It seems like everywhere you look in web advertisements, television, and print ads, where there should be a picture of your average run-of-the-mill PC laptop, there’s an Apple MacBook Pro instead.  Here are just a few examples.

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As was reported by TechCrunch and others today, during Apple’s quarterly earnings call, Apple’s COO Tim Cook answered questions about what Apple would do in the face of rising competition from Google’s Android, RIM BlackBerry and Palm.  Cook’s answer seems to be a warning to the competition that Apple will sue competitors that blatantly [...]

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I’ve been struggling with what to write about the news that Steve Jobs has announced today that he will step down as Apple’s CEO until June, 2009.  I wanted to write something thoughtful that didn’t sound like a “me too” post, or write about how it’s plausible that Apple may be fibbing about the [...]

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Apple announced DRM-free iTunes earlier this month at MacWorld, which in part means that tracks downloaded from iTunes will work on other players.  But there are still lots of details about the new DRM-free tracks to pay attention to.
Amongst them:  it costs money to transfer existing purchases to DRM-free tracks, you can’t choose to [...]

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It’s only been available since Google announced it on Monday, but already Picasa 3 for Mac needs an update.  Here’s a screencap from my Mac:

Included in the 3.0.1 release: a fix for a crash when right-clicking on a photo, and improved handling of network failures during upload.
This might confirm a suggestion a friend of [...]

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Is this a sign that DRM is on its way out?
Apple announced today that all music purchased from iTunes will now be DRM-free (digital rights management free), meaning that a track purchased from iTunes can be played on any music device regardless of manufacturer or owner.  In the same announcement, Apple also indicated three [...]

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Looking for a cheap way to get an iPhone, but don’t want to buy one from Craigslist or eBay?  Best Buy is now selling used iPhones at $50 below MSRP, 8gb iPhones for $149 and 16gb iPhones for $249.  The phones have been returned less than 30 days from purchase, so they are generally [...]

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