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Screwed up on my mid-2009 13" MbP. Even trying to restore from a time machine backup failed b/c I got an error stating that the system can't recognize a folder with the same name, even though I told it to trash the new version and replace w/ the ba…
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Is no one going to comment on the date on the logic board being 2009? That implies Apple's been hoarding these for at least 6 months now...
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Speculation of Apple purchases have persisted for some time, as Apple has accrued a massive amount of cash and reserves. Earlier this year, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs said Apple must "think big" with its …
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I can't believe some of you are saying nice effort. It's a poor effort if you want a usable browser. Sure, it can be faster than Safari under some circumstances, but the fact that it doesn't display pages correctly (I found worse problems with NYT…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bregalad I really wish there was something other than iTunes for syncing stuff that has no relationship whatsoever to "tunes". You mean like iPhoto for pictures? As stated, ATT has no need or prob. even desire to…
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Quote: Originally Posted by gsteeno This is good news. But I wonder if the activation fee is rolled into the extra $130 for 3G. I can imagine if it was $100 extra for 3G, plus $30 activation fee (say), folks would scream at ATT for being in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider The EFF ... presented what it felt were "a few troubling highlights." They include: Developers, including government agencies such as NASA, cannot make public statements about the iPhone OS developer ag…
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That's some pretty nice animation, and surely shows how popular the Mac/iPhone/iPad platforms are that a company would spend that much time to essentially advertise someone else's products. Not that they aren't making the case that they'd be a good…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider The judge banned Psystar from: Intentionally inducing, aiding, assisting, abetting or encouraging any other person or entity to infringe Apple's copyrighted Mac OS X software. Circumventing any technol…
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud It's AT&T responsibilty to figure out where and why their network craps out not its customers. They should have people in the field doing tests of their signals etc. This is really pathetic. I'm surprised …
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I was trying out Times Skimmer earlier today, and I must say that it's rather nice. I don't prefer it for reading articles as the layout of the interface constrains the available viewing area compared to their normal webpage, but I definitely prefe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by plovell It seems that they sold only 768 machines (or thereabouts). And now they have to pay $2.7 million to settle. Plus lawyer fees. Actually, half of that 2.7 mil was for lawyers fees. The other half is to settl…
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Psystar better announce their Black Friday sales now... before it's too late
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism AT&T had to leave it to Apple to make an ad that sells their network. Apple was pulled into this by Verizon purposefully using a phone very, very similar looking to the iPhone in its ads attacking AT&a…
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These guys probably crapped themselves a bit when they got the letter, and not knowing what to do and probably not able to afford a lawyer to ask, they just sent Steve an email trying to ingratiate themselves. Fact is, Apple can come under serious …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Android still only has three panels for displaying apps, versus 11 on the iPhone. Seeing as the Droid only has ~500MB of space for apps, 3 panels seem like more than enough. That 16GB microSD card you g…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Conrad Hilton internationalized American hospitality. His great-granddaughters seems to be doing their share to help too And congrats Mr. Jobs.
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Quote: Originally Posted by philb So they're selling them on USB keys in unprotected format, but not on a (reasonably) secure store? What have they been smoking... (don't answer that...) Most music on iTunes is no longer DRM'ed, so you could s…
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Living in OH now, I had my new 13" MbP shipped to my mom's house in DE at the end of June and then took vacation over the 4th to see family, pick up my MbP, and a 3GS iPhone. Saved quite a but in tax on that But for the record, I'll be declarin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider The site was formerly an American brasserie that served French cuisine since 1997. WTF is w/ the writing on here any more... can't you just say restaurant like normal people? And I find it amusing th…