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iTunes 9.0 potential feature list rumor [updated with images]

by Josh Holat on Aug 12, 2009 at 05:49 AM

According to reliable sources over at The Boy Genius Report, the ninth version of iTunes will have some nice new features. The first of these rumored features says that iTunes will be receiving Blu-ray support finally, despite some of Apple’s (or should I say Steve’s) comments in the past. This… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews Fastmac’s external Blu-ray drive

by Jake Gaecke on Jun 5, 2009 at 05:36 AM

Remember the days when you had to fight for those around you to buy a DVD player to replace those blasted VHS players? You likely stressed how much better the resolution on DVD would be. Or perhaps your experiences was more about storage instead of playback. Maybe you were trying… Continue Reading »

Blu-ray support coming to iTunes?

by Jake Gaecke on Apr 29, 2009 at 07:17 AM

It seems that Apple’s iTunes 8.2 may have support for Blu-ray as indicated here by the screenshot of the About screen from 9to5Mac. The support may just be Gracenote support though. This doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense, though, as iTunes would be able to identify a Blu-ray… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews Toast 10 Titanium (standard and Pro)

by Kirk Hiner on Apr 2, 2009 at 11:32 AM

Sometimes when I observe the desperate struggle for relevance, it makes me sad. How can you watch a recent Madonna video, the latest Jim Carrey movie, or anything having to do with the Microsoft Zune and not be sympathetic to their plight? Don’t we all eventually come to fear that… Continue Reading »

What is this ‘brick’ I keep hearing about?

by Jake Gaecke on Sep 21, 2008 at 05:20 PM

No, I’m not talking about the iPhone you tried to jailbreak a few months back. Rumors have been flying about Apple’s next “One More Thing” announcement that’s supposed to happen at an October 14th Apple event. The common theme in many of these rumors is the “brick.” But what exactly… Continue Reading »

iTunes is pushing a revolution!  The switch to digital media

by Josh Holat on May 5, 2008 at 10:51 AM

Since its introduction by Apple on January 9th, 2001, iTunes has become one of the most popular music library organization apps ever.  It started off simple and eventually became what it is today, a place not only to organize files, but to shop, learn, and watch.  With so much growth,… Continue Reading »

NetBlender BD Touch SDK Connects iPhone, iPod Touch with Blu-Ray

by Mark Rowland on Apr 11, 2008 at 01:23 PM

NetBlender recently released an SDK App for the iPhone and iPod touch that allows it to interface with BD Live and Wifi Enabled Blu-Ray Players.  It is called BD Touch.  When combined with a Blu-Ray authoring application, such as NetBlender’s DoStudio, the app allows an iPhone or iPod Touch to… Continue Reading »

Blu-ray tech advance integrates iPhone, iPod touch

by Stephen Chinnadorai on Apr 8, 2008 at 11:57 AM

You will soon be able to use your iPhone or iPod Touch to control and do much more with your Blu-ray player. NetBlender will release a new technology this week, on April 10th, that links Blu-ray content to Apple devices like the iPhone and iPod Touch. They call this new… Continue Reading »

Analysts make estimates on Third Generation of Apple TV

by Patrick Lutz on Mar 18, 2008 at 06:58 PM

Shaw Wu of American Technology Research is one of the many analysts making predictions on Apple’s third generation version of Apple TV. His predictions remain similar to those of many others: Apple will most likely include digital video recorder functionality (as reported) and will transform the Apple TV that we… Continue Reading »

Why Apple isn’t going to be using Blu-Ray, ever

by Nicholas Montgomery on Mar 18, 2008 at 06:43 PM

We keeping hearing rumors about Apple moving over to Blu-Ray in laptops and desktop computers. I’ve got a few theories of why Apple will never use Blu-ray for Macs. Before I speculate of why the format won’t be coming, Apple signed up for Blu-Ray about 3 years ago! Since then,… Continue Reading »

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