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[Medianews] Georgia College Pushes for iPod Ingenuity

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[Medianews] French Draft Law Threatens iPod's Future

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[Medianews] SAT Problems Even Larger Than Reported

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[Medianews] Apple Computer Set to Mark 30th Birthday

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[Medianews] BenQ exec claims Apple's iPhone 'definitely coming'

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[Medianews] Jeopardy! online contestant test 3/28-3/30

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[Medianews] Bluetooth Adopts New Radio Technology

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[Medianews] It's Apple Vs. Apple in British Court

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[Medianews] Google employees' wireless patents published

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[Medianews] Apple Provides Volume Limit Setting for iPod

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[Medianews] Comcast Exec Sees Greater Use of DVRs

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Action Engine Powers TiVo(R) Mobile; Wireless Software Company Named as Developer of the New TiVo(R) Mobile Application for Online Scheduling of Recordings - Apr 5, 2006 09:15 AM (BusinessWire) LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2006--Shattering the mobile usability barrier,

[Medianews] Boot Camp Beta: Requirements, installation, and frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Boot Camp Beta: Requirements, installation, and frequently asked questions (FAQ) Boot Camp Beta lets you install Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or Professional with Service Pack 2, or later, on an Intel-based Macintosh computer, in addition to an existing Mac OS X installation. After runni

[Medianews] Boot Camp Turns Your Mac Into a Reliable Windows PC

April 6, 2006 Boot Camp Turns Your Mac Into a Reliable Windows PC By WALTER S. MOSSBERG For mainstream computer users doing typical tasks, Apple Computer's Macintosh models have huge advantages over the prevalent Windows computers from companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard. The Macs have

[Medianews] Motorola Makes TV Shows Mobile -- From DVR to Mobile Phone and Back Again

Motorola Makes TV Shows Mobile -- From DVR to Mobile Phone and Back Again - Apr 6, 2006 07:00 AM (PR Newswire) Part of the Motorola Follow Me TV experience, new technology makes recorded shows available on a next-generation RAZR LAS VEGAS, April 6 /PRNewswire-Fi

[Medianews] Sprint Music Store - Two Million Downloads

Sprint Furthers Its Mobile Music Leadership; Sprint Music Store(SM) First to Announce Reaching Two Million Downloads, While Also Receiving Two Awards - Apr 6, 2006 07:00 AM (BusinessWire) LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2006--The Sprint (NYSE:S) Music Store(SM), the firs

[Medianews] iPod, Therefore I Am

iPod, Therefore I Am By MICHAEL WOLFF Vanity Fair April 3, 2006 After 30 years as an outsider, Apple founder Steve Jobs is the white-hot center of mass-market media. His obsession with design is now America's: the machine has become the message. With the $7 billion Pixar deal, Disney-kingdom

[Medianews] EPIC Alert 13.07

E P I C A l e r t Volume 13.07 April 06, 2006

[Medianews] Windows or Mac? Apple Says Both

Windows or Mac? Apple Says Both By JOHN MARKOFF The New York Times April 6, 2006 Correction Appended SAN FRANCISCO, April 5 - After long imploring computer users to "think different" and defining the Macintosh as a lone bulwark against the Windows onslaught, Apple Computer has decided to open

[Medianews] Microsoft's Mac Attack

Op-Ed Contributor Microsoft's Mac Attack By ROBERT X. CRINGELY The New York Times April 8, 2006 Charleston, S.C. HELL froze over this week as Apple Computer unveiled Boot Camp, a free program that will allow its new Macintosh computers with Intel microprocessors to run Microsoft's Windows XP

[Medianews] Deleting May Be Easy, but Your Hard Drive Still Tells All

Deleting May Be Easy, but Your Hard Drive Still Tells All By ERIC A. TAUB The New York Times April 5, 2006 IT was only a single digit in a 20-page Microsoft Word contract between two partners, but Scott Cooper earned his fee several years ago when he found it. Mr. Cooper, a computer forensics

[Medianews] Now It's Easy to Back Up Data on a Network

Basics Now It's Easy to Back Up Data on a Network By WILSON ROTHMAN The New York Times March 30, 2006 Like most fans of the iTunes Music Store, I'm aware of its one-time download policy. Once I download a song, it's my responsibility and if lost, I will have to buy it again. Like far fewer iTu

[Medianews] A Gamble on L.C.D. TV's Meant Survival for Sharp

A Gamble on L.C.D. TV's Meant Survival for Sharp By MARTIN FACKLER The New York Times March 22, 2006 OSAKA, Japan - In corporate Japan, companies have long preferred to run with the pack. But some are now learning to act like lone wolves. Take Sharp, which for decades looked like other big Jap

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