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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: What Apple can learn from ESPN Mobile

It’s no secret that Apple is considering jumping into the mobile phone business (at least by their trademark filings, anyway) but before doing so, I hope that the company is paying attention to the recent death of ESPN Mobile.

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Opinion

Ten More Myths of Zune

“Ten iPod vs. Zune Myths” took apart the spin on Zune, but there’s plenty left to examine. Here’s a look at the whimpers of jilted executives, painful marketing drivel and fan speak, the geeky in-jokes, as well as the market realities and technical problems facing everyone’s favorite iPod Killer.

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Apple Ships Windows Virus on Small Number of iPods

Apple Computer this week said that a small number of its updated fifth-generation iPods were shipped to customers with a virus that could affect users of Microsoft’s Windows operating system. “We recently discovered that a small number — less than 1 percent — of the Video iPods available for purchase after September 12, 2006 left […]

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Finance

Apple Earnings Conference Call After the Bell on Wednesday

On Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 2:00 PM PDT (5:00 PM EDT), Apple will announce the results of its previous fiscal quarter, which ended on Sept. 30 and closed out the company’s 2006 fiscal year.

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MCE Adds Second HDD to the MacBook Pro

MCE Technologies today announced it has started shipping its new OptiBay Hard Drive for the Apple’s MacBook Pro and PowerBook G4. The MCE OptiBay optical bay hard drive adds a second internal hard drive to MacBook Pro or PowerBook G4 systems, taking the place of the laptop’s internal optical drive (SuperDrive or Combo Drive). The […]