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Daily Debrief: Can you hold a Macworld without Mac's maker?

A double bolt from the blue: Apple CEO Steve Jobs will not speak at January's Macworld show. What's more, Apple has announced that this will be the last Macworld in which it participates. On the CNET News Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper and Tom Krazit examine what's likely behind the decision.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Macworld, Desktops, Hardware, News, Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper, Tom Krazit, Apple, Steve Jobs

Videos 2008-12-17

Daily Debrief: Great, big Apple expectations

In two weeks, Apple fans will finally be able to get their hands on the iPhone 3G. In Friday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Tom Krazit discuss the phone's new activation process and other rumors swirling around out there in the blogosphere.

Tags: Apple Inc., 3G, Blogging, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, News, daily debrief, kara tsuboi, tom krazit, iphone 3g, apple, cellphones

Videos 2008-06-27

Apple stores open until Midnight Friday

Our own Tom Krazit reports that while AT&T Wireless stores will only be open and selling iPhones from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. Friday night, Apple Stores will be open until Midnight."Apple is promoting the "iPhone World Premiere" from 6 p.m. to midnight Friday night outside its retail...

Tags: Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-26

Apple's fragile hold on reality

Tom Krazit has the story on Apple invoking the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to stop two sites, OSx86 Project and Win2osx.net no longer accessibe, from publishing information about running Mac OS X on x86 processors. The hack involves a patch that circumvents the Trusted Platform Module that ties the Mac...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2006-02-17

Additional Resources

Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google Voice coming to BlackBerry, Android

Google Voice is coming to the BlackBerry and Android phones in a move that could make the search giant your phone company. The move is also the latest sign of a tug-of-war between carriers that want to be value added services and device and mobile software players that see the...

Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Voice, RIM BlackBerry, Wireless, Google Voice, Android, CNet News, iPhone App, Telecom & Utilities, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-15

Time to dump Schmidt from Apple board (Updated)

Since the announcement of its Chrome OS on Tuesday there has been a growing drumbeat calling for Eric Schmidt to step down from Apple's Board of Directors, and I agree. Schmidt has got to go. A day after the announcement that Google would battle Microsoft and Apple...

Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Board, Apple Inc., Krazit, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-10

Sun Valley roundup: Google, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple and more

There's plenty of high-profile buzz coming from Sun Valley, Idaho, where media executives have gathered for the annual Allen & Co. conference, considered to be an exclusive event for the who's who in the world of media and technology. Among the big questions capturing some attention: Will...

Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Twitter, Corporate Governance, Operating Systems, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-10

CNET: It's time for Google's CEO to resign from Apple's board

In an open letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, CNET's Tom Krazit this morning calls for his resignation from Apple's Board of Directors, citing an inevitable collision course for the companies as competitors now that Google has announced plans to build a computer operating system called Google Chrome OS. ...

Tags: Apple Inc., Board, Business Operations, CBS Interactive Inc., Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., Krazit, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities

Updated: Here's how Google's outage unfolded on Thursday...  We're getting various reports via that Google services are down or at least sucking some serious wind. The service appears to be back as of noon-ish EDT in New York City. Google cites a "traffic jam" in Asia for...

Tags: Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Outage, Manufacturing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-14

How did "Baby Shaker" slip through the cracks? (Updated 2x)

In what can only be described as an oversight at least one can hope Apple approved an iTunes application that displayed a picture of a baby and played a crying sound. The "objective" of said app was to violently shake the iPhone or iPod touch until the...

Tags: Apple Inc., Public Relations, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-04-23

Mobile showdown at CTIA: WiMax vs LTE, apps and more

As if the lineup of too many operating systems wasn't enough for the wireless phone industry, here comes 4G and a battle of its own: WiMax vs. LTE. Actually, I've heard the battle better described as sibling rivalry, largely because the technologies aren't that far apart from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Operating System, Verizon Wireless, CTIA, LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-01

China Unicom getting iPhone in May

China Unicom first denied rumors of a deal but reports persisted in Chinese state media that the telecommunications giant had finally reached an agreement with Apple to release the iPhone in that country.  A new product page on the China Unicom Web site for the iPhone 3G suggest that the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., China Unicom, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Apple holding iPhone 3.0 special event next week; what do you want from new software?

Apple distributed invitations Thursday for a March 17 special event in Cupertino to discuss the iPhone 3.0 software and a new software development kit, CNET's Tom Krazit reports. Next Tuesday's event will come a little more than a year after Apple unveiled the original SDK at the...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Krazit, Tools & Techniques, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Apple, threatening customers isn't a good way to grow one's market

I was reading the post Apple: iPhone jailbreaking violates our copyright by CNET's Tom Krazit. If Tom's post is correct, it reminds me a bit of the saber rattling that the SCO Group used early in its campaign to assert ownership of UNIX. The SCO Group actually filed suit against...

Tags: SCO Group Inc., Apple Inc., Open Source, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-02-13

Mac-centric exhibit area confirmed for CES 2010

There's been a lot of discussion over last week's rumor that Apple is forsaking Macworld Expo and will instead make the the 600 mile drive south east to Las Vegas to exhibit at CES instead. Regardless of where you stand on the rumor CNet News.com's Tom Krazit...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Macworld Expo, Conference, Microsoft Windows CE, Manufacturing, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Apple's Jobs being treated for 'hormone imbalance'; Will remain at helm

Updated: Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Monday in an open letter that he is being treated for a hormone imbalance that is causing his weight loss. In his letter, Jobs clarified his health issue following yet another round of deathbed rumors. Jobs added that he will remain CEO of Apple....

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Macworld, CEO, Succession Planning Worry, Corporate Governance, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-05

Businesses warming up to Apple iPhone

Consumers just love the sleek face and curvy lines of Apple's iPhone 3G, but what about the business community? According to CNET's Tom Krazit, RIM's BlackBerry is under assault from Apple's "Jesus phone" -- and better keep an eye behind it: The iPhone is making a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Krazit, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

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

Apple Q4 2008 earnings to be announced today (updated)

Apple plans to conduct a conference call to discuss financial results of its fourth fiscal quarter today (Tuesday, October 21, 2008) after the markets close at 5:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. PT. You can listen to the audio webcast of the conference call live on Apple's investor relations...

Tags: Apple Inc., Earnings, CNET New, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-21

Apple notebook refresh rumored to arrive October 14 (updated)

Daring Fireball's Jon Gruber posted an interest mention in his Notes and Observations piece after Apple's Let's Rock event on Tuesday. Buried at the end of his third paragraph is this little gem that predicts the date of the upcoming MacBook revision: Those of you holding out for a...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Trackpad, AppleInsider, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-11