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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
MacBook Air doesn't have a user-replaceable battery — We sort of understood it with iPods, and we grudgingly accepted it with the iPhone, but the MacBook Air has a sealed, non-user-replaceable battery, and that means we're suddenly a lot less in love. We're digging for details …
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CenterNetworks, Earth2Tech, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, GigaOM, jkOnTheRun, GottaBeMobile, Scripting News and TechFold
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Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
MacBook Air Hands-on — Here's our take on the MacBook Air. It's super light, super fragile, and super small. If you just tap the screen lightly, the whole thing closes because it's so light. The keyboard looks a little weird because it's black on the aluminum, but the keyboard feels great.
Devin Coldewey / CrunchGear:
MacBook AirHead: why Apple's new laptop is basically useless — First, let me just say that the Air is an extremely impressive piece of technology. The miniaturization, the optimization of space, the blatant disregard for current standards — it's everything a revolutionary machine should be.
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Apple MacBook Air Looks Absolutely Amazing — It's real. The fabled MacBook Air actually exists. It's ultra-thin, can have normal hard drive or a solid state one and, except for a couple ports, it's all about wireless connectivity. It's an stunning .16 inches thick at the bottom and .76 inches on the top.
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Engadget, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, Infinite Loop, eWeek, Consumer Passion, bub.blicio.us and Byte of the Apple
Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Hey, Steve — you broke the Internet — Thanks for all the great toys, Uncle Steve, but did you have to go and break the Internet? I and about 7,000 other people were all signed up to get Twitter updates from MacRumors, but I never saw a single one — and in fact the entire Twitter.com network …
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Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
Steve Jobs Proves the Interweb Can't Beat TV ... Yet — Live media events are great, when they work. But watching live services like Twitter collapse around the Steve Jobs keynote this morning provides more great examples (if needed) why the Interweb isn't yet TV.
Tom Neumayr / Apple:
Apple Premieres iTunes Movie Rentals With All Major Film Studios — New Apple TV Software Lets You Rent Movies Directly from Your Widescreen TV — Apple® today announced iTunes® Movie Rentals featuring movies from all the major movie studios including 20th Century Fox …
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Podcasting News, Bits, IP Democracy, MacUser, Gadget Lab, Digital Trends and The Boy Genius Report
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John P. Falcone / CNET News.com:
Slew of new features—including movie rentals and HD video—en route to Apple TV — The Apple TV just got a whole lot more useful. — Steve Jobs unveiled a major feature update to the Apple TV today during his Macworld keynote address in San Francisco that aims to transform the device …
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:Apple TV Take 2: $229, No Computer Required, Direct Rentals (Netflix Screwed)
Michael Gartenberg / JupiterResearch:iTunes Does Movie Rentals & Apple TV Update - First Take
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David Chartier / Infinite Loop:Macworld.Ars: iTunes HD movies only for rent on Apple TV
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote — Thanks for joining us for our live Macworld 2008 keynote coverage! We're in, so click on, all our real-time updates are posted just after the break. — Note: this time we're updating from bottom to top, with the latest updates below.
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Jason Brooks, Zero Day, Tech Trader Daily, Apple 2.0, Apple, CNET News.com, Good Morning Silicon Valley, Forbes, Techlog, Podcasting News, Infinite Loop, Microsoft Watch, Between the Lines, Search Engine Land, WebProNews, Business Technology, PDA, Hardware 2.0, BBC NEWS, Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog, NYT, last100, The Technology Chronicles, Digital Daily, eWeek, The Mobile Gadgeteer, AppScout, Guardian Unlimited, Ars Technica, Electronista, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, jkOnTheRun, The Apple Core, TechSpot News, Scripting News, louisgray.com, Switched, Zatz Not Funny!, Dembot, Furrier.org, Tech~Surf~Blog, Orbitcast, BloggingStocks, Big Tech, dailywireless.org, Paul Colligan's …, CyberNet, Lost Remote, Gearlog, Engadget HD and hypebot
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Steve Jobs Keynote Live From Macworld — Below is the transcript, in reverse chronological order, from the Steve Jobs keynote at the Macworld Expo. Thanks for tuning in! — 10:44am: Newman stopped talking, Steve thanked everyone for coming, lots of applause, its over.
Apple:
Apple Enhances Revolutionary iPhone with Software Update — Apple® today announced a free software update for its revolutionary iPhone™ that allows users to automatically find their location using the redesigned Maps application*; text message multiple people in one message …
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Crave, Podcasting News, Gizmodo, Bits, Social Media, TidBITS, IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband and CyberNet
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Clint Ecker / Infinite Loop:Macworld.ars: iPod touch users to pay $20 for iPhone applications
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Breaking: Samwer Brothers Invest In Facebook — Serial German entrepreneurs Alexander, Marc and Oliver Samwer have invested in Facebook, we've heard from a very reliable source - presumably as part of Facebook's recent $15 billion valuation round with Microsoft. We are still trying to nail down the size of the investment.
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Reuters, VentureBeat, WebProNews, paidContent.org, Silicon Alley Insider, CNET News.com and All Facebook
Clearwire News Room:
Clearwire and Google Collaborate to Offer Search and Communications Tools — Wireless broadband pioneer Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) today announced it is teaming up with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to deliver the company's popular Google Apps(TM) communication suite to Clearwire customers.
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DSLreports, Engadget, Between the Lines, Telecompetitor, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, Computerworld and Seeking Alpha
Erica Ogg / CNET News.com:
Moxi maker cuts staff by half, loses CEO — If you were eagerly anticipating Digeo's Moxi Multi-Room HD digital media recorder, don't hold your breath. — The Kirkland, Wash.-based company revealed significant changes Tuesday, including the cancellation of two previously announced product lines …
Wilson Rothman / Gizmodo:
Apple Announces Time Capsule Server for Wireless Time Machine Backup — At Macworld 2008, Apple just announced Time Capsule, a full Airport Extreme base station with 802.11n wireless and four Ethernet ports, plus server grade hard drives to back up all of the Leopard Macs in the house.
Jason Lee Miller / WebProNews:
Net Neutrality Groups Press FCC — Call for swift and decisive action against Comcast — Free Press, the organization behind SaveTheInternet.com, responded to the Federal Communications Commission's expressed intent to investigate Comcast and Verizon Wireless over alleged content blocking.
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Patrik / F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog:
First Rogue Cleaning Tool for Mac — We've just found the first Mac rogue application and it's called MacSweeper. — It claims to clean your Mac from compromising files and it will always find something to fix/clean but the only way to do so is to buy the program.
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CNET News.com, Sophos, Ryan Naraine's Security Watch, InfoWorld, Technology Live, Computerworld, The Register, Security Fix and Zero Day
Victoria Shannon / International Herald Tribune:
Amazon.com is challenging French competition law — PARIS: The online retailer Amazon.com said Monday that it would pay €1,000 a day in fines, rather than comply with a court ruling upholding French limits on price discounts for books. — The company decided to pay …
