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Reports of Psystar's Demise Appear Premature

Sat, 2009-12-19 11:05
Yesterday, we reported on a story quoting a Psystar attorney claiming that the unauthorized Mac clone manufacturer was in the process of winding down its business in the wake of a permanent injunction issued against it by a federal court judge earlie...
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Notion Ink Smartpad 10.1 inch Tablet Announced Ahead of CES

Fri, 2009-12-18 16:45

Rendering of Unreleased Notion Ink Tablet
It seems 2010 is going to be the year of the tablet with or without Apple. While Apple is rumored to be pursuing the market later in the year, other consumer electronic companies aren't going ...
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Verizon Claims Network Ready for iPhone Should Apple Choose to Strike Deal

Fri, 2009-12-18 13:06
A BusinessWeek report from last night has received significant attention today for its focus on Verizon's claimed readiness should the company and Apple strike a deal to bring the iPhone to the largest U.S. wireless carrier next year.

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Psystar Winding Down Business as Web Site Goes Dark

Fri, 2009-12-18 10:12
Dow Jones Newswires reports that unauthorized Mac clone maker Psystar has begun the process of winding down its business ahead of a December 31st deadline set by a federal court judge in granting Apple a permanent injunction preventing Psystar from s...
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International Performance Seen Driving iPhone and iPod Touch Growth

Fri, 2009-12-18 08:27
AdMob has released its November 2009 Mobile Metrics Report, offering a featured look at the iPhone and iPod touch's international growth during 2009 as seen by data collected through its ad network. The data shows that, while the U.S. has seen stron...
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iPhone Claims 46% of Japanese Smartphone Market

Fri, 2009-12-18 07:16
MobileCrunch details a research report [Google translation] released last week by Japanese market research firm Impress R&D showing that the iPhone commands 46.1% of the smartphone market there.

For this year, Impress sees the 3G comm...

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Intel to Unleash 32-nm Arrandale Processors on January 7th

Thu, 2009-12-17 21:01
Intel held a brief press conference today previewing some of the chips that they will be release at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January. Intel will release the first 32-nm chips across the Core i3, i5 and i7 brands.

The “...

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AT&T Downplays Talk of Tiered Pricing for iPhone Data Plans

Thu, 2009-12-17 10:42
AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega, who received significant attention for his comments last week suggesting that the company is looking at tiered pricing for data plans to rein in high-use customers, appears to now be downplaying that suggestion, ac...
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iPhone Finally Surpasses Windows Mobile in U.S. Smartphone Usage

Thu, 2009-12-17 09:04
FierceDeveloper reports on data from research firm comScore showing that Apple's iPhone has finally surpassed Windows Mobile in share of the U.S. smartphone market usage. The data is based on monthly user surveys averaged on a quarterly basis, and t...
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Apple Rolls Out iTunes Movie Bundles

Thu, 2009-12-17 08:41

The iPhone blog notes that Apple has launched movie bundles in the iTunes Store, offering consumers the opportunity to purchase a limited number of themed movie multi-pack downloads at discount pricing.

For example, the Godfath...
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VideoLAN Considering Options for VLC as Mac Developers Disappear

Thu, 2009-12-17 06:57
A notice posted earlier this month in the forums of VideoLAN, the open-source team behind the popular VLC media player, reveals that a lack of Mac volunteer developers for the software has forced the project organizers to consider new plans for the M...
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Apple Patents: Tailoring Music Playback and Dynamically Prolonging Battery Life on iPods and iPhones

Thu, 2009-12-17 05:11
While perhaps not as glamorous as 3D display technology, a couple of other patent applications from Apple reveal that the company is working on improving the audio/video experience of their iPod and iPhones.

Apple describes how they m...
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Apple Working on 3D 'Hyper-Reality' Displays

Thu, 2009-12-17 02:17
Apple's patent applications always provide an interesting peek into what Apple researchers have been working on. In one of the more interesting patent applications we've discovered, Apple appears to be researching 3D displays in which the user will ...
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Prominent Analysts See iPhone With 'Two or Three-Year Lead' on Mobile Internet Market

Wed, 2009-12-16 11:24
Fortune reports on a newly-published research effort from Morgan Stanley which analyzes the mobile Internet industry and in the process points to the iPhone's tremendous early growth and Apple's leadership position in the industry.

Ba...

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Federal Trade Commission Files Suit Against Intel For 'Anticompetitive Tactics'

Wed, 2009-12-16 08:03
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced that it has filed suit against Intel, claiming that the company has "illegally used its dominant market position for a decade to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly." The complaint f...
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Apple Laying Groundwork for Advanced Mobile Web Apps?

Wed, 2009-12-16 02:38
It seems Apple is continuing to invest in advancing web-based technologies to provide a more full feature experienced on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Daring Fireball's John Gruber describes in detail an impressive web framework called PastryKit that...
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Apple Wins Permanent Injunction Against Psystar

Tue, 2009-12-15 18:52
On Tuesday, Apple won a permanent injunction against Psystar following summary judgement in favor of Apple's claims of copyright infringement and violation of the DMCA. (court document PDF). The court orders that Psystar is now prevented from the f...
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AT&T Unimpressed With 'Operation Chokehold' Proposal to Strain Cellular Network

Tue, 2009-12-15 16:29
Earlier this week, Newsweek's Dan Lyons as part of his popular "Fake Steve Jobs" blog proposed "Operation Chokehold", a plan for AT&T iPhone users to simultaneously use their devices to place high demand on the carrier's network at a specified time t...
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Chrome Drops Safari Into Fourth Place Among Browsers

Tue, 2009-12-15 08:26
Computerworld reports on data from research firm Net Applications showing that Google's Chrome browser has slipped past Apple's Safari to snag third place in worldwide Internet browser market share behind Internet Explorer and Firefox. The surge com...
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64GB iPhone and 128GB iPod Touch Possible in 1st Quarter 2010?

Tue, 2009-12-15 06:21
Toshiba announced (via 9to5Mac) that they have launched a 64 gigabyte (GB) embedded NAND flash memory module. The new chip offers 64GB on a single chip and will start mass production in the first quarter of 2010.

The reason the larg...
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