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3 Things Apple Left Us Hanging On: Music Streaming, Voice Control, And iPhone 5

Apple made a lot of big reveals yesterday...save three pretty conspicuous absences. Here's what it all means for future Apple releases. READ»

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How Apple's Lion Mauls Competitors And Feasts On Their Ideas For iOS [Video]

When Apple announced a new feature called "Reading List," which lets you save articles to read later, Instapaper founder Marco Arment immediately tweeted just one word, which may reflect the feelings of a lot of developers today: "Shit."READ»

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The Apple Land Grab: How The Free Cloud Will Help Grow A Nation

Prices so low, Apple must be INSANE! Or, more likely, they're hooking a whole new world of users with bargain basement prices on OS Lion and iCloud while planning to charge them later for add-ons and premium features. READ»

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Apple's Putting Your Music, Documents, And Photos Into iCloud

"We're going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device," said Steve Jobs in his keynote address at Apple's WWDC today. "We're going to move your hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud."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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Hot Apple Rumor Of The Day: An ARM A5-Powered MacBook

There are whispers from a pretty reliable source that the House of Jobs is testing a MacBook computer powered by one of its own ARM A5 chips, straight from an iPad. It may be the Mac of the future. Should Intel worry?READ»

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iFive: Google NFC Plans, Ballmer Must Leave MS, Apple's Secret At WWDC, China Prison eGold, Kutcher Invests In Airbnb

On this day in history the Treaty of Gandamak established the Afghan state, the first major oil strike happened in the Middle East, and the first session of the House Un-American Activities began. That was then, and this is now--here's what's happening today:READ»

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iFive: Google, Top Kill, Apple, and the Pirates of Tinseltown

While you were sleeping, innovation was doing great things--including delivering your BBC iPlayer-read iPad a day early if you live in Europe. Hurrah! 1. Open memo to Hollywood studios. If you're going to kvetch about piracy, then ...READ»

Key Not: Why the Jobs-less Apple WWDC Signals Trouble

Steve Jobs got the immediate gratification he so desperately desired during that decade-long run of adoring keynotes. We all hung on his every word, his every fillip of salesmanship of features that in lesser hands wouldn't have felt all that special. Well, now they're in lesser hands, and that's bad news.READ»

Even SanDisk Is Surprised by MacBook Pro Add-On

"Everyone's surprised by it," admits Eric Bone, a retail VP at SanDisk, the leader in SD cards, when I reached him just after Apple's keynote address wrapped up. Bone did a double take--along with the rest of ...READ»

Palm Pre Vs Rumored iPhone 2009: Features Comparison

The specs for Palm's Pre smartphone are now officially on public view, and it looks like a fairly hot-ticket item. But with more swirling rumors about the next-gen iPhone, it was time to update our features comparison. When we ...READ»

Will the New iPhone Come in Different Flavors--Like the iPod--to Boost Sales?

The newest iPhone may be split into multiple models to boost sales, according to two new sources. But rather than creating new hardware, Apple may split the iPhone's personality by releasing iPhones containing ...READ»

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Steve Jobs is a No Show at Apple's WWDC: Will the New iPhones Even be There?

Apple sent out a press release yesterday detailing the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, and its most obvious omission was Steve Jobs--the CEO's still taking medical leave. That's got people wondering whether a new iPhone ...READ»

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Will Apple Take A Bite Out of the Enterprise Phone Market?

Apple products used to be labeled with a "for creative types" banner, but that changed when the iMac, then iPod, and finally iPhone came along. Now Apple is everywhere...except in enterprise IT, at least not in a big way. ...READ»

Mac OS X "Snow Leopard" Revealed at WWDC '08

Fulfilling the many rumors of a Mac OS-related announcement at WWDC in San Fransisco today, Apple [NASDAQ: APPL] unveiled a new version of its OS X "Leopard" operating system, dubbed "Snow Leopard," that is big ...READ»

Apple Mania 2.0

It’s official: the iPhone 3G will drop on July 11, with a base price of $199. That’s pocket change compared to last year when prices were in the $500-600 range when the first iPhone was released. The turtle-necked guru himself, ...READ»

Watch Apple WWDC Live

It’s all things Apple-related time again. The Worldwide Developers Conference commences today at 10 a.m. PST in San Francisco, and many tech industry insiders (and Mac fanatics around the globe) are eagerly awaiting the potential ...READ»

As Apple WWDC 08 Nears, Rumors Mount

With less than five days until Apple's [NASDAQ: AAPL] Worldwide Developers' Conference in San Fransisco, Mac fanboys are getting some exciting peaks into the coming announcements. Spy shots taken at the Moscone Center, where the ...READ»