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Live blog: Apple’s iPod (and more) event

by AMW staff on 2 September, 2010

Australian Macworld will be covering the event live to complement Apple's video stream of the keynote. Check back here at 3am AEST Thursday, 2 September to see what Steve Jobs has up the sleeve of his black turtleneck this time around. (Note for those following at home, XV = Xavier Verhoeven, JS = Jason Snell,…
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    Last minute Apple keynote predictions

    by Dan Moren on 1 September, 2010

    Apple events are a time to reflect, ponder, and, of course, baselessly speculate like there’s no tomorrow – even though reality will likely shatter those fragile ruminations. The truth is that nobody knows what Steve Jobs will announce when he takes the stage at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center tomorrow –…
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    Is Apple TV the next great gaming console?

    by Chris Holt on 1 September, 2010

    Time was, you could mention Apple and gaming in the same sentence and count on derisive laughter before you got to the full stop. Through the decades, the company has repeatedly proclaimed its commitment to the games market and repeatedly failed to deliver. Yet today’s Apple is not remotely the…
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  3. Link to: iPods still a part of Apple’s big picture
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    iPods still a part of Apple’s big picture

    by Joel Mathis on 1 September, 2010

    When Charles Golvin gets on an airplane, he often finds himself sitting next to somebody with two Apple devices in hand – usually an iPhone, often along with something smaller, like an iPod shuffle or an iPod nano. It turns out that lots of people love their iPhones too much…
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    The Apple TV’s past failings… and future successes?

    by Dan Frakes on 31 August, 2010 1 Comment

    With Apple's September music event just around the corner, much of the speculation around the web has focused not on Apple's iPod lineup, but on the company's "hobby" – the Apple TV. And for good reason. Other than hard-drive capacity, the Apple TV's hardware hasn't been updated since the device debuted back…
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  5. Link to: Don’t write off the iPod classic just yet
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    Don’t write off the iPod classic just yet

    by Dan Frakes on 31 August, 2010

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  6. Link to: Will the iPod touch get some FaceTime at Apple’s event?
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    Will the iPod touch get some FaceTime at Apple’s event?

    by Dan Moren on 30 August, 2010

    If you’re placing your bets on announcements at next week’s Apple event, you’d do well to heed the predictions of my colleague Chris Breen: an update to the iPod touch seems like a sure thing. That model will also likely gain a front-facing camera (and probably a rear one as well), along…
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    Analysis: Royalty-free H.264 may clear way for HTML5 video standard

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  8. Link to: Pondering Apple’s September media event
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    Pondering Apple’s September media event

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    If you’ve been paying attention over the past few years, you know that around September Apple holds a music event that invariably introduces new iPods. The idea being that the holiday season is rolling around and Apple wants to release something that people can jam into a festive package and give…
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    Switcher Sensei: It’s all about Image (Capture)

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    If you’ve just started using your Mac, you’re probably letting iPhoto do all your image handling because it starts up when you plug in your camera, just as happens with Windows’ importing tools. But take a minute to get familiar with Image Capture, one of Mac OS X’s hidden gems that provides a powerful…
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    Software: Transcription made easy

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    MacSpeech Scribe, styling itself as ‘personal transcription for Mac OS X’, is a close relative of MacSpeech Dictate. Both programs use the speech analysis engine from Dragon NaturallySpeaking and both work from samples or profiles of individual voices. A handy way to describe the difference between the two is to look at Dictate as TV…
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    Opinion: How Google could build a better social network

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