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AT&T works on expanding Toggle BYOD service to PCs, Macs

AT&T plans to extend its dual-personality software for mobile devices, called Toggle, to provide a walled-off and encrypted work environment within PCs and Macs as well as mobile devices.

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U.S. Mac sales slump but market share climbs

Apple may finally be feeling the PC sales slump in the U.S., research firm IDC said Thursday. According to IDC, Apple sold fewer Macs in the U.S. during the second quarter than it did in the same...

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Apple breezes to PC sales' top spot as Windows share decays

Apple sold more PCs worldwide last quarter -- 21 million -- than any rival, retaking the lead it lost the quarter before, U.K.-based Canalys said yesterday. And because Microsoft lacks a tablet...

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The 'sealed-box' Mac: Cutting-edge design or planned obsolescence?

The first Mac I ever bought for myself was a Power Mac 8500, circa 1995 -- ancient history now, but despite its uber-boring beige box, it was a truly great machine, able to do things that most PCs of...

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Apple quietly extends 1TB iMac Seagate replacement program

Apple has quietly extended its iMac 1TB Seagate Hard Drive Replacement Program through April 12, 2013. Last year, Apple acknowledged that certain Seagate drives in 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacs could...

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Apple adds Retina to 13-inch MacBook Pro, but iMac customers have to wait

Along with the long-rumored iPad Mini, Apple yesterday also refreshed its two best-selling Macs, the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the iMac.The MacBook Pro got most of the attention, as it followed its...

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What Apple's executive reshuffle means for the products you use

The executive shuffle Apple announced late Monday is the kind of drama that we in the tech press usually only get from watching Game of Thrones. But as interesting as it is from an inside-baseball...

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How to cope with the end of FireWire

This past summer Apple announced its 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro with a surprising omission: no FireWire port. In its place is Apple's latest peripheral connector, USB 3.0, which provides equivalent...

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Apple to invest $100M next year in U.S. Mac production

Apple will manufacture one of its Mac lines exclusively in the U.S. by the end of 2013, CEO Tim Cook told NBC and BusinessWeek in interviews made public today.Analysts saw the move as primarily a...

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Hackintosh vs. Macintosh: Choose wisely

If you're thinking of buying a computer from Apple and opt for its cheapest Mac Mini line, you'll be presented with several upgrade options at checkout. For the 2.3GHz quad-core version, for example,...

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Is Apple's iMac on the road to irrelevance?

Sales of Apple's iMac, the computer often credited with saving the company, have peaked and by the end of 2014 will account for approximately 2 percent of the firm's revenues, analysts now predict.

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Apple's 15 boldest computer designs, 1976-2012

Here are Apple's most bold, iconic computer designs so far -- and what they're telling usDek:  Here are Apple's most bold, iconic computer designs so far -- and what they're telling us External Source:...

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Apple dismisses rumors about order cuts as iPad and iPhone shipments soar

Apple today announced quarterly record revenue of $54.5 billion and a net profit of $13.1 billion, fueled significantly by brisk sales of iOS devices.

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Is Apple now the PC leader? Depends on your definition of PC

While research companies including IDC and Gartner deemed HP the PC leader for Q4 2012, Canalys has a different perspective.

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Windows 8 PCs languish in a world of hurt

Quick, does anyone have a Windows 8 success story they'd like to share? Because right about now Microsoft and the companies that make Windows PCs could use some good news.

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The lazy geek's guide to building a home media center

What true techie hasn't mused about how to get rid of CDs, DVDs, and all that media clutter in favor of an all-digital entertainment center?

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IDC: PC sales drop precipitously, Mac sales also decline in major market shift

A "perfect storm" of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8, and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, IDC...

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'Post-PC' does not mean 'no PC'

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As PCs decline, it's Apple that's making real money from PCs

PC makers' operating profits in 4Q2012. Source: Asymco

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iPad sales up, Macs flat, as Apple reports Q2 earnings

As some investors feared, Apple on Tuesday reported numbers that were worse than its performance a year ago for the second quarter -- though the company still saw record sales for its March quarter.The...

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