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Apple Teaches Old iPods New Tricks
Apple put a charge in its iPod line Wednesday, but it remains a holdout in the "all you can ear" music subscription m...
by John P. Mello Jr.
2 Sep 2010 at 3:51pm

In iTunes, All App Reviews Are Not Created Equal
I like walled gardens. They are safe and, for the most part, keep out the predators. However, when one sneaks over th...
by Rob Walch
2 Sep 2010 at 12:00pm

Apple Reprograms TV
Apple on Wednesday made a host of announcements focused around music and entertainment. These included a revamped ver...
by Richard Adhikari
1 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm

Will Wednesday's Big Show Put More Spring in AAPL's Step?
Shares of Apple closed up 60 cents on Tuesday to hit $243.10. However, Cupertino is still smarting from the downward ...
by Richard Adhikari
1 Sep 2010 at 12:00pm

Mac-Loving Engineers Can Have Their AutoCAD and iPads Too
AutoCAD, a popular design and engineering tool from Autodesk, is returning to the
Mac after an absence of some 18 yea...
by Erika Morphy
31 Aug 2010 at 7:07pm

What iPods May Come
Apple first introduced its iconic white iPod in the fall of 2001, then gave it the technology buddy it needed -- the ...
by Chris Maxcer
31 Aug 2010 at 12:00pm

Civil War App: Mostly a Great Teacher With a Few Sub-Par Subs
Move over, Ken Burns. The Civil War has come to the iPad. The $4.99 app, Civil War: America's Epic Struggle, created ...
by John P. Mello Jr.
30 Aug 2010 at 12:00pm

Waiting for a Clearer Picture From AirDisplay's PC Beta
The iPhone's screen is well-proportioned for a pants pocket, but you wouldn't want to use it all day as a dedicated c...
by Paul Hartsock
26 Aug 2010 at 12:00pm

Can Apple Make It Big in Television?
Apple is reportedly negotiating with some major entertainment companies for television content consumers can lease to...
by Richard Adhikari
25 Aug 2010 at 9:52pm

Apple Battles the Green Robots
Stocks overall continued their slide Tuesday, following news that home resales fell 27.2 percent in July to their low...
by Richard Adhikari
25 Aug 2010 at 12:00pm

Macworld UK

Developer: Apple's iAd solution is expensive and ineffective
Having spent $1,251.75 on the campaign, developer David Smith calculates that his company paid $15 for each of the 84...
by team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam)
27 Aug 2010 at 2:26pm

New Apple A4 chip patent hints at smaller, sleeker devices
A newly published patent application from Apple reveals systems and methods for providing a system-on-a-substrate rel...
by team@macworld.co.uk (Nick Spence)
27 Aug 2010 at 2:15pm

Apple promises to pay iPhone developers sooner, regularly
Apple has posted a note for iPhone developers promising to pay developers sooner and more frequently in future.


by team@macworld.co.uk (Nick Spence)
27 Aug 2010 at 1:25pm

Report: HD, large format Apple TV apps unlikely for now
Apple may see new revenue in a revamped Apple TV, but large screen apps may be some way off, for now at least.


by team@macworld.co.uk (Nick Spence)
27 Aug 2010 at 1:00pm

Report: HD large format Apple TV apps unlikely for now
Apple may see new revenue in a revamped Apple TV, but large screen apps may be some way off, for now at least.


by team@macworld.co.uk (Nick Spence)
27 Aug 2010 at 1:00pm

Third beta of Mac OS X 10.6.5 has 'one known issue'
The third beta of Mac OS X 10.6.5, Apple seeded to developers on Thursday, has "one known issue" according to people ...
by team@macworld.co.uk (Nick Spence)
27 Aug 2010 at 12:05pm

Opinion: Will Apple retire the iPod classic next week?
Retiring the iPod classic makes sense only if another device can take the high-capacity throne with flash storage.


by team@macworld.co.uk (Jared Newman PCWorld.com)
27 Aug 2010 at 11:35am

Future Apple MacBooks may play Blu-ray 3D with new Intel chip
Intel's upcoming next-generation laptop chips will have a dozen new features to improve graphics performance and will...
by team@macworld.co.uk (Agam Shah)
27 Aug 2010 at 11:25am

China Unicom could sell Apple's iPad from next month
China Unicom could sell Apple's iPad from next month , along with the expected iPhone 4 launch.


by team@macworld.co.uk (Nick Spence)
27 Aug 2010 at 11:20am

Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad e-readers spark revolution
Amazon's Kindle e-book reader and Apple's iPad tablet have a lot more in common than you'd think. Both devices have s...
by team@macworld.co.uk (Daniel Ionescu PCWorld.com)
27 Aug 2010 at 9:00am

Slashdot: Apple

Ping Could Be Apple's Social Networking Backdoor?
rsmiller510 writes "Could Apple's announcement about Ping, a music-based social network be Apple's social networking ...
by CmdrTaco
2 Sep 2010 at 2:37pm

Apple Announces New iPods, iTunes 10, Social Network, AppleTV
Steve Jobs gave his iPod keynote this morning. He started with iOS 4.1 and Game Center which will be coming out next ...
by CmdrTaco
1 Sep 2010 at 6:00pm

New QuickTime Flaw Bypasses ASLR, DEP
Trailrunner7 writes "A Spanish security researcher has discovered a new vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime software t...
by Soulskill
31 Aug 2010 at 4:07am

iPhone App In App Store Limbo Open Sourced
recoiledsnake writes "The author of iPhone prototyping tool Briefs has decided to open source it after the App store ...
by timothy
30 Aug 2010 at 5:33am

The iPad As a Shape-Recognition System
An anonymous reader writes with an interesting use for the iPad: "The guys over at the Volumique blog have a differen...
by timothy
29 Aug 2010 at 2:42pm

Paul Allen Files Patent Suit Against Apple, Google, Yahoo, Others
mewshi_nya writes "A firm run by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen filed suit alleging 11 technology companies are viol...
by Soulskill
27 Aug 2010 at 9:05pm

Fat Fingered Sumo Wrestlers Given iPads
The Japan Sumo Association is handing out about 60 iPads to training stables to help the wrestlers communicate becaus...
by samzenpus
26 Aug 2010 at 4:04pm

Apple In Talks To Bring $0.99 TV Rentals To iTunes
An anonymous reader writes "On September first, Apple will reportedly announce a new iPod Touch with a front facing c...
by samzenpus
25 Aug 2010 at 9:45pm

Apple Exec Stashed $150,000 In Shoe Boxes
angry tapir writes "US federal agents found more than US$150,000 in cash when they searched the house of Apple manage...
by CmdrTaco
25 Aug 2010 at 3:35pm

Apple Patent Points To iMac Touch Running OS X and iOS
siliconbits noted an interesting little tale of a recently surfaced Apple Patent covering an iMac Touch with a flex b...
by CmdrTaco
24 Aug 2010 at 2:37pm

Mac Rumors

Apple-Facebook Controversy Over Ping Rooted in API Usage, Feature May Return

Earlier today, we reported on confusion surrounding the brief appearance of Facebook Connect functionality in iTunes...
2 Sep 2010 at 9:00pm

Apple Confirms No Software Update for Original Apple TV

Included in a nice overview of Apple's new iPods and Apple TV from Ars Technica is confirmation that users of Apple'...
2 Sep 2010 at 8:14pm

Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build 10H535 to Developers

Apple continues its trend of weekly releases of Mac OS X 10.6.5 developer builds today by pushing Build 10H535 to reg...
2 Sep 2010 at 7:09pm

Spammers Already Taking Aim at Apple's Ping

It's been less than 24 hours since Apple released iTunes 10 and its integrated social networking functionality, Ping...
2 Sep 2010 at 6:50pm

Fourth-Generation iPod Touch Teardown Photos Posted by FCC

Engadget notes that Apple's new iPod touch introduced yesterday has appeared on the website of the U.S. Federal Comm...
2 Sep 2010 at 4:42pm

Confusion Over Facebook's Brief Appearance in Ping for iTunes

Screenshot from Follow Music and People with Ping video tutorial
With yesterday's release of iTunes 10, Apple also d...
2 Sep 2010 at 2:26pm

Twitter for iPad Offers a Fresh New Interface
Tonight Twitter released a new update to their popular Twitter application that makes it a Universal app with native ...
2 Sep 2010 at 5:59am

Apple Posts September Media Event Video Stream in Multiple Formats

Apple has posted the full stream for today's Media event. While the stream had been available for Mac OS X 10.6 an...
2 Sep 2010 at 3:20am

iTunes 10 Now Available to Download

Apple has finally posted the iTunes 10 release for download. iTunes 10 was introduced today during the keynote even...
2 Sep 2010 at 2:00am

Apple's New iPod Touch and iPod Nano Commercials
During today's media event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced two new commercials, one each for the new iPod touch and ...
1 Sep 2010 at 9:00pm