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"Mark Papermaster Joins Apple as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering" ["Apple also announced that Tony Fadell, Apple's senior vice president of the iPod Division, and his wife Danielle Lambert, vice president of Human Resources, are reducing their roles within the company as they devote more time to their young family. Fadell will remain at Apple as an advisor to the CEO."]
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"Apple Hires IBM's Papermaster Despite Noncompete Suit" NewsFactor 6:14 PM
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"Mark Papermaster Joins Apple as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering" PRNewswire-FirstCall 7:52 AM
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"IBM sues Apple over hiring of Austin exec: Big Blue says leader of chip design efforts violated agreement not to join rivals for at least a year after leaving." Austin American-Statesman 8:35 PM
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"IBM blocks exec's defection to Apple" iTWire 6:13 PM
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"New Apple leader sets stage for the future of the iPod" CNET News.com 3:31 PM
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"Key Apple Executive to Depart" WSJ.com 7:54 AM
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"Apple Hires I.B.M. Veteran as Device Engineer" New York Times 9:45 AM
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"Report: Tony Fadell, iPod chief, to leave Apple" CNET News.com 7:49 AM
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"Apple's iPod Chief Quits, IBM Sues To Stop Replacement Giving Secrets" paidContent.org 7:53 AM
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"Apple: Soon to Be a Mobile Gaming Force/Watch out, Sony and Nintendo; overnight, the maker of the iPhone is making a mark on the handheld gaming industry" BusinessWeek 8:07 AM
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"Apple's Secret Weapon" ["But the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer and gizmo maker's least-heralded break may be the fast-falling price of the NAND-flash memory that lets it add ever more storage capacity to its iPod digital music players at ever-falling prices."] Forbes.com 8:31 AM
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"Critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader" iTWire 9:15 PM
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"Apple's new iTunes surprise: No more jailbreaking" CNET News.com 8:12 AM
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AppleCare/Troubleshooting |
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"iDVD: DV widescreen 16:9 workflow from Final Cut Pro" Apple Support 9:30 PM
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"iDVD: Troubleshooting issues with burning discs" Apple Support 8:06 PM
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"iPhoto 7.1.5: slow launch/load times" MacFixIt 9:43 AM
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"Mac OS X 10.5: iChat and Photo Booth unexpectedly quit" Apple Support 11:13 AM
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"Does Path Finder Have What It Takes to Displace the Finder?" Smoking Apples 10:08 AM
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"Path Finder: A Browser for Mac Power Users" AppleMatters 11:14 AM
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"OpenOffice 3.0 - the only option for masochistic Linux users: And linear optimizing Mactards" The Register 11:44 AM
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"Review: Premiere Pro CS4" Macworld 8:11 AM
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"Espresso, the Web Development Application Under Review" Smoking Apples 1:28 PM
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"MagiCal For Your MenuBar" SurfBits 7:55 AM
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"Power Stroke, plug-in for Aperture 2.1 -review" IT.Enquirer 10:24 AM
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"Export RSS feed list from Mail in 10.5" Macworld 2:01 PM
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"Recover from a missing Photoshop scratch disk" Mac OS X Hints 9:48 AM
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"(A Document Being Saved By Rixedit)/Untitled" Rixstep 1:25 PM
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"Komodo IDE update adds support for Git, Mercurial (hg), Bazaar distributed version control systems" ActiveState 5:35 PM
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"Tidbits: Softimage, Autodesk, LightWave and SketchUp news" Architosh 11:49 AM
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"SerialMailer for Mac OS X gets advanced template support" MacTech Magazine 11:14 AM
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"RapidWeaver 4.2 fixes bugs, adds features" Macworld 9:40 AM
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"Line 6 releases Pod Farm guitar amp software" Macworld 8:35 AM
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"VPN Tracker 5 expands combatibility to SonicWALL" equinux 8:08 AM
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"Markus Mueller releases MindNode Pro 1.0.3 for OS X Leopard" prMac 3:00 PM
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"Coladia releases Secret of the Lost Cavern for Mac OS X" prMac 10:19 AM
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"Houdah Software updates HoudahSpot - The Spotlight front-end" prMac 8:00 AM
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"VectorDesigner updated to 1.4.6: Adds Multi-Touch Trackpad Support" prMac 7:54 AM
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"'iPresenter for Powerpoint' lets you control your Powerpoint presentations wirelessly from your iPhone, with a realtime view of your slides. iPresenter gives you full control, moving slides forward and backward and jumping to the first or last slide." Makayama 7:47 AM
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"13.6 million Japanese use iTunes, says comScore" Distorted-Loop 1:42 PM
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"SingTel Shares Slide as Profit Undermined by IPhone" Bloomberg 8:06 AM
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"iPhone Subsidy Hits SingTel Earnings" mocoNews.net 11:13 AM
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"iPhone might -or might not-be coming to South Korea before year's end" iPhone World 1:26 PM
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"Berlin bans handy iPhone metro app: Dutch Rail not happy either" The Register 11:40 AM
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"New iPhone 'Dilemmas' Ad Pushes Urban Spoon" iPhone Savior 7:32 AM
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"November 4, 1997: Store Within a Store Program Begins" AppleMatters 1:57 PM
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"FCC frees up white spaces for wireless broadband" iTWire 8:37 PM
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"The inventor behind CNN's election 'Magic Wall'" CNN 2:55 PM
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"Motorola Successfully Tests LTE In 700 MHz Spectrum: The company said it expects to release mobile products that take advantage of Long-Term Evolution wireless networks as early as next year." InformationWeek 2:10 PM
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"What's up with the GNOME Linux Desktop? Linux Desktop GUI gets more sponsors and $$ as it gears up for the next big thing" InternetNews.com 1:57 PM
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"Samsung Cuts LCD Power with Colored LEDs" PC Magazine 1:15 PM
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"Wrath of the Lich King Beta Over, Relaunch in Nine Days" PC World 1:02 PM
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"BlackBerry Bold hits stores: New device has full keyboard, 3G, Wi-Fi" Computerworld 2:52 PM
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"A triple play awaits fans of sci-fi gaming" USA Today 11:35 AM
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"Asus denies plans to phase out smaller Eee PCs" ZDNet UK 11:10 AM
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"OpenBSD update improves hardware support: The OpenBSD project has released version 4.4 of the popular descendant of the Unix-like Berkeley Software Distribution, the project's 25th release, featuring support for new hardware platforms, improved hardware support, upgrade process changes and new applications." ZDNet UK 11:09 AM
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"Nintendo sells just over 170,000 DSi units at launch" IDG News Service 10:08 AM
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"Introducing the Macworld Mac Security Superguide" Macworld 2:00 PM
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"Another score for Microsoft Silverlight, Netflix Watch Instantly streaming videos. Too bad Quicktime's better quality loses out again to DRM." The MT Show 7:58 AM
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"Apple's Proposition 8 Position and Comcast's Bandwidth Cap...One Month Later" MacJury 7:56 AM
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"Apple Involved in Class Action Suit Regarding PowerBook G4 Memory Slot Repairs" O'Grady's PowerPage 8:59 AM
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"Apple quashes rumours of Mac Mini and iMac" Crave @ CNET 8:30 AM
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"Apple scotches pre-Xmas Mac desktop revamp rumour" Reg Hardware 8:31 AM
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"Analyst: Apple may cut iPhone 3G production by 40 percent" IDG News Service 12:17 PM
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"MacOSG: Mac owner gets call from Apple concerning trackpad and hinge problems on new MacBook Pros" Macsimum News 10:52 AM
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"Intel's new Nehalem blows everything else away" The Guardian 8:35 AM
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"Apple patents, touchscreens, virtual worlds and Cern" Silicon.com 8:18 AM
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"Apple Files Indie Spotlight Trademark" MacNN 9:49 AM
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"Color level graphical user interface: A graphical user interface for performing color correction and methods for implementing the color correction are disclosed. The graphical user interface allows a user to adjust the colorspace of the pixels in the image." United States Patent and Trademark Office 8:43 AM
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"iMac Fast Start: The new user's guide to iMac" Apple Support 5:47 PM
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"MacBook: About white MacBook palmrest area" Apple Support 5:47 PM
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"Today's MacBook Pro reports include more experiences, temperature measurements, display issues, FireWire adapters, migration procedures and more" MacInTouch 8:40 AM
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"The shift to standard time confused my iPhone 3G. Deleting my MS Exchange Account and adding it back didn't fix it; but finally I noticed that the 'time zone support' had lost track of where I lived." MacInTouch 8:41 AM
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"Setting up Rogers.com email account on an iPhone 3G" Apple Support 12:28 PM
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Price Trackers/Deals |
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"ScreenAudit: Buy at a 47% discount. Promo runs today only." MacUpdate Promo 7:58 AM
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"17'' MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 10:25 AM
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"15'' MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 10:25 AM
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"13'' MacBook Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 10:25 AM
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"Apple Refurbished Product Watch.... Mac Pros Up To $700 Off" MacReviewZone 9:35 AM
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"MacBook Pro Closeout & Refurbished Prices -Up To $1,000 Off" MacReviewZone 2:04 PM
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"MacBook -Closeout & Refurbished Prices -Save Up To $400" MacReviewZone 1:28 PM
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"Refurbished iPods -iPod Touch Up To $180 Off" MacReviewZone 9:46 AM
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"'Serious' Graphics: 'late 2008' Macbook Pro runs iMaginator and Motion benchmarks plus OpenGL Extensions Viewer." Bare Feats 3:55 PM
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"Review: MacBook Air still a good choice—for a certain niche of users" Macsimum News 8:56 AM
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"Test of MacBook Pro SSD: Part II" HardMac 8:30 AM
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"Review: Epson WorkForce 600" Macworld 8:11 AM
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"Review: IOGEAR Powerline Stereo Audio System" CrunchGear 8:35 AM
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"iHome Capsule Sound iHM77 Rechargeable Mini Speakers" iLounge 3:24 PM
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"Blue Snowflake USB microphone sounds good" jkOnTheRun 10:12 AM
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"jkOnTheRun video- Incase sleeve for MacBook, battery swapping" jkOnTheRun 8:32 AM
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"Review: Recorder for iPhone/Bargain-basement app makes recording sound a snap" Macworld 3:28 PM
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"Lightsaber Unleashed application review" iPhone Buzz 3:32 PM
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"Force-restoring the Apple TV" Macworld 3:32 PM
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"Get Your Docs On! Tame the Wild Word Processing Application" Mac|Life 1:27 PM
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"How-to: Hosting files on MobileMe iDisk" MacFixIt 9:42 AM
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"Audio recording dos and don'ts" Macworld 2:00 PM
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"Time-Saving Tips: At the office/22 ways to save time and keystrokes in Microsoft Office, iWork, and more." Macworld 12:14 PM
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"See all new iPhone/iPod touch apps by category" Mac OS X Hints 9:49 AM
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Deal Brothers Daily Deal: Haier Wine Lover’s Bundle: $25.00 - Awesome Holiday Gift!
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"MacBook 3G: Ringer or Red Herring?" Chuqui 3.0 5:46 PM
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"Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro: It kinda works" CrunchGear 3:31 PM
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"Forget PSP, DS: Apple enters handheld gaming" ZDNet Blogs 3:24 PM
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"Confessions of an iPod touch Convert" TidBITS 1:56 PM
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"Fab Four Heading to Rock Band; Can iTunes Be Far Behind?" TMCnet Blog 9:45 AM
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"Apple is the new Sony; Sony wants to be the new Apple" Macsimum News 8:57 AM
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"Apple Strikes Back at 'I'm a PC' Campaign" Low End Mac 8:37 AM
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"Windows vs. Mac ads: Negative isn't funny anymore" TG Daily 8:18 AM
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"What if Apple..... PowerPC is good for Game Consoles too" Desinformado 7:58 AM
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"Apple's Future in the Mobile Phone Market" Seeking Alpha 7:53 AM
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"Obama May Not Be An iPhone Fanatic After All" iPhone Savior 7:48 AM
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"Is The End Of Matte Notebook Displays A Problem For You?" Macopinion 8:12 AM
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"Five Reasons iPod Guru's Exit Hurts Apple" CRN 4:26 PM
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"Apple's loss of iPod chief points to interesting new direction" CrunchGear 3:29 PM
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"A Blade Server Guy in an iPod World: What Gives?" MacNewsWorld 3:28 PM
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"Odd timing for big Apple news" Docu-Drama 3:23 PM
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"Is iPod Leadership Changes A Sign Of New Apple Strategy?" Cult of Mac 11:14 AM
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"Today's Outrage: Apple's Top-Secret Silliness" TheStreet.com 11:14 AM
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"Why is Apple courting IBM exec? Well, a possible Jobs successor is leaving" WRAL Local Tech Wire 9:46 AM
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"iPod Chief Switch: What it Could Mean for Apple" The Apple Blog 9:39 AM
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"Apple's IPod Shake Up Starts New 'War' With IBM" CNBC 9:39 AM
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"Google Wins Big at FCC Today" GigaOM 6:51 PM
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"Yahoo seems to be running out of options" MarketWatch 3:38 PM
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"How Google Distracts Microsoft" eWeek 2:33 PM
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"Global Test Shows Converged IPTV May Be Closer Than You Think" InformationWeek 2:12 PM
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"Wal-Mart Top Retailer for U.S. Gamers" PC World 12:59 PM
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"How Much Ink Is Left in That Dead Cartridge? We ran printers until they said it was time to change the cartridge--and found that some left more than 40 percent of their ink unused." PC World 12:57 PM
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"Ray Ozzie angers Tablet PC-heads" CrunchGear 12:14 PM
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"Mixed outlook for workplace Web 2.0: Blogs and wikis remain popular, but podcasts and forums tail off" vnunet.com 11:31 AM
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"Show of hands: Who wants multi-touch on a PC (and why)?" ZDNet 11:17 AM
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"Are IP addresses personal data?" ZDNet UK 11:10 AM
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"Second Life: Megatrend-In-Waiting Or Just A Dumb Fad?" InformationWeek 10:41 AM
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"The Future of Gaming: Why EA and Take Two Have It Wrong" Seeking Alpha 10:14 AM
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"Salesforce Plunges into Web Hosting" DaniWeb 9:36 AM
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"Windows Mobile, the First Sign of Microsoft's Retreat?" Low End Mac 8:30 AM
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"Vaddio introduces ProductionVIEW Precision Camera Controller" Vaddio 5:27 PM
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"ManGo iPhone app allows you to find national chain stores locations near you" iPhone World 3:55 PM
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"Please Fix The iPhone! portal for iPhone fix requests /suggestions launched" iPhone World 1:26 PM
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"FISHLABS revamps Powerboat Challenge iPhone water racing game for the iPhone" iPhone World 1:25 PM
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"Fake incoming phone calls with FakeCalls iPhone app" iPhone World 1:25 PM
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"Nemetschek AG Quarter 3 Revenue up 8%" Architosh 11:49 AM
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"Create a Happy, Healthy Planet in Tamagotchi: 'Round the World for iPod: Namco Brings Beloved Tamagotchi Brand to iPod" Business Wire 11:29 AM
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"BreakThru Radio introduces Drunken Politics to the iPhone and iTouch" prMac 8:36 AM
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"OtterBox for iPhone 3G Impact Series(TM): Not Your Average Skin" Market Wire 8:35 AM
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"A healthy iPhone? Turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into a portable mobile clinic with Apple's free application, Phone Aid." Miami Herald 8:19 AM
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"AT&T and Firethorn Bring Mobile Banking to iPhone Customers" iPhone Atlas 8:12 AM
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"iPod meets vacuum tubes in new audio system" Macworld UK 8:11 AM
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"iPod Touch comes complete with SONOS software" SONOS 7:57 AM
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"Snocator: New Ski and Snowboarding guide" Desinformado 7:55 AM
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"Blackbeard's Assault' on the App Store" OSX Reality 3:15 PM
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"Sally's Salon now available in the App Store" OSX Reality 7:55 AM
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"Dell asks workers to take unpaid vacation" Reuters 3:34 PM
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"Dell Lays Out More Cost-Cutting" WSJ.com 3:34 PM
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"All is not swell at Dell" Fortune 4:39 PM
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"Lenovo Goes Global, but Not Without Strife" WSJ.com 9:41 AM
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"Icahn Still Gunning for Microhoo" Wired Blogs 11:20 AM
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"Yahoo: Bernstein Sees Failure Of Google, AOL Deals; Expects Microsoft To Try Again At Around $20/Shr" Barron's 3:38 PM
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"Microsoft throws its weight behind the cloud" CNET News.com 11:08 AM
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" If Windows is a dead end, what's next? Windows 7 looks like lipstick on the Vista pig. Maybe it's time to contemplate the PC after Windows" InfoWorld 2:05 PM
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"Microsoft ranks Windows 7 features most likely to affect app-compatibility" ZDNet 11:17 AM
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"Microsoft: Windows 7 to boost solid-state drives" CNET News.com 3:55 PM
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"Windows 7 Build Already Leaked on Torrent Sites: Microsoft warns users to beware of torrent sites that may offer 'non-genuine' software." InternetNews.com 1:56 PM
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"Small attack triggered Microsoft's emergency patch, says researcher" Computerworld 2:53 PM
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"Dell aims to simplify de-duplication: Dell has announced its intention to develop de-duplication technology and to partner with EMC and Quantum to achieve this." ZDNet UK 11:09 AM
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"HP warns of datacentre 'trapped capacity': Companies overlooking hidden capacity in server rooms" vnunet.com 11:32 AM
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"HP boosts power efficiency features for latest ProLiant blade server" ZDNet 11:13 AM
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"Sun xVM Ops delivering on promises" ZDNet 11:15 AM
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"Intel's Core i7 Passes Muster" WSJ.com 9:41 AM
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"Intel to launch Menlow Refresh platform for MIDs in March 2009" DigiTimes 2:39 PM
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"Intel cutting its VMware stake in half" Reuters 3:31 PM
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"More details of AMD 45nm CPU lineup revealed" DigiTimes 2:39 PM
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"Cisco looks into the abyss: The big tech shop is expected to follow its gear peers in the downward guidance trend." Fortune 3:16 PM
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"FCC Election Day vote could revolutionize wireless" CNET News.com 10:26 AM
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"Gartner cuts '09 chip view as crisis bites" Reuters 10:11 AM
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" U.S. Stocks Advance in Biggest Election Day Rally Since 1984" Bloomberg 3:08 PM
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"Wall Street's Election Day rally: Stocks sizzle as millions of Americans head to the polls. Lending rates ease. Oil prices spike." CNNMoney 3:17 PM
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"U.S. stocks as decision looms in presidential race: U.S. stocks rallied Tuesday as millions of Americans cast ballots to determine whether Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama wins the presidency, with polls favoring the latter to replace George W. Bush in the White House." MarketWatch 3:23 PM
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"Stocks Jump as U.S. Heads to Polls" WSJ.com 9:42 AM
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"Global markets head higher: Asian, European stocks mostly advance as investors bet on more interest rate cuts and improved credit conditions." CNNMoney 3:21 PM
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"Asia Markets: Tokyo stocks sparkle in mixed region/Exporters up as buck nears 100 yen; Hong Kong up, Shanghai, Sydney down" MarketWatch 9:44 AM
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"Europe Markets: European shares up for sixth session/Morgan Stanley issues 'full house buy signal'" MarketWatch 9:44 AM
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