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by Galen Gruman, InfoWorld
The 13 key omissions Apple must fix before it can really compete with BlackBerry and Treo.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Why is the Apple store still selling iPod touch without the 2.0 software and the App Store goodness? Could it be a new iPod touch — or a brand new replacement — is coming soon, so Apple doesn't bother to update the Apple Store with new iPod Touches?
by Brian Caulfield, Forbes
While Apple employees eat healthy, Jobs takes it to an extreme, one employee says, eating dark green vegetables such as broccli and asparagus, grilled or steamed.
by David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun
Apple gets points for acknowledging the issues and trying to make it right, but that will do little to placate people who just want the service to work as promised.
by Dedric Lam, Shanghaiist
Hong Kong based agency Eight Partnership has just been appointed to handle Apple's creative marketing in Asia.
by Paul Rako, EDN
When you think about it, almost every major development in the last decade has been the result of overcoming the problems that software managers cause.
As the saying goes, make it simple, but no simplier than what is needed.
by Jeff Carlson, Macworld
Overhauled .Mac service gets pushy—and that's a good thing.
by Matt Haughey, A Whole Lotta Nothing
This is one of the few times I have to say Windows has it right (and has had right for many years) — it is extremly easy to find a way to bump the entire OS to larger more legible fonts with just a couple clicks, but I'm not seeing it anywhere on a Mac running Leopard.
by Gizmodo
The most innovative, game-changing apps might not ever make it to your squeaky clean iPhone.
by MacNN
A group of hackers say they have cracked Apple's close Fairplay DRM on Sega's Super Monkey Ball for iPhone.
by Walter S. Mossberg, AllThingsD
If Apple does get MobileMe working smoothly, it could be a terrific service. But it's way too ragged now.
by J. Shirley
I found myself getting more done and in less time.
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
I'm increasingly of the mind that open-source developers appreciate the excellence of Apple's products.
by Jim Goldman, CNBC
The simple truth is this: Apple knows that it must disclose Jobs' health status if it is somehow material to the company. By not disclosing his health issues, and calling them a private matter, Apple is tacitly telling all of us that whatever is ailing Jobs is not seroius enough to be material to the company.
by Mike Elgan, Datamation
Apple succeeds because customers love the products and the brand. But in China, brands mean little to most potential customers, and hardware even less. Chinese consumers prize value above all.
On the other hand, status, and the toys that come with status, does mean something in China, I believe.
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
Apparently, the new version of Mail feels the need to beep every time a new message comes in, and that's a problem given that MobileMe's "push" option for email means that new messages are being received constantly. Maddening!
by Lonnie Lazar, Cult Of Mac
AT&T has authorized stores in its Northern California region to begin taking iPhone pre-sale orders with a promise of 72hr availability, according to the manager of one of the region's busiest stores.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Security vulnerabilities in the iPhone's e-mail application and Safari web browser can be used by phishers to dupe users into visiting malicious sites or by spammers to flood the phone's inbox with junk mail, a researcher warned Wednesday.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
What still stands out about Apple's third-quarter performance—for me, at any rate—is just how well the company's Mac business did.
by MacNN
The new iPhone 3G commercials feature similiar aspects, but are stylized differently depending on the country in which they are aired.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld