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Apple's Astonishing Earnings Aren't The Full Story: There's Still Room For Huge Growth

Ahead of its earnings call, Apple's revealed a staggeringly high record revenue and profit, gross margins that beat market predictions, and iPhone and iPad sales that blew past expectations. Astonishing.READ»

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What Apple Will Show Us Today: Code, Clouds, And Steve Jobs [Updated]

Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference kicks off on Monday, with Steve Jobs giving the keynote address. Here's a preview.READ»

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iFive: Google Offers Debut, Cell Phones And Cancer, Nokia Shuts Online Stores, Schmidt On Macs vs. PCs, Lodsys Sues Developers

A four-day work week seems to speed by, doesn't it? To help it on its way here's iFive, our super-speedy roundup of the early news:READ»

Dreams Of Macs With All-Day Batteries May Come True, If Apple Ditches Intel For ARM

Rumors are flying that Apple might pull the old chip switcheroo again and embrace ARM CPUs instead of Intel's silicon. That would make your MacBook lasts pretty much all day on a charge. And a million graphic designers' Mac-loving hearts just started racing...READ»

Apple's Mac App Store Opens January 6th

Apple's next big step in App Store business, the Mac App Store, will open its doors to consumers on January 6th in nations around the world. READ»

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Did Facebook Just Sound the Death Knell for Groupon and Foursquare?

That girl on the Foursquare logo always looked a little worried, and now we know why: A bigfoot named Facebook just stomped into her territory to steal away her check-in game. At least that's that way it looked yesterday when Facebook stepped decidedly into space previously dominated by the likes of Foursquare and Gowalla, as well as Groupon. READ»

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Apple Just Became the Number One U.S. PC Vendor, Kinda

If you look at things in a particular way, Apple's just been confirmed as the top PC vendor in the U.S. What's the trick? You have to include iPad sales in the figures. READ»

Apple Rumors: Touchscreen iMacs, Better Audio on iPhones, and OS X's Clever 3-D Controller

It wouldn't have been a complete week in tech news without some hot-to-trot Apple rumors hitting, and here they are.READ»

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What You're Not Missing at MacWorld 2010: Kevin Smith, NYT's David Pogue Tinkling the Ivories

Cue wild yelps and cheers from the Mac crowd: MacWorld 2010 kicks off today! Excitement! Adventure! Multitouch! And really ... okay, nothing that special. Without the participation of Apple, the company behind the brand for which ...READ»

Hacking, Like The Weather, Is Seasonal

A survey of the hackers attending this month's Defcon 17 conference turned up these rather interesting results: About 81% of the hackers say they're more active during the winter holidays. READ»

Macs Versus PCs Becomes iPhone Versus Pre

This is the story of two phones. The first is the most remarkable phone ever to come from the great Palm factories. The second's the astonishing brainchild of Apple's laboratories. The two devices are in pitched battle, supported by ...READ»

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Could MacHeist Prompt Apple into an App Store for Macs?

Since its inception in 2006, MacHeist has been variously reviled, applauded and seen soaring success. The annual event, which mixes entertainment, charity, free software, and software bundling, has become a phenom in the Mac world. ...READ»