Apple: Inside the cult
by Josh Fruhlinger

What gewgaws, wonders, and terrible rages will soon emerge from Apple's Cupertino lair? Josh Fruhlinger brings you the latest news and gossip for all things Mac and iWhatHaveYou. Send him tips at jfruh@jfruh.com or on Twitter @jfruh.

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What Apple Could Learn from Palm

The iPhone doesn't need a stylus, but the long life of the Palm Pilot shows the value of apps.
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Android Tries a Little Less Hard

Google's Android platform could be a great rival to the iPhone, but not if its developers are willing to settle for OK.
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The Apple tablet: Marvel or menace?

A Twitter-fueled point-counterpoint!
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OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard hits golden master; When will you be upgrading?

OS X point update day makes your blogger feel like a kid on Christmas morning.
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Apple feels the tech crowd's wrath

Boy, a lot of pent-up frustration, huh?
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Apple tablet "won't be a niche": Analyst

But with iPhone and Macbook sales so profitable, what's wrong with a niche?
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iPhone cut-and-paste: Mysteriously improved?

What was hiding in the iPhone 3.0.1 update?
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Apple tablets and Google and Windows Mobile, oh my!

Tasty tidbits from around the world of Apple.
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Steve Ballmer's problems are other people's fault

Why is Microsoft's CEO promising improvements in products his company doesn't make?
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Everyone hates the App Store

If by "everyone" we mean "people other than Apple who are trying to make money off of it."
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Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
- mburton325

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