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- PC Magazine' Segan: Apple's iPad could kill the Mac (67)
- Apple close to replacing Google with Microsoft's Bing as iPhone's default search? (61)
- TheStreet's Moritz: Four dubious 'reasons' to sell your Apple stock and bank your gains (61)
- The Motley Fool's Bylund: 'HP and friends will kill Apple's iPad' (55)
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February 2010
Microsoft’s Windows is far less secure than Apple’s Mac OS X -
January 2010
Why I’ll be buying an Apple iPad - along with millions of others -
October 2009
Is Psystar’s real mission to publicize that running Apple’s Mac OS X on generic PCs is possible?
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iLounge
- iPad pre-orders: tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. PT, 8:30 a.m. ET
- Tweetie 2 update adds Foursquare integration
- Ngmoco launches GodFinger on Canadian App Store
- Namco Networks releases Pool Pro Online 3
- Macally rolls out slew of iPad accessories
iPodNN
- MacNN - FrogPad's CEO!
- MacNN - Jacob Appelbaum and RAM attacks
- MacNN - penryn and iPhone at Abilene
- iPhone biz model and o2 Eire
Yahoo! Finance AAPL
- [$$] Hearst Jumps Into the Apps Business (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
- [$$] Pink Floyd Wins Suit Over Downloads (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
- UPDATE - National Semi profit, outlook beat forecasts (at Reuters)
- Mad Mail: Goldman Screams Sell, But Buys Anyway? (at CNBC)
- E-Readers: Key Features to Consider (at AllThingsD)
iTunes Top 10 Songs
- 1. Break Your Heart (feat. Ludacris) - Taio Cruz
- 2. Rude Boy - Rihanna
- 3. Nothin' On You (feat. Bruno Mars) - B.o.B
- 4. Hey, Soul Sister - Train
- 5. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
- 6. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
- 7. Baby (feat. Ludacris) - Justin Bieber
- 8. Carry Out (feat. Justin Timberlake) - Timbaland
- 9. Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3) - Ke$ha
- 10. In My Head - Jason Derülo
iTunes Top 10 Albums
- 1. Plastic Beach (Deluxe Version) - Gorillaz
- 2. Battle of the Sexes (Deluxe Edition) - Ludacris
- 3. Broken Bells - Broken Bells
- 4. Valleys of Neptune - Jimi Hendrix
- 5. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
- 6. Get Off On the Pain (Deluxe Edition) - Gary Allan
- 7. Almost Alice (Music Inspired By the Motion Picture) - Various Artists
- 8. Passion: Awakening (Deluxe Edition) - Passion
- 9. Plastic Beach - Gorillaz
- 10. Battle of the Sexes - Ludacris
Apple Support
- Boot Camp: 2727 error or restart pending message when upgrading Boot Camp 2.2 to 3.0
- Keyboard shortcuts for Shut down, restart, and sleep
- Mac OS X Server v10.6: Kerberos KDC location specified in krb5.conf is not respected
- Apple security updates
- About the security content of Safari 4.0.5
- Mac OS X v10.6: Active Directory binding lost on network transition (.local domain)
- iPhone and iPod touch: Disabling digital camera notification in Windows XP
- iLife: Troubleshooting Basics
- MainStage 2.1: Release notes
- iPod Hi-Fi: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
iPod Hacks
Always - Free ground shipping with orders over $50 at the Apple Store.
The Motley Fool’s Bylund: ‘HP and friends will kill Apple’s iPad’
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 03:59 PM ESTI think I've mentioned this once or twice before, but it bears repeating until it sinks in: the Apple iPad is not unique... [Full Story]
Barnes & Noble preps eReader app for Apple iPad
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 02:14 PM ESTBarnes & Noble has confirmed that they will soon be adding... [Full Story]
RUMOR: Apple’s iPhone 4.0 software to deliver multitasking support for third-party apps
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 12:12 PM ESTApple has developed a 'full-on solution' to multitasking on the iPhone OS... [Full Story]
Pink Floyd wins court battle to stop EMI from selling individual songs online
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:32 AM ESTPink Floyd have won a High Court battle to stop their record label EMI selling individual songs online... [Full Story]
Who fatally wounded Microsoft? Bill Gates
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 10:49 AM ESTWhy has Microsoft found itself in third place, behind Apple and now Google... [Full Story]
PC Magazine’ Segan: Apple’s iPad could kill the Mac
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 10:27 AM ESTThe Mac's greatest enemy may not be Microsoft Windows... [Full Story]
Carlos Slim displaces Bill Gates as world’s richest man
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 09:42 AM ESTMexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth... [Full Story]
Apple and traditional media: One hand will wash the other
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 09:09 AM ESTNo less than 63% of mobile web consumption is performed on Apple’s iPhone... [Full Story]
Behind the scenes of tomorrow’s Apple iPad launch
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 08:44 AM ESTIn the run-up to the April 3 launch of Apple's iPad tablet computer, all appears calm, but... [Full Story]
Apple’s Mac dominates Consumer Reports desktop and notebook support rankings
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 08:31 PM ESTConsumer Reports today gave Apple a major lead in its rankings for both desktop and notebook technical support... [Full Story]
Palm Inc. circles the bowl (The Death of Hubris in Sunnyvale, CA)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 05:31 PM ESTLast year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market... [Full Story]
Serious gaming returns to Apple’s Macintosh platform
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 04:51 PM ESTSome serious PC gaming is about to come to Macs, with Valve announcing that its Steam platform... [Full Story]
Apple shares hit new all-time intraday, closing highs
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 04:22 PM ESTShares of Apple Inc. today rose $1.82, or 0.82%, on volume of 20,428,109 shares... [Full Story]
RUMOR: Apple to release Mac Pro ‘hexacore’ Xeon Core i7-980x on Tuesday, March 16
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 03:48 PM ESTApple is set to revamp its high-end Mac Pro line, adding a ‘hexacore’ Core i7-980x model... [Full Story]
Autodesk Maya 2011 goes 64-bit on Apple’s Mac OS X
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 02:52 PM ESTAutodesk has announced Autodesk Maya 2011 software... [Full Story]
AT&T: We’re working hard to make iPhone tethering available ASAP
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 02:32 PM ESTAT&T has failed to deliver the tethering to iPhone users as promised within a reasonable amount of time... [Full Story]
Analyst: Apple iPhone could overtake RIM’s BlackBerry in market share by next year
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 02:05 PM ESTApple and Research in Motion, with their well-known iPhone and BlackBerry mobile phones... [Full Story]
ARM expects over 50 new iPad competitors to launch this year
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 01:53 PM ESTThe launch of Apple's iPad will pave the way for a slew of rival products this year... [Full Story]
Game developers consider jump to Mac after Valve’s Steam comes to Mac OS X
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 01:47 PM ESTThe announcement that the Steam gaming service and Valve's line of games... [Full Story]
How Apple’s iPad changes everything
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 12:46 PM ESTWill Apple’s tablet usher in a new era of computing, or simply dominate it? [Full Story]
How Epic fit the Unreal Engine into Apple’s iPhone
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 11:07 AM ESTEpic showed off a working version of UE3 running on an iPhone 3GS... [Full Story]
Chinese tablet maker threatens, then rips off Apple with iPad knockoff
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 10:28 AM ESTThe publicity whores at China's Shenzhen Great Loong Brother tablet-PC maker are at it again... [Full Story]
Google working on Android-powered set-top box with Dish Network
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 10:00 AM ESTGoogle Inc. is testing a new television-programming search service with Dish Network Corp... [Full Story]
Xerox PARC pioneer turned Microsoft researcher Charles Thacker wins Turing Award
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 09:35 AM ESTMr. Thacker, 67, was a member of the storied crew who shaped the future of computing... [Full Story]
Apple’s iPad + Hollywood
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 08:55 AM ESTYes, Steve-o really was at the Academy Awards ceremony, looking dapper in a classic black tux... [Full Story]
Windows malware found on HTC Android phone; Macintosh and iPhone unaffected
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 09:09 PM ESTAn employee at Spanish antivirus firm Panda Security received a new Android-based HTC Magic... [Full Story]
TheStreet’s Moritz: Four dubious ‘reasons’ to sell your Apple stock and bank your gains
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 04:54 PM ESTApple purveyor of hip, the gadget maker with the golden touch... [Full Story]
Apple shares hit new all-time intraday, closing highs
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 04:17 PM ESTShares of Apple Inc. today rose $3.94, or 1.80%, on heavier than average volume of 32,647,77 shares to set a new all-time... [Full Story]
German publisher tweaks Apple over ‘no nipple policy’
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 03:53 PM ESTThe International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) is considering making a complaint to Apple... [Full Story]
Analyst: Apple on track to build 5 million iPads in first half of 2010
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 03:20 PM ESTApple is on track to build 5 million iPads in the first half of 2010... [Full Story]
Enterprise Desktop Alliance: Apple Macs cost a lot less than Windows PCs to manage
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 01:32 PM ESTMacs in the enterprise aren't just cheaper to manage than Windows PCs, they're a lot cheaper to manage... [Full Story]
U.S. Freedom of Information Act exposes iPhone dev agreement
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 01:07 PM ESTThe Electonic Frontier Foundation recently used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain a copy of Apple's iPhone OS developer agreement... [Full Story]
HP and Microsoft offer vapor as Apple launches iPad
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 12:06 PM ESTHP said Tuesday it's readying a Windows 7-powered slate PC that it claims will offer a more complete... [Full Story]
OWC debuts Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini; industry’s first 2.5” 1TB quad interface portable drive
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 11:39 AM ESTOWC announced today its Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini, the first 2.5" 1TB "Quad Interface" bus powered portable storage solution... [Full Story]
Hoover’s launches ‘Hoover’s Near Here’ app on Apple’s App Store
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 11:31 AM ESTHoover’s, Inc. today announced its Hoover’s Near Here App is available on the App Store... [Full Story]
Music labels forced anemic-selling ‘iTunes LP’ concept on Apple in exchange for DRM-free tracks
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 10:02 AM ESTWhen it was first unveiled, Apple’s new iTunes LP format promised to give consumers a new reason to buy albums... [Full Story]
FileMaker releases FileMaker Pro 11
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 09:25 AM ESTFileMaker, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 11... [Full Story]
Analyst: Apple’s tough talk and HTC lawsuit have shaken handset makers’ faith in Google’s Android
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 09:08 AM ESTOppenheimer's Yair Reiner issued a behind-the-scenes report Tuesday that sheds a lot of light... [Full Story]
Half-Life studio Valve announces full support of Apple Mac OS X for Steam; game catalog this April
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 08:41 AM ESTApple's OS X operating system for Macs has largely been regarded by game designers as... [Full Story]
Ezy Tablet PC unveils clunky iPad wannabe
Monday, March 08, 2010 - 05:07 PM ESTThe Ezy Tablet PC takes at least some design cues from the iPad and, like some recent clones... [Full Story]
O2’s iPhone website details iPhone video calls
Monday, March 08, 2010 - 04:46 PM ESTO2 has made a small tweak to its iPhone tariffs over the weekend, updating them to include a cost for 'video calls' [Full Story]
Apple shares hit new all-time intraday, closing highs
Monday, March 08, 2010 - 04:27 PM ESTShares of Apple Inc. today rose $0.13, or 0.06%, on lighter than average volume of 15,134,495 shares to set a new all-time... [Full Story]
Goldman Sachs chops 2010 unit sales estimate for Google’s rebadged HTC ‘Nexus One’ from 3.5m to 1m
Monday, March 08, 2010 - 04:01 PM ESTWe previously estimated that Google might sell 3.5 mn Nexus One units in 2010. Uh, make that 1 million. [Full Story]
iPad parts support idea of camera either being last-minute announcement or design pull
Monday, March 08, 2010 - 03:43 PM ESTToday we received photos of what are supposed to be the final revision iPad midframe... [Full Story]
IDC: Apple’s iPad could find success; won’t include iPad in tablet PC market share numbers
Monday, March 08, 2010 - 02:42 PM ESTMany of the trends that influenced the worldwide PC market in 2009 will continue, but their impact will change as Apple's revolutionary iPad... [Full Story]
