Psystar alleges trust violations, tries to open market for OS X
PC Magazine Aug 29, 08 8:10 PM CDT
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Mac clone-maker Psystar countersued Apple this week and charged it with violating antitrust law, PC Magazine reports. The battle centers on a provision in Apple’s end user agreement that prohibits non-Mac hardware from running its operating system. Psystar admits to selling computers with such hardware, and says they can be sold for hundreds of dollars cheaper than Apple's MacBook.
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OPINION
Leaked obit of Apple's still-living founder inspires wish list
Forbes Aug 29, 08 11:35 AM CDT
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No word from Steve Jobs on whether he made it through all 17 pages of his own obituary, published prematurely by Bloomberg on Wednesday, but news organizations all over have been having fun at Bloomberg's expense. Forbes went one step farther last night, posting a list of the five things the mag would like the Apple co-founder to create before he actually does die.
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It took Apple a year to move 6M of first model; second hits that mark in 7 weeks
TechCrunch Aug 26, 08 1:49 PM CDT
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It took Apple one year to sell 6 million first-generation iPhones. By next week, the company will have sold the same number of 3G iPhones—just seven weeks after they went on the market, TechCrunch reports. Complaints about battery life and connection speed haven’t tempered the iPhone’s popularity, and Apple is predicted to sell 40 million in the next year.
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ANALYSIS
Apple insider Rose says iPod will get a new screen; iTunes set for big changes, too
PC World Aug 25, 08 2:37 PM CDT
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Rumors are flying about a makeover for the iPod family in the coming weeks, with the biggest changes in store for the Nano, Ian Paul writes in PC World . The baby of the clan may soon have a much larger and tapered widescreen, according to Apple-watcher Kevin Rose, who also says iTunes 8.0 is on the way, and that Apple's OSX will get Blu-ray support.
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Compilation was offered free to Olympians
Daily Telegraph (UK) Aug 21, 08 5:10 PM CDT
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The Chinese government has blocked access to Apple’s iTunes music store for providing free downloads of a pro-Tibet compilation to Olympic athletes, the Telegraph reports. Users reported a blackout Monday, shortly after the Campaign for Tibet notes that 40 Olympians had downloaded the record. Only the Chinese iTunes store is blocked, however—people in China can access other countries' stores with foreign credit cards.
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Service nowhere close to what's advertised, complaint alleges
Ars Technica Aug 21, 08 1:40 PM CDT
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An Alabama woman is suing Apple after purchasing the new iPhone 3G, alleging the gizmo does not nearly live it to its hype—plagued by problems like slow email and text-messaging, excessive dropped calls, and the inability to connect to AT&T’s 3G network. Her complaints are echoed across the Internet, Ars Technica notes.
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Schools give students iPhones, iPods as learning tools
New York Times Aug 21, 08 1:10 PM CDT
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Some US universities have started handing out free iPhones and Internet-enabled iPods to students, the New York Times reports. The institutions view the gadgets as tools for online research, student polling, and as-yet undeveloped educational applications, while Apple gets an in with a new generation with consumers. Professors with easily distracted students stand to lose out, however.
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Comedian to front $300M campaign to counter stodgy image
Wall Street Journal Aug 21, 08 7:29 AM CDT
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So what's the deal with Microsoft ads? The company has enlisted Jerry Seinfeld to spearhead a new $300-million campaign, the Wall Street Journa l reports, to try to shake the negative buzz about Vista, and the nerdy, feckless image projected by John Hodgeman in Apple's popular "Mac vs PC" ads. The campaign, to start next month, will net the funnyman $10 million.
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Customers complain of phone problems and rotten Apple response
ABC News Aug 16, 08 1:00 PM CDT
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Owners of 3G iPhones complain that their new phones are suffering from glitches, especially dropped calls—and that Apple seems keen to drop their calls when they report issues, ABC News reports. A company spokeswoman refused to comment when contacted about the iPhone problems, which also include slow web access and a lack of access to AT&T's network.
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Latitude weighs 2 pounds, boasts 19-hour battery
MarketWatch Aug 13, 08 2:34 AM CDT
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Dell has unveiled a new ultra-portable Latitude laptop to go head-to-head with Apple's MacBook Air. The new entry into the most active segment of the PC market comes with a 12.1-inch screen, weighs just 2 pounds and has a 19-hour battery life with an add-on, reports MarketWatch.
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Apple big seller in stock next month
USA Today Aug 13, 08 2:08 AM CDT
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Electronics retail giant Best Buy will begin selling the iPhone in its 970 stores next month—becoming the first retailer to stock the line other than Apple stores and AT&T outlets, which often run out of the popular phone. Best Buy is the only outside retailer to have exclusive rights to sell the iPhone until Christmas. Customers have snapped up one million of the second-generation phones this summer.
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'I've never seen anything like this,'
Apple boss says
Wall Street Journal Aug 11, 08 9:01 AM CDT
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The iPhone’s new App Store has exceeded the company’s wildest expectations, tallying up average sales of $1 million per day, Steve Jobs said today in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Apple’s on pace to make $360 million from the store this year. “This thing's going to crest a half a billion, soon,” says Jobs. “I've never seen anything like this in my career for software.”
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ANALYSIS
Phone checks in for instructions on bad seeds, blogger finds
MacRumors.com Aug 7, 08 5:05 PM CDT
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Apple appears capable of remotely deactivating programs paid for and installed by iPhone users, Arnold Kim writes on MacRumors. The discovery was made when an iPhone user uncovered a hidden web address linked to a software blacklist maintained by Apple—presumably intended to screen malicious software from being used. “This suggests that the iPhone calls home once in a while,” Kim points out.
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OPINION
It 'shouldn’t be a place where a bunch of outlaws can run amok,' blogger pleads
Mashable Aug 6, 08 7:15 PM CDT
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Though the $1,000 “I Am Rich” iPhone application that so enrages Don Reisinger seems to have disappeared from Apple’s store since his original Mashable post this morning, his call for the giant to impose some order on would-be price-gougers stands. “There’s nothing stopping other developers from charging too much for apps,” writes Reisinger, blasting the program whose jewel icon is almost literally all it does.
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