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If you want to compare servers to Hallmark products, Microsoft is no longer the little old lady who buys a shopping cart full of Christmas cards on December 26th.  Instead, the company has decided to send cards to fewer people and save its money for 11 months.  Or, to drop the metaphor, you might just say that Microsoft’s delayed the construction of a data center.

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Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Thursday, January 29th, 2009

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E Canada Now
Palm vs. Apple: Old play, new roles
TG Daily - 2 hours ago
By Rob Enderle, Principal Analyst, Enderle Group Analyst Opinion - Watching this new battle between Apple and Palm almost looks like a remake of an old play or movie but with Apple in Microsoft’s role and Palm as Linux.
Apple vs. Palm (Is “Pre” short for prevarication?) MacDailyNews
Apple earns patent for touch-screen commands SmartBrief
OS News  - Newmobilecomputing.com  - PC Magazine  - Slippery Brick
all 207 news articles
Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

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NewsOXY
Apple gets censory on iBoobs’… ass
Register - 4 hours ago
By Bill Ray • Get more from this author Apple has ordered the developer of the iPhone Wobble application to remove the words “boobs” and “booty” from his publicity, despite selling more than 20000 copies of the epically pointless app.
Apple releases 2.2.1 of iPhone and iPod Touch operating system Mobile Burn
New Apple ads “Fix” and “Check” show off more iPhone apps Ars Technica
Macsimum  - Appscout  - PC Magazine  - CNET News
all 174 news articles
Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

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Apple Insider
Second Mac Trojan Attacks Pirated PhotoShop CS4
PC Magazine - 12 hours ago
by PCMag.com Staff Security firm Intego said this week that it has discovered a second version of the Trojan hiding within a pirated version of iLife ‘09.
‘Trojan Horses’ Target Apple Computers Wall Street Journal
New Mac Trojan Spread By Pirated Adobe Software CRN
InformationWeek  - NewsOXY  - Apple Insider  - Macworld
all 108 news articles
Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

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Canada.com
Papermaster Settlement: Apple Innovations May Require IBM’s Okay
InformationWeek - 2 hours ago
The chip expert must check in with his former employer if he believes he’s using Big Blue technology at Cupertino. By Paul McDougall Microchip expert Mark Papermaster has settled a non-compete lawsuit filed against him by former employer IBM and is set
IBM Clears Papermaster to Work at Apple PC Magazine
Ex-IBM exec to go to Apple as lawsuit settled Reuters
InternetNews.com  - VentureBeat  - CNNMoney.com  - Bizjournals.com
all 118 news articles
Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

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ZDNet
Apple’s A-bomb against Palm: A 358 page iPhone patent
TG Daily - 3 hours ago
By Christian Zibreg Chicago (IL) - The announcement of Palm’s new smartphone (dubbed Pre) has clearly sent shivers down Apple’s spine; partly because several key engineers with a deep knowledge of Apple’s secrets switched over to Palm,
Will Apple’s iPhone Patent Pre-empt the Pre? TechNewsWorld
Apple Multi-Touch Patent Tech Approved PC Magazine
Macworld  - Register  - ZDNet  - Ars Technica
all 189 news articles
Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

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OverTheLimit.info
Apple iPhone Raining On BlackBerry Storm’s Parade
ChannelWeb - 6 hours ago
The BlackBerry Storm didn’t bring a sharp enough knife to the table to officially kill the Apple iPhone, according to sales figures featured in a report this week.
Verizon posts improved Q4 earnings; 1M BlackBerry Storms sold Computerworld
It’s Official: Blackberry Storm Is No iPhone Killer PC World
eWeek  - TelephonyOnline  - Brighthand  - CNET News
all 140 news articles
Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

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The Age
Notebooks now make up over 70 percent of Mac sales
VentureBeat - 5 hours ago
Four years ago, sales of desktop machines made up 60 percent of Apple’s computer sales, while notebooks made up 40 percent. Not only have those numbers now reversed, they’ve skyrocketed in the direction of the notebook for Apple.
Alumnus named Apple CEO The Auburn Plainsman
Wishing Steve Jobs well for Mac’s 26th anniversary CNET News
PC Magazine  - Forbes  - TidBITS  - BBC News
all 311 news articles
Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

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The Money Times
New Mac Trojan Spread By Pirated Adobe Software
CRN - 11 hours ago
By Stefanie Hoffman, ChannelWeb Apple is once again the target of a Mac-only Trojan variant launched on the Mac OS X via pirated versions of Adobe Photoshop CS4.
Mac OS X Trojan Found In Pirated Photoshop CS4 InformationWeek
Mac malware tide on the rise Register
eWeek  - VNUNet.com  - Apple Insider  - Macworld
all 184 news articles
Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

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Telegraph.co.uk
Apple Shipping iLife ‘09 Tuesday
InformationWeek - 6 hours ago
The most innovative feature in the upgrade is in the iPhoto application, in which Apple has added face recognition technology. By Antone Gonsalves Apple on Tuesday plans to start shipping to retailers an upgrade to its iLife software package for
Apple’s iLife ‘09 to ship Tuesday CNET News
Apple to ship iLife ‘09 tomorrow TG Daily
PC Magazine  - Macworld  - Appscout  - 123Macmini.com
all 73 news articles
Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009