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Apple’s amazing Tokyo elevator (video)

Found in the Apple Store in Tokyo, Japan’s Ginza district: as described more fully in this week’s Overseas Report, Apple has now outfitted the multi-story elevator entrances in Ginza with video pillars…

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Apple Posts New iPod shuffle Ad

Their are no dancers in sight, in fact all you see are torsos putting on different pieces of clothes and attaching an iPod shuffle to them. All of this whilst Who’s Gonna Sing? by The Prototypes is playing in the background.

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VMWare’s Parallel competitor, Fusion begins private beta

Some beta testers that we won’t name for their own protection have let us know that VMWare is now ready to take Parallels to task in the desktop virtualization market with Fusion.

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Apple Places Encrypted Binaries in Mac OS X

These “Apple-protected binaries” can serve to protect the OS from being pirated and also to make it “nontrivial” to run Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware.

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2nd Gen iPod Shuffle seen as ‘Dark Horse’; may become Best Selling iPod

Wu’s sources also indicate that the new entry-level $79 iPod shuffle has received ‘very strong’ orders from Apple direct customers as well as third-party retailers such as Best Buy, Circuit City, and CompUSA. “We continue to believe this dark horse could end up being the top selling iPod and gain significant share against flash competitors,” he sai

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Cool windows switching in OS X

I bet you didn
’t know about this one! Expose has a built-in keyboard window switcher. Try this; open a few windows, activate Expose and then …

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How to Become a Certified Mac Professional

Certifications such as Microsoft’s MCSE and CompTIA’s A+ are well-known, and employers often look for these and other certifications when scanning resumes. For Mac professionals, there is a series of certifications from Apple and other vendors that can build and showcase your knowledge of Mac troubleshooting, networking, and common applications.

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Making a Smooth Move from .Mac to Google….keep the $100 in your pocket

Apple’s .Mac product is a topic of much contention these days. For roughly $100 per year, some members feel like they’re getting a good deal while others periodically wonder why they’re paying money for stuff that they can get gratis via Google

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Disco: Sacrificing usability for eye-candy?

While everyone else seems to be jumping on the Disco bandwagon, I’m hopping off. Disco is a CD/DVD burning app that positions itself as a viable, better-looking and much less expensive replacement for Roxio’s Toast. After spending a week with Disco, I am once again hungry for Toast.

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