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The Apple Core: Hollywood wants to change iPod DRM

Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s deal with Universal Music (a unit of Vivendi) to pay a US$1 royalty on every Zune player sold in exchange for licensing its recordings for Microsoft’s new digital music service, now Hollywood wants in on the action.

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The Apple Core: Vote: TIME’s Gadget of the year

Among eight selected products, TIME magazine nominated the Nike + iPod Sport Kit and MacBook Pro as the 2006 Gadget of the Year.

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The Apple Core: Fast Web searches via Quicksilver

If you’re not already using QuickSilver, stop reading this post right now and download this excellent piece of software. QuickSilver is the quintessential launcher application for Mac OS X and it saves me tons of time. If I want to launch an application or document I hit the command and space bar keys (which I’ve […]

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The Apple Core: What iPhone has going for it

Yesterday I took a shot at the iPhone for being long on compromises and short on utility and your comments were tremendous. Today I want to take a look at some of the positive aspects and potential of the iPhone.

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The Apple Core: I don’t want an iPhone

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve been inundated with speculation and rumor about Apple’s iPhone. Am I the only one that doesn’t want one?