Apple Computer Set to Mark 30th Birthday

Silicon Valley's historic orchards have virtually disappeared but one notable fruit still stands: Apple. As the storied company celebrates its 30th birthday in a week, Apple Computer Inc. will have brushed off its bruises from product failures and arguably misguided decisions to emerge with a shine that's more than skin-deep.

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Brand new public Beta of 1Password 3.0 offers Snow Leopard users a way to manage passwords for different products that require one.

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New iMacs with Blu-ray players could be announced this month, Apple's first set of products supporting the hi-def disc format.

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Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard has landed. This time around, Apple goes light on the glitz in favor of some heavy work under the hood. John Siracusa dives deep into Apple's new OS offering to see what's new, what's still the same, and whether it's worth upgrading.

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What Time Will Snow Leopard Be Available?

Every time Apple releases an new OS, they throw an evening launch party. I have not seen any information on a time for Snow Leopard's availability. I even called my local Apple store to get an answer, but they never picked up. I'll try again today.

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Of the Macintosh apps than have been tested on the gold master of OS X v.10.6 as of Wednesday morning, more than 60 either don't work or have major problems, according to snowleopard.wikidot.com, a collaborative project that is collating independent test results.

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Twenty-five years after tech geeks were liberated from the PC Empire, they started turning on Apple this week for its technological tyranny. Douglas Rushkoff on how David became Goliath.

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In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs that is tied to its Chrome Web browser.

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Apple is one of the world's coolest companies. But there is one cool-company trend it has rejected: chatting with the world through blogs and dropping tidbits of information about its inner workings.

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According to sources, Steve Jobs was spotted yesterday at Apple's Cupertino campus.

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Unauthorized Mac clone maker Psystar has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Florida, temporarily slowing down Apple's legal case against it.

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Cynical Peak Software on Tuesday announced the release of Rivet 2.1, a new version of their software that lets Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners stream media from a Macintosh. It costs $19, and the upgrade is free for registered users.

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If you own a Macbook Pro manufactured between May 2007 and September 2008 with the GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor, and you are having video problems, get in touch with Apple.

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Some days it seems the entire world is waiting with bated breath for the eventual fall from grace of the long-vaunted Macintosh security.

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An overall satisfaction rating of 80 percent was good enough for Apple to trounce the second-place finisher, Gateway, which scored 66 percent. Forrester surveyed 4,564 U.S.

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Microsoft's latest installment in its popular series of ripped-from-the-headlines, "real America" style 'puter-buying adventures follows a mom and son duo -- Lisa and Jackson.

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iMovie '09 (released as part of iLife '09 and alongside iWork '09) is a revolutionary update to iMovie '08. Since its first public demo last month, the aforementioned Disgruntled Fans have been hooting that it represents Apple's apology for last year's edition.

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In a click of a mouse, Apple's Macintosh, an industry pioneer, opened up the world of personal computing to hundreds of millions of people

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Twenty-five years ago today, Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh at an event in the Flint Center for the Performing Arts to an audience of about 3000 people (YouTube video). "There wasn't a person in the room who didn't think this was history happening," recalled Richard Doherty …

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The economy may be down, but you wouldn't know it by the first-quarter results of Apple, maker of the iPhone, iPod and Macintosh computer.

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Top 5 rumors we would like to hear come true in Apple's last year at Macworld.

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A Mac fan must have made this art+food Macintosh computers.

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It has been 25 years since the launch of the Mac product line. Today, owning a Mac is like owning a Ferrari. What has become of the Mac is thanks to Steve Jobs and his team.

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I'm not handling this well... Steve Jobs is not going to deliver this year's Macworld keynote. We suspected this was coming. But there's more: Apple has confirmed that this is their last Macworld ever. [...]

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Love 'em or hate 'em, the members of the Apple portable line dominated the Ars staff suggestions for "the ultimate road warrior laptop," and they proved popular in the forums, as well.

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