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Newman wraps up with a crowd-pleaser from "Toy Story." Thanks Jobs that's over.
| Newman delivers an anticorporate rant. "But not this one," he says, meaning Apple. Thanks for clarifying! |
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| No "one more thing"? Apparently not. Randy Newman, who has scored films for Pixar, takes the stage to perform some songs. |
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| Still no financials? Jobs usually drops some hints on how Apple is doing as a business in his keynote. |
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| MacBook Air ad plays. Lyrics allude to rumor mill: "hoping I could learn what's true and fake." |
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| No optical CD/DVD drive in MacBook Air. Jobs makes pitch for discless computer: iTunes movie rentals, iPods instead of burning CDs, etc. |
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| Otellini and Jobs looked like they were going to make out. Hotter than a Core 2 Duo chip on stage! |
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| Intel created custom chip packaging -- the wiring around the processor --for MacBook Air. CEO Paul Otellini says project began a year ago. |
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| MacBook Air offers "pricey" flash-memory drive as an option, which could boost the fortunes of memory-chip makers like Samsung. |
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| "There's something in the air." MacBook Air, "world's thinnest notebook" -- new line between MacBook and MacBook Pro. |
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| Gianopulos talks about DVDs. Fox, as expected, announces iPod-ready digital copies on DVD discs, starting with "Family Guy" release. |
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| Correction: Gianopulos. Fox shows Homer Simpson in an iPod ad spoof. Is that a donut he's holding -- or a DVD? |
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| Apple TV price drop: $229, down from $299. |
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| Jobs admits Apple TV was a failure. "Apple TV Take 2" -- "no computer required," rent directly from your TV screen, including HD movies. |
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| Jobs, a Disney board member, features Disney's "Ratatouille" in presentation. |
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| 1,000 movies by end of Feb. Films avail 30 days after DVD release. Rent for 24 hours, can transfer to iPods. Old movies $2.99. New $3.99. |
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| iTunes: 4 billion songs sold. 20 million sold on Christmas day. 125 million TV shows. 7 million movies: "did not meet our expectations." |
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| On Jobs's SMS short list: PR chief Katie Cotton, VP eng Bertrand Serlet, VP mktg Phil Schiller, Google CEO and Apple director Eric Schmidt. |
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| iPhone maps now include GPS-like location data. Still using Google Maps. |
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| Broadcast media get let in first -- but Walt Mossberg used his clout to cut in line. "I'm VIP," he said, waved his badge and walked past. |
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