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This story comes to us from Steve Hayden, an advertising exec who became a Chiat/Day vice president while the commercial was being created. Mr. Hayden wrote about his experience in creating the ad for Apple for AdWeek, as well as some of the aftermath in working with the company after Steve Jobs left. According to…

What Active Storage has done is combine the high performance Nehalem processor and a custom motherboard, built by Intel, in a 1U rack mountable system. It has features designed to meet the needs of enterprise professionals, such as expansion, redundant power and lights-out management. With a custom distribution of Red Hat Linux and Quantum’s StorNext…

The device can project an image that is up to 120” across, though that large an image would be better in a darkened environment. On the Expo show floor, we were seeing movies about half that size being projected in a well-lit environment, and they were quite watchable. NEO-i can project onto surfaces from 8”…

VRM Box is a digital signal processer (DSP) in a small form factor that features a volume controller (as seen in the images below). When used with companion software on your Mac or Windows PC, the user can choose from one of several speakers and pairs of speakers, adjust where you, the listener is sitting,…

As many Mac OS X users know, Time Machine allows one to back up the content of their hard drive to another attached hard drive, a Time Capsule, or a drive connected to an AirPort Extreme. Dolly drive extends this concept by also allowing you to back up to the “cloud,” or a network drive…

Macworld Expo descibes Ted’s iOS: Under the Hood session asThis session delves “under the hood” of iOS to explore topics that go beyond the basics of what you’ll find in typical iOS manuals. For starters, you’ll learn about the iOS-related files stored on your Mac (from firmware updates to app files to backup files) – where they…

“I thought it was a prank call,” Mrs. Gail told The Cult of Mac. “I said, ‘Thank you very much, I’m not interested’ and I hung up.” Her daughters, however, were aware of the contest and had downloaded several apps in the early morning hours (local), including what turned out to be the winner, Paper…

“I think the… story probably got the resolution right, but the iPad version wrong,” Mr. Mainelli said. “Our sources say Apple has requested that manufacturers begin work on displays with that resolution for the iPad 3.”Higher res iPad display coming? Maybe not.Along with reports that the next iPad will sport a higher resolution display, rumors…

1. Sell your old computer to Apple: Apple Computer Reuse and Recycling. You have several choices if you want to sell your old Mac for cash: Gazelle.com, SellYourMac.com, NextWorth. However, if you don’t like these sites or have heard too many complaints about them, you might want to stick with Apple. Apple is affiliated with…

“We are delighted that Mr. Wozniak will be helping to kick off what is sure to be the electronics industry’s most interesting event in 2011,” David Blaza, vice president of UBM Electronics, said in a statement.. “Attendees will have the opportunity to hear a unique, unforgettable talk delivered by one of the most influential pioneers…

Looking at the numbers for revenue, earnings, gross margins, and unit sales, Mr. Elmer-Dewitt wrote, “The unaffiliated analysts took 9 out of the 10 top spots. The bottom 20 spots were all held by professionals working for the banks and brokerage houses.” Of those nine, four are members of our AFB: #1 (Patrick Smellie), #3…

On the subject of tablets, Mr. Cook said: “Generally speaking, there are two kind of groups today. The ones that are using a Windows-based operating system are generally fairly big and heavy and expensive. They have a very weak battery life. They require keyboard or stylus as an input device. And from our point of…

The developer, Robert Nay of Utah, created the game with his mother, Kari. Mom did the design work while Robert handled the coding; he has been delving into programming for the past six years.The App Store currently has over 300,000 free and paid apps available, compared to its closest competitor, the Android Market, which has…

The stock gained steadily throughout the day, and bounced of an intra-day high of $344.763 at approximately 1:45 PM EST. The stock has traded in a narrow band in the $341+/- range since then, and currently sits at $342.24, down $6.24 (-1.79%), on heavy volume. There had been concern of a major sell-off like the…

I bring up this topic today (having waxed rhapsodic about these scanners on several prior occasions, such as here and here) because I recently had the opportunity to try out Fujitsu’s latest mobile scanner — the ScanSnap S1100 ($199). Fujitsu refers to the S1100 as “mobile” rather than merely “portable.” I can understand why. Fujitsu…

On the fantasy front, Monster Kingdom ($14.95) puts players in the role of an exiled king who must regain his throne by relying on the help of the monsters he defeated in the main Majesty 2 game and its previous two expansion packs.

“Obviously the stock is going to get hit tomorrow, but I see no reason why this stock won’t continue to work,” Mr. Wu told Reuters. Echoing similar sentiments, Alexander Peterc of Exane told Reuters, “This will come as a surprise to Apple investors and definitely take some shine off the Apple stock; but even if…

“[It’s] obviously a terrible thing for Steve personally and market reaction won’t be kind either,” Mr. Marshall said in a research note to clients obtained by The Mac Observer. “I don’t the stock breaks $300 level due to the following…real earnings power in CY11 is ~$22-23 and by applying a discounted multiple of ~12x and…

Steve Jobs speaking at an Apple media eventIn a letter to employees, Mr. Jobs said:Team,At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company.I have asked Tim Cook…

Being Middle Aged First up is the fact that the device is a mid-cycle replacement. The original iPhone 4 was introduced in June 2010, following Apple’s yearly product cycle for the device. Apple is expected to introduce its successor this summer, as well, and that’s a problem for Consumer Reports. “It may be quickly replaced…

Here’s a chart from Business Insider that lists the reasons why some people still haven’t joined Facebook. “…they think it’s a waste of time. And they think that increasingly, as they see their friends sucked into a vortex of looking at photos, playing FarmVille, and posting status updates.” In Colorado recently a mother allowed her…

The company has been hampered in the U.S. by the record labels and keeps pushing back its projected launch window, originally slated for some time in 2009. Apparently labels are now asking the company to front some US$100 million in royalty pre-payments, and they want Spotify to push its subscription-based models in the country instead…

However, in the end, only Apple’s name appears on the Verizon iPhone and Verizon doesn’t load any of it’s own apps. The booming success of the Apple-AT&T relationship seems to have influenced Verizon’s McAdam. In addition to building cell towers on Apple’s campus for testing, the two companies reached an even more remarkable agreement: swapping…

AAPL and VZ had both experienced a run-up leading up to Tuesday’s announcement, meaning that today’s news that Verizon would sell a CMDA iPhone was baked into the price. For instance, Apple’s stock rose from a closing price of $331.29 per share on Wednesday January 5th to a new closing high of $342.46 on Friday…