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/08/10/27/wwdc.footage.on.itunes.u/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/13-wwdc-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Months after the actual conference, which occurred in early June of this year, Apple has posted iTunes U videos for a variety of the WWDC 2008 development sessions. The clips are only available to Premiere members of Apple's Developer Connection program, but include some 57 iPhone videos, 92 Mac clips, and 56 IT-related pieces. iPhone topics cover areas such as networking, game development and t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/27/wwdc.footage.on.itunes.u/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/apple.sproutcore.debut/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/applemobileme.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple formally adopted a new web design framework at the end of last week's WWDC conference, accounts say. Although the session was guarded with high security and a non-disclosure agreement, information has reportedly emerged on Apple's announced development for SproutCore, an existing, open-source JavaScript framework based on Cocoa. The technology addresses deficiencies in exploiting JavaScrip... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/apple.sproutcore.debut/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/12/apple.design.awards/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/wwdc08.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has announced the winners of its 2008 Design Awards, meant to encourage development for its different product lines. Highlights include Vara Software's ScreenFlow screencasting software, which won both the Best OS X Application and Best OS X Graphics and Media Application awards; Aspyr's port of Guitar Hero III, which won for Best OS X Game; and Omni Group's OmniFocus, which won for Best iP... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/12/apple.design.awards/ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/10/snow.leopard.server/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/snowleopard.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Continuing announcements at its WWDC 08 conference, Apple has exposed some details of Snow Leopard Server, a complement to the client-level operating system also in development. As with its sibling, Server will focus on making all aspects of the OS mutlicore-ready through Grand Central, with the option of tapping into GPU power via OpenCL. Because Server will operate on a 64-bit kernel, it shoul... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/10/snow.leopard.server/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/piper.on.iphone.3g/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-white.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The price cut for the iPhone 3G was deeper than expected, says analyst group Piper Jaffray. Moving the base price to $199, it is fact said to be 50 percent greater than predicted by The Street, a factor which Piper believes will contribute to high CY08 shipments of 12.9 million units. Also significant is that iPhone availability will expand from the present six countries to 22 by July 11th, and ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/piper.on.iphone.3g/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/iphone.push.notification/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/wwdcapps.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Speaking at the WWDC keynote, Apple's senior VP of iPhone software -- Scott Forstall -- today claimed that the company was addressing a major concern of developers, background processes. Forstall noted that using true background processes would be "wrong," as it often hurts battery life, as well as the performance of foreground applications, which must split CPU cycles. Forstall cited the example... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/iphone.push.notification/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/third.party.iphone.apps/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/wwdcapps.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As a part of its WWDC keynote, Apple today brought a number of companies on-stage to demonstrate some of the first third-party applications designed to run natively on the iPhone. Leading the presentation was Sega, which presented a more complete version of Super Monkey Ball, its 3D action game controlled via the accelerometer. The final version will have over 100 levels with four playable char... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/third.party.iphone.apps/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/mac.os.x.snow.leopard/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/snowleopard.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />During his keynote speech for the 2008 WWDC conference, Apple CEO Steve Jobs today confirmed the existence of "Snow Leopard," the next version of Mac OS X. No details have so far been announced publicly, but Jobs explains that developers will get a sneak preview of the OS after lunch at the conference. Snow Leopard has been rumored to be mainly a refinement of existing Leopard features, focusing... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/mac.os.x.snow.leopard/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/apple.store.goes.offline/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's online store has been temporarily taken down for updating, a splash page reads. The maintenance comes in advance of today's WWDC keynote by CEO Steve Jobs, scheduled for 10AM Pacific time. Apple is then widely expected to announce a new 3G iPhone, and possibly other new hardware, including a rumored touch tablet that would measure between 4 and 7 inches. The upgraded iPhone is expected ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/apple.store.goes.offline/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/06/aus.mystery.apple.boxes/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/appleaustraliamysterybox.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Australian resellers are receiving packages from Apple they aren't allowed to open until after Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, MacTalk says. A photo of one of the alleged packages indicates that the box is under a non-disclosure agreement and that resellers are barred from opening the box until June 10th, or the same day as the Apple event after accounting for differences in time zones. ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/06/aus.mystery.apple.boxes/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:40:00 GMT