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What's new in iTunes 8?
What's new in iTunes 8?
A new source comes forward w/this info:  (this is consistent w/everything I've heard) What's new in iTunes 8 iTunes 8 includes Genius, which makes playlists from songs in your library that go great together. Genius also includes Genius sidebar, which recommends music from the ...
Introducing iTunes 8
Introducing iTunes 8
apple.com — Apple today unveiled iTunes 8, which includes breakthrough Genius technology that, with a single click, lets you... automatically create playlists from songs in your music library. iTunes 8 also features new ways of viewing your music and video ... (more) Introducing iTunes 8
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apple.com — Discover iTunes 8. Rediscover your music. New Genius features and better ways to browse put music at... the center of your entertainment world. Learn more iTunes 8 Download (more) iTunes
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discussions.apple.com — Itunes 7 works, itunes 8 does not. Why should 3rd party drivers (Logitech QuickCam) cause iTunes to... crash? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1768 - windows does crash when the driver is trying to update. but all my other drivers are new! if itunes 7 ... (more) Support - Discussions - Itunes 8 - Connecting Ipod ...
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Handicapping Apple’s September 9 event (updated)
The Apple Core — ... that iTunes 8 will have new “trippy” visualizations with one described as “planet like objects wrapping around each other with stars/light streams”. Today Rose adds more fuel to the iTunes 8 fire: iTunes 8 includes Genius, which makes playlists from songs in your library that go great together. Genius also includes Genius sidebar, which recommends music from the iTunes Store that you don’t already have. With iTunes 8, browse your artists and albums visually with the new Grid view; download your favorite TV shows in HD quality from the iTunes Store; sync your media with iPod ...

RUMOR: Apple’s iTunes 8 to feature HD TV shows, ‘Genius’ feature, and more
MacDailyNews — ... According to Rose, the new feature will also include the "Genius sidebar, which recommends music from the iTunes Store that you don't already have." Rose reports that with iTunes 8 users will be able to: • Browse artists and albums visually with new "Grid view" • Download TV shows in HD quality from iTunes Store • Sync your media with iPod nano (4th generation), iPod classic (2nd generation), and iPod touch (2nd generation) • Enjoy "a stunning new music visualizer" Source: kevinrose blogg [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Chuckles the Microsoft CEO" for the heads up.] ...

iTunes 8 to Feature “Genius,” HD TV, Plus New Visualizer?
Cult of Mac — ... iTunes 8 will launch next Tuesday at Apple’s “big” media event in San Francisco, according to Digg founder Kevin Rose. Rose was the first to report rumors of a September 9 Apple event back on August 23rd, which the company confirmed with media invitations issued yesterday. ...

iTunes 8 to Feature Slide-Out Keyboard, Dual Batteries?
Digital Daily — ... information about the focus of Apple’s “Let’s Rock” media event in San Francisco next Tuesday. If Rose is correct–and his record on handicapping Apple (AAPL) announcements is decidedly mixed–Apple will announce updates to its entire iPod line, including the rumored “tall” iPod Nano (not exactly a tough call considering that XSKN is already selling cases for them). More interestingly though, Rose says that Apple will uncrate iTunes 8, the first major overhaul of the software since iTunes 7 launched two years ...

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Technologizer — ... Read more at: Kevin Rose, Boy Genius Report Firefox: We’re Not Slow At Google’s Chrome press conference yesterday, it touted some JavaScript benchmarks that showed ...

Rose on iTunes 8 - music recommendation, trippy visuals and more...
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... "iTunes 8 includes Genius," Rose writes on his blog, "which makes playlists from songs in your library that go great together. Genius also includes Genius sidebar, which recommends music from the iTunes Store that you don’t already have. ...

Leaked in iTunes 8.0: Genius
The Apple Core — ... It may have gotten lost in the end of yesterday’s particularly long-winded fortune teller piece, but the Oracle of Cupertino, ahem Kevin Rose, has posted a pretty convincing-looking snippit of a document proclaiming to be “ What’s new in iTunes 8 .” It goes like this: iTunes 8 includes Genius, which makes playlists from songs in your library that go great together. Genius also includes Genius sidebar, which recommends music from the iTunes Store that you don’t already have. With iTunes 8, browse your artists and albums visually with the new Grid view; download your favorite TV ...

Rumor: iTunes 8 to include Genius recommender, grid view, new visualizer
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPod Family, iTS, Software, iTunes, Software UpdateKevin Rose is at it again, with a brand new round of rumors about iTunes 8, supposedly premiered next week at the big Apple iPod event. Did I miss the meeting where we all declared him king of iPod rumors? King or not, he's got what he claims is inside information, including a writeup about something called the "Genius" sidebar, which creates recommended playlists for you, a new grid view (like Delicious Library?), and a new ...

Rumors surface on what's coming in iTunes 8
Infinite Loop — ... but it has also become a resource beast on both Windows and Mac. Toss in the fact that it has been lagging a little in feature innovation especially when it comes to managing a library and discovering new music in recent years, and these 0.0.x updates get just a little more... discouraging. Not content to let all hope be lost, however, the inescapable Kevin Rose has returned from his anonymous source factory to shine a light at the end of the media management tunnel. Posted on his personal blog , Rose says he has details on some key features coming up in iTunes 8 to ...

Report pours water on rumors of September 9th iTunes 8 debut
AppleInsider — ... Published: 01:00 PM EST Rumors that Apple will announce next week version 8.0 of its iTunes media cataloging software with a new music recommendation engine may be premature, according to a new report. Earlier this week, outspoken Digg founder Kevin Rose built on his predictions for Apple's special media event next Tuesday by publishing an purported feature list for iTunes 8.0. Among the claims where that the media software would include a new recommendation Genius, "which makes playlists from songs in your library that go great together." The supposed feature was ...

iPhone 2.1 Update Release On September 9th
iPhone Savior — ... Ars Technica claims that the release of iTunes 8 is finally confirmed for September 9th as well, aligning with many of the claims made by Kevin Rose, making the update sound incredibly promising. Rose is quickly becoming the new guru of Mac rumors, proving to be more credible than ...

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