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2:00 PM ET, January 15, 2008

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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:

Steve Jobs Keynote Live From Macworld — This post is being updated live, in reverse chronological order, from the Steve Jobs keynote at the Macworld Expo! — 9:48am: One button interface for iTunes rentals on Apple TV. Remarkably simple to use, at least in the demo

Discussion: Ars Technica, PC World, PDA, Bits, Scobleizer and bub.blicio.us

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.

Macworld:

Macworld Expo Keynote Coverage — Steve Jobs will be delivering the keynote address for Macworld Expo beginning at 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday. Once the event is under way, Macworld's team of editors will begin live blogging from the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Discussion: Good Morning Silicon Valley, Mashable!, Zoli's Blog, MacUser, The Apple Core and mydigimedia

Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:

AAPL: Blogging Jobs; 5M Leopard Units; Wireless Backup; 4M iPhones; Movie Rentals; Apple TV; Macbook Air — I'll be live-blogging the keynote by Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs at Macworld right here. Refresh often. The event was supposed to start at 9, and is now a few minutes late. Stand by...

Discussion: Engadget, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, Byte of the Apple, Gizmodo, Seeking Alpha and Sidecut Reports

Michael Rose / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:

The Macworld 2008 Keynote Liveblog — 8:54 PT We're inside. Media scrum heading for seats. Coldplay on the PA, crowd shots on the monitors. Here with Scott McNulty, John Gruber, John Moltz and a whole lot of press. — The action starts here shortly before 9 am PT on Tuesday (12 noon ET) — don't miss it!

Discussion: Ars Technica, ParisLemon, Cartoon Barry Blog and ifoAppleStore

Jon Fortt / Big Tech:
Live: Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld 2008

Discussion: Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, Techlog, Engadget and Byte of the Apple

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.

Discussion: Byte of the Apple, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi and Digg

Danny Dumas / Gadget Lab:

Breaking: Apple Insider Leaks Ultra-Portable Details — An Apple insider told Wired today that the company's new ultraportable, expected to be seen in public for the first time tomorrow, has an extremely thin profile and is shaped like a teardrop when closed — thicker at the top behind the screen …

Nilay Patel / Engadget:
The MacBook Air — Apple just announced the .16-inch thin MacBook Air …

Discussion: BetaNews, The Boy Genius Report and jkOnTheRun

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.

Discussion: Ryan Naraine's Security Watch, InfoWorld, Sophos, The Register, Zero Day, Security Fix, Computerworld, Spyware Sucks, Insanely Great Mac and Smalltalk Tidbits …

Nilay Patel / Engadget:

Apple unveils the Apple TV, take 2 — Apple just admitted that the first Apple TV didn't quite work out — so it's back with a new model that can access iTunes directly, and streams movies from the new rental store in both DVD quality and HD with 5.1 surround.

Discussion: Digital Trends, dailywireless.org and Digg

Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Apple TV Take 2: $229, No Computer Required, Direct Rentals (Netflix Screwed)

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 …

Discussion: HipMojo.com, Techdirt and The Technology Liberation …

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.

Discussion: paidContent.org, CNET News.com and All Facebook

Dorian Benkoil / JackMyers.com:

Condé Nast Portfolio Expands Online Apps with Google, Facebook and LinkedIn — Condé Nast Portfolio has been quietly building its www.Portfolio.com ad-supported website with an emphasis on audience quality vs. size, although the site now boasts somewhere between 900,000 …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider

David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Carey: Portfolio.com To Supply 30 Percent Of Magazine's Total Ad Revs By Next Year

Discussion: New York Times

Robby Stein / Official Gmail Blog:

New Gmail for the iPhone — We've just released a new look and feel for the mobile version of Gmail on your iPhone. Our goal: make Gmail fit nicely as part of the latest Google on your iPhone experience. This means that we had to make Gmail faster and more fluid.

Discussion: Search Engine Journal, Official Google Mobile Blog, Ode to Apple, Phil Windley's Technometria and Web Analytics World

Wall Street Journal:

Ticketmaster Buys Major Reseller — Ticketmaster has agreed to pay about $265 million for TicketsNow, a Web site for reselling tickets to concerts and sports events.

Discussion: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, WebProNews, pehub.com, HipMojo.com, Seeking Alpha, Mashable!, paidContent.org and Silicon Alley Insider

Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi:

Fabrik acquires G-Technology to enhance Mac storage products — Call it a Big Mac Attack. Fabrik is barging into the Apple Macintosh market with its acquisition today of G-Technology. G-Technology makes storage products for the Mac market, while Fabrik is big in the PC storage space.

Discussion: GigaOM and Silicon Valley Watcher

David A. Utter / WebProNews:

FCC Approves Google For Wireless Auction — The 700MHz wireless spectrum auction on January 24th opens with 214 bidders chasing the big prize, with Google competing with an assortment of telecoms both big and small. — As part of the process of lining up bidders who will pay upwards …

Discussion: Techland and Search Engine Land

Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Locked and loaded: FCC finalizes rules & bidders for 700MHz

Discussion: Gizmodo

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