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Last week the American Cancer Society held its 34th annual "Great American Smokeout." Perhaps they should have sent notices to owners of Apple computers letting them know that their second-hand smoke may be ruining their computers.

WHEN APPLE ANNOUNCED in 2005 that all of its future desktop and laptop computers would soon make the transition to sporting Intel CPUs, the Macolyte community was split.

AOL CEO Armstrong Talks About New Branding Effort and the Investor Road Show! After AOL CEO Tim Armstrong unveiled the newly punctuated AOL logo -big A, little o, little l, period-last night, he got on the horn with BoomTown to chitty-chat about the change in image and, more pertinently, how it's going on the road show to sell investors on the ...

In a rather bizarre situation reported on The Consumerist website , it turns out that smoking near your Apple computer is a bio hazard and voids the warranty.

A NEW shop will be opened at 17 Opera Lane, the new retail district in the heart of Cork city next Saturday by the countrya s only Apple premium reseller Compu b. Resellers are iPod and Mac-dedicated retail outlets offering the Apple range to existing and new customers.

The show must go on. That's the rallying cry for Macworld 2010, which is preparing to soldier on for the first time in 26 years without Apple as its anchor vendor.

Buyers love to shop when the choosing is good. And for gadget shopping this holiday season -- with more smart phones, videogame consoles, e-readers and notebooks -- the choosing is very, very good.

The lawsuit, which was filed in October 2007, accuses Apple and AT&T of violating antitrust laws, including the Sherman Act, by agreeing to a multi-year deal that locks U.S. iPhone owners into using the mobile carrier.

But Jesse Sackman knows it's also a collectors item and he wants $50,000 dollars for his model on Ebay.

It's hard to get more to-the-point than Apple boss Steve Jobs. After Apple's lawyers told a software company called The Little App Factory to stop using the name "iPod" in one of its products -- "iPodRip" -- co-owner John Devor sent a long email to Steve, appealing for help, CrunchGear's Daniel Brusilovsky reports .

The wireless chip industry expects smartphone market surge to continue, with British microchip designer ARM saying growth would likely even accelerate further next year.

Ah, Apple Tablet. For a product that exists only in the ether of speculative journalism, it's given us so much to talk about.

The current issue of Fortune magazine has Apple CEO Steve Jobs on its cover, declaring him "CEO of the Decade." I found it surprising; not that Jobs won, but that the decade is over.

Any Apple 1 is rare but this unit has impeccable provenance and is so cleanit literally may be the best surviving Apple 1. Provenance: Included in this sale are the following items to provide complete history and provenance for this unit: o The original invoice for the sale, dated December 7, 1976.

Walky is an iPhone robot controller that uses nifty new multi-touch gestures undreamed of by Steve Jobs.

A patent application filed in the United States suggests that the leading technology firm is considering introducing commercials in order to sell its products at a discounted price.

I feel a little sorry for Psystar. But only a little, because the Mac clone maker should have realized it couldn't rewrite history.

The buzz surrounding the yet to be released Apple Tablet is heating up. This article below sums up the hype-- NEW YORK -- Apple's lips are sealed about its widely rumored tablet computer, but technology experts are giddy about the device, already exclaiming it will be the gadget to end all gadgets.

Why do stores have walls? Because, obviously, walls are generally a cost-effective technology for enforcing the value exchange that stores offer customers: products or services for customers' cash.