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animusCollards writes “Slate ponders a post-Steve Jobs Apple, including possible successors, and the future is… boring. ‘..it’s certainly true that Jobs’ style is central to the company’s brand and the fierce connection it forges with its customers. His product announcements prompt hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free press coverage and whip up greater and more loyal fans, generating ever-greater interest in the company. … At some point, all that will end. Jobs will eventually leave the company. There are no obvious plans for succession; in addition to Schiller, observers finger Tim Cook, Apple’s COO, and Scott Forstall, who helped develop Mac OS X and the iPhone’s software, as contenders for the job. But Tuesday’s keynote illustrated how difficult it will be for any of those guys to replace Jobs.'”

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With MacWorld Expo here, you should expect that Microsoft officials are out talking up the idea of the “Apple tax” again.

He should be better soon — now that the Apple Store is getting rid of DRM, Cory Doctorow will get rid of his Steve Jobs voodoo doll.

People will buy anything with an Apple logo. In fact, we’ve proposed a few new markets Apple should look into before calling all the big MacWorld announcements off…

From iPhone to iMac, we look back over the innovations Apple has announced at previous Macworlds.

Phil Schiller delivered the keynote at MacWorld, the first after the Steve Jobs era of keynotes. Here is Engadget’s live blog. The big news, predicted by many rumor sites, was the introduction of the unibody 17″ MacBook Pro. As rumored, the battery is not removable, but it’s claimed to provide 8 hours of battery life (7 hours with the discrete graphics): “3x the charges and lifespan of the industry standard.” ,799, 2.66 GHz and 4 GB of RAM, 320GB hard drive, shipping at the end of January. There is a battery exchange program, and there is an option for a matte display. The other big news is that iTunes is going DRM-free: 8M songs today, all 10+M by the end of March. Song pricing will be flexible, as the studios have been demanding; the lowest song price is {content}.69. Apple also introduced the beta of a Google Docs-like service, iWork.com.

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CommonCents noted an Apple announcement a few hours before the anticipated keynote. He says “Apples’ latest must have gadget does away with the keyboard. With the new MacBook Wheel, Apple has replaced the traditional keyboard with a giant wheel.”

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It couldn’t be simpler!

i4u writes “Rumors about Steve Jobs’ health have been flying high again after Apple announced that he will not be holding the keynote at the Macworld 2009. Today Steve Jobs issued a letter with a rather personal update on why he was losing weight in 2008. The reason for losing weight in 2008 is a hormone imbalance that has been reducing proteins. The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward according to Jobs. Steve and his doctors predict that he will have normal weight again by Spring. So stop the rumors and enjoy Macworld 2009.”

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With Macworld just around the corner, people are still clamoring and fretting over the fact that Steve Jobs won’t be delivering the keynote. Lost in the shuffle, however, is the fact that Apple (via Phil Schiller) will most likely deliver some interesting announcements to its product line.