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    <title>Apple Matters</title>
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    <dc:creator>hadley@applematters.com</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2009</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2009-07-09T11:36:00-05:00</dc:date>
<title>Apple Matters</title>
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      <title>Google Chrome OS Could Be The Mac Steve Always Wanted to Release</title>
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      <description>Google's unsurprising announcement that it is releasing a light-weight operating system has played out in the media as Google declaring war on Microsoft. This is unsurprising as Microsoft has been the dominant player in the desktop ever since Apple screwed things up in the early nineties and let Microsoft walk…</description>
      <dc:subject>Opinions</dc:subject>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Google's unsurprising announcement that it is releasing a light-weight operating system has played out in the media as Google declaring war on Microsoft. This is unsurprising as Microsoft has been the dominant player in the desktop ever since Apple screwed things up in the early nineties and&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/nVYiLofwlYs" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-07-09T11:36:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Google OS Poses Double Whammy Threat to Microsoft</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/Xnh2WWuC-4A/</link>
      <description>About this time I should have already posted today's piece, Google made a surprise, albeit long rumored, announcement it is developing a desktop operating system&amp;nbsp;and intending to release it in 2010. According to Google, the Google Chrome OS is the…</description>
      <dc:subject>Opinions</dc:subject>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>About this time I should have already posted today's piece, Google made a surprise, albeit long rumored, announcement <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html" id="d3xr" title="it is developing an desktop operating system" target="_blank">it is developing a desktop operating system</a>&nbsp;and intending to release it in 2010.</p> <p>According to Google, the Google Chrome&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/Xnh2WWuC-4A" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-07-08T12:12:01-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Geotagging Your Photos with GeoLogTag</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/IRhYUDkJYg8/</link>
      <description>As many of you may know, iPhoto '09 includes a feature to capture and display geotagged photos. The photo sharing site Flickr.com does the same thing. Geotagging photos is great for travelers who want to keep track of the location of where their photos were taken. Some cameras include features…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>As many of you may know, iPhoto '09 includes a feature to capture and display geotagged photos. The photo sharing site Flickr.com does the same thing. Geotagging photos is great for travelers who want to keep track of the location of where their photos were taken. Some&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/IRhYUDkJYg8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-07-03T05:53:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Mac 2.0 or How Apple Could Win the Desktop Wars</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/KIxWMMxQfnI/</link>
      <description>With the original Mac, the iPod and the iPhone, Apple did the same thing; introduce a product that was leaps and bounds ahead of anything else and define a category. Before the original Mac there was no such thing as a WYSIWYG computer. Before the the iPod there were portable…</description>
      <dc:subject>Opinions</dc:subject>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>With the original Mac, the iPod and the iPhone, Apple did the same thing; introduce a product that was leaps and bounds ahead of anything else and define a category. Before the original Mac there was no such thing as a WYSIWYG computer. Before the the iPod&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/KIxWMMxQfnI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-07-02T05:34:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>MacBook Pro 13 Inch: First Observations and Experiences</title>
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      <description>One of the most exciting moments in any nerd's life is getting a new computer. For Mac nerds, being as passionate as we are, that moment is doubly exciting. Today it was my turn as my new MacBook Pro 13" turned up.&amp;nbsp; Background A couple of months back I wrote…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>One of the most exciting moments in any nerd's life is getting a new computer. For Mac nerds, being as passionate as we are, that moment is doubly exciting. Today it was my turn as my new MacBook Pro 13" turned up.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>A couple of months&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/CA2wYBg7Zwk" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-29T09:56:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Instapaper Gets 2.0 Update</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/ZZq7uZc1ezU/</link>
      <description>Back in April, I listed Instapaper as one my top 10 iPhone/iPod touch apps. This easy to use program has literally kept me from printing out several articles that I come across per week on the internet which I typically don't like reading on my desktop computer monitor.</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Back in April, I listed Instapaper as one my top <a href="/article/one-minute-or-less-iphone-apps/">10 iPhone/iPod touch apps</a>. This easy to use program has literally kept me from printing out several articles that I come across per week on the internet which I typically don't like reading on my desktop&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/ZZq7uZc1ezU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-26T10:20:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Netbook Dissatisfaction Opens the Way for the Rise of the iPhone and MacBook Pro</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/tXHxkEpIWoY/</link>
      <description>Two interesting stats this week point to a decline in the netbook and the continual rise of the iPhone. The future looks ultra - that is, ultrasmart phones and ultra portable laptops. Decline of netbooks NDP reports quite a large dissatisfaction among netbook owners, 30% to 42% in fact.</description>
      <dc:subject>Opinions</dc:subject>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Two interesting stats this week point to a decline in the netbook and the continual rise of the iPhone. The future looks ultra - that is, ultrasmart phones and ultra portable laptops.</p> <p><strong>Decline of netbooks</strong></p> <p>NDP reports quite a large dissatisfaction among netbook owners, 30% to 42%&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/tXHxkEpIWoY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-24T05:56:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Proof That Macs Hold Their Value</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/6a2ftie557o/</link>
      <description>You've all heard that Apple computers retain their value better than PCs. How would you feel if you bought a four year old iBook five years ago and were still able to get 50% of what you paid for it? Stoked, I bet. And surprised.Way back in May…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>You've all heard that Apple computers retain their value better than PCs. How would you feel if you bought a four year old iBook five years ago and were still able to get 50% of what you paid for it? Stoked, I bet. And surprised.<br /><br />Way&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/6a2ftie557o" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-22T05:40:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>iTalk vs. Voice Memo</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/CV90LP5J7sg/</link>
      <description>All of us iPhone and iPod touch users are without doubt elated by this week's 3.0 operating system update for both devices. I for one used the much wanted cut and paste feature at least three times in the first hour of updating my iPhone. I'm also looking for a…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>All of us iPhone and iPod touch users are without doubt elated by this week's 3.0 operating system update for both devices. I for one used the much wanted cut and paste feature at least three times in the first hour of updating my iPhone. I'm also&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/CV90LP5J7sg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-19T08:48:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Should Steve Tweet? Thoughts on Apple and Social Media</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/-pMUpuK2VsQ/</link>
      <description>I just came back from a Twitter conference and as is typical at most web 2.0 conferences the Mac dominated. Now, you may think, Apple and Twitter? What the hell do they have to do with each other? And you would be right. They have very little to do with…</description>
      <dc:subject>Opinions</dc:subject>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I just came back from a Twitter conference and as is typical at most web 2.0 conferences the Mac dominated.</p> <p>Now, you may think, Apple and Twitter? What the hell do they have to do with each other? And you would be right. They have very little&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/-pMUpuK2VsQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-18T05:26:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Is Snow Leopard a Bargain at Twice the Price?</title>
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      <description>I don't know if anyone will read this today as you're probably all off playing with your shiny new iPhone 3.0 updates. I know I will be. I've been hitting that "Check for Updates" button constantly for hours. But anyway, in case anyone does show up here... One of the…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I don't know if anyone will read this today as you're probably all off playing with your shiny new iPhone 3.0 updates. I know I will be. I've been hitting that "Check for Updates" button constantly for hours. But anyway, in case anyone does show up here...</p>&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/tF9SxSBtnEc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-17T05:53:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Run Windows on Your Mac For Free With VirtualBox</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/H8u4UYv7M3E/</link>
      <description>How much would you pay to use Windows? Yes, I know, you'd have to be paid to use it. But the next best thing is free. But, of course, you still need Parallels or VMware to run it if you don't want to go down the BootCamp path, and they're…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>How much would you pay to use Windows? Yes, I know, you'd have to be paid to use it. But the next best thing is free. But, of course, you still need Parallels or VMware to run it if you don't want to go down the BootCamp&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/H8u4UYv7M3E" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-16T05:56:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 12, 1998: Apple’s Long Forgotten Radio Ads Begin Airing</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/qIw0-4LhzQI/</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Apple television ads provide fodder for pundits to over analyze and over criticize. Apple's radio ads, on the other hand, were much less widely known or remembered.<br /><br />The ads were longish and they featured, naturally, a voiceover by Richard Dreyfuss. The main push of the ad&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/qIw0-4LhzQI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-12T10:07:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Want to Understand the iPhone Updates? Look at the Mac</title>
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      <description>Some folks out there are upset with the iPhone updates. Where is the video iChat they ask? What about the rumored OLED screen? And let's not even get into the iPhone nano, iPhone tablet stuff (although, ostensibly the 3G iPhone, at $99, has become the iPhone Nano). For those people…</description>
      <dc:subject>Opinions</dc:subject>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Some folks out there are upset with the iPhone updates. Where is the video iChat they ask? What about the rumored OLED screen? And let's not even get into the iPhone nano, iPhone tablet stuff (although, ostensibly the 3G iPhone, at $99, has become the iPhone Nano).</p>&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/rmNihO25CW8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-12T09:05:01-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 11, 2002: Switcher Campaign Begins Airing</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>For those who don't remember the "Switch Ads," the drill was as follows: a former PC user stood against a white background and explained why they moved from the PC to the Mac.<br /><br />It was a simple concept but the execution was a source of great&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/EN8pEGCFxDk" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-11T14:06:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Printing Photos on Your Inkjet Printer</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/pxdmLNjheJc/</link>
      <description>Despite the advances in digital photo technology, many people still don't know how to use their printers to print photos. While it's indeed relatively inexpensive to get photos printed at your local Walgreens or Costco, it's a nice time saver to get the job down on your own printer, especially…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Despite the advances in digital photo technology, many people still don't know how to use their printers to print photos. While it's indeed relatively inexpensive to get photos printed at your local Walgreens or Costco, it's a nice time saver to get the job down on your&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/pxdmLNjheJc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-11T05:12:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 10, 2000: Gassee Bashes Microsoft</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>When Apple ousted Steve Jobs, many of his duties eventually came under the purview of John-Louis Gassee. Eventually, like Steve Jobs, Gassee was ousted by John Sculley.<br /><br />Also, like Steve Jobs, Gassee dressed with a certain style (leather pants--think of the chafing) and spoke his mind.&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/W3d0CCtacnw" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-10T12:21:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>WWDC: Christmas in June</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/9_vE6GFlb0Y/</link>
      <description>Woohoo! WWDC provided almost everything we'd hoped for or rumored. Unlike many WWDC keynotes of the past, it was chock full of good value. No padding here. No socks and ties. No Steve, no worries The reason for such a bumper list of announcements could in part be about Apple…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Woohoo! WWDC provided almost everything we'd hoped for or rumored. Unlike many WWDC keynotes of the past, it was chock full of good value. No padding here. No socks and ties.</p> <p><strong>No Steve, no worries</strong></p> <p>The reason for such a bumper list of announcements could in part&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/9_vE6GFlb0Y" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-10T07:16:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 9, 2000: Apple, TWBAChiatDay Win Award for “Think Different” Campaign</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>The "Think Different" campaign might not have been grammatically correct but it was well received. The ads featured luminaries such as Ghandi, Francis Ford Coppola (mistaken frequently for Steve Wozniak) and John Lennon. After highlighting the "difference makers" Apple urged the viewer to "Think Different."<br /><br />The&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/gyaqdg1N2n4" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-10T05:21:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>iPhone Love Costs big money</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/jyPy2ShTqJY/</link>
      <description>When the original iPhone came out, you remember the model with the awesome looking silver back, the two most common complaints were the network and the price.&amp;nbsp; The network was attacked because the iPhone was the phone for the internet, why on earth would Apple go with the…</description>
      <dc:subject>Opinions</dc:subject>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p><span style="line-height: normal;">When the original iPhone came out, you remember the model with the awesome looking silver back, the two most common complaints were the network and the price.&nbsp;</span></p> <p>The network was attacked because the iPhone was the phone for the internet, why on earth would Apple&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/jyPy2ShTqJY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-09T05:51:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 8, 1984: Thunderscan</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>In the early days of the Mac, things that seem positively cheap today were prohibitively expensive. Scanners, to cite but one example. Luckily for Mac users, a clever company managed to provide a low-cost scanning solution for the Mac.<br /><br />The product was called Thunderscan ("High Resolution&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/h2a9X2Mnhp0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-08T07:05:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 7, 1993: Apple Introduces the PowerBook 180c</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>The PowerBook 180c wasn't the first Mac laptop with a color screen. That dubious honor goes to the 165c, but it was the first PowerBook that had a color screen worth looking at.<br /><br />The PowerBook 180c featured an active matrix 640 x 480, 256-color screen which&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/yabr_v9Z3Ps" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-08T06:05:01-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Apple: A History of Game-Changers</title>
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      <description>Not too long after you read this, the WWDC keynote will have been done and dusted. WWDC is all about developers and doesn't have much of a track record of unexpected, game-changing announcements. We have had game-changers announced, you only need to look back to last year and the iPhone…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Not too long after you read this, the WWDC keynote will have been done and dusted. WWDC is all about developers and doesn't have much of a track record of <em>unexpected</em>, game-changing announcements.</p> <p>We have had game-changers announced, you only need to look back to last year&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/WfZGINP2GBY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-08T05:02:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 6, 2001: Steve Jobs: Hero</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>There are a ton of big names in the computer industry but one of the biggest is Larry Ellison. Like Gates and Jobs, the founder of Oracle is a billionaire many times over but has his problems with public perception. In Ellison's case, he is considered just&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/EiWrNOv6CwA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-08T05:04:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 5, 1977: Apple Introduces Apple II</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>The Apple I was an interesting toy for hobbyists but far too technical for the masses. The founders of Apple felt that a more approachable machine could be a big seller. That machine, designed by Steve Wozniak, was the Apple II.<br /><br />It featured a 1 MHz&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/yGwxgnsnR60" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-05T16:13:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Make Better Use of Your Inkjet Printer</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/kan1S0I_av0/</link>
      <description>Though we at AppleMatters talk a lot Apple computers and related software, not much is said about using inkjet printers. I've talked to and helped computer users who don't know how to use many of the basic and advance features for their printer or printer application. I even had one…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Though we at AppleMatters talk a lot Apple computers and related software, not much is said about using inkjet printers. I've talked to and helped computer users who don't know how to use many of the basic and advance features for their printer or printer application. I&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/kan1S0I_av0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-04T18:07:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 4, 2002: Apple Offers eMac for Everyone, Not Just Education</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>When Apple introduced the G4 powered Sunflower iMac people were impressed, at least until they saw the $1,299 price tag. Those who couldn't stomach the high price were forced to make do with the lower cost CRT iMacs and the less than top of the line G3&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/wGvcvEWpoQ4" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-04T16:12:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Snow Leopard and Windows 7: Two Flavors of the Same GUI</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/m01EeGNxr7s/</link>
      <description>It used to be that the Mac was different. Nothing like it, in commercial form, existed before it did for a few years it was the only GUI-game in town. Then Windows came along and we all laughed heartily. It was so ugly! It was so buggy! It was....ridiculous…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p><span> <p>It used to be that the Mac was different. Nothing like it, in commercial form, existed before it did for a few years it was the only GUI-game in town.</p> <p>Then Windows came along and we all laughed heartily. It was so ugly! It was so&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/m01EeGNxr7s" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-04T06:35:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 3, 1969: Woz Leaves College to Return to Bay Area</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>When Steve Wozniak went to college the first time, he opted for the University of Colorado in Boulder. His chosen course of study? Electrical engineering (naturally). Unfortunately, college didn&rsquo;t work out the way Woz had hoped. In fact, things got so bad he was forced to hire&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/AYHC09VwIls" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-03T16:12:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>iPhone nano and New Macbooks - Two Certainties for WWDC 2009?</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/FMAiwgGyqEE/</link>
      <description>Well, less than a week to go and the rumors have been flying. We know that there will an announcement of iPhone 3.0, but there's a couple of other things I predict we'll see next week that could be just as exciting, namely, a cheap iPhone a.k.a iPhone nano, and…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Well, less than a week to go and the rumors have been flying. We know that there will an announcement of iPhone 3.0, but there's a couple of other things I predict we'll see next week that could be just as exciting, namely, a cheap iPhone a.k.a&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/FMAiwgGyqEE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-03T12:45:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 2, 1997: Steve Jobs Sells All His Shares of Apple (Again)</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/hl030wIXrBo/</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>As part of the compensation when Apple purchased NeXT, Steve Jobs received a huge number of Apple shares. Not long after Steve took ownership of the shares, large blocks of Apple shares began to be sold at rock bottom prices ($15 per). Immediately, people suspected Steve Jobs&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/hl030wIXrBo" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-02T16:12:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>June 1, 1979: Apple Introduces Apple II+</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>The Apple II+ was Apple Computer's first blockbuster product. While the original Apple II sold reasonably well, the Apple II+ sold like crazy. Looking at the specs it is hard to say what the attraction was over the original incarnation of the Apple II. Sure, the graphics&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/6KHrzND10yM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-01T16:12:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>15 Inch -The Missing MacBook</title>
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      <description>Lately I've been investigating laptops, including non-Apple ones. One thing I noticed among the Windows versions is 15" laptops are the cheapest. So it got me to thinking, if Apple made a 15" MacBook, it could be its budget laptop that we all want.In the last week, I…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Lately I've been investigating laptops, including non-Apple ones. One thing I noticed among the Windows versions is 15" laptops are the cheapest. So it got me to thinking, if Apple made a 15" MacBook, it could be its budget laptop that we all want.<br /><br />In the&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/nrkZpL-t7j0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-06-01T05:26:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>May 30, 1999: Apple Users Get Paid to Fix Floor Models</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>There had been a longstanding problem for Macs in the retail environment known as Sears and that problem was neglect. With the vast majority of Sears associates being Windows literate if they were computer literate at all, the daily comings and goings of customers who poked and&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/SDAq-xyr6_g" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-05-30T16:11:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>May 29, 1979: Mac Concept Committed to Paper</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Mike Markkulahad asked Jef Raskin if he was interested in developing a $500 game machine. Jef wasn't interested in that type of product but he did have a low cost concept in mind.<br /><br />Jef Raskin envisioned a computer that would forgo the complexities of the Apple&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/PW2DT8aVgRA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-05-29T16:11:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Getting On Board with Twitter: Part 2</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/nuqmG-PWQlQ/</link>
      <description>In part one of this article, I wrote about my strategy for using Twitter. I wouldn't say that I'm a Twitter pro, but I have caught the bug mainly because Twitter is great way to connect with some very interesting people, discuss and debate controversial issues, and receive…</description>
      <dc:subject />
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>In <a href="/article/getting-on-board-with-twitter/">part one of this article</a>, I wrote about my strategy for using <a href="htt://twitter.com">Twitter.</a> I wouldn't say that I'm a Twitter pro, but I have caught the bug mainly because Twitter is great way to connect with some very interesting people, discuss and debate controversial&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/nuqmG-PWQlQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-05-29T06:49:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>May 28, 2002: Mac Market Share Could Double!</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>When OS X was first launched the focus wasn't on getting Windows users to come over to the Mac or even on getting more people to buy Macs. Instead the focus was on getting current Mac users to adopt the operating system. <br /><br />That part of&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/hSFQmUDmeY4" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-05-28T16:11:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Review: Infrant NAS NV+</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/obkraOLyC9k/</link>
      <description>With increasing storage demands households are becoming like mini-network centers. We have high-speed internet coming in over ethernet cables. Multiple-computers working off a wireless network. And with digital music and movies the demand for hard disk space keeps growing and growing. There are many solutions to storage issues at home…</description>
      <dc:subject>Reviews</dc:subject>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>With increasing storage demands households are becoming like mini-network centers. We have high-speed internet coming in over ethernet cables. Multiple-computers working off a wireless network. And with digital music and movies the demand for hard disk space keeps growing and growing. There are many solutions to storage&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/obkraOLyC9k" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-05-28T11:44:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>May 27, 1981: Apple Offers Second Block Shares to the Public</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Apple went public in December 1980. If you were an employee with founder shares it was quite likely you were a millionaire after the initial public offering. Unfortunately, for most Apple employees, the instant millionaires amounted to slightly more than three dozen early hires.<br /><br />Among the&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/eliT1F7n-GA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-05-27T16:10:00-05:00</dc:date>

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      <title>Top 10 Reasons Why I’m a Mac</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~3/Os3DDBtfcWQ/</link>
      <description>Last week, no, the last few weeks, I've been giving Macs and Apple a bit of a serve. You'd be forgiven for thinking I'm about to jump ship. Today though I'll list a few reasons why I stay Mac.Last week I showed that for the same…</description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Last week, no, the last few weeks, I've been giving Macs and Apple a bit of a serve. You'd be forgiven for thinking I'm about to jump ship. Today though I'll list a few reasons why I stay Mac.<br /><br /><a href="/article/apple-please-give-us-more-bang-for-our-buck/" target="_blank">Last week</a> I showed that&#8230; <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/applematters/JjHr/~4/Os3DDBtfcWQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>2009-05-27T09:50:01-05:00</dc:date>

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