New and Noteworthy: Mac still king for editing digital movies; Apple in top three tech growth tales; more

Mac still king for editing digital movies A Redding article says that despite PC intrusion, Macs are still the cream of the crop for digital video editing across the user spectrum. "Apple's iMovie is incredibly easy to use. It's effortlessly intuitive, everything is arranged to make sense and the results produced tend to look classy and professional, rather than the overwrought and gimmicky productions so many other video editors seem to lead their users to create. The iMovie program links with the Apple's iDVD and iPhoto to make creating DVDs with photo slideshows, as well as movies, seamless and easy. It's easy, it's fun, and the results are first class. What more could you want?" More.

Apple in top three tech growth tales Macworld UK reports that Apple has shot up to become the third fastest-growing technology company in the US, according to Business 2.0. "The magazine checked over 2,000 publicly-traded technology firms to draw up its list of 2006's high-achievers. Apple surged from sixteenth place on the 2005 list to number three this year. The report details revenue growth of 35.4 per cent and a 2005 stock return of 123 per cent." More.

Apple investing in gaming for the iPod? GameSpot speculates that Apple is putting money behind a gaming system for iPods. "This week, GameSpot learned that there may be more to the Apple-game rumors than mere Mac-mad daydreams. A tech-sector recruiter contacted the GS NewsDesk with an interesting story of a prospective hire that got away. Recently, when said recruiter made an offer to a software engineer, the engineer turned the offer down--saying he was being 'heavily recruited by Apple.'" More.

BusinessWeek on Apple's loss in bid to identify sources BusinessWeek has a brief take on Apple's losing bid to identify online sources of leaked product information. "state appeals court on Friday rejected Apple Computer Inc.'s bid to identify the sources of leaked product information that appeared on Web sites, ruling that online reporters and bloggers are entitled to the same protections as traditional journalists. [...] Two years ago, Apple went to court seeking to identify the culprits behind the leak of confidential information about an unreleased product code-named as 'Asteroid' to online media outlets. Apple contended it was entitled to identify the sources -- presumed in this case to be company employees -- because the leak constituted a violation of trade secrets. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company subpoenaed the Internet service providers of three online journalists to turn over e-mail records aiming to uncover the possible sources" More.

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