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How Apple shook up the electronic book market

A Manhattan court is due to decide whether Apple helped fix the prices of electronic books
Apple emphasizes user-privacy efforts in response to PRISM accusations

Company outlined its policies for responding to government requests for information and promised to work to safeguard user privacy
Apple founder Wozniak 'US is just as bad as communist Russia'

Woz sounds off about human rights, and the fact that CIA agents can stalk ex-girlfriends
Microsoft attacks with Office Mobile for iPhone; Apple defends with iWork for iCloud

Office Mobile for iPhone and iWork for iCloud reveal difference between Apple and Microsoft's strategies for the iPhone market
Apple received thousands of data requests from US law enforcers

Investigating robberies or searching for missing persons are among the most common reasons for requests, Apple said
Apple's Eddy Cue keeps it brief in e-book 'price fixing' testimony

Apple VP had little to say about charges of e-book price collusion, even when presented with copious email evidence
Kanye West: I'm the new Steve Jobs

Ever-humble musician compares himself with Jobs, Walt Disney and Henry Ford
'jOBS' Steve Jobs biopic: Cinema launch date announced

Ashton Kutcher plays Apple founder in 'jOBS', coming to cinemas soon
Google buys Waze and puts the squeeze on Facebook and Apple

Analysts differ on why Google is acquiring the popular crowd-sourced traffic app
Meet the new Apple, same as the old Apple - opinion

Apple execs on Monday conveyed both excitement and confidence about the future direction of Apple - and they brought the announcements to prove it

Apple is, for the moment at least, no longer selling the Mac Pro in Europe. Is Apple annoyed with us for still buying BlackBerries or siding with Samsung in the courts? No, it’s because an amendment to the IEC 60950-1 regulation increases requirements around electrical port protection and the fan guards in the system.

>> Thu, 10 Jan 2013

Can Microsoft kill the iPhone?

By Matt Egan

Can Microsoft kill the iPhone? Let me answer that with another question. Why did we stop asking if Google can kill the iPhone? Because it found a niche of its own. For all the lawsuits and talk of thermonuclear war, Apple and Google know that this town is big enough for the both of us.

>> Wed, 09 Jan 2013

Apple's bad cable manners

By Simon Jary

After an 18-month wait Apple is finally shipping a new range of iMacs, and very nice they are, too. I bought one of the 27-inch iMacs because our home iMac bores the pants off me when it tries to handle a few hungry Adobe programs and bad-boy iPhoto at the same time. See: Apple iMac (27-inch and 21.5-inch) review (Late 2012)

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Apple Business

The dominance of Windows in the business world is long over, and with its security, speed and simplicity Mac OS X is a compelling alternative to a traditional PC (especially as it has always been compatible with Microsoft Office). And with the iPad and iPhone massively infiltrating the enterprise market, it seems that Apple isn’t the business outsider it once was.

Apple gives Jony Ive new job title following iOS 7 redesign

Designer Sir Jonathan Ive has been given a new job title Apple following the redesign of iOS with iOS 7 at WWDC last week.

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Apricorn's Aegis Bio 3.0 pairs solid performance with enhanced security features to create a nice, all-around external hard drive. The Aegis Bio harnesses biometrics to make sure you (and only you) have access to your data.

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