Techmeme: Macworld Expo Keynote Coverage (Macworld)

1:55 PM ET, January 15, 2008

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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:

Steve Jobs Keynote Live From Macworld — This post is being updated live, in reverse chronological order, from the Steve Jobs keynote at the Macworld Expo! — 9:48am: One button interface for iTunes rentals on Apple TV. Remarkably simple to use, at least in the demo

Discussion: Ars Technica, PC World, PDA, Bits, Scobleizer and bub.blicio.us

Ryan Block / Engadget:

Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote — Thanks for joining us for our live Macworld 2008 keynote coverage! We're in, so click on, all our real-time updates are posted just after the break. — Note: this time we're updating from bottom to top, with the latest updates below.

Macworld:

Macworld Expo Keynote Coverage — Steve Jobs will be delivering the keynote address for Macworld Expo beginning at 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday. Once the event is under way, Macworld's team of editors will begin live blogging from the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Discussion: Good Morning Silicon Valley, Zoli's Blog, Mashable!, MacUser, The Apple Core and mydigimedia

Michael Rose / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:

The Macworld 2008 Keynote Liveblog — 8:54 PT We're inside. Media scrum heading for seats. Coldplay on the PA, crowd shots on the monitors. Here with Scott McNulty, John Gruber, John Moltz and a whole lot of press. — The action starts here shortly before 9 am PT on Tuesday (12 noon ET) — don't miss it!

Discussion: Ars Technica, ParisLemon, Cartoon Barry Blog and ifoAppleStore

Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:

Apple: Live Blogging Jobs; 5M Leopard Units; Wireless Backup Device; 4M iPhones; Movie Rentals; Apple TV — Apple: Live Blogging Jobs; 5M Leopard Units; Wireless Backup; 4M iPhones; Movie Rentals; Apple TV; Macbook Air — I'll be live-blogging the keynote by Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs at Macworld right here.

Discussion: Engadget, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, Byte of the Apple, Gizmodo and Seeking Alpha

Wilson Rothman / Gizmodo:

Apple Announces Time Capsule Server for Wireless Time Machine Backup — At Macworld 2008, Apple just announced Time Capsule, a full Airport Extreme base station with 802.11n wireless and four ethernet ports, plus server grade hard drives to back up all of the Leopard Macs in the house.

Discussion: Engadget and Digg

Jon Fortt / Big Tech:
Live: Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld 2008

Discussion: Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, Techlog, NewTeeVee and Byte of the Apple

Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:

Apple MacBook Air Looks Absolutely Amazing — It's real. The fabled MacBook Air actually exists. It's ultra-thin, can have normal hard drive or a solid state one and, except for a couple ports, it's all about wireless connectivity. It's an stunning .16 inches thick at the bottom and .76 inches on the top.

Discussion: Byte of the Apple, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi and Digg

Danny Dumas / Gadget Lab:

Breaking: Apple Insider Leaks Ultra-Portable Details — An Apple insider told Wired today that the company's new ultraportable, expected to be seen in public for the first time tomorrow, has an extremely thin profile and is shaped like a teardrop when closed — thicker at the top behind the screen …

Nilay Patel / Engadget:
The MacBook Air — Apple just announced the .16-inch thin MacBook Air …

Discussion: jkOnTheRun and Laughing Squid

Patrik / F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog:

First Rogue Cleaning Tool for Mac — We've just found the first Mac rogue application and it's called MacSweeper. — It claims to clean your Mac from compromising files and it will always find something to fix/clean but the only way to do so is to buy the program.

Discussion: Ryan Naraine's Security Watch, InfoWorld, Sophos, The Register, Zero Day, Computerworld, Spyware Sucks, Insanely Great Mac and Smalltalk Tidbits …

Victoria Shannon / International Herald Tribune:

Amazon.com is challenging French competition law — PARIS: The online retailer Amazon.com said Monday that it would pay €1,000 a day in fines, rather than comply with a court ruling upholding French limits on price discounts for books. — The company decided to pay …

Discussion: HipMojo.com, Techdirt and The Technology Liberation …

Nilay Patel / Engadget:

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.

Discussion: Digital Trends, dailywireless.org and Digg

Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Apple TV Take 2: $229, No Computer Required, Direct Rentals (Netflix Screwed)

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

Breaking: Samwer Brothers Invest In Facebook — Serial German entrepreneurs Alexander, Marc and Oliver Samwer have invested in Facebook, we've heard from a very reliable source - presumably as part of Facebook's recent $15 billion valuation round with Microsoft. We are still trying to nail down the size of the investment.

Discussion: paidContent.org and All Facebook

Robby Stein / Official Gmail Blog:

New Gmail for the iPhone — We've just released a new look and feel for the mobile version of Gmail on your iPhone. Our goal: make Gmail fit nicely as part of the latest Google on your iPhone experience. This means that we had to make Gmail faster and more fluid.

Discussion: Search Engine Journal, Official Google Mobile Blog, Ode to Apple, Phil Windley's Technometria and Web Analytics World

Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:

Facebook buying Plaxo? — Facebook is “one hundred percent” buying Plaxo, we've just heard from a source. — This follows a rumor previously published by Valleywag asserting that such a deal is underway. — While these types of rumors should be taken with more than a grain of salt …

Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, mathewingram.com/work, Alec Saunders .LOG, PDA, bub.blicio.us, Maple Leaf 2.0, Silicon Alley Insider, Facebook Applications …, PE HUB and All Facebook

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Plaxo And Facebook Merger Rumors False (So Far)

Discussion: Kwiqq Blog, WebProBlog, Alec Saunders .LOG and HipMojo.com

Business Wire:

Clearwire and Google Collaborate to Offer Search and Communications Tools — KIRKLAND, Wash.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Wireless broadband pioneer Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) today announced it is teaming up with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to deliver the company's popular Google Apps™ communication suite to Clearwire customers.

Discussion: DSLreports and Telecompetitor

Darren Murph / Engadget:
Google Apps coming to Clearwire customers via new partnership

Discussion: Between the Lines and Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi

Wall Street Journal:

Ticketmaster Buys Major Reseller — Ticketmaster has agreed to pay about $265 million for TicketsNow, a Web site for reselling tickets to concerts and sports events.

Discussion: VentureBeat, TechCrunch, WebProNews, pehub.com, HipMojo.com, Seeking Alpha, Mashable!, paidContent.org and Silicon Alley Insider

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