Quark announces special promotion with Apple Specialists
Dennis Sellers 
Jan 5, 2009 at 9:39pm
Quark has teamed with Ingram Micro to offer Quark customers discounted prices on QuarkXPress 8 when they purchase MacSystems from participating Apple Specialists.
MWSF: UPEK, Agile Web Solutions demo Eikon Fingerprint Reader, 1Password Password combo
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 9:00pm
UPEK, a provider of fingerprint sensors embedded into laptop computers, and Agile Web Solutions, have announced that the companies will be demonstrating at this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo the Eikon Digital Privacy Manager integrated with 1Password Password Manager, enabling Mac users to access password-protected websites with the swipe of a finger.
MWSF: find out how fast your brain is
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 8:00pm
How fast is your brain? If you’re attending this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo, you can stop by the Posit Science booth and find out.
MWSF: Logos debuts with nearly 10,000 titles
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 7:30pm
Bringing nearly 10,000 titles to the Macintosh platform with the launch of Logos for Mac, Logos Bible Software will be at this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo to introduce Mac enthusiasts to the a variety of advanced Bible study software.
MWSF: Blue Microphones introduces Mikey portable recorder for iPod, Eyeball consumer web camera
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 7:00pm
At this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo, Blue Microphone is introducing the availability of two new consumer products, the Mikey Portable Recorder for iPod (US$79.99) and the Eyeball Web camera with built-in microphone ($99.99). They build upon the same technology found in the company’s professional microphones.
MWSF: Ecamm announces BT-1 Bluetooth Wireless Webcam for the Mac
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 6:39pm
Ecamm Network is showcasing the BT-1, which the company describes as the world’s first webcam with Bluetooth wireless technology. for the Mac at this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo. The new BT-1 combines video and sound with freedom from wires.
Macworld Photos, Day One
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 6:37pm
Here are some photos around and inside the Moscone Center in San Francisco, home of the 2009 Macworld Conference & Expo. The exhibit hall doesn’t open until tomorrow.
Eight new Apple-related software updates
Dave Merten Jan 5, 2009 at 6:25pm
FmPro Migrator Developer Edition 4.56 has been updated to add support for performing Table Consolidation projects and Bento 2 migrations with FileMaker Pro Advanced 10.
MWSF: Iomega unveils Home Media Network Hard Drive
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 6:00pm
Iomega will debut the Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive at this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo. With a three-step set up, users can configure up to one terabyte of network storage for backing up all of their files as well as streaming music, photos, video and other multimedia files between computers and other compatible consumer electronics and home entertainment products.
MWSF: Daylite touch to be demoed this week
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 5:30pm
At this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo Marketcircle is lifting the curtain on Daylite touch, a new product that gives workgroups of up to 50 people the ability to embrace the iPhone or iPod touch as extensions to Daylite’s productivity management paradigm. Daylite touch will be available from the Apple App Store in the first quarter of 2009 when pricing will be announced.
Macsimum iPhone Video: Mac VoicesTV with Chuck Joiner debuts
Dave Merten Jan 5, 2009 at 5:05pm
Today’s Macsimum iPhone video features the premier of the new MacVoicesTV show. You can subscribe now using the RSS link on the new site dedicated to that show, MacVoices.TV. Enjoy!
MWSF: Retrospect 8 to arrive this week
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 5:03pm
EMC Retrospect 8.0 will debut this week. The new version of the back-up software is built for the needs of small and midsize businesses with Macs or a mixture of Mac, Windows, and even Linux systems that they need to protect.
MWSF: WidgetPress to introduce ModelBaker
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 5:00pm
WidgetPress will introduce ModelBaker for the iPhone and iPod touch at this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo. The app builds web, iPhone, iPod touch and Google Android applications without any programming required.
CES: Digital Foci announces portable photo manager
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 4:30pm
Digital Foci is introducing the new Picture Porter 35 at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. It’s a high-capacity portable photo manager with: a 3.5-inch color screen; built-in hard drive with capacities starting at 160GB; and a multi-format memory card reader.
MWSF: c:four to launch iStudio Publisher
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 4:00pm
c:four limited, a UK based software company, will launch iStudio Publisher, new page layout software for Mac OS X at this week’s MacWorld Conference & Expo. It’s targeted to home, small business and educational users and is designed to help these users create, present and publish professional-looking documents, says Paul O’Connor, director of c:four.
MWSF: Verbatim launches 500GB, 1TB quad interface drives
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 3:30pm
Verbatim will showcase two new Quad Interface Desktop Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) with capacities of 500GB and 1TB at this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo.
MWSF: Mac Mingle 2009 to be held Jan. 8
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 3:00pm
Mac author Deb Shadovitz will host Mac Mingle 2009 on Thursday, Jan. 8, from 7-11:45 pm at Jillian’s Billiards & Restaurant, 101 Fourth Street, San Francisco.
MWSF: Insider Software unveils TypeTrax at Macworld Expo
Dave Merten Jan 5, 2009 at 2:40pm
Insider Software, exhibiting in Booth #526, today announced the world premiere of TypeTrax, a new product for managing design projects created using Adobe Creative Suite. Developed jointly by Insider Software and Moksa, Inc., TypeTrax manages projects, and tracks, organizes and pre-flights project files, including fonts and digital assets.
MWSF: Hess Memorial Macworld Events List available
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 2:30pm
Ilene Hoffman, Mac consultant and writer, is has announced that the Hess Memorial Macworld Events List for the 2009 Macworld Conference & Expo is now available. In its fourteenth year of publication, the Hess Memorial Macworld Events List is a source for all events and press functions held during Macworld Conference & Expo week, Jan. 5-9.
MWSF: Roxio cooks up Toast 10 Titanium
Dennis Sellers Jan 5, 2009 at 2:04pm
Roxio is releasing Toast 10 Titanium, the latest version of the company’s burning and digital media software for the Mac, at this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo. The latest version helps greatly enhance and extend Mac OS X and iLife applications with a broad range of additional capabilities for creating, sharing, and enjoying personal digital media content, according to Vito Salvaggio, vice president of consumer products, Sonic Solutions.
Macsimum Opinion
Reporter’s Notebook: the long, arduous, screen-damaging trip to Macworld
By Dennis Sellers 
Jan 6 at 7:00am
I’ll be inline early this morning, awaiting entrance into the keynote by Phil Schiller, Apple’s vice president of worldwide product marketing. Since Steve Jobs says that, despite rumors, he’s sick but not deathly ill and just chose to spend holiday time with his family rather than preparing for a Macworld keynote as he’s done for a decade, I’ll be anxiously awaiting Phil’s talk.
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MWSF: Apple introduces new 17-inch, unibody MacBook Pro
Said:
Nice piece of hardware, but I was hoping for one of the new things that Steve Jobs mentioned in an earnings call in the middle of last year.
Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
Said:
They need you in Cupertino JonDoe. Both the legal department and the marketers could benefit from your direction. If I were you I’d get out there right away.
Reporter's Notebook: the long, arduous, screen-damaging trip to Macworld
Said:
Dennis, I’m afraid the only way to take carryons in modern aircraft is by FedEx. I’m no professional traveler but it seems to me you have to send it ahead because you can’t trust airlines.
I hope the rest of your stay is good and productive and without incident. I count on you to tell me what happens at Macworld.
Bob
iKanji released for iPhone, iPod touch
Said:
Where is it?
Linked to KanjiDo?
This is not the expected design.
Yannick
Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
Said:
Apple will still hurt themselves and lose customers, or potential customers. Even though BluRay and HD look exactly the same, and the only difference between the two is the capacity . . people are still brainwashed that Blu Ray is better looking. So to please current , and possible , customers Steve Jobs should have just gone ahead and included Blu Ray in the next OS and DVDSP update. It is a bad decisions that they’re not going to.
FileMaker Pro 10 ships with new interface, dynamic reporting, more
Said:
Nice application update. Now, where is FileMaker and Bento for the iPhone/iPod touch? You know that they have to have one in the making. The question is why haven’t they announced it yet?
Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
DAG Said:
An iMac with EyeTV, Griffin Shark and Front Row already does pretty much all you describe. A 1TB FW800 external HD spares the internal drive a lot of the wear and tear. The Eye TV tuners also support Clear Quam HD (Cable as opposed to ATSC over the air).
As for improvements, how about a screen that’s not so shiny you can shave in it from 15 feet away?
MWSF: Pinnacle Systems releasing Video Capture for Mac
Said:
You would think, with a mature product line for the Mac that Pinnacle has, that they would know that the Mac should be referred to as ‘Mac’ and not ‘MAC’ (while it is correct in this article, their whole web site appears to use MAC instead).
MWSF: Retrospect 8 to arrive this week
Said:
Ouch. You have to burn one of licenses for each VM you want to back up? So it’s not a per-machine or per-user license, it’s a per-OS license?
Macworld Photos, Day One
Said:
The banner to the 2009 Macworld coupon book, when clicked redirects to an invalid link, any ideas where we can download the coupon book?
Thanks!
'Macsimum News' Macworld news coverage
Said:
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Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
Said:
Dennis,
I already use my 24” iMac for movies. Netflix sends me DVDs and I watch them. I gave away my TV in 2006 an have been happy ever since.
How do you make your iMac a radio?
Keep up the good work big guy.
Bob
Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
Said:
Haven’t you heard - BLU-RAY is dead. Failed. DVD will be here for a long time. Buy an external Blu-Ray drive to access blu-ray on a Mac.
MWSF: Macworld 2009 to serve as launching pad for new products
Said:
MWSF coupon book link doesn/t work 404 error
MWSF: Cultured Code to shop Things task management app for Mac OS X
Jason Said:
Things is quite simply brilliant! WHile it won’t organize you or do your laundry, it will unobtrusively help you manage and make the most of your day. And, it does all of this with a simplicity that only a true Mac developer could create. Things should be a staple for almost every Mac user. It deserves an award, even before it is officially released.
Rogue Amoeba unveils satellite radio app for Mac OS X
Said:
I found a neat iPhone app that keeps track of Satellite radio news at http://satradio.webappgalaxy.com
Here's the iMac that I want Apple to make
Said:
I still want a headless Mac for $1299 with a good video card, room for RAM, at least a 300G hard drive, and a boatload of USB and FireWire ports.
So, maybe a new Mini will answer my prayers. But who am I kidding. I rarely get what I want!
A tale of two iPod battery extenders
Said:
I don’t really understand why anyone would get the Richard Solo-style battery packs for iPods/iPhones. Having the battery connected solely using the dock connector (I believe newer models have a little plastic bracket to try to work around this issue a little), winds up putting a large strain on the internal connector inside your iPod. And guess how likely you will get a warrantee replacement from Apple because your dock connector has broken because of this.
If I was given one of these, if I ever used it, I would connect it, leave the iPod/battery flat on a table until it had charged the iPod or I needed to use the iPod, then I would immediately disconnect it before doing anything with the iPod.
Mathomatic released for iPhone, iPod touch
Said:
Can I purchase XM Radio for my Iphone? So that I have access at all times on IPHONE.