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'The Truth Hurts': Verizon Zings AT&T in Advertising Spat
Earlier this month, AT&T filed suit against rival Verizon over a series of Verizon commercials attacking AT&T's wireless network, claiming that the ads were "blatantly false and misleading".
Late yesterday, Engadget reported that Veriz...
Late yesterday, Engadget reported that Veriz...
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Palm Releases webOS 1.3.1, iTunes Media Sync Missing
Late last week, Palm announced the release of webOS 1.3.1 in its blog, and Boy Genius Report noted over the weekend that iTunes media synchronization is missing in this latest update.
Palm and Apple have played a cat-and-mouse game ove...
Palm and Apple have played a cat-and-mouse game ove...
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Apple Tablet Speculation Continuing to Gain Attention
CNNMoney.com today reports on the continued hype over Apple's much-rumored tablet computer, citing the multitude of different speculative reports of the device's specs to attempt to paint a picture what users can expect when it is finally announced.<...
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Retail Roundup: Apple to Release 'Concierge' iPhone Application? Nashua, NH Store Opening?
MacRumors has heard from several sources that Apple is preparing to launch a "Concierge" iPhone application targeted at customers of its retail stores. The application will reportedly provide many of the same functions available through the company'...
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Apple Considered Purchasing AdMob?
Bloomberg reports that Apple is reported to have approached mobile advertising firm AdMob about a possible acquisition just prior Google's announcement that it had agreed to purchase the company for $750 million in stock.
AdMob Inc. w...
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Intel to Launch New Mobile CPUs (Arrandale) in January?
According to Digitimes, Intel is poised to launch their Arrandale mobile CPUs in January 2010.
Intel plans to launch four 32nm dual-core Arrandale CPUs (Calpella platform), the Core i5-520M, Core i5-430M, Core i3-350M and Core i3-330...
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Apple Hiring an iPhone Game Developer, Getting Even More Serious About Gaming?
Apple appears to be getting even more serious about gaming on the iPhone and iPod Touch. We've long known that Apple has been positioning the iPod Touch as a gaming device, and Steve Jobs even acknowledged to the New York Times the success of this i...
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Apple Wins Judgement Against Psystar for Mac OS X Copyright Infringement
Groklaw reports on the early outcome of the Apple vs. Psystar case from a report filed on Friday. According to the court documents, Apple's motion for summary judgment on copyright infringement and DMCA violation is granted.
So that...
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Core i7-Based 27" iMac Benchmarks Show Significant Improvements
The delivery of the Core i7-based iMacs have generated the usual discussion threads about unboxing, impressions and benchmarks. The performance of the high-end iMacs have been of particular interest due to the new incorporation of desktop-class pro...
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Buyer's Guide: Mac Sales Begin Ahead of Black Friday
The holiday season has become more relevant for those looking for a discount on Apple computers as there has been an increasing number of vendors willing to hold short term sales/rebates on Macs over the past few years.
Due to a vari...
Due to a vari...
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AT&T Publicly Responds to Verizon Ad Campaign
AT&T today published a public response to a recent series of advertisements from rival Verizon attacking AT&T's 3G network coverage. The latest spat between the two companies began last month with Verizon ads using map-based representations of AT&T'...
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Apple Deploys Web-Based 'iTunes Preview' Content
Macworld reports that Apple has quietly rolled out "iTunes Preview", a Web-based listing of iTunes Store content that allows users to browse the store's offerings without the need for an iTunes installed on their devices. While iTunes is sti...
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Chrome Browser for Mac Beta Confirmed for December, Chrome OS Next Week?
Hints earlier this week regarding the release of an official beta version of Google's Chrome browser for Mac have been confirmed. TechCrunch contacted received the news yesterday from a Google spokesperson, who stood by earlier reports that the Mac ...
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Apple to Shift Retail Strategy to Larger, More Iconic Stores
Ground Floor of Apple's Upper West Side Retail Store
Gizmodo reports on a number of tidbits offered by Apple Senior Vice President of Retail Ron Johnson at a media preview event held today at the company's Upper West Side store schedul...
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Apple Researching Pen-Based Input Recognition for Tablet Devices?
Illustrative Diagram of "Tablet" Allowing Pen-Based Input and Output
Unwired View reports on a newly-published patent application from Apple disclosing software methods for processing pen-based computer input. While the patent applica...
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Apple Grabs 17% of Worldwide Smartphone Sales in Third Quarter
Worldwide Smartphone Sales in 3Q09 in Thousands of Units (Source: Gartner)
Research firm Gartner today issued a report covering worldwide mobile phone sales for the third quarter of 2009. The highlight of the data for Apple is the com...
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Apple's Upper West Side Store Unveiled [Updated]
ifoAppleStore notes that Apple has taken the wraps off the company's new Upper West Side retail store in New York City in advance of the public opening scheduled for Saturday morning.
At night the store is a beacon visible for...
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Apple Releases Safari 4.0.4
Apple today released Safari 4.0.4, bringing improvements for JavaScript and History search performance, stability improvements in a number of areas including third-party plug-ins, and fixes for a handful of security issues.
This updat...
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Mac Market Share Surges to 5% in UK
A new study from market research firm Gartner pegs Apple's share of the personal computer market in the UK at 5.0% for the third quarter of 2009, ranking the company fifth among all vendors. The company's unit shipments increased 26.6% to move up co...
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New Malware Allows Hackers to Access Personal Information on Jailbroken iPhones
Security firm Intego reports that it has spotted new malware, termed iPhone/Privacy.A, that is capable of allowing hackers to access personal information stored on certain jailbroken iPhones and iPod touches. Non-jailbroken iPhones are not vulnerabl...
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