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The iPad is Apple's netbook

The iPad is Apple's netbook

The iPad fits in the market between smartphones and computers. It does more than a phone, less than a full computer, at a cost in between those products.

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Keep tabs on your Apple tablet predictions

Keep tabs on your Apple tablet predictions

Think you've got the inside word on what Apple will announce tomorrow? Keep track of all the various Apple tablet rumours with the help of your iPhone.

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Amazon: Kindle app store on the way

Amazon: Kindle app store on the way

Less than a week before Apple is expected to announce a much-anticipated tablet, Amazon takes its first steps toward letting developers build applications for its e-reader.

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Five things to expect at Apple's next event

Five things to expect at Apple's next event

Apple has an event planned for next week, where it's widely expected that a tablet device will be introduced.

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Apple looms over CES from afar

Apple looms over CES from afar

A device that doesn't yet exist from a company that doesn't even exhibit at CES was the most buzzed-about thing at the biggest gadgetfest in the world.

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Telstra allows iPhone tethering

Telstra allows iPhone tethering

Telstra has announced that it will allow its customers to tether iPhones. In a software update released over the weekend, the block preventing Telstra iPhones from being tethered was removed.

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iPhone virus adds botnet powers

iPhone virus adds botnet powers

In a similar fashion to the relatively benign ikee virus that was recently released, another iPhone virus is targeting jailbroken Australian devices and builds botnet functionality into it, according to computer security firm, Sophos.

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Australian pricing for new Macs

Australian pricing for new Macs

Apple has revealed Australian pricing details for the new hardware line-up it announced overnight in the US, with the vendor's new low-end MacBook laptop starting at AU$1299.

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iPhone: Where are the buttons for games, Steve?

iPhone: Where are the buttons for games, Steve?

In terms of casual gaming, you cannot beat what Apple has to offer, but for hardcore action/adventure titles on-screen controls just don't cut it.

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iPhone 3.1 brings Genius changes, ringtones

iPhone 3.1 brings Genius changes, ringtones

During its "rock'n'roll" music event this morning Apple announced the release of the iPhone 3.1 firmware update, listing the changes to expect.

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Apple to offer ready-made ringtones

Apple to offer ready-made ringtones

The company has obtained the licences to sell pre-cut ringtones and may roll them out in time for 9 September press event, music industry sources said.

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Apple to ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard 28 August

Apple to ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard 28 August

Snow Leopard isn't so much about adding new features as it is about refining the code in the Apple operating system.

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Universal to launch iPhone app that controls Blu-ray content

Universal to launch iPhone app that controls Blu-ray content

The application will allow bonus features from the disc to be downloaded to an iPhone or iPod Touch and will let either device act as a remote control for some Blu-ray features.

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Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID

Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID

Three patent applications by Apple were published last Thursday, and they cover technologies including haptics, fingerprint recognition and RFID.

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Apple to sell unlocked iPhone 3GS

Apple to sell unlocked iPhone 3GS

Apple Australia today confirmed it was directly selling unlocked iPhone 3GS devices in both the 16GB and 32GB models from its own outlets.

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