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- PC World's Gruman: iPad pre-orders are for idiots only (77)
- Pink Floyd wins court battle to stop EMI from selling individual songs online (73)
- PC Magazine' Segan: Apple's iPad could kill the Mac (68)
- The Motley Fool's Bylund: 'HP and friends will kill Apple's iPad' (65)
- Richard Belzer claims he did not choke Apple Store employee; just a joke (62)
Opinion Archive
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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?
Current Headlines
Latest Joy of Tech
MacNN
- Sources call Apple vs. Google battle "incendiary"
- iPads with dead batteries replaced outright for $99
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- Estimate has Apple selling 120,000 iPads in first day
- Review: Avaak's Vue Personal Video Network
- FCC to call for 10-year broadband plan, 100Mbps access
- AT&T to use HSPA+ in some areas soon
- Tim Cook nets $22m in bonuses for covering Jobs
- Briefly: WindowFlow Beta released, DRO's new iPhone case
- iPad arrives at FCC in 3G, Wi-Fi versions
AppleInsider
- NYT: Steve Jobs feels Google betrayed Apple by mimicking iPhone
- Apple to replace iPads in need of new battery for $99
- Former P.A. Semi chief leaves Apple for chip startup - report
- Roughly 10% of Microsoft employees said to be iPhone owners
- Apple COO Tim Cook awarded $22 million bonus
Macworld UK
- Apple's patent power play, iPad challenge to publishers
- Humans continue to be 'weak link' in data security
- Apple's temporary chief gets bonus that could be worth $22M
- HP facing '£400m' BSkyB court case outlay
- Virgin Media to trial fiber broadband over telegraph poles
- Gameloft unveils new iPhone games at trade show
- Smartphones spread slowly in China, despite 3G and Apple's iPhone
- Daily Mail faces court over Facebook sleaze error
- Apple reveals US iPad accessory pricing
- Freescale touts cheap Linux tablet
TUAW
- Boo Hoo! SimplifyMedia dropping products and changing direction
- GDC 2010: Civilization V probably Mac-bound (eventually)
- Rumor: iPad in-store reservations may be over 40,000
- iPhone backups a bit slow? Dump those images
- Checking in from Samana Bay, Dominican Republic, aboard the M/S Regatta
MacRumors
- Apple's iPad Battery Replacement Program Forgoes New Battery, Replaces iPad
- Tim Cook Receives Bonus of $5 Million and Stock for Performance During Jobs' Absence
- iPad Submitted to Federal Communications Commission for Approval
- Apple Already Running Low on iPad Supplies for Launch Day In-Store Pickup Reservations?
- Apple Estimated to Have Taken 50,000 iPad Orders in First Two Hours
Yahoo! Finance AAPL
- Weekend Update 03.13.10- North By NorthWest Edition (at AllThingsD)
- Unofficial iPad Day 1 order count is 120,000 (at bizjournals.com)
- Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Monday (at MarketWatch)
- Day 1 estimate: 120,000 iPads sold (at Fortune)
- [video] Next Wave of Hot Video Games [3.3 min] (at MarketWatch)
iTunes Top 10 Albums
- 1. Break Your Heart (feat. Ludacris) - Taio Cruz
- 2. Nothin' On You (feat. Bruno Mars) - B.o.B
- 3. Hey, Soul Sister - Train
- 4. Rude Boy - Rihanna
- 5. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
- 6. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
- 7. Baby (feat. Ludacris) - Justin Bieber
- 8. Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3) - Ke$ha
- 9. Carry Out (feat. Justin Timberlake) - Timbaland
- 10. In My Head - Jason Derülo
Mac OS X Downloads
Sun, Mar 14, 2010 - 08:10 AM EST — AAPL: 226.60 (+1.10, +0.49%) | NASDAQ: 2367.66 (-0.80, -0.03%)
AT&T to deploy HSPA+ in certain locations on the way to LTE
Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 02:36 PM ESTWhen you look at LTE, our deployment is designed to fall back to HSPA. The beauty of our deployment is that it will come at the right time... [Read More]
PC World’s Gruman: iPad pre-orders are for idiots only
Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 01:12 PM ESTFriday morning, the fool's parade started. Apple is taking online 'pre-orders' for its iPad tablet... [Read More]
120,000 iPads pre-ordered on first day?
Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 12:39 PM ESTEstimates of the number of iPads Apple will have manufactured by April range from... [Read More]
Steve Jobs wins approval to apply for permit to demolish his ‘dump’ of a house - again
Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 12:05 PM ESTA judge has approved computer magnate Steve Jobs' long-delayed plan to tear down his mansion in Woodside... [Read More]
Computerworld: Apple’s iPad is computing’s next leap forward
Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 11:54 AM ESTIf we look at the history of computers, it's easy to chart their evolution: as time passes... [Read More]
Analyst: Apple’s actual revenue to blow past guidance this quarter
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 11:23 PM ESTMajestic Research analyst Tony Berkman believes Q2 revenues will be at least ten percent higher... [Read More]
Microsoft employees hide their Apple iPhones from managers
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 10:04 PM ESTMicrosoft Corp. employees are passionate users of the latest tech toys... [Read More]
CNBC’s Goldman: Why Motorola might want to buy Palm
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 08:21 PM ESTPalm's a mess. Motorola is desperately trying to recapture relevance... [Read More]
Apple shares hit new all-time intraday, closing highs
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 07:58 PM ESTShares of Apple Inc. ran off the perfect week, rising today to set a new all-time closing high for the sixth straight day... [Read More]
Apple gives COO Tim Cook $22 million cash-and-stock bonus for filling in for Steve Jobs
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 07:36 PM ESTApple Inc. awarded Chief Operating Officer Timothy Cook a cash-and-stock bonus worth $22 million... [Read More]
Kaspersky: Apple is blocking third-party iPhone ‘security’ software
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 07:09 PM ESTEugene Kaspersky has claimed Apple is blocking attempts to bring third-party security software... [Read More]
Apple.com adds iPad to menu; separates iPod and iTunes, buries Downloads
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 04:33 PM ESTApple.com has reorganized a bit with the arrival of iPad... [Read More]
Apple reveals new IPad details: 3G use, iBooks, AVI support, and more
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 04:08 PM ESTiPad users who choose to sign up for the metered 250MB plan will be provided... [Read More]
Hearst jumps into the iPhone apps business
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 03:43 PM ESTHearst, best known as a publisher of magazines and newspapers, is jumping into the business of developing... [Read More]
25,000 Apple iPad pre-orders per hour?
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 02:00 PM ESTJudging from the order numbers, pre-sales are coming in at the rate of 25,000 per hour... [Read More]
NBC’s The Marriage Ref uses Apple iPad for ‘fact checking’ (with image)
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 01:39 PM ESTIn the latest episode of NBC's new TV show "The Marriage Ref" hosted by... [Read More]
Apple surges past Wal-Mart to become 3rd most valuable U.S. company
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 12:28 PM ESTWal-Mart has dropped to fourth most valuable U.S. company as they were passed by new #3 Apple Inc... [Read More]
Apple currently selling 20,000 iPads per hour?
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 12:15 PM ESTBased on order ID numbers, Andrew Erlichson, CEO of photo sharing website Phanfare... [Read More]
RUMOR: Apple hit with ‘overwhelming’ iPad orders; Apr. 3 in-store pickup in jeopardy for new orders
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 12:03 PM ESTMultiple sources are reporting to us about telephone conversations they've had with Apple reps... [Read More]
Apple waits in wings as cable’s ‘TV Everywhere’ stamps out free
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 11:51 AM ESTOnce upon a time, not so long ago, a bunch of small companies in Silicon Valley thought... [Read More]
Apple’s future won’t be brought to you by the letter ‘i’
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 10:45 AM ESTA trademarks tribunal has knocked back Apple's bid to stop a small company from trademarking... [Read More]
Apple patent app reveals new high-end Multi-Touch technology
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 10:19 AM ESTYesterday the USPTO published yet another round of new highly sophisticated multi-touch panel patents... [Read More]
Microsoft loses appeal in Word patent infringement case; ordered to pay $240 million in damages
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 10:07 AM ESTMicrosoft has lost an appeal against a court judgement that told it to pay $240 milllion... [Read More]
Apple updates Safari ahead of CanSecWest browser hacking contest
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 09:29 AM ESTTwo weeks before a browser hacking contest is to kick off in Vancouver, British Columbia, Apple yesterday... [Read More]
Apple begins taking iPad pre-orders
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 09:08 AM ESTAs promised, Apple today began taking pre-orders for their revolutionary iPad... [Read More]
Apple releases Safari 4.0.5 for Mac and Windows
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:59 PM ESTApple today released Safari 4.0.5 which is recommended for all Safari users... [Read More]
Apple: iPad pre-orders start Friday, March 12 at 8:30am EST
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 09:55 PM ESTApple iPad will pre-orders begin in the U.S. on Friday, March 12 at 5:30am PST / 8:30am EST... [Read More]
Apple would gain competitive advantage over Amazon by sharing customer info with publishers
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 05:21 PM ESTDon't expect Apple to get between The New York Times and its customers when a digital version... [Read More]
The Motley Fool’s Beyers: Apple’s iPad might be a winner for digital newspapers
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 05:05 PM ESTReaders of online newspapers spent just 70 seconds per day doing so... [Read More]
Apple shares hit new all-time intraday, closing highs
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 04:58 PM ESTShares of Apple Inc. today rose $0.66, or 0.29%, on lighter than average volume of 14,433,361 shares to set a new all-time high... [Read More]
Richard Belzer claims he did not choke Apple Store employee; just a joke
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 04:14 PM ESTRichard Belzer from 'Law and Order' claims he never choked the Apple employee who called 911... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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? [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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... [Read More]

