Um, Whoops.  —  Hello.. how’s your morning going?  —  I hope it’s been a little better than mine.  —  We had a teensy eensy weensy little billing error last night… my first clue something was up when I saw this morning’s daily billing report (so far): $7,500,000.

Source:   DreamHost Blog
Author:   Josh Jones
Link:   http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/01/15/um-whoops/

MacBook AirHead: why Apple’s new laptop is basically useless  —  First, let me just say that the Air is an extremely impressive piece of technology.  The miniaturization, the optimization of space, the blatant disregard for current standards — it’s everything a revolutionary machine should be.

Source:   CrunchGear
Author:   Devin Coldewey
Link:   http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/15/macbook-airhead…

Apple Enhances Revolutionary iPhone with Software Update  —  Apple® today announced a free software update for its revolutionary iPhone™ that allows users to automatically find their location using the redesigned Maps application*; text message multiple people in one message …

Source:   Apple
Link:   http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/01/15iphone.html

MacBook Air Hands-on  —  Here’s our take on the MacBook Air.  It’s super light, super fragile, and super small.  If you just tap the screen lightly, the whole thing closes because it’s so light.  The keyboard looks a little weird because it’s black on the aluminum, but the keyboard feels great.

Source:   Gizmodo
Author:   Jason […]

MacBook Air doesn’t have a user-replaceable battery  —  We sort of understood it with iPods, and we grudgingly accepted it with the iPhone, but the MacBook Air has a sealed, non-user-replaceable battery, and that means we’re suddenly a lot less in love.  We’re digging for details …

Source:   Engadget
Author:   Nilay Patel
Link:   http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/macbook-air-doesnt…

Hey, Steve — you broke the Internet  —  Thanks for all the great toys, Uncle Steve, but did you have to go and break the Internet?  I and about 7,000 other people were all signed up to get Twitter updates from MacRumors, but I never saw a single one — and in fact the entire […]

Apple Premieres iTunes Movie Rentals With All Major Film Studios  —  New Apple TV Software Lets You Rent Movies Directly from Your Widescreen TV  —  Apple® today announced iTunes® Movie Rentals featuring movies from all the major movie studios including 20th Century Fox …

Source:   Apple
Author:   Tom Neumayr
Link:   http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/01/15itunes.html

Steve Jobs Proves the Interweb Can’t Beat TV … Yet  —  Live media events are great, when they work.  But watching live services like Twitter collapse around the Steve Jobs keynote this morning provides more great examples (if needed) why the Interweb isn’t yet TV.

Source:   Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed
Link:   http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2008/01/15…

The MacBook Air  —  Apple just announced the .16-inch thin MacBook Air — a laptop so thin it fits in a manila envelope.  The new machine features a full-size keyboard and LED-backlit 13.3-inch display with built-in iSight, and the new larger trackpad supports multi-touch gestures.

Source:   Engadget
Author:   Nilay Patel
Link:   http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/the-macbook-air/

Apple unveils the Apple TV, take 2  —  Apple just admitted that the first Apple TV didn’t quite work out — so it’s back with a new model that can access iTunes directly, and streams movies from the new rental store in both DVD quality and HD with 5.1 surround.

Source:   Engadget
Author:   Nilay Patel
Link: […]