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In addition to the standard streaming video of the keynote, you can watch it in high definition 720p, watch it from the Apple site.

For only $50 (less with bonus discounts if you complete missions) you can buy a bundle of useful software from MacHeist. Here is a list of the applications: SpeedDownload (been using it for a long time, my favorite and worth getting with the bundle!) ChaChing 1Password Awaken iStopMotion CoverSutra TaskPaper AppZapper CSSedit Snapz Pro if targets reached Pixelmator if targets ...

One week before Macworld 2008, Apple updated the Mac Pro line. The new Mac Pro combines two of Intel’s new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon 5400 processors running up to 3.2 GHz, new graphics and up to 4TB of internal storage. Prices start at $2,799. (From Macworld). Looks like those new Xeons are not as crappy as some haters claim it ...

More updates today, MacBook, MacBook Pro Software Update 1.1 is addressing an responsiveness issue on some MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers. Update notes can be found here. Security Update 2007-009 is also available. Read about it here.

Apple released an update for Quicktime. The update, 7.3.1, addresses an RTSP vulnerability that was recently discovered. Patch notes can be found here. Another update, Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 6. This update improved reliability and compatibility for Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 and Java 1.4 on Mac OS X 10.4.10 and later. Patch notes available here. ...

Apple’s distributor is warning against hacked/unlocked iPhones in the region. Yet many stores in Saudi Arabia, some are actual authorized Apple resellers, are selling the iPhones at prices equal to $800. A well known mall, HyperPanda, is selling the gray market iPhones at 2800SR. thats almost $800 as seen in this photo: Many mobile phone stores are selling the iPhones ...

Apple released a new version of their Final Cut Express software, check the press release here. It costs $199 for the normal edition or $99 for the upgrade. For more information check out the Final Cut Express 4 pagefor list of features and ordering information.

Apple released the first update for Leopard, version 10.5.1. Which includes many fixes for the new OS. You can find the full list at Apple’s site. Apple also released what might be the final Mac OS Tiger update (10.4.11). You can visit the feature page at Apple’s site. It includes the final edition of Safari 3.0 and many updates. For ...

I do have a small and quick rant about Leopard, a source told me that Apple’s Saudi Arabia distributor, Arab Computers (you can check their official, blank site here) have brought only 25 copies of Leopard to the Market. One of the Apple resellers asked for 250 licenses and they are only getting a literal handful of copies. Apparently the ...

Last topic was about the brand new Arabic localization of Mac OS X Tiger! While checking the rest of the website for the “Official” Apple distributor in the Middle East, here are my comments about it: The site is a copy and paste of the template of the old Apple.com site, needs a lot of improvements. And there is a ...