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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 "Quantum of Solace" and "Twilight"...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-19-2009
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 the show. MobileMe/data sync/iPhone improvements...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-07-2009
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 million songs. Also, iTunes customers are now...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-19-2008
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 Internet on your living room TV, or anywhere you have...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-20-2008
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 to sell movies digitally via iTunes on the same...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-05-2008
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 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-01-2008
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 between pairing and sharing on Apple TV....

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-11-2008
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 in a version with closed captioning from the iTunes...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-13-2008
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 free software upgrade. Apple TV automatically checks...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-12-2008
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 most successful year for Mac OS X ever."...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-15-2008

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