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Microsoft's First Seinfeld Ad Airs: Shoe Circus

MacRumors  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 21:45

As promised, Microsoft has started running their new ads using comedian Jerry Seinfeld and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

The ad has already been spotted by a number of readers.

The first in presumably a series of ads show Bill...


 

Apple Licensing Imagination's PowerVR Graphics Cores for Future ...

MacRumors  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 14:38

Imagination Technologies announced today that they have secured a new multi-year, multi-use license agreement which gives an unnamed company access to the company's wide range of current and future PowerVR graphics and video cores.

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No Music Subscription Service Next Week

MacRumors  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 12:27

According to CNet sources, Apple will not be introducing an iTunes subscription service next week.

My sources say that they don't expect Apple to announce anything to do with music content, and they are sure Apple won't be rolling out...


 

Photo of the 4th Generation iPod Nano?

MacRumors  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 04:43

Alibaba, a B2B marketplace, has a photo (via Zollotech) of what appears to be the 4th generation iPod Nano that is expected to be released next week.

We can't be for sure if this represents a photo of the actual device, or si...


 

Beyond Multi-Touch: Voice, Gaze, Facial Expression Recognition

MacRumors  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 04:25

Apple's patent applications provide a glimpse into what might lie ahead in our future. For example, we saw an explosion of multi-touch patents in the year before the iPhone's release.

And while many of these concepts may never come to market, they ...


 

iPod Nano and iPod Touch Dimensions Revealed?

MacRumors  Wed, 09/03/2008 - 12:40

iLounge claims to have dimensions of the new iPod Nano and iPod Touch which are expected to be released at next week's September 9th media event.

The new iPod Nano resembles circulating rumors, though the front display does not...


 

iTunes 8, Playlist Recommendations, Visualizations

MacRumors  Wed, 09/03/2008 - 06:05

With Apple's announcement that the company will be holding a special media event on September 9th, we're reminded that Kevin Rose was the first source of the September 9th date.

Rose originally reported that we would see new iPod nanos...


 

Adobe to Unveil Creative Suite 4 on September 23rd

MacRumors  Tue, 09/02/2008 - 18:41

Adobe is hosting a webcast to publicly unveil Creative Suite 4, their next-generation graphic design, video editing, and web development application package, on September 23rd.

Advance registration is requested in order to obtain viewing instructions...


 

Apple Event Confirmed for September 9th: 'Let's Rock'

MacRumors  Tue, 09/02/2008 - 11:47

Engadget confirms that there is an Apple media event for September 9th as rumored.

Apple is expected to release new iPod nanos and a new iPod Touch.

While Macbook and MacBook Pro updates are also in the pipeline, we have hear...


 

Google to Launch Webkit Based Web Browser Called 'Chrome'

MacRumors  Mon, 09/01/2008 - 17:04

Google announced today that they would be releasing a new open source web browser called Google Chrome.

The new browser will be available for download as a beta starting tomorrow.

Google states that the reason for a new web br...