iTunes 8 snags a “Genius algorithm”

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the all-new Apple iPod nano G4

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Apple invited reporters to ‘Rock’ in SF

The immanent and oft rumored fall Apple press event finally received a formal invite today. Tuesday, September 9th should see new iPods. Possible updates should come to the Nano line in the form of a second-gen body style with a larger widescreen for video viewing when held horizontally. The Touch is due to get improvements by way of an internal GPS antenna (for all those location-based apps) and a few minor cosmetic alterations. No word yet on Classic updates or the possibility of a MacBook refresh.

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Christian Moore’s multi touch Mac OS X

It’s not Apple-made, but looks just as pretty. Christian Moore created a framework for Mac OS X that allows full multi-touch manipulation of content. Best of all, he created everything on a standard Intel-based MacBook.

Links after the break…

ColorWare gets Stealthy

ColorWare, guru of all that is consumer electronics color-customization, has offered an iPhone solution since the end of last summer. Customers can visit ColorWare.com to mix-and-match hues to their liking, but there was never a high-end customization option… until now.

Beauty. Brains. And now more brawn.

This morning Apple refreshed its flagship personal computing line with processors reaching speeds finally surpassing 3GHz. Last August’s redesign has remained the same, but the storage capacity and processing speeds have been bumped up to a max of 1TB and 3.06GHz respectively.

Specs can be found on the Apple iMac site.