So it is finals week. The week that every student (at one point in their lives) dreads. I love producing Mac News Weekly, but 8 hours this Saturday that I am not studying is not good. So instead of producing an entire video show, I just made the script for it. I hope that you enjoy it (even if you like it only a little).

Hey everyone I’m Max Murphy, and your watching Mac News Weekly, sponsored by Gibraltar Management, for more information go to gibraltarmgt.com, here is the mac news from this week. 

I really love the “calm” before the store. All news seems to be focused around Steve Job’s WWDC Keynote on June 9th. Last week I talked about a store in Beantown, and this week, and executive spilled the beans. An employee at the Austrialian cellular company, Telstra said that the next generation iPhone will support downloads up to 42Mbps. If this is true, just one word: wow. That is better than my home internet! 

Although, I do see a problem with this. AT&T is finishing up its HSPDA network that will have speeds of up to 1.4Mbps download, but they will follow through and hopefully have 20Mbps download by 2009, but that is less than half of what the executive says. Furthermore, the exec says that the iPhone will be available ”very soon after its June 9 unveiling”. 

Apple may have two new rivals this week. Number one, Napster. Napster has just launched a new  a-la-carte MP3 service with more than 6 million songs in their library. A large chunk of songs are DRM free, and in the AAC formant. Most songs are 99c and an album is $9.95. 

Number two, Netflix. Netflix launched an $100 AppleTV competitor, but this one is made by Roku. However, these movies are available at no extra price than you pay for your monthly service plan. There are 10,000 movies (way more than the AppleTV), but they are all in standard definition. 

Alright that is the mac news from this week, I’m Max Murphy. Have a great weekend and remember, never trust a computer you can throw out a window. 

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There was a lot of iPhone and statics news last week, so it is really nice to take a break from that. Blockbuster is supposedly making a product that would compete with the Apple TV. It is expected that they would parter with MovieLink to deliver content.This week, Apple released Final Cut Server, a program that integrates tightly to Final Cut Studio. Final Cut Server offers a solution for storing, tagging and cataloging video.  Final Cut Server starts at $999 for a 10-user pack, and $1999 for an unlimited-client pack.The MacBook hasn’t had a face-lift yet (after nearly two years of release), it is expected next quarter that a new MacBook will have an aluminum casing, much like the MacBookPro. Our good ‘ol friend Mr. Walt Mossberg says that there will be a 3G iPhone in the next “60 days”.    

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This week’s news involves a lot of numbers and hard facts. There is an iPhone shortage and Gene Munster is saying that this is a sign that an update is coming soon. There is an 80% chance that it is coming earlier than anticipated and a 20% chance that there are production problems. Dow Jones is saying that Apple has put in an order for 10 million 3G iPhones to Hon Hai. iPod Observer is saying that the next iPhone will have a glossy black back.

iTunes is now the number one music retailer in the United States, this week passing WalMart.Apple has filed a numerous amounts of patents for an expected Mac tablet.50% of iPhone users have jail-broken their iPhones, and 10% have completly unlocked it.

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Let me tell you; it is certainly nice to be back doing what I do best, mac news. Today, I start off with the Airport Express wireless base station. It supports 802.11n wireless draft. It also includes wireless printing and even AirTunes for streaming music from your computer to a speaker somewhere else in your house. We just got an Airport Express yesterday, and it is definitely a major upgrade from the previous version. 

Last week, Apple updated its Safari web-browser for both Mac and PC. It is the fastest browser on the internet, and it can run java-script up to six times faster than any other browser.  

Kevin Rose, the founder of the website Digg, claims that they next generation iPhone will have 3G and support video conferencing.  

Finally, we end with Photoshop news. Adobe has launched Photoshop Express as a free beta (https://www.photoshop.com/express/) it provides the most basic editing tools and 2GB of storage. I see this more as a photo sharing site than anything else.  

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