"The App Store revolutionized mobile apps," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a statement Thursday, talking about the iPhone's online market that debuted in 2008. "We hope to do the same for PC apps with the Mac App Store."

Apple will add Mac App Store support to users of OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, with a free download via the operating system's built-in update mechanism, presumably either on or near the e-mart's Thursday, Jan. 6, launch. The store will be available in 90 countries, and presumably almost that many currencies, at its opening.

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