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Month: November 2009
Stewart Alsop: Motorola’s Droid sucks
The Motorola Droid is truly terrible, in part because it has such promise…
Apple App Store rejects ‘Droid’ app promoting Verizon’s latest pretend iPhone
Apple has rejected an app advertising the Motorola Droid, according to reports…
Big changes in store for Apple’s iPhone Maps app?
Apple wants to take Maps to the next level, rethink how users use Maps and change the way people…
Nokia Chief Strategist: Apple will remain a niche player in smartphones, just like in computers
Mobile phone world unit sales leader Nokia recognizes errors in execution…
So-called CrunchPad tablet project goes kaput
Our plan was to debut the CrunchPad on stage at the Real-Time Crunchup event on November 20…
Analyst: Apple sees ‘brisk’ Black Friday Mac, iPhone, iPod sales
Despite Apple offering modest discounts for Black Friday, huge Mac sales for the year’s biggest shopping day…
Apple gains ‘TabletMac’ trademark
A couple of years ago, a company called Axiotron announced an aftermarket modification for the MacBook…
Analyst: Apple iPhone may be bound for T-Mobile next, not Verizon
Apple’s path to U.S. smartphone dominance may be through Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile and not Verizon…
The Washington Post: Apple Mac’s core advantages over Microsoft Windows persist
Across the universe of gadget gifts, few things can inspire more angst and buyer’s remorse than home computers…
Apple moves to kill second Psystar lawsuit
Apple has asked a Florida federal judge to kill a lawsuit filed in August by Psystar, saying that the case…
Visitors to Apple.com up 39% on Black Friday 2009 vs. 2008
comScore today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 27 days…
The Korea Times: Apple ‘bullying’ NAND flash memory makers
There are growing complaints in the semiconductor industry that Apple, the ‘smart’ phone maker…
iPhone ‘3,1’ moniker found in use; PA Semi on the way?
Today we learned that new iPhones were found using apps with tracking software…
Apple iPhone lands with a bang in Korea as pre-orders approach 65,000
Koreans greeted the launch of the iPhone Saturday in the style to which Apple has become accustomed…
RUMOR: Apple Mac Pro to get 6-Core Xeon ‘Gulftown’ CPU in early 2010
The Polish website PCLab released (by accident?), before quickly removing it…
MacMall offers Black Friday Sale special deals on new Apple Macs and iPods ($884.98 13-in. MacBook)
MacMall is offering the following Black Friday Sale special deals on new Macs and iPods…
Carphone Warehouse ups earnings view, confident on Christmas; sees strong iPhone demand
Carphone Warehouse, Europe’s biggest mobile phone retailer, raised its full-year earnings forecast…
Apple’s revolutionary iPhone shakes up Korea
The iPhone’s arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers…
Apple Mac mini tops energy efficiency charts for personal computers
Apple’s Mac mini tops sust-it’s energy efficiency charts for computers…
Apple posts Black Friday deals, save on Macs, iPods, and more for one day only
Apple has posted their Apple Store Black Friday deals. These prices are good for one-day only (today) and…
CNET reviews Apple’s new iMac 27-inch Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz: Editors’ Choice
With this most recent update to the iMac, Apple brings the design of its all-in-ones in line with that of its…
Failure to launch: Would-be ‘Mac cloner’ Psystar sold just 768 PCs with Apple’s Mac OS X installed
The Mac clone maker now fighting for its life in federal court pitched an extremely aggressive business plan…
iPhone owners more likely to pay for digital content
Owners of Apple’s iPhone are more likely than any other consumer to pay for digital content across…
NPD: 48% of the money spent at U.S. retail on desktop PCs was spent on Apple Macs
In October, Mac US retail desktop computer revenue share was 47.71, percent up from 33.44 percent a year earlier…
Apple sues to stop power adapter knock offs
Apple on Monday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Media Solutions Holdings…
ShowMeCables begins offering Mini DisplayPort adaptors
ShowMeCables, a St. Louis-based online wholesaler of voice, audio, and data solutions, has announced…
Apple’s Jonathan Ive talks design
OBJECTIFIED, by filmmaker Gary Hustwit, is the second installment in his trilogy on design (his first was Helvetica)…
Apple’s iPod took 17 quarters to reach 30 million units; iPhone did it in just 10
It took the iPod 17 quarters to reach 30 million units. The iPhone did it in 10…
Apple’s idiot App Store reviewer strikes again (with video)
A reviewer at the iTunes app store recently rejected a simple application Joel Comm had submitted…
HandBrake 0.9.4 released
HandBrake 0.9.4 has been unleashed…
iPhone translation app speaks 3 languages with your mouth, just hold it in front… oh, just watch
Somewhere on the App Store spectrum, between the travel phrasebooks and those apps…
MacDailyNews’ idea worked like a charm: Microsoft pays for free Saks shop window ads – for Apple
Yesterday, while covering the announcement that Saks and Microsoft has teamed up on Windows 7-powered holiday windows displays, we immediately had an idea…
Apple seeks to grind illegal Mac cloner Psystar into fine silicon dust
This week, Apple Inc. called for a permanent injunction against Psystar’s operations…
Tesco to sell Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS in UK
Tesco Mobile, through its joint venture partnership with O2, has announced that it will shortly introduce iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS…
Microsoft CFO Liddell jumps ship
Microsoft today announced that Chris Liddell will be leaving the company…
Apple releases Final Cut Server 1.5.1
Apple today released Final Cut Server 1.5.1 which addresses…
Apple releases iPhoto 8.1.1
Apple today released iPhoto 8.1.1 which addresses…
Palm phones face serious backup failures; users’ contacts and calendars wiped out
Owners of Palm’s newer phones have encountered a flaw in its online backup system that has wiped out contacts and calendars…
Saks and Microsoft team up on Windows 7-powered holiday windows displays, in-store PC lounges
In New York City, it wouldn’t be the holidays without the annual department store window displays…
Apple and Live Nation launch new iTunes Store live music program
Live Nation has joined with Apple’s iTunes Store, the world’s #1 music retailer, to launch a new live music program…
Computerworld reviews Apple 21.5-inch iMac: ‘Packs a punch for the price and, wow, what a screen!’
Last month, Apple updated its iMac all-in-one desktop computers…