Apple’s presentation at the Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference will begin at approximately 1:10 pm (Pacific) on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will speak.
To listen to the webcast, go to http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/goldmansachs10 . QuickTime is required.
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Aspyr has released The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition (http://www.aspyr.com/product/info/117) for the Mac. The game costs US$39.99 and runs on Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher.
Here’s how the game is described: “A special new version of the game that shows players the deepest, darkest side of the Force in a story that puts them on a collision course with Luke Skywalker himself. The Ultimate Sith Edition includes all of the original missions found in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed as well as three new levels set in iconic Star Wars locales and a host of new costumes and character models.
Read MoreCBS will offer at least some of its TV shows for US$1 on the iTunes Store, reports “The New York Times” (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/22/business/media/22itunes.html). Asked about iTunes on an earnings call with analysts on Thursday, Leslie Moonves, the CEO of the CBS Corporation, said that “certain shows” would be sold for that price, but “I don’t know yet which will be.”
Read More“PC World” (http://www.pcworld.com) will report the full results of its 3G wireless testing carried out this winter in an issue to hit newsstands in early March. The feature article was published today at the magazine’s web site.
The most dramatic improvements in speed and reliability since the last round of testing in spring 2009 belong to AT&T. AT&T, which earned “PC World’s” lowest score last spring for download speeds and reliability, pumped out download speeds that were 67% faster than any other national wireless carrier in the latest testing.
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“Technology Review” — an independent media company owned by MIT — has announced the 2010 TR50, the first annual list of the 50 most innovative companies in the world. Not surprisingly, Apple is on the list.
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