eBook Poker: Amazon Plays ‘Kindle for Mac’

Amazon has kept its promise with the introduction of “Kindle for Mac”, a free application which lets you read Kindle titles on your Mac.

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UPDATED: Apple board member Jerry York in ‘serious condition’ following collapse

Apple board member Jerry York has died after collapsing with a brain aneurysm last night. York is hospitalised in Pontiac, Michigan. Apple’s statements on his loss are available here.

Known as a key aide to billionaire investor Kirk Kekorian York is also former CFO of IBM and Chrysler, York was also formerly CEO of Micro Warehouse. He joined Apple’s board in 1997.

Jerry is a very dear friend and a trusted business associate and our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family,” Kerkorian said in a statement given to Reuters. Read the rest of this entry »

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iPad Settings Hack Revealed in SDK, Dev Claims

Here’s an iPhone/iPad developer who doesn’t care about his NDA showing us what he claims to be an iPad settings hack, to a slice of Springsteen (wonder if he got clearance for the track)?

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Rupert Murdoch: ‘All Media Is Going To Go On The iPad’

Looks like Apple’s cosied up nicely to one of the world’s most powerful media moguls, News Corp. chief, Rupert Murdoch, who appears to be an all-in iPad fan. “All media is going to go on to the iPad”, he declares in this interview with his own Fox Business Channel.
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See The Latest From The Apple Company

These amazing steampunk-designed and fully functional computers seem utterly fabulous to us. We love the unique, retro-Victorian look of these beautiful machines. We also love that they come from “The Apple Company”. And they’re “gearless”. Outstanding.

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Must See: Steve Jobs Head Sculpted in Cheese

Self-explanatory really:

This cannibalistic item is a menu item over at The Cooks Den where self-confessed Mac Fanboy, ‘Ken’, offers you all the instructions you’ll need to cook up some nachos, iPad Thai and a rather tasty Jobs head. There’s several other recipes too.

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Apple gets social with iWork.com

Apple has tweaked its still little-used iWork.com website with a bunch fo new features, some of which should boost traffic and encourage more usage of the Google Apps contender.

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Video games make children stupid, research claims

So here’s the story. It seems young boys between 6 and 9 who spend too much time on their games consoles are less educated and less capable of reading and writing than kids the same age who aren’t tied to their Xbox, PlayStation or Wii.

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Apple’s former legal chief says working for AAPL was ‘just crazy’

He’s back, Apple’s former general counsel Daniel Cooperman has retired his retirement to take on a slightly slower-paced legal job at law firm Bingham McCutchen.

Cooperman – who was also Oracle’s general counsel before joining Apple – says he’s going to bring the law firm up to speed, and admits he needed to take time out from the serious 24/7 stress of running legal at Apple. Read the rest of this entry »

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Come see the world’s most expensive TVs…

Got money you’re itching to burn on bling? Got a lot of money? Try these really rather impressive gem-encrusted TV sets designed by Stuart Hughes of Liverpool, England.

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