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Tech NewsTop Ten Macworlds: a Decade of Unveilings
In this video, take a look at Steve Jobs making his triumphant return to Apple, announcing a partnership with Microsoft. After that, a string of Macworld announcements rocked the Mac world each year. Here’s a top ten list, counting down in order of importance: 10. 2004: Final Cut Express 2, XServe G5 machines, Office 2004, … Continued
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Bragworld ’07
Follow the entire Jobs Keynote on this dedicated keynote page. 9:15: Steve’s talking about the transition to Intel within 7 months instead of 12. Praising third party app developers and users. “As soon as you saw these lightning fast machines, you bought’em”. 9:17: Half of all new mac sales are to “switchers”. 9:17: An Apple … Continued
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Jobs Meeting With Telefonica Head For Cellphone Girl Talk
Gizmodo Spain’s got the scoop on a couple of upcoming meetings between Apple’s Job and Cesar Alierta, the big boy of international telecom giant Telefonica. Insiders say that besides swapping recipes, the two will discuss multimedia content, the secret “iPhone”, and whether Pedro Almodovar’s Volver will win anything this year. The meetings won’t be until … Continued
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Steve Jobs Likes The Word Boom
If you had three and a half hours and absolutely nothing better to do, you could edit together a video of all the times Steve Jobs says “boom” in his presentations. Which is quite a lot. Good thing someone’s already done this for you, so you can sit back and bask in the silliness that … Continued
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Zune vs iPod: The 5 Year Battle for Souls
Steven Levy didn’t just find out how to meet women using iPods. He writes an article comparing the Zune vs. iPod battle as one that’ll be sorted only after 5 years, much like J Allard’s Xbox and its stand against Sony’s Playstation 2. Clearly, that battle has been going well for J, against all odds. … Continued
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Steve Jobs On Zune WiFi Getting You Laid
Steven Levy, the Newsweek tech reporter has the kind of inside access at Apple worth Walt Mossberg’s weight in gold. Check out this locker room talk about the size of Zune’s “social neworking” je-ne-sais-quoi from his Q&A with Steve Jobs. Levy: Microsoft has announced its new iPod competitor, Zune. It says that this device is … Continued
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Jobs to Give Keynote at MacWorld
In the biggest twist of the year, including last year, it has become official that our good friend Stevey Jobs will be delivering the keynote address at this year’s MacWorld. MacWorld is Apple’s own little show that happens every January right after CES. Why is this important? Well, every other time Jobs has given a … Continued
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Steve Jobs’ Keynote Bloopers Video Compilation
APC Magazine compiled a video of bloopers from Jobs’ presentations. If you’re a Mac fanboy, it’s like seeing your dad get hit in the balls. If you’re a Mac hater, it’s like seeing your dad get hit in the balls, but with you doing the throwing. “It’s pretty awesome when it works”: Steve Jobs’ Apple … Continued
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The iPod Nano: The 2nd Generation
It’s made out of aluminum, even thinner than the first gen. They’re bringing back colors (like the mIni). It looks similar to the Mini, actually. Battery life increased from 15 to 24 hours, gapless playback, instant search like the big iPod, and quick scrolling. Comes with the new headphones. Comes in three models, 2GB model … Continued
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It’s Starting: The iPod
Steve’s just walked out on stage. He’s wearing the usual jeans and NO turtleneck, introducing the special event. “What do you say let’s get started”! The first topic is the iPod. There are over 3,000 iPod accessories. They had a picture of the iCarta toilet device! 70% of the cars sold now have some kind … Continued
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MacBook Pro a Lemon?
Is there something rotten in Cupertino? After hearing rumblings of problems with MacBook Pros, now David Ciccone of Mobility Today tells us about his nightmarish series of issues with the MacBook Pro he bought back in March of this year. The problems started soon after the purchase, where Ciccone noticed whining noises emanating from his … Continued
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Steve Jobs Talking Up The iPhone To His Inner Circle?
Rumor has it, Apple CEO and WWDC disappointment Steve Jobs can’t contain his excitement about the “upcoming” iPhone to his inner circles. Who that means exactly, we couldn’t say. But a few informants and insiders indicate that there have been cellphone prototypes, OEM talks, and dealings with Apple’s current partners. One of the informants say … Continued
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Apple Intros Xeon-Based Mac Pro Workstations at WWDC 2006
Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing Phillip Schiller today introduced the Mac Pro, an upgrade to Apple’s highest end personal computers, each now using two Intel Xeon processors with speeds of up to 3GHz. Using the same case as its G5 predecessor, the Mac Pro will contain two … Continued
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Apple’s WWDC Today: Blogging Live (Is This Thing On?)
Dear Giz readers, It’s 1AM in SF, the night before the Keynote. And I just can’t sleep. My palms and pajamas are sweaty, my mouth is dry, and all these vicodins aren’t making me even remotely tired. I just can’t wait til Stevie J. comes out of his house-sized iPod, and graces us, the common … Continued
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Apple Rumors: OS X Leopard’s Six Best Spots
It’s the day before Apple’s WWDC, and we’re dreaming of what goodies Stevie J. will reveal at the keynote. Last week, O’Grady got his O’Hands all O’ver what looks like details of the next revision of OS X, AKA Leopard. Giz took a look at the long-ish post, and sorted out what we thought were … Continued
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Evangelical Tract Says Says ‘Ipod Guy’ Needs Jesus
We’re as inclined as anyone to believe that Steve Jobs is going to spend eternity in flames—somebody has to pay for all those DS_store files—but Rich Robinson of Jews for Jesus is really sure. So certain that he made this evangelical tract, currently being passed around (or thrown on the ground) in New York’s very … Continued
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Jobs Wants Your iPod Money Once A Year
Maybe it was due to Brian Williams’ disarming demeanor, but Jobs just coughed up a nice quote during their interview today. Jobs: You know, you keep on innovating, you keep on making better stuff. And if you always want the latest and greatest, then you have to buy a new iPod at least once a … Continued
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Apple Fifth Avenue Store Opening
See if you can spot a few celebrities in this too-long clip of Apple’s Fifth Avenue store opening last week. From the looks of this video by Richard Blakeley, the best part of the store is the exterior, and once you walk down its crystal staircase after waiting in line for hours, it’s, well, just … Continued
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New NYC Apple Store Unveiled Ahead of Schedule
We’d heard the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue (a.k.a. Steve Jobs’ Glass Cube) was going to have its big unveiling this Friday, as it opened to the public, but lo and behold the wraps came off last night in time for a press tour. We completely understand how our friends at Gothamist had to hit … Continued
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