Blankenship worked for a long time at The Gap before being hired by AppleWe already knew that Palm has a whole host of Apple hires, including CEO Jon Rubinstein, and it seems that Microsoft is also following their lead now.

Mac insiders Dan Kottke and Guy Kawasaki are amongst those interviewedWell-reviewed Apple Mac documentary MacHEADS is now available to buy and rent on the UK iTunes Store.

Intel's X25-M SSDs offer better write performance than their predecessorsIntel has launched new solid-state drives that are cheaper and have faster write speeds than their predecessors, the company said on Tuesday.

Apple posts best non-holiday quarterly revenue and earnings in historyApple has announced financial results for its fiscal 09 third quarter, which ended on June 27, 2009. Apple posted revenue of $8.34 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.23 billion,

We're having a problem with Pay Monthly internet access, this will affect MMS too"According to its live Twitter feed iPhone carrier O2 is suffering problems with its Pay Monthly internet access and MMS services.

PTBurn SDK for Mac includes the ability to burn and print natively on Mac OS X 10.5 Primera Technology, a leading developer and manufacturer of CD/DVD/BD duplication and printing equipment, has announced a new PTBurn Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for

German bargain hunters found only potatoes in bag switch scamA con, which has caught many over the years, is back with a twist. Punters hoping to pick up a bargain Apple iPod, at a fraction of the retail price, discovered

3 day London event held between 5-7 October 2009Apple are at the forefront of this years Handheld Learning Conference, held at the The Brewery, Chiswell Street, Barbican, London, EC1Y 4SD between 5-7 October 2009.

Mikogo allows any individual or company to organise an online meeting with up to 10 participantsMikogo, a cross-platform Web-collaboration tool, which introduced Mac support earlier this year has launched a new Web site to reflect the free applications widening use.

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COO conceded that the average selling price of Macs did fall somewhat in the quarterApple's chief operating officer Tim Cook stood by his previous assertion that Apple's not in the market to make a netbook when pressed repeatedly by analysts

Old-style players surpassed by iPhone OS-based modelsApple's record-setting quarterly financial results, released on Tuesday, point out that the economic and marketing powerhouse that was the iPod has been eclipsed. The traditional iPod isn't dead, not by a long shot, but

Spotify users get over two million tracks from independent artistsSwedish music streaming service Spotify has signed a deal with the Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA) to offer users over two million tracks from independent artists.

A firmware update offere by UAE mobile carrier Etisalat was designed to spy on usersA Blackberry firmware update pushed out to subscribers of United Arab Emirates carrier Etisalat contained spyware, Research in Motion confirmed on Tuesday.

Less ad revenue led to the decline while overall the company fares much better Yahoo on Tuesday reported second-quarter revenue of $1.57 billion, down 13 percent from a year earlier as companies continued to spend less on advertising.

Skype adds improved audio and video call quality, larger avatar picturesAttention VoIPers everywhere: the latest version of Skype, 2.8, is finally out of beta. We discussed the software in its preview form back in January, but with its release into

Its third-quarter earnings are the best non-holiday results in Apple's historyApple beat analyst expectations and appears nearly untouched by the economic downturn, reporting its best non-holiday quarterly revenue and earnings in the company's history on Tuesday.

AMD reported a net loss of $330 million, or $0.49 per share, during quarter ended on June 27Advanced Micro Devices narrowed its net loss during the second quarter of 2009 as it slowly inched its way toward profitability after consecutive

In discussions with potential stockists of the top-of-the-range sex toysO2, the exclusive carrier for Apple's iPhone in the UK, has a new "brand extension". Its head of brand and marketing communications Shadi Halliwell is to roll out a range of

Final vote on the hotly debated wireless standard looks likely to come 11 SeptemberThe IEEE 802.11n standard is likely to be approved in September, making the high-speed wireless LAN technology official after about seven years of wrangling and refinement.