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It's official: Apple to talk laptops on October 14

Dan Ackerman — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:17:00 GMT

The official invite just popped up in our mailboxes for Apple's long-rumored October 14 press event in Cupertino, Calif. The big picture of a laptop and the headline, "The spotlight turns to notebooks," leaves us with a pretty clear idea of what Steve Jobs and company will be talking ...

Originally posted at Crave

Apple granted patent on Mac OS X Dock

Tom Krazit — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:07:00 GMT

Apple now has a patent for the Dock in Mac OS X, shown here in the controversial left position.

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It took quite awhile, but Apple has finally received a patent on one of the most recognizable features of Mac OS X.

The Dock--the panel that holds launchers for ...

For Apple, the kids are alright

Tom Krazit — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:14:00 GMT

Teenagers like fun, and they continue to see Apple as the best source of music-related fun.

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Apple continues to do well among some of the most fickle and influential consumers of technology: teenagers.

Piper Jaffray does a biannual survey on the purchasing habits of 769 ...

Another iPhone bug?

Elinor Mills — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:53:00 GMT

Setting the iPhone to emergency call mode allows someone to see incoming text messages even if the passcode lock is turned on.

(Credit: Karl Kraft)

A 12-year-old who uses his iPhone mostly for texting with his girlfriend has discovered what looks like a new vulnerability with the device.

The unnamed ...

EU directive could change iPhone battery design

Tom Krazit — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:24:00 GMT

Getting at the iPhone 3G's battery is not as easy as a proposed directive from the E.U. might require.

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The European Union is considering a requirement that all cell phone batteries be easily replaceable, which might cause a problem for Apple's iPhone.

AppleInsider spotted ...

Report: iPhone 2.2 getting Google's Street View

Stephen Shankland — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:03:00 GMT

Maybe iPhone users won't have to covet one of those shiny new features in Google's Android operating system after all: Google Maps Street View.

The driver's-eye view is a prominent part of the first Android phone, T-Mobile's G1, which goes on sale October 22. But according ...

Has Apple hit the 10 millionth iPhone mark?

Marguerite Reardon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:57:00 GMT

Has Apple really sold its 10 millionth iPhone? That's what several bloggers are saying. But a closer look suggests that it might be a bit too early to pop open the champagne.

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A joint project of AFB and Investor Village's AAPL Sanity has been collecting data ...

30 percent of iPhone 3G buyers dump existing carriers

Dawn Kawamoto — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:28:00 GMT

Apple's iPhone 3G apparently created a summertime switch itch: 30 percent of all the smartphone's buyers bailed on their existing carriers in order to purchase the device, according to an NPD Group report released Monday.

AT&T has been the iPhone 3G's exclusive carrier in the ...

Originally posted at News - Wireless

Hanky-panky distorts Obama iPhone app results

Stephen Shankland — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:49:00 GMT

The Obama iPhone call tally as of 4:33 p.m. Oct. 3.

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It looks like either somebody drinks a lot of coffee and talks really fast, or somebody diddled with the results of the phone recruitment feature in the Barack Obama campaign's iPhone application.

When ...

Jobs heart attack rumor not true, Apple stock swings

Tom Krazit — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:19:00 GMT

Apple CEO Steve Jobs did not suffer a heart attack Friday morning, as was briefly reported by CNN.

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Apple has denied a rumor posted on CNN's iReport page that Steve Jobs suffered a heart attack Friday morning.

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