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March 3, 2008 (Computerworld) This is the second in a series of articles as Computerworld follows AWC’s transition to Apple over the course of a year. Hindsight, as they say, is always 20/20. Less than five months after going public with plans to immediately start replacing its Windows-based PCs with Macs, Auto Warehousing Co. was forced to push back the project by more than a month. That was last December. The reason was not a lack of money, manpower or executive support.

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The Time Capsule comes with a Hitachi Deskstar drive, contrary to Apple marketing claims. Apple’s much-hyped marriage of a network-attached hard drive and a wireless access point, the Time Capsule, has been thoroughly dismantled by eager early adopters and it’s revealed something interesting. One of the main selling points of the device, and one that Apple made a big deal of in the original marketing materials, was the use of ‘њserver grade’ќ hardware ‘“ specifically, the hard drive.

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Mr. Jobs, buy back this stock. A day ahead of the company’s Tuesday shareholder meeting at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Jobs and company have the unique opportunity to ignite once again the excitement among the Mac faithful. And faith is really what this is all about. Faith in its products; faith in its past; faith in its future. Mr. Jobs! Buy back this stock. I have math and Apple’s future on my side here.

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Apple to put Blu-ray drive in MacBooks? Computer Troubleshooters Ireland opens Cork officeAccessibility still a big problem for Irish websitesMicrosoft cuts Vista prices to boost salesGoogle’s new health service gets a workout 03.03.2008 - Apple has been investigating the possibility of incorporating a Blu-ray drive into its MacBook Pro line of notebooks for the past few months and is potentially sourcing Sony to do the job, say unofficial industry insiders.

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March 2, 2008 | Flaw in Apple s OS X can expose keychain password By Leslie Poston Apple has struggled with its release of Leopard. The company has been accused most often of releasing an unfinished version just to get it on the shelves. This past month saw a release of the much anticipated Leopard Update 15.2.1, which fixed as many as 76 flaws in Leopard that were causing problems with everything from using the internet to seeing external drives and hearing your speakers.

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1204402340251-theage.com.au http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/woz-finds-flaws-in-apples-latest-offerings/2008/03/03/1204402340251.html theage.com.au Sydney Morning Herald 2008-03-03 Woz finds flaws in Apple’s latest offerings Asher Moses Technology BizTech http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2008/03/03/wozniak1_wideweb__470×346,0.jpg Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, in Sydney today.

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By Chris Nicholls SYDNEY: Mobile phone accessory seller Cellnet has announced an $836,000 loss for the half to 31 December 2007, citing the loss of their Apple and HP distribution contracts as a major cause. The result is 129 per cent down on the previous year s half, and came after an eight per cent decline in overall sales to $244.3 million. In its statement to the ASX, Cellnet said the HP and Apple contracts represented 70 per cent of their loss for the half.

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By Mendelson Tiu | Monday | 03/03/2008 Pioneer has unveiled an in-dash navigation unit that comes with added connectivity for all portable devices, including the Apple iPod. Click to enlarge The new AVIC-F500BT navigation unit will deliver navigation, entertainment capabilities, and will offer advanced control for portable devices and Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones.

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Not surprisingly, Safari also saw a decline from last month, and again, one could argue this is circumstantial evidence of PPC users transitioning to Intel. Net Applications had some problems displaying the data on its website, but it sure looks like there was a big drop in people using Safari 1 and Safari 2. Users of those browsers would have been far more likely to be using a PPC Mac, at least one would hope so… running Leopard and Safari 3 on a G3 *shudder*.

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| 18 comments Apple distributed invitations Wednesday morning for “an iPhone software road map” event next week, which means we’re finally going to hear details on the plans for an iPhone software development kit. Next Thursday, we ll find out more about what Apple has in mind for third-party iPhone software. (Credit: Apple) As you might be aware, next week is March, not February, which means Apple will have missed its deadline for shipping the SDK this month.

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