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Can you separate Apple and Steve Jobs?

'Apple Confidential' author speaks with CNET News.com reporter A'Apple Confidential' author speaks with CNET News.com reporter Amanda TermenAuthor Owen Linzmayer says, "Anybody who tries to guess what Apple's gonna do next is wrong" and claims company was doing fine even before the iPod.

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple Confidential

Videos 2006-03-29

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1Password 3.0.1 (Mac)

1Password is a Password Manager that uniquely brings you both Security and Convenience. It is the only program that provides Anti-Phishing protection and goes beyond password management by adding Web Form Filling and Automatic Strong Password Generation. All your confidential information, including passwords, identities, and credit cards, is kept in...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Password, Web Browser, Agile Web Solutions, 1Password, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-23

Business Week: 1.4 million Google Voice users, global push in the works

In documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, Google said it had more than 1.4 million Google Voice users - with some 570,000 using the service seven days a week - and hinted that it has plans to expand the service, or possibly elements of it, beyond the U.S. ...

Tags: Google Inc., BusinessWeek, Google Voice, Federal Government, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-30

Microsoft vs. Google: An e-mail showdown at L.A. City Hall

Contract worth $7.25 million? Google will probably do it for free, or as a minimum at a greatly reduced price. Cities like Los Angeles should take advantage of the competitive situation to drive the cost of email for the city to near zero.Remember, with Google, they also get GoogleApps. One...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, cloud computing, Google Inc., e-mail, operating system, desktop, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Google calls Apple on their lies

Google calls Apple on their lies, none blogWould be nice if you fleshed out the blog a little with some detail. 3 paragraphs of here is an old letter is not going to create a stir.Apple already has a rep for being a drama queenApple has been too capricious with...

Tags: Vertical industries, Windows is Microsoft, Google Inc., Apple Inc., government

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Review: How the iPhone 3GS stacks up as a corporate device

Iphone is Insecure!While the article does a good job identifying the superficial pros and cons of the iPhone, it completely ignores the fact that information on the device is totally insecure. See, e.g., Bypassing Passcode and Backup Encryption: and do a quick Google search for iPhone Security for scads more...

Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Part-of IT, Apple iPhone, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

ActionPad 1.0.15 (Mobile)

for BlackBerry Wireless HandheldActionPad is a replacement application for the original BlackBerry MemoPad. It provides quick access to memos for boosting your productivity.Core Features | At A Glance | User Reviews | Supported Devices | Instant DownloadCore Features Title & Content Search Memo Encryption 1-Click Category Switch BlackBerry Integration Hotkeys...

Tags: Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Memo, ActionPad, Memo Encryption, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-08-29

1Password 2.9.25 (Mac)

1Password is a Password Manager that uniquely brings you both Security and Convenience. It is the only program that provides Anti-Phishing protection and goes beyond password management by adding Web Form Filling and Automatic Strong Password Generation. All your confidential information, including passwords, identities, and credit cards, is kept in...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Password, Web Browser, Agile Web Solutions, 1Password, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-08-23

FCC eyes AT&T, Apple rejection of Google Voice apps (full text of letters)

The Federal Communications Commission has launched an inquiry over AT&T and Apple's rejection of Google Voice and related applications. The FCC sent letters to all three companies (Techmeme, FCC site). The crux of the inquiry revolves around whether and how AT&T was consulted on the matter. The...

Tags: FCC, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Section, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Letter, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Verizon changes tune on handset exclusivity. Will AT&T follow? Will it even matter?

updated: Verizon is planning to loosen the noose on exclusivity deals with phone manufacturers, reducing the time of those deals to just a few months - a gesture to the lawmakers in Washington who are scrutinizing these exclusivity deals and what appears to be a public calling out of AT&T...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., Handset, AT&T Corp., Agreement, Verizon Wireless, Exclusivity, Carrier, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Justifying non-removable batteries

Justifying non-removable batteriesNon-Removable Battery"hot-swapping" the battery isn't the only reason to replace a battery.Rechargeable batteries have a limited useable lifespan, and degrade over time less available energy per recharge such that that macbooks 7 hour battery life will slowly decline to 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 , 0. ...

Tags: Engineering, battery, non-removable battery, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

SEC reviewing Apple disclosures about Jobs' health

A source tells Bloomberg that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigators are reviewing how Apple Inc.'s CEO Steve Jobs' condition went from “relatively simple” to “more complex” in nine days. A pivotal question for regulators is what Apple’s board knew at the time of Jobs’s Jan. 5 announcement...

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, SEC, Health Care, Apple Inc., Investor, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Human Resources, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Apple's early days: Documents on display

If you are both history buff and Apple fan, you're going to love the latest exhibit at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley (just a stone's throw from the GooglePlex, for the geography buffs reading, too.) The documents offer a peek back into the early days...

Tags: Document, Apple Inc., Investor, Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Productivity, Sales, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafe

Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafeIt's still a long long way......before cloud computing will become the norm. Issues like this illustrate one reason why. It can be hard enough to get a closed network totally secure enough to completely trust it. To get any big...

Tags: Government, SECURITY, Cayble, Google Inc., FTC

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Apple and Psystar file joint motion to enter Stipulated Protective Order

Apple and Psystar file joint motion to enter Stipulated Protective OrderApple might have something to hide, but Psystar?Psystar took a generic PC, used tools that are downloadable in the public domain (NOTE: I never said legally!) to enable OS X to be installed.What could they possibly claim to be their...

Tags: Psystar, Apple Inc., Stipulated Protective Order

Discussion threads 2009-03-05

Social silly season

I'm often asked whether getting into the fashion for all things social is something enterprises should contemplate. Given the volume of noise coming from the likes of Jeremiah Owyang, Forrester analyst and other social media/brand mavens, it's hardly a surprise. Enterprise reality though is an altogether different thing from the...

Tags: SAP AG, Twitter, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Apple sued over Apple TV, Airport Express and Mac

EZ4Media, a Bannockburn, IL maker of wireless entertainment devices, filed a lawsuit against Apple on Tuesday, claiming that the Apple TV, Airport Express, and Macintosh itself infringe on its patents which it obtained from Universal Electronics UEI in March. In the complaint, EZ4Media alleges that Apple...

Tags: Apple AirPort Express, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Apple TV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Home Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-19

I'm a PC and, yes, I love Vista

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Todd Hooper  It's true - I'm a PC. Searching through my 2006 emails recently reminded me it was two years ago this month when I loaded a beta of Windows Vista on...

Tags: Security, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, NAP Agent, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Papermaster countersues; IBM to put up $3M

In keeping up with the latest developments of the IBM-Papermaster-Apple legal saga, now comes word via Information Week that Mark Papermaster, the veteran IBM executive trying to defect to Apple, has filed a countersuit against Big Blue, alleging that non-compete clause he signed with IBM is irrelevant because Apple and...

Tags: Apple Inc., Agreement, IBM Corp., Papermaster, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-14

IBM sues brainiac looking to leap to Apple; Download the docs

IBM is suing executive Mark Papermaster, vice president of the company's blade server development unit, to prevent his move to Apple. In a complaint, Big Blue says Papermaster "is in possession of significant and highly-confidential IBM trade secrets and know-how, as well as highly sensitive information regarding business strategy and...

Tags: Knowledge, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., CNET News, Blade Servers, Strategy, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-31