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<td class="article-title" width="446"><font size="+1">New 17"
MacBook Pro!</font></td>
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href="mailto:ed@smalldog.com">Ed Shepard</a></td>
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<p>Today
at MacWorld, Phil Schiller introduced a brand-new 17” MacBook Pro. The
new MacBook shares the revolutionary aluminum unibody construction
offered on the MacBook and 15” MacBook Pro. Other specs:</p>
<ul>
<li>.98 inches thin</li>
<li>6.6 pounds</li>
<li>The world’s lightest and thinnest 17-inch notebook</li>
<li>Features an <span class="caps">LED</span>
backlit display, with 1920×1200 resolution. 700:1 contrast ratio, and
60% greater color gamut than the previous 17-inch display.</li>
<li>Apple says “This is the best display we’ve ever shipped in
a notebook.”</li>
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<ul>
<li>2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Dual Core</li>
<li>6MB L2 Cache</li>
<li>Up to 8GB memory at 1066 MHz DDR3.</li>
<li>Glass trackpad with four-finger gestures and multi-button
support.</li>
<li>320GB hard drive</li>
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<li>Three <span class="caps">USB</span> ports</li>
<li>Mini DisplayPort for connecting to Apple’s new 24” <span
class="caps">LED</span> display</li>
<li>FireWire 800 (no 400!)</li>
<li>Digital audio in/out</li>
<li>ExpressCard slot.</li>
<li>Gigabit Ethernet</li>
<li>MagSafe power adapter (duh)</li>
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<ul>
<li>Built-in,
non user-replaceable battery. This is an adaptive “smart battery” with
built-in chips to maintain maximum charge and lifespan</li>
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<li>The
battery can last up to eight hours, is good for about five years, and
can be charged 1000 times. It is also fully recyclable.</li>
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<ul>
<li>Battery
life varies depending on graphics card used. With the 9600GT, battery
life if seven hours. It is up to eight hours with the 9400M integrated
graphics.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>All told, this is three hours longer than the previous
17-inch MacBook Pro, equalling a 60% increase in battery life.</li>
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<li>Also,
for the first time with the new unibody MacBooks, Apple is offering an
anti-glare option. It costs $50 more than the glossy display because
the bezel has to be removed after it’s already assembled.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>$2799.99</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.smalldog.com/product/72891">Click here to
see this MacBook Pro on our website.</a></p>
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New Features</font></td>
<td class="article-author" align="right" width="150">By <a
href="mailto:kali@smalldog.com">Kali Hilke</a></td>
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<p>Some
big changes were announced to the iWork suite of productivity
applications today. Like iWork ’08, iWork ’09 includes Pages, Keynote
and Numbers. Integration and sharing have been vastly improved across
the suite, and it still offers excellent Microsoft Office
compatibility. </p>
<p>The addition of iWork.com is huge. Much
like Google Docs, you will be able to collaborate on projects by
accessing your files online. Apple has not launched this yet in its
full form, but it is available as a public beta once you have purchased
iWork ’09. </p>
<p>In the following articles, you’ll find an overview of the
highlighted new features.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.apple.com/iwork/pages/">Read more about
iWork here.</a><br>
<a href="http://blog.smalldog.com">Check out our coverage of
Macworld 2009 on our blog.</a></p>
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<td class="article-title" width="446"><font size="+1">iWork '09:
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<p>Featured updates:</p>
<ul>
<li>Easily create sophisticated animations with <strong>Magic
Move.</strong></li>
<li>Add dramatic object and text transitions using <strong>new
visual effects.</strong></li>
<li>Visualize your data with <strong>new styles and animations</strong>
for 3D charts.</li>
<li>Dramatically <strong>reduce file size</strong> without
compromising quality.</li>
<li>Create dynamic flowcharts and diagrams using <strong>connection
lines.</strong></li>
<li>Choose from <strong>eight new Apple-designed themes</strong>
(44 total).</li>
<li><strong>Open, save, and email Microsoft PowerPoint files</strong>
from within Keynote.</li>
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<td class="article-title" width="446"><font size="+1">iWork '09:
Pages</font></td>
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<p>Pages received a bunch of updates this time around, most
notably:</p>
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<li><strong>40 new Apple-designed templates</strong> (for over
180 total).</li>
<li>A new <strong>full-screen view</strong> option so that you
can focus only on your writing!</li>
<li><strong>Dynamic outlines</strong> allow you to organize
your ideas as they come.</li>
<li><strong>Mail merge with Numbers</strong> makes adding
addresses, names and more really simple.</li>
<li>MathType 6 and EndNote X2 (both sold separately)
integration allows you to insert equations or bibliographies
(respectively).</li>
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<p>As always, you can open, save, and email Microsoft Word files
from within Pages.</p>
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<td class="article-title" width="446"><font size="+1">iWork '09:
Numbers</font></td>
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<p>Noted features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Easily create formulas, using <strong>visual placeholders
with plain language text.</strong></li>
<li>Perform calculations using <strong>over 250 functions.</strong></li>
<li>Organize your data instantly using <strong>Table
Categories.</strong></li>
<li>Check your calculations at a glance with <strong>Formula
List view.</strong></li>
<li>Create two-axis charts and combine line, column, and area
series in a single mixed chart.</li>
<li>Choose from <strong>twelve new Apple-designed templates</strong>
(30 total).</li>
<li><strong>Open, save, and email Microsoft Excel files</strong>
from within Numbers.</li>
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<td class="article-title" width="446"><font size="+1">Changes in
the iTunes Store</font></td>
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<p>Millions
of cheers were heard ‘round the world when Phil Schiller announced some
of the changes coming to the iTunes Store in April. The main one: all <span
class="caps">DRM</span>-free
music, meaning that songs can be played and burned without restriction.
The four major record companies (Sony, Universal, Warner and <span
class="caps">EMI</span>) are all now on board with the change, which
was crucial to feature songs without the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management"><span
class="caps">DRM</span></a> encoding. </p>
<p>Beginning today, over 8 million songs in the iTunes Store
feature:</p>
<ul>
<li>No <span class="caps">DRM</span> restrictions</li>
<li>Higher-quality 256 kbps <span class="caps">AAC</span>
encoding for audio quality virtually unchanged from the original</li>
<li>Same price for song downloads onto iPhone 3G over their 3G
network</li>
</ul>
<p>The remaining 2 million songs in the 10 million+ iTunes
library will be available without the <span class="caps">DRM</span>
restrictions by the end of March. According to Apple, they will offer a
“simple, one-click option to easily upgrade their entire library of
previously purchased songs to the higher quality <span class="caps">DRM</span>-free
iTunes Plus format” for 30 cents per song or 30 percent of the album
price. Sounds intriguing, but it could get expensive… I say choose your
favorites wisely!</p>
<p>In April, songs will be available at three
price points: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29. This will be dictated by
what the music labels charge Apple for the above licensing.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/06itunes.html">Read
Apple’s entire press release here.</a></p>
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Update: iPhoto</font></td>
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<p>iPhoto
has gotten many updates in the iLife ’09 edition. iPhoto is arguably
the most-used application in the iLife suite, behind iTunes. </p>
<p>For starters, there are now three ways to sort your photos:</p>
<ul>
<li>Events</li>
<li>Faces</li>
<li>Places</li>
</ul>
<p>Events was a new way to view and sort photos with the last
iLife release, but both Faces and Places are new. </p>
<p>Faces
relies on face recognition, and assists in tagging photos. Amazingly,
it will find a face and ask in other photos if it is the same person… I
guess we’ll see! There’s also integration with Facebook and Flickr. </p>
<p>Places
works with Google Maps to zoom in on a location. It uses latitude and
longitude, and will automatically add a location to your photos. This
is great because you’ll be able to ‘geotag’ your entire set of photos.
Phil uses the example of “Yosemite” in that if you have just taken a
vacation there, it will geotag all of your photos from the trip!</p>
<p>I’m
really excited to check iPhoto ’09 out, especially the tagging and face
recognition features. As Don mused, “will it be able to recognize dog’s
faces, too?” We’ll be checking out iLife ’09 in detail soon and will
give you our feedback in upcoming issues of Tech Tails! </p>
<p><a href="http://www.smalldog.com/product/72885">Learn more and
pre-order iLife 09 here.</a></p>
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Update: iMovie '09</font></td>
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<p>Apple
has updated iMovie ’08 to iMovie ’09 as part of iLife ’09. iMovie ’09
was introduced with the statement that iMovie ’08 “didn’t have all the
features that older customers wanted.” Apple has added “a bunch of
features that should please everyone.” Phil Schiller continued to say
that Apple has added “depth and power” to iMovie ’09.</p>
<p>Some of the new features include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Precision
editor with expanded timeline for advanced users. Improved drag and
drop of video clips and audio clips. Easier to insert, overlay,
replace, and add audio straight from clips. Sound can now be extended
from the first clip over audio from the second clip to give pro
continuity to edits. Also now easier to skim and see edits before and
after cuts.</li>
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<li>Automatic video stabilization.
The software identifies jittery/bumpy motion and reduces it by
comparing frames of video to subsequent and previous frames. Video
stabilization along with image stabilization in camcorders can
practically create still photos. Two-step process. The first-pass is
processor intensive.</li>
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<ul>
<li>Now possible to
integrate maps into iMovie projects, including an option for Indiana
Jones-style flyovers with a beginning and end point.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>iMovie once again supports <span class="caps">DVD</span>
chapter makers and titles for use with iDVD ’09, which is very welcome
news.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other
features include new themes complete with titles, transitions and
credits. “Clip adjustment” includes a slider to speed up or slow down
video clips (which was mystifyingly absent in iMovie ’08). A new
Project Library shows you all your film clips. New video effects have
been added with instant previewing; no rendering is necessary. Read all
new changes <a
href="http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/new-features.html">by clicking
here.</a></p>
<p>Personally,
the announcement of iMovie ’09 was the most exciting event at this
Macworld. I can’t wait to try it out. It sounds like creating engaging,
attractive videos will be more fun than ever.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.smalldog.com/product/72885">Learn more and
pre-order iLife ’09 here.</a></p>
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Update: GarageBand </font></td>
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<p>At
Macworld, Phil Schiller introduced a new version of GarageBand. The
biggest new feature is called “Learn to Play.” It is designed to teach
people to play instruments such as guitar and keyboards. You see the a
representation of the instrument on the screen with a video of the
instructor facing you. </p>
<p>Celebrity instructors include
Sting, Sarah McLachlan, John Fogerty, and more. Apple says “learn to
play a hit song from the artist who made it famous,” which I think
sounds pretty cool. Additional video lessons can be purchased from the
new GarageBand store for $4.99.</p>
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<td class="article-title" width="446"><font size="+1">iLife '09
Update: iWeb, iDVD</font></td>
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<p>iWeb
also received minor updates for Macworld. In iWeb, it’s now easier to
upload websites and website changes to MobileMe or to your own server
via <span class="caps">FTP</span> with a single click. Like iWeb ’08,
iWeb ’09 uploads only your changes when you publish, so you’ll enjoy
quick site updates. </p>
<p>iWeb
will now notify your Facebook friends when you update your site. Simply
link any iWeb site to your Facebook account. Following an update, iWeb
adds the changes to your profile, alerting your friends and providing
them with a handy link. It’s now also easier to add web widgets to your
site that update automatically.</p>
<p>iDVD didn’t appear to get any new features beyond performance
and stability improvements. iMovie once again supports <span
class="caps">DVD</span> chapter makers and titles for use with iDVD
’09, which is very welcome news.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.smalldog.com/product/72885">Learn more and
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Mac - Better Late Than Never!</font></td>
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<p>On
Monday, Google finally released a public beta of Picasa for the Mac.
Picasa is a free desktop app for importing, editing, organizing and
sharing digital images—particularly digital photos. </p>
<p>Picasa for Macs is a free download from <a
href="http://picasa.google.com/mac/">Picasa.google.com/mac/</a>. You
need an Intel Mac running OS 10.4 or later. </p>
<p>Picasa
has been a popular photo app on the Windows side for years. It shares
some features with iPhoto, and adds some unique killer features. These
include the ability to sync your Picasa desktop and Picasa Web Albums
edits, screen captures, create and edit movies within Picasa, add
text/watermarks to photos, manage folders on your computer, a collage
creation, screensaver creation, and Facial-recognition technology.
Privacy and sharing settings can be adjusted for individual photos,
collections or for your entire library.</p>
<p>Preliminary tests
show Picasa to be as fast or faster than iPhoto and easy and elegant to
use. We’ll test further and review Picasa in detail in the future.</p>
<p>Google
also offers Picasa Web Albums, which is an excellent web service for
sharing and organizing photos. This has been Mac-compatible for years.
There is an iPhoto plugin if you want to use Picasa Web Albums without
necessarily using the desktop version of Picasa. <a
href="http://picasa.google.com/mac_tools.html">Click here to download
this.</a></p>
<p>Also,
the new version of iPhoto ’09 looks amazing. News about Picasa for Mac
has been swept under the rug with the announcement of iPhoto ’09.</p>
<p>Picasa
Web Albums integrates tightly with Google’s Blogger service, along with
many other blog platforms and web services. Picasa Web Albums is very
easy to use, uploading is a breeze, and photos are nicely displayed
online. Picasa Web Albums offers up to 1GB (“enough space for 4,000
wallpaper-size photos”) of photo hosting for free.</p>
<p>Flickr is
still more popular and has deeper social network components then Picasa
Web Albums. Again, we’ll do a detailed comparison in the near future</p>
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