Apple’s Big Day

Steve Jobs at the Apple Event Today.

Here is a 2.5 minute video of Steve's "surprise" appearance at the big Apple event. As you know he had a liver transplant just five months ago and this is his first public appearance since then.

Apple announces new iPod touch, nano, shuffle, classic; iTunes 9

Here is a quick rundown of all the new Apple products announced at today's big Apple Event.

Make XP and Vista boot as fast as Windows 7

Have to have at least one Windows story to offset all the Apple stuff.  After all the complaints about Vista's slow startup times, Microsoft paid attention and addressed the issue in Windows 7, which in the experience of beta testers and RTM reviewers can be faster than XP. But if you aren't ready to trade up to the new OS when it comes out next month, there are things you can do to tweak your current operating systems and make it boot faster.

First Take: iTunes 9

iTunes 9 has been cleaned up for easier navigation, redesigned with a new layout and a new black tabbed-menu system across the top of the iTunes Store interface. These new tabs replace the old left-side navigation to choose between categories like music, apps, movies, and podcasts. The layout for new content in the iTunes Store has been improved as well, with more browsable content in every category.

Apple - iTunes - Download iTunes Now

Here is where to go to download the new iTunes V.9. It is a good upgrade. I managed to get on today finally and get my copy. I think it is a definite improvement over V.8 iTunes gets a lot of flack from some folks, but frankly I have not found anything better and use it on a daily basis.