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Macworld pullout blamed on "politics," not Jobs' health - Following the startling news that Apple would no longer show at Macworld Expo after the 2009 event, one report may put to rest fears that the health of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is the deciding factor behind the move. "Jobs' decision was more about politics than his pancreas," Goldman says, alluding to Jobs' post-cancer status.

Apple Always Wanted to Get Out of MacWorld - Apple bowing out of MacWorld after January 2009 comes as a shock to many. But, really, according to a source at Apple, they've been planning to get off MacWorld for a long, long time. They almost quit in 2002, but about two years ago I was sharing some wine with a friend from Apple and he told me: "We are going to phase out all trade shows."

Ars Reviews the 2008 MacBook: weighing the Pros and cons - The new aluminum MacBook moves Apple's consumer portable that much closer to its professional big brother, and in doing so it changes the calculus governing which model to buy. Ars looks at the new MacBook with a view to helping you decide where to put your dollars.

Most Popular Free Mac Downloads of 2008 - We've featured gobs of great Mac freeware over the course of the year—now it's time to check out the best. Keep reading for a look back at the 10 most popular Mac downloads of 2008.he 10 most popular Mac downloads of 2008.

Apple announces final MacWorld, no Steve Jobs keynote - Apple has just issued a press release stating that this coming MacWorld in January will be its last, and Steve Jobs won't be on hand to say goodbye. Instead, Phil Schiller will be heading up the proceedings, thus marking a quiet end to a conference that' been the launching point of some of the most important pieces of consumer tech in recent memory

iPhone 3G finally unlocked by the Dev-Team! - Well this has been a long time coming. It seems that the iPhone Dev-Team has finally done the impossible -- they've gone and unlocked the iPhone 3G. The hack isn't out yet (the team says they're shooting for a December 31st release), but when it drops, the crew seems fairly confident it will result in freedom from carrier oppression.

Year in review: Apple's iPhone takes off - In 2008, Apple arrived as a full-fledged smartphone company, and the Mac gained share. Both put the company in great financial shape.

Unlocked 3G Iphones being sold in Taiwan - The iPhone 3G launched recently in Taiwan, and users are reporting that the phones are being sold unlocked.

Rumor: New Mac Mini Coming to Macworld 2009 - Apple will launch an upgrade to its low-end desktop, the Mac mini, at January's Macworld Expo, according to an Apple corporate employee who contacted Wired.com.

Apple Loses Some Shine as Mac Sales Slow - Macintosh sales declined 1% in U.S. stores in November, lagging behind the overall PC market, as the consumer pullback caught up with Apple.

AT&T and Apple May Not See Eye to Eye With iPhone's Future - The relationship between Apple and AT&T has evolved into much more of a communicative partnership than Apple is generally known for. The intense legal pressure that both companies have been put under since launching the iPhone 3G has made them work together and share more information.

Netbooks: The Race to the Bottom Has Begun - With the recent HP and Lenovo price cuts, it appears the big guys are shaving what’s left of the netbook’s profits. Won’t Acer, MSI, etc. have to follow suit? Yes. We’ve seen this in the PC industry time after time. What’s the point in this race to the bottom anyway?

Mac OS X 10.5.6 released with improved MobileMe syncing - Apple has just released Mac OS X 10.5.6 with several fixes and tweaks. Though there are a number of notable improvements included with the update, MobileMe users will rejoice with the improvements to syncing with the service to and from a Mac. "Contacts, calendars, and bookmarks on a Mac automatically sync within a minute of the change being made o

Change.gov iPhone App Now Available - According to Christopher Carfi, co-founder of Cerado, the company behind the creation of the widgets, the fact that Change.gov is now iPhone, mobile and widget-enabled is largely due to Change.gov opening up its content with the Creative Commons license.

Microsoft releases first Apple iPhone App,Voice Search next? - Sea dragon has been released by Microsoft an image browsing application. It is the first iPhone app from Microsoft, the giant company with a mobile platform of its own, Windows Mobile.

Mozilla reverse-engineers OSX to enhance Firefox 3.1 for Mac - The recently released Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 added more gestures to its gesture support for the multi-touch trackpad Macbook, i.e a twist gesture that lets users move through open tabs. However, Mozilla had to resort to reverse-engineering to enable gestures in Firefox on Macs as Apple has not been providing the necessary APIs for developers.

Protect Your iPhone with a Full Metal Jacket - Custom designed to fit snug & secure, this full metal jacket comes in 5 cool colors and guards your iPhone to the Corps... the core, that is.

New iPod In-Ear Headphones reviewed: Apple's Best Yet - After a false start two years ago, Apple has released a new set of in-ear buds that are finally worth trading up to from the company's own pack-in models and which may well compete against third-party earbuds that are significantly above its price class. We explain why.

Pass the iLaxative, App Store approval process is backed up - Are you a developer hoping to launch a new iPhone application in Apple's App Store before the new year? Don’t hold your breath waiting, there’s a bit of a backlog.

New face in Mac clone market plans high-end OS X desktops - A company called EFi-X USA reportedly plans to take on Psystar and Apple's Mac Pro with hacked hardware.

Firms Make a Killing on i-Phone Apps - Some kid in his bedroom can make a million bucks just by writing a little application for the Apple phone. There's gold in them thar iPhones!

Self Destructing Webpages: Coming Soon to a Browser Near You - Advertisements have always been around, but gone on the boring link ads or stationary banners, now ads are interacting with their host pages, and Apple is the leading innovator.

January 24th 2009, Macintosh’s 25th Anniversary, A Few Ideas - January 24th 2009 marks the 25th anniversary for the Macintosh. While we don’t expect Apple to release anything special for the occasion, it’s still fun to speculate on what may come.

How to Run OSX on a Netbook (Full Video Tut.from Gadget Lab) - Apple isn't ready to offer an inexpensive, low-powered netbook yet -- so why not make one yourself? In this week's video podcast, Brian Chen goes over the process of installing an illegal, hacked version of Mac OS X Leopard on an MSI Wind netbook.

Walmart will sell 4.5 million iPhones in 2009 - Which hardly seems believable, but you never know. Yes, Walmart, that bastion of crass commercialism, is going to be carrying the iPhone, that symbol of elegant commercialism, and what we're going to get is a whole lot of commercialism.

Apple Wiiphone Around the Corner? - Smartphone industry insiders are seeing even more advanced sensors showing up in upcoming versions of the Apple iPhone, among other devices. The tech, which uses Michroelectrochemical (MEMS) gyroscopes to measure rotational movement, helps enhance the motion-sensing abilities for the Nintendo controller.

Hack of the Clones: Why Apple Can't Stop the Copies - Despite the sudden turnabout, it's getting harder and harder for Apple to guard the most precious jewel at the core of its success: The Mac operating system.

MacBook owners rejoice: Mini DisplayPort-HDMI adapter soon - An upcoming video adapter will allow new unibody MacBooks and MacBook Pros to be connected directly to high definition television sets.

Apple tweaks App Store layout amid developer unrest - Faced with criticism over the way it's been grouping applications on the digital shelves of the App Store, Apple this week is making some changes to the store's layout aimed at showcasing a broader range of top offerings in each category.

App Store Issues Get Heated, Apple Remains Silent - Even though it may seem like Hockenberry’s “Dear Steve” letter is focused around the marketing problems some have faced with their apps, the underlying issues revolve around Apple’s entire policies with the way they manage the App Store. Something all too familiar to anyone that spends time inside the app store.

Apple's LED Cinema Display A Boon For Mac Laptop Users - To most people, Apple Inc.'s new 24-in. LED Cinema Display looks like a stylish aluminum-and-glass monitor featuring a bright, sharp screen saturated with vivid colors. But this environmentally friendly monitor is also a modern take on a docking station for Apple's newest generation of equally stylish laptops.

VLC Remote Adds iPhone Control to Our Favorite Media App - iPhone/iPod touch only: VLC Remote Free lets you play, pause, and skip tracks on the mighty VLC Media Player on any computer from your iPhone or iPod touch.

Apple and AT&T Bring Back iPhone Home Activation - Online shoppers looking to spend the holiday season firmly planted on the couch can add the iPhone 3G back to their lists -- we've just confirmed that Apple and AT&T have quietly brought back in-home activation. Sure, it's been available in limited circumstances before, but now it's here and for real, just like with the first-gen unit.

Apple working on 3D Mac OS X user interface (images) - A series of Apple patent filings published this week reveal the Mac maker has spent a considerable amount of time outlining a new multi-dimensional interface for Mac OS X that would make better use of screen real estate by increasing the number of virtual surfaces capable of housing application and interface elements.

Apple releases firmware fixes for latest MacBook lines - On Wednesday night, Apple released equal pairs of EFI and SMC firmware fixes for all of the new, late 2008 MacBook models to tackle problems with their reliability and power indicators.

WSJ:Helping Your Data Decamp to a Mac - With the holidays fast approaching, plenty of shoppers are heading toward their local Apple stores with plans to buy a new home computer. Amid all this excitement, it's worth taking time to consider how to transfer content from the old Windows PC to a shiny new Mac.

Don't wait for Snow Leopard: 10 ways to slim down and speed - You can get lean and fast computing with your current version of Mac OS X. Here's how...

NVIDIA pioneering OpenCL support on top of CUDA - NVIDIA, Apple's new MacBook chipset partner, is working hard to provide seamless support for OpenCL, the cross platform API Apple developed for Snow Leopard to create a vendor neutral, open specification for parallel programming across any compliant GPU.

iPhone Copy and Paste Now Working Between Safari and Mail - Finally, someone has conceived a way to copy and paste text from Safari to Mail, and between web pages, transparently. And this time, it doesn't require any software installation and it's completely legal:

Apple Pulls Neo-Nazi Albums From German iTunes Store - Apple has recently pulled two albums of neo-Nazi sentiment from its German installation of iTunes after being informed by technology publication Computerbild of the offensive content. Two albums from the German neo-Nazi band, Landser, had recently been discovered on the German iTunes store. The group had been banned by a federal court in 2005 [.