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Apple loses key chip executive

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 10:36am

Sources say Dan Dobberpuhl, PA Semi's founder and pre-acquisition chief executive, has jumped ship to work at chip-related start-up Agnilux.

Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog

Categories: News and Rumors

Apple COO gets $5 million thank-you

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 3:07pm

Tim Cook will get $5 million plus some extra stock options as a reward for filling in for Steve Jobs last year.

Originally posted at Circuit Breaker

Categories: News and Rumors

Apple says iPad pre-orders start Friday morning

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 12:32am

Company confirms that anyone who wants to order an iPad online can begin the quest early Friday--5:30 a.m PST, to be exact. You don't even have to get out of bed.

Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

Categories: News and Rumors

Dolby bringing 3D voice chat to consoles, Mac

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 9:01am

The audio specialist is bringing its 3D Axon technology to video game consoles as well as the Mac to enable a bunch of neat new voice chat tricks for console games.

Originally posted at Web Crawler

Categories: News and Rumors

GDC talk: Legal pitfalls for iPhone app developers

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 5:09pm

Despite the easy-peasy development nature of the iPhone, there are some big legal strings attached to getting an app out into the wild, especially for those trying to take their app out of the U.S.

Originally posted at Web Crawler

Categories: News and Rumors

Apple tops Consumer Reports' tech support survey

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 2:15pm

Apple hit a home run in Consumer Reports' recent tech support survey, taking the top spot in laptops and desktops.

Categories: News and Rumors

Stanford undergrads: iPhones are addictive

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 9:02am

Almost half of the 200 students with iPhones polled at Stanford University say they're addicted to the device, with 75 percent admitting they take it to bed.

Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

Categories: News and Rumors

Sun fended off Apple, Microsoft IP lawsuit threats

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 1:25am

Steve Jobs personally threatened to sue Sun Microsystems, Jonathan Schwartz says. Sun warded off that and a Microsoft threat with its own patent portfolio.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

Categories: News and Rumors

FileMaker 11 delivers charting, 'on-the-fly' reporting

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 3:13pm

Apple-owned company on Tuesday releases next major version of its database product, FileMaker Pro 11.

Categories: News and Rumors

EFF knocks iPhone developer license agreement

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:17am

The Electronic Frontier Foundation used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain a copy of the iPhone developer agreement from a federal agency and doesn't like what it found.

Categories: News and Rumors

Report: China Unicom preps iPhones with Wi-Fi

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 8:13am

After a thaw in some regulatory issues, China Unicom is planning to introduce iPhones with Wi-Fi into the Chinese market.

Originally posted at News - Wireless

Categories: News and Rumors

iPad ad launches during the Oscars--predictable?

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 9:30pm

The new iPad ad launches during Sunday's Oscars. It differed little from the video produced by Apple to accompany the launch on January 27.

Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

Categories: News and Rumors

MacBook Pro sports Core i7 chip label at Best Buy

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 8:10pm

MacBook Pro with an Intel Core i7 label: Though likely a mistake, it's probably enough to jump-start the rumor mill.

Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog

Categories: News and Rumors

Steve Jobs spotted at the Oscars; iPad ad runs

Sun, 03/07/2010 - 6:12pm

The Apple CEO had traded his black turtleneck for a tuxedo at the 82nd Academy Awards on Sunday, where he kept a low profile but some bloggers managed to spot him entering the theater.

Originally posted at The Social

Categories: News and Rumors