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iTunes To Offer Movie Rentals
Wall Street is reporting a deal has been struck between Apple and 20th Cetury Fox to offer thousands of movie rentals, with pre-ripped versions available for iPod/iPhone downloads as well as full screen play. Expect the announcement at MacWorld on January 15th.

3G iPhone
Expect the announcement during the second quarter of 2008 and release by June, if not sooner, for the second generation 3G iPhone. Taiwanese tech industry is gearing up for new Apple touchscreen and iPhone releases at that time.

5 Million iPhones
Jobs is expected to announce the sale of 5 million iPhones at MacWorld - 1.5 million from sales of the iPhone throughout Europe. According to AT&T, whose activation service went down due to an overwhelming number of new iPhone customers on Christmas day, sales of the iPhone as Christmas gifts surpassed expectations.

U.S. Army Opts for Security of Macs
The Army has endured a number of high-profile hacking incidents this past year due to the poor security of the Microsoft operating system platform and as a result are now adding Macs to its IT infrastructure. The security of the UNIX core of OS X, combined with the lack of virus, worms and trojans, ensures a stronger security for the U.S. Armed Forces. The Army has begun porting their software packages over to OS X and by February the Army's access card system will be ported to OS X.