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An IDG News Service news story reports that Apple offered Sony an iTunes Music Store deal in January, in a personal meeting between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Sony chairman Nobuyuki Idei. The offer was made when the two met at the Sony Open golf tournament held in Hawaii this January, according to the paper, which quoted unnamed Sony sources. Jobs is reported to have wanted to bring the Sony brand...

MacRumors Forums, the discussion board section of MacRumors, has reached a milestone: one million posts. The one millionth post was made by member edesignuk, a long-term member of the forums, at 5:01 EST (6:01 EDT) on Monday, August 23, 2004, in the Community Discussion forum. Congratulations, edesignuk, and congratulations, MacRumors! MacRumors Forums began when the first members registered...

ZDNET Netherlands reports that the public key used by Apple's AirPort Express has been revealed by Norwegian hacker Jon Lech Johansen, famous for developing code to bypass DVD encryption and bring DVD playback to Linux. Johansen also released JustePort, a program for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, that reportedly allows third party software to stream music to an AirPort...

iPhoto version 4.0.3 is now available via Software Update or download: iPhoto 4.0.3 addresses minor issues with Smart Albums and European books, and provides notification when new versions of iPhoto are available. This description is the same as that for iPhoto version 4.0.2, which was pulled from Software Update on August 3rd without...

The cover of the upcoming issue of Newsweek, dated July 26, 2004, will apparently feature Steve Jobs holding an updated, previously rumored iPod with this text: Steve Jobs and The Must-Have Music Player Everyone Is Talking About iPod, Therefore i Am The new iPod shows incorporation of the iPod Mini's pushbutton scrollwheel design, removing the 3G iPod's row of 4 control buttons above the...