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/07/11/29/warner.music.profit.drop/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0711/warnermusicipod.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Warner Music Group on Thursday reported a major drop in profits for its last financial quarter that it largely attributes to online music. Although the company noted that its purely download-based music income increased by 25 percent to $130 million, the company's overall profit dropped about 58 percent and resulted in just $5 million versus $12 million the year before. This income would have be... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/29/warner.music.profit.drop/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/20/purple.violets.on.itunes/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/app_071120_pvsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The contemporary comedy-drama "Purple Violets" this morning became the first feature film to premiere exclusively on iTunes. Purple Violets tells the romantic tale of two successful college friends who, now professionals in their 30s, meet up with the women they loved and lost in school. The film is available via the iTunes Store for $12.99 as a 1.15GB download in widescreen format. The movie is a... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/20/purple.violets.on.itunes/ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/19/toast.803.for.leopard/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/19-roxio-small.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Following last week's update for Popcorn, Roxio has issued Toast 8.0.3, bringing a number of Leopard-specific fixes, and some other bug fixes as well. The update resolves a few cosmetic issues that resulted from using Toast under Leopard, and a problem where the OS would produce poor quality music DVDs. A few errors have been fixed: Error 9011 will no longer occur when burning a DVD with MPEG-2 vi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/19/toast.803.for.leopard/ Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/16/kore.2.exp.packs.ship/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/kore2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Native Instruments' second announcement for Friday is the release of KORE 2, what the company describes as a comprehensive instrument that melds the engines of ABSYNTH, FM8, Guitar Rig, KONTAKT, MASSIVE and REAKTOR. It additionally comes with a library of 500 new sounds, and a touch-sensitive hardware controller that allows more intuitive interaction. To expand the program users can combine it w... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/16/kore.2.exp.packs.ship/ Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/16/beatport.sync.player/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/beatportsync.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Native Instruments and Beatport have released a new, free music player, Beatport SYNC. The software is based on NI's TRAKTOR DJ program, but is in fact meant for more casual playback; the difference is that unlike iTunes, users have two playback decks and a simplified mixing board, which lets users crossfade or beatmatch tracks to create a smooth flow. More complex tasks such as beat detection, ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/16/beatport.sync.player/ Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/15/realplayer.v11.mac.beta/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/14-realplayer.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />RealNetworks today announced the consumer availability of its new RealPlayer v11 for Windows after a five-month public beta period and announced a beta of its Mac version; in addition, the company said the newest version finally bring support for transferring downloaded video content to Apple's iPod nano, iPod classic and iPod video. iPod owners who previously only had access to video content avai... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/15/realplayer.v11.mac.beta/ Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/14/warner.praises.itunes/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/war_071114_warnersm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Warner Music Group chairman and CEO Edgar Bronfman has praised Apple's iTunes Store while promising "many, many more" bundles of tracks with ringtones in what appears to be a complete 180-degree stance on digital music. The executive admitted to fighting consumer demand for digital tracks, which only fueled the illegal P2P transfers online that helped to shrink CD and DVD sales at a rapid rate. Br... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/14/warner.praises.itunes/ Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/12/iphone.ipod.touch.v112/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/12-iphone.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple today officially released the iPhone v1.1.2 and iPod touch v1.1.2 firmware and software updates via its iTunes software. The software, which was found on Apple's own servers last Thursday and shipped with iPhones in the UK and Germany this past weekend, will not appear in the computer's Software Update application, or in the Apple Downloads site, the Cupertino-based company noted. Apple offi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/12/iphone.ipod.touch.v112/ Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/09/itunes.wi.fi.store.in.ca/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/sta_071109_starbuckssm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple and Starbucks this week launched the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at around 360 Starbucks coffee shops in the California Bay Area. Starbucks customers can wirelessly connect for free with iTunes to shop for music as part of the plan announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during a special event in San Francisco on September 5th. The Bay Area launch includes stores spanning from Santa Rosa to Gilroy, a... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/09/itunes.wi.fi.store.in.ca/ Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/08/jay.z.bans.songs.on.itunes/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/jay_071108_jayzsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Hip hop star Jay-Z has banned his latest album from Apple's iTunes Store, saying that wants the "work of art" to be enjoyed in its entirety. The album, titled American Gangster and serving as the 'imaginary soundtrack' for the film of the same name, is not to be offered as individual tracks via iTunes as is customary of most works sold via Apple's digital storefront, according to WCCO.com. The dec... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/08/jay.z.bans.songs.on.itunes/ Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:45:00 GMT