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Rhapsody cuts monthly music plan to $10 at spinoff

Several companies have announced their intention to launch similar music plans that let people listen to songs that are stored on remote computers and streamed to their smart phones wirelessly. Such music services, based on so-called "cloud" computing, are challenging Apple Inc.'s system of having consumers buy and download tracks for playback on iPhones and iPods

First iPad buyers excited, curious

Thousands of people emerged from stores across the United States on Saturday clutching newly purchased iPads, the tabletlike computer that's Apple's most-awaited product since the first iPhone launched three years ago.

Did Apple and Google Kiss and Make Up? (PC World)

Two middle-aged guys sit down for a cup of coffee, and people start acting like they just saw Brad and Angelina at Starbucks. What's the big deal?

Did Apple and Google kiss and make up? (Macworld UK)

Two middle-aged guys sit down for a cup of coffee, and people start acting like they just saw Brad and Angelina at Starbucks. What's the big deal? In this case, the two guys are Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt, sitting down for a morning confab over caffe lattes at a Palo Alto beanery last Friday.

Apple iPad Camera Rumors Emerge from Repair Company Blog (HispanicBusiness.com)

Steve Jobs called the Apple iPad 'magical' and 'revolutionary.' But, it doesn't come with a camera, so people are grumbling.

Apple iPad Camera Rumors Emerge from Repair Company Blog (HispanicBusiness.com)

Steve Jobs called the Apple iPad 'magical' and 'revolutionary.' But, it doesn't come with a camera, so people are grumbling.

Article: Editorial: The Evolution of Apple Media Players Into Tablet Computers (iLounge)

Though some people may think of their iPods—particularly iPod touches—as miniature computers, it’s well established that they weren’t originally designed for this purpose; the first iPods couldn’t create anything at all. They started out as music players, triple underscoring the word “players,” and Apple spent years reluctant to let them expand much past that initial concept. In fact, though the ...

Apple’s tablet could double as a digital textbook (Geek.com)

HarperCollins’ digitally enhanced books could debut alongside an Apple tablet which might disrupt not only the publishing industry, but education as well. “People familiar with the situation” informed the Wall Street Journal that HarperCollins is in talks with Apple over making its books available in the digital form for the iSlate tablet believed to launch January [...]

Burglars following, robbing customers of Manhattan Beach Apple Store (KPCC Pasadena)

Burglars have been following people leaving an Apple computer store at the Village Mall in Manhattan Beach, then breaking into the customers' vehicles at their next stops, stealing just-purchased merchandise, according to police.

Apple Free To Continue Destroying Our Ears In 2010 (Gizmodo Australia)

Everyone remembers that story about how a bunch of people were suing Apple for potential iPod-induced hearing loss, even though they hadn’t lost any hearing. It got shot down last year, appealed, and today, killed for good. CRANK IT. (more…)