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Apple Passes Microsoft as Worldâs Largest Tech Company
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/apple-passes-microsoft/
7 Key Turning Points That Made Apple No. 1
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/05/apple-gallery
Why have suicides spiked at Apple iPad supplier Foxconn in China?
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0525/Why-have-suicides-spiked-at-Apple-iPad-supplier-Foxconn-in-China
Nowâs a bad time to be an Apple fanboyâ
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| Iâm not going to count off the rest of the
| feature list here, because I want to focus
| on the larger picture. Apple has been
| outflanked by Googleâs multi-vendor
| strategy, outsold in new unit sales, and
| is now outgunned in technology and user-
| visible features. Again, I was expecting
| thisâbut not so soon.
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http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=2017
Recent:
What's the bug up Apple's @$$?
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| In late February, Apple purged 6,000 apps
| it deemed "too sexy." Late last month,
| Jobs posted a scathing 1,700-word essay on
| Apple's Web site about why he hates Adobe
| Flash.
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http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/17/technology/apple/
Ipad users are annoyed at lack of Flash support
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1649835/ipad-users-annoyed-lack-flash-support
Anthony Doesburg: Apple's antics starting to leave a sour taste
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| Was it a colossal overreaction by Apple
| when a prototype of its next iPhone fell
| into the hands of gadget-obsessed US
| website Gizmodo?
|
| Combine that with Apple boss Steve Jobs'
| uncompromising "Thoughts on [Adobe] Flash"
| statement a fortnight ago, and the
| question arises: is the darling of the
| high-tech world in danger of displacing
| Microsoft as the company people love to
| hate?
|
| Yes and no; and yes and no again.
| Naturally enough, it depends on your point
| of view, but some points of view matter
| more than others.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/gadgets/news/article.cfm?c_id=238&objectid=10644843
Why Can't Apple Just Drop the 'Leaked' iPhone 4G Inquiry?
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| Given that over 80 per cent of respondents
| in the report claim to use their Ipads for
| web browsing and almost 50 per cent for
| viewing video, areas in which Flash is
| particularly pervasive, it's not
| surprising that users find lack of support
| for the format annoying.
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http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/why-cant-apple-just-drop-the-leaked-iphone-4g-inquiry/?cs=41232
Gizmodo-iPhone Saga: Court Docs Reveal Fascinating Details
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/346709/gizmodo-iphone_saga_court_docs_reveal_fascinating_details?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1
iPhone Leak: 'Huge' Hurt for Apple
http://www.pcworld.com/article/196421/iphone_leak_huge_hurt_for_apple.html?tk=rss_news
Latest leaked iPhone reveals iPad processor
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| The latest leaked next-generation iPhone,
| which includes the same processor that
| powers the iPad, is probably a production
| or near-production unit, a hardware expert
| said today.
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http://www.techworld.com.au/article/346686/latest_leaked_iphone_reveals_ipad_processor?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1
Steve Jobs Spars With Valleywag Editor By E-Mail
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| Steve Jobs has gone rogue. Taking the bait
| on a late-night e-mail from Valleywag
| Editor Ryan Tate, Jobs defended Apple's
| App Store for offering "freedom from
| porn," among other things.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/196427/steve_jobs_spars_with_valleywag_editor_by_email.html?tk=rss_news
80% of devs chafe at Apple's App Store cash split
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| Eighty per cent of North American developers
| believe that the iPhone App Store's revenue
| split is unfair, according to a new study
| from research outfit Evans Data.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/11/eighty_per_cent_of_devs_think_apple_revenue_split_unfair/
Another suicide at Apple's Chinese supplier
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| The Associated Press reports that the 24
| year-old woman's death brings the total of
| suicidal Foxconn workers to eight for the
| year. Bloomberg puts the total at six. The
| Taipei Times notes that two other Foxconn
| employees tried to take their own lives this
| year, but failed.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/12/foxconn_suicide/
Prosecutors Cite Confidential Informant in iPhone Probe
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/iphone-probe-informant/
Judge Orders Gizmodo Search Papers Unsealed
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| A California judge Friday ordered the
| unsealing of the search warrant affidavit
| that led to a police raid on the home of
| Gizmodo editor Jason Chen, who paid $5,000
| for a prototype 4G iPhone.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/gizmodo-unsealed/
Apple spurred police in iPhone probe
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20005018-37.html?tag=mncol;title
Jobs pushed Gizmodo for return of iPhone 4G
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| Apple CEO Steve Jobs intervened in the Case
| of the Purloined iPhone, personally contacting
| Gizmodo editor Brian Lam to ask for the
| return of the missing iPhone 4G prototype.
|
| That tidbit - told by Apple general counsel
| Bruce Sewell to Detective Matthew Broad of
| the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office - was
| revealed today by the unsealing of the search
| warrant behind the search of Gizmodo editor
| Jason Chen's home. A copy of the full set of
| search warrant documents can be found here
| (thanks, Wired).
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/14/protoype_iphone_search_warrant/
Apple spurred police in lost iPhone probe
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| Apple pressed local police to investigate the
| loss of a next-generation iPhone a day after
| Gizmodo published photographs, telling
| investigators that the prototype was so
| valuable, a price could not be placed on it,
| according to court documents made public
| Friday.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/14/apple.lost.iphone/index.html
Bear and Monkey smack Apple with patent suit
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| Apple has been slapped with another patent
| infringement lawsuit - but the suit says more
| about the festering sore that is the US
| patent system than it does about the
| individual patents involved.
|
| The lawsuit was filed by Austin, Texas
| inventor Eric Gould Bear, President and CEO
| of interface design firm MonkeyMedia. The
| core of his infringement claim is that his
| patents cover a user-interface concept that
| he calls "Seamless Contraction" - essentially
| a set of techniques to narrow the display of
| information to that which is most "salient,"
| to use his term, to the user's needs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/15/yet_another_patent_case_against_apple/
Apple rejects Wi-Fi sync app
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20005000-233.html
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