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Updated at 2:46 am, February 9, 2010.

Apple Job Posting Suggests Video Recording Coming to Future iPad Models
A new job posting on Apple's site suggests that the company is preparing to add still and video camera capabilities to its iPad tablet device in the future. The position is for a quality assurance engineer in the Media Systems division of Apple's br...

Current MacBook Pro Models Deleted From Best Buy's Inventory System? Updates Imminent?
Yesterday, a poster in our forums claiming to be a Best Buy employee reported that the company's internal inventory system had been updated to show that all MacBook Pro models had been "deleted", preventing Best Buy stores from ordering any new units...

Claimed Fourth-Generation iPhone Parts Surface Revealing Taller Form Factor

iPhone 3GS on left, claimed fourth-generation iPhone on right
iPhone repair site iResQ has posted photos of what it claims are parts for the fourth-generation iPhone presumably due for launch later this year. Among the most notable fe...


Apple Open to iPad Price Cuts if Demand Lags?
The Wall Street Journal reports on a research note from Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope based on meetings with Apple executives revealing that the company has apparently left the door open to future price cuts on the iPad should customer demand not ...

Austrian Wireless Carrier Preparing to Offer Subsidized iPad
TamsIJungle reports (via Engadget) that it received word from wireless carrier Hutchison Austria that the company is planning to offer subsidized iPads for users willing to commit to a two-year data contract with the company. According to Hutchison ...

Macworld San Francisco 2010 Kicks Off This Week

Macworld Expo 2010 kicks off this week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. The significance of this year's Macworld Expo has been significantly reduced due to Apple's decision not to participate. Apple cited the diminished i...


Intrinsity (Formerly Exponential Technology) Now Speeding Up ARM CPUs
One of the major announcements alongside the Apple iPad launch was the fact that Apple is now in the chipmaking business. The Apple A4 is a system-on-chip that includes an ARM based processor that is believed to have been designed by the engineers A...

Make Your Own (Paper) iPad and iPad Sighting at NYC Starbucks
While the iPad was officially announced in January, the iPad will not be available for purchase until late March. However, it seems some iPads have been seeded into the wild as David Vogler claims to have seen one in a New York City Starbucks (phot...

Unreleased Core i7 MacBook Pro 6,1 Benchmarked? Supplies Constrained

A Geekbench result posted to their site on February 4th has generated a lot of excitement in our forums. The report seems to reveal the results for an unreleased Arrandale MacBook Pro running at 2.66GHz. Intel officially unveiled the new l...


Apple Matters

Updated at 2:46 am, February 9, 2010.

February 8, 1998: Flaming Escargot!


4 Reasons Why the iPad Will Be A Huge Success and One Reason Why It May Not
Pundits are a funny lot, especially when it comes to Apple. They simply don't get it. They obsess on a single new feature that proves an Apple product will fail. When the iPod came out it was too expensive, and it didn't have Wi-Fi. When the iPhone came out it…

February 7, 1981: A Plane Ride Gives a New Perspective to Woz


February 6: 1981: Q: “What Time Is It?” A: “I Have No Idea, I Use an Apple III.”


February 5, 1996: Amelio Takes The Helm


What the iPad Is Missing
A reader response to my initial opinion about the iPad hipped me to the fact that the iPad doesn’t have a USB-port for external drives. I had assumed as such, but consumed by the hype of iPad announcement I totally didn’t realize that the USB feature on the device…

February 4, 1997: Apple Buys NeXT


Mac Sales: It’s All about Intel
Is Apple is going to switch to Apple chips for the Mac? The question arises because Apple uses an in house design to power the iPad. The arguments for the switch are abundant:more control, more profits, a chip expressly designed for Macs. Seems good on the surface but what if…

February 3, 1986: Divorce, Mogul Style


Get Past the Hype: Go for the $499 iPad Model
Now that we’ve all had a few days to digest the hoopla and hype of the iPad, it might be a good idea to take a deep breadth and really consider if the iPad is indeed the missing link device between our iPhone/iPod touches and our desktop or laptop computers?…

Apple Top iTunes Songs

Updated at 2:46 am, February 9, 2010.

1. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
Imma Be by Black Eyed Peas from the album The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)

2. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Need You Now by Lady Antebellum from the album Need You Now

3. TiK ToK - Ke$ha
TiK ToK by Ke$ha from the album TiK ToK - Single

4. Hey, Soul Sister - Train
Hey, Soul Sister by Train from the album Hey, Soul Sister - Single

5. BedRock - Young Money & Lloyd
BedRock by Young Money & Lloyd from the album We Are Young Money

6. In My Head - Jason Derulo
In My Head by Jason Derulo from the album In My Head - Single

7. Carry Out (feat. Justin Timberlake) - Timbaland
Carry Out (feat. Justin Timberlake) by Timbaland from the album Shock Value II

8. Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3) - Ke$ha
Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3) by Ke$ha from the album Animal

9. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa
Bad Romance by Lady GaGa from the album Bad Romance - Single

10. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas from the album The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)



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