal Setup.

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      view feed content How to do important, useful, and fun stuff with iPhone (Apple Website)   1 d, 22 h, 34 min and 34 secs ago
Did you know that you can tell iPhone not to display your phone number when you call someone? That you can send a photo from your iPhone directly to a friend’s cellphone? Or that you can easily capture a screen shot on iPhone? Scott Kelby and Terry White explain how to do all of the above — and much more — in the 2nd edition of The iPhone Book, a great stocking stuffer now available on the Apple Online Store.

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      view feed content Create a Holiday Card in iPhoto (Apple Website)   2 d, 2 h, 38 min and 15 secs ago
’Tis the season. With templates for postcards, greeting cards, and holiday letters, iPhoto ’08 offers 11 new holiday themes you can use to create your own personalized cards. To see how easy it is to share holiday wishes in a beautiful card featuring your best photos, watch the new tutorial or follow the step-by-instructions on “Creating a Card in iPhoto.”

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      view feed content Free Holiday Workshop thIs Weekend (Apple Website)   2 d, 21 h, 53 min and 42 secs ago
If you’re in San Francisco, stop by the Apple Retail Store on Saturday, December 6, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., to hear Jim Heid give a special presentation on “Creating Memorable Holiday Keepsakes.” The highly respected author will show you how to create “greeting cards, calendars, and even holiday newsletters with video.” It’s just one of many workshops and events you’ll enjoy at the Apple Retail Store.

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      view feed content Quick Tip of the Week: Special Characters (Apple Website)   3 d, 2 h and 7 min ago
Trademark and copyright symbols, registration marks, arrows, currency, braille patterns, math symbols, and many more — they’re special characters you can add to documents in virtually any Mac application. Find out how you can access them — even mark frequently used characters as favorites — by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

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      view feed content Mac OS X Pro Tip: All about Audio Chats (Apple Website)   7 d and 19 h ago
Sure, you can text someone with iChat. But did you know that iChat also lets you conduct audio chats — with up to nine buddies at the same time. You can use the built-in microphone on your Mac or connect an external mic. It’s a great way to get a far-flung family together for the holiday. And it’s really easy. Find out how by reading our latest Creative Pro tip.

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      view feed content Celebrating Science on iTunes U (Apple Website)   8 d and 0 h ago
As you’ll discover by watching “In the Blink of an Eye,” there are many things occurring in the natural world every day that take place too quickly for us to see. What takes place in a third of a second that you’re missing? Watch “In the Blink of an Eye” and the other Science Festival videos brought to us by the University of Cambridge on iTunes U.

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      view feed content Coming Attractions: Cadillac Records (Apple Website)   8 d and 1 h ago
Written and directed by Darnell Martin, Cadillac Records tells the story of Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) who founded Chess Records. The Chicago-based label represented such blues and R&B legends as Etta James (Beyoncé Knowles), Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), and Chuck Berry (Mos Def). It opens in theaters December 5.

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      view feed content App Store Pick of the Week: BigOven (Apple Website)   8 d and 3 h ago
Looking for a great Apple Pie recipe for Thanksgiving dessert? You’ll find one on your iPhone. In fact, thanks to BigOven, you can find more than 160,000 recipes on iPhone (including more than 200 recipes for Apple Pie). The free application lets you search the massive online recipe database, browse its food glossary, and mark recipes as favorites. Enjoy.

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      view feed content New MacBook Air bound for “a lot of holiday wish lists” (Apple Website)   9 d and 3 h ago
Faster DDR3 RAM, “a faster 1,066-MHz front-side bus, and a notably faster Nvidia 9400M graphics processor,” lead Ken Mingis (computerworld.com) to exclaim that “I really like Apple Inc.’s newly revamped MacBook Air.” And, he adds, “ I really, really like the apparent speed boost offered by the larger solid-state drive (SSD),” which, he thinks, “really stands for Speedy Sweet Delight.”

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      view feed content Quick Tip of the Week: Controlling Volume Adjustments (Apple Website)   10 d and 2 h ago
In addition to using the volume slider in the menu bar and the volume keys on your keyboard, you have a number of additional ways to adjust the volume of your Mac. To find out how, watch the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

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      view feed content Take a free holiday workshop at your local Apple Retail Store (Apple Website)   12 d and 23 h ago
Did you know that you can create beautiful holiday gifts and cards using the photos in your iPhoto library? Make a 2009 calendar. Design your own holiday cards. Create keepsake photo books complete with customized dust jackets. Learn how by taking the free Holiday Workshop: Creating Memorable Gifts with your Photos. The workshops begin at Apple Retail Stores this weekend.

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      view feed content Now Available: iPhone 2.2 Software Update (Apple Website)   13 d and 1 h ago
Install the free iPhone 2.2 Software Update on your iPhone or iPhone 3G, and you can go on a virtual walking tour with Google Street View. Find public transit schedules and check fares. Enjoy access to millions of free podcasts on the iTunes Store via Wi-Fi or your cell network. Or take advantage of a new search-friendly user interface in Safari. What else is new in the iPhone 2.2 Software Update?

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      view feed content Emory University presents readings from Alice Walker (Apple Website)   13 d and 4 h ago
To celebrate the placement of the archive of her life’s work at Emory, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker visited the university in March 2008 to explain her decision and grace those gathered with selected readings from her prose and poetry. A consummate storyteller, Alice Walker has written more than 23 books, including The Color Purple, one of the works she reads from in these episodes on iTunes U.

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      view feed content Coming Attractions: Australia (Apple Website)   13 d and 4 h ago
On November 26, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman bring Australia to theaters in the U.S. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!), Australia tells a sweeping story of war and romance set against the backdrop of the extraordinary Australian landscape.

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      view feed content Games “come of age on the iPhone 3G” (Apple Website)   13 d and 22 h ago
“Watch out, Nintendo. This game is just getting started,” warns Dean Takahashi (venturebeat.com). “Thanks to the multi-touch display, great sound, good graphics, and the accelerometer-based tilt feature,” iPhone 3G offers serious competition as a prime gaming device. To wit: Apple has “had more than 200 million downloads from its App Store since the store debuted in July.”

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      view feed content New iPod touch earns “a rare perfect score” (Apple Website)   [1 views] 13 d and 23 h ago
Sitting “in a class by itself,” the new iPod touch receives a perfect 5 stars from Cliff Edwards (businessweek.com). “Apple has managed to make the touch look better, work better, and deliver more features,” Edwards points out. “No longer simply a high-end iPod, it has become the foundation of what’s sure to be an increasingly important handheld computing platform for Apple.”

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      view feed content App Store Pick of the Week: Google Mobile (Apple Website)   15 d and 3 h ago
Available only on iPhone, Google Mobile features Voice Search. Simply speak your query and let Google do what it does best. The free application also offers My Location searches (finding businesses based on your current location), performs contact and history searches, and includes a new Apps tab for rearranging Google Apps. Give it a try. It works, and it’s fun.

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      view feed content Striking it rich with iPhone (Apple Website)   15 d and 20 h ago
When Trism hit the App Store, life changed for 29-year-old Steve Demeter, relates Brandon Griggs (cnn.com). In just two months, Trism netted the former ATM software designer a cool $250,000, encouraging him to found his own iPhone game development company, Trismology. “It’s done phenomenal business,” says Demeter of the game. And he already has five more titles in development.

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      view feed content Quick Tip of the Week: Help Pointers (Apple Website)   17 d and 2 h ago
Need help with an application? In Mac OS X Leopard, you’ll find Help in the menu bar of every application. Help points the way to tutorials, user guides, keyboard shortcuts, and other valuable resources. Specific to the application you’re using, Help offers Numbers help when you’re running Numbers and Pages help when you’re using Pages. Learn more about Help in the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

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      view feed content iMac delivers MRI analysis in less than 10 minutes (Apple Website)   17 d and 3 h ago
By comparing the hippocampus of a patient suffering from episodic memory to that of a healthy person of the same age, Professor James Brewer can determine whether the patient is suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. Trouble is, to manually assemble the 256 hippocampi MRI images, it can take an entire week. Or he can run NeuroQuant on his iMac and get a statistical report in about 8.5 minutes.

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      view feed content Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk): Musical Macs (Apple Website)   19 d and 22 h ago
An ensemble of student computer scientists and musicians, the Stanford Laptop Orchestra uses 20 MacBook computers to compose and perform new music. “We tilt the notebook and use its built-in accelerometer to expressively control sound. We use the trackpad as a kind of violin bow,” explains Ge Wang, SLOrk’s founder. ”You can make some wild, diverse music with the MacBook.”

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      view feed content App Store Pick of the Week: Nine Inch Nails Revenge (Apple Website)   22 d and 3 h ago
Tapulous has brought a new rhythm section to its highly popular Tap Tap Revenge. The first special edition of the music game — Nine Inch Nails Revenge ($4.99)— lets you tap and shake to the beats of 13 Nine Inch Nails tracks. Play solo or against a friend in head-to-head two-player mode.

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      view feed content iPhone and iPod touch vying with game leaders (Apple Website)   22 d and 4 h ago
iPhone and iPod touch have become “serious competitors to Nintendo’s DS handheld and Sony’s PlayStation Portable,” report Nick Wingfield and Christopher Lawton (online.wsj.com). And for good reason. Says one gamer who “sold his PSP and may get rid of his DS soon”: “‘I can listen to my iPod and play games at the same time, and when I’m done I can just put it in my pocket.’”

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