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• iTunes Store goes HD for movie purchases, rentals

  I was wondering when this would happen. Previously, you could only rent TV shows and movies in HD via the Apple TV. Now you can buy , and do it all from the PC: Apple today announced that iTunes customers can purchase and rent box office favorites including... Posted Mar 19 2009, 08:39 PM by pthurrott with | with 39 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, iTunes, iPod, Alt. Windows, Digital media, Apple TV

• Macworld 2009: My iPhone dilemma revisited

  So, yesterday I posted about my hopes and dream for Apple's last Macworld keynote. Consider those dreams crushed. :) That's OK. But I guess it's at least partially worth examining what did and did not happen, based on what I commented on before... Posted Jan 07 2009, 06:25 PM by pthurrott with | with 49 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, Digital media, Apple TV, Commentary

• 3-Alarm Fire Burns At Apple Cupertino Campus

  CBS News : Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a three-alarm fire Tuesday night at the Apple Inc. headquarters in Cupertino, but preliminary information suggests it was accidental, a fire captain said. I'd look for an Apple TV sitting... Posted Aug 13 2008, 03:37 PM by pthurrott with | with 46 comment(s) Filed under: Apple, Humor, Apple TV

• Apple sells over 5 billion songs via iTunes Store

  From Apple PR : Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes Store ( www.itunes.com ). iTunes is the number one music retailer in the US and features the largest music catalog with over eight... Posted Jun 19 2008, 05:46 PM by pthurrott with | with 28 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content, Apple TV

• Simplest WWDC predictions ever

  Apple will open its annual developer show, WWDC, next week, and while the notion of a developer show being interesting is, of course, hard to believe, I would remind everyone that Apple now participates in exactly two major shows a year. So the WWDC is... Posted Jun 07 2008, 11:36 AM by pthurrott with | with 28 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, Mac, Mobile, Apple TV

• The Netflix Player

  While I'm not sure the world was asking for Yet Another Set Top Box (YAST, trademark is patent-pending), this should be of interest to Netflix customers at least: The Netflix Player makes it easy to instantly watch movies and TV episodes over the... Posted May 20 2008, 10:06 AM by pthurrott with | with 24 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Media, Digital media, Content, Apple TV

• What they're not telling you about Apple's 'same day as DVD' deal

  I first wrote about this last week in WinInfo Short Takes, but an article by David Carr in today's New York Times once again blurs the lines of reality when it comes to Apple's recent deal with movie companies. In this deal, Apple gets the right... Posted May 05 2008, 04:05 PM by pthurrott with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content, Apple TV

• Purchase New Movies on iTunes Same Day as DVD Release

  Apple PR : Apple today announced that new movie releases from major film studios and premier independent studios are available for purchase on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release. New releases and catalog titles will be available from... Posted May 01 2008, 02:25 PM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content, Apple TV

• Apple TV: Differences between pairing and sharing (software version 2.x)

  This Apple support document , I believe, holds the key to an issue I've been having with the Apple TV lately: Summary There are two ways to get iTunes content from your computer to Apple TV—pairing and sharing. This document explains the differences... Posted Apr 11 2008, 01:34 PM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: iTunes, Digital media, Apple TV

• Associated Press jumps into Apple TV movie lies fracas

  Although, being the AP, they're just noting that Apple has fallen " short of movie rental goal." I didn't read their claim as a "goal," but rather as a pronouncement. Apple has fallen substantially short of its target of having... Posted Mar 06 2008, 11:26 AM by pthurrott with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Apple, iTunes, Content, Apple TV

• Apple is STILL lying about closed captioning in Ratatouille

  Last month, I pointed out Apple's surreal use of the movie "Ratatouille" as an example of Closed Captioning support in iTunes during the teve Jobs keynote. It's surreal because Ratatouille, wasn't--and still isn't--available... Posted Feb 13 2008, 08:06 PM by pthurrott with | with 53 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, iTunes, iPod, Digital media, Content, Apple TV

• Apple finally ships Apple TV 2.0 update

  I'm installing it as I write this, but here's the word from Apple: All the new features of Apple TV — including movie rentals, a built-in music store, and big-screen access to Flickr photostreams and .Mac Web Galleries — are available now as a... Posted Feb 12 2008, 07:24 PM by pthurrott with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: iTunes, Digital media, Apple TV

• Macworld 2008 keynote: Initial thoughts

  Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Note that these are initial thoughts only. I'm guessing there will be a lot more to say about this later. Leopard update Apple sold 5 million copies of Leopard in 2007, "the... Posted Jan 15 2008, 12:41 PM by pthurrott with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, iPod, Digital media, Cloud computing, Content, Apple TV