Archives: October 2008
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Better than expected GDP Report drives U.S. stock futures gains; Apple up in pre-market trading
“U.S. stock-index futures advanced after the government said the economy contracted less than forecast…
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comScore: Lower-income consumers shed multiple devices and services for one: Apple iPhone
comScore, Inc. has published the results of a study that explores the demographics of iPhone owners and reveals…
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Chicago Tribune critic doesn’t get Apple’s ‘Get a Mac’ campaign, why people choose Macs, and more
“I’m a PC,” Steve Johnson proudly and ignorantly proclaims for The Chicago Tribune…
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Beleaguered Motorola to slash more jobs, focus on Google Android to cut costs
Motorola Inc.’s new cellphone chief is moving quickly to scale back the struggling division…
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Seven must-have iPhone/iPod touch offline apps
If you have an iPod touch, then you know the benefit of finding apps that work offline…
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Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard to offer iPhone-like text-handling technology
Modern text-handling technologies made popular on Apple’s iPhone should turn up on the Mac next year…
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Microsoft takes on Apple’s MobileMe, reveals Live Mesh for Mac
Microsoft is gearing up to take on Apple’s MobileMe with a Mac version of its Live Mesh file syncing service…
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InfoWorld: Windows 7 is really just lipstick on the Vista pig
My initial evaluation of Windows 7 shows that it’s really just Vista with a fresh coat of paint…
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Apple’s FY09 gross margin expectations too low?
Apple’s FY09 gross margin should well-exceed management’s guidance of 30%….
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AT&T’s free Wi-Fi access now available for Apple iPhone across U.S., including Starbucks
Free AT&T Wi-Fi access is now available for Apple iPhone at thousands of hotspots nationwide, including Starbucks…
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The case for Apple to execute a large stock buyback
Apple is sitting on a huge cash reserve — $24.5 billion as of September and growing at the rate of $8 to $10 billion a year…
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Microsoft previews Mojave, er, Windows 7; unceremoniously dumps ‘Vista’ name
Microsoft introduced what it said would be a slimmer and more responsive version of its Windows operating system…
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Bernstein analyst Sacconaghi says Apple would boost earnings with 2009 share buyback
Apple Inc., the maker of Macintosh computers and the iPhone, rose to the highest in two weeks in New York…
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‘Mac cloner’ Psystar releases ‘OS X-compatible PC’ with Blu-ray, Nvidia 9800GT before Apple
Psystar Corporation, the self-described “leading manufacturer of OS X-compatible PCs,” is now shipping PCs…
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BBC blows it: Calls Rob Enderle ‘independent’ during Windows 7 demo failure
Rob Enderle is President and Principal Analyst of the “Enderle Group,” a group of two which consists of Rob and his wife Mary…
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Fortune’s Top 20 Most Admired Companies 2008: Apple Inc. #1
To create the top 20, Fortune and its survey partners at Hay Group asked the experts…
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iPhone 2.2 beta 2 features direct podcast downloads, Google Street View
Apple has given developers a taste of the new iPhone firmware, version 2.2 beta 2, and it includes…
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Recent legal ruling on design patents favors companies like Apple
According to Kelly Burris, an attorney with Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S…
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Measuring Apple’s ‘Get a Mac’ viral video response to Microsoft’s ‘I’m a PC’ campaign
Microsoft has directly responded to Apple’s wildly successful ‘Get a Mac’ ads with the $300 million ‘I’m a PC’ campaign…
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Apple’s 2008 earnings with full recognition for sales of iPhone and Apple TV
Now that Apple has reported its earnings for the full 2008 fiscal year, I think it’s important for investors…
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Apple to debut new Mac Pro in January at Macworld Expo?
Since I’m pretty sure that we’ll see an iMac and Mac mini update on Tuesday, Nov. 10…
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Apple, other personal computer and hardware stocks surge in late trading
The largest PC and hardware stocks saw their shares surge in late trading Tuesday…
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Apple iPhones are not a must-have for U.S. Congress – yet
Jordan Golson of the Industry Standard has debunked a report last week by TheHill.com…
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Microsoft’s Windows monopoly beginning to erode
The Windows monopoly that has carried Microsoft since its inception is beginning to erode,
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Software-based iPhone 3G unlocking gets closer to reality
An unlocked iPhone 3G is a little closer to becoming reality, according to the iPhone Dev Team…
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