WWDC07 Keynote Newscast

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11:25AM June 11, 2007 Keynote is over. Goodbye everyone.
11:23AM June 11, 2007 1435
11:23AM June 11, 2007 Demo over.
11:22AM June 11, 2007 Looks like URL handlers decided which app to launch when you click on link in a web app.
11:22AM June 11, 2007 Clicking on phone number makes call.
11:21AM June 11, 2007 Webapp really does look like a native iPhone app (sort of)
11:20AM June 11, 2007 Demo of LDAP database running. Built with web standards. 600 lines of code.
11:19AM June 11, 2007 iPhone demo
11:18AM June 11, 2007 Scott Forstall on stage demoing iPhone custom apps.
11:18AM June 11, 2007 Totally sandboxed on iPhone. No SDK required. Apps are totally written as web apps. "You can go live on June 29"
11:17AM June 11, 2007 Write Web 2.0 + Ajax apps that integrate with iPhone system. Make phone call. Lookup google maps, etc.
11:16AM June 11, 2007 New way to create apps for mobile devices. Full Safari engine is inside iPhone...
11:16AM June 11, 2007 What about developers? Apple trying to come up with a SDK solution
11:15AM June 11, 2007 iPhone - Ships June 29.
11:15AM June 11, 2007 One more more thing!
11:15AM June 11, 2007 Safari Windows beta released today.
11:14AM June 11, 2007

11:12AM June 11, 2007 Draggable tabs in Safari.
11:11AM June 11, 2007 Demoing a WindowsXP machine running Safari. "This is odd" -Steve
11:11AM June 11, 2007 Fastest browser on Windows. Twice as fast as IE.
11:11AM June 11, 2007 Safari on Windows rendering speed: IE 4.6, FF 3.7, Safari 2.2 (lower number is better)
11:10AM June 11, 2007 Safari 3 runs on XP and Vista.
11:09AM June 11, 2007 Safari is moving to Windows!!!
11:08AM June 11, 2007 18 million Safari users. Marketshare is 5%.
11:08AM June 11, 2007 Safari
11:08AM June 11, 2007 One more thing!
11:07AM June 11, 2007 Totally making fun of Window's vista pricing. All versin of 10.5 are $129
11:07AM June 11, 2007 Copies of leopard available today for beta testing.
11:06AM June 11, 2007 Recapping 10 new features.
11:05AM June 11, 2007 "Make is so simple and so automatic, that people actually use it."
11:05AM June 11, 2007 Another boom. Time Machine demo just like last year's demo.
11:04AM June 11, 2007 Boom.
11:03AM June 11, 2007 Demo.
11:03AM June 11, 2007 Wireless backup to network drives. All macs in your house can share one networked drive.
11:02AM June 11, 2007 People don't back up enough. Blah blah. Time Machine solves the problem. One click backup. Backups up *everything*
11:01AM June 11, 2007 Feature #10: Time Machine
11:01AM June 11, 2007 backdrops are really really funny. New Star Wars effect. Making fun of Balmer.
11:00AM June 11, 2007 Share PDF's, etc.

10:58AM June 11, 2007 Anything that works with Quicklook also works with iChat
10:57AM June 11, 2007 Demoing iChat Theater
10:55AM June 11, 2007 Demo. Calling Phil Schiller.
10:55AM June 11, 2007 Add apps into iChat like iPhoto, etc to share your docs.
10:55AM June 11, 2007 New AAC-LD codec for better audio. Tabbed chats, photo booth effects, backdrops.
10:54AM June 11, 2007 Feature #9: iChat
10:54AM June 11, 2007 Dashcode ships with Leopard.
10:53AM June 11, 2007 Picture frame, torn paper, etc.
10:52AM June 11, 2007 Webclip adds custom borders to the widgets you make.
10:52AM June 11, 2007 Made widget of Dilbert and Google trends.
10:51AM June 11, 2007 Looks like it dynamically highlights divs on web pages
10:51AM June 11, 2007 Making widget of Yahoo's front page using WebClip. Automatically detects section of web page you'd like to make a widget of (Boom)
10:50AM June 11, 2007 Trailer playing inside widget.
10:49AM June 11, 2007 Web Clip lets you make a feature out of anything on the net. Demo of Movies widget and Web Clip.
10:48AM June 11, 2007 Integrated with Fandango. Even plays trailers.
10:48AM June 11, 2007 New movie time widget.
10:47AM June 11, 2007 Feature #8: Dashboard.
10:47AM June 11, 2007 Rearrange apps within spaces. Just drag and drop.
10:46AM June 11, 2007 Boom.
10:46AM June 11, 2007 Very fluid transition effects.
10:46AM June 11, 2007 Spaces demo
10:45AM June 11, 2007 Feature #7: Spaces.
10:45AM June 11, 2007 Really complimenting Parallels and VM Ware for their software. "Three great solutions for when you occasionally need to run a Windows app."
10:44AM June 11, 2007 "Very good compliment to Parallels and VM Ware"
10:44AM June 11, 2007 2.5 million dowloads of boot camp beta. Built-into 10.5. Runs XP and Vista.
10:43AM June 11, 2007 Feature #6: Boot Camp.
10:42AM June 11, 2007 Whoa. Searching through videos by tag. Very cool animation effects.
10:41AM June 11, 2007 Demo of core animation. Apple TV intro movie is now interactive. Swirling around and interactive. Neat.
10:40AM June 11, 2007 Feature #5: Core Animation.
10:39AM June 11, 2007 32 bt still isn't finished running.
10:39AM June 11, 2007 Doing an image filtering demo. 64 bit is blazingly fast compared to 32 bit.
10:38AM June 11, 2007 Loading huge memory. Can't fit in memory on 32 bit image. 64 holds it no problem.
10:37AM June 11, 2007 Demo of 64 versus 32 bit speed.
10:37AM June 11, 2007 Unix to Cocoa. All is 64 bit. All versions of 10.5 are 64 and 32 compatible. They run 64/32 natively side by side. 64-bit finally goes mainstream.
10:36AM June 11, 2007 Feature #4: 64 Bit top to bottom.
10:36AM June 11, 2007 Quicklook plays movies in fullscreen or windowed. Very neat effects all around.
10:35AM June 11, 2007 Demo of Quicklook. Showing quicklook integrated in cover flow view of finder.
10:34AM June 11, 2007 5 booms in a row.
10:34AM June 11, 2007 Instantly preview files without opening the full application. Works will all major filetypes. Developers can add their own custom file types.
10:33AM June 11, 2007 Feature #3: Quick Look
10:33AM June 11, 2007 Spotlight results show in cover flow, too.
10:33AM June 11, 2007 New Finder image uploaded.

10:32AM June 11, 2007 Boom
10:31AM June 11, 2007 Sharing files between home computers is super easy.
10:30AM June 11, 2007 It looks like they mashed Finder and iTunes together.
10:29AM June 11, 2007 Cycle through pages within PDF inside cover flow. Keynote presentations too.
10:29AM June 11, 2007 Demoing new Finder. Coverflow is very very cool.
10:28AM June 11, 2007 "Back to my Mac" new .Mac feature lets you browse home computer contents from anywhere on the net. Dynamic IP address updating.
10:26AM June 11, 2007 View a folder's contents using cover flow. Very cool.
10:26AM June 11, 2007 new Finder window looks like Mail / iTunes. Unified toolbar.
10:25AM June 11, 2007 Search other Macs and servers with Spotlight. Shared files are easier now. New sidebar. Cover flow built into Leopard.
10:24AM June 11, 2007 New Finder!
10:24AM June 11, 2007

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10:23AM June 11, 2007 Doubles as app launcher.
10:21AM June 11, 2007 Whoa. Dock is reflective. Very cool effect hard to describe. Like reflection of trees in a lake.
10:21AM June 11, 2007 Demo of stacks.
10:21AM June 11, 2007 Stacks are built in to the dock.
10:20AM June 11, 2007 Stack specifically for downloads.
10:20AM June 11, 2007 Talking stacks. They are folders in the dock that allow you rapid access to their contents. Very cool. UI.
10:19AM June 11, 2007 "Stacks" New feature to help cleanup your desktop. Consistent window look for all UI. More prominent active window.
10:19AM June 11, 2007 Translucent menu bar. 3dish dock.
10:18AM June 11, 2007 New desktop.
10:18AM June 11, 2007 Confirming October ship date. 300 new features. Showing 10 new features now.
10:17AM June 11, 2007 23% Panther. 2 Million older releases.
10:16AM June 11, 2007 22 million active OS X users. 67% Tiger.
10:16AM June 11, 2007 Moving to Leopard!
10:16AM June 11, 2007 Really impressive graphics.
10:15AM June 11, 2007 Says he's demoing some secret new tech Id is working on.
10:13AM June 11, 2007 Holy crap. John Carmack from Id is onstage!!
10:12AM June 11, 2007 Back to Steve.
10:12AM June 11, 2007 In August EA is doing simultaneous launch of Madden and Tiger Woods same time as PC.
10:12AM June 11, 2007 This isnt a video demo. It's being played live on stage by an employee.
10:11AM June 11, 2007 On a *giant* screen, this really does look impressive. "The only thing better than living on a mac is living in Hogwarts"
10:11AM June 11, 2007 Demo of Harry Potter game. Ooo wow.
10:10AM June 11, 2007 Command and Conquery, Battlefield 2142, Need for Speed Carbon, Harry Potter. All coming in July.
10:09AM June 11, 2007 Bing Gordon (yes, that's really his name!) is talking about all the Mac people he knows. Announcing EA's release of new Mac games. Four biggest titles coming.
10:08AM June 11, 2007 Games... Electronic Arts is coming back to the Mac. CCO of EA is on stage.
10:08AM June 11, 2007 Paul's offstage.
10:07AM June 11, 2007 Giving him a special Apple award for Intel's help. Johnny Ive designed it.
10:06AM June 11, 2007 Recognizing Intel themselves for helping so much with the switch. Intel CEO Paul Otellini on stage.
10:05AM June 11, 2007 Recapping Intel switch. Very ambitious project. Apple converted all machines in less than a year. Congratulating teams.
10:04AM June 11, 2007 Here's steve! Over 5,000 developers at WWDC. Biggest one yet.
10:03AM June 11, 2007 Here's steve!
10:02AM June 11, 2007 Knocking jokes on Vista. "They've sold tens of dozens of copies"
10:02AM June 11, 2007 PC guy is dressed up like steve. Very funny. Doing impersonations. Saying "I quit"
10:01AM June 11, 2007 New mac commercial
09:58AM June 11, 2007 We start in 2 minutes.
09:53AM June 11, 2007 They're playing U2 now. Imagine that.
09:51AM June 11, 2007

09:46AM June 11, 2007 Welcome, everyone! We're inside the keynote - fourth row! (They're playing Gorillaz (sic))
07:47AM June 11, 2007 Been in line since 6am. Now we're inside the luncheon room waiting to be queued upstairs

07:09PM June 10, 2007 Apple's WWDC 2007 Keynote will be broadcast here!