http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/03/amazon.vod.live/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0809/amazonvod.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Amazon tonight launched the finished version of Amazon Video on Demand, the streaming version of its online video service. The official launch moves beyond the beta stage and lets any Mac or Windows PC purchase, rent and watch movies and TV shows directly from the browser, bypassing the Windows-only nature of the company's Unbox software. It also delivers a beta version of a promised link to Son... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/03/amazon.vod.live/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/17/amazon.video.on.demand/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/amazonvod-settebit.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Amazon on Thursday is revealing Video on Demand, its second approach to online video. Unlike the company's own Unbox service, which requires that users download the entire video, the new feature will depend on streaming alone; while it depends on an active Internet connection, the feature will allow devices with little to no hard drive space to buy TV shows, and buy or rent movies, with the same ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/17/amazon.video.on.demand/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/08/iphone.3g.unboxed/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/iphoneunbox2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Boy Genius Report has released what appear to be the first snapshots of the iPhone 3G straight from the box. The photos show a small neatly organized black box similar to the one used for the original iPhone. As expected, the new model sports an all-black case back with a white apple logo. The back is a bit more rounded than its predecessor, the iPhone 3G appears to be a bit more tapered on ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/08/iphone.3g.unboxed/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/29/tivo.whole.home.dvr/ <img align='left' src='http://images3.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/tivoseries3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />TiVo is prepping a digital video recorder that would serve as a hub for an entire house, company chief Tom Rogers confirms at the D6 Conference. He notes that current TiVos are essentially limited and can't record or offer content to more than one TV set in the home; the Wi-Fi adapter that lets the TiVo work remotely is only a part solution to the problem, Rogers says. Instead, TiVo is working t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/29/tivo.whole.home.dvr/ Thu, 29 May 2008 20:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/28/amazon.vod.and.kindle/ <img align='left' src='http://images3.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/amazon-jeffbezos.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Amazon is about to launch an on-demand video service, the company's chief Jeff Bezos said today at the Wall Street Journal's D Conference. Expanding on the company's existing Unbox download feature, the retailer will launch a paid streaming service "in the next few weeks," according to the executive. No details beyond this early news are available, though the move would directly compete with a s... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/28/amazon.vod.and.kindle/ Wed, 28 May 2008 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/14/itunes.hd.falls.short/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/14-rental-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has reached one of its goals announced at the Macworld Expo in January while missing another, with 100 high-definition Dolby Digital-enabled movies available in the iTunes store of a total library of 604 movie rental titles. iLounge writes that Apple had set a goal of 1000 rental titles by the end of February, but has since fallen short. Apple's main competition in the digital rental marketp... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/14/itunes.hd.falls.short/ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/03/amazon.unbox.changes/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/amazonunbox-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Amazon is contemplating major changes to its Unbox service to compete against rivals like iTunes and Netflix, say Unbox users sent a new survey. The online reseller is reportedly gauging customer interest in letting Unbox customers purchase HD versions of both movies and TV shows, providing an edge in content quality over most alternatives; most services such as the Apple TV's iTunes access and t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/03/amazon.unbox.changes/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:20:00 GMT