{"id":1983,"date":"2008-01-14T11:31:21","date_gmt":"2008-01-14T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2008-01-14T11:32:21","modified_gmt":"2008-01-14T18:20:21","slug":"apple-to-unveil-new-products-at-giant-macworld-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1983","title":{"rendered":"Apple to unveil new products at giant Macworld event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newsweek reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Rip DVDs onto iTunes
\n<\/strong>The Financial Times is reporting that Apple is also hammering out a deal to license its FairPlay digital rights management scheme to Fox so users would be able to rip Fox DVDs onto iTunes<\/a> a first for Apple, which has historically been nervous about compromising the integrity of its encryption. Taken together with Sony<\/a>‘s new Amazon partnership<\/a>, could this signal the coming end of DRM?<\/p>\n

Ultrathin Laptops<\/strong>
\nOne rumor that’s been impossible to shake is that the MacBook Pro could get an upgrade—or rather, downgrade. Don’t be surprised to see a thinner, lighter laptop with a 12-inch screen<\/a>  released some time around February (in the $1700-$1800 range). The new machines—some are calling them—"subnotebooks"-will come with Intel inside<\/a>, naturally.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Get the latest at my new blog on computer notebooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My other new blogs:<\/p>\n