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Apple TV's Unrealized Potential
Apple has been particularly aggressive in setting standards and showing leadership with the iPhone and new MacBooks. They've removed FireWire from the MacBook, to many people's alarm, moved to DisplayPort video technology, and, on the iPhone side, completely disrupted an industry that was asleep at the wheel. And yet when it comes to the digital living room, Apple has shown very little leadership.
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Touchy Feely BlackBerry Storm a Worthy iPhone Rival
The much-anticipated BlackBerry Storm goes on sale Friday through Verizon Wireless, threatening to create some serious waves for what has been smooth sailing for the popular Apple iPhone. I've been testing an evaluation unit for the better part of a week and can say that the sleek new Storm is the most compelling rival yet.
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Goliath Gives David a Pounding as Psystar Antitrust Suit Flops
Psystar's chief legal defense in its fight with Apple is off the table -- for the moment at least. U.S. District Judge William Alsup has dismissed charges that Apple is violating antitrust regulations and creating restraint of trade by linking its operating system with its branded hardware.
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Parallels 4.0 Not Quite Fully Baked
After Apple began selling Macintosh systems based on Intel processors, a program called "Parallels Desktop" was released that let you run Windows in a window on a Mac. It instantly became the de facto standard for breaking down walls between operating systems on the Mac OS. Parallels uses a technique called "virtualization," which creates a virtual computer running within the physical, real computer.
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Google Voice Search: Worthy of the iPhone's Bottom Row
The new voice-actived Google Mobile app for iPhone is now available. For those who missed the news stories that -- somewhat prematurely -- predicted its arrival last Friday, it basically lets you say any search term or phrase into your iPhone and get search results within seconds -- even GPS-aware localized responses.
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Recession Won't Kill Apple Innovation
Observers who follow Apple are worried that Apple's customers will dry up in an economic downturn. On the the other hand, Apple, once again, has a unique opportunity to use its cash to develop products and services that will take control of the market while other companies cut back their R&D and essentially sleepwalk through the downturn.
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Will Zune's Latest Marketing Song Make Buyers Dance?
A video for the title track on hip-hop veteran Common's forthcoming album, "Universal Mind Control," begins with a digital music player pulsing to the beat. The viewer is pulled through the screen into the gadget's guts, where the cool, collected rapper lets loose an easy stream of lyrics. It takes hitting rewind a few times to notice that the music player isn't one of Apple's slim new iPods.
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OS X vs. Windows: A Tale of Two Security Strategies
Patches are all in a day's work for Microsoft and Apple engineers. Indeed, the second Tuesday of every month has become known in tech circles as "Patch Tuesday." That's when Microsoft issues its latest updates for its operating systems and applications. Apple disseminates patches on a less-predictable schedule. Does Apple need to adopt a more regular routine as its platform becomes more popular?
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Buyer Beware: 'Tis the Season for Faux iPods
With bad economic times and Christmas around the corner, bargain hunters are going to be out in droves. But if a deal seems too good to be true, it likely is. Apple's various iPods have sold millions of units worldwide, and the unscrupulous are trying to cash in on that trend by selling knock-offs. Clever copies of Apple's iPod shuffle and nano models have popped up for sale on the Internet.
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Zeroing In on Great GPS Apps for the iPhone
One of my favorite features in modern smartphones is the ability to talk to the Global Positioning Satellite system, which allows the phone to determine where it is on the planet. The combination of mobile communications, computing power and being location-aware is a powerful one. Some of the most interesting applications for the current generation of GPS-enabled phones make great use of this feature.
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