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iWork ‘09 & iWork.com Updated

Written on September 29, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 4 people have commented

Yesterday Apple released the latest patches to its iWork ‘09 productivity suite, bringing the software up to version 9.0.3. As usual, Apple vaguely mentions improved compatibility and stability in Keynote, Pages and Numbers.
Looking through the detailed listing on Apple’s Support site, it appears that most of the update takes the form of bug fixes and [...]

North Carolina Sweetens the Deal for Apple’s New Server Farm

Written on May 25, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 3 people have commented

According to a report in Friday’s Charlotte Observer, North Carolina lawmakers are falling over themselves to entice Apple to build a state-of-the-art server farm in their backyard — specifically, Catawba or Cleveland county. The carrot they’re dangling? In this case, nothing short of a multimillion-dollar tax break.
According to a “state official” with knowledge of the [...]

iWork.com: First Impressions

Written on January 19, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 15 people have commented

I’m obsessed with Cloud Computing. So at this week’s Macworld, the moment Phil Schiller announced the availability of iWork.com Beta, I was all over it, practically foaming at the mouth as I feverishly bashed the URL into Safari.

iWork ‘09: Keynote Transitions, Linked Graphs, Categories, Templates, and iWork.com

Written on January 06, 2009 by Weldon Dodd and 8 people have commented

When iWork was first announced, I will admit that I had a sinking feeling there was a strong danger that the suite wouldn’t see a second release. I wasn’t particularly optimistic about Apple’s chances of producing a word processor and a presentation app that would survive, especially when Apple skipped releasing an update in ‘07. [...]