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/09/11/27/apple.black.friday.discounts.active.in.us/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/macbookpro13inch-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple as promised has launched its Black Friday sale, currently ongoing in the US, Canada and Europe. The Friday-only discounts are highlighted by a $101 price cut for all iMac and MacBook Pro models regardless of size. The iPod touch also sees heavy discounts, bringing the 64GB model down to $358, the 32GB version to $268 and the 8GB model down to $178.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/27/apple.black.friday.discounts.active.in.us/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/also.corrects.litany.of.lesser.known.bugs/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/snow.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has at last released Mac OS X 10.6.2, a key update to Snow Leopard. The patch addresses a variety of technical problems, most notably one which would permanently delete data when logging into a main account after having just used a guest one. The bug has been known since at least early October. Other resolved account problems include unexpected logouts, and difficulty authenticating as an... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/also.corrects.litany.of.lesser.known.bugs/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/29/expands.collection.to.150/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/keytemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Jumsoft has announced Keynote Objects FX 4.0, an update to its 3D image collection for Appleís iWork suite. The upgrade brings the total number of objects up to 150, covering items ranging from classic furniture to gift boxes. The 50 new ones are geared towards sports and leisure. Each image is optimized for Keynote presentation use, at a resolution of 1024x768.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/29/expands.collection.to.150/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/microsoft.unveils.free.office.starter.2010/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/microsoftoffice2010-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft this week said that it would venture into free productivity apps with a Starter Edition of Office 2010 for Windows. The special version will be free to use but will have feature-reduced versions of Excel and Word as well as ads that run in a sidebar with the app window. It will only come with a new PC rather than come as a download, but it will have an option to download a more complet... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/microsoft.unveils.free.office.starter.2010/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/web.based.portal.allows.passwords.on.documents/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/iwork.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has released a maintenance update for iWork '09, while adding several new features to iWork.com. The software update, v9.0.3, primarily focuses on improving stability and fixing several bugs. File sizes of Instant Alpha images have been reduced, while users have more control over file sizes of inserted movies.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/web.based.portal.allows.passwords.on.documents/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/may.impact.prevalence.of.macs.in.schools/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/macbook.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has made major alterations to its educational licensing program, ones which could potentially raise the cost of Macs for schools. The company is said to be abandoning a previous volume licensing scheme, which allowed institutions to buy Mac OS X at costs of $39 to $59 per copy, depending the amount of licenses ordered. Instead, schools must now pay for annual license renewals.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/may.impact.prevalence.of.macs.in.schools/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/26/endnote.x3.update.ships/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/endnotesml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Thomson Reuters has released an update to its bibliography software, EndNote. The latest edition, X3, adds a variety of new referencing options and styles. Users can create multiple bibliographies within a single Word document, while references can be organized with both custom and smart groups. For chemistry journals, the software now allows composite styles that group citations by number and let... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/26/endnote.x3.update.ships/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/quickscript.goes.beta/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/quickscript.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Axiotron has released the public beta version of Quickscript, a handwriting recognition application which can convert handwritten text and characters into digital type. The application recognizes 26 different languages including English, Korean, Japanese, and Arabic and can detect both printed and cursive writing. The program enables users to write in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Pages, TextEd... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/quickscript.goes.beta/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/macmall.snow.leopard.promo/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/snow.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MacMall is currently running an introductory promotion for Apple's Snow Leopard upgrade, along with the range of family packs and bundles. The basic upgrade for a single system is available to pre-order for $24.99, a savings of $4. The Mac Box Set is available for $149.99, a savings of $19, and includes the Snow Leopard Upgrade, iWork and iLife.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/macmall.snow.leopard.promo/ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/jumsoft.numbers.templates/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0907/jumtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Jumsoft has launched Numbers Templates, a new collection of templates for Apple's spreadsheet software. The bundle is meant for both home and professional users, and handles recurring situations and calculations. The initial set includes 10 templates, such as Dinner Planner, Home Inventory, Invoice, Loan Comparison and Grocery List.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/30/jumsoft.numbers.templates/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:15:00 GMT