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Who says Apple spends too much time on stuff that doesn't really matter?

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: August 3, 2007

Somebody got paid good money to think this up. Read the instruction at Flickr. This is the package for the paperclip to get the SIM card out for your iPhone. This is completely real. UPDATE: Now people are starting to rebel, and the hacker community has started an open source... [Full Story]

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Apple sells 270,000 iPhones

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: July 25, 2007

Unlike some wild estimates that had the numbers up to 1,000,000 units sold, it appears Apple only sold 270,000 of the next–generation cell phone in the first weekend of sales. This is not, however, a bad thing, as Apple expected to sell its 1,000,000th unit in the next year.... [Full Story]

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AppleHound posts iPhone bugs

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: July 16, 2007

Mac site AppleHound.com has published its iPhone v1.0 Bugs list. Predictably, you'll get the usual collection of people telling us that nothing comes from Mt. Cuptertino without the blessing of brave St. Jobs, the people who hate people like that and think that Apple is the center of all... [Full Story]

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Apple Earnings Report Blows Wall Street's Doors Off

Posted by · Published: January 17, 2007

Things certainly are sunny in Cupertino about now... Apple Reports Record 1Q Profit SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Apple Inc. on Wednesday posted a record profit in its fiscal first quarter, beating Wall estimates as earnings rose 78 percent amid strong holiday sales of its iPod music players and Macintosh... [Full Story]

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A Peek Under the AppleTV's Hood

Posted by · Published: January 16, 2007

Apple insider says it has the scoop on the AppleTV hardware: According to those familiar with the component makeup of Apple TV, it utilizes a 1.0GHz Pentium M-based chip (code-named "Crofton"), which has been under-clocked to run on a 350MHz bus. The chip is based on Intel's pre-Core Duo "Dothan"... [Full Story]

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OUTRAGE! Apple insults Muslims!

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: October 11, 2006 · Comments (1)

Okay, I doubt we're in for some riots and mass iPod burnings, but some muslims are upset that Apple is directly insulting islam. Something about having having a bar and how it is referred to as an "Apple Mecca." So, yeah, see a bunch of drunken Veritech fighters espousing... [Full Story]

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Apple Recalls More Sony Batteries

Posted by · Published: August 25, 2006 · Comments (1)

In case you've been under a rock and somehow missed it yesterday, Apple got bit by the Sony battery bug to the tune of 1.8 million batteries. Only 2 have had had problems but Apple is pulling all 2 million of them. If you own a iBook or Powerbook G4... [Full Story]

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Creative Blackmails Apple for 100 Million

Posted by · Published: August 23, 2006 · Comments (2)

I like creative but I'll never buy another of their products again. Apple to pay $100 mln to Creative in settlement SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. said on Wednesday it will pay $100 million to Creative Technology Ltd. to settle all patent litigation over Apple's popular iPod music... [Full Story]

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OS X 10.4.7: Get it while it's hot!

Posted by · Published: June 27, 2006

Ready for download. From the release notes: The 10.4.7 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies. It includes fixes for: - preventing AFP deadlocks and dropped connections - saving Adobe and Quark documents to... [Full Story]

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WebnoteHappy 1.1

Posted by · Published: June 24, 2006

The Mac bookmark manager WebnoteHappy has been updated to version 1.1. Actually, I've never used it, but I couldn't resist linking any article that mentions "saving things to your private de.licio.us area." Ka-zow!... [Full Story]

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MacBook Po'

Posted by · Published: June 19, 2006

Apparently desperate for a new hero now that Bill Gates is stepping down, the computer industry is turning to the one man who can restore order: Rapper 50-cent. Taking a cue from the One Laptop per Child project, the Gangsta extraordinaire is looking to close the Digital Divide for young... [Full Story]

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Apple Market Share set to 'Explode'

Posted by · Published: June 13, 2006 · Comments (3)

Smug Mac weenies (henceforth SMWs) everywhere are torn when it comes to market share. On the one hand, a bigger slice of the pie means a bigger, better software market, and better support from hardware manufacturers. On the other hand, Mac-ubiquity would detract from the feeling of 'differentness' that we... [Full Story]

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The Asteroid Sting

Posted by · Published: June 11, 2006 · Comments (4)

The "Apple vs. Bloggers" rhubarb is one of the most astounding tech legal cases I've ever seen. When Apple lost the case (which they initally won) in an appeal last month, most people saw it as a big win for bloggers' rights as journalists. What most people don't realize, unfortunately,... [Full Story]

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Apple going nuclear on Creative?

Posted by · Published: June 8, 2006

According to this article at the Washington Post, Apple Computer is ramping up its countersuits against Creative: Apple filed a counterclaim in U.S. District Court for Western Wisconsin and followed that up June 1 with a claim in U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas. In its latest suit, Apple says... [Full Story]

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Daring Fireball: Confidence Game

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: May 29, 2006

John Gruber on Microsoft vs. Apple: Microsoft spent the '90s growing from a successful software company into an industry-dominating titan. Apple spent much of the '90s fighting the perception that it was on the verge of going out of business. So far in the '00s, however, things have swung the... [Full Story]

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Is Burst.com a Patent Troll?

Posted by · Published: April 19, 2006

Walaika K. Haskins, of Newsfactor.com asks an interesting question: Is Burst.com a Patent Troll? On Monday, Burst.com filed a lawsuit against Apple Computer, alleging that Apple's iTunes Music Store, iTunes software, iPod music players, and QuickTime streaming software infringe on Burst's patents. The suit, filed in Federal Court in San... [Full Story]

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Intel Macs to Boot OS X or Windows

Posted by · Published: April 5, 2006

If you've been waiting patiently for your dual boot Mac, the wait is over. Apple Introduces Boot Camp Public Beta Software Enables Intel-based Macs to Run Windows XP CUPERTINO, California--April 5, 2006--Apple® today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a... [Full Story]

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Apple Releases "Fun" (but ugly) Products

Posted by · Published: March 1, 2006 · Comments (2)

In one of the poorer kept secrets in Cupertino, Apple released the iPod Hi-Fi and the Intel based Mac-Minis yesterday. Apple promised us "fun" products but nobody told us that they were going to be ugly. What the hell is that thing? This from the company who has given us... [Full Story]

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