Apple's multi-facted .Mac service is a conundrum, a riddle in and of itself. What is .Mac, exactly? What can it do for me? Is it worth it? The problem is that .Mac is more than one thing -- it's e-mail, photo and video sharing, Web site hosting, backup, and a synchronization tool all in one. .Mac is a suite of Internet Web services where the sum of its parts creates a value far greater than any individual piece. Yet, most of the features found in .Mac can also be found for free on other sites, and while not all of the features have direct one-to-one comparisons, they're still free.
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In January, when Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced iTunes would begin renting movies from its well-trafficked online store, he was quite specific about the number of films that would be available by the end of February: 1,000. Two months later, the site has not even come close. Judging by a review of iTunes' offerings, Apple has at best reached slightly more than the halfway point. While two months is not much time to forge the necessary relationships to develop an online rental business, this is, after all, Apple. Indeed, that may well be the problem.
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Microsoft is bringing its video technology to millions of smartphones in collaboration with Nokia, the largest cell phone manufacturer in the world. Microsoft's Silverlight brower plug-in first will come to handsets built on Nokia's S60 platform, and soon thereafter will be available on Nokia's S40 phones, as well as on Internet tablet devices. The S60 platform, developed for the Symbian operating system, is used in more than 150 million Nokia, LG and Samsung smartphones sold globally.
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A vote put forward to create a sustainability committee at iPod maker Apple, will be supported by fund manager Henderson and may yet secure support from Dutch institutional investor ABP at today's annual general meeting. The Apple board, which includes Nobel-price winner Al Gore, has claimed that the proposal -- put forward by a private shareholder holding just 200 shares -- is unnecessary. But a resolution will be voted upon at Tuesday's annual general meeting at the company's headquarters in California.
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Ever since Apple first introduced the MacBook in May of 2006, the decision between the low end and the high end of Apple's laptop line became the most agonizing choice for Mac laptop buyers -- with a couple of caveats, of course. For consumers looking for basic portability and basic computing, there's no problem: the MacBook fits the bill. For professional graphic artists, photographers or on-the-go video editors? Again, no problem: The MacBook Pro is the only way to go. But for prosumers, the deciding factors are as cloudy as a spring day in early March.
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