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18 Sep 2009 10:15

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Tech: That’s incredible: Apple’s amazing use of praise-filled words

  • ShortFormBlog is incredible … amazing … awesome … it’s great … we love it … amazing … awesome … cool … unbelievable … etc. (We love hyperbole, just like Apple.)source
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17 Sep 2009 21:43

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Music, Tech: iTunes should pay for the sam …

  • … ple, too, the music industry says. It doesn’t matter if 30-second samples are promotional AND fair use. The music industry wants Apple to pay performance fees. They say they’re not trying to gouge, though. “People think we’re making a fortune off the Web, but it’s a tiny amount,” says Songwriters’ Guild of America president Rick Carnes. “We need multiple revenue streams or this isn’t going to work.” Critics say that Apple’s getting picked on by these groups, who they accuse of double-dipping. source
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17 Sep 2009 20:49

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Tech: Duh: Price Snow Leopard at $29, and people buy it in droves

  • $100 the decrease in price from Leopard (Mac OSX 10.5) to Snow Leopard (Mac OSX 10.6) source
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09 Sep 2009 20:13

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Tech: Dear Palm: Don’t announce things ahead of Apple events

  • -8% stock dip after announcing the Pixi today of all days source
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09 Sep 2009 12:52

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Tech: We heard a rumor Apple had an event today. Here’s the latest.

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09 Sep 2009 10:36

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Tech: To celebrate the catstravaganza, Apple heavily cuts iPod prices

iPod price discounts
  • The prices have all been cut, but the one on the far right is most significant – it’s $120 cheaper than it was before. Apple’s event is in just a couple of hours. We’ll have the latest, kids. (The store, at last check, was closed.)source
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09 Sep 2009 10:04

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Offbeat, Tech: Forget Apple’s Snow Leopard. Here are some real ones.

And unlike the new version of Mac OSX, nobody’s going to unfavorably compare these cats to Windows Vista – to their face. source
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06 Sep 2009 11:42

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Tech: Fake Steve’s worried about an anti-Snow Leopard NYT article

  • The Borg won’t comment on the record, but they’ll definitely put some folks on the phone who will chortle on background and point out all the ‘problems’ with Snowy.
  • Fake Steve Jobs • On the possibility of an anti-Snow Leopard article in The New York Times, after David Pogue gushed about it, then admitted that he had a lot of problems with things breaking. According to Fake Steve, “the guys on the news side at the Times are ashamed of Pogue and embarrassed by him.” So are we, Fake Steve. So are we. • source
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02 Sep 2009 23:41

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Tech: Protip: If you installed Snow Leopard, upgrade Flash. Now.

  • The new Mac version installs a long-outdated version of Adobe’s app. You might have had a fully-upgraded version of Flash before upgrading to Snow Leopard last week, but you probably don’t have it this week. That’s because, as part of Apple’s install process, it installs Flash Player 10.0.23.1, an old version with known vulnerabilities. (The current version is 10.0.32.18.) So, do yourself a favor, guys. Upgrade Flash. Now. source
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31 Aug 2009 20:54

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Tech: Next week an exciting time for Apple nerds who want new iPods

  • 9/9/09 mark your Jobsian calendar source
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