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He might not be a household name, but Tony Fadell is the chief of Apple’s iPod division (and credited with bringing the iPod idea to Apple) and part of the executive team responsible for the iPhone’s development. At least he was. The Wall Street Journal, citing sources “familiar with the [...]

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Laughing off recent concerns about his health, a skinny–but energetic–Steve Jobs uncrated Apple’s latest hardware and software offerings. Among them: iTunes 8 with HD, firmware updates for the iPod Touch and iPhone and a revamped line of iPods–including a new oval-shaped nano that is the thinnest iPod Apple has ever made. My liveblog below:
9:56 A.M. [...]

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs didn’t invent the iPod. Jon Rubinstein, the former head of Apple’s hardware division, didn’t either. And engineer Tony Fadell, who’s sometimes referred to as “the father of the iPod,” is at best just a doting uncle.
No, Kane Kramer, the guy who “invented” the iPod, never even worked for Apple (AAPL). At [...]

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If you’re the owner of an iPhone 3G and you haven’t already updated to the iPhone 2.0.2 firmware, do so today–for your sake and that of all iPhone 3G owners.
Why?
Well, according to sources at AT&T (T), the reception problems that have plagued the device won’t be resolved until you do. iPhone’s running 2.0 [...]

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If you’re the owner of an iPhone 3G and you haven’t already updated to the iPhone 2.0.2 firmware, do so today–for your sake and that of all iPhone 3G owners.
Why?
Well, according to sources at AT&T (T), the reception problems that have plagued the device won’t be resolved until you do. iPhone’s running 2.0 [...]

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If you’re the owner of an iPhone 3G and you haven’t already updated to the iPhone 2.0.2 firmware, do so today–for your sake and that of all iPhone 3G owners.
Why?
Well, according to sources at AT&T (T), the reception problems that have plagued the device won’t be resolved until you do. iPhone’s running 2.0 [...]

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Members of Apple’s problematic Mobile Me community have a new headache as the service, which has been plagued operationally since it’s launch, provides “phishers” with an opportunity to glean credit card and other personal information from Mobile Me customers.
Credit company “Card Cops” has verified that some .Mac users are being redirected to a trading site [...]

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“Not up to Apple’s standards.” Typically those words, when they’re uttered within Apple (AAPL), refer to Microsoft (MSFT) or another of the company’s rivals. But not today. Today, they refer to Apple’s MobileMe service. In an all-hands memo clearly designed to be leaked to the media, Apple CEO Steve Jobs admitted what anyone who has [...]

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The Cupertino rumor mill is a buzz again. Like a voice crying in the wilderness, and fresh off the heals of a Steve Jobs promise that more interesting products are coming in the fall, The Giz is reporting a rumor that the long speculated MacBook Tablet will be shipping this October. The rumor [...]

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