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VIDEO: Megawhat at Macworld 2009
Macworld 2009: Live from the Moscone Center 8 January 2009 11:46 GMT
Pocket-lint's Stuart Miles attended this week's Macworld 2009 keynote and show and here brings you video footage of the event.

Watch now for an insider look at the Moscone Center's big Apple expo including news of all the Apple launches.

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Apple Keynote Remote iPhone app launches
Macworld 2009: Available now for 59p 7 January 2009 18:36 GMT
Apple's Keynote Remote application, announced as part of a wider iWork 09 refresh during the Apple keynote speech at Macworld in San Fran, is now available to buy in the UK.

With Keynote Remote, users can control their Keynote slide presentation on their computer...
Parrot launches Philippe Starck designed speakers
Macworld 2009: Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for double wirelessness 7 January 2009 14:50 GMT
Parrot is continuing its designer bent with a Macworld launch of Philippe Starck designed "Parrot by Starck" wireless speakers.

With a distinctive tall and thin design, the speakers can stream sounds either via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to ensure cable-free tunes....
Shure launches SE115 sound isolating earphones
CES 2009: In blue, pink, black, and red 7 January 2009 10:35 GMT
Shure has unveiled the SE115, that it says is the newest, most affordable, and most colourful member of the company’s sound isolating earphones range.

The SE115 comes in four hues - blue, pink, black, and red - and at a $99 price point.

Shure...
Carl Zeiss takes on Vuzix with new video eyewear
Macworld 2009: New eyewear turns up 7 January 2009 8:47 GMT
Carl Zeiss has announced a new version of its Cinemizer video eyewear at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco on Tuesday.

The company, which is more famous for its lenses on Sony digital cameras and Nokia mobile phones, believes that outside of the lens business...
PHOTOS: Axiotron Modbook
Macworld 2009: Gallery of live images 6 January 2009 23:59 GMT
Axiotron updated its Mac tablet back in December and the finished result is being shown off at Macworld in San Francisco.

We managed to get a hands on with the new touch screen enabled MacBook tablet called the Modbook.

Available for international...
Five things Apple didn't announce at Macworld
Macworld 2009: Rumour mill it seems got carried away 6 January 2009 23:50 GMT
The rumour mill, as always, got very excited about a number of new products created from Chinese whispers ahead of the keynote speech at Macworld 2009. Here are five that we are still going to have to wait for:

iPhone nano
Case manufacturers in the Far...
PHOTOS: iLife 09
Macworld 2009: iLife in pictures 6 January 2009 19:26 GMT
Apple has announced a new version of its multimedia software package iLife at the Macworld 2009 event in San Francisco.

iPhoto will get the ability to let you track faces and places rather than just storing them by date.

iMovie has also been updated...
PHOTOS: 17-inch Apple MacBook Pro
Macworld 2009: Gallery of live shots 6 January 2009 19:26 GMT
Snapped live at the Macworld 2009 keynote, here's a gallery of live shots of Apple's latest notebook launch. Enjoy!
VIDEO: New 17-inch Apple MacBook Pro advert
Macworld 2009: "The world's greenest family of notebooks" 6 January 2009 19:15 GMT
Here, thanks to one very quick YouTuber, is Apple's ad for its new 17-inch MacBook Pro that focuses on its "green" battery.
COMMENT: Apple underwhelms at last Macworld keynote
Macworld 2009: Dullsville as magic leaves the building 6 January 2009 18:33 GMT
With the company's talisman out of the picture, Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing at Apple, tried his best to put on a good show at this year's Macworld keynote.

While Schiller put in a flawless performance under the media...
iTunes finally goes DRM-free
Macworld 2009: Schiller's first one last thing 6 January 2009 18:32 GMT
At the Apple keynote at Macworld Expo 2009 in San Francisco Philip W. Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing for Apple, followed absent Apple boss Steve Jobs' tradition of announcing "one last thing".

Music fans will be pleased to note...
Apple MacBook Pro 17-inch model announced
Macworld 2009: Shuns small for big 6 January 2009 18:18 GMT
Apple has shunned the small netbook market in favour of a new 17-inch MacBook Pro model.

Announced at Macworld 2009, the new laptop will come with the same double graphics cards found in the 15-inch model launched last year.

Coming with an 2.66GHz...
Apple launches iWork into the cloud
Macworld 2009: iWork.com announced as free beta 6 January 2009 18:16 GMT
As was reported was likely to happen, Apple has launched some of its software into the cloud.

At the Apple keynote at Macworld Expo 2009 in San Francisco Philip W. Schiller senior vice president of worldwide product marketing for Apple has announced that iWork.com...
Apple announces iWork 09
Macworld 2009: Productivity software gets updated 6 January 2009 18:05 GMT
At the Apple keynote at Macworld Expo 2009 in San Francisco Philip W. Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing for Apple, has announced a new version of iWork for 2009.

iWork 09 joins iLife 09 in updating Apple's fairly cheap and cheerful...
iPhoto gets update in iLife 09 release
Macworld 2009: Faces, places and more 6 January 2009 17:24 GMT
Apple has announced a new version of its multimedia software package iLife at the Macworld 2009 event in San Francisco.

iPhoto will get the ability to let you track faces and places rather than just storing them by date.

Faces will allow you to...
Griffin launches iPhone accessories
Macworld 2009: SmartTalk Bluetooth, Navigate and PowerBlock Reserve 6 January 2009 17:00 GMT
Griffin has announced three new products for iPod and iPhone users at the annual Macworld conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.

SmartTalk Bluetooth, Navigate and PowerBlock Reserve are all due to be available in the UK later in the year and promise to offer...
WD launches two Mac friendly hard drives
Macworld 2009: Pre-formatted and USB ready 6 January 2009 15:45 GMT
Western Digital has launched two new external hard drives designed specifically for the Mac on Tuesday at the start of Macworld 2009 in San Francisco.

The My Passport for Mac portable drive and the My Book Mac Edition external hard drive will come pre-formatted...
Crowds start to gather for Macworld keynote
Macworld 2009: ...well first two anyway 6 January 2009 5:54 GMT
It might not be featuring Apple CEO Steve Jobs, but that doesn't mean the fanboys aren't out already for the Macworld 2009 Apple keynote in San Francisco later today.

That's right, two chaps are already standing in queue to bag their space in the first keynote...
Skype for Mac 2.8 launched
Macworld 2009: Adds screen sharing and pay-per-minute features 6 January 2009 3:36 GMT
Skype is to officially announce on Tuesday that it has added new features to the Mac version of its Skype application.

New features, which will see Mac users benefiting ahead of PC users, will add the ability to share your screen as well as by wireless access...
Skype comes to iPhone
Macworld 2009: Via Truphone app 6 January 2009 3:11 GMT
Skype users will soon be able to talk to each other via the iPhone thanks to Truphone.

Officially announcing on Tuesday at the start of Macworld in San Francisco, Pocket-lint has learnt that Truphone will announce that it has worked with Skype to bring the...
LaCie 2TB Neil Poulton hard disk Max announced
Macworld 2009: Storage for Fashionistas? 6 January 2009 0:34 GMT
LaCie has announced yet another Neil Poulton hard disk drive for users who want advanced RAID features with consumer-level ease of use and style according to the company.

While not the most exciting products to talk about the new MAX high capacity storage system,...
Google Picasa for Mac launches
Macworld 2009: Google takes on Apple with photo album software 6 January 2009 0:22 GMT
Four years after it first became available for PC users, Google has released a Mac version of its photo album application, Picasa, at Macworld in San Francisco for Mac users.

According to Google, the new application that hopes to challenge Apple's iPhoto photo...
Steve Jobs health letter revealed in full
"I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say" 5 January 2009 15:58 GMT
The full text of Steve Jobs' open letter responding to speculation about his worsening health has been revealed and reads as follows:

“Dear Apple Community,

For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family,...
Microvision to show pre-production pico projector
Show WX to get Macworld debut 5 January 2009 12:10 GMT
Microvision has announced it will unveil the pre-production version of its latest pico projector at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco.

The company's laser display solution, its "PicoP" display engine technology for mobile devices claims to provide an "even...