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The Apple Core: Apple-Expo 2006 predictions

One side effect of announcing the new Core 2 Duo iMacs and faster Mac minis last week is that it effectively removes them from contention for debut at Apple’s media event tomorrow. This combined with the company’s less-than-subtle “It’s Showtime” theme make predictions a little easier than usual, although there are some wild cards at […]

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The Apple Core: Apple files patent for “multi-functional hand-held”

According to MacNN Apple filed a patent in March 2006 for a “Multi-functional hand-held device, the patent was published on 7 September 2006 by the the US Patent & Trademark Office. The new patent puts even more attention on Apple’s “It’s Showtime” media event scheduled for Tuesday 12 September 2006 as it implies that Apple […]

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Apple to offer Disney-only movies?

Variety magazine is reporting that Amazon.com is preparing to enter the movie download market this week with a new service. The interesting part is that it claims that Apple’s service will only offer movies from Disney (at least initially)… Read the rest of the story on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.

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The Apple Core: It’s (almost) Showtime

Apple’s invitations to their 12 September 2006 press event (the un-keynote) feature a large Apple logo bathed in Hollywood-style search lights with copy reading “It’s Showtime” across the bottom. A thinly veiled reference to the movie download service that the company appears to ready to announce in six days. “They’ve done really well in music, […]

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The Apple Core: Anatomy of an Apple battery

Ever wonder what’s inside your Apple battery pack? It turns out that they’re not that complicated inside, but it’s amazing how much power these little cluster of cells can hold. I took an iBook G3 (dual USB) battery apart on the advice of Coconut Battery which told me that after 496 load cycles, this battery […]