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Mr. Jobs commented “Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” in response to Apple’s news that it sold more than a million iPhone 3GS units over the weekend.He was also seen at Apple’s headquarters on Monday sporting his familiar black mock turtle neck shirt and jeans, according to Reuters.USA TODAY reported that three Apple…

The Judge hearing Psystar’s bankruptcy case granted Apple’s motion to resume its case in its entirety, most likely killing the company’s chances of keeping Apple off its back for the next few months. “This means that the infringement case of Apple v. Psystar in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California shall…

“In the interests of transparency, I think it would be necessary for them to disclose something as serious as a liver transplant,” Charles Elson, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, told Bloomberg. “Investors want to know if he’s healthy and if he can continue to run…

Mr. Jobs traveled to Tennessee for the operation several weeks ago, and according to reports is recovering well. He previously underwent treatment for pancreatic cancer and has been recovering for the past few years. Concern over his health, however, continued to rise as he lost weight.The liver transplant may have been directly tied to Mr.…

Marquez Herrod and Jacqui Phenicie camped out with dinner and a bed.Apple consultants from PEBMAC and first generation iPhone owners, Charles Holt and Melissa Ollila, were in line with plans to upgrade to the iPhone 3G S as soon as the store opens at 7AM. “After we buy our new iPhones we’re off to see…

Lewis: Let me just start by saying that GroupLogic is a 21 year old vendor. We’ve always developed for the Mac and we always will. We started coming to WWDC in 1989. In fact, my co-founder, Derick Naef [the Chief Technology Officer], got his first Mac in 1984, and we’ve been programming the Mac since…

Everything or NothingThe most disappointing thing was when the printer ran out of ink, and it displayed a non-desrcript error message that could not be bypassed.  I was pretty sure it was only out of black, and would have been happy to print in blue.  Worse though was that it turned off access to the scanner as well.…

TMO: Tell us how you got into the business of creating novel writing software? Were there precursor apps that you warmed up with? Or is this your first big venture? Steve Shepard, Founder, Storyist Software Shepard: Well, I worked for Apple for awhile in the 1990s, then I did the Silicon Valley thing. I joined a…

Apple filed a Motion for Relief with the court in Florida after Psystar filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which automatically stops other legal proceedings. If granted, Apple’s motion would let the copyright case against Psystar resume in California earlier, potentially saving months of delays.Psystar’s response alleged that Apple shouldn’t be granted relief from the…

TMO: The name of your game is Galactic Racer. What is it exactly? Owens: The inspiration for the game was the last scene in Return of the Jedi, where the Death Star is destroyed. Basically, the game is a 3D flying racer, with the emphasis on 3D. You can control your movements in all directions:…

The charity campaign has been organized around Feeding America, which used to be called America’s Second Harvest, a group working to provide food-relief to some 25 million low-income people in the U.S. Microsoft’s ad verbiage says it will donate 8 meals per download, with the fine print stipulating that it’s basically $1.15 per download. IE…

The Missing Sync for Palm Pre auto-syncs data when the Pre is close to your Mac, and supports exchanging information with iCal, Address Book and Microsoft Entourage. It also synchronizes music and video from iTunes, ring tones, images from iPhoto, documents and more via USB.The beta version of The Missing Sync for Palm Pre for…

TMO: Neil, what’s new in your universe? Ticktin: I do have some interesting things to tell you about the magazine, but first I want to tell you about something very exciting we’re working on. It’s a technology strategy for a school district. We’re helping them out with a plan for all the way from operations…

TMO: So tell me a bit about Quay. Brockerhoff: Quay works with the Dock in Leopard. Hierarchical menus in the Dock pop up much faster with Quay installed. You also get more options in each item’s menu. You can see things such as application versions, CPU and memory statistics, file size and the number of…

This is my 16th WWDC since 1993. During that time, I’ve only missed one. So I can’t help noticing that some things have changed dramatically — and some not so much, both good and bad. First, it seems that every year, there are fewer and fewer women, by percent, attending WWDC. This year, with 5,200…

Apple is planning a week long series of events to celebrate the Grand Opening, including free training events and seminars. For a complete list of events, and directions to the Apple’s new Scottsdale Quarter store, visit the Apple Retail Web site.

We’re here at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco with Mr. Belloussov as well as Laura Ciekot with Allison & Partners, the public relations agency that works with Parallels. Serguei Beloussov TMO: How would you characterize the development of Parallels? Beloussov: Well, we have definitely come a long way since we started, but there is…

Then I remembered American-based Sandisk CEO Eli Harari recently saying that Apple had won the MP3 player war and saying that, “You can’t out-iPod the iPod,” a statement with which I agree, but it really begs the question of, “Why?” Why is it that no one can seem to do what it is that Apple…

The UNIEA Omniverse 13.3-inch Universal Tote and the matching 4 x 6-inch hard drive case are both very attractive and extremely functional. Among the features are a water resistant finish, memory foam to mold around your computer or hard drive, corner stabilizers , and a ventilated base that allows heat to dissipate in the larger…

Barclays Barclays’ Ben Reitzes was pleased with the number and nature of the products Apple announced, which included a new iPhone, updated MacBook Pros, price drops, more details and a release date for iPhone OS 3.0, and an announcement for Snow Leopard’s release. “While the iPhone announcements were expected,” he wrote in a research note…

Mickey Roberson TMO: We’re here with Mickey Roberson in the WWDC dining hall. (I’m using Recorder v 7.1 for the iPhone from Retronyms Software.) Mickey, how did you get started doing a Twitter client? Roberson: When I started doing this a few months ago, I didn’t really like the look of any of the Twitter…

Along with the iPhone 3G S, Apple announced that the current 8GB iPhone 3G price has dropped to US$99 from $199. “We believe the new lower priced 3G should help stimulate some demand, though we think Apple’s subsidy from operators likely remains unchanged, which would likely impact margins,” Mr. Um said. “However, we continue to…

Apple will likely show off iPhone Software 3.0 and Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) features during the keynote presentation, and many are expecting the company to introduce new iPhone models as well.The World Wide Developers Conference is Apple’s annual week-long gathering for Apple-related hardware and software. Now that the company has pulled out of…

Psystar’s bankruptcy filing put Apple’s case in northern California temporarily on hold because all legal actions involving the PC maker are automatically stalled while the bankruptcy court begins its proceedings. Apple’s Motion for Relief from the stay, if granted, would help minimize lost time while waiting for the bankruptcy case to run its course.Apparently some…