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Editors to iPhone Buyers: Quit Yer Whining!
PC Mag editors Lance Ulanoff and Dan Costa and lead analyst Sascha Segan offer their thoughts on why early iPhone adopters should stop their whining about Apple's recent price drop.
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Apple, iBiquity Unveil iTunes Tagging
Apple Inc., iBiquity Digital Corp, a developer of high-definition radio technology, and major radio companies said on Friday they are offering a new, free service called "iTunes Tagging."
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Hollywood Not Happy With Apple Pricing Plan
NBC's iTunes departure was reportedly due to Apple's desire to cut the current TV-show price of $1.99 per show to 99 cents.
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iPhone Price Cut Seen Hurting Palm, Motorola
Apple Inc's hefty iPhone price cut pits it in direct competition with handsets from Motorola Inc and Palm Inc, which are struggling to convince Wall Street they can turn around their aging brands.
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Apple Seeks To Calm Irate Early iPhone Buyers
Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs on Thursday offered a $100 store credit to early buyers of the iPhone, seeking to calm customers angry over an unexpected and steep price cut.
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Meridian iPod Dock Upscales Video to 1080p
Meridian Audio has launched the Meridian iRIS, a standard iPod dock with a novel twist: it upconverts standard iPod video to 1080p quality.
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SanDisk Unveils Redesigned Sansa View
SanDisk's newest iPod nano competitor plays video on a 2.4-inch screen and ships in October
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InterDigital Inks License Deal with Apple
InterDigital signs a seven-year licensing agreement to provide wireless technology for Apple's iPhone.
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iTunes Tagging Unveiled
The service lets listeners with HD Radio receivers containing a special tag button, to "tag" songs they hear on the FM dial for subsequent purchase via Apple's iTunes.
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Apple Sells 1 Millionth iPhone
Apple Inc said on Monday it has sold its one-millionth iPhone, a few weeks ahead of schedule, reassuring investors who had worried that last week's price cut signaled weak demand for the phone.
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News Corp. Will Not Pull iTunes Content
News Corp. will not pull its television shows from Apple's iTunes as rival media group NBC Universal has done over a pricing dispute, President Peter Chernin said in an interview on Tuesday.
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Apple Softens Stance on iPhone Coders
iPhone native application developers, take heart: Apple doesn't hate you. And now you have a whole new device to play with. Apple marketing honcho Greg Joswiak talks about the new iPod touch, and Apple's stance toward iPhone apps.
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iPhone Unlock Hacks Getting Simpler, Better
Another software-based hack to unlock the iPhone surfaces. And while it's almost there, YouTube functionality fails, and needs to be restored with an alpha fix. But keep an eye on this one.
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Apple iPhone Hype Grows in Europe
Apple Inc is calling a London news conference next Tuesday as speculation mounts that the consumer electronics guru will unveil long-awaited plans to bring its iconic iPhone cell phones to Europe.
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iTunes Users Prey to Old QuickTime Vulnerability
A QuickTime bug can be used to gain access to Firefox, IE, Skype and other programs, a researcher says.
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Former iPod Chief Joins Palm
Palm approves a $325 million investment by Elevation Partners, as Apple's former iPod division chief joins the company.
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iPhone Deals Are Close in UK, France, Germany
Spanish-owned mobile phone operator O2 secured a deal to sell the iPhone in Britain after agreeing to give Apple 40 percent of the revenues it will make from customers using the device, the Guardian said.
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Adobe Software Not Fully Tested on Mac OS
Adobe Systems Inc's Photoshop, Illustrator and other Creative Suite 3 programs have not been fully tested with the latest version of Apple Inc's operating system due out next month, which could lead to incompatibility issues.
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Apple Chooses O2 as iPhone Carrier in UK
O2 UK, part of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, and European mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse have clinched the long-awaited deal to bring Apple Inc's prized iPhone to Britain.
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CBS Staying Out of iTunes Pricing Battle
CBS Corp is happy with its deal with iTunes and won't join a battle against Apple Inc over the pricing of television shows on the online store, CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves said on Tuesday.
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Report: Apple to Nearly Double iPhone Production
Apple Inc has prepared plans to nearly double its iPhone production in the fourth quarter, financial news Web site TheStreet.com reported, citing people familiar with the company.
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Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile Wins iPhone Deal
Deutsche Telekom's mobile phone division, T-Mobile, said on Wednesday it won a deal to sell Apple's iPhone and said the price would be 399 euros ($558), as reported last week by Reuters.
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Intel Shows Off Next-Gen Mobile Platforms
Intel unveiled the Menlow and Moorsetown mobile platforms, which the company hopes will replace the iPhone as the cool pocket device.
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Apple Defends iTunes in Berlin, Brussels
Apple President Steve Jobs reiterated his commitment to charging the same price for iTunes downloads across Europe as his lawyers defended the company on Wednesday against allegations its prices are not uniform.
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iSuppli: Apple Lowers Cost of iPod Nano Partso
Apple Inc's new iPod Nano portable music and video player boasts lower component costs than the previous version, market research firm iSuppli said on Wednesday
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Apple CEO Subpoenaed in Options Case
Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs was asked by U.S. securities regulators to give a deposition in a lawsuit against the company's former general counsel involving stock options backdating, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Starbucks to Give Away Millions of iTunes Songs
Starbucks Corp said on Monday it will give away millions of songs via downloads starting next month as it launches a wireless music service with Apple Inc.
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Apple Co-Founder Looks to Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Steve Wozniak said he hopes the robotics field will someday create robots that are easily programmable by users to perform specific tasks.
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Wozniak Lays the Smack Down on Apple
Apple's co-founder criticizes the company's engineers and the iPhone price cut.
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Vivendi Calls iTunes Contract 'Indecent'
Vivendi condemned as "indecent" the contract terms between its Universal Music Group (UMG) unit and Apple Inc, the computer maker whose iTunes online store dominates the digital music market.
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Apple Issues Warning on iPhone Hacking
Apple sent a veiled threat to the iPhone hacking community on Monday, stating that future updates may render modified iPhones inoperable.
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Amazon Kicks Off DRM-Less Music Store
Amazon.com Inc launched an early version of its highly anticipated digital music download store, which is seen as a potential rival to Apple Inc's dominant iTunes system.
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Gateway Introduces the One
The new iMac-like all-in-on PC from Gateway boasts an extensive feature set and good expansion options.
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Polk Audio Debuts iPod Tagging Radio
Polk Audio previewed its upcoming I-Sonic ES-2 HD table radio at Digital Life Thursday. The entertainment system includes a docking station for all iPod models and is the first radio to include the iTunes tagging.
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TechCrunch's Arrington Talks Disruptive Tech
TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington dishes on technology disruptors, online advertising, the role of blogs and his love of the iPhone
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Apple Lowers Costs of iPod Nano Parts, iSuppli Says
Total component costs of the iPod Nano are lower than before, according to market research firm iSuppli.
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HTC Touch to Give iPhone a Challenge Overseas
Taiwan smartphone maker High Tech Computer Corp (HTC) said on Monday it had sold 800,000 units of its own branded HTC Touch phone, launched in Europe and Asia in June.
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Why Does Every iPhone App Now Run as Root?
Opinion: First, the iPhone root password was broken. OK, it happens. But now it seems that all applications run on the iPhone as root. Can you say "biggest security blunder of the 21st century to date"?
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Microsoft Unveils New Zune Players
The software giant fires another salvo at Apple's iPod with an 80GB and two flash-based Zunes.
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Broadcasters Support iTunes Tagging in HD Radio
On Tuesday, major broadcasters announced that they would be supporting iTunes tagging as part of the emerging HD Radio specification.
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'iPod Index' Tracks Buying Power Across World
In the market for a new video iPod? Head to Hong Kong or, if Europe-bound, stop off in Switzerland. But best avoid Brazil. A new iPod index tracks the price of Apple's hot media player.
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Apple Fixes QuickTime for Windows Glitch
Attackers can slip past Windows system defenses due to a flaw in Apple's QuickTime for Windows media player.
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Apple Patent Tips Pressure Sensor for Touchscreens
Before people were being locked out of service after unlocking their handsets and suing Apple for price reduction, one complaint about the iPhone seemed to tower over the rest: the touch screen.
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Apple Bug Freezing iMacs
Users theorize 3D graphics hardware and drivers are to blame for the freezes.
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Hard Drive Tech Wins Nobel Physics Prize
France's Albert Fert and Germany's Peter Gruenberg won the 2007 Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday for discoveries allowing the miniaturization of hard disks in electronic devices from laptops to iPods.
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Apple Announces OS X Leopard Ship Date
After months of speculation, Apple officially announced the launch date of their upcoming Operating System, Leopard (OS X 10.5).
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iPhone Security Researcher Unleashes Exploit
H.D. Moore's exploit will gain control of a modified iPhone and promises instructions to crack an unmodified phone soon.
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Apple Confirms Plan to Open iPhone to Third-Party Apps
Apple announced today, via its Web site, that the company is working on a software development kit (SDK) that will allow outside companies to design their own third-party applications for the iPhone.
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Sprint to Sell iPhone-Like HTC Touch Stateside
Sprint Nextel Corp plans to sell a touch-screen phone from Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp this holiday season, hoping to help stem customer losses to Apple Inc's iPhone, which is only available from AT&T Inc.
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Forget Charging -- Just Wind Up Your MP3 Player
Looking for a green gadget (and dislike iPods)? You could pick up the Trevor Baylis Eco Media Player, which bills itself as the first wind-up MP3 player.
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Apple iPhone, Mac Sales Beat Expectations
Apple Inc beat Wall Street targets with a 67 percent rise in quarterly profit on Monday, led by strong sales of its Macintosh computers and a big first full quarter from the iPhone, sending its shares up nearly 6 percent.
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At Apple, It's the Peripherals, Not the PC
Apple and analysts quietly suspect that iPods and iPhones may be selling Macs nearly eight times faster than any major PC brand.
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iTunes Album Cards, 'Ringles' Tested
iTunes digital download album cards highlighting specific titles are getting high marks in the early part of a trial rollout.
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Apple Sells Two Million Copies of Leopard, Already
Apple Inc said it sold more than two million copies of the latest version of its operating system, Mac OS X Leopard, since its release on Friday.
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Apple Upgrades Macbooks to Santa Rosa
Apple bumped up its line of Macbooks Thursday morning, forgoing the company's usual brand of Cupertino keynote fanfare.
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Swarm of QuickTime Bugs Found
Seven security bugs found in Apple's QuickTime can allow attackers to execute random code on vulnerable systems.
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Media Hopes Consumers Still Love Their TVs
Americans can watch television shows on anything from a computer to an iPod these days, but media companies and advertisers have yet to figure out how best to take advantage of all the new ways to reach audiences.
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Fans Line Up, But iPhone Fails to Grip Germany
Hundreds of German Apple fans braved rain and wind before dawn to be among the first in Europe to get their hands on an iPhone but the arrival of the year's hottest consumer gadget passed most Germans by.
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Fans Cheer as Apple's iPhone Hits Europe
Apple fans queued through the night in Germany and Britain to be among the first in Europe to buy an iPhone, the must-have gadget that is set to shake up the mobile industry.
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Microsoft Says Zune Players Available Tuesday
Microsoft Corp said Monday it will begin sales of three new versions of its Zune digital media player -- its answer to Apple Inc's iPod -- on Tuesday.
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NBC Direct Offers Limited Challenge to iTunes
NBC has launched its answer to iTunes. A beta download of NBC Direct is now available via the network's Web site and provides downloadable versions of NBC shows like "The Office" and "30 Rock."
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Apple Updates iPod Touch and iPhone
Although Apple is closing security holes with the update, hackers have kept opening up the devices.
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Apple's iPhone Unlikely to Head to China
Apple Inc's iPhone is unlikely to hit Chinese shelves soon because of technical and fee issues, industry executives said on Wednesday, a day after shares in the U.S. company shot up on hopes of a deal with China Mobile.
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Hefty Apple Patch Set Tackles Leopard, Firewall Issues
Apple has released an enormous set of patches for Mac OS X, Safari and the Leopard firewall.
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Dell Announces All-in-One 'XPS One'
Dell launched the all-in-one Dell XPS One on Friday, a rival to both the Gateway One as well as the Apple iMac.
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T-Mobile Suit: iPhone Contracts Lock in Consumers
Deutsche Telekom's mobile unit T-Mobile is coming under fire from competitors over its exclusive sales deal for Apple's iPhone in Germany.
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Germany iPhone Deal Irks Vodafone, Debitel
Deutsche Telekom's mobile unit T-Mobile is coming under fire from competitors over its exclusive sales deal for Apple's iPhone in Germany.
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T-Mobile Will Sell iPhone Without Contract
T-Mobile will allow customers in Germany to buy Apple's iPhone without having to sign a T-Mobile contract.
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Zero-Day QuickTime Hole Surfaces
A new vulnerability in QuickTime 7.2 and 7.3 leaves users vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow that could compromise the system subject to the privileges of the user running QuickTime. Currently, there is no patch from Apple for this problem.
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Apple Portables Steadily Outsell Desktops
Sales of iPods and iPhones help refresh interest in Apple laptops and desktops.
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Microsoft: Control PowerPoint from Your iPod
For those who can't live without spreadsheets, Microsoft's PowerPoint for Mac will allow users to beam their documents to iPhones or iPods, according to a Wednesday blog post from Microsoft.
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AT&T Chief Says 3G iPhone is Due in 2008
Whatever the motivation, the head of the country's largest wireless carrier has less than subtly spilled the beans about one crucial feature of the upcoming iteration of the Apple iPhone: 3G.
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Analysis: iPhones on Verizon? Maybe in 2011
Welcome to the world, Verizon Wireless. On Thursday, Verizon announced they'll be using LTE (Long Term Evolution) as their fourth-generation technology, aligning them for the first time with AT&T and with European carriers on the same tech.
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Cowon Launches iPod touch Competitor
The $600 Cowon Q5W includes 40 or 60GB of storage, a touch-sensitive 5-inch screen, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and an optional GPS add-on.
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Apple's iPhone Sued Over Voice Mail Patent
Klausner Technologies said on Monday the company had filed a $360 million suit against Apple and AT&T Inc over voicemail patents that Klausner claims the Apple iPhone infringes.
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Apple iPhone Tops Google Searches
Technology and entertainment topped Google Inc's searches in 2007, with the iPhone grabbing the No. 1 slot on a list of the fastest-rising search terms in the United States, the company said on Tuesday.
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Orange Says Sold 30,000 iPhones So Far in France
The French launch of Apple's popular device brought droves of buyers to Orange's flagship store in Paris.
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Google Unveils Application for iPhone
The app makes it easier to use and switch between Google's e-mail, search and calendar services on the iPhone.
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Apple iPhone Winning Corporate Fans Despite Flaws
The iPhone could gain enterprise popularity to rival the BlackBerry.
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New Apple Store Highlights 'Geniuses,' Services
"Geniuses" and "concierges" are as important as the iPods and Mac computers on display Apple's newest store.
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Eco-Friendly Asus PC Made of Bamboo
Back in 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the Apple I, an early personal computer that consisted of a circuit board in a simple wooden box. Now there's one made of bamboo, from Asus.
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New Music Services Reach for Slice of Digital Pie
After 2006 -- a year when virtually no one managed to launch a digital music service in competition with Apple's dominant iTunes -- 2007 was a refreshing change of pace.
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Beyond iPhone, Gadgets Led Year's Mobile Development
The 2007 mobile music market could be summed up in one phrase: "It's the device, stupid."
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Report: Apple's Leopard Launch Its Best Ever
The launch of Apple Inc's latest operating system, Leopard, was its best ever, a research group said on Monday.
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Apple Plays DoCoMo Against Softbank on iPhone
Apple Inc is playing Japan's top mobile operator NTT DoCoMo Inc against No. 3 carrier Softbank Corp on selling the iPhone in Japan, meeting executives from both companies, sources said on Tuesday.
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Intuit iPhone-Friendly Quicken Priced at $3/Month
Intuit Inc is looking to boost Quicken personal finance software sales by offering it as a service for $3 a month that can run on Apple Inc's iPhone.
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Popular Apple Rumor Web Site to Shut Down
Apple Inc and a popular Web site that published company secrets about the maker of the Mac computer, the iPhone and the iPod have reached a settlement that calls for the site to shut down.
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Our Top Stories of 2007
Much has happened in tech this year—Vista, the Apple iPhone, and much more. Here's a look at the stories and topics you wanted to read about in 2007.
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Report: Apple, Fox Exploring Movie Rental Deal
Apple Inc and News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox are set to announce a deal that will allow consumers to rent movies through Apple's digital iTunes Store, media reports said on Thursday.
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Amazon Adds Warner Music to Download Service
Amazon.com has signed on Warner Music Group to its music download service, which aims to compete with Apple's industry-dominating iTunes online store.
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Apple Patent Signals Wireless Order System
Right before the holiday madness, Apple applied for a patent which, if granted, would allow for a wireless LAN-type system specifically designed for retail shopping.
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New JVC TVs Assimilate iPods
Following a Viewsonic projector released earlier this year, four new JVC HDTVs add iPod docks.
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Altec Lansing Unleashes First Certified iPhone Dock
The "Works with iPhone" Speaker System is the first to get Apple's Official Blessing.
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JBL Dock Designed for iPhone
The On Stage IIIP is the second speaker dock to support the Apple iphone standards.
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Delphi: Remote-Control Your Car with an iPhone!
Not just a remote key, this modified iPhone does everything but drive. It was just a CES prototype, but holy cow!
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Apple Launches New Mac Pro, Xserve
In a surprise move, Apple makes a pair of small-business and enterprise announcements the week of the Consumer Electronics Show.
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Microsoft Won't Launch iPhone Rival: Report
Microsoft will not launch a product that competes directly with Apple's iPhone, Chairman Bill Gates said in an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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Apple to Settle EU iTunes Case
Apple is said to be ready to resolve complaints by European regulators over price-setting policies.
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Flash-Based Mac on Tap for Apple Conference?
As the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas winds down to lackluster reviews, Apple is expected to grab the spotlight with an ultra-slim laptop computer and online movie rentals at its biggest annual show next week.
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iPhone is the Next Sex Toy, Porn Industry Says
First there was the TV. Then DVDs, and the Internet – now, the Apple iPhone is the next frontier for porn, the adult industry says. On tap: iPhone-formatted porn sites, and even an iPhone-designed "massager".
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Netflix Launches Preemptive Strike Against Apple
On Monday, Netflix announced a new streaming movie subscription plan that appears to anticipate the expected launch of an iTunes movie subscription model at this year's MacWorld.
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No iPhones for China Anytime Soon
Apple Inc and China Mobile have called off talks to launch the U.S. firm's popular iPhones in China, a spokesperson for the Chinese company said on Monday, further dashing speculation the device will hit the country's store shelves soon.
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Apple Live Blog: Movie Rentals, Apple TV 2, 'Time Capsule'
The Gearlog and PC Magazine staffers live blog the Steve Jobs keynote from MacWorld. Announced: iTunes movie rentals, an iPhone SDK, Apple TV Take 2, a 'Time Capsule' NAS. Is a MacBook Air far behind?
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Mac Tablets Begin Shipping
One of the stars of last year's MacWorld was the OWC Modbook, a third-party modified Apple Macbook that the company converted into a tablet. The tablets began shipping this week, with some upgrades.
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Macworld: Steve Jobs Unveils New Movie and Notebook Initiatives
Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a series of announcements, including the unveiling of the MacBook Air laptop and a new service called iTunes Movie Rentals.
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Jump-Start Your Car with Your Feet
Charge an iPod, a phone, or even your car, with your feet using the new Freeplay Energy Weza Energy Source.
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TiVo, HP/NEXT.TV Expand Video Offerings
Following moves by Apple and Netflix, TiVo has boosted the value of its video offerings by partnering with HP and NEXT.TV.
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Analysis: What iPhone Updates Mean to You
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Apple iPod Sales Disappoint Wall Street
Apple Inc on Tuesday forecast a quarterly profit below analysts' expectations and posted disappointing holiday-season iPod shipments, sending its shares down 11 percent in after hours trade on concern consumers were cutting spending.
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Why You Should Buy the iPod Touch Update
Stop complaining. The iPod Touch January '08 update is a bargain for $20, as it turns the nation's best music and video player into an even better handheld computer than before.
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Jobs' Apple Salary Still Just a Dollar
Several senior executives at Apple Inc took home 2007 cash bonuses that doubled their salaries but Chief Executive Steve Jobs maintained his annual pay of $1 and took no additional compensation, the company said on Wednesday.
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RIM's New Consumer Focus Carries Risks
Research In Motion has leapt into the retail consumer market with products such as its pink BlackBerry Pearl, a candybar-shaped e-mail phone stuffed with multimedia goodies, exposing itself to shoppers' fickle tastes and competition from Apple Inc's iPhone.
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Analyst: More than a Quarter of iPhones Unlocked
More than a quarter of people who bought Apple Inc's iPhone are using them on wireless networks other than AT&T's, the exclusive iPhone carrier in the U.S., a "stunning" number that will pressure the company's business model, an analyst said on Monday.
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GPS Shocker: Garmin Enters the Cell Phone Market
GPS maker Garmin unexpectedly announced the nuviphone late on Wednesday, which combines a cell phone with GPS technology -- or, in Garmin's case, vice versa.
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FDA: iPods Play Nice with Pacemakers
Portable media players such as iPods are unlikely to interfere with heart pacemakers, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration researcher reported on Thursday.
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New iPhones, iPod Touches Double Capacity
Apple Inc on Tuesday introduced models of its popular iPod touch handheld computer and iPhone with double the memory available in previous versions.
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Analysis: Are the New iPhones Worth the Price?
In a rather unexpected move, Apple is doubling the capacity of the iPhone and the iPod touch. But they're also charging an additional $100 for it. Is that fair?
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Boingo: $8 Wi-Fi for the iPhone
Boingo today announced a $7.95-per-month Wi-Fi plan that lets Sony Ericsson users access more than 100,000 for-pay hotspots worldwide. An iPhone version is coming soon.
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Apple TV Version 2.0 Hands-On
It took them a while, but Apple's update for the Apple TV is out now. Is it worth it? In a word, yes. The additions and ability to rent from your couch is a plus that makes you slap your forehead and say "It's about time."
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Leopard's Second Update Prompts a Second Look
Apple recently released its second update to OS X "Leopard," and the latest version of its shiny operating system is now numbered 10.5.2.
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Hacker's Startup Allows iTunes Song Copying
A start-up co-founded by famed Norwegian hacker "DVD Jon" is on Tuesday introducing a service that enables users to copy and use copy-protected Apple iTunes songs on many popular non-Apple devices.
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Apple Cuts Shuffle Price; Adds 2-Gbyte Model
Looking for a reason to go screenless? Apple ended the long weekend with a price-cut to its low-end iPod Shuffle player, pricing the 1GB model at $49.
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Apple Cuts Flash Orders; SanDisk, Toshiba Build
In an interesting confluence of events, market researcher iSuppli reported that Apple had cut its orders for NAND flash memory, a day after SanDisk and Toshiba announced plans for a new 300-mm flash fab.
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MacBooks Get MultiTouch and a Speed Bump
Apple today announced updates to the MacBook and MacBook Pro, adding the Multi-Touch trackpad first introduced on the MacBook Air last month.
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Apple's iTunes Grows to No. 2 U.S. Music Retailer
Apple Inc's iTunes digital media store edged out Best Buy Co and Target Corp to become the second-largest U.S. music retailer, behind Wal-Mart Stores, according to data released on Tuesday from tracking firm NPD Group.
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Apple to Divulge iPhone Software Plans
Apple Inc said on Wednesday that it will give details next week of how outside programmers can create software for its iPhone, a move aimed at spurring demand for the multifunction device.
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Apple Affirms iPhone Target
Apple Inc affirmed on Wednesday its iPhone sales goal for this year and said it will give details next week of how outside programmers can create software for its iPhone, a move expected to spur demand for the multifunction device.
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'Eye-Pod' Invented by Japanese Researchers
Bat an eyelid to replay your favorite iPod tune with a new Japanese remote control that works in the blink of an eye.
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When Will the iPhone Be Sold into China? Apple Hedges
Steve Jobs told an annual meeting of Apple shareholders on Tuesday that iPhone sales were on track. But when will the iPhone be sold into India and China, two of the world's most populous regions?
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iPhone Software Developers, Start Your Engines!
Top mobile software developer DataViz, Wi-Fi hotspot provider Boingo and other software developers are raring to start writing software for the iPhone when the handheld's software developer's kit comes out on Thursday – as long as Apple doesn't throw a poison pill into the mix.
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Top 10 iPhone Apps We'd Love to See
To celebrate the iPhone SDK coming out on Thursday, here's our own wish list of apps we'd love to see on the iPhone.
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Social Networking Unveiled for iPhone
Finland's GeoSentric unveiled on Wednesday its mobile social networking service GypSii for Apple's iPhone.
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Live Blogging the Apple iPhone SDK Keynote
PC Magazine's Sascha Segan brings you the details of the iPhone software development kit, live.
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Suddenly, the iPhone is a Mobile Computer
The iPhone and iPod Touch became a true mobile computing platform today as Apple held an event announcing a software developer's kit and software store, plus support for Microsoft Exchange e-mail, contacts and calendaring, as well as parental controls for the iPhone coming in a software update in late June.
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Analysis: Apple Adapts iTunes Model to Mobile Apps
It's time for Verizon and Microsoft to send love letters to Apple and AT&T. Apple's new SDK strategy may truly raise all boats in the mobile marketplace, while their exclusivity agreement with AT&T leaves plenty of room for everyone else to succeed, as well.
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SanDisk's New Fuze: iPod Features, Shuffle Price
SanDisk on Tuesday unveiled its newest flash-based MP3 player, the Sansa Fuze, which looks and acts a lot like the latest iPods. But it's priced like a Shuffle.
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Toast 9 Titanium for Streaming TV to iPhones
Roxio released the next version of its industry-leading Toast DVD authoring and media conversion software for Macintosh, which introduces Roxio Streamer for streaming TV shows to an iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, or PC.
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Apple Continues to Shoot Down Beatles Reports
Apple Inc has dismissed claims in the U.K. press that the Beatles catalog is about to be made available online through the computer giant's iTunes Music Store as "unsubstantiated speculation."
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IPod Sparks Prompt Safety Investigation in Japan
One of Apple's popular iPod nano media players gave off sparks while being recharged in Japan in January, Japan's trade ministry said, prompting a safety investigation.
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Big Names Downloading Apple iPhone SDK
Apple says that more than 100,000 people have downloaded their iPhone software development kit in its first four days of existence, and they made sure to highlight the names of some top mobile games development studios they now have on board: Pop Cap Games, THQ Wireless, Rocket Mobile and Namco.
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Peformance DRAM Upgrades Move to the Mac
Corsair is taking its DRAM upgrade business model to the Mac, announcing a new upgrade module for the MacBook and MacBook Pro.
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Microsoft to Use Flash under Windows Mobile
Steve Jobs may think the iPhone is too good for Adobe Flash, but the folks at Microsoft play better with others. Today, Adobe and Microsoft announced an annoyingly vague agreement to license Flash Lite and Adobe Reader LE for Windows Mobile devices.
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Study: Just Viewing Apple's Logo Makes You Creative
Talk about a reality distortion field: New research published in the April issue of the Journal of Consumer Research shows that quick (even unnoticeable) exposure to well-known brands has the potential to cause people to act in a way that mirrors the brand's values.
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Report: Apple Talking about 'Unlimited' iPods
Apple is in talks with major music companies to offer customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPods and iPhones, the Financial Times said.
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Why Is Sony Launching Its Own Music Service?
While sites like Amazon pull out the big guns in attempt to loosen Apple's stranglehold on online music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is opting to cut out the middleman--a strategy that has in the past been met with limited success.
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Wolfson Misses Out on Apple iPod Contract
British chip-maker Wolfson Microelectronics said it had not been picked to supply parts to portable media players by a major customer, which a person familiar with the company said was Apple.
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You Say Playing MP3s Loudly Will Damage What?
Teenagers seem to know that loud music can damage their hearing, yet most see no reason to lower the volume on their iPods, a small study suggests.
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Analyst: New iPhone Due Around May
Apple is expected to launch a high-speed wireless version of iPhone in the second quarter and to produce as many as 8 million of the devices in the third quarter, according to Bank of America.
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Apple Considered World's Most Influential Brand
The Apple brand has the biggest impact on the world's consumers, while Microsoft and the United States nation brand are those considered most in need of a remake, a survey showed on Monday.
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Sprint Gets Touchy With Samsung Instinct
The Instinct, also known as the Samsung SPH-M800, looks more than a little like the iPhone, and is a platform for Sprint's data services.
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Opera Mini 4.1 Beta Adds iPhone-Like Experience
Opera Mini is a serious killer app: The free Internet browser brings an iPhone-esque browsing experience to almost every phone and smartphone.
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Apple Claims to Be Largest Music Retailer
Apple Inc said on Thursday its iTunes online music store has surpassed Wal-Mart Stores Inc to become the largest music retailer in the United States.
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MokaFive Launches Virtualization on a (USB) Stick
MokaFive, a desktop virtualization company, will make its formal debut on Monday by offering a virtual OS on Windows, Mac OS and Linux that can be embedded on a USB key and run in an offline mode.
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UK Cell Phone Groups Cut iPhone Price
Mobile phone groups O2 and Carphone Warehouse have cut the price for the most basic version of Apple Inc's iPhone in Britain by 100 pounds ($197) ahead of the expected launch of a new model.
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Report: Amazon MP3 Gains Don't Affect iTunes
Gains for Amazon's MP3 service have not significantly affected Apple iTunes sales, due largely to the different demographics the two services attract, according to a report from NPD Group.
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Apple Refreshes iMac Line
Apple this morning announced an update to its iMac line, which includes new Intel Core 2 Duo processors with 6MB L2 cache and 1066 MHz front-side bus, a standard 2GB of memory on most models, and the most power graphics yet available on the system.
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What's New Now
Apple Updates iMac, Grand Theft Auto IV hits stores, Nokia's "Beautiful to use" Phones, Google's VisualRank and Falcon Northwest's Fragbox 8500.
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Apple Expected to Sell Films as DVDs Go on Sale
Apple is expected to announce Thursday that it has struck a deal with a wide array of movie studios to sell new releases at its iTunes Store, on the same day that they're sold as DVDs.
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RIM Plans Touchscreen BlackBerry in Q3, WSJ Says
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion plans to launch a touch-screen version of the wireless e-mail device in the third quarter as an answer to Apple's iPhone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Apple Tweaks Retail Strategy in Newest Store
Apple Inc unveiled its largest U.S. store on Wednesday, a glass-facade building sheathed in steel that a senior company official said reflects Apple's plans to expand retail ventures at home and abroad.
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O2-Apple Announcement Spurs iPhone 3G Rumors
Telefonica's O2 and Apple will be making a joint announcement in the "coming weeks", prompting speculation that the U.S. firm is set to announce a new third-generation model of its iPhone.
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New iPhone Lures Black Market Buyers Across Asia
The new iPhone looks set to be a huge hit in Asia countries where it goes on sale on Friday, but the sleek smartphone is already in high demand in black markets from Shanghai to Bangkok.
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Faster iPhone to Draw Crowds Around Globe
The new iPhone is expected to attract hordes of buyers when it goes on sale on Friday in more than 20 countries, helping Apple Inc handily beat its target to sell 10 million of them by the end of 2008.
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Syncplicity Offers iPhone Access to Online Files
Sync/backup newcomer Syncplicity is launching an iPhone "application" in time for the launch of the iPhone 3G later this week.
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Microsoft XP SP3 to Hit PCs Thursday
The iPhone 3G isn't the only thing being released this week. Microsoft on Thursday will release its automatic update for Windows XP service pack 3 (SP3).
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Canadian Provider Lowers iPhone Price After Outcry
Rogers Communications Inc, the exclusive service provider for the Apple iPhone 3G in Canada, has added a lower-priced plan for sending and receiving data over the handset after a wave of criticism over its original pricing options.
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iPhone UK Web Sites Swamped Before Launch
Apple's new iPhone sold out online in Britain ahead of its Friday launch, defying general consumer gloom as the country's economy threatened to tip over into its first recession in more than a decade.
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Asian Fans Line-Up Two Days Before iPhone Launch
Seeking to be one of the world's first to grab the new-generation iPhone, fanatical Apple fans around Asia are queuing up two days before its launch, undiscouraged by rain or freezing temperatures.
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Apple Climbs Into Third Place in U.S. PC Market
Apple Computer again cracked the top three in U.S. PC sales for the second quarter, according to surveys released Wednesday by both Gartner and IDC.
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AT&T Screws Up iPhone Wi-Fi, Again
After previous misfires, we probably should have just assumed that this morning's promise of free Wi-Fi for iPhone users was just too good to be true. It was.
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AT&T Finally Delivers Free iPhone Wi-Fi
The country's largest wireless provider announced Friday that it will finally be making good on its promises of free nation-wide hotspots for iPhone owners, first announced back in April.
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Before, the iPhone Love. Now, the Complaints
Only days after snapping up the latest iPhone, users still glow over their purchase—but already are brainstorming ideas Steve Jobs could use for Apple's next iPhone.
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Steve Jobs' Health Now Wall Street's Concern
Industry and investor concerns about the health of Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs have not dimmed more than a month after he appeared dramatically thinner at the firm's annual developers' conference, The New York Post said on Monday.
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Japanese iPhone 3G Adds Pervert Protection
It's true that Asian cellphones often get the newest features long before their North American counterparts, but the latest Japanese version of the iPhone 3G has something that hopefully won't be deemed necessary any time in the near future.
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Apple 'New Product Transition' Shadows Stellar Quarter
Apple recorded another record quarter in terms of Macintosh sales, but analysts attending Apple's announcement were concerned about a new product to be announced that will apparently hurt Apple's margins, albeit slightly.
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The New iPhone: Faster, Cheaper, and Plentiful
Apple caused its own heat wave this summer by announcing the second-generation iPhone.
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Apple's MobileMe Problems Mount
Apple's problems with its MobileMe service continue, as some customers still report that they have not been able to access email on the service after several days. Now an upgrade to Apple's iTunes software has added a MobileMe control panel applet without notification or permission.
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What's New Now: Making History
Apple iPhone 3G practically sells out, Dark Knight movie makes history on the web, new Facebook design and more.
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CE Outlook Darkens on Economic Fears
Fears that belt-tightening U.S. consumers will bruise third-quarter earnings for makers of MP3 players, cell phones and other gadgets, pummeled the stocks of consumer electronics companies like Apple Inc and SanDisk Corp on Tuesday, a day after they issued grim forecasts.
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Gazelle Will Give You Cash for Your Gadgets
Have an old laptop lying around? Too lazy to recycle your first-generation iPhone? Enter Gazelle.com, a Web site launching Monday that will pay you for your old consumer electronics equipment.
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Apple's Jobs Apparently in Good Health
Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs, who has been dogged by investor concerns about his health, does not have recurrent cancer or a life-threatening health issue, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Apple Begins Opening Up About MobileMe Problems
Perhaps stung by the torrent of criticism surrounding its MobileMe launch, Apple has begun doing something distinctly un-Apple: it has begun talking about what's going on inside the company.
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XM-Sirius Merger Goes Through, Finally
Sirius Satellite Radio said on Tuesday it completed the purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio, forming a broadcasting company that competes with traditional radio as well as digital audio players like iPods.
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Apple Says MobileMe Service Is Fixed, Finally
Apple has restored its MobileMe service to all users, Apple said Tuesday night.
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Garmin Delays Nuviphone As Earnings Slip
Garmin posted weak second-quarter results and slashed its outlook for 2008, hurt by slower growth in the personal navigation device (PND) market, and delayed the launch of its smartphone, sending its shares down more than 22 percent.
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Apple Fixes DNS Bug
Apple has finally issued a patch to fix the infamous Kaminsky DNS bug in their version of BIND in OS X Server.
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Apple Tops Online Music Vendors, But Amazon Climbs
Apple's iTunes store remained the number one music retailer in the first half of 2008, but the launch of Amazon's mp3 store has helped it jump one spot to number four, according to a Tuesday report from NPD Group.
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Mexican Mobile Provider Sets iPhone Launch
America Movil, the largest cell phone operator in Latin America, on Wednesday said it would begin selling Apple Inc's iPhone this month in 10 countries within the region.
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'Consumer Reports' Warns of Safari Risks
Apple Mac users running the Safari browser are at risk, since their browser lacks the built-in phishing protection found in IE7, Firefox and Opera, Consumer Reports warns.
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Online Libraries Are Taking Off
Hoping to draw back readers, libraries have vastly expanded their lists of digital books, music, and movies that can be downloaded by their patrons to a computer or MP3 player -- and it doesn't cost a cent, unlike, say, media from Apple Inc's iTunes or Amazon.com Inc.
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Microsoft's Zune Hunts for Exclusive Content
Microsoft's Zune is looking to Hollywood to gain an edge on Apple's iPod.
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Jobs Confirms Existence of iPhone 'Back Door'
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs confirmed the existence of a so-called "back door" built into the latest iPhone software, one that can remove applications built into the device at the company's whim.
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Three-Alarm Fire Reported at Apple HQ
Firefighters put out a three-alarm fire at Apple's Cupertino, Calif. headquarters Monday night, according to reports.
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Best Buy to Sell Apple's iPhone
Best Buy will be the first national retailer to sell Apple Inc's iPhone in the United States in a partnership that could help drive sales of a device expected to be one of the hottest gadgets this holiday season.
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What's New Now: Live from Beijing!
Microsoft's Zune, the $1000 iPhone application, Defcon and much more.
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Psystar Shipping OS X 'Recovery Disk'
Imagine, for a moment, that you're Psystar, in the midst of being sued by the roaming herds of Apple lawyers. You can either do your damnedest to appease the company, or just throw caution to the wind.
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Best Buy To Get iPhone Boost: Analysts
Best Buy will likely gain market share from an agreement to sell Apple's iPhone at its 970 U.S. stores, analysts said on Wednesday.
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What's New Now: Best Buy to Sell iPhone 3G
iPhone's (Cr)appstore, Yahoo's Fire Eagle, Facebook beats MySpace and more.
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MobileMe Users Offered Free, 60-Day Extensions
Apple looked to mend some fences Tuesday by offering a free, 60-day extension to its MobileMe service.
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Overheated iPod Nano Caused Fires
Japan's trade ministry said on Tuesday that three fires had been caused by overheating Apple iPod nanos, which it said could be due to a battery defect.
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What's New Now: TV Still On Top for News
Dropped calls plague iPhone 3G all over the world, Bono blamed for unreleased U2 songs on Internet, Top 100 Undiscovered web sites and more.
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Apple Updates iPhone Software to Fix Glitches
Apple Inc has issued a software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from customers, a European mobile service provider said on Tuesday.
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Vodafone Firm to Sell iPhone 3G in India
Vodafone Essar, India's third-largest mobile operator, will sell Apple's iPhone 3G at 31,000 rupees ($708) for the 8GB model, a senior company official, who could not be named, said on Wednesday.
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Apple Sued Over iPhone 3G Problems
An Alabama woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple over reception and speed problems with its iPhone 3G.
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Internet Users Fear iPod Tunes Blocked in China
The downloading of music for iPod players has hit a mysterious glitch in China, stumping scores of users and raising fears the government has blocked Apple's iTunes site over pro-Tibet lyrics, analysts said on Thursday.
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Report: Apple, MTS Agree on Russian iPhone Sales
Apple Inc has agreed a distribution deal with carrier Mobile TeleSystems on the sale of iPhones in Russia, one of the world's fastest growing markets for mobile telephone handsets, a market source said.
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Actors Paid to Line Up for Poland iPhone Launch
Actors are being paid to line up at Apple stores in Poland to drum up interest in the iPhone, which will launch there on Friday.
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Apple iPhone Launches Calmly in India
Apple's hugely popular 3G iPhone made its debut in India on Friday, but with a price tag of $700 there was none of the mass hysteria that marked its launch in the United States, Europe and parts of Asia last month.
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T-Mobile Sold More Than 120K iPhone 3Gs
Deutsche Telekom's wireless business T-Mobile has sold more than 120,000 new 3G iPhones since its sales launch on July 11 despite distribution problems, its chief executive told a German weekly magazine.
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Who is the Mystery iPhone Girl?
A Chinese factory worker has become an Internet sensation after a picture of her smiling and flashing a peace sign to a co-worker testing an Apple iPhone stayed on the phone that was sold to a man in Britain.
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Psystar: Apple Is a Monopoly, Countersuit Claims
Psystar representatives said they filed a countersuit against Apple on Thursday, arguing that a market could exist for third-party Mac clones, if not for the legal and technical barriers that Apple has set up.
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Samsung's X360: Lighter than the (Mac) Air
Apple's ghost was hovering over the feast of gadgetry at IFA, the world's largest consumer electronics fair in Berlin.
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Apple Hints iPod Revamp Is Set for Next Month
Apple today confirmed that much-speculated-about press conference, set to occur next week. The company sent out an invitation for the event, which is scheduled for September 9th at 10 AM PDT.
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Google's Chrome, Apple's Safari Shared Vulnerability
Google's new Chrome browser contains a "sandbox," where each tab is isolated from the others. The problem is that hackers can attack a vulnerable version of the WebKit rendering engine, which is used in both the current version of Chrome and an older version of Apple's Safari.
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Dell Again Mentions Long-Term Phone Plans
Dell chief executive Michael Dell said his company may one day sell a device that competes with Apple's iPhone, though he does not plan to get into that market any time soon.
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Microsoft Launches $300M Windows Campaign
Microsoft kicked off a $300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back at Apple Inc's "Mac vs. PC" ads.
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Spore Mobile for iPhone Spawns Monday
Good news, iPhone owners. Looks like EA will be spreading a little Spore love your way, September 7th, the same day the game hits for Mac and PC.
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Apple, AT&T Sued (Again) Over iPhone 3G Problems
Apple's 3G iPhone reception woes have resulted in another class-action lawsuit.
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RIM, Apple Top U.S. Smartphone Sales
The RIM BlackBerry and the Apple iPhone topped U.S. consumer smartphone sales for the first half of 2008, retail researcher NPD said Monday.
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The Sims 3 and SimCity are Headed to the iPhone
The Sims 3 and SimCity are coming to the iPhone, adding more gaming goodness.
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Apple's iTunes 8 Includes 'Genius' Technology
A live, and reasonably well Steve Jobs took the stage at today's Apple event in San Francisco, in order to introduce a slew of new music-related products. Most notably on the software front was the announcement of iTunes 8.
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Live Blog: Apple's New Nanos, iTunes 8
This is an excerpt of the live blog happening right now over at Gearlog. Check it out until about 2 PM EDT, when our news coverage will begin.
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Apple Rocks New Nanos, iTunes, iPod Touch
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs took the stage at today's Apple event in San Francisco to revive the iPod nano's form factor, introduce iTunes 8, and slim down the iPod Touch even more. Here's everything that Apple presented today.
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Yahoo! Invites Developers to Create Mobile Apps
Yahoo!'s Blueprint gives developers an open platform to create mobile applications. The company also announced its oneConnect iPhone app, giving mobile users the ability to manage their various online presences all in one place.
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Yahoo Opens Mobile Platform, Launches iPhone oneConnect
Yahoo on Wednesday announced that it would open up its Blueprint mobile platform for Java, Windows Mobile and Symbian devices, as well as mobile Web sites. It also announced the launch of oneConnect, a mobile social service and messaging client, for the iPhone.
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QuickOffice for iPhone Can Almost Edit Office Docs
At the CTIA Fall trade show on Wednesday, I got a quick look at the latest state of QuickOffice, one of the two Microsoft Office-compatible suites being developed for the iPhone. It isn't quite ready yet; right now it can edit Microsoft Excel documents, but only read Microsoft Word documents.
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Apple Settles Shareholder Suits
A federal judge in San Jose has given preliminary approval to a $14 million settlement of shareholder claims over backdating of stock options against current and former Apple Inc executives, court documents showed.
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Apple Adds, Then Pulls, MobileMe from iTunes 8
Apple continued its practice of undocumented bundling by adding several new services to the iTunes 8 installation for PCs, without notifying the user. As of Thursday morning, however, the company removed the controversial MobileMe control panel from the installation.
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Yahoo Plans to Open Yahoo Music to iTunes, Others
Yahoo plans to open its online music site to feature information about songs and artists from outside services such as Apple's iTunes or Amazon.com, an executive said on Thursday.
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T-Mobile Announces Nov. Launch for Apps Store
T-Mobile is busting open their software deck on phones to offer a broader selection more like Apple's App Store, T-Mobile executives said in a meeting at the CTIA Wireless trade show on Thursday. But data restrictions could be a thorn in its side.
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What's New Now: Technology Gets Sexy
Hot stuff from Apple, Blackberry and NY's Fashion Week.
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Podcaster App Store Rejection Prompts Blog Rage
The Apple App Store smackdown continued last week when the company rejected an application because it would compete with podcast offerings from iTunes.
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AT&T to Tie iPhone to U-verse Service
AT&T plans to eventually link Apple Inc's iPhone to its high-speed Internet and video service called U-verse, and introduce new features like using the phone as a remote control.
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What's New Now: Happy 50th Birthday Integrated Circuit!
iTunes's App Store Revolt, Best Buy to Buy Napster and more.
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Apptism: an Alternative to Apple's iPhone Apps Store
All it takes to set of a storm of controversy on the Web is for is one really good iPhone application to be declined by Apple; everyone buzzes about why Apple is accepting certain iPhone apps and not others. If you want a truly open Apple iPhone apps store, try Apptism.
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Apple Recalls iPhone 3G Power Adapters
Apple said some power adapters for the latest iPhone can break and lead to the risk of electric shock and urged users to exchange them, although no injuries have been reported.
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Eye-Fi Adds Features, Faster Uploads
Eye-Fi on Tuesday announced several updates to its service including compatibility with Apple's MobileMe, faster uploads, and the ability to add new features to any Eye-Fi card in their line.
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Google Android Phone: What You Need to Know
Wondering what all the fuss is about? Here's what you should know about the T-Mobile G1, the most-hyped phone since the iPhone.
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What's New Now: Google Goes Android
Amazon Enters Mobile Music Market, Apple's Shocking Discovery and more.
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Apple's Stock Plunges 16 Percent
Apple's stock price tumbled 16 percent on Monday, its biggest drop in seven years, amid concerns the maker of Mac computers and other consumer electronics will suffer as the economy slows.
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Norway Consumer Body Challenges iTunes DRM
A Norway consumer agency said it aims to take computer group Apple to court over what it calls unfair barriers to playing music from the iTunes music store on devices other than Apple's iPod.
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Apple Drops NDA Requirement from App Store
Relenting to pressure from the developer community, Apple has dropped the NDAs that developers were required to agree to when they submitted their applications for consideration on the iPhone App Store.
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No Rumor: Nintendo Launches 'DSi' Handheld
Nintendo will launch a DS machine that can take pictures and play music, hoping to cement its lead over Sony's PlayStation and encroach into the territory of Apple Inc's iPod and iPhone.
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Nokia Launching Free 'Comes with Music' Program
Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, will launch its free music package on Thursday, issuing a challenge to Apple's dominance of the digital music market.
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Apple Argues That It Is Not a Monopoly
Apple has asked the court hearing its suit against Psystar to toss out Psystar's counterclaim that Apple is in fact a monopoly, arguing that Psystar's own arguments acknowledge that fact.
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Music-Download Royalty Rates Left Unchanged
The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled Thursday that the royalty rate for permanent downloads, like those found via Apple's iTunes, will remain unchanged.
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What's New Now: RealDVD, Friend or Foe of Fair Use?
Apple drops NDA for Developers, Creepy Robot Girl and more.
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HD Video Hits AppleTV, iTunes Gets Bug Fixes
Apple today rolled out updates to iTunes and to Apple TV software, adding a feature-set upgrade to Apple TV, and a bux fix to Apple's iTunes software.
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Apple Denies Jobs Has Heart Attack; Shares Bounce
An Internet report claiming that Apple Inc chief executive Steve Jobs has had a heart attack is not true, the company said on Friday.
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IPhone 3G Boosts Apple's Smartphone Share
The launch of the iPhone 3G boosted Apple's smartphone marketshare within the United States from 11 to 17 percent, according to an NPD report released Monday.
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YouTube Adding Amazon, iTunes Download Links
YouTube jumped into the retail space by adding links to select content that will let users purchase music, games, and more via Amazon's MP3 store and iTunes.
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Apple Invites Journalists to Notebook Launch
Apple has invited journalists to a press conference on Oct. 14, where new MacBooks are expected to be unveiled.
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Mobile Gaming Hopes for Boost from iPhone, N-Gage
Mobile gaming companies say they will book few new sales from Nokia's N-Gage phones or Apple's iPhone, but are betting on a market boost next year as more phones of these kinds are taken up by consumers.
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Apple Says MacBooks May Have Bad Nvidia Chips
Apple has acknowledged that some MacBook Pro notebooks may suffer from the same sort of faulty Nvidia GPUs that have affected other manufacturers.
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Senuti Recovers Music from Your iPod
If you've ever been stuck with a non-functioning computer and a functioning Apple iPod that has all your music on it, you are not alone. Now Senuti ("iTunes" reversed) offers a solution.
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Solar-Powered MP3 Player Expected in Singapore
While the possibility of the iPod having an integrated solar cell remains a patent application on paper for now, a company from Singapore, Shiro, offers an alternative for those who can't wait.
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Apple Unveils Redesigned MacBooks
As rumored, Apple on Tuesday announced a redesigned MacBook and MacBook Air that the company optimized for structural stability, in addition to a new LCD monitor aimed at creative professionals.
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AT&T Expanding 3G Push Into GPS, Cameras
Glenn Lurie, the executive who led AT&T's negotiations with Apple for its exclusive U.S. iPhone deal, will now work on introducing wireless links in devices other than cell phones.
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Over Half of 2009's New Cars Will Connect to iPods
According to a recent iSuppli Corp study, more than half of all cars sold in the United States during 2009 will offer some type of iPod connectivity.
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Symbian Pins Hope on Open-Access Future
Users of the Symbian mobile phone operating system, meeting in London this week, hope that making the software freely available will help it regain momentum in the battle with new rivals like Apple and Google.
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Can People Still Afford an Apple Mac? Find Out Tuesday
Investors are waiting to see just how much the global economic slowdown has hurt Apple when it reports quarterly results on Tuesday, as the company works to prove that it can sell high-end products even in lean times.
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Microsoft's SideSight: Something Apple Should Watch
A new Microsoft-developed technology called SideSight looks like something that deserves to be on a next-generation iPod touch. Or in a magician's repertoire.
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Apple Reports Excellent Quarter; Predicts Strong 4Q
Apple provided a healthy dose of relief to a technology industry battered by Wall Street's woes, reporting one of the best quarters in its history.
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RIM Announces BlackBerry Apps Store, Firmware Update
RIM today made a number of announcements at the first annual BlackBerry Developer Conference in Santa Clara, CA. They included the launch of a new Apple-like app storefront, the availability of Web signals technology, and updated versions of Blackberry developer tools.
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Lala Makes Web-Based Music Easier
Lala today launched a kind of free, browser-based iTunes competitor that lets users access their music libraries from anywhere they can access the Web.
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Support for iPhone Hurting AT&T's Profits
AT&T said Apple's iPhone would hurt full-year profit margins by more than expected, although it helped the top U.S. phone company grow revenue and mobile subscribers in the third quarter.
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What's Apple's Netbook Strategy? The iPhone
Will Apple manufacture a low-cost netbook? If you believe Steve Jobs, not anytime soon. Until then, it has the iPhone.
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Apple, Psystar Agree to Mediation
Apple and Psystar have agreed to enter into a dispute resolution process in an effort to resolve their copyright battle.
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Google Relaunches Android App Market
The T-Mobile G1 Android phone went on sale today, and with it Google relaunched the App Market, their answer to Apple's App Store. At the moment, though, things look pretty thin. At least all the applications currently listed are free.
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T-Mobile G1 Launch: Little Buzz, Small Lines, Decent Sales
Based upon an informal survey of about a dozen stores scattered about Sacramento, San Jose, and San Francisco, the T-Mobile G1 doesn't have the buzz of the iPhone. But stores reported some small lines and generally brisk sales early on Wednesday.
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Garmin Says Nuviphone Will Launch in 1H'09
The biggest U.S. maker of navigation devices Garmin posted better-than-expected third-quarter results but lowered its 2008 outlook, citing slowdown in economy and the continued weakening of the euro against the U.S. dollar.
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Psst! Apple Updated MobileMe in Late September
Problems with Apple's MobileMe online service dominated headlines during the summer. But in September, Apple disclosed this week, the CE giant quietly updated the service. The company released the changes on Wednesday.
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Analyst: Apple to Cut iPhone Output
FBR Capital Markets said on Monday that production of Apple Inc's iconic iPhone might plunge more than 40 percent in the fourth quarter from the previous period.
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Report: Senior Apple iPod Exec to Leave
One of Apple's top executives, who was part of the development of the iPod, has decided to leave the company and will be replaced by a former employee of International Business Machine Corp, the Wall Street Journal said.
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Apple: That's It for 2008
An Apple representative says the company has already introduced all of the products it plans to for 2008.
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'It's Possible' That MySpace Could Build MP3 Player
MySpace, the popular online social network owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, could develop a digital music player in the future, pitting it against Apple's hot-selling iPod.
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Apple Exec Hired From IBM Ordered to Stop Work
A U.S. District court has ordered an Apple employee recently hired away from IBM to immediately stop work amidst fears that he might disclose IBM trade secrets.
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MP3 Player Headphones Could Hinder Pacemakers
Headphones used with MP3 digital music players like the iPod may interfere with heart pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
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NPD: U.S. Adults Prefer the iPhone
According to a report released Monday by wireless research group, NPD, the iPhone 3G is now the leading handset purchased by adult consumers in the U.S.
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Sunny Days, Indeed: 'Sesame Street' Hits iTunes, Hulu
Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? Yes: on iTunes, Hulu and YouTube.
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LG, Sharp Handed Massive Fine for LCD Price Fixing
LG Display, Sharp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes have agreed to plead guilty and pay $585 million in fines for their role in an LCD panel price-fixing scheme, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Products affected included LCD TVs, Dell PCs, the Motorola Razr phone, and the Apple iPod.
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Apple Exec: Nintendo DS, Sony PSP Are 'In the Past'
The DS and PSP are outdated and the iPhone is the "future of gameplay," according to Apple's vice president of iPod marketing Greg Joswiak.
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iPhone Gaming Growing in Popularity
The NPD Group's new report Portable Devices lends some statistical support to the growing attention being given to iPhone games.
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Google Follows Rivals into Voice Search
A free app for the iPhone, developed by the search giant, is available for free through the iTunes app store. It converts spoken questions into Google searches. And yes, this has been done before, many times.
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Hands On: Google's Voice Search App for iPhone
Google's Mobile App with Voice Search was pushed several days to hammer out some last minute kinks, but most problems seemed to have been smoothed out when AppScout took it for a test drive Tuesday.
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Judge Tosses Out Psystar's Antitrust Defense
A California district judge on Tuesday dismissed a counterclaim filed by Psystar that accused Apple of violating federal and state antitrust laws.
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Apple's iPhone 2.2 Firmware Update Bashes Bugs
Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.2 fixing a dozen vulnerabilities in the older versions.
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Without Battery, MacBooks Take Big Perfomance Hit
Ever run your MacBook or MacBook Pro without the battery installed? Most people don't, but some notebook users pop them out when their systems are running on AC with hopes of extending the life of their battery by a few months. But don't do this with the new MacBook Pro.
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BlackBerry Storm Sales Get Lines, Buzz
Hundreds of people lined up at some Verizon Wireless stores on Friday to buy the BlackBerry Storm, the first touch-screen phone from Research In Motion that aims to compete with Apple's iPhone.
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Palm Cutting Jobs to 'Focus' During Downturn
Struggling smartphone maker Palm Inc said Friday it is cutting its workforce, a move the company takes as it loses market share to rivals Apple Inc and Research in Motion Ltd.
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Tiny Patent Shop Targets Apple's iPhone
Apple is the target of a lawsuit that claims a technology the iPhone uses to surf the Web infringes on a patent filed by Los Angeles real estate developer Elliot Gottfurcht and two co-inventors.
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Beatles on iTunes Talks Stall
Talks to put The Beatles' catalog on Apple's iTunes online music store have stalled, former Fab Four member Paul McCartney told the BBC.
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Apple Drops MacBook, iPod Prices for Black Friday
Apple's Black Friday sale includes $101 off the new 13-inch MacBooks and discounts on iPods, but those looking to walk away with a cheap iPhone might have to wait.
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Apple Quietly Recommends Antivirus Software
Apple publishes a technical note recommending antivirus software for the Macintosh platform.
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Apple Pulls Anti-Virus for Macs Note from Web Site
Apple has inexplicably pulled a technical note recommending the use of anti-virus software on Macs from its Web site.
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Pandora Tops iPhone App Store With 2M Users
Internet radio generator Pandora now has the most popular iPhone app, having registered 2 million users as of Tuesday morning.
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Apple Accused of Chilling iTunes Competition
Apple might be unfairly blocking rival software makers who want to sell music for its iPhone, according to some rivals and a technology rights group.
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Is Apple Headed for an iPod Shortage?
Apple is struggling to keep up with the demand for iPods, which could lead to a shortage during the holiday season, according to a Wednesday research note from Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu.
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Amazon Debuts New iPhone App
Amazon.com has launched a new iPhone app that lets users browse and purchase items from the e-commerce site.
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iPhone Sales Help Boost Mac OS X
Global sales of the iPhone during the third quarter boosted Apple's smart phone market share and propelled its Mac OS X to the number three position ahead of Microsoft's Windows Mobile, according to a Thursday report from Gartner.
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EMI Artists Join iPhone Apps Game
EMI Music has become the first major label to line up multiple artists for an edition of Tapulous' popular iPhone game application Tap Tap Revenge.
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$99 iPhone at Wal-Mart in Late December?
A cheaper version of Apple Inc's iPhone will be sold at Wal-Mart Stores Inc for $99 later this month, the New York Post said.
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Google Search Ads Now on iPhone, T-Mobile G1
Several weeks after Google optimized its search results for the iPhone, the search engine giant announced Monday that AdWords clients can now opt to have their ads show up on the results pages of the iPhone and T-Mobile G1.
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Antenna Hack Extends iPhone's Battery Life
One of the most common complaints against the iPhone, specifically the iPhone 3G, is its lackluster battery life. A Canadian has come up with an invention that would help solve that problem.
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Who Needs a $99 Wal-Mart iPhone? Buy These, Now
According to rumors that have been circulating over the past few weeks, Wal-Mart is set to become the second-largest U.S. retailer (after Best Buy) to offer Apple's popular iPhone. But who wants to wait? Here are several great $99 phones you can buy at Wal-Mart, now.
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Analyst: iPod, iPhone Demand Dropping
Morgan Stanley cut its price target on the shares of Apple Inc, citing weaker demand, especially for the iPhone.
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Psystar: Apple's Hardware Lockdown Violates Copyright
Psystar has dropped its antitrust complaints from its ongoing legal battle with Apple, replacing them with a charge that Apple has illegally used copyright law to prevent cloned Macs from working properly.
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AT&T Again Adding At-Home iPhone Activation
iPhone owners will once again be able to activate their handsets from the comfort of their own home.
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Amazing New ThinkPad Hides Slide-Out LCD Screen
Lenovo's new ThinkPad W700ds notebook hides a very cool secret: a slide-out, secondary LCD screen. Oh yes, and a built-in digitizer, quad-core processor, and other goodies. Take that, Apple!
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Print iPhone Photos Wirelessly with HP iPrint Photo
If you've been wishing for an easy way to print photos from your iPhone or iPod touch, HP's announcement Monday of HP iPrint Photo largely grants your wish.
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Psystar Accuses Apple of Lacking Copyrights
Psystar continued the holiday cheer last week with an amended filing that accused Apple of improperly handling its copyrights on OS X.
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Wal-Mart to Sell Cheaper iPhones on Sunday
Wal-Mart said it will sell a cheaper version of the iPhone on Sunday -- but honestly, this isn't as exciting as the rumors. The giant retailer will sell the iconic Apple product for just a few dollars less than what you might spend in Apple Store down the road.
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AT&T Almost Done Fixing Midwest Outage
Folks picking up their brand-new iPhones from Wal-Marts in the Midwest were unpleasantly surprised yesterday by something no cell phone user wants to see - no signal. But at least AT&T users can be comforted by knowing that their phones aren't broken.
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Another Jobs Health Rumor Lowers Apple Stock
Shares of Apple fell as much as 2 percent on Tuesday after technology website Gizmodo reported a "rumor" that Chief Executive Steve Jobs's health was declining.
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Holiday Online Spending Dips, But Big Sites Win
Online spending during the 2008 holiday shopping season declined about 3 percent from last year, though Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Apple still came out ahead, according to data released Tuesday by comScore.
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Apple's Jobs Blames Weight Loss on Hormones
Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday said that his recent weight loss was due to a recently discovered hormonal imbalance, not a reoccurence of pancreatic cancer.
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Apple's Jobs Blames Weight Loss on Hormones
Steve Jobs's Monday message to the world's weary Apple enthusiasts, and the stockholders who love them, was simple: I'm not dead.
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Best Buy to Sell Refurbished iPhones
Best Buy said on Tuesday it is selling refurbished versions of Apple's iPhone 3G at its stores that are priced about $50 less than new iPhones. The plan is to lure discount shoppers into its stores, and defuse some of the momentum from a similar plan from rival Wal-Mart.
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Hands On: SlingPlayer for the iPhone
Sling Media has announced the long-awaited iPhone version of SlingPlayer Mobile, the mobile app that lets Slingbox owners watch their cable boxes or DVRs on the go.
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Apple's Macworld Surprise Is the Software
Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller kicked off the Macworld show Tuesday with a keynote focusing on a new 17-inch Macbook Pro that looked quite good, along with new versions of iLife and iWork. But the most immediate impact to consumers may be how Apple has killed iTunes's DRM.
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How Apple Made a Non-Removable Battery Sound Awesome
When is a non-removable battery a good thing? Apparently, when Apple says it is.
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Analysis: Apple Finally Kills DRM
Effective immediately, iTunes songs will no longer have restrictions. It's about time.
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First Parental Content Monitoring App Hits iPhone
InternetSafety.com has announced Safe Eyes Mobile, what it claims as the first Internet filtering software that lets parents protect children from viewing objectionable content on a mobile device.
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iHome Improves iPhone Dock Audio
The popular speaker-dock maker's 2009 lineup includes improvements in design, functionality, and (most importantly) sound quality.
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Samsung's P3 Cribs from iPod touch, BlackBerry Storm
The update to the company's P2 portable media player has a 3-inch touch screen with "haptic feedback."
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Sony X Series Walkman Includes Touch Screen, Internet
The new portable media player from Sony will be a direct competitor to the iPod touch.
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Creative Makes Your iTunes Library Wireless
Sound Blaster for iTunes and the GigaWorks T20W eliminate cables from the music listening experience.
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Palm Launches Radical 'Pre' Smartphone With Sprint
Palm launched the most radical new phone since the iPhone on Thursday here at CES. The company's new Pre smartphone, running its new webOS, puts people at the center of the smartphone experience and uses Web standards to extend the platform. It also takes aim at Apple's iPhone.
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Palm's Hard Road Ahead
Palm shows off its new Pre smartphone, and its webOS platform is the coolest thing we've seen since the iPhone. But is this enough? Here's how Palm needs to build on the Pre to regain its status as a major player.
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Macworld Hands-On: First Spreadsheet Editing App for iPhone
Quickoffice has gone piecemeal, having decided to release an Excel and Numbers-compatible spreadsheet app for the iPhone, called MobileFiles Pro.
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Hands-On with the MSI X320 Macbook Air Look-Alike
The X320 is practically a replica of the Apple Macbook Air. But is it a cheap knockoff, or an improvement?
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How Does a Blind Man Operate an iPod Touch?
Unfortunately, it's a rather serious question. As more and more devices add touchscreens that lack any sort of audible feedback, the blind become more and more cut off from certain electronic devices, panelists at the CES show here noted.
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LG Display Signs Panel Deal with Apple
South Korea's LG Display said it had signed a deal to supply LCD panels to Apple for five years. The LCD panel maker did not disclose the total size of the deal but said in a filing to the Korea Exchange that it would receive a $500 million advance from Apple this month.
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Slacker App Now Available for iPhone
Internet radio provider Slacker has long been a favorite at the PCMag offices, so it's a bit exciting to hear that the site has finally crafted a version of the service for the iPhone. The app is live and available now through iTunes.
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Apple Opens Up iPhone to Third-Party Browsers
Good news for iPhone owners: you may no longer be beholden to Safari. Apple this week has begun approving third-party Web browsers for its handset.
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Mariner Software Buys ReceiptWallet
Mariner Software, developer and publisher of professional and personal software, has announced the acquisition of ReceiptWallet, Mac OS X software that lets you scan, store, and manage receipts and documents.
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Apple's Jobs to Step Down for Health Reasons
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs will step aside for medical reasons until the end of June, Jobs wrote in a letter to Apple employees on Wednesday.
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Apple May Face Lawsuits Over Jobs' Health
Apple probably will be sued by investors unhappy with the company's about-face on the health of its visionary chief executive, but the law is not clear on what duty the company has to disclose personal medical information, legal experts said on Wednesday.
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Five Things Apple's Tim Cook Must Do
How do you replace an icon? If you're Tim Cook, the chief operating officer of Apple, you don't. Noted business consultant Marshall Goldsmith discusses what Apple, and Cook, need to do to regain control and keep Apple on track.
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Fake Steve Jobs Not Banned From CNBC
Dan Lyons, also known as Fake Steve Jobs, was not banned from CNBC after confronting another tech reporter about his coverage of Jobs' health, Lyons tells Gearlog.
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Doctors: Steve Jobs' Cancer May Have Recurred
Pancreatic cancer experts say they are puzzled by what is ailing Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs, because it is not clear how serious his health problems are or how directly they relate to his bout with cancer.
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Apple Discounts Refurbished Products in China
Apple continued its practice of offering discounts on refurbished products, which it does in the U.S. and U.K., among a few other countries. In China, where a surging middle class still buys knockoffs, however, the move has some additional significance.
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Apple Quietly Upgrades Low-End MacBook
Just when you thought Apple had no love for those white polycarbonate $999 MacBooks, the company has bumped up the notebook's specs on the sly.
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SEC Questioning Apple Over Jobs Health Reports
Was Apple being fair and open with investors in discussing chief executive Steve Jobs' health? That's the question Apple will reportedly face from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bloomberg reported.
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Apple Blows Out Quarter with Record Profits, Revenues
Struggling economy? What struggling economy? Nearing its 25th anniversary, Apple reported the best quarterly revenue and earnings in the company's history.
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CES Woos Macworld Vendors with Apple Pavilion
Hot on the heels of Apple's post-Jobsian decision to end its Macworld keynotes after 2009, the Consumer Electronics Association today announced that it will be teaming up with iLounge for an iPod and iPhone Developers Pavilion.
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Will Apple Sue Palm Over the Pre?
Apple executives hinted Wednesday that the company might legally contest the multitouch technology found within the Palm Pre
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iPhone App Used to Treat Stuttering
Scientists at the Hollins Communications Research Institute, a stuttering research and treatment center, have completed successful trials using Apple's iPhone as a stuttering therapy tool for transferring fluency skills from a clinical setting into real-life situations.
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Vudu Launches iPhone App
Vudu, the HD Internet movie player company that recently cut its star product's price to $99, has launched a mobile app for the iPhone.
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Hands On: Wireless Cameras from Lorex
If you're not within range (even on the other side of the globe), the Lorex $300 LNE3003 Remote Surveillance Camera can stream video to your iPhone or any device with a Web browser. Why should you care? Because it works well in apartments and homes jammed with Wi-Fi.
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Key Apple Multi-Touch Patent Tech Approved
Apple's latest patent covers multi-touch functionality like pinch, rotation, and swipe, which would seem to have implications for other companies employing multi-touch technology.
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Apple iLife '09 Ships Tuesday; Beware of Pirated Copy
Apple announced Monday that iLife '09 will be available on Tuesday. In the meantime, a copy of the software with an embedded Trojan has been found on popular BitTorrent sites.
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IBM Clears Papermaster to Work at Apple
A legal dispute between Apple and IBM over a former IBM employee hired to serve as Apple's new senior vice president of devices hardware engineering has been resolved, Apple announced Tuesday.
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iPhone Drags Down AT&T Profits
AT&T reported strong growth in wireless subscribers in the fourth quarter but profit fell as the top U.S. phone company had to pay high subsidies to support Apple Inc's iPhone and more consumers disconnected their land lines.
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Study: BlackBerry Storm Costs More to Build than iPhone
The BlackBerry Storm 9530, RIM's first touchscreen smartphone and an obvious nod to the iPhone 3G, carries a combined materials and manufacturing cost of about $203, according to iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service—$30 more than what it costs Apple to build each iPhone 3G.
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WSJ: Dell to Enter Phone Market
Dell is plotting a foray into the cell phone arena as early as next month, making and selling smartphones to revitalize a business walloped by crumbling PC sales and pitting the firm against Apple, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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IE's Loss is Firefox, Safari, Chrome's Gain
Internet Explorer's market share continued to drop last month as Mozilla's Firefox, Google's Chrome, and Apple's Safari saw small gains, according to data released Monday by Net Applications.
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Toshiba Ties Touch to Windows Mobile Phone
Toshiba on Tuesday announced the TG01, a Windows Mobile-powered touchscreen smartphone the company intends to position against the iPhone 3G, Samsung Omnia, and HTC Touch HD overseas.
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Want a 240-Gbyte iPod? Here's How to Get It
RapidRepair.com announced the addition of a 240-GB iPod hard drive to its list of music player upgrades.
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Panasonic to Cut 15K Jobs; Reports $4.2B Loss
Panasonic, the world's top plasma TV maker, warned it would post an annual loss of $4.2 billion and cut about 15,000 jobs as it grapples with a stronger yen and slowing demand. Sales fell in all business segments in the third quarter, and the company said it would delay an LCD plant.
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BlackBerry Storm Can Access iTunes via New App
On Wednesday, Melodeo announced the availability of nuTsie for the BlackBerry Storm; it gives users unlimited access to their iTunes library. (The name is an anagram for iTunes, get it?)
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Garmin, Asus Team to Bring Smartphones to U.S.
Garmin and Asus, known for GPS devices and PC components respectively, announced an alliance Wednesday to produce co-branded smart phones, including the oft-delayed Nuviphone. Executives never quite said the Nuviphone would come to the U.S., but it was strongly implied.
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Nine-Year-Old Writes iPhone App
While most children his age sketch on paper with crayons, nine-year old Lim Ding Wen from Singapore, has a very different canvas -- his iPhone.
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Apple Co-Founder Wozniak Joins Storage Firm
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has agreed to become chief scientist at Fusion-io, an enterprise solid-state technology company, the company said Thursday.
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iPod Touch Turns into iPhone with Jajah VOIP App
VOIP provider Jajah has developed an application for the iPod touch that allows you to make voice calls. As long as you're in Wi-Fi range, your iPod touch is essentially an iPhone.
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Google Mobile Book Search Means Mobile eBooks
Google has released an iPhone-compatible browser for its Books service, giving iPhone owners the ability to read 1.5 million public-domain books on their handsets for free.
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Google Launches Sync for iPhone, Windows Mobile
Here's something that's been long overdue: Google has finally launched a way for iPhone and Windows Mobile smart device users to sync their Google Contacts and Google Calendar information over the air, using the iPhone's built-in apps.
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Psystar Gets OK to Pursue Apple Copyright Claims
U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup found that Psystar can change its countersuit to accuse Apple of copyright misuse instead of antitrust violations.
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PearC Starts Selling Mac Clones in Germany
First there was Power Computing. Then Psystar. Now, there's PearC, the latest company to begin selling clones of the Apple Macintosh while tip-toeing through a legal minefield.
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Back Up Your iPhone Contacts with iDrive Lite
With iDrive Lite, you can back up all of your iPhone contacts to the Web, and restore or share them all at any time. You can also re-download them and use them to make phone calls, send e-mail, and send SMS messages.
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Back Up Your iPhone Contacts with iDrive Lite
With iDrive Lite, you can back up all of your iPhone contacts to the Web, and restore or share them all at any time. You can also re-download them and use them to make phone calls, send e-mail, and send SMS messages.
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PearC Starts Selling Mac Clones in Germany
First there was Power Computing. Then Psystar. Now, there's PearC, the latest company to begin selling clones of the Apple Macintosh while tip-toeing through a legal minefield.
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Dell Will Give You Gift Cards for Your Old Gadgets
Stuck with old electronics from Apple, Dell, JVC, or whoever? Sure, you could recycle the stuff, but why not give your used gear to Dell instead?
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Dataviz Promises iPhone, Android Mobile Office Apps
Dataviz, makers of the popular DocumentsToGo mobile Microsoft Office compatible suite, are promising two bombshells at the Mobile World Congress trade show: Office-compatible applications that allow you to edit documents while on the road.
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LG Tips KM900 Arena Smartphone
LG has unveiled the KM900 Arena, an iPhone-like slab that will hopefully improve on the company's mediocre LG Incite from last year.
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Apple Releases Massive Security Fixes
Apple released several security updates Thursday to OS X, Java and Safari, fixing over 50 distinct vulnerabilities, as measured by CVE number
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Apple: 'Jailbreaking' iPhones Equals Piracy
Apple has filed comments with the U.S. Copyright Office claiming that the process constitutes copyright infringement, seeing as how it uses modified versions of Apple's software.
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DocumentsToGo For iPhone and Android
It's taken a year and a half, but there's finally a decent word processor for the iPhone. Oh, and for Google Android, too. And there's cut and paste!
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Opera: We Can Fill In iPhone, T-Mobile Gaps
Opera Software's big news here at Mobile World Congress was Opera Turbo, a new server-side Web browsing accelerator. But at a sit-down with PCMag.com, Opera CEO Jon Tetzchner talked abut Opera's missing pieces: the iPhone, Palm's WebOS, and T-Mobile USA.
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Mobile Ads Evolving, But Haven't Matured
After years of hype and hot air, advertising on mobile phones finally appears to be making some headway, boosted by the popularity of smartphones such as Apple's iPhone and the content found on them.
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Analysis: Copying the iPhone is No Way to Beat It
Copying a few pages from the playbook of Apple's iPhone strategy, which brings many of the powers of the Internet to mobile phones, is no way to beat the computer interloper at its game. But that's what some top phone manufacturers are trying to do.
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Apple, Depeche Mode Launch New 'iTunes Pass'
The 1980s Britpop band Depeche Mode has teamed with Apple to launch the first iTunes Pass, a sort of one-time subscription service to content that the band has and will create. Could this be Apple's challenge to Live Nation? or to a subscription model?
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Apple Releases Safari 4 Browser Beta
Apple on Tuesday announced the release of the latest beta version of its Safari browser for Mac and PC.
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Presented By: DXY Solutions, LLC Launches the dxServer
The dxServer is a hosted mobile solutions system for business. The dxServer is a "software as a service," subscription-based mobile solution. It supports iPhones, Windows Mobile and other handheld computers and PDAs. (PRWeb Feb 24, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb2161174.htm >> Read more Ads by Pheedo
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Hands On with Apple's Safari 4 Beta
Like every new browser released of late, the Safari 4 beta claims faster HTML and JavaScript performance, in this case powered by a new JavaScript engine called Nitro. Safari, however, claims to be the world's fastest browser. It's not, but in real-world service it's close enough not to matter.
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'I Am Rich' App Discounted for Android Store
I am Rich is arguably the best known app to get pulled from the App Store by Apple. But now it's on the Android Apps Store – at a discount!
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Apple Shareholders Sing 'Happy Birthday' to Jobs
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs remains deeply involved in company decisions despite ceding control over operations, executives told shareholders, while waving off questions about reports of a regulatory probe into disclosure.
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Contest Offers $10K for Hacking iPhone, Android
The third annual Pwn2Own competition has announced a $10,000 prize for the hacker who submits the winning e-mail, SMS, browsing exploit for the iPhone, Blackberry, or Android OS.
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Hulu Rival TV.com Adds iPhone App
CBS today bolstered its support of Hulu-competitor TV.com by launching a new app for the iPhone and iPod touch. The program, available now for download via the iTunes App Store, gives users access to full episodes, clips, and news via the devices
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Windows Market Share Rises Slightly; Mac Drops
The market share of Microsoft's Windows OS crept up every so slightly in February to 88.42 percent as Apple's Mac took a dip, according to data released by Net Applications.
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Apple Launches Updated Xtreme and Time Capsule
The day after rumors broke about an updated Apple Xtreme and Time Capsule, Apple went ahead and launched them both.
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Apple Refreshes iMac, Mac Pro, and Mac Mini Lines
So much for that March 24 event. Apple jumped the gun Tuesday, quietly refreshing its iMac, Mac Pro, and Mac mini lines.
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MacBook Pro Speeds up to 2.93GHz
MacBook aficionados, don't feel left out of today's desktop announcements. The 15-inch MacBook Pro just jumped up to 2.93GHz.
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Analysis: Apple Update is All About Control
On Tuesday, Apple updated all of its desktops at once, and gained even more control of its PC ecosystem.
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Amazon Releases Kindle iPhone App
Without fanfare, Amazon has released a free Kindle app for the iPhone in Apple's App Store.
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Konami Brings DanceDanceRevolution to the iPhone
Konami on Thursday unviled a new DanceDanceRevolution app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Nokia, Apple Battle in Online Software "Arms Race"
Nokia Oyj is betting a wider and more tailored offering of media and software for its phones will prove attractive when its Ovi online store opens in May and goes head-to-head with Apple Inc's App Store.
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U2 Dumps Apple for Rival RIM
The megawatt Irish rock band U2, which has had a relationship with Apple going back several years, surprised a few people on Monday when it announced the sponsor for its upcoming 360 Tour: Research in Motion.
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'American Idol,' Now on the iPhone
Production company FremantleMedia is launching a new mobile application for fans of its hit reality contest "American Idol."
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Google Settles Visual Voicemail Patent Dispute
Google has agreed to settle an intellectual property claim brought by serial inventor Judah Klausner, who has won settlements in the past from Apple, Skype and LG Electronics, Klausner said on Monday.
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Is an Apple Touchscreen Netbook Coming?
Wintek will be providing touch panels for Apple, according to reports. What is interesting, however, is what said panel are reported to be for: a touchscreen Apple netbook.
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Dow Jones Adds to Apple Netbook Hype
The Dow Jones news wire Tuesday morning quoted two anonymous sources confirming Apple is working on a new netbook.
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Apple's New 4-GB iPod Shuffle Talks to You
Is your second-generation iPod shuffle getting a bit too bulky? Not chatty enough? Not to worry. Apple on Wednesday unveiled a super-slim, 4GB iPod shuffle that holds up to 1,000 songs and includes a speech function that will read your song choices aloud.
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Apple Buying Touchscreens, Another Source Confirms
Apple will take third-quarter delivery of newly developed 10-inch touchscreens from Taiwan, a source said on Wednesday, amid talk the U.S. firm is developing a touchscreen PC.
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Analyst: Apple's 'Snow Leopard' Likely Delayed
When Apple's CEO Steve Jobs announced last June that Snow Leopard, the latest version of OS X, would be launching in "about a year," we all assumed that the operating system would be released at this summer's press conference. Shaw Wu, of the investment company Kaufman Bros., isn't betting on it.
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Micron Announces New Integrated Flash Memory
On the day that Apple announced a new 8-Gbyte flash player, Micron Technology said that it had begun sampling 8- and 16-Gbyte block-abstracted NAND flash.
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Dell Takes Aim at iMac with Low-Priced All-in-One
On Thursday, Dell fired a shot across Apple's bow with the introduction of the Dell Studio One 19 all-in-one desktop, priced between $699 and $900. It will initially launch in Japan, but should arrive on U.S. shores later this quarter.
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iTunes Update Fixes Minor Bugs, Adds Features
Apple released version 8.1 of iTunes on Wednesday to address, among other things, two security problems. Neither is an especially big deal. Other improvements include faster performance and some new additions, like Autofill.
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Apple to Launch iPhone OS 3.0 on March 17
Well, at least we all got a little warning this time: Apple on Thursday announced plans to preview the latest version of its iPhone software--OS 3.0--on March 17th.
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SAP, Sybase Developing for iPhone
Software makers SAP AG and Sybase Inc have teamed up to make it easier for businesses to run SAP's business management software on mobile devices including Apple Inc's iPhone.
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Sirius XM Looks to iPhone App; Auto Outlook 'Terrible'
Satellite radio provider Sirius XM Radio said on Thursday it expects 2009 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to exceed $300 million despite a "terrible" auto sales outlook.
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10 Things iPhone OS 3.0 Needs
We put our heads together and came up with 10 smart software and business moves that Apple could make part of iPhone 3.0 - even without announcing new hardware, which they're not expected to do.
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Apple Patenting Nintendo-Like Remote Control
Apple computers, meet the Wiimote. Apple is patenting a "wireless remote wand," which would give users motion sensing controls over the Apple TV, a la Nintendo's popular console.
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Facebook Launches Facebook Connect for iPhone
Facebook's new Facebook Connect for iPhone lets users connect their iPhone apps with their Facebook friends, profiles, and feeds.
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iPod Touch Lights Child's Pants on Fire
A Kentucky child received an unwelcome surprise recently when his iPod touch exploded in his pants pocket. The incident prompted his mother to file suit against Apple and the retail workers who sold her the device.
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iPod Shuffle Earbuds Announced by Scosche, V-Moda
Looks like the press weren't the only ones to have this week's Apple announcement sneak up on them. Accessory manufacturers are apparently also scrambling to catch with the company.
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Boxee Ports Media-Center App to iPhone
Boxee on Monday announced the availability of its iPhone app, after what sounds like a good deal of vetting.
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Apple Mac Retail Sales Fell 16 Percent in Feb.
U.S. retail sales of Apple's Mac computers fell 16 percent in February on a unit basis, even as low-cost netbooks helped Windows-based PCs sales rise 22 percent, research group NPD said on Monday.
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'Mystery Chip' in New iPod Shuffle Explained
A mysterious chip in the new Apple iPod Shuffle that became the subject of rumors over the weekend has been explained away as just a mundane control chip for the new audio player.
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Dell Tips Ship Date, Specs of 'Adamo' Notebook
On Tuesday, Dell finally confirmed the Adamo's ship date – March 26 – and disclosed the luxury laptop's official specifications. Dell also proclaimed the Adamo the world's thinnest, surpassing even the Apple MacBook Air.
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Apple iPhone OS Update Includes Paste, Push
Apple on Tuesday revealed a number of details about its upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS during a meeting at its Cupertino headquarters, including the long-awaited addition of cut, copy, and paste. Push, MMS, and in-application purchasing also will be added.
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Analysis: Apple's iPhone Shows How Upgrades Should Be Done
Never mind the cut and paste, the picture messaging, or all the other stuff that should have been in iPhone 1.0. The most radical thing Apple said at the iPhone 3.0 software release was: "The upgrade will be available for free, this summer, to all iPhone owners." Why can't everyone do this?
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IE8, Safari, and Firefox All Fall in Hacking Test
Day One of the CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest finished Wednesday, with fully-patched copies of IE8, Safari, and Firefox all falling to hacker "Nils".
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iPhone 3.0 OS vs. Palm Pre, Blackberry, Android, More
Apple put a whole bunch of new features in their iPhone 3.0 release, so we thought we'd round up some of the most prominent smartphone features and see how the new iPhone OS compares.
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Psystar Challenges Apple Again with Another Clone
Say what you will about Psystar, the company's got guts. Despite legal action from Apple, the clone manufacturer is soldiering on, with the release of Open(3)--the third computer model from the company to come with OS X preinstalled.
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AT&T To Sell Unlocked iPhones, But It Will Cost You
AT&T will sell iPhones next week for as much as $699, but without the requirement of a contract, according to reports.
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Apple Begins Selling HD Moves via iTunes
Apple today announced the availability of HD video downloads through the iTunes video store. Users will be able to download a number of high-definition movies for $19.99.
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Is Apple Planning a Cheap iMac for Schools?
In the March edition of an Apple newsletter, the company highlighted its new line of desktops, including the iMac, Mac mini, and Mac Pro. On that list was an $899 17-inch iMac--the first time that computer has had that screen size in about two years.
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Apple's Legal Team Going After 'Pod' People
Apple's never been shy with the lawsuits. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that the company has begun aggressively going after companies for using variants of the word "pod," which apparently didn't exist until Apple shoved it into the name of a now near-ubiquitous MP3 player.
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Zer01 Mobile Backs 'Jailbroken' iPhones, Pharos
Zer01 chief executive Ben Piilani gave us a ring to counter other reports in the blogosphere, which have claimed the new all-VOIP wireless carrier is an MVNO. This isn't true. The company's CEO also divulged some of the phones the company will be supporting.
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Is the iPhone an eBook? One Firm Says Yes, and Sues
A Swiss company has filed suit against Apple for patent infringement over the e-book capabilities of the iPhone.
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17" MacBook Pro Gets Graphics Firmware Upgrade
Good news for those of you who picked up one of those new 17-inch MacBook Pros. Apple has ironed out some of the graphical bus in its high-end laptop.
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UK iPhone Users Lead Way in Web, Email Use
Over 90 percent of Apple Inc's British iPhone users accessed mobile media in January including websites, e-mails, social networks and games, far higher than users of other mobile phones, research showed.
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Apple iTunes To Go DRM-Free April 7, Not April 1
Apple will make its music catalog available DRM-free on April 7, not April 1. How could they do this to us? Maybe they love to see us suffer.
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Apple Offering Contract-Less iPhones, Too
Customers can now pick up the iPhone handset without the hassle of a contract via the Apple store.
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Apple Reveals WWDC Date; Let the Rumors Begin!
Apple on Thursday revealed the dates of this year's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), immediately igniting the rumor mill of what announcements Apple has on tap.
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T-Mobile Improves App Store Plans
With Apple's app store running at full steam and both RIM and Microsoft primed to release theirs, T-Mobile wants subscribers to know they're building an app store for everyone, not just smartphone owners.
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Fact-checking Microsoft's Latest Anti-Apple Ads
Is there really only one Apple laptop under $1,000? 'Fraid so. But there is more to it than that.
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Skype To Launch for iPhone, BlackBerry
Skype, the Internet telephone unit of eBay, is planning to launch its service for iPhone users on Tuesday and for BlackBerry in May as part of its effort to expand beyond desktop computers.
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Yelp Takes a Page from Twitter for iPhone App
iPhone users can now post reviews in the form of 140-character "Quick Tips"—perfect for when you're in the moment and pissed off at your dry cleaner.
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Apple Contest Celebrates 1 Billion App Milestone
Apple is nearing a significant milestone: 1 billion apps that users have downloaded via its Apps Store. To celebrate, the company is hosting a contest worth over $10,000. Presented By: Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Smart. It's the new speed. Introducing the new Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series.It adapts to low workloads so you and your servers can use less energy.That’s the new IT intelligence.See why information technology is now intelligent technology. www.intel.com/business/xeon/index.htm Ads by Pheedo
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iPhone Mini with No Wi-Fi, On Sale July 11th?
Speculation is getting rampant about Apple's new phones. Here are my predictions.
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WSJ: Apple's Jobs Still Closely Tied to Company
More than three months into a medical leave from Apple, chief executive Steve Jobs remains closely involved in key aspects of running the company, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. Presented By: Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Smart. It's the new speed. Introducing the new Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series.It adapts to low workloads so you and your servers can use less energy.That’s the new IT intelligence.See why information technology is now intelligent technology. www.intel.com/business/xeon/index.htm Ads by Pheedo
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HP MediaSmart Update Adds iPhone, touch Streams
HP is adding more Apple love to its current lineup of MediaSmart Windows Home Servers, the EX485 and EX487. A new update to the home servers will enable content streaming to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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iPod Shuffle's Chips Cost Just 28 Percent of its Price
iSuppli did its thing to the new buttonless iPod Shuffle, tearing the device down and evaluating the price of its components. Presented By: Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Smart. It's the new speed. Introducing the new Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series.It adapts to low workloads so you and your servers can use less energy.That’s the new IT intelligence.See why information technology is now intelligent technology. www.intel.com/business/xeon/index.htm Ads by Pheedo
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Prince iPod (Purple) Reigns as Pricey Toy of the Year
Prince, why you wanna treat us so bad? This new purple iPod touch just wishes it could party like it was $1,999. But it's so much more expensive; really, it's enough to make doves cry.
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Apple Posts All-Time, 'Most Popular' Apps List
As part of Apple's 1 billion apps contest last week, the company also posted a link to a special iTunes page listing the twenty most popular free and paid apps, apparently by the number downloaded.
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Prince iPod (Purple) Reigns as Pricey Toy of the Year
Prince, why you wanna treat us so bad? This new purple iPod touch just wishes it could party like it was $1,999. But it's so much more expensive; really, it's enough to make doves cry.
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Apple Posts All-Time, 'Most Popular' Apps List
As part of Apple's 1 billion apps contest last week, the company also posted a link to a special iTunes page listing the twenty most popular free and paid apps, apparently by the number downloaded.
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HP MediaSmart Update Adds iPhone, touch Streams
HP is adding more Apple love to its current lineup of MediaSmart Windows Home Servers, the EX485 and EX487. A new update to the home servers will enable content streaming to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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iPod Shuffle's Chips Cost Just 28 Percent of its Price
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WSJ: Apple's Jobs Still Closely Tied to Company
More than three months into a medical leave from Apple, chief executive Steve Jobs remains closely involved in key aspects of running the company, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. Presented By: Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Smart. It's the new speed. Introducing the new Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series.It adapts to low workloads so you and your servers can use less energy.That’s the new IT intelligence.See why information technology is now intelligent technology. www.intel.com/business/xeon/index.htm Ads by Pheedo
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Obama Builds Tech Bridge to Cuba
What better way to ease relations with Cuba than iPhones, Twitter, and satellite TV? A new plan by President Obama would do just that.
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AT&T Works to Extend iPhone Exclusivity
AT&T is in talks with Apple Inc to extend its exclusive U.S. agreement to sell the iPhone from 2010 to 2011, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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MasterCard Releases 'ATM Hunter' iPhone App
MasterCard has released ATM Hunter, an iPhone app that lets owners find nearby ATMs around the world by entering in an address or airport location. iPhone 3G owners don't even have to do that.
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New Apple Patents Suggest iPhone Gestures
Apple, it seems, is looking into just about any technology that will help keep its devices' button counts to a minimum. The latest uncovered Apple technology patent proposal is an exploration of gesture-based technologies.
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iPhone App Makes Wall Street Journal Free
People who love to read free news online (and contribute to the death of newspapers) know one sad fact: The Wall Street Journal requires a subscription. Not any more.
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Apple's Customers Love Its Customer Service
Apple's customer service tops that of its major competitors, but overall satisfaction with PC manufacturers is still poor, according to a survey by Forrester Research. Presented By: Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Smart. It's the new speed. Introducing the new Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series.It adapts to low workloads so you and your servers can use less energy.That’s the new IT intelligence.See why information technology is now intelligent technology. www.intel.com/business/xeon/index.htm Ads by Pheedo
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Macs Hacked to Form Botnet
Research from Symantec Ireland indicates that Mac malware from this past January was used to build what might be the first Apple Macinstosh botnet ever, dubbed "iBotnet."
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Apple Investors Looking to the Future, Not the Past
When Apple reports its first-quarter earnings this week, some analysts believe that Apple will report slightly increased revenues, but a dip in profits. But what investors really want to hear about, analysts say, is a Steve Jobs health report and how new products are shaping up.
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iPhone OS 3.0 Has Hidden Voice Controls, Devs Say
According to reports coming in from iPhone developers, the early version of the handset's forthcoming OS has a new feature called Jibbler, which provides voice recognition capabilities for apps.
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QuickOffice for iPhone Hits Apps Store
Back in early April we reported that Quickoffice for iPhone was on the way, awaiting approval from Apple--and on Tuesday it was added to the Apps Store.
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AT&T Boosted by iPhone, U-Verse
AT&T Inc posted a smaller-than-expected drop in quarterly profit on strong subscriber growth for its video and high-speed Internet service, as well as improved margins for its wireless service.
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iPhone Boosts Apple to Strong Quarter
Apple reported a significant increase in revenue and profits versus a year ago, primarily based on iPhone sales. Presented By: Waking the Baby Mammoth: Sunday at 9p On the frozen plains of the Siberian tundra, a reindeer herder chances upon a 40,000 year old baby mammoth – the most perfectly preserved mammoth ever found. On Sunday, witness the mammoth’s unveiling to the world, as scientists reveal her incredible story. Click to meet the Baby Mammoth now >> natgeotv.com/mammoth Ads by Pheedo
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Google Brings Product Search to iPhone, Android
Not sure which HDTV is best? Wondering if that Bluetooth headset is compatible with your phone? Those with iPhones and Android-based handsets can now access Google Product Search to check prices and read reviews before buying.
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Shaken-Baby Group Calls on Apple to Apologize
The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation and its National Advisory Board called on Apple to apologize for approving, and later removing, an iPhone application that allowed users to shake an image of a baby to silence it.
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iPhone Dominates Mobile Ad Share; Android Rising
AdMob has released its March 2009 Mobile Metrics Report, which this time around focuses on Google Android smartphones.
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Apple, Sikalosoft Apologize for 'Baby Shaker' App
Apple and the maker of the "Baby Shaker" iPhone app issued an apology Thursday for creating an app that was "greatly lacking in taste."
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Apple Hits 1B App Downloads, Sells 21M iPhones
Apple has sold 21 million iPhones around the world, and the App Store just hit the one billion mark for download apps - free and paid.
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Review: Bump, the One Billionth iPhone App
The iPhone app to earn the distinction of being the one billionth app downloaded uses a bit of legerdemain to make it easy to transfer contacts between iPhones and iPod Touches. Presented By: Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Smart. It's the new speed. Introducing the new Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series.It adapts to low workloads so you and your servers can use less energy.That’s the new IT intelligence.See why information technology is now intelligent technology. www.intel.com/business/xeon/index.htm Ads by Pheedo
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Report: Verizon to Sell iPhone in 2010
Good news, iPhone lovers: if USA Today is to be believed, Verizon Wireless owners may get their iPhones as soon as June, 2010. Presented By: Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Smart. It's the new speed. Introducing the new Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series.It adapts to low workloads so you and your servers can use less energy.That’s the new IT intelligence.See why information technology is now intelligent technology. www.intel.com/business/xeon/index.htm Ads by Pheedo
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Salma Hayek's Email Gets Hacked
Salma Hayek is into designer clothes delivered to her apartment, "Japanese face massages," and iPhone apps from the iTunes store according to the screen shots posted by the hackers who busted into her mac.com account. Pick a stronger password next time, Salma.
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Developer's iPhone Flash Player Might Not Last
Developer Jonah Grant submitted an "Adobe Flash mobile" plug-in for the iPhone and iPod Touch's Safari browser on Friday, April 24. But it may violate Apple's developer agreement.
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Apple Approves 'Say on Pay' Motion
Apple said a shareholder proposal for more say over executive pay was approved at its annual meeting on February 25.
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Salma Hayek's Email Gets Hacked
Salma Hayek is into designer clothes delivered to her apartment, "Japanese face massages," and iPhone apps from the iTunes store according to the screen shots posted by the hackers who busted into her mac.com account. Pick a stronger password next time, Salma.
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Developer's iPhone Flash Player Might Not Last
Developer Jonah Grant submitted an "Adobe Flash mobile" plug-in for the iPhone and iPod Touch's Safari browser on Friday, April 24. But it may violate Apple's developer agreement.
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Report: Verizon to Sell iPhone in 2010
Good news, iPhone lovers: if USA Today is to be believed, Verizon Wireless owners may get their iPhones as soon as June, 2010. Presented By: Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Smart. It's the new speed. Introducing the new Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series.It adapts to low workloads so you and your servers can use less energy.That’s the new IT intelligence.See why information technology is now intelligent technology. www.intel.com/business/xeon/index.htm Ads by Pheedo
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Apple Hires Former AMD CTO, GameCube Designer
Apple has hired Bob Drebin, the former chief technology officer of AMD and designer of the Nintendo GameCube's graphics chip, according to an update to Drebin's LinkedIn profile.
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Amazon Acquires Stanza iPhone eBook App
Kindle manufacturer Amazon.com announced Monday that it has acquired Lexcycle, creators of the free iPhone e-book app, Stanza.
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EFF Sues Apple Over Takedown Notices
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and OdioWorks have filed suit against Apple after the company forced OdioWorks to remove a discussion thread from its BluWiki site that discussed making iPods and iPhones more interoperable.
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How to Beat Apple's App Store Guidelines
By substituting words like "toot" for "fart", a company called Alkali Media has seen fit to further test the limits of what skirts Apple's App Store guidelines.
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Apple May Bring Non-iPhone to Verizon
AT&T has an exclusive iPhone deal through at least 2010, but it may not extend to the non-iPhone "media pad" that Apple is reportedly building.
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Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference Sold Out
Apple announced Wednesday that its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is now sold out.
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Is Verizon Running Scared of the iPhone and Pre?
The carrier's whispering campaign and rumor-spreading is looking increasingly frantic.
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Apple Hires Former Xbox Exec
Apple wants the iPhone to be the next major gaming platform, a fact the company isn't making any bones about.
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Apple Rejects NIN App for Obscenity; Reznor Irked
Apple's iPhone App vetting process has come under fire once again, this time from a fairly well-known--and outspoken--critic. The process that banned an app over the word "boobs," but let pass an infant killing game has rejected Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails app submission.
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BlackBerry Sales Top the iPhone in Q1
The Apple iPhone took a backseat to the RIM BlackBerry in the first quarter of 2009, according to a study by NPD.
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Myst Arrives on the iPhone
Myst just hit the iPhone and iPhone Touch. It's a big download; at 727 Mbytes, it's roughly the size of a movie.
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Papa John's: We Don't Know What an iPhone App Is
Last week, a marketing manager for Papa John's said at a mobile conference that their iPhone app hasn't met their expectations, and that it doesn't seem to work as well as display advertising. He didn't apparently know what he was talking about.
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FTC Probing Apple, Google's Board Overlaps
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into whether the ties between the boards of Apple Inc and Google Inc violate antitrust laws, the New York Times reported on Monday.
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Are 'Adult Apps' headed for the Apple App Store?
When the iPhone 3.0 is released with built-in parental controls, Apple may no longer enforce an all-or-nothing policy for its App Store.
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'Twapple' Rumor Has Apple Buying Twitter
The latest rumor making the rounds of the blogosphere paints Apple as interested in buying Twitter, to the tune of $700 million.
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FileMaker Bento App Launched for iPhone
Longtime database maker FileMaker on Tuesday launched an iPhone and iPod touch version of its Macintosh Leopard personal database program, Bento.
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Intuit Ramps QuickBooks for Safari, iPhone
Intuit has announced Safari support for QuickBooks Online, and beefed up its QuickBooks app for the Apple iPhone.
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Apple Backtracks, OKs Nine Inch Nails iPhone App
Days after Apple rejected an app from Nine Inch Nails due to its explicit lyrics, the company has reversed course.
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Apple Closes Store to All But OS 3.0 Apps
Apple is a forward-thinking company, sometimes at the risk of those companies that support it. A day after releasing OS 3.0 beta 5, the company has stopped accepting application submissions that aren't compatible with the new software.
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Is an iPhone a Must for College? Now It Is
The University of Missouri has made an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch a requirement for its journalism courses.
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Amazon Optimizes Kindle Store for iPhone
On Monday, Amazon launched a version of its Kindle Store application specifically optimized for the iPhone.
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Microsoft Ad Pits Zune Vs. iPod Music Costs
The moral of the latest Microsoft commercials: It costs more to own than to rent. A lot more. Like 2,000 times more. According to the company, It costs roughly $30,000 to fill a 120GB iPod.
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Schiller, Not Jobs, to Keynote Apple's WWDC
Apple on Wednesday announced that it will open its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote hosted by senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, Philip Schiller.
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Gadget Growth Sucking Up Green Energy Savings
Demand for energy-thirsty gadgets such as cell phones, iPods, PCs and plasma TVs is undoing efficiency gains elsewhere, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
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Apple Releases Massive Security Fix
Apple has released Security Update 2009-002 for Mac OS X, bringing it to version 10.5.7. The update is gargantuan in scope, covering 67 vulnerabilities as measured by CVE number.
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Hands On with imeem Mobile
imeem Mobile for iPhone hit the App Store Wednesday, and we had a chance to take the app for a spin just as it was launching.
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Case-Mate Cases Protect, Charge iPhones, Bolds
If you've ever drained your cell phone's battery in a single day (something that's easy to do if you have an iPhone), you'll appreciate the new Fuel cases from Case-Mate for the iPhone and BlackBerry Bold.
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How Much Does Apple Make from the App Store?
With over one billion apps downloaded, surely Apple has been making a mint off of the iPhone App Store, right? Well, not exactly--not when you factor in the amount of free apps available and the percent that Apple actually skims off of the paid programs.
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McAfee's Next Target: the iPhone
McAfee said its business improved in May from April and, like larger rival Symantec, the security software maker is developing products for Apple's popular iPhone.
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Cheaper iPhones Could Do Away with Data Plan
Apple could offer lower-cost versions of the iPhone, and without the obligatory monthly data service plan, in hopes of significantly boosting sales, according to one influential technology analyst. Presented By: Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Smart. It's the new speed. Introducing the new Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series.It adapts to low workloads so you and your servers can use less energy.That’s the new IT intelligence.See why information technology is now intelligent technology. www.intel.com/business/xeon/index.htm Ads by Pheedo
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Shocker: Apple Earbuds Can Well, Shock You
Anyone who's donned a pair of low-quality earbuds for long enough can tell you that the things will eventually shock your head.
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Hands-On: Slacker Mobile Radio for iPhone Version 1.1
On Tuesday, Slacker released the first update to its iPhone app, which made its debut earlier this year. While it's a pretty minor update, Version 1.1 adds a couple of cool features.
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AT&T Considers Cheaper iPhone Data Plans
AT&T Inc is considering offering cheaper data service plans with limited Web surfing for advanced cellphones including Apple Inc's iPhone.
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Yahoo Unveils iPhone Voice Search
Yahoo on Thursday announced that it has upgraded its iPhone app to include voice search, which lets users conduct a oneSearch query simply by "pressing and speaking" into the handset.
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iPhone Q1 Market Share Soars
A new Gartner study reports that the iPhone's market share doubled from 5.3 percent in Q1 2008 to 10.8 percent in Q1 2009.
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As France Opens Licensing, iTunes May Enter
SACEM, a French society that collects royalties for about 128,000 artists, has agreed to drop territorial restrictions, allowing counterparts elsewhere to licence its repertoire, European antitrust regulators said on Tuesday.
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Mac Clone Maker Psystar Files for Bankruptcy
Florida-based Psystar, the company best known for manufacturing Mac clones (or, at least attempting to) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last Thursday. It's a move that no doubt has more than a little to do with Apple's unwavering legal action against the company.
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iPhone to Replace Register at Japan University
A Japanese university is giving away Apple Inc's trendy iPhone to students for free, but with a catch: the device will be used to check their attendance.
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Apple Offers Free iPod with Mac Purchase
Apple is not usually one for special discounts, but the company announced Wednesday that it will offer a free iPod to students or teachers who purchase a Mac.
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Would You Trust the iPhone to Pick Your Paint?
A new app works with the iPhone's built-in camera to match the shades in any scene with one of 1,500 Sherwin-Williams paint colors.
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Iomega Releases Mac-Oriented Portable Hard Drive
The eGo Portable Hard Drive for Mac has triple interfaces—USB 2.0, FireWire 400, and FireWire 800— that let it connect to nearly any Mac, including the MacBook Air and the unibody models that lack FireWire ports.
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Apple Releases iTunes 8.2, QuickTime 7.6.2
Apple has released versions 8.2 of iTunes and 7.6.2 of QuickTime to address a series of vulnerabilities, mostly in QuickTime.
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Opera Now the Most Popular Mobile Browser
Norway's Opera Software overtook Apple's iPhone browser in May as the most popular mobile browser in the world, Web analytics firm StatCounter said on Tuesday.
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Palm Pre's Launch a Plus for Tech Industry
It's no iPhone-killer, but the launch this weekend of Palm Inc's "Pre" could well become the brightest event this year for a gloomy industry. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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Palm Launches the Pre Smartphone
The most eagerly anticipated smartphone since the iPhone is finally here; does it live up to the hype?
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Pre Is Not Competing with the iPhone
Palm's Hail Mary pass of a product will win over current Palm customers first.
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Apple Plans North Carolina Data Center
Apple plans to invest up to $1 billion over the next nine years to build a data center in North Carolina.
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WSJ's Mossberg: New iPhone Definitely Coming
Reading Walt Mossberg's review of the Palm Pre is amusing, because Mossberg obviously has the next iPhone and can't talk about it. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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Quickoffice Makes Major Updates to iPhone Suite
We recently reviewed Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite 1.1.1 for the iPhone, and found that it's a capable first stab at a document editing program--with some serious omissions. It turns out that Quickoffice has been listening.
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Report: Apple's Jobs Ready to Return From Leave
Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs is on track to return to the company from his medical leave of absence as planned, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person who had seen Jobs in recent weeks.
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Belkin iPhone App Combines GPS, FM Transmitter
Belkin is following up on this week's TuneBase product introduction with a combination FM transmitter and GPS-assisted iPhone app.
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Fans Gather for Launch of Palm Pre
Small crowds gathered on Saturday for the official launch of Pre, the smartphone seen as Palm Inc's best chance to claw back market share from Apple Inc's iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd's Blackberry.
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Analysts Put Palm Pre Sales at Roughly 100K
The Palm Pre finally saw the light of day this weekend, and while the launch lacked the typical fanfare associated with an Apple or even a BlackBerry launch, analysts put sales figures at roughly 100,000 units. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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Apple Announces iPhone 3G S, New Macbooks
Apple kicked off its annual World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco Monday by announcing refreshes across various product lines, including the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, OS X, Safari--and most hotly anticipated, the iPhone.
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Apple Macbook Pros Steal iPhone 3G S's Thunder
Apple unveils updated and less expensive 13-inch and 15-inch Macbooks at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), and steals some of the thunder away from the hottest phone ticket not named the Palm Pre.
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Safari 4 Launches, Snow Leopard Coming in Sept.
Apple on Monday launched its next-generation browser, Safari, and gave details on the Snow Leopard OS X update. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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New iPhone is Apple's Statement of Confidence
Apple is satisfied with their place in the market, they're convinced they're ahead of the competition, and they just want to keep the ball rolling at an enthusiastic speed. Oh, and they want AT&T to know who's boss.
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What Processor is the iPhone 3G S Running?
From a chip standpoint, this is one of the key questions of the iPhone 3G S launch. And one which Apple doesn't seem too inclined to answer, at least at the moment.
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Apple Takes New Netbook Position
Apple offered a new explanation Monday for why it isn't playing in the netbook market, and potentially why it could.
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New Safari Release Patches a Ton of Holes
Apple released Safari 4.0 on Monday, fixing 51 separate vulnerabilities, some of them quite old.
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At Apple, the SD Card Format Has Won
Somewhat lost in the many WWDC announcements made Monday was an interesting point: at Apple, at least, the SD card format has won.
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Envivio Pitching Live TV Tools for iPhone
The iPhone's mobile TV options are slim; SlingPlayer for the iPhone is still your best bet. However, a new iLiveTV tool for the iPhone might expand the available options.
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Navigon Joins TomTom in GPS for iPhone
As we saw in yesterday's Apple WWDC keynote, GPS maker TomTom is going to market with turn-by-turn navigation for the iPhone. But wait: rival Navigon is stepping up, as well.
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Adobe's New Patch Tuesday Fixes Acrobat, Reader
Pursuant to Adobe's new "Patch Tuesday" schedule, Adobe on Tuesday released a security bulletin disclosing vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader and new versions of the programs for Windows and Mac OS X. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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Apple's New iPhone 3G S Pricing, Explained
The new iPhone 3G S is coming out on July 19th. Because it's a mobile phone, the pricing can be really difficult to understand. Here's the full deal.
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Apple iPhone 3G S Cases Available? Well, Duh
We just received a very amusing press release: a case vendor claims that they already have Apple iPhone 3G S cases available!
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iPhone Shaping Up as GPS Battleground
One thing is for sure – owners of an Apple iPhone 3G or the new 3Gs will have no excuse for getting lost. TomTom, Navigon, and Nav N Go all plan apps for the iPhone: good news for fans of Navigon, whose hardware GPS devices have been discontinued in the U.S.
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Jon Rubinstein to Replace Colligan as Palm CEO
Palm executive chairman and former Apple executive Jon Rubinstein will become chief executive, succeeding Ed Colligan, as the company seeks to revive its fortunes with a new smartphone and operating system.
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New 'Doom' Game Coming to iPhone
You know the old fanboy adage: Your hardware ain't nothing until it can play Doom. Well, the iPhone is getting yet another version of id Software's perennial favorite first-person shooter.
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New Apple Safari Browser Wins Fans
It may have been buried in the deluge of iPhone and Macbook announcements during the Apple WWDC keynote earlier this week, but when Apple talked Safari 4, people listened.
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Best Buy Charging More for iPhone 3G S Insurance
Afraid of dumping a couple hundred bucks into a shiny new iPhone 3G S, only to have the handset crap out you a few months later? When the eagerly awaited handset goes on sale on Friday, mega retailer Best Buy will be offering up insurance on the device for the weary among us.
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CliffsNotes Come to the iPhone
The CliffsNotes apps are starting out slowly, but the line will grow to eventually forty titles, the developers say.
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Apple Updates Address Old Java Vulnerabilities
In December 2008 Sun issued patches for numerous vulnerabilities in Java. Apple, which takes on the responsibility of updating the Java implementation it ships with OS X, has just today, 6 months later, issued the updates for Java on OSX. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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Apple's iPhone OS 3.0 Is Late; We Say: Wait
Ladies and gentlemen, start your iTunes. Just not yet. The new iPhone OS 3.0 update for all existing iPhones is scheduled to come out today, but it still hasn't arrived on iTunes as of 10 AM ET.
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Apple Takes Aim at Palm Pre's iTunes Support
Considering that the Palm Pre was designed in part by ex-Apple employees, and that its iTunes syncing function works by pretending to be an iPod, it was predictable that Apple would try to shoot it down. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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AT&T Accelerates Upgrade Eligibility for iPhone 3G S
Not too jazzed about the prospect of paying up to $500 to upgrade your iPhone 3G to an iPhone 3G S? AT&T has apparently heard your complaints and announced an accelerated upgrade schedule Wednesday for customers who want the new device. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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AT&T Defends iPhone Exclusivity Deal with Apple
AT&T argued Wednesday that the exclusive nature of its deal with Apple is exactly what made the iPhone possible. Smaller carriers like U.S. Cellular and Cellular South begged to differ.
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Apple's New iPhone OS Patches Bugs, Too
Apple released version 3.0 of the iPhone OS on Wednesday. The new features are getting all the attention, but Apple has also announced that this version addresses 46 vulnerabilities in earlier releases.
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Sirius XM Launches iPhone App
Just in time for the release of the iPhone 3.0 software, satellite radio giant Sirius XM on Thursday made official its new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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Apple Apparently Expected More iPhone 3G S Lines
The line-up at the flagship Apple Store on 59th Street in Manhattan was clearly less than Apple had planned, and Twitter reports echoed that.
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Lines Small for New iPhone 3G S
The latest iPhone hit stores on Friday with new features and faster speeds, drawing some fans but not the crowds that had swarmed Apple and AT&T stores at previous iPhone launches.
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Who Says RIM Is Afraid of an $99 iPhone?
The now-$99 iPhone 3G is a "year old product," and that doesn't bother Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie much, Balsillie said on a conference call with analysts on Thursday. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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Report: Steve Jobs Underwent Liver Transplant
Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs underwent a liver transplant operation about two months ago and is expected to return to work by the end of June, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Presented By: Review your Credits Reports Once a Year Under FCRA laws, you are allowed to request your credit reports from Equifax, Experian and TransUnion once every 12 months. It is good practice to check your credit reports and credit score every 3-6 months. Also, checking your credit reports before a a big purchase helps you spot potential dangers.Additional Resources:Proactive identity theft protection with LifelockMonitor your credit score to track improvement and spot identity theft red flags Ads by Pheedo
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As 'Sickest Patient,' Jobs Received Liver Transplant
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs did indeed have a liver transplant during his time away from the company.
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How AT&T Plans to Improve Its Network Performance
Attention, iPhone owners: AT&T is doing three major things to improve its coverage and speeds, one of which will have a huge positive effect on coverage in cities like New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Sprint Still Expects Palm Pre Shortages
Sprint Nextel expects shortages of Palm Inc's high-profile Pre smartphone for a while but has not felt any impact from the new iPhone so far, Sprint's chief financial officer said on Tuesday.
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Hospital Confirms Jobs Had Liver Transplant
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs underwent a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital and has "an excellent prognosis", the hospital that performed the operation confirmed on Tuesday.
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iPhone 3GS's Browser 15 Times Faster than Netbook's
We wondered how the device's browser performed on the most commonly used benchmark, SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark. We had a hunch that the iPhone's version of Safari would be stiff competition for today's Windows XP-based netbooks. Little did we know! Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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iPhone 3G S Teardown Reveals Not Much Profit
There's another shiny new gadget on the market, and that means it's time for another teardown from the folks at iSuppli. This time out the team tackled the new iPhone 3GS.
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AT&T Tolerates iPhone Tethering Technique
Austrian blogger Benjamin Miller has posted a tethering workaround for the iPhone that will reportedly allow you to use the device to connect to the Web either via USB or Bluetooth. An AT&T spokesman played coy.
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Apple iPhone Porn App Comes and Goes
Has Apple already abandoned its first porn app? The Hottest Girls app hit the Apple App Store Thursday morning, and then vanished.
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YouTube Uploads Soar After iPhone 3G S Ships
Mobile uploads to YouTube jumped 400 percent last Friday, the day that Apple released its iPhone 3GS, which contains a video recorder function and easy sharing features.
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Apple Sued Over '99-Cent' iTunes Gift Cards
An Illinois couple has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple for deceptive advertising and breach of contract over iTunes gift cards that advertised 99-cent music downloads despite a price hike to $1.29 on certain songs.
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Apple Confirms Removal of 'Hottest Girls' Porn App
Despite an initial statement from an iPhone porn app developer that said he had pulled the app from the store himself, Apple on Friday confirmed that it had been the one to remove the app due to a violation of its terms.
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Could Sony Make a PSP Cell Phone?
Sony is considering developing a cellphone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple Inc's highly popular iPod and iPhone, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday.
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Apple: Steve Jobs Is 'Back to Work'
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is back to work following a near six-month medical leave, the company said on Monday. Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it’s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed Ads by Pheedo
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Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.1 Beta
Apple this week released a beta version of the iPhone 3.1 software. At the moment the beta is intended only for app developers, however.
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Apple iPhones Could Shut Down in Summer Heat
Whether or not anecdotal reports of iPhones overheating are true or not, Apple has taken them seriously enough to reveal the presence of a temperature warning screen for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Here's the catch: if the temperature is above 95 degrees while using your iPhone, it could shut down.
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Why iPod Touch Owners Shouldn't Upgrade to OS 3.0
With all the hoopla about the iPhone 3GS's speed, what about its little non-cellular brother, the iPod touch? We upgraded the touch to OS 3.0, then ran a variety of real-world tests. The results were convincing.
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Skype's Push-Less iPhone App Is Semi-Useless
Skype may have just released version 1.1 of its iPhone app, but the eBay-owned company can't catch a break on cell phones.
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Firefox 3.5's Private Browsing Falls Short
We tested Firefox 3.5 Private Browsing, Internet Explorer 8 InPrivate mode, Chrome 2 Incognito, and Safari 4's Private Browsing. It's clear that Firefox's private browsing is less convenient to use than the privacy modes in the other browsers.
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Apple Reportedly Recalls iPod Nanos in Korea
Apple has apparently agreed to a recall of its first-generation Apple iPod nano MP3 players in South Korea after reported cases of the batteries exploding.
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Google's Schmidt Weighs His Position on Apple's Board
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said he will talk to Apple about how his role on its board might change after Google's move to launch a new operating system.
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Apple Dominates the $1,000+ PC Market
New figures from market researcher NPD indicate that Apple's strategy of selling premium computers is paying off
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AT&T: Exclusive iPhones Won't Be There Forever
AT&T is aware of the complaints many people have about the iPhone, but CEO Randall Stephenson told a crowd at Fortune Brainstorm Tech on Thursday that "We know we have a lot of room to go."
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Google Latitude Arrives on iPhone as Web App
Google Latitude, the "where am I? where are my friends?" geolocation service tied to Google Maps, has come to the iPhone. However, the service isn't part of Google's Maps service; instead, it's a separate Web app. Get ready for "teleporting" friends.
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Palm Strikes Back, Enables iTunes Sync Again
When the Palm Pre came out with the ability to sync with iTunes, we wondered if it was going to be the beginning of a cat and mouse game between Apple and Palm. Apparently, it is.
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Sources: Apple Tablet Is in the Works
The major music labels are planning a new digital album format that will debut with a tablet-like personal computer from Apple Inc in September, people familiar with the plans said on Monday.
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Verizon LTE Tests Planned for Seattle, Boston
Verizon Wireless executives on Monday declined to comment directly about whether it will soon offer the iPhone, but the company will kick off tests of its LTE network in Seattle and Boston later this year.
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Comic Con: iPhone Gets a Comics Store
Comic culture and news blog, comiXology has launched its own iPhone app, which lets users browse, download, and read comics on their handsets.
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Apple Blocking Google Voice App
Google Voice is hardly taking over the world of personal phone calls, but that hasn't stopped Apple from trying to curtail the service.
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Yahoo Revamps Mobile Home Page, Adds Sync
Yahoo has begun revamping its mobile home page, although Apple iPhone users will be the only ones to receive the new functionality. Good news, though: a new desktop-to-mobile sync function will be available to 400 devices in 17 countries, according to Yahoo.
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Mac Flaw Could Let Hackers Get Scrambled Data
A Mac security expert has uncovered a technique that hackers could use to take control of Apple Inc computers and steal data that is scrambled to protect it from identity thieves.
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Apple at CES 2010: Just Wishful Thinking
At a meeting with reporters this week, Jason Oxman, the CEA's senior vice president of industry affairs discusses who will and will not attend the Consumer Electronics Show 2010 in Las Vegas. Steve Jobs? Don't hold your breath.
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Apple Adds Anti-Glare Displays on MacBook Pros
Apple has quietly reintroduced matte displays on its line of 15-inch MacBook Pros, available as a $50 addition when ordering directly from Apple's Web site.
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'CMX' Music Format to Take on MP3, Apple
Are you ready for the next-generation format war? Well, ready or not, here comes CMX - and Apple's Cocktail - two different music-file formats that essentially do the same thing.
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ZTE, Safaricom Debut Solar Cell Phone
Kenya's Safaricom, in tandem with Chinese manufacturer ZTE, has launched a solar-powered cell phone made from recyclable materials.
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Microsoft Seeking Apps for Zune HD?
Microsoft is apparently approaching iPhone app developers to create games and apps for its forthcoming Zune HD.
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Andreessen Tips 'RockMelt' Browser
Microsoft's got its browser. So does Google and Apple and, of course, Mozilla and Opera. So, is there room for yet another entry into the space? Marc Andreessen seems to think so, and let's face it, the guy knows a thing or two about browsers.
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Study: iPhone Sales Have Actually Hurt Carriers
Heavy subsidies shelled out by telecom operators around the world to lure consumers to buy an Apple iPhone have done nothing to increase profits, and have even dented them in some cases, a research report showed on Monday.
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Apple Accuses Psystar of Destroying Evidence
The ongoing battle between Apple and Mac clone maker Psystar continued last week with Apple accusing the company of destroying evidence – and Psystar gearing up to depose nine of Apple's top executives.
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A Quarter of All U.S. Music Is Bought from iTunes
Buying some music today? It's likely that you'll head to iTunes. The Apple-owned music store now accounts for 25 percent of music units sold, according to Tuesday data from the NPD Group.
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Apple Sept. Announcement Rumors: No Tablet
Given Apple's track record over the past couple of years, it should come as no surprise that the company is reportedly set to hold its next major keynote next month.
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Apple Probes iPhone Explosion Reports
Apple is investigating media reports that one or more of the company's iPhones have exploded in Europe, a European Commission spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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Epson Introduces Two Home AIOs in its Artisan Line
The Epson Artisan 710 and 810 are photo-friendly all-in-ones whose features include the ability to print from an iPhone, create coloring-book pages or personalized notepaper from your photos, and print labeling onto CDs or DVDs.
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Hands On with TwitVid for BlackBerry
Sure the iPhone has 50,000-plus apps that can do virtually anything, but we BlackBerry users have App World with hundreds of apps. Now, thanks to TwitVid, we can tweet videos directly from our phones via Twitter.
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Yahoo Slams Apple, Then Takes It Back
Seems like everyone's ready to smack talk Apple these days, so when mobile product manager Sarah Bacon saw an opening, she happily took it, penning a post with the title, "And So We Wait on Apple," in which she took issue with the company's much maligned iPhone App Store vetting process.
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Apple's Snow Leopard In Apple Store, Then Vanishes
The latest version of OS X made a brief cameo in Apple's store yesterday, appearing with a 24-hour ship time, and then disappearing shortly thereafter.
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Palm CEO Turned Down Apple No-Poach Proposal
Ed Colligan, who stepped down from Palm's top position in June, has recounted some questionable business proposals on the part of Apple head Steve Jobs.
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Apple Sued for Misappropriating 'Iconic' Photo
Apple was sued by a Colorado resident who accused it of misappropriating an "iconic" photo he possesses for the company's popular iPhone.
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AT&T Completes NYC 3G Coverage Upgrade
Good news, Apple iPhone users: AT&T has upgraded its 3G network in New York City to use its large swathe of older 850-MHz spectrum, company spokesman Mark Siegel said today. A similar upgrade for San Francisco is currently in progress, he added.
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Apple Denies Rejection of Google Voice iPhone App
Apple has not rejected the Google Voice iPhone app, but it does have serious concerns about its ability to usurp existing iPhone capabilities, Apple said in a Friday filing.
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Analysis: Apple, AT&T and Google Voice
Apple has finally made it clear what they have against Google Voice-type apps. Apple doesn't want anyone messing with their stuff.
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Real Networks Planning Rhapsody iPhone App
Real Networks plans to submit a Rhapsody iPhone app to Apple this week, the company announced in a Sunday blog post.
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How Does the Apple App Process Work?
Apple, AT&T, and Google have handed in their answers to a government inquiry about the Google Voice app controversy on Friday, but AT&T and Apple also provided some interesting nuggets about their relationship and how Apple examines submitted apps.
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iPod Touch Becomes WiMAX iPhone In Korea
One of the cool WiMAX devices I saw Monday in Seoul was a router called the "Egg", which turns a WiMAX subscription into a Wi-Fi hotspot.
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Apple's Snow Leopard Gets Aug. 28 Release Date
Apple's Mac OS X Snow Leopard will be available starting Friday, the company announced Monday.
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Motorola Expected to Launch Android Phones Sept. 10
Is Motorola grabbing Apple's coattails - or hoping to overshadow them? Motorola just sent out a 'save the date' card for the official introduction of their first phone running the Google Android operating system, apparently coming at an event in San Francisco on Sept. 10.
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Think You're Good at Multitasking? You Aren't
People who text-message while listening to an iPod while reading the newspaper probably think they are good at "multi-tasking." They are wrong, according to a study published Monday.
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Apple's 'Snow Leopard' May Have Antivirus
Even as Apple continues to run ads ridiculing PCs for their virus threats, rumors are circulating that Snow Leopard, the latest version of the OS X operating system due for release this Friday, will include some sort of antivirus functionality.
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Sources: Nokia Moving to Maemo Linux OS
Nokia will try again to tackle Apple's iPhone in the top-end of the handset market with a bet on Linux software, several industry sources told Reuters.
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Google Releases Books in Portable EPUB Format
Google's massive supply of public domain books just got a bit more portable. The company today announced that it would be releasing more than one million books in the format, which is compatible with the iPhone, Android handsets, and e-readers from Sony and Plastic Logic.
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Apple Confirms Anti-Malware Added to 'Snow Leopard'
On Wednesday, it was discovered that the latest version of Apple's OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard, has clear built-in malware protection. Apple has since confirmed the addition.
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Apple's 'Snow Leopard' Ditches PalmOS Sync
I understand Snow Leopard ditching compatibility with PowerPC-era Macs, since Apple machines has been Intel-based for several years now. But this one is a little more puzzling: it appears that Snow Leopard can no longer sync with Palm-OS powered smartphones.
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Apple, Amazon Offering Snow Leopard Discounts
Apple and Amazon both are offering discounts on Apple's "Snow Leopard" release of OS X, in advance of the official launch. If you're purchased a Mac recently, you may be able to be the new OS for under $10.
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Industry Criticizes Apple's Anti-Malware Efforts
Now that Apple has confirmed that Snow Leopard includes anti-malware and that they (Apple) write the definitions, third-party vendors in the (admittedly small) Mac anti-malware industry are speaking out.
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Apple to Meet French Officials Over Shattering iPhones
A senior executive from Apple will meet France's consumer affairs minister on Friday to discuss a number of incidents in which screens on some of its popular iPhones were reported to have shattered for no obvious reason.
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Apple Approves Spotify Music App
Is Apple getting a little more...lenient with its approval process now that the FCC has begun breathing down its neck over non-competitive practices? Perhaps. That would certainly go a ways toward explaining why the company just approved a app called Spotify, which many have deemed something of a threat to the dominance of iTunes.
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Facebook 3.0 App Hits iPhone
It took a couple of weeks to wind through the Apple approval process, but the latest version of Facebook's iPhone app has finally landed on the App Store.
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Apple Bringing iPhone to China with China Unicom
Apple has succeeded in bringing the iPhone to China, striking a deal with China Unicom that was announced in a news conference on Friday.
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Apple Invitation Implies New iPods Are Due
Apple has sent invitations to several journalists inviting them to an event in San Francisco on Sept. 9, apparently confirming the rumors of new iPods.
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Snow Leopard Incompatibility List Includes Big Names
Before you pick up the latest version of OS X, you might want to have a quick look at Apple's recently posted list of incompatible software. The company has outlined a number of applications that are not compatible with Snow Leopard.
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Psystar Sues Apple Over Snow Leopard
Psystar has again filed suit against Apple, this time accusing the Cupertino-based company of anticompetitive behavior related to its newly released Snow Leopard OS.
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Nokia Unveils N97 Mini, Touts N900 Tablet
Mobile behemoth Nokia unveiled the N97 mini smartphone on Wednesday at Nokia World in Stuttgart, Germany. Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo pushed the N97 mini and other devices in an effort to counter new offerings from Apple and other mobile manufacturers.
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AT&T Will Enable iPhone MMS on Sept. 25
AT&T on Thursday confirmed that it will offer multimedia messaging service (MMS) on the iPhone starting September 25.
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Commodore 64 Emulator iPhone App Yanked
After several months of back and forth, iPhone app developer Manomio finally pushed through its awesome-looking C64 emulator accepted into Apple's App Store. And then it vanished.
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Yahoo Adds Finance, Football Apps for iPhone, RIM
In addition to a new iPhone Flickr app, Yahoo on Tuesday also unveiled iPhone and BlackBerry apps for Yahoo Finance and Fantasy Football.
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The Apple Press Conference Rumor Roundup
The atmosphere is starting to get tense at the PCMag offices. That can only mean thing: It's time for another Apple keynote. Our ground troops are flying out to the event as we speak, ready to live-blog the event tomorrow at 10 A.M. PST, 1 P.M. EST. Here's what could happen.
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Apple iPods Get Big Price Cuts Before Event
Still have doubts that Apple that Apple plans to refresh its iPod line at today's big event in San Francisco? The company all but confirmed the updates this morning when it cut the prices on a number of models across its music player lineup.
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Dell Adamo XPS Goes Thinner, Much Thinner
When the original Adamo first leaked, Dell clearly had its targets set on the Apple Macbook Air, calling it the world's thinnest laptop. Now, the Dell Adamo XPS goes even thinn
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Palm Announces 'Pixi' Phone
Palm on Wednesday announced a lower-priced smartphone in the same family as its popular Palm Pre smartphone, although the move may be overshadowed by rival product launches by Motorola and Apple.
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Apple Event Live Blog Up and Running
Apple's event is just beginning at its headquarters at Cupertino. Join Tim Gideon and Lance Ulanoff as they cover the event live, for Gearlog and PCMag.com. On tap? New iPods, we'd bet!
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Pandora App Arrives on Android Phones
BlackBerry and iPhone users have had access to Pandora's mobile app for quite some time, and now Android users can get in on the action. The Internet radio station announced Wednesday that Android users can now download the Pandora app directly from pandora.com/android or the Android Market.Pa
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Report: EMI Denies Beatles Are on iTunes
It wouldn't be a Apple event without a certain amount of disappointment, right? The non-introduction of a tablet may well lead that pack, but in the meantime it seems that we can already write off one of the other big rumors, that of the Beatles appearing on iTunes.
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Early Hands On with the New Apple iPod Nano
After Apple's presentation, out editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff managed to get some hands-on time with the new iPod nano device on the show room floor.
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Apple Turns Nano into Camcorder, Cuts iPod Prices
Move over, Flip. Apple has added video recording and an FM radio to the iPod nano, while slicing the prices of the existing models. And the iPod Classic? Why, it's still alive!
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Apple's iTunes 9 Kills Palm Pre's Sync, Again
We knew it was going to happen, but I had to try it. After upgrading my Windows Vista PC to iTunes 9, I found that iTunes no longer syncs with the Palm Pre.
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Apple Updates QuickTime, iPhone OS to Fix Holes
Apple has released iPhone OS 3.1 and iPhone OS 3.1.1 for iPod touch and QuickTime 7.6.4 to address vulnerabilities in previous versions.
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The Apple Backlash: Well, It Was Only Rock and Roll
The dust has cleared on yet another Apple event. Now seems like an appropriate time to tally up the biggest disappointments from the event.
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Apple's iPod Nano Surprise: Pausable FM Radio
By most accounts, today's Apple event wasn't exactly action-packed. The biggest surprise at the event announcing the new iPods, however, was also one of its most minor details Apple glossed over: FM radio, and the ability to pause it.
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uQuery: A Better Way to Search the Apple App Store
If you want to search the Apple App Store, you either have to use iTunes or pull out your iPod Touch or iPhone and search the store using that. uQuery is a new search engine built by developers looking for a better way to find the apps they really want and customize their results.
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Polo Rugby Launches iPhone App for Custom Shirts
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp, the fashion company behind the Polo and Club Monaco brands, said on Thursday its smaller Rugby brand is launching an iPhone application that lets users design their own shirts.
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Hands On with Apple's iPhone OS 3.1
Apple's new iPhone OS 3.1 update doesn't bring a tremendous number of new features to the platform; it's mostly needed to make the iPhone compatible with iTunes 9's new Genius Mixes and application organization features. But there are some useful elements.
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Rhapsody's iPhone App Hits iTunes
Apple has approved Real's Rhapsody app for the iPhone and iPod touch; it's available for download now via the iTunes Store.
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TechCrunch50: An iPod as a Game Controller?
After failing once, startup iMo successfully demos a technology to turn an iPhone or iPod touch into a game controller.
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Zune HD Reviewed: Can't Touch the iPod Touch
We put the Zune HD to the test to see how it stacks up against the mighty iPod touch.
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Apple Hires Intel's General Counsel
Apple tapped former Intel executive Bruce Sewell as its new general counsel and senior vice president of legal and government affairs.
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HP Boosts MediaSmart Servers with Time Machine
HP on Tuesday launched its third generation of the MediaSmart EX490 and EX495 Home Servers, with improved support for Apple's Time Machine.
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New Apple 'Jailbreaking' Tool Announced
One of the key groups responsible for "jailbreaking" the iPhone, the iPhone-Dev team, has released Pwnage Tool 3.1 to unlock the most recent version of the iPhone OS.
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MoGo Attaches Bluetooth Headset to BlackBerrys
If you tend to lose your Bluetooth headset, check out this new accessory from Newton Peripherals that I saw at the ShowStoppers press event last night.
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Analyst: Apple's 'Snow Leopard' Sales Take Off
Apple's strategy of making the "Snow Leopard" release of OS X both cheap and easy paid off, according to a leading retail analyst.
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Mutual Funds Enter iPhone App Space, Too
Vanguard Group wants to help investors watch their money while they're on the go, even as it wonders how much interest its long-term oriented customers have in minute-by-minute updates.
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RIM's Share Seen Being Battered by iPhone, Rivals
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion could see its share of the smartphone market eroded by competing devices like Apple's iPhone, analysts warned on Friday as RIM's stock plunged more than 16 percent in the wake of a disappointing profit and outlook report.
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Hands On With the iPhone's New MMS Feature
The iPhone received a heavily-requested new feature on Friday when AT&T and Apple enabled multimedia messaging, including sending picture and video messages to other phones.
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Eminem Throws Down with Apple, in Court
The latest hip-hop battle isn't happening in a studio, on stage, or on a street corner. It's going down in a court, Eminem's music publishers on one side, Apple on the other.
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Unicom Announces iPhone Launch Plans for China
China Unicom, the country's No. 2 mobile carrier, will begin to sell Apple's iPhone in China for a retail price of 5,000 yuan ($732.50), as it leans on the phone to launch its 3G service.
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Apple Breaks 2 Billion Apps Mark
Apple said Monday that over 2 billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store, and the pace "continues to accelerate," according to chief executive Steve Jobs.
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CNN Unveils iPhone App with iReport
CNN has unveiled a dedicated iPhone and iPod touch app that lets users browse articles, images, and CNN video in a deeper way than before.
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Palm Updates Pre to 1.2: No iTunes, No Paid Apps
Palm laid the groundwork for selling applications on their Pre phones with an update to WebOS on Monday, but they didn't inaugurate paid apps or fix their now-broken iTunes syncing.
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Apple Hires Newton Dev, Restarting Tablet Rumors
Let's suppose for a moment that Apple was seeking to get back into the tablet fold, where would the company start looking? The old Newton team might not be a bad start.
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Vodafone's iPhone Presence Could Spark Price War
Vodafone, the world's largest mobile operator by revenue, has finally sealed a deal to sell Apple's iPhone in Britain from 2010, it said on Tuesday -- a move that could spark a price war over the popular device.
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iLuv's PMP Gets a Ship Date, and a Price
You might have first seen it at CES this year, where it won the CES Best of Innovation 2009 award in its category. Now the iLuv i1166 9-inch portable multimedia player for iPod and DVDs is just about here.
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CoPilot Live GPS App Gets Much-Needed Upgrade
ALK has upgraded its bargain-priced $35 GPS navigation app for the iPhone. CoPilot Live North America now includes several important features that were missing before, and that had contributed to its low score in our review.
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ZipCar Releases iPhone App
Zipcar has released a free iPhone app that lets members find and reserve Zipcars around the world. The app displays available cars on a map centered on the user's current location, and takes reservations 24/7.
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Apple Offering Refurbed 1-TB Time Capsules for 50% Off
You can save big by buying refurbished, as with this deal: Get the 1TB Apple Time Capsule for half its original price.
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Hands On: Google Local Search for Mobile
With the launch of Google Local Search for Mobile, the search giant is making it easier for those with poor mobile browsers to find what they're looking for. We gave it a quick run-through with both the iPhone and Nokia's browsers, and found that Apple came up wanting.
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Schmidt: Levinson Should Stay on Apple, Google Boards
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said former Genentech chief executive Arthur Levinson should stay on the boards of both Google and Apple Inc, despite regulatory scrutiny.
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Real Expects Android Rhapsody App by Year's End
Rhapsody's iPhone app hit iTunes last month, and the company is now focusing its attention on the Android version.
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Palm Fixes Pre's iTunes Syncing, Again
The cat and mouse game between Palm and Apple continues. According to Palm's Web site, the company just released an update to their WebOS software for Palm Pre phones that "resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (9.0.1)."
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Vonage Launches VOIP App for iPhones, Blackberrys
Vonage plans to offer discounted international phone calls to iPhone and BlackBerry users, as the Internet telephony company aims to expand beyond the residential market.
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New Apple Wireless Mouse, Keyboard En Route
A new Apple wireless mouse and keyboard have been submitted to the Federal Communications Commission for approval, a sign that Apple plans to refresh its product line.
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The Hot Holiday Gift? Right Now, It's the E-Reader
Electronic readers could be the hottest gift this holiday season as a new crop of portable media devices begins to join iPods and other music players as must-have tech accessories.
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Adobe to Translate Flash Apps for iPhone
An upcoming version of Adobe's Creative Suite developer tools will let Flash developers export their projects as iPhone apps, Adobe announced at their MAX conference on Monday.
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Canadian iPhone Monopoly Ends with BCE Deal
Canadian telecommunications company BCE Inc has struck a deal with Apple Inc to bring the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS to Canada in November, BCE said on Tuesday.
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New HTC Smartphone Dwarfs iPhone's Screen
Now this is killer: HTC has unveiled the HD2, a Windows Mobile 6.5-powered smartphone that's just 0.4-inches thick.
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Eolas Sues Top Tech Firms After Beating Microsoft
Texas-based Eolas Technologies, which won a patent case against Microsoft in 2003, is suing nearly two dozen companies – including Apple, Google, and Yahoo – for infringing on that same patent, as well as another that deals with embedded applications.
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AT&T Clears iPhone VOIP Apps to Run Over 3G
AT&T on Tuesday announced that VoIP apps can now run on the iPhone using the carrier's 3G network, and not just Wi-Fi.
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Hands On: The 'Luxurious' Nokia Booklet G
The most luxurious netbook I've ever handled, the Nokia Booklet 3G, is a class act all around. It feels more like a Macbook Air than anything else.
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Ballmer: Microsoft Has No Plans for an E-Reader
Microsoft has no plans to develop a digital book reader to compete with the fast-growing popularity of Amazon's Kindle or a device that rival Apple is reportedly developing.
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Wall St. Expects Great Things of Apple's Earnings
Apple is once again expected to beat expectations when it unveils quarterly earnings next week, but it may have to truly impress to galvanize an already lofty share price.
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Apple Clears In-App Purchases
Apple has lifted the restriction that forced developers to charge for apps up-front if they wanted micro-transactions or in-app purchases, according to an e-mail Apple has mailed iPhone developers.
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Wolfram Alpha Launching $50 iPhone App
Wolfram Alpha has baffled many since its inception. Now the company is making a move that will likely confuse even more casual observers: it's launching a $50 iPhone app.
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Verizon iDroid Site Directly Attacks Apple
Verizon's new Motorola Droid site is notable for more than its coded clock counting down to October 30. It's also full of direct attacks on Apple.
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Apple Profits, Revenue Grow From 2008
Apple continued its run of outstanding earnings results, with sales of its Macintosh computers leading the way.
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Will Multiple Carriers Lower iPhone Prices? No
As Apple begins doubling up on iPhone carriers in certain markets, consumers shouldn't expect prices to fall - at least from Apple, executives said Monday afternoon.
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Apple Store Down; New Gear on the Way?
Apple has taken the Apple Store down for maintenance, usually a good sign that new Apple hardware is on the wa
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Apple's 'Air Freight' Comments Spark Tablet Rumors
When it comes to Apple, you take rumors where you can get them. When a company is so tight-lipped, inspiration comes from strange places.
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Apple Revives the Plastic MacBook
Apple has raised the plastic MacBook 13-inch from the dead – in the month of Halloween, giving it the look of the MacBook Pro. But is the price right?
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Apple's 'Magic Mouse' Swaps Buttons for Gestures
Alongside refreshes to the its Macbook and Mac Mini lines, Apple today made yet another attempt to get the whole mouse thing right with the Magic Mouse.
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Apple Revamps Mac Mini, Adds Mini Server
Apple's unexpected hardware refresh on Tuesday included an update to the Mac mini, a piece of hardware some thought Apple had forgotten about.
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Apple's Mac Line Receives Massive Makeover
On Tuesday, Apple updated virtually its entire Mac lineup, including its desktop iMacs, a new unibody MacBook, the mac mini, and a new wireless Mighty Mouse.
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Apple Unveils New Remote, Device Upgrades
In addition to revamping its MacBook line Tuesday, Apple also unveiled a new remote for the iPhone, iPod, or Mac as well as upgrades to the AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule.
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Apple Begins to Embrace Twitter
It makes sense that Apple hasn't really embraced Twitter with open arms. After all, Twitter is all about openness. Apple on the other hand, is notorious for being one of the most - if not the most - tight-lipped companies in the tech sector.
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Nvidia Pushes Graphics Rendering into the Cloud
Imagine being able to examine and interact with extremely complex images, even ray-traced graphics, using only a device like an iPhone. By abstracting the graphics processing onto a server, Nvidia and its Mental Images subsidiary hope to allow you to do just that.
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Rhapsody Reaches Download Milestone
RealNetworks on Wednesday announced that its Rhapsody iPhone app has been downloaded 500,000 times since its September 10 release.
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AT&T Lands Lots More iPhone Subscribers
AT&T reported stronger-than-expected third quarter profit as the wildly popular iPhone helped it land a record number of new wireless customers for the period, sending its shares up 3.7 percent.
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Nokia Sues Apple Over iPhone Patents
The world's top cellphone maker Nokia Oyj on Thursday charged Apple with infringing Nokia patents in its iPhone.
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New Apple 'Get a Mac' Ads Take Aim at Windows 7
Apple launches a new series of "Get a Mac" ads that take aim at Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system.
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Pepsi Yanks Sexist Amp iPhone App
Pepsi has reportedly pulled a controversial iPhone app that provided tips on how men could "score" with 24 types of women.
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Psystar's Rebel EFI Installs Snow Leopard on PCs
Psystar, which is currently embroiled in a legal battle with Apple over its Mac clones, has released Rebel EFI, a software download that will let users download Snow Leopard onto Intel-based PCs.
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Analysis: iPhone on Verizon Looks Iffy; Here's Why
Verizon Communications executives had some interesting things to say about the carrier's future service plan and phone lineup in today's earnings conference call. Most notably, they left the door open for an Apple iPhone deal. But will Apple walk through? Sascha Segan isn't so sure.
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Motorola Predicts Higher Profits from Android Phones
Motorola on Thursday forecast a higher-than-expected profit for the current quarter, when it will start selling two new Google Android phones in hopes of regaining ground lost to iPhone.
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Apple's iTunes 9.0.2 Breaks Pre's iTunes Sync
Apple has released the latest version of iTunes - 9.0.2 - which, among other "fixes," breaks the ability of Palm's webOS-powered Pre handheld to sync to the popular music service for the umpteenth time.
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How Much Do the Droid and the iPhone Really Cost?
Plenty is written about the price of handsets, but – especially in the U.S. – that price is nearly always followed by an asterisk. Here, we've broken down the plan prices for most of the recent smartphones, including the Droid.
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Hands On with Apple TV 3.0
Apple on Thursday introduced version 3.0 of its Apple TV software, an upgrade that includes a revamped user interface, as well as access to iTunes LP, iTunes extras, Genius mixes, and Internet radio.
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Lala Founder Talks Google, iPhone Apps, Music
Senior Editor Brian Heater sits down with Lala founder Bill Nguyen to discuss the state of Lala and the music industry at large.
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Maingear Revamps Logo, Strategy; Debuts Shift PC
On Monday, Maingear updated its logo and corporate strategy, going after high end, design-centric competitors like HP and Apple. Maingear also introduced a new high-performance desktop PC, the Maingear Shift.
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Apple Update Reportedly Breaks Atom Support
Apple is reportedly pulling another Palm Pre, cutting off the operating system's support for the Intel Atom processor. On the flip side, no Apple hardware runs on the Atom chip, so the decision really hurts those who create their own "Hackintoshes".
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SiriusXM Announces XM SkyDock
In an effort to get in with the hip young iPhone crowd, SiriusXM has released the XM SkyDock, has released an iPhone/iPod Touch dock that lets you listen to satellite radio in your car using your favorite player.
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New Site Logs iPhone App Store Rejections
App Rejections aggregates those apps that have been weeded out by Apple's notoriously tight grip on App Store content.
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Apple Asks Judge for Permanent Psystar Injunction
Apple on Tuesday asked a California district judge to permanently prevent Psystar from infringing on its copyrights.
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MacBooks, iPod touch Deals on Apple's Black Friday
Apple has unveiled its Black Friday sales, and the deals are similar to those the company offered last year - $101 off the iMac and MacBook Pro, as well as savings on iPods and Apple TV.
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Amazon Cyber Monday Deal: iPod Touch for 20% Off
Your long weekend is over, but there's still a lot to be thankful for. Amazon's deal of the day on Cyber Monday (at least so far) is the 2nd generation 8GB iPod touch, at 20 percent off.
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Apple's Cyber Monday Deals Focus on Accessories
Apple has revealed its Cyber Monday deals, and while they are not as comprehensive as its Black Friday discounts, the company is offering cheaper accessories for Mac, iPod, and the iPhone.
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Magellan iPhone Car Kit Costs More than a GPS
I'm not sure what's up with these expensive car kits for iPhone GPS apps, but it looks like Magellan wants in on the action.
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Porn Apps on Their Way to Android
The past couple of months have been good to Android, but the mobile OS has yet to escape the iPhone's towering shadow. What will it take to establish Google's operating system as a major player? How about porn — tons and tons of it?
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The Top 100 Free Apps For Your Phone
Get the best free apps for your iPhone, BlackBerry, Android or almost any other phone with our hand-picked list.
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Hands On with Apple's iTunes Preview
Apple has taken a tentative step in the direction of putting the contents of its music store online with iTunes Preview: a Web-based listing of music available in the iTunes Music Store. That's right: no iTunes required.
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Is Apple a Flash Chip Bully?
A rather provocative article in The Korea Times claims that Apple is using its market power to bludgeon the NAND flash market.
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Fring Adds Video Calling to iPhone – Well, Sort Of
Fring has added video calling to its iPhone and iPod touch app. The new feature lets iPhone owners call other Fring users as well as Skype users. The only issue: it works in just one direction.
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IDC: Apple Tablet Prediction Is a 'No Brainer'
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Apple Ordered to Pay Opti $21.7M for Infringement
A U.S. district court has ordered Apple to pay Opti Inc. a total of $21.7 million for infringing a cache-memory patent, Opti said Friday.
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A Month Later, Apple Updates Java to Patch Hole
For reasons not entirely clear, Apple issues Java for their own operating systems rather than Sun. As a result, when Sun comes out with updates to Java it takes Apple some time to issue them for their own systems.
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Mobile Apps Get Sexy
The next frontier for iPhone porn is social, location-based and app-oriented, according to adult producers.
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Ooma Updates VOIP with High Definition Voice
An iPhone app, Google Voice extensions, Bluetooth support, and voicemail transcription round out the updates.
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Is Dazzboard iTunes for the Nexus One?
While you're not going to get all the functionality you do with an iPhone and iTunes, Dazzboard 2.0 is a start towards managing Android phones from the desktop.
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Slacker Brings Wireless Channel Caching to its Smartphone Apps
Slacker Radio apps for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry get over-the-air caching so you can listen to your favorite stations even when you don't have a cell signal.
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Cydle Enters iPhone TV, Android Tablet Fray
Korean firm also selling netbooks, GPS and mobile TV.
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iPhone Touch Screen Bests Nexus One, Droid
Which touch-screen smartphone has the most accurate results? According to a Friday report from Moto Development Group, the iPhone handily defeats the Motorola Droid when it comes to touch-screen capabilities.
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Apple Tablet Confirmed by Orange Exec
Did France Telecom/Orange executive Stephane Richard unflinchingly confirm the existence of that long awaited Apple tablet? It certainly seems so.
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Nexus One, iPhone and Droid: Which Is Brightest?
The Google Nexus One's AMOLED screen pops right out at you with its deep blacks and rich greens. But we wanted to see how it measures up against other top smartphones.
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Kodak Sues Apple, RIM for Patent Infringement
Eastman Kodak on Thursday said that it had filed suits against both Apple and Research in Motion, alleging that both companies had violated a Kodak patent.
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Apple Halts Tablet Bounty with Legal Notice
In case you missed it, Gawker-owned tech gossip site, Valleywag, earlier this week thought it would be fun to offer $100,000 to anyone who could give them access to the Apple tablet for an hour. Apple, shockingly, was less excited about the contest.
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Apple Announces Jan. 27 Event – A Tablet Launch?
Apple has issued an invitation for a "special event" on Jan. 27, expected to be the launch of an Apple tablet.
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Apple-Nokia Courtroom Spat Just Business as Usual
Finding a winner in the legal battle between Nokia and Apple will likely take years as the two cellphone giants use the courts to pressure each other into a licensing agreement.
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10 Things I'd Do with My Apple Tablet
Apple's invitation to "Come see our latest creation" is all I need to start pondering a life with my Apple Tablet.
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iTunes Revision Would Store Your MP3s in the Cloud
MP3.com founder Michael Robertson claims that he knows what's in store for Apple's iTunes: cloud storage of all of a user's MP3 files and playlists, capable of being played back via a Web browser. Robertson's account would back up other reports that have already been published.
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Apple Owns Over 99 Percent of Mobile App Dollars
This is sort of insane when you think about it. According to new Gartner research, Apple so completely dominates the mobile app market that it's eye-watering.
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PCMag Radio: What Will Apple's Tablet Be?
Dan and Lance got invited to the Apple tablet party, and they share their guesses. Then we tell you what GPS to buy, get heated about Google in China, and talk about donating to help Haiti. Stick around for listener mail.
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Report: Microsoft's Bing Could Power the iPhone
In an unexpected turn of events, Microsoft's Bing could end up powering the Apple iPhone, if talks between Apple and Microsoft come to fruition.
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Hon Hai, LG Tipped to Be Behind Apple Tablet
Taiwanese component maker Hon Hai, Korean LCD screen maker LG Display and chipmaker Samsung are likely key suppliers for Apple's eagerly awaited tablet computer, UBS said.
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What Do You Want in an Apple Tablet? Survey Says…
3G connectivity? A (relatively) low price? Long battery life? What are the make-or-break features for you in the still-theoretical-but-we-all-know-it's-coming Apple tablet? Electronics retailer Retrevo surveyed the potential audience and came up with some interesting findings.
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The Tablet Computer Goes Beyond Apple, You Know
Just about everyone in our industry is waiting for Apple's expected announcement of a slate computer next Wednesday. But rather than speculating on what Apple will announce, it's instructive to look at what the rest of the tech world has in mind as well.
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Windows 7, Snow Leopard Help Slumping OS Sales
Overall software sales saw a bit of a slump in 2009, but sales of Windows 7 and Apple's Snow Leopard, as well as sales of business software, helped boost the industry, according to Friday data from the NPD Group.
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Apple Reports Amazing Fourth-Quarter Results
Apple continued to rake in revenue, reporting a 32 percent increase in revenue for the fourth quarter compared to a year ago, while confirming a "major" new product launch later this week.
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If Apple Ends AT&T's iPhone Exclusivity, Everyone Wins
Amid the flurry of speculation surrounding the rumored Apple tablet, it's hard to imagine the company spending much time on anything else during this coming Wednesday's press conference in San Francisco.
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Apple Won't Call Tablet a 'Tablet,' Modbook CEO Says
Will Apple announce a tablet this Wednesday? Until then, we won't know for sure. But there is one Apple tablet already on the market: the Axiotron Modbook. PCMag.com sat down with CEO Andreas Haas for his thoughts on what Apple will launch, and why. Here is the abridged interview.
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Report: Fifty Apple Tablets Detected Online
Flurry Analytics said Monday that their monitoring software has detected what the company claims are evidence of 50 Apple tablets at Apple's Cupertino campus, testing up to 200 apps that could run on the new device.
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Understanding Apple, Part 3
Talking a close look at Apple's past can help us better understand future announcements, including this Wednesday's big event.
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Analysts: Apple Can't Save Print Industry
Publishers have high hopes that Apple's highly anticipated tablet computer will attract new readers and boost revenue, but few expect that it will by itself reverse the fortunes of a beleaguered industry.
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Apple Tablet, Market Confirmed on National TV
Terry McGraw, the chief executive of McGraw-Hill, has confirmed the existence of the Apple tablet on national TV, even going so far as to reveal the operating system as well as the target market.
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Report: Half of Apple Tablet Buyers Don't Own iPhones
More research was released Tuesday that concludes (surprise!) that U.S. consumers are interested in an Apple tablet. But the new survey also gives insight about how Apple could be expanding its market.
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Apple's Tablet: 9 Big Questions
How Steve Jobs answers any of these questions could very well make or break what may be the year's most intriguing product.
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Google Voice for iPhone Released
Google unveiled a new version of its Internet phone service on Tuesday in its latest effort to bypass Apple's gatekeepers and make Google Voice a popular service on the iPhone.
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Apple: AT&T Working to Improve Service
AT&T is sorry that it has dropped the ball on its iPhone coverage, really it is. According to Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook, the carrier is insisting that it is working to improve coverage in the face of declining customer satisfaction.
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What Apple Needs to Do to Make Its Tablet a Success
As one of the top executives that oversaw Apple's original Newton PDA in Europe, Axiotron's Andreas Haas is in a unique position to comment on Apple's internal processes as well as the tablet market at large. Mark Hachman sat down with Haas last week; here is the complete interview.
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Sometimes, iPad 'Talks' Are Just 'Talks
Rumors about the Verizon iPad have surfaced once more. But If you look closely, you'll see that the report is about Apple and Verizon being "in talks" or "working on" a version of the iPad. That doesn't mean you'll ever be able to buy one.
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What a Google Tablet Might Look Like
If one company-aside from Apple--can really revolutionize the tablet space, it's probably Google. The company waited patiently for the dust to begin settling on the whole iPad thing before kind of, sort of, throwing its hat in the ring. The Chromium Projects site features a mockup of what a tablet running the Chrome OS might look like.
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Jewish Groups Protest 'Mussolini' App
Jewish groups and Holocaust survivors are protesting one of Italy's top-selling iPhone apps: It's called iMussolini.
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FCC Worries That iPad Will Clog the Internet
Will Apple's new iPad tablet create network mayhem? Two Federal Communications Commission officials have some concerns, and are likening the possible logjam to traffic issues that confronted AOL in the 1990s.
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Chrome Climbs Above 5 Percent of Users; Firefox Stalls
After passing Apple's Safari just a month ago to become third most widely used Web browser, Google's Chrome browser has now topped the 5 percent mark, according to data from Net Applications.
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The iPad's Five Flaws, and Why They Don't Matter
It's probably inevitable that after a product, any product, receives as much pre-announcement hype as has the Apple iPad, it's only a day or two later that you start reading about what the product doesn't have and why it therefore must fail.
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Apple Address iMac Flicker Problem with Update
Apple has posted a firmware update, 27-inch iMac Display Firmware Update 1.0, to address persistent flickering problems in Apple's largest iMac.
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Senator Asks Top Tech Firms for China Activities
On the heels of Google's decision to stop censoring its search results in China because of widespread security concerns, an Illinois senator on Tuesday sent letters to 30 technology companies, including Apple, Facebook, and Twitter, asking them to provide details about their activities in China.
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Apple Fixes iPhone Flaws with OS 3.1.3 Update
Apple has fixed five critical flaws in the OS software for the iPhone and iPod Touch, with the newly-released iPhone OS 3.1.3 update.
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Skype: VoIP for iPhone Over 3G Coming Soon
Dreams of free Skype calls over 3G could soon become a reality for iPhone owners, according to a company blog post Wednesday - and it turns out it's because of the Apple iPad.
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Adobe Defends Flash, Calls Apple Uncooperative
Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch this week defended Flash as superior to HTML 5 and accused Apple of being uncooperative as it relates to putting Flash on the iPhone or iPad.
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Apple Bans 'Android' from App Store Descriptions
Apple has a fairly infamous track record when it comes to the language it allows in its App Store. Words like "boobs" and "booty" are out. Now "Android" is apparently the latest in a long line of deadly words.
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Apple Far Outpaces Other Smartphone Vendors
Apple's continued strength in smartphone sales cemented its position as the third-largest vendor in the fourth quarter of 2009, an IDC report concluded.
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Apple's iPad: A Blessing and Curse for Publishing
Apple's new tablet may revolutionize the publishing industry, much to the benefit and detriment of big houses.
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TeleNav Improves AT&T's Own iPhone Map App
TeleNav has unveiled AT&T Navigator 1.5i for the iPhone. The latest revision to the popular turn-by-turn GPS app includes road speed limit signs, speed limit alerts, and improved route avoidance options that account for high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes and toll roads.
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Report: Apple Might Drop iPad Price
Might want to hold off on that iPad purchase. Analysts believe that Apple might soon drop the price of its much-hyped tablet. If sales are not to Apple's liking, the company could cut prices much as it did with the iPhone, according to Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope, who met with Apple executives.
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ZoomMediaPlus Loads Files onto iPhones, Touches
Mac peripheral maker ZoomMediaPlus is attempting to knock a hole in the Apple "walled garden" approach by turning the connector interface in the iPhone, iPod touch – and, soon the iPad – into a peripheral storage slot.
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Apple Adds Faces and Places to New Aperture 3.0
Though it's not an official participant in this week's Macworld convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Apple has issued a new release of its professional photo organizing and editing software, Aperture 3.0.
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Android, iPhone OS Gain in Fourth Quarter
Apple and Google's Android operating system slightly gained market share during the last quarter of 2009, according to a market study released Tuesday by comScore, a portion of which tracked the growth of the various mobile OS platforms.
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The iPad Can Break; the ToughBook Tablet Shouldn't
The Panasonic Toughbook H1 Field is everything that the Apple iPad isn't, and it'll cost you over $3,000.
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Opera Mini Announces Opera Mini for iPhone
Opera Software on Wednesday announced its plans for the Mobile World Congress show next week: namely, the debut of Opera Mini for the iPhone.
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Hands On with Google Buzz for Mobile
Google Buzz, a new social service that integrates with Gmail, also includes mobile functionality on Android devices and the iPhone. We decided to take it for a spin to see what the Buzz experience feels like on your phone.
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iSuppli: iPad Could Produce Profits for Apple
An estimated teardown of Apple's upcoming iPad puts the cost of materials and manufacturing for the tablet at less than $350, with the 32GB 3G version of the device expected to be most profitable for Apple.
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Apple iPad Lands April 3: Everything You Need to Know
On Friday, Apple announced a sale date for its eagerly awaited iPad tablet, April 3. Here's what you need to know while you wait.
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Apple Announces April Ship Date for iPad
Apple said Friday that U.S. customers will be able to buy the iPad on April 3, with preorders beginning on March 12. However, customers will have to wait for the 3G models, as will overseas buyers.
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Apple-Nokia Suit on Hold
The ongoing litigation between Apple and Nokia has put on hold until the International Trade Commission settles a similar dispute between the two companies.
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Jobs: iPad Won't Tether with iPhone
It should come as no small surprise for those still waiting for some kind of tethering option for their iPhones, but Apple's iPad, scheduled to launch April 3, probably won't support tethering either.
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And the Oscar Goes to... Apple?
The 82nd Academy Awards might be a day away, but Apple's already won big. But you won't see the company running down from Cupertino to grab any golden statues or deliver any long-winded acceptance speeches ("And now for one more thing...").
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Is Apple Getting Ready to Boot "Cookie-Cutter" Apps out of the App Store?
Is Apple prepping a heavy hand to combat lookalike applications on its App Store? That's the rumor being put forth by sharp-eyed blog readers who took note of a rather interesting blog post by Mobile Roadie founder Michael Schneider.
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Apple Debuts iPad Commercial During Oscars
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Valve Ports Steam, Source Games to the Mac
Valve Software, whose Steam download services has become a successful content distribution platform for the PC, will expand to the Apple Macintosh, the company said.
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Hands On: TextPlus Free iPhone Texting
There have been a few free SMS apps for the iPhone to appear that use data networks to send free SMS messages, but none of them have quite the polish of TextPlus, from Gogii.
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EFF Breaks Down Apple's App Store License
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has obtained and dissected Apple's iPhone Developer Program License Agreement--the document all developers must agree to if they want to make it into the App Store. In typical EFF fashion, the organization has highlighted some of the more "troubling" aspects of the document.
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Apple's iPad Could Kill The Mac
The rise of the iPhone OS-based iPad could be the beginning of the end for Apple's 26-year-old personal computer platform.
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Apple Now Accepting iPad Pre-Orders
Apple is now accepting pre-orders for its hotly anticipated iPad tablet.
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iPhone App Use Peaks at Night, Too
Localytics, which markets a mobile analytics package for app developers, reports on when iPhone users are most likely to download and use new apps.
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Apple Patches 16 Holes in Safari
Apple has released Safari 4.0.5 to address 16 vulnerabilities, all but one of which were newly disclosed. New versions for Windows and the Mac are available.
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Apple iPad 3G Options Include a Data Monitor
In addition to kicking off its iPad pre-sale on Friday, Apple also provided some details on how the device's 3G capabilities will work, including alerts when users are running low on their 3G data.
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Why I Pre-Ordered an Apple iPad
Learn why one PCMag editor shelled out over $600 this morning for Apple's upcoming tablet and some extras, despite being underwhelmed by the announcement.
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Hands On: Amazon Kindle for the Mac
Finally, Kindle for the Mac is here. Across the board, Mac OS X versions of e-reader software seem to be an afterthought for sellers of e-books. Unfortunately, this seems to be more of the same.
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Apple Applies for 'iGroups' Mobile Social Patent
Apple has applied for a patent on a social networking technology called iGroups, which would establish a ad-hoc, mobile social networking group.
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Euro Carriers Wary of iPad, Apple
European telecom operators can't afford to miss out on selling Apple's new iPad but after their experience with the iPhone, they are warier of Apple's clout and want to protect networks and profits from the new gizmo's risks.
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Apple Director Jerry York Dies
Jerry York, a long-time adviser to billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian and executive whose career spanned the auto and technology industries, has died, Apple said on Thursday.
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Amazon Releases Kindle for Mac App
Amazon on Thursday announced the release of its Kindle e-book reader app for the Apple OS X.
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HTC 'Disagrees' With Apple Suit, Vows Fight
Two weeks after Apple filed suit against HTC for patent infringement, HTC said Thursday that it disagrees with Apple and intends to "fully defend itself."
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HTC to Respond to Apple Suit Soon
Cellphone developer HTC said it is confident it can fight off a recent technology patent infringement lawsuit from iPhone maker Apple and promised to issue a formal response in the next few weeks.