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- New Google employee says he hates Apple's iPhone, wants to kill it (106)
- PC World's Gruman: iPad pre-orders are for idiots only (89)
- Apple vs. Google: World War III (80)
- 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)
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?
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MacNN
- Google sells just 135,000 Nexus Ones in 2.5 months
- WD intros 1TB My Passport SE for Mac
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II update now live, adds 24p video
- iPad keyboard dock, power adapter pushed to May
- Intel launches six-core Xeon 5600
- Aliceís Tea Cup Madness and Edenís Quest debut for Mac
- onOne launches Free Editions of PhotoTools, PhotoFrame
- MyThoughts 1.1 adds new file exporting, printing options
- Novell shows way to port Xbox 360 games to iPhone, Android
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AppleInsider
- 39% of BlackBerry owners say they'd switch to an iPhone
- High prices make Apple reluctant to strike longterm NAND flash deals
- Apple-Google battle heats up with key hires on both sides
- February Mac sales up 43%, Apple on track for 2.9M in quarter
- Apple's Steve Jobs gets OK to raze dilapidated mansion
Macworld UK
- Apple sees over 120,000 iPad pre-orders on first day
- Twitter tool to help put tweets on your website
- TalkTalk switch staff from PCs to Apple laptops
- One-letter '.co.uk' domain names on the way
- Mac sales jump nearly 40 per cent
- Can the iPad make it as an e-textbook reader for students?
- Happy 25th Birthday 'Dot Com': A Look Back
- New Aperture update fixes video issues
- The cost of managing Macs vs. PCs: CIO readers weigh in
- The Cost of Managing Macs vs. PCs: Readers Weigh In
TUAW
- GDC 2010: Interview with Faraway's Steph Thirion
- 5 apps for tracking a package
- Aperture SlideShow Support Update 1.1 released
- Downloads aren't gone from Apple.com, just less visible
- CoPilot live is updated and continues 30 day free trial offer
MacRumors
- Initial Sales of Original iPhone, Droid, and Nexus One Compared
- 10% of Microsoft Employees Using iPhones
- Apple Hires Expert in Wearable Computing
- iPad Opening Weekend Pre-Orders Pegged at Roughly 150,000 Units
- Apple's Rivalry With Google Gets Personal
Yahoo! Finance AAPL
- Google: Nexus One Not Exactly Jumping Off The Shelves (at Barrons.com)
- Google's Nexus One sales seen as slow (at bizjournals.com)
- Tech stocks take tentative steps forward (at MarketWatch)
- Apple Hires Wearable Computing Engineer (at The New York Times)
- Hard Drive Market Growth Prospects Good (at TheStreet.com)
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. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
- 6. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
- 7. Baby (feat. Ludacris) - Justin Bieber
- 8. Carry Out (feat. Justin Timberlake) - Timbaland
- 9. Telephone - Lady GaGa & Beyoncé
- 10. Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3) - Ke$ha
Mac OS X Downloads
Tue, Mar 16, 2010 - 10:31 AM EDT — AAPL: 223.24 (-0.60, -0.27%) | NASDAQ: 2365.88 (+3.67, +0.16%)
Google forced to delay UK launch of Nexus phone as Apple’s iPad, next-gen iPhone loom
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 10:29 AM EDTGoogle's attempt to break into the mobile phone market has hit serious problems... [Read More]
SanDisk IT veep says Apple’s iPhone means business: ‘The single most powerful device that I use’
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 10:12 AM EDTNearly every consumer relies on SanDisk, the leader in flash memory... [Read More]
Six delusions of Google’s arrogant leaders
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 09:46 AM EDTGoogle's CEO went to Abu Dhabi last week and preached... [Read More]
Google’s big Android problem: Hodgepodge of OS versions litter market on non-upgradeable phones
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 09:29 AM EDTI didn’t know that I had an older operating system until I compared it... [Read More]
Apple hires ‘Senior Prototype Engineer’ to work in secret lab on wearable computing technology
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 08:44 AM EDTThis is a significant hire for Apple and one that shows the company is looking far ahead into the future... [Read More]
40% of Blackberry users willing to trade in their devices for Apple iPhones
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 07:01 PM EDTNearly 40% of Blackberry users continue to prefer Apple's iPhone as their next smartphone purchase... [Read More]
Microsoft general counsel: Apple’s patent infringement lawsuit against HTC ‘a positive development’
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 06:00 PM EDTBrad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel and senior vice president... [Read More]
10 best iPhone apps for iPad
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 05:38 PM EDTiPad apps are understandably in their infancy, but with the Apple iPad SDK already in developers' hands... [Read More]
U.S. Mac sales outpacing Street expectations; up 39% in January and February
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 04:07 PM EDTIn a report to clients issued Monday afternoon, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster... [Read More]
Nokia accuses Apple of ‘legal alchemy’
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 03:42 PM EDTNokia last week asked a federal judge to toss out Apple's antitrust claims, saying the iPhone maker... [Read More]
FCC to send U.S. broadband plan to Congress; 100Mbps for homes, 1Gbps schools, hospitals, military
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 03:36 PM EDTTomorrow, the Federal Communications Commission will deliver to Congress a National Broadband Plan... [Read More]
CNBC’s Goldman: ‘Steve Jobs simply hates Eric Schmidt’ (with video)
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 02:00 PM EDTCNBC's Jim Goldman and Andy Hargreaves, Pacific Crest Securities analyst, discuss Apple vs. Google... [Read More]
Apple’s iPad as a business tool
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 01:21 PM EDTThe Apple iPad has been available for pre-order for more than 24 hours now... [Read More]
iPhone OS app starts surge 185% since Apple’s Steve Jobs unveiled iPad
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:55 AM EDTEach month, Flurry leverages its data set collected from iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and J2ME applications... [Read More]
New Google employee says he hates Apple’s iPhone, wants to kill it
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:45 AM EDTTim Bray, co-inventor of XML, has joined Google as 'Developer Advocate,' with... [Read More]
Prominent Google product manager RJ Pittman leaves to join to Apple
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:26 AM EDTThe battle between Google and Apple continues... [Read More]
The iPad developer’s challenge
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:20 AM EDTDevelopers who attempt to make iPad apps or re-create iPhone apps for it... [Read More]
New turbo-powered Apple Mac Pro models coming Tuesday?
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 09:27 AM EDTApple's Mac Pro may receive a processor overhaul of colossal proportions extremely soon... [Read More]
Apple iPad pre-orders settle down after launch day frenzy
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 08:55 AM EDTAccording to Daniel Tello, the Venezuelan blogger-analyst who has been tracking order numbers... [Read More]
When battery goes, Apple will replace your iPad for US$99
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 08:45 AM EDTIf your iPad requires service due to the battery’s diminished ability to hold an electrical charge... [Read More]
Thailand’s TAC nearly doubles Apple iPhone sales target after successful launch
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 08:39 AM EDTTotal Access Communication, Thailand's second-largest mobile phone operator, has nearly doubled its sales... [Read More]
Apple vs. Google: World War III
Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 02:49 PM EDTApple and Google once had what looked like the beginning of a beautiful friendship... [Read More]
AT&T to deploy HSPA+ in certain locations on the way to LTE
Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 02:36 PM EDTWhen 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 EDTFriday 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 EDTEstimates 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 EDTA 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 EDTIf 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 EDTMajestic 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 EDTMicrosoft 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 EDTPalm'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 EDTShares 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 EDTApple 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 EDTEugene 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 EDTApple.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 EDTiPad 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 EDTHearst, 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 EDTJudging 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 EDTIn 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 EDTWal-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 EDTBased 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 EDTMultiple 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 EDTOnce 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 EDTA 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 EDTYesterday 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 EDTMicrosoft 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 EDTTwo 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 EDTAs 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 EDTApple 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 EDTApple 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 EDTDon'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 EDTReaders 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 EDTShares 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 EDTRichard 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 EDTI 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]
