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Like a couple of rival hometown newspapers, the competition between Engadget and Gizmodo has developed into a full-blown feud, complete with ridicule, charges of malfeasance and sabotage.
Scientists aboard a Swedish icebreaker sent underwater robots to look for gushing hot springs deep below the surface of a frozen sea.
When cosmetics chief Andrea Jung joins the Cupertino juggernaut, it raises the question: What is Steve Jobs hiding up his sleeve? Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Tired of Apple's elegant, understated product design? A host of companies banish the bland with custom designs for iPhones, iPods, MacBooks and other products. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
The company barely offers any savings at all on Black Friday, yet bargain hunters storm the Apple Store in San Francisco. With a great lineup of iPods and MacBooks, it looks like it'll be a green Christmas in Cupertino. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
The credit crisis could crash the stock market and plunge the U.S. economy into a recession. But don't worry about that: Buy Apple stock now, and count the profits later. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Once developers sink their teeth into Core Animation, a powerful developer's toolkit embedded in the new Mac OS, we'll likely enter an advanced era of user interface design. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
You can file the media center's failure under "doesn't play well with others." Unless Apple opens up the device to other video formats, it's doomed to fall far short of the iPod's stunning success. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
When a software update turns tweakers' precious iPhones into useless paperweights, some speculate that noted perfectionist Steve Jobs is targeting hackers. The reality is that the iPhone itself is a hack. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Apple may have failed to anticipate early adopters' anger over a $200 price cut, but the radical move reveals Steve Jobs' audacious plan to rocket the mobile device into the mainstream. Cult of Mac commentary by Leander Kahney.
Steve Jobs plans to expand his empire with a far-reaching network of digital entertainment shops in high-traffic areas.
Rumormongers suggest that Steve Jobs might refresh the stale .Mac web services when he unveils new iMacs Tuesday. Apple's web services have the dubious distinction of being the company's most hated product.
A minor data disaster reveals a small flaw and briefly dampens my early adopter's enthusiasm, but Steve Jobs' wonder phone remains my favorite gadget of all time. Here's why. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Rumor has it that Apple's introducing a new way to buy a mobile phone -- pleasant and easy, with all the pleasure of private unboxing in true Apple tradition.
There's one problem with Safari for Windows -- Safari sucks. Many Mac users won’t even run it on the Mac.
In an attempt to target consumers –- the fastest-growing segment of the computer industry -- Dell is suddenly showing a keen interest in design and in retail stores: pages right out of Apple's playbook.
Apple's music player is like a marriage; after six years of bliss, some of the blemishes are starting to show. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Don’t hold your breath for music subscriptions from Apple's iTunes music store -- Steve Jobs will never offer them. Renting music flies in the face of consumer behavior. Consumers want to buy music, not rent it, and a big
There's a lot of speculation why Apple delayed Leopard in favor of the iPhone, but whatever the reason, one thing's for sure: Apple is no longer the Apple of old.
Steve Jobs' new partnership with EMI to sell music without copy protection is a lesson in how to wield power in the digital age.
People are saying the strangest things about Apple these days: Macs are cheaper. Closed systems are good. What's going on? Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Does Apple sow disinformation among its workers to sniff out leakers? Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Apple's CEO thinks teachers' unions ruined education. Maybe teaching can be outsourced to Chinese iPod factories where unions aren't a problem. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
The Beatles settlement clears the way for Apple to make revolutionary changes to its music player. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
I'm only too happy that the iPhone is locked down tighter than a nun's knickers. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Jobs' performance at Macworld Tuesday may be his crowning moment. Apple's new iPhone, introduced by Jobs to an adoring crowd, not only represents another watershed moment for the company, but it forever changes the nature of the personal handheld device. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
People are saying the strangest things about Apple these days: Macs are cheaper. Closed systems are good. What's going on? Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Jobs thinks teachers' unions have ruined education. Maybe we should outsource it to Chinese iPod factories where unions aren't a problem. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
The Beatles settlement clears the way for Apple to make revolutionary changes to its music player. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
It doesn't take much for Steve Jobs to wow a crowd, but Tuesday's performance at Macworld may be his crowning moment. Apple's new iPhone, introduced by Jobs to an adoring crowd, not only represents another watershed moment for the company, but it forever changes the nature of the personal handheld device. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Apple's head cheese must surely now be counted as one of America's great business leaders after his great year. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Thanks to new UI tools in the latest version of Mac OS X, stuffy old habits like organizing files into folders become obsolete. Welcome to the new desktop metaphor: search. By Abby Christopher and Mike Faden. June 9, 2005
Complaints about mooing MacBooks and shoddy iPods abound these days. But the growing sound and fury reflects the expansion of Apple's customer base rather than slipping quality control. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Before Apple can bring computers featuring Intel processors to market, hackers get the company's operating system running on generic PC hardware. By Mark Baard.
The magical music player wasn't plucked from a stone by Steve Jobs. Here's the story of how a team of designers and engineers produced Apple's groundbreaking gadget. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Microsoft's new MP3 player has a lot going against it, even without the iPod around. It's not cool, the DRM will be a pain and wireless sharing is just another way for people to lie to strangers. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Everybody's buzzing about the new iTV set-top box and movie downloads. But iTunes' new visual navigation scheme is the real winner. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Plus:
Apple Sees Gold in Silver Screen
Gallery: Steve Jobs Shows Off the New Gadgets
Gallery: Pre-Show Guesses -- How Wrong Were They?
Cult of Mac Blog
Apple's investigation of its Chinese iPod factories isn't a whitewash, but the most important issue isn't even mentioned: the ability of workers to organize. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
A stupid little detail in an Apple app nicely illustrates the extreme attention to the fine points of user experience that makes people fanatical about the company. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
The company's packing boxes prove as aesthetically pleasing as the devices they contain. Some Mac fanatics collect them, photograph them and even decorate their homes with them. By Pete Mortensen.
