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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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Apple Patents Hint at Touchscreen Macs, MagSafe iPads, and Wireless Syncing

Time for your Friday check of Apple rumors. Patents are re-injecting some intrigue into the thoughts about touchscreen iMacs, and potential MagSafe connectors for the iPad could hint that Apple plans wireless syncing at last.READ»

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How a Team at Apple Made the iPod Dream a Reality

In this excerpt from "The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization," authors Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton look at the team that created the iPod, and how the vision of a revolutionary music player motivated them to innovate.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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Sony's LiveView Is the Dick Tracy Watch Apple Should've Made

Sony has just outed its LiveView product, a 1.3-inch screen wristwatch remote that's designed to be a tiny companion to your Android 2.1 device. It's not a direct rival for the new iPod Nano, but is it the device Apple should've made?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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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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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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iFive: Hawking vs. God, Layoff-Happy CEOs, Euro Shopping Spree, Walkmen vs. iPods, Hurricane Earl

Professor Stephen Hawking rethinks God, CEOs who fire more earn more, European consumer spending is up, Walkman sales somehow surpass iPod sales in Japan, and Hurricane Earl spins up the Eastern Seaboard.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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New Multitouch Apple Nano Is the Dick Tracy Watch for a New Generation

In the middle of revamping its entire iPod lineup, Apple released the newly redesigned iPod Nano. It's a totally different beast, and packs in a multitouch interface. READ»

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Sony Launches Qriocity, Cloud-based Music Service to Rival Apple, iTunes

Will Sony's new digital media service make a dent in Apple's market share?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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App Smackdown: Netflix vs. Blockbuster

Now that Netflix is available on the iPhone and iPod -- and Blockbuster is dominating Droid -- which movie rental giant will win the mobile market?READ»

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Windows 7 Phones Will Interact With Xbox, Demo Future of Gaming

Real-time console game interactivity is coming to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 devices, which transforms the phone from a communications curio to an integral part of your game system. Apple may be following the same route. Should Sony be scared?READ»

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Apple TV Rumors: You and Your Grandmother Will Never Watch TV the Same Way Again

The rumors spin ever faster about Apple's iTV device--it'll apparently change everything, and now there's some evidence that Apple is training its in-store employees for "something big."READ»

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Google's Success in Facebook Game: Handicapping the Odds

Google's on the defensive over Facebook's new Places location-based feature, and is preparing the ground for its rumored social network "Me." How will it fare? READ»

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Apple Explodes Exploding Nano Rumors: 2010 iPod Touch Is Blazing

Apple's making good on allegations its iPod Nanos from a few years back in Japan were a fire hazard. Simultaneously there's a rumor about the upcoming Touch refresh--one that'll set iPods on fire, in a totally good way. READ»

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Apple's Great Japanese Nano Fires of 2010

Okay. Try to be calm. Put down your iPod Nano. Back away slowly. DON'T LOOK AT IT. Slowly now. Slooowly.READ»

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Vonage App: Call Facebook Friends for Free

The new Vonage app for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Android devices lets you call any Facebook friend using data rather than voice. In other words: Forget your carrier.READ»

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Android Outsells iPhone for the First Time

The second quarter of 2010, just ended, marks a big achievement for Android: The two-year-old operating system passed Apple's iPhone in marketshare.READ»

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iPad and Record Mac Sales Boost Apple's Quarterly Revenue to Highest Ever

Thanks to the sales of both the iPad and, interestingly, record sales of the Mac line, Apple's third quarter earnings rose 78% from last year. READ»