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Apple stories: 400 news summaries

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Windows-to-Mac Software Should Scare Microsoft

Parallels' product makes choice of operating system less important

Nov 4, 09 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Conflicted about choosing sides in the apocalyptic showdown between Microsoft and Apple? No need to worry—in this brave new world, you can have your cake and eat it. Parallels is Mac software that allows users to seamlessly integrate Windows programs, even the entire desktop. So, for just $79.99—... More »

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Apple • Microsoft Windows • Macintosh • Mac OS X • operating system • personal computers • software applications • Parallels

AT&T Sues Verizon Over 'Misleading' TV Ads

Spots wrongly suggest a lack of coverage in large areas, it says

Nov 3, 09 5:31 PM CST
(Newser) - AT&T went to court today to try to stop Verizon from mocking its wireless coverage in new TV commercials. The lawsuit contends that Verizon uses "misleading" maps to suggest that AT&T customers get no coverage at all in large swaths of the country. Verizon's "There's a... More »

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Verizon • Apple • commercials • lawsuit • AT&T • 3G network

walt MOSSBERG

Gap Narrows, But Macs
Still Beat PCs

Performance and price gaps close but Mac is still value

Oct 29, 09 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Windows 7 and Mac’s Snow Leopard operating systems both available, it’s time for Walter S. Mossberg to drop some science on the arduous task of picking a computer. Things aren’t too different this time around: Macs are still more expensive, though “prices on Windows... More »

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Microsoft • Walt Mossberg • Apple • Macintosh • Mac OS X • personal computers • laptops • Windows 7 • Snow Leopard

 Nokia Sues Apple 
 Over iPhone 
 Technology 

Finnish cell phone maker alleges copyright infringement

Oct 23, 09 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nokia, the world's biggest cell phone maker, is suing Apple in US federal court for alleged copyright infringement, saying it has 10 claims on the technology used in the iPhone. The Finnish company said Apple used "fundamental" patented technologies concerning wireless data, speech recognition, security, and encryption. It has... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • Nokia • copyright • smartphones • cell phone industry • copyright infringement


 Apple Upgrades 
 iMac, MacBook 

New 'magic mouse' offers touchpad scrolling, right-click funtionality

Oct 20, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - After grabbing attention with its blockbuster earnings report—a sizable chunk of it driven by sales of the Mac PC—Apple has announced upgrades to the Mac product lines. Here’s the rundown from BusinessWeek:
  • The MacBook, which remains $999, now has the “unibody” shell and 7-hour non-removeable
... More »

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Apple • iMac • mouse • MacBook Pro • MacBook

QUARTERLY EARNINGS

 Apple Profits Surge 
 47% on iPhones, Macs 

iPhone, Mac sales lead to blowout quarter

Oct 20, 09 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple rocketed to a 47% increase in quarterly profits as consumers kept buying iPhones and Macs through the recession, helped by a price drop and overseas expansion. The company posted a profit of $1.67 billion last night, exceeding even the highest expectations on the Street. The biggest surprise was... More »

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iPhone • Apple • third quarter earnings • quarterly reports • Mac

MARKETS

 Dow Climbs 96 to New 2009 High 

Expectations for Caterpillar, AmEx earnings boost Dow

Oct 19, 09 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks rallied today on expectations for this week’s earnings reports, with the Dow rising 96.28 points to hit a new 2009 high of 10,092.19. Caterpillar, which reports tomorrow, gained 6.5% after saying it would raise prices. American Express, which reports Thursday, gained 2.6%. Traders... More »

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Dow Jones • Apple • American Express • Nasdaq • Caterpillar • third quarter earnings • quarterly reports • quarterly results • S&P 500

Kiss Your Wireless Router Goodbye

New WiFi Direct
would eliminate
need for hotspots

Oct 14, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - If setting up a wireless router just sounds a little too daunting, new technology looks to make unplugging a lot easier. WiFi Direct, slated to roll out in the middle of next year, will turn every device enabled with it into a miniature access point, able to create connections with... More »

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wireless • Intel • Apple • Cisco • WiFi • wireless technology

 Apple's 
 Snow Leopard 
 Devouring Data 

Logging onto guest accounts can cause massive data loss

Oct 14, 09 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rare but extremely damaging bug is causing users of Apple's Snow Leopard operating system to lose huge amounts of data. Apple says it's working on a fix for the bug. The glitch wipes out personal data for users who have upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard and log on... More »

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Apple • software • operating system • Mac OS X Leopard • Snow Leopard

 Disney Reinventing Stores 
 as 'Imagination Parks' 

Apple's expertise will help transform shopping into entertainment

Oct 13, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disney has unveiled ambitious plans to bring the theme park to the shopping mall by turning its network of stores into interactive "Imagination Parks." The overhaul—designed using the expertise of Steve Jobs and his Apple Stores team—will cost some $1 million per store and focus... More »

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Steve Jobs • Walt Disney Co. • Apple • Pixar • Disney • mall • retail stores





 Google, Verizon 
 Team Up on 
 Smartphones 

Move to Android seen as real challenge to iPhone, BlackBerry

Oct 7, 09 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google and Verizon will partner on a line of smartphones and software running the search giant’s Android OS and served by the carrier. Verizon is the largest-yet wireless network to back Google, and the announcement could complicate what was once a simple smartphone rivalry between Apple and BlackBerry, BusinessWeek... More »

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Verizon • iPhone • Apple • BlackBerry • application • smartphones • handsets • wireless industry • App Store • Android Market • Droid phones • Verizon Droid price • Verizon Droid review

 Apple Quits 
 US Chamber, 
 Slams Climate Stance 

Computer giant goes with outward flow over lobbyist's climate position

Oct 6, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple has joined a growing list of companies to ditch the US Chamber of Commerce over its skeptical view of climate change. “We strongly object to the Chamber’s recent comments” calling for a “Scopes Monkey Trial for the 21st century” to expose climate change fallacies, says a... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • global warming • Apple • lobbyist • lobbying • carbon emissions • Scopes monkey trial • US Chamber of Commerce

(Newser) - Mac users, beware: the Russians are after you. A notorious network of spammers in the country pays hackers 43 cents for every Mac they infect with fake software, an investigator says. At a security conference in Switzerland, the researcher laid out a specific scheme to get Mac users to install... More »

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spam • Apple • hackers • Mac • computers

ANALYSIS

 Microsoft's 
 Courier Tablet 
 Is 'Astonishing' 

Combines touch-screen and stylus, 'opposite' of Apple's coming entry

Sep 22, 09 9:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft’s foray into tablet computers looks to be “astonishing,” Gizmodo blogger The Paperboy raves after getting a look at leaked photo of the Courier, which has two screens and opens like a book. It has touch-screen and stylus capabilities, and is in the “late prototype” stage,... More »

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Microsoft • Apple • Internet leak • touchscreen • tablet computer • Courier • Gizmodo • stylus

 Microsoft Pinching Apple 
 Employees to Staff Stores 

Managers enticed with higher salaries and sent back to poach sales people

Sep 22, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft’s planned expansion into the brick-and-mortar retail sector will be staffed at least in part by…Apple Store employees, reports the Loop. The software giant is hiring away Apple managers with higher salaries, sources tell the tech blog. Those managers in turn are trying to bring aboard Apple's top... More »

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Microsoft • Apple • poaching • Macintosh • retail stores • computer • Apple Store • manager • employees

Nerd Alert: Roddenberry's Mac for Sale

Apple gave early model to Star Trek creator
as a gift in 1986

Sep 18, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Deep-pocketed Star Trek and Apple fanatics will battle it out next month in an auction for the first Macintosh Plus—a computer that happened to be owned by Gene Roddenberry. The Mac Plus was the third Mac model, released 2 years after the original, and the first to offer a... More »

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Apple • Macintosh • Star Trek • Gene Roddenberry

iPhone Blew Your Budget?
'Recession Case' Is for You

Cardboard protection can be yours for just $1

Sep 16, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hard times no longer mean iPhone users who blew all their cash buying one can't afford a protective case for their new favorite toy, Mashable reports. Case-Mate has introduced the iPhone 3G Recession case, priced at just $1. The sturdy cardboard case, which assembles with locking tabs, will cushion your... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • recession • iPhone 3G

 PC Marketing Drops 
 the Technobabble 

'Fact tags' only confused customers: Intel exec

Sep 12, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - PC makers seem to have gotten the hint and are beginning to hawk their wares not with dazzling technobabble but with information useful to the average consumer, the New York Times reports. For years, tech concerns have touted their achievements in impenetrable language on “fact tags” (DDR2 RAM,... More »

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advertising • Intel • Apple • Macintosh • computer chip • consumer electronics • AMD • PC makers • personal computers • technical

Goodbye, iPod; Hello, Portable Computer

Single-purpose devices' days are numbered: Manjoo

Sep 10, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - After yesterday's announcement that the iPod Nano now has a video camera, Apple's future direction is clear, writes Farhad Manjoo for Slate. Eventually, every iPod will be what Steve Jobs calls a “general-purpose device,” aka a small computer—a music player/phone/camera/web browser/GPS. Sure, Apple still sells dedicated music... More »

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technology • Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • iPod Nano • GPS • Kindle • computer • ebooks

Tech Review

 New iTunes 
 a Lot Like 
 Old iTunes

No reason not to upgrade, but program needs a bigger revamp

Sep 10, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wondering if you should download iTunes 9, the latest big overhaul of Apple’s megapopular music manager? “Overall, I can’t think of a reason not to upgrade,” concludes Nick Mediati of PC World, who tried out the latest version, which includes features like Home Sharing and Genius... More »

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iTunes • Apple • iTunes Store • tech review

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