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  • Clone maker will countersue Apple

    US-based Mac clone maker Psystar plans to file its answer to Apple's copyright infringement lawsuit Tuesday in the US as well as a countersuit of its own, alleging that Apple engages in anti-competitive business practices.

  • Telstra restricts iPhone supply lines

    The nation's biggest telco Telstra today said it would sell Apple's 3G iPhone in just 15 stores nationwide from Friday morning, including only one store in Sydney.

  • Telstra gets legal with Optus over 3G iPhone

    Telstra has served Optus with a notice from its legal department this morning questioning the rival telco's ability to provide adequate service for the 3G iPhone, in a calculated move to disrupt the rival telco's 3G iPhone launch.

  • iFund to invest US$100m in 'iPhone entrepreneurs'

    John Doerr, the venture capitalist known for his investment in Google, is now showing his love for Apple with a $100 million fund for iPhone application developers.

  • Windows chief opens up on '7'

    Since taking over the Windows development reins from Jim Allchin, Steven Sinofsky has chosen to keep silent about new products, but now in an exclusive interview, he spills the beans on Windows 7.

Blogs (4)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Mene, mene, tekel, iPhone: What the finger hath wrought

    Keen news readers would have heard about the strong earthquake that rocked south-western Greece on Sunday. Fewer may have realised that the quake was not so much an act of God, as an act of Jobs.

  • Photos: Star Wars iPhone running Vista, WiMax

    I can't wait for the new iPhone to come out mainly because I'm so dog-tired of listening to the never-ending screeds of rumour mongering nonsense speculating on what functionality the device will have that come out every single day. So I've decided to join in. I'm 100 per cent convinced the new iPhone will run Vista and have WiMax connectivity. In fact I'd bet my house on it.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Suicidal Apple almost ruins AusCERT

    Within hours of arriving at the AusCERT conference in the Gold Coast on Monday, my PowerBook decided it would rather commit suicide than listen to Microsoft's top security executives answer questions about Vista.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Why sex scandals are good for data management

    Convincing people of the importance of regular backups and a proper data management plan is a bit like persuading them of the necessity of regular visits to the dentist no-one bothers until they wake up in the morning screaming with pain. But if you can't persuade them with pain, sex often works a treat.

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  • Under wraps: Apple's Sydney City Store

    Work is coming along at the soon-to-open Sydney Apple store, although the high-security site is wrapped up to resemble a Steve Jobs skivvy.

  • Celebrating three decades of Apple

    In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.

  • Tiger, Longhorn search for desktop answers

    Microsoft and Apple Computer are searching for the same thing with their next operating systems: a better way to find stuff on an increasingly cluttered hard drive.

  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Is there life in Google's Android?

    Given the hype around anything with a single-letter prefix m-commerce, e-learning, iPhone last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android mobile phone platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.

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  • Apple iTunes 7

    iTunes 7 includes some great updates, like gapless playback, games downloads and a better interface, but Australian users so far miss out on the movie downloads available to American users.

  • Apple MacBook Pro (17-inch, 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)

    Apple's Core 2 Duo 17-inch MacBook Pro is especially thin and light for a desktop replacement, making it an attractive choice for multimedia users on the go.

  • Apple iMac G5 (2.0GHz, 20-inch)

    Along with the new Tiger OS, the iMac G5 gets more muscle beneath its sleek exterior, making the all-in-one desktop a stronger performer and a better deal.

  • Apple introduces AirPort Express

    Apple Computer unveiled yesterday a AU$219 device that acts as both a portable wireless base station and a way to stream music throughout the home.

  • Apple Wireless Mouse & Keyboard

    If you have a Bluetooth-enabled Mac, Apple's Wireless peripherals are the natural choice. Just make sure you have the right OS first.

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