MacCore- 5/31/07- Show 37
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V Introduction
* Be on the lookout for our WWDC special, late the night of the keynote or early the following morning.
V News
V Jobs and Gates to Meet This Week at D: All Things Digital
allthingsd.com
* The Wall Street Journal hosts the D: All Things Digital conference this week.. This year's hyped event is a joint interview with both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates which will take place on Wednesday May 30th. Coverage and video clips will be posted to the official site, possibly by the time you download and listen to this podcast.
V Dell Computers to be sold in Wal-Mart
www.macobserver.com—25.9.shtml
* Dell will start selling selected PCs on June 10th through 3,000 Wal-Mart stores. According to a Dell spokesperson, the move is part of his company's evolving strategy toward reinventing itself.Dell will ship a Dimension e521 without a monitor and a Dimension e521 with a 19-inch flat-panel display into 3,000 Wal-Mart locations in the United States
* The Dimension e512 is a low end machine that sells on Dell's online store for around $360 and can be configured up to $975. It's unclear which version of the computer Wal-Mar will be offering.
V Microsoft has sold 1,000,000 Zunes
playlistmag.com—index.php
* Microsoft has beaten its goal of shipping over a million Zune digital music players by June, according to a newspaper report. According to Robbie Bach, the president of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division the Zune has a 10 percent market share in the hard-disk-based music player category, he added.
* 100,000,000 vs. 1,000,000. We don't have much else to say here. :)
V OpenOffice Worm Downloads "Porn Bunny"
www.itnews.com.au—newsstory.aspx
* There is a new worm that affects the popular Openoffice program. Badbunny-A, is a macro worm for OpenOffice. The worm apparently downloads pictures of a man wearing a bunny suit performing a sexual act. The malware infects computer users when they open an OpenOffice Draw file called badbunny.odg

Mac users are not immune, on the Mac OS the worm downloads and displays an image of a scantily clad woman with a man dressed as a rabbit.
V More Google Apps Coming to the iPhone
www.appleinsider.com—more_google_apps_on_their_way_to_apples_iphone.html
* Speaking to The Seattle Times, AT&T's iPhone point man Glenn Lurie said the anticipation mounting ahead of next month's launch has far exceeded his firm's expectations. When addressing concerns regarding the iPhone's pricing, Lurie said widgets and "some of the Google applications that are coming" that will serve to distance pricing concerns from the minds of consumers.

V Will the iPhone be available to Pre-Paid Subscribers?
www.boygeniusreport.com—apple-iphone-to-be-available-for-prepaid-users
* BoyGenius claims to have internal documents from AT&T that would indicate the iPhone will be available for pre-paid users. Questions still remain about pricing for Pre-paid users, especially considering in the Apple Keynote the iPhone costs were $499/$599 with a 2 year contract. The question still remains whether Prepaid phone subscribers, who typically choose pre-paid plan options to keep the cost down, will be interested in paying the the high-prices for the iPhone.
V Apple TV Developer Kit "Backrow" released
alanquatermain.net—brdevkit
* One developer this weekend released a software developer's kit (SDK) for the AppleTV, the BackRow Developer's Kit. The SDK includes iPhoto and Quartz development solutions, a test application and an Xcode project template designed to help proto-Apple TV developers build their own plug-ins for the device.

The developer has also released a range of programming tutorials users can explore as they begin their developmental steps.

Apple TV hacking isn't for the faint-hearted. Installation of most presently available plug-ins for the device requires users to hack the device in such a way that they void their Apple warranty .
V Rumor: 17" iMac to be no more?
www.thinksecret.com—0705imac.html
* ThinkSecret believes Apple's pending iMac update will spell the end of the day for the 17-inch iMac. Many believe that the iMac is scheduled for an update around the WWDC conference and we will just be left with the 20- and 24-inch models. The decision to axe the 17" iMac is probably related to price drops for LCD displays making the cost difference for Apple between a 17-inch display and a 20-inch display negligible. Demand from display customers for larger sizes coupled with more productive manufacturing plants in Asia have been the guiding factors in those lower prices.
V Opinion: Is the MacMini Dead?
www.appleinsider.com—closing_the_book_on_apples_mac_mini.html
* AppleInsider believes that Apple will soon discontinue its MacMini line of computers. the MacMini has only seen 4 updates since first hit the scene and the power of the computer currently lags far behind Apple's other lineups. the current MacMini come in $599 1.66 and $799 1.83 Core Duo Processors.
V Listener Feedback
V Ivan- on MacBook Quality Issues (audio comment)
* Loves his old Pismo PowerBook and had now problems but is ready to upgrade. Thinking we'll see upgrades at WWDC he buy the new MacBook Pros when they come out or should he wait until the New MacBook Pros are released and buy a previous-generation at a discount. Concerned about sudden shutdown problems, battery issues, screen issues, etc.
V Feature: WWDC Predications
V Leopard
* New "Top Secret" Features?
* Ship Date?
V iPhone
* PiperJaffry analyst gene Munster believes that iPhone will be a no-show at WWDC
www.pcadvisor.co.uk—index.cfm
* New iMac
V One More Thing?
* ilife Preview
V Apple TV
* New Models
* SDK for Developers
* Software Updates
V iTunes Updates
* High-Def iTunes Content
* Movie Download Service
* Expanded content for other countries
V Software Updates
V Apple Security Update 2007-005
www.apple.com—securityupdate2007005universal.html
* Security Update 2007-005 is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:
bind
CarbonCore
CoreGraphics
crontabs
fetchmail
file
iChat
mDNSResponder
PPP
ruby
screen
texinfo
VPN
Security Update 2007-004 has been incorporated into this security update.
V Apple Security Update (QuickTime) 1.0
www.apple.com—securityupdatequicktime716formac.html
* Apple on Tuesday posted a security update for its QuickTime media technology. The update fixes two issue. The first issue is with an implementation issue in QuickTime for Java, “which may allow instantiation or manipulation of objects outside the bounds of the allocated heap.” When a user goes to a Web page containing a maliciously crafted Java applet, a hacker could trigger the flaw leading to arbitrary code execution.

The second issue may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. Again, utilizing an issue with QuickTime for Java, this flaw could allow a web browser’s memory to be read by a Java applet. This update addresses the issue by clearing memory before allowing it to be used by Java applets.
V Adobe Camera Raw 4.1
www.adobe.com—cameraraw.html
* Adobe released a new update to its Camera Raw plug-in for Photoshop on Tuesday. The updated plug-in added support for 13 more digital cameras, and improved the noise reduction and sharpening tools. The Adobe Camera Raw 4.1 plug-in requires Adobe Photoshop CS3 or Photoshop Elements 4.01. Adobe has said the update available by the end of the week.
V RapidWeaver 3.6
www.realmacsoftware.com—index.php
* Version 3.6 offers features such as: a snippets manager to help handle frequently used code which can simply be dragged and dropped onto the page; a richer blogging engine; it makes customizing your themes much simpler -- instead of having to get your hands dirty with HTML or CSS, the new Themes Styles feature allows users to pick and choose the colours as well as the layout of their site; and much more. RapidWeaver is priced at US$49 for new users and $25 for all existing users.
V Deals
* Refurbished Apple TVs on Apple Online store for $249
V Altec Lansing IM5 portable Speakers - $39
www.buy.com—product.asp
* Buy.com again has the Altec Lansing inMotion IM5 Portable iPod Speaker System for $39.99 with free shipping. New google checkout users can save an additional $10.
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