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Since I’ve downloaded the very first iPhone SDK beta, I must tell there’s much more to iPhone fun than using the Aspen Emulator…

iPhone development seems so amazing!!!

Don’t take it as a word from an anti-Microsoft geek.

This time is BusinessWeek reporting.

A recent upgrade to the Mac operating system moves Apple closer to challenging Microsoft for overall computing dominance, even in the corporate market

Not enough?

Windows users, in the very near future, will be free to switch to Apple computers and mobile devices, drawn by a widening array of Mac software, without suffering the pain of giving up critical Windows-based applications right away. The easy virtualization of two radically different operating systems on a single desktop paves a classic migration path. Business users will be tempted. Apple is positioning itself to challenge Microsoft for overall computing dominance—even in the corporate realm.

Full story here.

Dpreview reports:

Apple has released an updated version of its Aperture image processing software. The move from version 2.0 to 2.1 increases the product’s depth with the addition of new architecture that allows third-party plug-ins. Apple includes a dodge and burn plug-in with the latest version and is working with plug-in writers to bring industry favorites to Aperture.

Full story here.

Yesterday, Steve’s presentation covered too many things about the upcoming iPhone SDK, the (again) upcoming 2.0 firmware update and a lot of developmente undergoing.
Some apps & games were showcased along with the App Store: the marketplace for all iPhone developer with a pretty interesting business model.

Check full coverage on partner site tiPhones.com

Generous cooling, a hard drive and not much more…
Disappointed?
Uh… your valueable data too inside!

Full story on Engadget

Just announced today!

Apple Introduces New MacBook and MacBook Pro Models
Multi-Touch Trackpad Comes to MacBook Pro

Apple today updated its popular MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook lines with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors, larger hard drives and 2GB of memory standard in most models. In addition, MacBook Pro includes the latest NVIDIA graphics processors, now with up to 512MB of video memory, and Apple’s innovative Multi-Touch trackpad, first introduced in MacBook Air.

Not that much to say, always better as usual… and some price slashing as well!

Partner site tiphones.com reports:

Apple yesterday rolled out new iPhone and iPod touch models with beefed-up memories and bumped-up prices.

The new iPods touch and iPhones will ship with the new software that CEO Steve Jobs unveiled at last month’s MacWorld Expo in San Francisco, including a maps application that allows users to use a combination of cell tower and Wi-Fi hot spot triangulation to mimic a GPS device and find their location on Google-powered maps.

Just attended Apple’s presentation for MacBook Air and all other products coming from MacWorld Expo 2008.

Impressed by the MacBook Air: so thin, so usable!
Manage to get your hands on one of these and see for yourself.
It’s so easy to forget this is an ultra-portable computer: full size keyboard, 13,3″ screen (LED-driven, immediately bright and soooo much shiny).
2 Gigs of RAM and a 5-hours+ battery get you running & working for a long time!

Quite impressed by Time Capsule: a must for every serious Mac (and Windows) user.

Will put update all info pretty soon; for some picture, have a look at my Flickr page.

The thinnest Mac ever.
A slimmer Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB HD or (optional) 64 GB SSD, 13,3″ eLed display.

Battery life: 5 hours…

Full wireless (over the Air) connectivity… of course!

Stop rumors!
This time is for real.
Stop backup with Time Machine over wires: it’s over!

Apple introduces Time Capsules (an homage to Andy Warhol?): basically an Airport base with an embedded hard disk (in 300 GB and 500 GB flavors).

So, from today on, Time Machine backup will run wireless (and hopefully) effortless.

Just like other Apple products: set it and forget it.

Maybe not like last year’s MacWorld iPhone announcement, but this year is bringing so much speculations about what Steve will announce today!

Maybe the only true reliable source is CrazyAppleRumors.

So, what’s new in the Air? Really a MacBook Air?

Ok, most of us won’t be amazed by the new XServe: only guys hiding in server farm will actually, but the value-for-money ratio is quite impressive.
Under US$ 3,000 will get you a screaming Leopard server!

The real news is about the (not only) improved Mac Pro:

The fastest Mac ever, the new Mac Pro has eight processor cores and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of its predecessor.* It combines two of Intel’s new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2 GHz, powerful new graphics and up to 4TB of internal storage […]

What about graphics?

All-new high-performance graphics cards from ATI and NVIDIA make Mac Pro graphics technology even more cutting edge. The standard graphics card — an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory, PCI Express 2.0, and two dual-link DVI ports — provides great performance for typical creative applications. And you get dual 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display support out of the box.

All of these cards feature the latest-generation unified shader model support. Compared to dedicated pixel and vertex shaders, shaders are no longer special-purpose and can now be utilized based on the needs of the graphics application.