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10 things we’d change on the iPhone 3G

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

There’s plenty that’s great about the new iPhone, says silicon.com’s Natasha Lomas. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few things for Apple to think about for the next time round. The 3G iPhone has finally arrived–a year and a half after CEO Steve Jobs first confirmed…
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Cheap Mac clone draws angry response

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Florida-based Psystar, the company advertising a Mac-compatible system, has attracted criticism from the hackers who created the underlying software. A Florida-based firm advertising cheap, Mac-compatible systems running on standardized hardware has created a swirl of controversy this week–and drawn an angry response from one of the principal hackers involved…
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Week in review: Teaming up against Google

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Microsoft offers to buy struggling Yahoo for $44.6 billion to better compete against Google. Also: Vista’s one-year anniversary. The fight for Internet dominance heated up this week with Microsoft offering to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion in an effort to better compete with chief rival Google. “Today,…
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Microsoft makes last-gasp OOXML push

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

With critical ISO vote on ratification of Office Open XML looming, company maintains it has users’ best interests at heart. Weeks away from a crucial International Organization for Standardization vote in Geneva on the ratification of Microsoft’s proposed Office Open XML standard, the software giant is engaged in…
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A quarter of Apple iPhones may be ‘unlocked’

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Analyst calls the percentage of phones used on wireless networks other than AT&T’s “stunning.” More than a quarter of people who bought Apple’s iPhone are using them on wireless networks other than AT&T’s, the exclusive iPhone carrier in the U.S., a “stunning” number that will pressure the…
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Week in review: Bad news market bears

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Tech gets battered on the stock market, but not Microsoft, which seems recession-proof. Also: Wireless goes to Washington. Financial markets around the world went on a wild ride this week, and tech stocks were not immune to the nausea. The Dow had back-to-back trading sessions…
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Apple senior executives get bonuses, Jobs still at $1

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

COO and CFO make same salary but get bonuses equal to their pay, according to SEC filing. CEO holds about 5.5 million shares. Several senior executives at Apple took home 2007 cash bonuses that doubled their salaries, but Chief Executive Steve Jobs maintained his annual pay of $1…
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iPhone spurs Web traffic, if not music sales

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

It’s unclear whether the device’s slick design and simple user interface have proved useful for functions other than accessing the Internet. While Apple did not introduce any significant iPhone upgrades at Macworld, the iconic device still made waves. Apple has sold more than 4 million iPhones…
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Week in review: Apple goes into thin ‘Air’

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Ultrathin laptop debuts, along with other Apple products, as Microsoft gets patent-happy. Also: Detroit auto show goes green. After months of rumor and speculation, Apple kicked off Macworld by clearing the air about its new laptop. Apple CEO Steve Jobs wowed the crowd during his…
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