http://www.apple.com/hotnews/ Hot News provided by Apple. en-us Copyright 2006, Apple Computer, Inc. rss-feeds@apple.com Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:02:39 PDT Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:02:39 PDT Apple In house http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.apple.com/pro/ Everything King Britt sees conjures music. Having remixed for the likes of Tori Amos, Donna Lewis, and Gilles Peterson, the electronic music virtuoso felt perfectly at home when Michael Mann asked him to help with the score of “Miami Vice.” Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:34:44 PDT http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/convertingimages.html Did you know that Preview, Mac OS X’s built-in picture viewer, lets you convert any graphic into a Photoshop file, and many other image formats? Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:51:40 PDT http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisemac/archives/2006/10/apples_xserve_x.html Tom Yager writes for Infoworld, “I was struck by [how] perfectly Xserve Xeon was designed, and in particular by how easily it comes apart. I have high standards in this regard. I told a friend that I will only buy or recommend servers that I can install, remove, disassemble and repair with one hand, a TSA-approved butter knife and no instructions.” Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:40:41 PDT http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/red/ Apple today announced the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition. U2 lead singer, Bono, and Bobby Shriver formed (RED) to engage business in the fight against AIDS in Africa by getting the world’s most iconic companies to make uniquely branded products. A portion of the profits from these products goes directly to fund programs for women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa. Fri, 13 Oct 2006 06:24:34 PDT http://www.apple.com/pro/ A self-proclaimed “scavenger of cultures and images,” Sarajo Frieden uses her Mac to help her re-envision the world in her own unique way. Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:57:51 PDT http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/qburns/ Michael Donaldson, a.k.a Q-Burns Abstract Message, has been burning a groove in the dance music scene for over 10 years, having remixed tracks for such artists as The Supreme Beings of Leisure, Faith No More, and Britney Spears. Today, his musical message mixes the electronic and acoustic to form a harmonic blend all his own. Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:53:28 PDT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=409998&in_page_id=1770 “Hundreds of people descended on Liverpool Street station for the biggest ever turnout for the latest internet craze — mobile clubbing,” reports the Daily Mail. “Students, business people and office workers danced in silence as they listened to their iPods among commuters listening to announcements about late trains.” Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:47:15 PDT http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/louisamuscatine/ “With an iPod, our Special Ed students can take their tests in classrooms with their peers and be mainstreamed in, versus having to be pulled out to do so,” states Louisa-Muscatine Elementary School principal Scott Grimes. “That’s sure to work wonders for their self-esteem, and help them feel like they’re more a part of the group. Over time, we’re confident that using the iPod will speed up the gains that our Special Ed students will make.” Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:28:38 PDT http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/emailwebpage.html When you come across a cool web page you want to share with a friend, don’t send the link — send the page itself. This week’s tip shows you how. Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:20:05 PDT http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9003885&pageNumber=1 “All in all, there is a great deal of reason to be excited about Time Machine,” writes Ryan Faas for Computerworld. “It will truly offer users backup abilities that have so far been limited primarily to larger organizations — and it will do so at only the cost of storage space. More important, it will offer a uniquely easy-to-use backup solution, one that users will be able to access without needing to really think about complicated configurations that have until now been part of traditional backup applications.” Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:28:15 PDT