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When a popular rock group comes to town, some of their fans won’t get great tickets. Not enough room in the front row

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What is this madness we see before us? Hexxeh, he who provides your nightly Chromium builds , has dropped a small but perfectly formed bombshell by revealing that he’s managed to install Google’s nascent OS onto Apple’s hotcake of a tablet, the iPad

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My mom doesn’t know smartphones, but she wants Facetime. The same woman who used a Motorola RAZR for most of the last decade now wants to drop – or, more precisely, wants me to drop – $299 for a new iPhone 4 so she can see the grandkids.

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Tech Pinger (blog) Report: Apple Investigating iOS 4 Problems on iPhone 3G PC Magazine Apple is investigating claims that its latest iOS 4 mobile operating system is causing problems for users with the iPhone 3G, according to The Wall Street … Iphone 4 OS gets jailbroken prior to release Inquirer iPhone 4 proximity sensor issue fixed by iOS 4.1 Beta 2?

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Steve Jobs says tech firm had enjoyed ‘phenomenal quarter’ after revenues rise 88%, with net profit up 78% at $3.25bn Record sales of Mac computers and strong demand for the iPad has helped Apple post its highest ever quarterly earnings. Steve Jobs declared last night that Apple had enjoyed a “phenomenal quarter”, after it smashed analyst forecasts. Revenues rose 88% to $15.7bn (£10.2bn) in the three months to 26 June, with net quarterly profit up 78% at $3.25bn. Jobs also insisted that the iPhone 4 was the most successful launch in the company’s history despite the well-documented problems with the handset’s antenna. Shaw Wu, analyst at Kaufman Bros, said the results were “spectacular”. The company sold 3.47 million Macs worldwide, and 3.27 million iPads. “iPad is off to a terrific start, more people are buying Macs than ever before, and we have amazing new products still to come this year,” said Jobs

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