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  • March 2008

    • 'Fifth Beatle' Aspinall Dies at 66

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 25, 08 7:59 AM CDT

      'Fifth Beatle' Aspinall Dies at 66

      (Newser) - "Fifth Beatle" Neil Aspinall, the first road manager of the legendary band who later ran the Beatles' recording company, has died from lung cancer. Aspinall, 66, was the chief guardian of the group's musical legacy after the Beatles broke up. "He vigorously fought to protect the Beatles franchise," said Beatles historian Bruce Spizer. He reignited interest in the Fab Four for a new generation of fans in the 1990s. More »

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      obituary  • Steve Jobs  • Paul McCartney  • Beatles  • John Lennon  • George Harrison  • Ringo Starr  • Apple Corps

    • Steve Jobs: Brilliant Tyrant

      CNN  |  Mar 5, 08 1:12 PM CST

      Steve Jobs: Brilliant Tyrant

      (Newser) - Steve Jobs is an undisputed Silicon Valley superstar, but his genius has a price, Fortune reports. Jobs is a risk-taking, short-tempered tyrant, and those foibles make Apple a potential rollercoaster for investors. Jobs threatened the company—and his own freedom—in two separate backdating scandals, and, reports the magazine, risked his own life by long avoiding treatment for his pancreatic cancer. More »

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      Apple  • Steve Jobs  • shareholders  • pancreatic cancer  • CEOs  • corporate governance  • Pixar  • stock option backdating  • backdating scandal

    • Apple Shareholders Demand Say on Executive Pay

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Mar 5, 08 4:03 AM CST

      Apple Shareholders Demand Say on Executive Pay

      (Newser) - Apple shareholders have approved a motion giving them some input into executive pay levels, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "I hope it will help me with my $1 a year salary," quipped CEO Steve Jobs after the vote at the company's annual meeting—though Jobs bags millions of dollars worth of stock options and other perks on top of his token salary. More »

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      Apple  • Steve Jobs  • shareholders  • salary  • AFL CIO  • stock options

  • January 2008

    • Jobs Pulls Thin Laptop Out of Air

      Associated Press  |  Jan 15, 08 2:15 PM CST

      Jobs Pulls Thin Laptop Out of Air

      (Newser) - Steve Jobs today slid his latest trick not from up his sleeve, but from a manila envelope. The Apple CEO unveiled the ultra-thin MacBook Air laptop at the Macworld Expo, reports the AP. Boasting a 13-inch screen, the new Mac ranges in thickness from 0.16 inches to 0.76 inches and comes with a standard 80-gig hard drive. More »

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      Apple  • Steve Jobs  • iTunes  • laptop  • MacBook Air  • Macworld

    • Is WiMac In the Air at Macworld?

      All Things Digital  |  Jan 13, 08 11:13 AM CST

      Is WiMac In the Air at Macworld?

      (Newser) - For Apple fanistas, Christmas—as in Macworld—is just around the corner. The annual Mac lovefest in San Francisco opens with a Steve Jobs keynote that usually reveals Apple’s latest and greatest, such as last year’s show-stopping iPhone. What’s in store next week? It could be the Mac helping WiMAX technology hit the mainstream, reports All Things Digital. More »

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      Apple  • Steve Jobs  • Wi-Fi  • Sprint  • Macintosh  • WiMax  • Macworld

    • Cable Companies to Apple: OK, Let's Rumble

      BusinessWeek  |  Jan 11, 08 3:45 PM CST

      Cable Companies to Apple: OK, Let's Rumble

      (Newser) - Steve Jobs wants to take the world of video entertainment by storm, but Hollywood and the cable companies aren’t scared, reports BusinessWeek . Apple is planning an iTunes movie rental service and is well on its way to sealed deals with four major movie studios, but it’s not getting any special breaks. New releases will rent for $3.99, the same as Comcast on-demand video. More »

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      Apple  • Steve Jobs  • Comcast  • video  • AppleTV

  • December 2007

    • Apple Shares Smash $200 Barrier

      Bloomberg  |  Dec 26, 07 3:40 PM CST

      Apple Shares Smash $200 Barrier

      (Newser) - Apple's shares hit a record high today, climbing $1.80 to $200.60 before retreating to close at $198.95. Strong sales of the Macintosh computer, iPod, and iPhone fueled the rally, reports Bloomberg, and Apple says sales this holiday season will be the highest in its 31-year history. The company's stock price has more than doubled in 12 months, meaning Apple now has a higher market value than Dell, IBM, and Intel. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • stocks  • Steve Jobs  • iPod  • Macintosh

    • Is Apple Trying to Silence Fake Steve Jobs?

      Fake Steve Jobs  |  Dec 24, 07 6:16 AM CST

      Is Apple Trying to Silence Fake Steve Jobs?

      (Newser) - Is Apple trying to shut down Fake Steve Jobs? Real Steve Jobs has said he finds his impersonator’s satirical blog amusing, but now Fake Steve writes that Apple has offered him $500,000 to quit, at one point threatening to sue him if he declined. FSJ stood on principle and turned down the money … assuming any of this really happened. More »

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      Apple  • Steve Jobs  • fake news

    • Apple Crushes News Leak Website

      DailyTech  |  Dec 20, 07 4:02 PM CST

      Apple Crushes News Leak Website

      (Newser) - After seven years publishing sneak previews on all things Apple, website Think Secret has been run out of the water by its biggest target. While die-hard Apple-pickers flocked to the site for breaking news on updates and upcoming software, Apple found the site a nuisance, and launched a lawsuit in 2005 targetting it for leaking trade secrets, DailyTech reports. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • Steve Jobs  • trade secrets

    • Apple Plays the Field in Japan

      Reuters  |  Dec 18, 07 10:34 PM CST

      Apple Plays the Field in Japan

      (Newser) - Apple wants to bring the iPhone to Japan to compete with some of the most futuristic phones around, but it's being choosy in its search for a partner, Reuters reports. Apple is in talks with DoCoMo and Softbank, the country's biggest and third-biggest mobile operators respectively, but they're both wary of granting the big slice of revenue Apple demands. More »

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      Apple  • Japan  • cell phones  • iPhone  • Steve Jobs

  • November 2007

    • Faster iPhone Coming in '08

      Bloomberg  |  Nov 29, 07 9:20 PM CST

      Faster iPhone Coming in '08

      (Newser) - A faster iPhone is on the way, Bloomberg reports. Apple will unveil its 3G version sometime next year, said AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Wednesday at a meeting of the Churchill Club, a Silicon Valley business and technology forum. AT&T is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the US. It's unknown exactly when the new version will be available or how much it will cost, and an Apple spokeswoman declined comment. More »

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      Apple  • cell phones  • iPhone  • Steve Jobs  • AT and T  • handsets  • 3G wireless networks

    • Time Names iPhone Year's Best Invention

      Time  |  Nov 2, 07 10:00 AM CDT

      Time Names iPhone Year's Best Invention

      (Newser) - Time magazine is naming the iPhone its invention of the year. Why? It demonstrates that good design is as important as good technology. Its touchscreen creates a whole new kind of user interface. Other companies will seek the freedoms that AT&T granted Apple in designing the iPhone, which will result in better phones all around. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • technology  • Steve Jobs  • gadget  • inventions  • Time

  • October 2007

    • Leopard Outpaces Tiger— in Sales to Mac OS X Users

      Apple Insider  |  Oct 30, 07 2:09 PM CDT

      Leopard Outpaces Tiger&mdash; in Sales to Mac OS X Users

      (Newser) - Apple has moved 2 million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since the long-awaited operating system dropped Friday. The figure is Apple’s biggest for a new OS, far outpacing the sales of its predecessor Tiger, which took 6 weeks to break the same mark in 2005, AppleInsider reports. Steve Jobs crowed, “Leopard will be a huge hit with consumers.” More »

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      Apple  • Amazon.com  • Steve Jobs  • operating system  • record  • Mac OS X Leopard

    • Apple's Bite Bigger Than Ever

      New York Times  |  Oct 22, 07 2:37 AM CDT

      Apple's Bite Bigger Than Ever

      (Newser) - Sales of Mac computers are booming, boosted by the success of Apple's iPod and iPhone among PC users. Apple will move into third place among computer makers today—behind Hewlett Packard and Dell, reports the New York Times . The surge comes just as Apple is about to release the new Leopard version of its OS X operating system. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • computer  • Steve Jobs  •