Pavarotti tribute

In brief: Parallels Desktop 3.x is reviewed by our staff, American Express is refunding the dollar difference to iPhone customers angry over the price drop, Apple pays tribute to Luciano Pavarotti, and Steve Jobs compares the new nano to original iPod in a video ... We have posted a review of Parallels Desktop 3.x, the virtualization software that allows Windows and other operating systems to be run on top of Mac OS X at near-native speeds. The software features Coherence, a mode that allows Windows applications behave in some ways as if they belong on the Macintosh. That means that the Windows application icon appears in the Dock, and that the window of the application appears without the need for a Start Menu, Windows Taskbar, or Desktop. In this way, Windows applications look and feel like they're just another application on your Mac.

American Express refunding price difference to iPhone customers

If you used an American Express card to buy your iPhone and have the buyer's protection plan, which most AMEX cards have, you may be able call them and they will credit you the difference plus tax. "BugDave" writes: "I got $212 back on my 8gig iPhone and It took me less than 10 minutes. The credit will be posted on the account within the next 48 hours." The Buyer's protection number for American Express is 1-800-297-8019.

Apple pays tribute to Luciano Pavarotti

Today all 22 of the iTunes Store home pages have a central banner dedicated to Luciano Pavarotti, the international famous tenor, who died yesterday in his hometown of Modena, Italy. The company has also had created a special remembrance page in online with the most important records from Pavarotti. The singer recorded more than 100 albums over the course of four years.

Steve Jobs compares new nano to original iPod

In a video captured during the September 5th Apple Event, CEO Steve Jobs compares the newly introduced video-capable iPod nano to the original $400 iPod, as musician KT Tunstall and Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz admire the new nano on display. In the video, Jobs says the new nano has as much memory as the original iPod despite being so much smaller and costing $250 less.

by MacNN Staff