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Apple firmware update aims to fix iMac flickering
Apple issued a firmware update today for all 27-in. iMacs that is designed to fix display problems, including flickering screens, that have been reported by hundreds of recent buyers.
Apple’s iPhone takes No. 2 user base slot in U.S.
Apple’s iPhone user base is now the second-largest in the U.S. smartphone market, passing Windows Mobile-based models to slip into the spot behind Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry, research firm comScore said today.
Apple’s iMac sales jump 74% in U.S.
Sales of Apple’s iMacs in the U.S. jumped 74% during October and November over the same period last year, a retail research firm said today, making the desktop line refresh “a very big success.”
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Game over for Mac clone maker Psystar
A federal judge yesterday officially banned Mac clone maker Psystar from selling computers with Apple’s Leopard or Snow Leopard operating systems, effectively putting an end to a 17-month-old lawsuit.
Contrary to report, Psystar not shutting down, lawyer says
Although Mac clone maker Psystar has turned off the lights at its Web site, the firm is not shutting down permanently, the company’s lawyer said today.
Psystar site back online, demise exaggerated
Mac clone maker Psystar reopened its Web site Saturday as a second company lawyer stepped forward to say reports of the company’s demise were greatly exaggerated.
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Opinion: An app store for all?
Apple has made it work for the iPhone, but can that model be expanded to cover the world of desktop PCs?
Seth Weintraub: Microsoft’s Bing app meets Apple iPhone
The iPhone Bing.app from Microsoft is largely what you might expect. It does search and other Bing-y stuff like have the image of the day and trivia. It also has maps and a voice interface for input into maps which is something that the iPhone doesn’t have entirely yet. But what I find most interesting is that we are two and a half years out from the iPhone’s release and Microsoft is just releasing its flagship search application for Apple’s platform now.
IT Blogwatch: Apple does end-run around cable TV with CBS and Disney/ABC
Wow, looks like Apple is planning a cable coup — or is that a satellite slay? Steve Jobs is said to be in talks with TV networks for a subscription-based iTunes TV store. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder the meaning of disintermediation and inflection points. Not to mention Oscar D’León sings about Twitter… (AAPL) (CBS) (DIS)
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Looking back at Y2k
It’s hard to believe, but we’re coming up on Y2k’s tenth anniversary. For a feature article commemorating that nutty time, Computerworld is asking pilot fish to share their stories of crazy user (or boss!) behavior. So tell us: in the weeks and months leading up to Jan. 1, 2000, what were the wackiest, least well-informed questions you fielded from the public at large?
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