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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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Rocking a Planetary Rover With an iPod Touch

Mac-based planetary exploration rovers, remote controlled via iPod Touches, will be debuted publicly at the MacTech Conference in LA.READ»

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How the iPhone 5 Can Stay Ahead of the Pack

Apple looks set to shun the next-generation 4G technology, LTE, for its first year in the U.S. Can it still retain its title as the most advanced smartphone, in the face of strong competition from Windows 7 and Android phones?READ»

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Credit Cards Will Go Electronic, Then Disappear Into iPhone 5

Two bits of news chart the evolution and demise of that dumb piece of plastic in your wallet. First, it will get very intelligent. Second, it will be replaced by your phone. READ»

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Apple TV Is Ripe for Hacking: A Secret Plan to Bring Apps to Your TV

Apple TV is out, and it's already been sliced and filleted, revealing Apple's long-term secret plan to get its app store onto your TV and beat the set-top-box brigade.READ»

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iFive: HP Re-Friends Oracle, iPad Mini Rumors, Ivi TV Fight, VLC on iPad, Unwanted Facebook Party

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift--that's why the call it the present. And here's our gift to you: The early news, digested.READ»

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Flash Defeats HTML5 in Round One by a Knockout

This video shows an unscientific but intriguing battle between Adobe Flash and HTML5 on mobile devices. For all the talk about HTML5 being the savior of Web video, you might expect it to not get trounced so thoroughly.READ»

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iOS 4.2: The iPad Is a Real Computer Now

The newest beta version of the iPad software, version 4.2, just came out today, bringing everything iPad owners have wanted: multitasking, homescreen folders, wireless printing, and more.READ»

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Karaoke Walkman Brings C+C Music Factory, Sinatra, Guns N' Roses to MP3 Player Market Share Fight

One of Sony's ideas for winning over the MP3 player market in Japan: A Walkman that displays karaoke lyrics. READ»

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2010 Internet-TV Election: Fringe Candidate Boxee Box Challenges Apple, Google

This fall, one election really matters: Which set-top box will connect your TV to the Internet? Apple TV and Google TV have all the money, but fringe candidate Boxee Box, with its radical open-source philosophy, deserves a closer look.READ»

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Did Apple Just Open the Door to Adobe Flash on iPhone and iPad? [Updated]

Shock: Apple just pulled a surprising move, admitting it had made an error with overly strict developer guidelines. Then, a bigger shock: The new rules may permit Adobe's Flash to work on the iPhone and iPad.READ»

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Will Apple Let the VLC iPad App Survive?

The open-source, lightweight, plays-anything video and audio program VLC is finally coming to the iPad. This could mean a revolution in video and audio--but will Apple let it happen?READ»

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Who's That Texting Your Kids in Class 66% of the Time? Parents

A new survey by textPlus reveals that texting in the classroom is more rampant than ever--for both students and parents.READ»

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Apple Patent Foresees Sexy, Bulletproof iPhone 5

The Cupertino giant files a design for a cosmetically attractive composite material. It may point the way to indestructible iDevices. READ»

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Samsung Just Revealed Apple's Next iPhone Super-Chip

Samsung just pulled the veil from its dual-core Orion low-power chip, based on ARM Cortex A9 designs. It's powerful, impressive. It may also be the secret behind Apple's next iPad/iPhone CPU.READ»

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Nike+ GPS App for iPhone Challenges All Fitness App Rivals

Nike+ was one of the first real mobile fitness systems, but it's fallen behind rivals like Runkeeper in recent years. The new Nike+ is a worthy challenger to those upstarts.READ»

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Samsung's B+ Mentality: Find a Successful Product, Copy It Adequately

Samsung's new Galaxy Tablet is the answer to Apple's iPad, but it's barely competent--which is precisely how Samsung rolls. A history of merely satisfactory products proves the point.READ»

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The A4 Chip, Apple's Biggest Jewel

Apple's latest iPod and Apple TV event was notionally about the snazzy product line, but it also reveals how much Apple's future hinges on its house-brand ARM chips--the A4 silicon is now inside four keystone Apple gizmos.READ»

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Ping: Apple Launches Music Social Network on iTunes

At the Apple press conference today, Steve Jobs unveiled Ping, a music social network seamlessly integrated into the latest version of iTunes 10.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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Apple Game Center for iPhone Beats Xbox Live to the Mobile Punch

Along with Microsoft's Xbox Live for Windows Phone 7, Apple's new Game Center is going to change the very nature of portable gaming. READ»

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Apple's Live Event Streaming: One Massive Hint for TV Show Rentals, Apple TV Revamp

Apple's live stream of today's media event? One big smokescreen. Really, it's all about Apple's content-streaming future. READ»

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What's Hiding in Apple's Guitar: Touchscreen iPod Nano, and All Tomorrow's Rumors

Apple's September special event is tomorrow. Traditionally it's iPod refresh time, and iPod-esque rumors are a-swirlin'. But does Apple have something else hidden inside its guitar?READ»

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iPhone App Heading to Hollywood, FarmVille Movie Next?

Will it translate from the super-small screen to the big screen?READ»

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Blockbusted: A Netflix Knock-Out, Bad Metaphors on the Path to the Movie Monster's Bankruptcy

A look back at the best denials of Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes. READ»