With all the Apple hoopla yesterday, we missed the fact that Epson announced a new all-in-one printer it says is the “fastest in its class.” The wifi-equipped all-in-one Epson Stylus NX625 printer will run at a blazing 15 pages/minute in black (but only 7.2 in color) — compare that with the Artisan 710 we tested

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In case you’re just getting off of work, just waking up, or your plane just landed after a 15-hour flight, here’s all of today’s Apple news condensed into one quick post: Steve Jobs looked good at today’s event, which was attended by Steve Wozniak. Steve J. did a nice shout-out to his “partner in crime” at the beginning of the presentation. Jobs announced that there are now 300 Apple Retail Stores in 10 countries, with new stores opening in Spain soon. The Apple Stores get more than 1 million visitors combined on some days — the primary reason why the company dropped their presence at Macworld Expo. Other stats — 120,000,000 iOS devices, 230,000 new iOS activations per day (not including updates), 6.5 billion downloads from the App Store , 250,000 apps on the App Store. iOS 4.1 will be out next week , featuring fixes for the proximity sensor, Bluetooth, and iPhone 3G issues. There will also be support for HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos, the ability to upload HD video to other devices (Apple TV) over WiFi (this is known as AirPlay), 99¢ TV show rentals, and GameCenter. The latter will bring a new level of interactive gaming to the platform. In November, we’ll see iOS 4.2 for iPad , iPhone and iPod touch . This adds printing support, AirPlay, multi-tasking, and folders (among other features) to the iPad. Continue reading A roundup of today’s Apple news A roundup of today’s Apple news originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . A roundup of today’s Apple news originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:00:00 EST.

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<a href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=a0bf0f5a9c” >September 1st Apple Media Event</a> Welcome to our live Apple Fall event! Today, we’ll be liveblogging Apple’s announcements and adding our traditional TUAW twist to the proceedings. Watch Apple’s live stream with us as we analyze, celebrate, and otherwise party down with Apple’s traditional September iPod refresh. Will there be new TV rentals? iTunes in the cloud? A refreshed nano? Find out with TUAW and share the excitement! Please note: due to the hundreds of participants and hundreds of comments we cannot publish everyone during the liveblog. We aren’t ignoring you, it just isn’t possible. Thank you for understanding. September 2010 Apple media event liveblog originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . September 2010 Apple media event liveblog originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Yes, yes. We know! The store is DOWN! Thank you everyone who sent in a tip to let us know. And now it’s once again time to play our favorite waiting game: Guess What’s Gonna Be New In The Store Before It Comes Back Up. You know where the comments are. Let’s play! Update : Back up, now with preorders for all the goodies. The US online Apple Store is down, and back up originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . The US online Apple Store is down, and back up originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Yes, yes. We know! The store is DOWN! Thank you everyone who sent in a tip to let us know. And now it’s once again time to play our favorite waiting game: Guess What’s Gonna Be New In The Store Before It Comes Back Up. You know where the comments are. Let’s play! Update : Back up, now with preorders for all the goodies. The US online Apple Store is down, and back up originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . The US online Apple Store is down, and back up originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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Not much of a surprise, but nice to have some details: Cult of Mac cites a source close to Apple saying that the live stream of today’s iPod event will be used to put some real-time load on Apple’s new North Carolina data center . The facility isn’t all the way operational quite yet, but it’s apparently ready enough to play a major role in today’s festivities. The NC datacenter is five times the size of Apple’s similar facility on the West Coast and is officially intended to support the iTunes music and app stores . Obviously there’s a lot more horsepower needed for streaming content, so here’s where you’ll find it. As noted last night, today’s live stream is intended for Intel Mac OS X 10.6 users in Safari, iPhone/iPod touch users running iOS 3.1 or higher, and iPad users. Support for the HTTP Live Streaming methodology is included in the current version of the ffmpeg open source library , so in theory apps like Mplayer should be able to handle the stream; VLC may also work. Event streaming to stress-test new datacenter originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Event streaming to stress-test new datacenter originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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TV shows and iTunes go back several years now, to October 2005. If iTunes TV show sales have not been as brisk over those five years as Apple and the studios might have hoped, perhaps a less expensive rental solution might introduce vigor to the TV market. This afternoon, the Wall Street Journal has confirmed with “people familiar with the matter” that Apple is set to announce $0.99 rentals during tomorrow’s media event. Rumors of iTunes TV rentals have been widespread over the last month . With Hulu Plus waiting on the sidelines for $10/month (and ads, for that matter) and Netflix hyping digital streaming to mobile devices, it seems like a good time for Apple to dip its toes into new and more flexible revenue streams. While Apple is willing, it seems like the studios had to be convinced. WSJ sources say that studio participation in the rental scheme is contingent on broader Apple participation in digital development deals. I know that I have rarely re-watched any of my iTunes purchases — and that most of those purchases were based on pre-Hulu availability after my EyeTV system failed to record shows. But with Hulu as a major player these days, not to mention the promise of Hulu Plus ‘s mobile streaming service, and with a growing recession, will consumers be willing to pay extra just to skip ads?

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Well, there’s not really a patent on our metaliveblog , it’s just the way we’re rolling until Apple’s media team acknowledges our existence and puts us on the invite list. Or, at the least, acknowledges the existence of the iPhone 4 in Mexico . Tomorrow at 1PM Eastern in the US we’ll be liveblogging right here . Bookmark that link, and join us for the mayhem, and watch along with us with Apple’s live feed . Who knows what we’ll see? Not us! Although, we love to make educated guesses . Meanwhile, the latest rumors include the iPad showing up on sale in Target stores , and Bloomberg chiming in that Netflix playback will be included on the next-gen Apple TV . Join TUAW September 1 for our patented metaliveblog of Apple’s Fall event originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Join TUAW September 1 for our patented metaliveblog of Apple’s Fall event originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Honestly, I don’t even believe this one, but it’s our responsibility as an Apple news site to keep you updated on the latest rumors, so here you go: A Mexican tech site is reporting that a Telcel executive says there will be a new version of the iPhone 4′s handset released as soon as the end of September. Marco Quatorze, Telcel’s Director of Value Added Services, says that the iPhone 4 will soon go on sale in Mexico with the same hardware as everywhere else, but that as of September 30th (which is purportedly when the free case deal ends), Apple will be releasing brand new hardware for the phone that will fix the seam in the outer band that causes reception issues. Anyone who’s been paying attention to the issue knows that story’s full of holes — not only does Apple already consider the whole “Antennagate” issue solved, but it’s extremely improbable that they’ll update the hardware so soon and for that reason. It’s much more likely that the company would just extend the free case program rather than update the hardware before the planned cycle. Plus, as we heard from Apple specificially, “Apple has not made an announcement regarding iPhone 4 pricing or availability in Mexico.” Let’s get the phone on sale before we start talking about updates. * It’s possible that this is just an error in translation. If you want to get a little paranoid, we might even guess that Mr. Quatorze is trying to keep Mexican customers from buying another cellphone, hinting that there are better phones coming just around the corner.

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Miss the meaty mechanical kerchunk of slapping down your old Macintosh Plus Keyboard? Feel as if the Apple Wireless Keyboard’s soft and barely yielding keys barely convey the shaking gravity of your prose? Instructables has you covered, with an excellent guide on how to convert an old typewriter into a USB keyboard capable of being

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