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Apple Now Holds 7.4% of U.S. Market Share in Recent IDC Report

In spite of a lagging economy, Apple was able to keep its domestic market share above 7% in a 31% year-over-year comparison to 1.5 million units sold. Per AppleInsider, Apple outpaced the rest of the U.S. PC market, which also grew an impressive 24% in year-over-year during the fourth quarter (the three-month period ending December), […]

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Toshiba Announces 64GB Flash Memory Modules, iPhone Likely Candidate for New Component

Electronics manufacturer Toshiba has announced its new 64GB embedded flash memory modules (created via a 32nm process technology and featuring a dedicated controller) which should become available in the first quarter of 2010. The chips seem likely to find their way into a future model of iPhone. The new chips are available for sample now, […]

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Intel Atom Processor Support Missing From Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update

As much as the Hackintosh community may love Mac OS X, Apple doesn’t always love them back. Per OSXDaily, support for Intel’s Atom processor is confirmed to be missing in the final release of 10.6.2. Apple’s latest update for Snow Leopard has broken support for Intel’s Atom processor line. Mac OS X 10.6.2 was released […]

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Apple COO Tim Cook Defends Company’s Lack of Netbooks

During yesterday’s conference call to release Apple’s Q3 numbers, Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook stood by his previous assertion that Apple’s not in the market to make a netbook. At the same time, he noted that Apple’s recent laptop price cuts have helped move inventory. According to Macworld, while many industry analysts expect that it’s […]

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Analyst Sees Strong Signs of Apple Moving Towards $500-$700 Tablet

With Apple execs having openly slammed the idea of creating a conventional netbook, Piper Jaffray analysts stated today that mounting evidence exists that Apple will introduce its own take on the netbook in 2010 via a tablet device that will sell for US$700 or less. “Between indications from our component contacts in Asia, recent patents […]