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HTC lawsuit came after warning by Apple to handset makers

March 9, 2010
By Chris Foresman at Ars Technica
HTC lawsuit came after warning by Apple to handset makers

Apple COO Tim Cook's warning from early 2009 wasn't the only one that handset makers received before Apple sicced the lawyers on HTC last week. According to a research note from Oppenheimer analyst Yal Reiner, Apple began warning...
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Why Apple Should Buy Adobe

March 9, 2010
By Andrew Flocchini at TheAppleBlog
Why Apple Should Buy Adobe

The rumors of Adobe being bought by Apple come up every so often. Apple could easily afford such a purchase and the results would be interesting. I would love to see Adobe restructured by a company like Apple. Adobe has many applications that are the gold standard but it seems to lack focus. These...
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Apple hits another record high

Apple hits another record high

Its market cap passes $200 billion as Wall Street suits up for the release of the iPad Before the markets opened Tuesday, TheStreet.com advised Apple (AAPL) investors to sell! sell! sell! But Wall Street wasn't buying it. When the dust settled and the markets closed that afternoon, Apple's share price had climbed nearly 4 points to...
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Report: RIAA pressured Apple into creating iTunes LP

Report: RIAA pressured Apple into creating iTunes LP

Filed under: iTS, Retail, iTunes, Apple This feature over at GigaOM has quite a few interesting insights about the iTunes LP program -- while Apple sells it wholeheartedly as "the visual experience of the record album," it appears the story behind the story is not quite so clean. According to an anonymous source in...
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FileMaker Pro goes to 11, admits people like spreadsheets

March 9, 2010
By Chris Foresman at Ars Technica
FileMaker Pro goes to 11, admits people like spreadsheets

Apple subsidiary FileMaker has released version 11 of its flagship FileMaker Pro database. The updated software purports to make building and maintaining databases even easier, while acknowledging that many users are accustomed to using spreadsheets for database purposes...
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The great iPad death watch

The great iPad death watch

Even before Apple ships Steve Jobs' latest creation, the critics are dancing on its grave AAPLinvestors' Terry Gregory, a longtime Apple (AAPL) stockholder, likes to collect what he believes to be misguided quotes about the company's products. His site hosts a fascinating list of early Macintosh reviews and what may be the definitive collection of dumb...
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The great iPad death watch

The great iPad death watch

Even before Apple ships Steve Jobs' latest creation, the critics are dancing on its grave AAPLinvestors' Terry Gregory, a longtime Apple (AAPL) stockholder, likes to collect what he believes to be misguided quotes about the company's products. His site hosts a fascinating list of early Macintosh reviews and what may be the definitive collection of dumb...
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Apple talks tough to handset makers

Apple talks tough to handset makers

The HTC lawsuit capped blunt talks that have reportedly shaken their faith in GoogleOppenheimer's Yair Reiner issued a behind-the-scenes report Tuesday that sheds a lot of light on the patent suits Apple (AAPL) filed last week against HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker. Citing "industry checks," Reiner writes that: "Starting in January, Apple launched a series of...
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How callers rate the carriers

How callers rate the carriers

Verizon leads the pack. AT&T is No. 2. T-Mobile and Sprint bring up the rear There's bad news for Apple (AAPL) and not such great news for Palm (PALM) in a BrandIndex consumer survey published Tuesday by YouGov. Both firms originally tied their cellphones to exclusive U.S. carriers — AT&T and Sprint, respectively — neither...
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Steph Thirion, creator of Eliss, annouces Faraway

Steph Thirion, creator of Eliss, annouces Faraway

Filed under: Gaming, Software, Developer, iPhone, App Store, SDK Steph Thirion is an excellent game designer who I've had the good fortune to meet a few times. He first released a great game called Eliss on the App Store and he's now announced the second game he's been working on, called Faraway. Eliss was a...
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