/hk/en/hotnews/ Hot News provided by Apple. cn Copyright 2008, Apple Inc. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:22:38 PDT Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:22:38 PDT Apple In house http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ /hk/en/imac/ Apple today unveiled an all new iMac line featuring brilliant LED-backlit 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure. The new iMac line, starting at HK$9,388, is the fastest ever with Intel Core 2 Duo processors starting at 3.06 GHz, and Core i5 and i7 quad-core processors for up to twice the performance. Every new iMac ships with a wireless keyboard and the all new wireless Magic Mouse, the world’s first mouse with Multi-Touch technology. October 20, 2009 /hk/en/magicmouse/ Today Apple introduced the new wireless Magic Mouse, the first mouse to use Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch technology. Pioneered on iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads, Multi-Touch allows customers to navigate using intuitive finger gestures. Instead of mechanical buttons, scroll wheels or scroll balls, the entire top of the Magic Mouse is a seamless Multi-Touch surface. Magic Mouse comes standard with the new iMac and will be available as a Mac accessory at just HK$518. October 20, 2009 /hk/en/macbook/ Apple today updated its popular MacBook with a new, durable polycarbonate unibody design featuring a brilliant LED-backlit display, a glass Multi-Touch trackpad and Apple’s innovative built-in battery for up to seven hours of battery life. Inheriting technology and design features from the MacBook Pro line, the new MacBook is an ideal consumer notebook for students and new Mac users, and is available for HK$7,799. October 20, 2009 apple.com/hk/en/itunes/overview/ Apple today introduced iTunes 9, the latest version of the world’s most popular software application to manage and play media, packed with innovative features such as Home Sharing and Genius Mixes, as well as a redesigned store and improved syncing. iTunes 9 makes it easier than ever to discover and enjoy your music, video, and apps for iPod touch from Apple’s revolutionary App Store. September 9, 2009 apple.com/hk/en/ipodnano/ The new iPod nano adds a video camera, mic and speaker to the world’s most popular music player, allowing you to shoot video wherever you are, view it on your iPod nano and use your computer to easily transfer your videos to YouTube. The new iPod nano—available today in an 8GB model for HK$1,168 and a 16GB model for HK$1,388—features an ultra-thin and sleek design with a larger 2.2-inch color display and gorgeous polished aluminum and glass enclosure in nine brilliant colors. September 9, 2009 apple.com/hk/en/ipodtouch/ The new iPod touch, starting at just HK$1,568, gives you a great iPod, a great pocket computer, a great game player and access to Apple’s revolutionary App Store with over 65,000 applications. iPod touch features Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface, a gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen glass display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a built-in accelerometer and speaker in an amazingly thin metal design that slips easily into your pocket. September 9, 2009 apple.com/hk/en/ipodshuffle/ The iPod shuffle, the world’s smallest music player and the first music player to talk to you, is available now, starting at just HK$448, in five great colors. iPod shuffle’s intuitive controls are conveniently located on the headphone cord, letting you navigate and enjoy music without even looking. September 9, 2009 apple.com/hk/en/macosx/ Apple today announced that Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard will go on sale Friday, August 28. Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange. Snow Leopard will be available as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users for HK$238. August 24, 2009 http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=320654497&mt=8?sr=hotnews If you subscribe to MobileMe, you can now use your iPhone or iPod touch to view and share Pages documents, Keynote presentations, Microsoft Office documents, PDFs and more. To view documents, simply select them. To share them with others, just tap the share icon and choose your recipients. iDisk will send them an email with a download link. Get the free MobileMe iDisk app from the App Store. July 29, 2009 /hk/en/finalcutstudio/ Apple today announced a significant update to Final Cut Studio, offering more than 100 new features and new versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color, and Compressor. Final Cut Pro 7 expands Apple’s ProRes codec family to support virtually any workflow and includes Easy Export for one step output to a variety of formats. July 23, 2009 /hk/en/logicstudio/ The new version of Logic Studio introduced today offers major upgrades to Logic Pro and Mainstage and more than 200 new features that simplify tasks. “The new Logic Studio is ideal for professional musicians, live performers and GarageBand enthusiasts who want to take their music to the next level,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. July 23, 2009 /hk/en/iphone/ Apple today introduced the new iPhone 3GS, featuring improved speed and performance-up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G-longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording and hands free voice control. iPhone 3GS includes the new iPhone OS 3.0, with over 100 new features such as Cut, Copy and Paste, MMS, Spotlight Search, landscape keyboard and a new Find My iPhone feature that works together with MobileMe to help you locate a lost iPhone. June 8, 2009 /hk/en/macbookpro/ Today Apple updated the aluminum unibody MacBook Pro line to include 13-inch, 15-inch and 17-inch models featuring Apple's innovative built-in battery for up to 40 percent longer battery life. Each MacBook Pro includes an LED-backlit display with greater color intensity, the innovative glass Multi-Touch trackpad, an illuminated keyboard, an SD card or ExpressCard slot, a FireWire 800 port and state of the art NVIDIA graphics. Apple also updated the incredibly thin and light MacBook Air, making it more powerful and more affordable. June 8, 2009 /hk/en/macosx/ Apple today unveiled Mac OS X Snow Leopard, an even more powerful and refined version of the world's most advanced operating system that includes hundreds of refinements, new core technologies, out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange and new accessibility features. Snow Leopard will ship as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users in September 2009. Apple also unveiled a Developer Preview of Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard, a full 64-bit UNIX server operating system based on open standards that is up to twice as fast as its predecessor. June 8, 2009 /hk/en/safari/ Today Apple released Safari 4, the world's fastest and most innovative web browser. Available for Mac and Windows PCs and introduced as a beta in February of this year, Safari 4 features the Nitro engine which runs JavaScript up to 4.5 times faster than Safari 3. Safari 4 makes browsing more intuitive and enjoyable with innovative features, such as Top Sites, Full History Search and Cover Flow, and support for modern web standards like HTML 5 and advanced CSS Effects. June 8, 2009 http://www.filemaker.com/redirects/appstore.html?page=appstore&lang=hk Now you can keep your life organized—on the go. With its 25 ready-to-use templates, “Bento for iPhone and iPod touch” lets you take client information on the road, track trip expenses, create To Do lists, manage membership lists, or plan events. And since Bento for iPhone and iPod touch synchs wirelessly with Bento 2.0v4 for Mac, you can keep all your personal databases up to date.  Just US$4.99 in the App Store. May 5, 2009 /hk/en/xserve/ Thanks to its Intel Nehalem Xeon processors and a next generation system architecture, the updated Xserve announced today delivers up to twice the performance of the previous system. It’s available with up to two 2.93 GHz Intel Xeon processors, industry-leading storage options, and up to 3TB of internal storage. Starting at HK$25,900, Xserve includes an unlimited client license for Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard. April 7, 2009 /hk/en/iphone/preview-iphone-os/ Apple today announced that iPhone OS 3.0 software, coming this summer, will deliver 100 new features, including cut, copy and paste; MMS; landscape view for Mail, Text and Notes; stereo Bluetooth; Notes syncing; shake to shuffle; parental controls for TV shows, movies and App Store apps; and a new Voice Memo app. Apple also released an updated SDK, with more than 1,000 new Application Programming Interfaces, to registered developers. March 17, 2009 /hk/en/ipodshuffle/ Apple today introduced the all-new iPod shuffle. The world’s smallest music player, the 3rd-generation iPod shuffle is nearly half the size of the previous model. To control it, you use the new earphone cord. Best of all, it talks to you. Thanks to the new VoiceOver feature, iPod shuffle speaks your song titles, artists, and playlist names. Available today in silver or black, it holds up to 1,000 songs and costs just HK$600. March 11, 2009 /hk/en/safari/ Apple today announced Safari 4 public beta for Mac and Windows. With its new Nitro engine, Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. And it features many innovative new features that make browsing more intuitive and enjoyable, including Top Sites, Full History Search, Cover Flow, Tabs on Top, and still others. Safari 4 beta is available for immediate download for the Mac and PC in English. February 24, 2009 /hk/en/iwork/download-trial/?sr=hotnews With all of the new features just added to iWork ’09, now’s a great time to take Apple’s great productivity suite out for a test drive. Just visit our website to download the free, 30-day trial version of iWork ’09. And as you experiment with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on your Mac, be sure to watch the tutorials and learn more about all three applications. January 8, 2009 /hk/en/macbookpro/ The new 17-inch MacBook Pro features a durable and beautiful aluminum unibody enclosure and a revolutionary new built-in battery delivering up to 8 hours of use and up to 1,000 recharges. It has a high resolution LED-backlit display and the same large glass Multi-Touch trackpad introduced with the new MacBook family. The new notebook also includes state-of-the-art NVIDIA graphics and the latest generation Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors, available up to 2.93 GHz. January 6, 2009 /hk/en/ilife/ Apple today unveiled iLife ’09, which includes major upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand and an updated version of iWeb. iPhoto ’09 introduces Faces and Places, breakthrough ways to easily organize and manage photos based on who appears in them and where they were taken. In iMovie ’09, you’ll find powerful, yet easy-to-use new features that let you create a movie quickly or add refinements and special effects if you have more time. And GarageBand ’09 now offers a fun new way to learn to play piano and guitar with Basic Lessons, which teach fundamentals, and Artist Lessons (sold separately), in which original artists teach you how to play the songs they made famous. January 6, 2009 /hk/en/iwork/ Available today, iWork ’09 adds powerful new features to each of its popular productivity applications. Keynote ’09 introduces Magic Move, which offers an easy way to automatically animate any image, graphic or text repeated on consecutive slides. In Pages ’09, a new Full Screen view lets you focus solely on your writing while the new outline mode lets you organize your thoughts. And Numbers ’09 introduces a quick way to group and summarize data and a dramatically simplified way to create complex formulas. Apple also introduced the public beta of iWork.com, a new service for sharing documents online. January 6, 2009 /hk/en/macbook/ The new MacBook family redefines notebook design while dramatically lowering the entry price for advanced notebook features, including all-metal enclosures, pro-performance notebook graphics, brilliant instant-on LED-backlit displays, and new large, glass Multi-Touch trackpads. The industry’s greenest notebooks, the entire MacBook family meets stringent Energy Star 4.0, EPEAT Gold, and RoHS environmental standards. Starting at HK$10,200, the new MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro are shipping now. October 14, 2008 /hk/en/displays/ The new LED Cinema Display features a stunning 24-inch LED-backlit widescreen display with built-in iSight video camera, mic, and speakers in an elegant, thin aluminum and glass enclosure. Available in November for HK6,900, the LED Cinema Display includes an integrated MagSafe charger, three USB 2.0 ports and a new Mini DisplayPort. October 14, 2008 /hk/en/ipodnano/ Available in nine vibrant colors, the new fourth generation iPod nano — the thinnest iPod ever — features a sleek new design with a curved aluminum and glass enclosure. It also incorporates Genius technology and features a built-in accelerometer that automatically switches to Cover Flow when rotated and automatically goes into Shuffle mode when lightly shaken. iPod nano (4th generation) comes in 8GB and 16GB models, starting at just HK$1,150. September 9, 2008 /hk/en/ipodtouch/ Perfect for music, movies, and games, the new iPod touch features an amazingly thin contoured metal design, a gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen glass display, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi wireless networking, integrated volume control buttons, a built-in speaker for casual listening, a built-in accelerometer and other advanced sensors, and Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch interface. Available now in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB models, iPod touch starts at just HK$1,850. September 9, 2008 /hk/en/itunes/whatsnew/ Apple today unveiled iTunes 8, which includes breakthrough Genius technology that, with a single click, lets you automatically create playlists from songs in your music library. iTunes 8 also features new ways of viewing your music and video libraries, and it adds television programs in stunning high definition for sale on the iTunes Store. September 9, 2008 /hk/en/iphone/appstore/ Since the launch of the App Store on July 11, iPhone and iPod touch owners have downloaded more than 100 million applications, Apple today announced. Customers can currently find more than 3,000 applications on the groundbreaking store with over 90 percent priced at less than $10 and more than 600 offered for free. September 9, 2008 http://www.apple.com/business/theater/#tutorial=deletingsecurely When Maximum PC pit the MacBook Pro against the Dell XPS M1530, Apple's pro notebook walked away the clear winner. Awarding MacBook Pro an impressive score of 9 (out of 10), editors praised its thinness (calling it "impressive next to other notebooks in its class"), its fast GeForce 8600M GT graphic processor, its "top-notch" Intel processor, and its battery life. It also found Mac OS X "really, really slick." June 25, 2008 http://www.apple.com/business/theater/#tutorial=deletingsecurely Whether you're formatting a hard drive or simply deleting files you've dragged to the Trash, Mac OS X Leopard offers options for securely deleting the data you no longer need but don't want anyone else to access. Find out how you can take advantage of Leopard's secure delete options by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week. June 23, 2008 http://www.popphoto.com/americanphotofeatures/5341/editors-choice-200 American Photo has named Aperture 2.1 its Editor's Choice 2008 award winner in the Imaging Software category. "Faster overall," report editors Jonathan Barkey and Russell Hart, "Aperture 2.1's revamped RAW engine significantly reduces noise, improves detail, and fine-tunes color." "Yet its biggest advance may be the ability to host third-party plug-ins" for selective adjustments, simulated filters, fisheye straightening, and numerous other imaging tasks. June 20, 2008 /hk/en/finalcutstudio/action/ "In the creative world," says Euro RSCG executive creative director Hal Wolverton, "everyone is looking for the new thing, the new way to say something." RSCG has found it in Color. "People may have wondered what Color is capable of," points out colorist Alex Bickel. "We're achieving looks that are as good as if not better than anything you can get in a high-end finishing suite. And we're doing it with Final Cut Studio." June 18, 2008 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/16/BUO11190F7.DTL Thanks to their "updated CPUs," "improved battery life," and the incorporation of "touch-pad gestures from the MacBook Air," the new MacBook Pro models led the pack with a rating of 8.2 (out of 10) in CNET's review of desktop-replacement laptops. June 16, 2008 /hk/en/pr/library/2008/06/09snowleopard.html Developers attending Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference got a glimpse at Mac OS X Snow Leopard, the next major version of the world’s most advanced operating system. Scheduled to ship in about a year and optimized for multi-core processors, Snow Leopard will enhance the performance of Mac OS X, set a new standard for quality, and lay the foundation for future OS X innovation. June 9, 2008