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Apple has always been about moving forward, about pressing customers to buy the latest and greatest. Product pacing has been high in Cupertino (except for the Mac Mini, obviously), and this is obviously a good thing if you're an Apple bean counter. Most Apple fans more or less accept this planned obsolescence without question, but the company may have just gone a little too far. iLife 09 has recently been released, and among all the excitement about the new release, as well as the hubbub surrounding Steve Jobs' health, it was relatively easy to miss the alterations in the system...

Apple on Wednesday updated most of the individual applications that are included with its iLife 06 suite. The updates are available for download through the Software Update system preferences pane. iDVD has been updated to version 6.0.1; iPhoto has been updated to 6.0.1; iWeb has been updated to 1.0.1; iMovie HD has been updated to 6.0.1 and iTunes has been updated to 6.0.3. Most of the applications have been updated to “address a number of minor issues,” according to Apple. iDVD 6 also fixes integration problems with other iLife applications, importing of legacy projects and theme-related issues. iPhoto fixes problems...

With the 20th anniversary this month of the original Macintosh approaching, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs told MacWorld Expo attendees in San Francisco on Tuesday that 2004 would be a "great Mac year." "Microsoft's copying us again--it feels great," said Jobs, who said 9.3 million Apple users--about 40% of the company's installed base--have upgraded to Mac OS X, the company's 3-year-old operating system. But Jobs didn't introduce any new desktops or laptops during his annual keynote address. Instead, he demonstrated a collection of new software designed to drive sales of Macs running OS X, and unveiled a lower-priced version...

[Read from the bottom up; each paragraph was posted in reverse order as Jobs spoke.]Macworld Expo keynote coverage recapby Peter Cohen, pcohen@maccentral.comJanuary 7, 2003 12:00 pm ET MacCentral's coverage of Steve Jobs' keynote address from Macworld Expo has concluded. Please visit our home page for more news from the show. The coverage below is presented in reverse chronological order, with the oldest content at the bottom of the page. "What's driving us is one simple thing, and that's innovation." Jobs says that 2003 is "the year of the notebook for Apple." Displayed video and TV ads showing off new PowerBooks....