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App Store for the Mac: Will It Be a Home Run?

The iPhone and iPad app store has been a huge success for Apple. Can Steve Jobs make lightning strike a third time -- on the Mac? Here's why it may be a little more difficult.READ»

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Apple's New MacBook Air: The End of the Conventional Hard Drive?

Apple introduced the latest version of the MacBook Air today, and it's a feat of miniaturization. Steve Jobs described it as "what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up." Perhaps most intriguingly, the new MacBook Air ...READ»

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Apple Launches New MacBook Air, Lion OS X, Mac App Store, iLife 11

Steve Jobs shows off Apple's latest MacBook Air, its latest operating system Lion, and the Mac app store.READ»

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iFive: Zuck on His Biopic, iLife Rumors, RIM vs. Jobs, Street Artist J R Nabs Ted Prize, the Gulf at Six Months

The military has opened its doors to openly gay recruits for the first time--but cautions that policy could change again in the future, citing pending court cases. Justice may tarry, but business innovation waits for no one! We at ...READ»

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Mac Rumor Roundup: Lion on the Prowl?

In advance of Apple's super-secret announcement in Cupertino tomorrow, we serve up the gossip and rate its likelihood.READ»

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How Apple's MacBook Air Refresh Will Slay Optical Drives, Make You Reconsider Hard Drives

This week we're expecting big things from Apple. One of them is a MacBook Air refresh, and some tempting details surfaced over the weekend. The leaked data inspires one interesting thought: Are we about to say bye-bye to the optical drive?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»

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iFive: Sony's Google TV, Facebook's Checkin Patents, MacBook Air Rumor, Hypertension Cures, Facebook Revamp

Here's the early news, crafted while you dozed by other industrious folk who's day is already begun: READ»

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Intel Debuts a Vision for MacBook Air's New CPU

A cluster of future CPUs from Intel have just been announced, and among them are mobile chips that may (or may not) power the rumored, smaller MacBook Air upgrade. Thing is, there are two candidates.READ»

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11.6-Inch MacBook Air Rumors: Apple's Remaking the 12-Inch PowerBook Everyone Wants

Ever since Apple discontinued its 12-inch PowerBook notebook PC in favor of larger widescreen units, many a computer fan has pleaded for its return. Now rumors are again popping up about a smaller MacBook Air revision ... it may be the machine everyone wants.READ»

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Netflix, Apple, and Now Microsoft All Say Nay to Blu-ray

Sorry, Sony: The days of physical media are just about over. Microsoft, Netflix, and Apple all know it, and are planning for it.READ»

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Apple's Entertainment Roadmap: Simple, Connected, and in the Cloud

Apple's event today revealed where the company sees entertainment headed--connected, simplified, and up in the cloud.READ»

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Why Intel Is Buying Infineon

Official word is out that Intel is about to fork over $1.4 billion for the wireless products division of Infineon--partly to screw Apple, partly to cosy-up to its old mate Microsoft. READ»

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Plausible Rumor: Refreshed iPod Touch and Skinnier, Lighter MacBook Air En Route

The MacBook Air could soon get a radical makeover with new tech thinking that'll spread throughout the Mac lineup. It's happened before, and the latest set of rumors are plausible. The latest comes from Digitimes, a site that ...READ»

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Invincible Apple: 10 Lessons From the Coolest Company Anywhere

Everyone wants to be like Steve Jobs and his powerhouse company. It's not as easy as it looks.READ»

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Toshiba's Trio of New Laptops Includes a Dual-Screen, Windows 7 Oddball

Toshiba's Libretto W100 is one of the oddest computers in recent memory: two 7-inch touchscreens that can operate either independently or together. It's certainly unusual, but is it enticing? It's one of three oddball laptops introduced today.READ»

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Forget iPhone 4, Here's What Steve Jobs Didn't Mention During His WWDC Speech

Today's WWDC speech by Steve Jobs was in some ways, surprising. Despite a veritable armful of rumors, Steve mainly talked about a handful of tech, with emphasis on the new iPhone 4. So what did he leave out, and when may it come true ...READ»

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Apple WWDC 2010 Rumor Round-Up [Updated]

In a few hours from now Steve Jobs will kick off the 2010 World Wide Developers Conference--one of Apple's premiere events. Fast Company.com will be liveblogging the keynote (10am PST), so check back then. In the meantime, here are ...READ»

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Intel Introduces Core Processors for Ultrathin Laptops: Get Ready for a Super-Fast MacBook Air

Intel yesterday introduced a new, lower-voltage version of its Core line of processors designed for ultrathin laptops like Apple's MacBook Air. If they deliver on these promises, we're in for some amazing new kit.READ»

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Abracadabra Moments, the Opening Line You Should Never Use, and 10 More Ways to Sell Ideas

A good idea can only become great if you've got the skills to sell it. Here's how, in an excerpt from the new book "IdeaSelling: Successfully Pitch Your Creative Ideas to Bosses, Clients and Other Decision Makers."READ»

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Here's a Swan Song for Lala as Apple Axes the Music Streaming Service

Lala, the music streaming company bought by Apple at the end of 2009, will be dead in a month. It posted a message on its Web site last night to that effect, that said, "Lala is shutting down on May 31. Unfortunately, we are accepting ...READ»

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WANTED: LG X300 Netbook With Nigh Invincible Gorilla Glass Screen

LG, though not normally known in North America for their PCs, has put together a damn fine-looking one: the X300 netbook, featuring a near-invincible Gorilla glass screen. The X300 is more a netbook than a full-fledged laptop: it's ...READ»

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The Home Office, Kids Edition

Kids and offices don't mix, right? Tempting though it would be to take a leaf out of Apple's book and employ my young charges--open up a blogging sweatshop, if you like--I think I'd be on the fast track to nowhere--I'd get sacked ...READ»

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The Tablets of Our Dreams

Computers in movies look nothing like the beasts we lug around today. They're thin and light, a single pane that jumps to life when touched. Technology follows Hollywood dreams; here's hoping this montage is a portent of what's ...READ»

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Top 10 Gadgets this Christmas

No doubt this Christmas, technology companies will target men with tech babble (ram, gigs, specs etc), and then try to woo women by dressing up their products in glitzy, pinked up marketing bows. This is a guide for men and women, ...READ»