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- Adobe CTO promises Flash 10.1 Mac performance will be almost a good as Windows Flash (73)
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- Mossberg discusses Apple's 'wicked fast' iPad on the Charlie Rose Show (62)
- Microsoft’s dysfunctional corporate culture doesn't bode well for the company's future (59)
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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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MacNN
- Google to hold special event Tuesday
- Apple survey gauges developers' satisfaction with App Store
- Netflix may offer 1080p streaming, 5.1 surround [U]
- AT&T Navigator 1.5i brings night mode, speed limit alerts
- Google drops Nexus One early cancel fee to $150
- Corsair adds Nova and Reactor SSD series
- Briefly: LG phone syncing, free iPhone development tool
- Wisair outs Wireless USB display dock for MacBooks
- iPhone 3.1.3 causing battery, playlist problems?
- Holiday sees iPhone steal some BlackBerry market share
AppleInsider
- iPhone OS 3.1.3 sees 14% adoption in 6 days, new hack released
- Amazon rethinking Kindle in the wake of Apple iPad
- Purported 4th gen Apple iPhone parts show largely unchanged design
- Execs say Apple could lower iPad price if market demands it - report
- Consumers lose interest in iPad after Apple's unveiling - survey
Macworld UK
- Getty launches subscription stock image service, Thinkstock
- RouteBuddy intros RouteBuddy Atlas 1.3 for iPhone, iPod touch
- AppFund seeks Apple iPad developers, offers funding up to $500,000
- Glu intros 1000: Find 'Em All! for iPhone
- CubeMe Google Chrome plug-in shows how Adobe Flash will look on iPad
- QuarkXPress 8 BOGOF offer extended until 28 February
- Sharp, Samsung settle all outstanding LCD patent cases
- Nokia targeted in US class action suit, announces job cuts
- Adobe shows future Photoshop masking technology
- Mozilla ends Firefox support for Mac OS Tiger
TUAW
- The tweet that made Steve Jobs furious
- Rumor: MacBook Pro refresh imminent, SKUs dropped from Best Buy systems
- Game developers on iPhone outnumber DS and PSP two-to-one
- Plants vs. Zombies coming to iPhone on February 15th
- Loopt teams with Mobile Spinach for check-in discounts, Booyah talks about MyTown
MacRumors
- Apple Job Posting Suggests Video Recording Coming to Future iPad Models
- Current MacBook Pro Models Deleted From Best Buy's Inventory System? Updates Imminent?
- Claimed Fourth-Generation iPhone Parts Surface Revealing Taller Form Factor
- Apple Open to iPad Price Cuts if Demand Lags?
- Austrian Wireless Carrier Preparing to Offer Subsidized iPad
Yahoo! Finance AAPL
- [video] Google Voice anywhere (at CNNMoney.com)
- UPDATE - China's CIC gives breakdown of U.S. equity stakes (at Reuters)
- Turning the Tables: Carol Bartz Grills BoomTown in the Yahoo Cafeteria (Over Easy With a Side of Disclosure) (at AllThingsD)
- 20 Inspiring Women To Follow On Twitter (at Forbes.com)
- Which CEO Should Go On 'Undercover Boss'? (at TheStreet.com)
iTunes Top 10 Albums
- 1. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
- 2. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
- 3. TiK ToK - Ke$ha
- 4. Hey, Soul Sister - Train
- 5. BedRock - Young Money & Lloyd
- 6. In My Head - Jason Derulo
- 7. Carry Out (feat. Justin Timberlake) - Timbaland
- 8. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa
- 9. Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3) - Ke$ha
- 10. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Mac OS X Downloads
Mon, Feb 08, 2010 - 10:18 PM EST — AAPL: 194.12 (-1.34, -0.69%) | NASDAQ: 2126.05 (-15.07, -0.7%)
Do not be afraid: Apple’s iPad will soon be with us for good
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 05:20 PM ESTThe iPad offers a new way to look at computing, and I think this scares a lot of people... [Read More]
AT&T releases NBC Olympics app for Apple iPhone and iPod touch
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 04:32 PM ESTExperience the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games on your Apple iPhone or iPod touch with the NBC Olympics app... [Read More]
MPEG LA will continue not to charge royalties for H.264 Internet Broadcast AVC Video
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 04:24 PM ESTMPEG LA recently announced that its AVC Patent Portfolio License will continue not to charge royalties... [Read More]
Report: Apple’s PA Semi team didn’t create iPad’s A4 chip
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 04:12 PM ESTApple broke with the consumer electronics industry’s accepted wisdom... [Read More]
Apple iPhone owners get TV over 3G with updated SlingPlayer Mobile app
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 03:56 PM ESTAT&T said it would allow iPhone users to watch their own TVs over the 3G network using the SlingPlayer Mobile app... [Read More]
Apple’s iPad may revolutionize publishing by eliminating the middleman
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 03:03 PM ESTThe publishing industry was drooling over the Apple iPad long before the product was actually announced... [Read More]
Four reasons why Apple’s iPad is a guaranteed success
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 02:26 PM ESTHere are four reasons why the Apple iPad can't miss... [Read More]
Apple intends to stay ‘nimble’ on iPad pricing
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 01:48 PM ESTApple management noted that it will remain nimble... [Read More]
zoomIt brings SD card read/write to Apple iPhone, iPod touch
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 01:36 PM ESTZoomMediaPlus has announced its new zoomIt application-enabled accessory for the iPhone and iPod touch... [Read More]
Apple will reject apps using GPS for location-aware ads
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 01:26 PM ESTApple has notified App Store developers that they will be prohibited from using location-based information... [Read More]
Apple’s rejection of Adobe Flash could signal Flash’s death knell
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 12:51 PM ESTImagine the Web without Flash... [Read More]
Experts: iPads could encourage bad posture, introduce musculoskeletal issues
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 12:31 PM EST"Apple's new iPad device is so sleek and seemingly simple to use that one could easily imagine... [Read More]
Retrevo survey shows likely iPad buyers tripled after Jobs’ unveiling [UPDATED]
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 11:53 AM ESTA follow-up study from Retrevo, an online electronics marketplace, looks at Retrevo users' interest in buying... [Read More]
Why Apple’s iPad supports VGA video output
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 11:15 AM ESTLike the existing iPhone and iPod touch, the iPad can output video via the same composite or component video cables... [Read More]
Windows on the Mac: Parallels Desktop 5 vs. VMware Fusion 3 vs. Sun’s VirtualBox 3.1
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 09:33 AM ESTThe latest versions of the Mac virtualization products from Parallels, VMware, and Sun offer significant improvements.. [Read More]
Apple’s new world order: Pre-release, iPad has already begun to change digital publishing landscape
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 08:59 AM ESTApple's "iPad has already started to change the landscape of digital publishing... [Read More]
Why and how Apple killed the $9.99 e-book
Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 04:03 PM ESTThe iBooks app is a great new way to read and buy books.1 Download the free app from the App Store and buy everything from classics to best sellers from the built-in iBookstore [Read More]
Mossberg discusses Apple’s ‘wicked fast’ iPad on the Charlie Rose Show
Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 09:09 AM ESTThursday’s Charlie Rose show featured a discussion with Walt Mossberg... [Read More]
Apple’s business power may help it win European ‘iPad’ trademark
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 05:52 PM ESTApple's power in business may help it win the right to use the iPad name in Europe... [Read More]
Doubt cast on survival of music label EMI
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 05:43 PM ESTEMI’s auditors have raised 'significant doubt' about its ability to continue as a going concern.. [Read More]
Adobe CTO promises Flash 10.1 Mac performance will be almost a good as Windows Flash
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 04:40 PM ESTAdobe's chief technical officer, Kevin Lynch claims that Flash 10.1... [Read More]
Federal court rules beleaguered Dell must defend suit alleging defective notebooks
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 03:57 PM ESTA federal appeals court reinstated on Friday a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Dell... [Read More]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows off iPad to TIME Magazine execs
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 02:51 PM ESTThe tech blogs were abuzz this week with sightings of Steve Jobs in Manhattan... [Read More]
Mozilla overlooked malware-laced Firefox for WIndows add-ons; Macintosh unaffected
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 02:16 PM ESTTwo Firefox add-ons available for months on Mozilla's website infected users with malware that stole passwords... [Read More]
Google’s rebadged HTC ‘Nexus One’ sales slow; Just 80,000 units sold in first month
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 01:18 PM ESTGoogle Inc. sold just 80,000 of its rebadged HTC 'Nexus One' mobile phones in its first month on the market... [Read More]
Apple to developer: Remove ‘Android’ from your app description
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 12:42 PM ESTAccording to one developer, Apple has requested that the name of Google's mobile operating system... [Read More]
FCC concerned about Apple iPad causing 3G network congestion
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 12:11 PM EST>Apple’s iPad announcement has set off a new round of reports of networks overburdened by a data flow... [Read More]
Sling: We didn’t change anything in SlingPlayer Mobile for AT&T to allow 3G streaming to iPhone
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 11:34 AM ESTAT&T made headlines Thursday by announcing that it had decided to allow SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone... [Read More]
Jilion releases SublimeVideo HTML5 video player, no browser plugin required
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 11:00 AM ESTJilion has released SublimeVideo, an HTML5 video player that works in Safari, that offers HTML5 video goodness, no browser plugin, no Flash dependencies... [Read More]
Microsoft finally gets around to patching 17-year-old Windows bug
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 10:38 AM ESTA 17-year-old bug in Windows will be patched by Microsoft in its latest security update... [Read More]
Hachette joins Apple’s anti-Amazon book club
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 10:16 AM ESTHere’s another publisher publicly throwing its weight behind Apple–and against Amazon–in the e-book pricing war... [Read More]
BusinessWeek’s Hesseldahl: What if Apple’s iPad fails?
Friday, February 05, 2010 - 09:41 AM ESTWith the introduction of the iPad, Apple's status as a cultural icon reached new heights.... [Read More]
Apple ‘A4’ chip spells trouble for Intel’s mobile push
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 11:35 PM ESTWhen Apple Inc unveiled its iPad last month, one crucial detail almost got drowned out in the hoopla... [Read More]
AT&T okays SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone app use over 3G network
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 05:24 PM ESTAT&T today announced that its 3G mobile broadband network will support Sling Media, Inc.'s SlingPlayer Mobile app... [Read More]
Steve Jobs in secret New York meeting with top New York Times execs
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 04:40 PM ESTWhen Apple recently booked the cellar dining room at Pranna for a talk with 50 top executives... [Read More]
Google said to be working with US National Security Agency to help it ward off cyberattacks
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 04:21 PM ESTThe world's largest Internet search company and the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization... [Read More]
Apple TV 3.0 vs Mac mini vs game consoles
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 04:09 PM ESTThe Apple TV is beautiful. It’s a small square box, a little over an inch thick... [Read More]
O2 sells 2 million Apple iPhones in UK
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 03:39 PM ESTMatthew Key, the chief executive of Telefonica Europe, and Ronan Dunne, chief executive of O2 UK... [Read More]
SolidWorks coming to Mac OS X?
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 02:40 PM ESTSolidWorks version 6.0, a competitor of ArchiCAD, will soon be available on Mac OS X... [Read More]
Sydney Morning Herald’s Barker: ‘Apple again dictates the future with iPad’
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 01:33 PM ESTSome critics missed the core point about Apple's iPad, just as some underestimated the iPhone and the potential of the iTunes App Store... [Read More]
Did Apple get iPad’s price right or wrong?
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 12:51 PM ESTWhat does Apple's iPad mean for AAPL investors? [Read More]
Myths of Apple’s iPad
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 12:36 PM ESTMyths: It’s just a big iPod touch... iPad needs Adobe Flash... It’s just a Tablet PC or Kindle... [Read More]
Apple takes on Intel
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 12:19 PM ESTBesides Apple's stock prices and Steve Jobs' reputation for visionary entrepreneurship... [Read More]
Obama’s White House staff armed with Apple MacBooks (with photo)
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 11:37 AM ESTWhite House staff and others use Apple MacBooks to monitor Barack Obama's live interview... [Read More]
Apple patent applications detail ‘intelligent bezel’ and ‘sense line controls’
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 10:06 AM ESTOn Tuesday, a very insightful granted patent of Apple's came to light describing... [Read More]
Microsoft’s dysfunctional corporate culture doesn’t bode well for the company’s future
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 09:49 AM ESTThere are very few instances where having the most market share equals the best-in-class product... [Read More]
Apple brings iTunes Preview to iPhone and iPod touch; users can browse apps in browser
Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 08:40 AM ESTThis morning, Apple activated the iTunes Preview feature for iPhone and iPod touch apps... [Read More]
Apple iPhone vulnerable to forged VeriSign signature certificates
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 11:56 PM ESTThe way that the iPhone handles digital certificates... [Read More]
Mark Cuban: ‘Apple’s iPad going to be huge hit; Will change how kids grow up’
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 05:03 PM ESTI can’t wait to get my hands on the iPad. It’s going to be a huge hit... [Read More]
Needham analyst Wolf: Apple will sell 2 million iPads in fiscal 2010, 6 million in 2011
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 04:01 PM ESTIf analyst predictions are any indication of what the iPad will see in actual sales... [Read More]
Fox News: AT&T outbid Verizon for Apple iPad
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 02:07 PM ESTAT&T was able to outbid every other GSM carrier with a $14.99 or $29.99 plan that gives customers 250MB or unlimited data, respectively... [Read More]
Rasmussen Reports: Plurality of U.S. adults think Apple is more innovative than Microsoft
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 01:45 PM ESTApple Inc. sent the business world buzzing yet again last week with its release of its new tablet computer, the iPad... [Read More]
Apple iPad: A developer’s review
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 12:56 PM ESTLast week Apple announced their iPad family of devices which are scheduled for launch in late March... [Read More]
Microsoft’s Windows is far less secure than Apple’s Mac OS X
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 12:48 PM ESTThere are still quite a few drooling idiots who are incapable, or unwilling (it's a hit-whoring prerequisite, after all), of seeing the vast gulf between Windows and Mac OS X security... [Read More]
