Feb 22 2009

How Intel’s battle with NVIDIA over Core i7 impacts Apple

A technology licensing suit between Intel and NVIDIA over controller chipsets and the next generation of Intel’s Core i7 CPUs may complicate Apple’s immediate plans for the next iMac and Mac Pro, and disrupt the company’s long term strategy for standardized GPU acceleration using OpenCL.

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Feb 22 2009

BlackBerry Outshines Apple iPhone In Fourth Quarter – ChannelWeb


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BlackBerry Outshines Apple iPhone In Fourth Quarter
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The Apple iPhone's time as king of the smartphone mountain was short-lived, as a recent research report indicates that BlackBerry devices are still the top dog when it comes to market share.
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Feb 22 2009

Friday Apple Links: Dancing with the Woz edition – Ars Technica


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Friday Apple Links: Dancing with the Woz edition
Ars Technica
In this week-ending roundup of interesting Apple tidbits, we have iTunes taxes, German Mac cloners telling Apple to bring it on, turn-by-turn GPS navigation for your iPhone, Apple's Wayne Westerman talks multi-touch inspiration, and more.
mocoNews.net – Skype And Mozilla Petition For IPhone 'Jailbreaking Washington Post
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Feb 21 2009

BlackBerry Outshines Apple iPhone In Fourth Quarter – ChannelWeb


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BlackBerry Outshines Apple iPhone In Fourth Quarter
ChannelWeb
The Apple iPhone's time as king of the smartphone mountain was short-lived, as a recent research report indicates that BlackBerry devices are still the top dog when it comes to market share.
RIM keeps hiring Edmonton Sun
A confident path for BlackBerry Financial Times
MINA – ITProPortal – The FINANCIAL – Mobile Phones
all 107 news articles
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Feb 21 2009

Friday Apple Links: Dancing with the Woz edition – Ars Technica


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Friday Apple Links: Dancing with the Woz edition
Ars Technica
In this week-ending roundup of interesting Apple tidbits, we have iTunes taxes, German Mac cloners telling Apple to bring it on, turn-by-turn GPS navigation for your iPhone, Apple's Wayne Westerman talks multi-touch inspiration, and more.
mocoNews.net – Skype And Mozilla Petition For IPhone 'Jailbreaking Washington Post
Mozilla, Skype join iPhone jailbreak fight Register
CNET News – Electronista – Inquirer – Computerworld
all 100 news articles
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Feb 21 2009

A taxonomy of iPhone competitors – CNNMoney.com


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A taxonomy of iPhone competitors
CNNMoney.com
Who can keep track of all the touchscreen smartphones – and their attendant app stores – that emerged from Mobile World Congress this week to compete with Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone?
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Feb 21 2009

1-Click Smacked Down Again, While Reexam Languishes

theodp writes “Pressed on Amazon’s 1-Click patent, then-USPTO Chief Q. Todd Dickinson got testy: “I make this challenge all the time. If you’re aware of prior art out there that invalidates a patent that is existing, file a re-examination. We’ll be happy to take a look at it.” Really? It’s been 3+ years since unemployed actor Peter Calveley submitted prior art that triggered a USPTO reexamination of the 1-Click patent. Still no “final answer” from the USPTO. To put things in perspective, 1-Click inventor Jeff Bezos once proposeda three-year lifespan for patents (later retracted), let alone patent reexams. In the meantime, other patent examiners have repeatedly smacked down 1-Click — the latest (non-final) rejection was issued on Feb. 10th with Sandra Bullock’s help.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Feb 21 2009

BlackBerry Outshines Apple iPhone In Fourth Quarter – ChannelWeb


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BlackBerry Outshines Apple iPhone In Fourth Quarter
ChannelWeb
The Apple iPhone's time as king of the smartphone mountain was short-lived, as a recent research report indicates that BlackBerry devices are still the top dog when it comes to market share.
A confident path for BlackBerry Financial Times
A BlackBerry to Make Touch Screens Envious New York Times
Edmonton Sun – MINA – ITProPortal – The FINANCIAL
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Feb 21 2009

Friday Apple Links: Dancing with the Woz edition – Ars Technica


Ars Technica

Friday Apple Links: Dancing with the Woz edition
Ars Technica
In this week-ending roundup of interesting Apple tidbits, we have iTunes taxes, German Mac cloners telling Apple to bring it on, turn-by-turn GPS navigation for your iPhone, Apple's Wayne Westerman talks multi-touch inspiration, and more.
mocoNews.net – Skype And Mozilla Petition For IPhone 'Jailbreaking Washington Post
Mozilla backs EFF in iPhone jailbreak support CNET News
Register – Electronista – Inquirer – Computerworld
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Feb 21 2009

Should Apple make a netbook? If Tim Cook wants to be its CEO, yes – guardian.co.uk


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Should Apple make a netbook? If Tim Cook wants to be its CEO, yes
guardian.co.uk
Having a range of iPods has meant Apple dominates that market – why not do the same in computers? Discouraging news for Apple. NPD reckons that fewer people are buying its machines in the US as the credit crunch bites.
Emerging iPhone contenders charted, compared by RBC Apple Insider
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