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The Apple Core: Appleā€™s flash-based MacBook

AppleInsider is reporting that Intel plans to incorporate NAND flash memory into its next-generation notebook platform. This would enable Intel’s clients (like Apple) “to develop systems that are twice as fast in some operations yet sustain longer battery life.” At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in March Intel mentioned that they plan to add flash […]

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The Apple Core: iTunes 7.0.1 addresses Cover Flow, importing, syncing

As you’d expect with all the problems reported with iTunes 7, Apple today released an iTunes 7.0.1 update (25MB) for Mac and Windows users that is supposed to fix a number of problems with the popular music player. The software update doesn’t give an indication about what the update fixes: Read the rest of the […]

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The Apple Core: Apple alums get into the chip business

Three veterans of Apple Computer have joined together to form a startup that acquired Newport Beach, CA-based Jazz Semiconductor, Inc. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former Chairman and CEO Gil Amelio and former CTO Ellen Hancock got together to form Acquicor Technology, Inc. (AMEX:AQR) and their first move was to acquire Jazz Semi in an all-cash […]

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The Apple Core: What iTunes could learn from Aperture 1.5

About six months ago I switched from iPhoto to Aperture and the switch has not been painless. I originally switched to Aperture when I purchased a new Canon Rebel XT DSLR camera because I wanted to use some of Aperture’s advanced features. Once I got used to the Aperture interface (not a trivial task) I […]

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The Apple Core: iTunes 7 and iPod 1.2 update confound users

When Steve Jobs announced iTunes 7 I couldn’t reload the download page fast enough. I was anxious to try out the first whole number upgrade to Apple’s venerable jukebox application in almost a year. In the 10 or so days that I’ve been using the new iTunes I’ve had little or no problems with it. […]