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Downturn, Schmownturn: Apple Just Made a Huge Pile O' Cash

At the end of the day in Seattle yesterday Apple dropped its third quarter financial results. It's a regular act, nothing to be excited about. Except Apple's figures are, in the light of the current economic slowdown, astonishing.The ...READ»

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Microsoft Poaches Former Apple Exec for Retail Rollout

Microsoft recently announced they were planning to open up retail stores ala Apple near the latter company's existing locations. Leading the charge is former Wal-Mart merchandising guru David Porter, who was hired on as Redmond's ...READ»

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Did Apple's Product Secrecy Cause a Suicide at Foxconn?

Sun Danyong was a Foxconn China employee until last Thursday, when, after apparently being responsible for the loss of an Apple prototype device, he committed suicide. Is Apple's ferocious product secrecy to blame for his death?READ»

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Seven Mysteries Online This Week

Weird things happen, yes--but when technology is the cause, everything seems more confusing. Didn't we build these things? Don't we know how they work? Here are seven quiddities topping the social news sites this week. Amazon Steals ...READ»

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What Would a Facebook Collaboration With Apple Look Like? It Almost Happened...

How would Facebook be different today if its social operating system was built into Apple's OS X? The two companies spent a lot of time collaborating early on. But, as Facebook's senior platform manager and former Apple employee Dave ...READ»

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Catching Up With Hartmut Esslinger, Design Genius

The founder of Frog Design--whose works helped transform both Sony and Apple into high-design brands--talks with Gizmodo about his work, and his new book.READ»

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Horrible Idea of the Day: Microsoft to Build Retail Stores Right Next to Apple's

Microsoft's COO says that the stores will open this fall. Just one question: How epic will the failure be?READ»

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iTunes Update Blocks Palm Pre Syncing

It was only a matter of time before Apple retaliated against Palm's USB chicanery. When it was launched, the Pre boasted full compatibility and syncing with iTunes; the device effectively spoofed the popular Apple software into ...READ»

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Windows Marketplace Opens for Older Phones, Taking App Submissions Soon

Good news for Windows Mobile users from the Worldwide Partner Conference: by year's end, Windows Marketplace, Microsoft's upcoming app vendor, will be open to WinMo 6.0 and 6.1. Previously Microsoft was gearing the site toward WinMo ...READ»

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Apple's Latest Figures Prove There's Just One App Store to Rule Them All

Apple just dropped the official statistics on the iTunes App Store's first year in business, and they're astonishing, on all sorts of scales. Turns out over 1.5 billion apps have been downloaded by iPhone users across the ...READ»

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