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The comments came at the company’s annual Financial Analysts Meeting, a session that combines a presentation by Mr. Ballmer with a Q&A session for analysts afterwards. Last Thursday we covered part of that presentation, where Mr. Ballmer said that competing with the iPad had “job one urgency” for his company. He made some additional comments,…

The new Web site templates include Clock, Golden, Relax, Architecture and Business World. The templates include layouts for home pages, about and contact pages, catalogs and galleries, support and client pages, and more.iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 templates require iWeb 2.0 or higher. They are priced at US$10 each and are available at the iWebTemplate…

The release of Office 2011 for the Mac will also kill off Entourage in favor of a completely new version of Outlook for managing contacts, calendars and email messages.Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 will include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Messenger to handle user’s word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and instant messaging needs. It doesn’t,…

The Human Genome Project declared the human genome completely mapped in 2003, though a draft copy was announced in 2000. Since that time the data has been refined and enhanced several times, and the amount of data is growing exponentially. So, where’s my clone? Where’s Steve Jobs’ lab-grown liver? Where’s the cure for Alzheimer’s Disease?…

Some users have found their iPhone 3G to run slow after upgrading to the new version of iOS, and others have complained that the device becomes too hot to use. On Apple’s support forums, there is a thread on the issue that has reached 43 pages. Apple has not yet acknowledged that there is a…

“Today, one of the top issues on my mind, hey there’s a category — tablets,” Mr. Ballmer said according to live coverage notes of the event published by BusinessInsider. “Apple has done an interesting job. They’ve sold more than I’d like them to sell. We think about that. So it’s our job to say, we…

The ZAGG invisibleSHIELD for iPhone 4 is a set of thin, adhesive plastic strips designed to be stuck to the stainless steel edge of the iPhone 4. The claim is that it provides insulation sufficient to allow better signal reception. Out of Box ExperienceInside the large 4-1/2 x 8-inch cardboard packaging is a small plastic…

The wallpaper app comes from Jackeey Wallpaper and has been downloaded somewhere between 1.1 million and 4.6 million times. It collects user’s voicemail password, SIM card number and subscriber ID, and sends the information off to imnet.us in Shenzhen China.Third-party apps don’t go through any screening process before appearing on the Android Market, which is…

The 27-inch display, like the 24-inch model, sports a glossy surface and offers deeper colors that can make movies look more vibrant. It also includes a built-in iSight camera and microphone, stereo speakers, a three-port powered USB hub, and a universal MagSafe plug for charging a MacBook or MacBook Pro.Discontinuing the 30-inch Cinema Display means…

Coloud specializes in themed headphones (NFL, Hello Kitty, etc) and the Marvel X-Men line is a limited edition release introduced in honor of the 70th anniversary of the comic book superheroes. Part of the presentation package is a special box that features all the comic book characters from the superhero line. Coloud Marvel X-Men Headphones…

Apple updated its smartphone antenna performance Web page on Wednesday to include Nokia’s N97 mini. Like the other smartphones listed on the page, Apple shows the N97 mini’s signal bars dropping when holding the phone in a normal fashion.The new video on the Apple Web page shows the N97 mini’s signal strength bars drop from…

Mr. Wozniak’s most recent TV appearance was in 2009 on Dancing with the Stars. No word yet on whether he will be doing the cha-cha on Big Bang Theory. Thanks to TMO reader Khaled for the quick heads up.

Pro Tip: There’s an AT&T site gag (pun intended) that’s actually “LOL” worthy.

The new video on the Apple Web page shows the N97 mini’s signal strength bars drop from eight down to two over the course of a minute. The demonstration shows yet another smartphone succumbing to the same issue that has been the focus of iPhone 4 complaints, and also underscores the fact that there isn’t…

“Guidance was much stronger than expected as the revenue outlook of about $18 billion was uncharacteristically higher than Street estimates,” Mr. um said. “We believe Apple typically guides to a conservatively achievable target, making guidance all the more impressive.”Apple also beat analyst estimates for its third quarter, too. The company reported $15.7 billion in revenue…

Piqqem’s raison d’être is to use the “wisdom of crowds” to “accurately predict the movement of stocks.” The company gathers data from Piqqem users who enter price predictions on various and sundry stocks, with Apple being one of the most active stocks within the Piqqem community (we should also note that Apple’s first outside investor…

Citing unidentified sources within Apple and T&T, Wired said that Apple has been frustrated with AT&T’s approach to managing the increased data demands the iPhone has placed on the company’s network. For instance, AT&T came to Apple to request that the company limit the YouTube app that shipped on the iPhone, or to make other…

“Mike will help build and lead a team with the charter to build breakthrough smartphone reference designs with the explicit intent of accelerating Intel architecture into the market,” Anand Chandrasekher, Senior Vice President of Intel’s ‘ultra-mobility’ group, told The Journal in a statement. The company also emphasized that he will be focused exclusively on smartphone…

“The reception problems are certainly not common among smartphones,” HTC chief financial officer Hui-Meng Cheng told the Wall Street Journal. “They (Apple) apparently didn’t give operators enough time to test the phone.”Samsung defended its Omnia II, one of the phones Mr. Jobs used in his demonstration by saying it “hasn’t received significant customer feedbacks on…

The museum is housed in a small building, in the front of which is a small cafe where you can get a really good cuban sandwich. In the back nearly every square inch of floor and shelf space is packed with antique printing paraphernalia. Typesetting machines, printing presses, typewriters, and drawers and trays of moveable…

Shoppers in the nine new countries will be able to get their hands on the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi plus 3G models on launch day.The iPad is a multimedia tablet that runs iOS and includes a 9.7-inch multi-touch display. It supports most iPhone apps, includes movie and music playback, supports Bluetooth keyboards, supports Apple’s iBooks ebook…

The Cupertino-based company has been battling bad press over problems some customers have been reporting related to iPhone 4 signal strength loss when holding the combination iPod and smartphone so the lower left corner is covered. The company issued a software patch on Thursday with a more accurate signal strength bar formula, and on Friday…

Accordingly (links are to articles with full coverage of that topic): Customers who ordered an iPhone will be given a free case – customers who already ordered a bumper case from Apple will be given a refund iPhone 4 customers who are unsatisfied with their device can get a full refund — AT&T will cancel…

Apple has included images and video from its R&D labs and manufacturing facilities in the recent past, but this video offers the public (and the competition, for what that’s worth) a look into how Apple spent some US$100 million in developing its antenna design and testing facilities. “Apple never releases a product without thoroughly testing…