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September 13, 2007
Apple may get all up into Blockbuster's business
Posted by Dan Moren at 8:22 AM
Subcategory | Video
On Monday, we saw a slip-up that suggested that movie rentals may be on their way to the iTunes Store. The Financial Times says they've...Tags: iTunes Store, rentals, speculation, video
September 7, 2007
Peacock-a-thon: NBC may have left over proposed price cuts
Posted by Dan Moren at 9:40 AM
Subcategory | Video
Like a private eye digging into the sordid tales of a recently-ended relationship, Variety has come up with some information that might shed light on...Tags: iTunes Store, NBC, speculation, video
September 4, 2007
Akamai announces global delivery of HD video; iTunes HD in the wings?
Posted by Dan Moren at 9:44 AM
Subcategory | Video
File this under "Not Really Sure How We Missed It, But..." Internet bandwidth provider Akamai announced that it can now distribute high definition content on...Tags: Akamai, Apple TV, iTunes Store, speculation, video
August 30, 2007
Putting the brakes on the iCar rumors
Posted by Dan Moren at 9:19 AM
Subcategory | Speculation
People have gone a little been nutty about the idea that VW and Apple are teaming up to create a "iCar." You can find coverage...Tags: iPod, speculation, Volkswagen
August 21, 2007
Apple Expo and European iPhones drawing closer
Posted by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen at 1:41 PM
Subcategory | Events
With August's last days quickly dwindling away, it's time to start looking forward to September. And those in Paris, France, have an extra reason...Tags: Apple expo, Europe, France, iPhone, Paris, speculation
August 6, 2007
Dan's predictions: get ready for Mac's best friend
Posted by Dan Moren at 12:53 PM
Subcategory | Speculation
When, it comes to tomorrow's special Mac-related Apple event, the whispers I'm hearing are pretty consistent. Consistently boring, that is. Everybody's all excited about an...Tags: events, humor, speculation
Faux Google, Gizmodo, and the Engadget audit
Posted by Derik DeLong at 5:19 AM
Subcategory | Speculation
Lazy Sundays are the domain of a big fat newspaper and rumors. Ok, not so much the second thing, but yesterday, it was. In...July 27, 2007
Apple's new keyboard brings teh shiny
Posted by Dan Moren at 11:45 AM
Subcategory | Hardware
By now, you've probably caught at least a glimpse of the pictures over at Engadget that purport to show Apple's new desktop keyboard. Is this...Tags: hardware, keyboard, speculation
July 13, 2007
Apple can still make people cry
Posted by Derik DeLong at 7:07 AM
Subcategory | Speculation
Those covering Mac news are so desperate for something of substance that rumor repetition has become a staple. For a while now, I’ve been...Tags: APC, Australia, lawsuit, NDA, trade secrets
June 18, 2007
Yahoo! search option is MIA on OS X Safari
Posted by Dan Moren at 1:32 PM
Subcategory | Business
In making the transition from OS X to Windows for Safari, Apple made a few tweaks to adapt the browser to Microsoft's platform. While the...Tags: business, Google, iPhone, Safari, speculation, Windows
June 13, 2007
iPhone text entry is key to success, failure
Posted by Dan Moren at 12:58 PM
Subcategory | iPhone
It feels like pretty much everybody who's anybody (and more than a few people, like us, who are exactly nobody) have weighed in on the...June 12, 2007
Missing in action: ZFS (and resolution independence)
Posted by Dan Moren at 10:15 AM
Subcategory | Software
Yesterday's Jobsnote certainly lacked plenty of announcements that we wanted to hear, but notably absent—to my ears, anyway—were a couple of things that I very...Tags: Leopard, resolution independence, software, ZFS
WWDC '07: Settling the score
Posted by Derik DeLong at 6:27 AM
Subcategory | Speculation
So, the moment you’ve been waiting for. We get to double check our predictions against reality. First, me, because you all care just so...Tags: iLife, iWork, predictions, speculation, WWDC
June 8, 2007
iPhone experience has to be A+ at Apple Stores
Posted by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen at 4:57 PM
Subcategory | iPhone
Come June 29th, Apple wants to present potential iPhone customers with a top-notch experience. According to ifoAppleStore, Apple stores are preparing for the big...Tags: experience, iPhone, retail stores
June 6, 2007
To those who think the iPhone has GPS, get lost
Posted by Dan Moren at 9:55 AM
Subcategory | iPhone
Yeah, let's nip this one in the bud. There've been increasing susurrations in the Apple underground community that the iPhone is going to have GPS...Tags: iPhone, speculation
Thanks to SMS, iChat's status on iPhone is probably "Away"
Written by Dan Moren on June 4, 2007
iPhoning it in: third-parties, mystery app, and where to shop
Written by Dan Moren on June 4, 2007
iTunes may become a lord of the ringtones
Written by Dan Moren on May 31, 2007
AT&T peeps about iPhone here and there
Written by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen on May 28, 2007
Has the Mac mini breathed its last?
Written by Dan Moren on May 24, 2007
Will the real Fake Steve Jobs please stand up?
Written by Dan Moren on May 14, 2007
Touchscreen iPod rumors go mainstream
Written by Dan Moren on May 8, 2007
Apple patent hints at Dashboard^3
Written by Dan Moren on May 4, 2007
First photos taken with iPhone?
Written by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen on April 28, 2007
Apple Board to Steve: "We got your back, yo"
Written by Dan Moren on April 26, 2007
MacFixit spills the beans on new Leopard features
Written by Derik DeLong on April 18, 2007
What's left for WWDC?
Written by Scott Silverman on April 16, 2007
NAB predictions
Written by Aaron Freedman on April 15, 2007
Apple looks to making Mighty Mouse mightier
Written by Dan Moren on April 14, 2007
So Leopard is delayed. What about iLife and iWork?
Written by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen on April 12, 2007
Despite talk, iTunes subscriptions still unlikely
Written by Dan Moren on April 12, 2007
Despite hubbub, Apple TVs probably not hax0red
Written by Dan Moren on March 29, 2007
Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye
Written by Derik DeLong on March 29, 2007
Infinite Loop: No Leopard until June?
Written by Pat Nakajima on March 23, 2007
This TV augur needs a new Magic 8-Ball: why the Apple TV won't bomb
Written by Dan Moren on March 21, 2007
Getting attacked by video encoders
Written by Derik DeLong on March 9, 2007
Allow an analyst to demonstrate the difference between painstaking research and a hole in the ground
Written by Pat Nakajima on March 6, 2007
Adobes announces CS3 release date
Written by Dan Moren on March 5, 2007
Apple TV to grab 30% of DVD market
Written by Derik DeLong on February 22, 2007
Your laptop's optical drive: washed-up has-been or reliable standby?
Written by Dan Moren on February 16, 2007
Where the heck is the Mac news?
Written by Dan Moren on February 11, 2007
Jesse Tortora is all flash, even if Apple's iPods aren't
Written by Dan Moren on February 9, 2007
Cisco and Apple agree to talk out their differences
Written by Dan Moren on February 1, 2007
When it comes to the iPhone's closed system, it's the motivation that matters
Written by Dan Moren on January 27, 2007
Is the 8GB iPhone overpriced?
Written by Dan Moren on January 18, 2007
Mac + PC sittin' in a tree: Apple's platform-agnostic push
Written by Dan Moren on January 16, 2007
How a Sirius and XM merger would affect Apple
Written by Aaron Freedman on January 12, 2007
MW07: A word on the lack of Mac updates in the Keynote
Written by Scott Silverman on January 10, 2007
MW07: Cingular pimps the iPhone, but leaves out key details
Written by Dan Moren on January 9, 2007
How Apple can make a phone that doesn't suck
Written by Pat Nakajima on January 8, 2007
Apple 802.11n was hiding under our noses all along
Written by Aaron Freedman on January 8, 2007
Dan's prediction? Expect the unexpected in tomorrow's Stevenote
Written by Dan Moren on January 8, 2007
If Gmail has 3GB for free, why can't .Mac have 30GB for $99?
Written by Aaron Freedman on January 7, 2007
Gracenote collects all record companies in lyrics deal
Written by Dan Moren on January 5, 2007
iPhone? More like "why phone?"
Written by Dan Moren on January 3, 2007
2007: Year of the widget
Written by Derik DeLong on January 3, 2007
Top ten Apple Rumors
Written by Dan Moren on December 28, 2006
Dashcode beta available to ADC members
Written by Dan Moren on December 22, 2006
The iSight is dead...long live the iSight?
Written by Dan Moren on December 18, 2006
Prediction: the Apple iPhone will not be "iPhone" at all
Written by Scott Silverman on December 12, 2006
Stop the presses! Analyst Gartenberg takes reasoned approach
Written by Dan Moren on December 10, 2006
Hang up the iPhone and turn on the iTV
Written by Dan Moren on December 8, 2006
Guided tour of Leopard Server hits the high points
Written by Dan Moren on December 8, 2006
iPhone: Say it ain't so!
Written by Pat Nakajima on December 6, 2006
An Apple iToy?
Written by Pat Nakajima on December 6, 2006
Slow news day? Invent some!
Written by Dan Moren on December 6, 2006
Musings on the iPhone
Written by Pat Nakajima on December 5, 2006
Kevin Rose's iPhone prediction feeds the Apple rumors flame
Written by Aaron Freedman on December 3, 2006
There's no news like old news...
Written by Dan Moren on December 1, 2006
Apple's wireless handheld patent uses real zirconia, not fake diamonds
Written by Dan Moren on November 30, 2006
Let the speculatin' begin: think "top secret"
Written by Dan Moren on November 21, 2006
Hon Hai reportedly wins "iPod handset" contract
Written by Dan Moren on November 15, 2006
802.11n in Core 2 MacBooks too?
Written by Dan Moren on November 14, 2006
Great moments in blogging: Core 2 Duos are just a typo, I scoff
Written by Dan Moren on November 9, 2006
New patent: hello Video iPod, goodbye click wheel?
Written by Scott Silverman on October 30, 2006
Apple's upgrades spoiled by Intel roadmap
Written by Dan Moren on October 24, 2006
Rumors of an iPhone; old news?
Written by Scott Silverman on October 17, 2006
Rumormongering for fun and profit: true video iPod edition
Written by Dan Moren on October 17, 2006
Zune pre-orders begin; "true" video iPod may come out next week
Written by Aaron Freedman on October 16, 2006
It's official, tech news gets mixed with rumors
Written by Derik DeLong on October 13, 2006
Patently Obvious: Apple's Universal remote for controlling...the universe
Written by Dan Moren on October 12, 2006
Think Inaccurate
Written by Derik DeLong on October 7, 2006
More crazy iPhone rumors
Written by Dan Moren on September 28, 2006
Gaming the system, part the first: gaming, or lack thereof, on the Mac
Written by Dan Moren on September 17, 2006
Please, Apple, invite us to the subscription dance
Written by Dan Moren on September 14, 2006
What's with the iTunes Phone Driver?
Written by Dan Moren on September 13, 2006
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