New and Noteworthy: Disney CEO: Hard Drive in the iTV; First Look: Apple's New and Improved 80GB iPod; more

Disney CEO: Hard Drive in the iTV Wired News reports "Disney CEO Robert Iger, who apparently has yet to get the memo not to discuss features of unreleased products, has apparently confirmed that Apple's forthcoming iTV digital media device will feature a hard drive as speculated. [...] What he doesn't point to -- and what will probably be absent from the product -- is any ability to record live television broadcasts. Apple makes a lot of money selling movies and TV shows for download -- they're not going to use the device that makes them legitimate home entertainment and have it cut off the strategy at the legs." More.

First Look: Apple's New and Improved 80GB iPod PC World reviews the new 80 GB iPod, stating "Refinement: That's what you get out of Apple's latest iPod. For this latest generation of players, Apple hasn't made any huge changes, but it has introduced a brighter screen and an extra 20GB of capacity on the high-end model. [...] Unfortunately, iTunes 7 was battling its fair share of problems at press time. I experienced occasional crashes on both a PC and a Mac, and also was disappointed by the new album art search feature, which often failed to find art for releases that had valid links back to the iTunes store. That and the small but noticeable hiss I picked up were the new iPod's only blemishes." More.

Office 2007 For Mac Planned For Mid-2007 DevXNews interviews a Microsoft MacBU marketing manager about Office 2007 for Mac OS X. "'Apple's migration to Intel won't make development easier, but will present new opportunities for Microsoft developers, said Sheridan Jones, lead marketing manager for the Mac BU. 'There will be speed enhancements, and we can take advantage of the MacOS itself. There's lots of things in the OS we can take advantage of.'" More.

Previously on MacFixIt:

• iTunes 7.0 (#7): Older versions of iTunes locked out from store; Fix for Error -50, other issues when downloading music; more
• Domains being blocked from .Mac (#2)

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