Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Sometimes we talk about what companies Apple should buy. Well, maybe it should hire TUAW’s Eric Sadun — or buy too great apps that he’s developing: AirPlayer and AirFlick. Both are in alpha testing and both make a great complement to Apple’s AirPlay technology.

AirPlay lets you stream music, photos and video from your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch directly to the Apple TV. Unfortunately, you can’t stream media from the iOS device to your Mac or from your Mac to the Apple TV with AirPlay.

By Greg Mills

The FCC voted 2 to 3 to make the new rules regarding wired “Net Neutrality” official. It won’t be know for some time if they even had the authority, since the radio waves are not in use for wired Internet, but the principles of the rules may be adopted by Congress, anyway. The Internet wants to be free of censorship by ISPs and not be controlled by carriers of broadband service.

Apple has won patents from the US Patent & Trademark Office involving the Mail app, the Mac OS X interface, Time Machine and multi-touch displays.

By Greg Mills

The FCC is preparing to make rules for what is called “Net Neutrality.” This is important to those of us who use the Internet and particularly those who might want to innovate in new services related to broadband, like Apple.  

There will likely be a vote today, and it is expected the FCC will move to ban wired broadband Internet providers from blocking or slowing down traffic they don’t like. The notion is to make wired broadband unrestricted by ISPs to the benefit of streaming services.

Will we see the next version of iWork when the Mac App Store debuts on Jan. 6? Looks like a good possibility.

According to “9to5Mac” (http://www.9to5mac.com/43132/iwork-out-of-stock-at-apple-amazon), stock of iWork ’09 is running low at retail Apple Stores. Also, promotional materials for the Mac App Store have shown the three iWork applications — Pages, Keynote, and Numbers — available on an individual basis for $19.99 each. Currently, they’ve only available as a boxed bundle for $79.