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Thursday Highlights: Computerworld's Ryan Faas thinks Apple's new iPods are a home run, but the knockout could come with Apple TV—if customers hop on board; and Reuters thinks Apple has more plans for Apple TV up its sleeve, but one industry executive thinks the whole TV rental thing is just so Apple can sell more iDevices; more reports on yesterday's happenings are found throughout the page in content-appropriate sections; analysts weigh-in on the new Apple TV; iOS has a 6:1 advantage over Android on the web, but Mac OS usage is on a decline; iTunes 10 ditches the old icon adds TV rentals, fixes bugs, causes problems for some; how is Apple's first foray into social networking with Ping? Op/Ed in our OS X section, and what happened to Facebook Connect as seen in Jobs' keynote, the answer revolves around "onerous terms" that Apple couldn't agree to; Apple posts the keynote video; a disappointing revelation from Macworld UK that the new iPods are not included in Apple's back-to-school promotion; no Intel chip in the new Apple TV; FCC tears down the new iPod touch; Twitter for iPad released, reviews aplenty in our Reviews section.
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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."] Apple 7:51 AM
"Mark Papermaster Joins Apple as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering" PRNewswire-FirstCall 7:52 AM
"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
"IBM blocks exec's defection to Apple" iTWire 6:13 PM
"New Apple leader sets stage for the future of the iPod" CNET News.com 3:31 PM
"Apple Hires I.B.M. Veteran as Device Engineer" New York Times 9:45 AM
"Losing Tony Fadell: The man who made the iPod" Fortune: Apple 2.0 8:02 AM
"Report: Tony Fadell, iPod chief, to leave Apple" CNET News.com 7:49 AM
"Senior Apple Executive to Resign: Report" TheStreet.com 7:53 AM
"Apple's iPod Chief Quits, IBM Sues To Stop Replacement Giving Secrets" paidContent.org 7:53 AM
"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
"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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"RapidWeaver 4.2 fixes bugs, adds features" Macworld 9:40 AM
"Line 6 releases Pod Farm guitar amp software" Macworld 8:35 AM
"VPN Tracker 5 expands combatibility to SonicWALL" equinux 8:08 AM
"Markus Mueller releases MindNode Pro 1.0.3 for OS X Leopard" prMac 3:00 PM
"Coladia releases Secret of the Lost Cavern for Mac OS X" prMac 10:19 AM
"Houdah Software updates HoudahSpot - The Spotlight front-end" prMac 8:00 AM
"VectorDesigner updated to 1.4.6: Adds Multi-Touch Trackpad Support" prMac 7:54 AM
"'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
"The inventor behind CNN's election 'Magic Wall'" CNN 2:55 PM
"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
"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
"Samsung Cuts LCD Power with Colored LEDs" PC Magazine 1:15 PM
"Wrath of the Lich King Beta Over, Relaunch in Nine Days" PC World 1:02 PM
"BlackBerry Bold hits stores: New device has full keyboard, 3G, Wi-Fi" Computerworld 2:52 PM
"A triple play awaits fans of sci-fi gaming" USA Today 11:35 AM
"Asus denies plans to phase out smaller Eee PCs" ZDNet UK 11:10 AM
"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
"Nintendo sells just over 170,000 DSi units at launch" IDG News Service 10:08 AM
Publications
"Introducing the Macworld Mac Security Superguide" Macworld 2:00 PM
"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
"Apple's Proposition 8 Position and Comcast's Bandwidth Cap...One Month Later" MacJury 7:56 AM
"Apple Involved in Class Action Suit Regarding PowerBook G4 Memory Slot Repairs" O'Grady's PowerPage 8:59 AM
"Apple quashes rumours of Mac Mini and iMac" Crave @ CNET 8:30 AM
"Apple scotches pre-Xmas Mac desktop revamp rumour" Reg Hardware 8:31 AM
"Analyst: Apple may cut iPhone 3G production by 40 percent" IDG News Service 12:17 PM
"MacOSG: Mac owner gets call from Apple concerning trackpad and hinge problems on new MacBook Pros" Macsimum News 10:52 AM
"Intel's new Nehalem blows everything else away" The Guardian 8:35 AM
"Apple patents, touchscreens, virtual worlds and Cern" Silicon.com 8:18 AM
"Apple Files Indie Spotlight Trademark" MacNN 9:49 AM
Granted Apple Patents
"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
"iMac Fast Start: The new user's guide to iMac" Apple Support 5:47 PM
"MacBook: About white MacBook palmrest area" Apple Support 5:47 PM
"Today's MacBook Pro reports include more experiences, temperature measurements, display issues, FireWire adapters, migration procedures and more" MacInTouch 8:40 AM
"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
"Setting up Rogers.com email account on an iPhone 3G" Apple Support 12:28 PM
Price Trackers/Deals
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"17'' MacBook Pro 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
"MacBook Pro Closeout & Refurbished Prices -Up To $1,000 Off" MacReviewZone 2:04 PM
"MacBook -Closeout & Refurbished Prices -Save Up To $400" MacReviewZone 1:28 PM
"Refurbished iPods -iPod Touch Up To $180 Off" MacReviewZone 9:46 AM
"Global Test Shows Converged IPTV May Be Closer Than You Think" InformationWeek 2:12 PM
"Don't Fear Big-Box Linux Development" InformationWeek 2:08 PM
"Wal-Mart Top Retailer for U.S. Gamers" PC World 12:59 PM
"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
"Lenovo Goes Global, but Not Without Strife" WSJ.com 9:41 AM
"Icahn Still Gunning for Microhoo" Wired Blogs 11:20 AM
"Yahoo: Bernstein Sees Failure Of Google, AOL Deals; Expects Microsoft To Try Again At Around $20/Shr" Barron's 3:38 PM
"Microsoft throws its weight behind the cloud" CNET News.com 11:08 AM
"Vista Drives Windows Market Share Gains" Computerworld 1:01 PM
" 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
"Windows 7 talk turns to hardware" CNET News.com 10:27 AM
"Microsoft ranks Windows 7 features most likely to affect app-compatibility" ZDNet 11:17 AM
"Microsoft: Windows 7 to boost solid-state drives" CNET News.com 3:55 PM
"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
"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
"HP warns of datacentre 'trapped capacity': Companies overlooking hidden capacity in server rooms" vnunet.com 11:32 AM
"HP boosts power efficiency features for latest ProLiant blade server" ZDNet 11:13 AM
"Sun xVM Ops delivering on promises" ZDNet 11:15 AM
"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
"Stocks Jump as U.S. Heads to Polls" WSJ.com 9:42 AM
"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
"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
"Europe Markets: European shares up for sixth session/Morgan Stanley issues 'full house buy signal'" MarketWatch 9:44 AM
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