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From 99Rental.com
Every week iTunes offers a special rental price of 99 cents on a movie selection. This special price is available through the following Monday. This site keeps you updated on what that movie is every week. You can also Grab their RSS Feed or Subscribe by Email.

This week's movie is director David Cronenberg's adaptation of a Stephen King story - "The Dead Zone".

Click here to read more "$0.99 Movie of the Week on iTunes"

From Macworld
In about two hours on Thursday, Apple rolled out a massive amount of information about allowing independent software developers to create programs for the iPhone. SDK, SQLite, core data, App Stores — who can make sense of it all?

Well, we're going to give it a go.

Click here to read more "The iPhone Software FAQ"

Beginning in March, Apple takes Aperture 2 on tour around the world. With its simplified user interface, Aperture 2 is easy enough for any photographer to pick up and use. Presenters will demonstrate how Aperture integrates with the rest of the Mac platform, showing you how you can publish photos to a .Mac Web Gallery, use third-party plug-ins to export photos to service bureaus, photo-sharing sites, and commercial sites, access projects, albums, and Smart Albums from iLife, iWork, and Leopard Mail and sync photos to iPhone, iPod, and Apple TV.

Space in the Aperture Tour fills quickly, so you’ll want to sign up right away and reserve your seat.

Click here to read more "Aperture World Tour"

Seems like a pretty good deal (Amazon has the same drive for $132.00) and shipping is free. It has a "Triple Interface" - USB 2.0, eSATA & FireWire 400 and installation is a snap because you don't really install this drive, you just plug it in and it's ready to use. For those of you looking for automatic backup - either with Time Machine or some other system - this would be a great drive to have. It also has a "Capacity Gauge" so you can see at a glance how much space is available on your drive.

It's smart and energy efficient - it turns itself on and off with your computer and Safe Shutdown prevents the drive from being powered down until all your data has been written and environmentally friendly - saves power by going into standby mode after 10 minutes of inactivity.

Click here to read more "Western Digital 500GB My Book Home Edition"

From Macworld

Here’s another one to file away under iPhone durability. We’ve seen how well the iPhone handles a direct shot from a golf ball (hint: not great). But how will it deal with being run over by a semi truck? Mike Beauchamp accidentally left his iPhone on the back of his car while pulling onto the freeway. This is what we calll, in technical terms, an “oopsie.”

Thus followed a succession of miracles.

Click here to read more "iPhone vs. Semi-Trailer"

(Shawn's Comment: I hate "unboxing" pics/videos but these guys did a *great* job)

Click here to see more "Sly's MWSF '08 Pics!"

From Apple

Click here to watch the "Macworld Expo 2008 Steve Jobs Keynote"

From Tripinator
If you are going to San Francisco for Macworld this week and actually get weather that does not include rain, try and get out and see that beautiful city.

Click here to read more "Self-Guided Walking Tour of San Francisco (for Macworld Attendees)"

From Macworld
Mac OS X has long included a basic firewall, but with the release of Mac OS X 10.5—also known as Leopard—this fundamental security technology is moving in a new and innovative direction. As with any major change in a popular operating system this transition comes with a learning curve, but thanks to the recent OS X 10.5.1 update from Apple, Leopard’s firewall is fairly straightforward and recommended for the average Mac user.

As a security professional I’m often asked by Mac users if they need a firewall. It’s a surprisingly difficult question to answer.

Click here to read more "Understanding and using Leopard's Firewall"

Select video files from last year's Macworld Expo Sessions.

Click here to see more "Macworld Encore"

From Macworld

Every iPod owner passes through seven distinct phases, this illustrated guide depicts the journey all iPod owners must undertake.

Click here to read more "The 7 Phases of Owning an iPod - An Illustrated Journey"

I *love* Black & White photos - and my current assignment (gonna break it into 2 parts, so this is part 1) was to take photos in both colour and black & white, using my EVOLT-510 (oh ok, Olympus' EVOLT-510; it's a loaner, I know I KNOW!). ;-)

To me, black & white photos tell a much more "organic" story (how "shee shee poo poo" of me). While colour photos capture your attention leaving nothing hidden and weave a more obvious story, black & white photos capture your imagination.

Click here to read more "Black & White vs Colour Assignment - Part 1"

Click here to read more "Apple's One Day Shopping Event"

From Apple

Tis’ the season to learn how to use iPhoto to create beautiful holiday gifts and keepsakes using your photos. Make a 2008 calendar. Design your own holiday cards. Create a hardcover photo book complete with customized dust jacket. Sign-up or drop-in for a free Print Products Holiday Workshop at your local Apple Store.

Click here to read more "Free Holiday Workshops at the Apple Store"

Click here to see more "13 Amazing Jack-o-lanterns"

Click here to see more "Cinematic Pumpkin Carvings"

From MacObserver

Click here to read more "Deck Out Your Mac for Halloween"

From Macworld
Most of us face the prospect of upgrading our operating systems with a mixture of excitement and dread. True, a new OS brings cool new ways to work. But that doesn’t change the fact that when you install a major version of OS X you’re essentially gutting your Mac and replacing its virtual insides.

Luckily, Apple’s improved the upgrade experience with each new cat, making the process much less daunting. But despite the Installer’s useful guidance, there are things it doesn’t tell you, and places where its help falls short. With that in mind, here’s my guide to making the upgrade process as trouble-free as possible.

Click here to read more "Installing Leopard"

From MacRumors
Wall-street Analysts have become very vocal with Apple Computer's recent rise in popularity, and have often cited inside information from Apple to guide client investment. These guide pages keep track of different analyst predictions, and how they fare.

Click here to read more "Analyst Tracking"

From Computer World
Take a tour of Mac OS X 10.5's new features, applications and, yes, eye candy

Click here to read more "Image gallery: 1st Look at Leopard"

From Apple

Apple’s conference call webcast discussing Q4 - 2007 financial results will begin at 2pm PT/5pm ET on Monday, October 22, 2007.

Click here to read more "Apple’s Q42007 Conference Call"

Click here to read more "Watch the Mac OS X Leopard Guided Tour"

From Macworld

Excited about Leopard? Whether you're in need of its promised features or just want the thrill of being on the leading edge, you can prepare now to ensure a fast and successful upgrade. This 60-page ebook by installation expert Joe Kissell helps you prep your Mac so you can begin installing as soon as you have a Leopard DVD.

After helping thousands of Mac users upgrade successfully to previous versions of Mac OS X, Joe is back with carefully researched advice on upgrading to Leopard.

Click here to read more "Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard"