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He writes: “The prevailing assumption is that nobody really needs an iPad like they need a laptop or a phone. After all, the iPad is for entertainment purposes only, right? It’s time to correct those assumptions.”Mr. Schwarz goes on to describe the iPad as “Apple’s upgraded version of a netbook, only it’s better than any…

If you prefer iPhone games that challenge your mind rather than how fast you can shoot, I encourage you to take a look at Texas Tea. The Premise The player must match dice using typical poker hands to clear the game boards to make their way across Texas from El Paso to Austin for the…

Computing, as we know it is going to change dramatically over the next decade. A slew of new technologies, appliance computing, better security models, Android, and mobile computing will fundamentally change the nature of our computer experiences. All of this new technology is being formulated by Apple and Google, and Microsoft, with questionable leadership, is…

While the two conclusions may seem incongruous at first blush, a more in-depth look at the numbers clears up any confusion, and we’ll start with the timing of the surveys. Retrevo asked customers in the days leading up to the iPad announcement if they had heard about a new Apple tablet that might be revealed…

TrueCrypt is a cross-platform data encryption solution that is available for Mac OS X, as well as various flavors of Windows and Linux. To get started, run the TrueCrypt software and choose Create Volume. This launches the TrueCrypt Volume Creation Wizard. The first choice you’ll need to make is if you want to create an…

On Thursday, Bryan Chaffin posted news of an op-ed article in the New York Times, written by a former Microsoft V.P. Dick Brass. In addition to the revelations there, but I’d like to add a little background because what Mr. Brass described is not peculiar to Microsoft alone. In fact, Apple itself was troubled by…

 The Tenqa SP-109 is a Stereo Bluetooth speaker that lets you listen to audio from any device equipped with stereo Bluetooth A2DP such as most Macs, iPhones, and other mobile smartphones. Setup was simple on all of the systems I tested it with — three Macs and two iPhones. All of the devices recognized the speaker…

The news was broken by Spanish newspaper El Mundo, which reported that company president Xiaolong Wu, said: “I was very angry and flabbergasted two days ago when I saw the news of the iPad presentation. It is certainly our design. They’ve stolen [it] because we presented our P88 more than six months ago at the…

The book gives you the lowdown on some of the best apps in 16 different categories, many of are presented with full color screen shots to help explain the app. The book is presented in the easy-to-read “For Dummies” format, a format at which we think Mr. LeVitus is the master. Mr. LeVitus told us…

I’ve been using this app ever since it was released, and I love it. Not only is it well conceived and beautifully laid out, but it also displays, at least in the weather section, both English and metric values. The first thing of interest is the easiest to find, snow totals for the last 24,…

Macworld Expo runs from February 9 through February 13, 2009, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. For additional information about the Expo and events, visit the Macworld Expo Web site. iMacworld 2.0 is free and available for download at Apple’s App Store.

Doing its part to add to the iPad camera rumors, Mission:Repair, a company that specializes in repairing Apple products, claims it has iPad frames in stock, and they include a place for the same iSight camera used in Apple’s laptop computers.”Upon opening them up and getting our hands on some of these rare items, we…

When asked about Google’s Nexus One smartphone, Mr. Jobs replied “We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them.”He added that Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” motto is “a load of crap,” according to Daring Fireball’s John Gruber.Google’s…

On Thursday, Microsoft turned in results that were better than expected for the December quarter, with revenue of US$19.02 billion, a 14% increase over the year-ago quarter. Net income was $6.66 billion – seriously – which was up 60% year-over-year. The company attributed the growth to a successful Windows 7 launch – the operating system…

Note that the difference between the retail price and the cost, divided by the retail price is the Gross Margin. For example, for the base iPad model, ($509 – $290.50)/$509 is 42.9 percent. Here is the Broadpoint AmTech BOM, published January 28th. iPad BOM – Published with permissionNote that Apple charges an extra $100 over…

Mr. Watson sees Apple’s reliance on Objective C instead of Microsoft’s .NET platform as a drawback for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch because he thinks it limits the applications developers can create and shuts them out of coding for some devices.”It is a humorous world in how Microsoft is much more open than Apple,”…

Mr. Marshall was one of those who actually got to handle an iPad after the introduction, and that experience can go a long way towards building insight and wisdom about the product. In sense, once you’ve handled the iPad, you’ve been “Ived.” As in Jonathan. Scott Forstall also explained the experience in the video Mr.…

Chris Whitmore of Deutsche Bank said the device could create a “fourth leg” in Apple’s product lines, and Charlie Wolf of Needham & Co. said the device should be a success out of the gate. Despite these endorsements, however, shares in Apple fell Thursday to close at US$199.29, a loss of $8.594 (-4.13%), on heavy…

So what were those pictures of, anyway? We think we have an answer. Or, more accurately, TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid does. Check out the video below.Apple’s mystery glass: In-store displaysNice to know the glass was of something being used, even if it wasn’t the iPad. That’s, OK, though, because we know you had as much fun…

The book and the movie are very different, but the basic premise is the same: after some devastating apocalypse pockets of people try to rebuild. In what’s left of the midwestern United States an army led by a mad copy machine salesman turn general harasses the populace. A drifter, cold, hungry, and desperate stumbles on…

PRS for Music managing director Broadcast, Online & Recorded Media, Andrew Shaw commented, “In our view the deal demonstrates that PRS for Music provides a compelling pan-European offering and leads the market in enabling digital music growth, whilst delivering vital royalties to our members.”The deal apparently also creates a licensing framework for performance rights from…

“Given the change in accounting, the key questionis how conservative this guidance is given the difficulty of using historical outperformance to judge future potential performance,” Mr. Um said.Apple previously used subscription accounting to report iPhone and Apple TV sales, which spread the per-unit revenue out over 24 months to account for major software upgrades. The…

The installer will update the USB version of the keyboard to 0.69 and the Bluetooth version to 321. You can check to see if your Apple Aluminum Keyboard already has the new firmware installed by doing this: Make sure your keyboard is connected to your Mac. Choose Apple menu > About this Mac Click More…

Apple COO Tim Cook replied “AT&T is a great partner.”He added ” I think it is important to remember they had more mobile broadband usage than any other carrier in the world. And in the vast majority of locations we think that iPhone customers are having a great experience from the research that we have…