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Apple Now Accepting iPad Apps, Planning “Grand Opening” of iPad App Store

Apple is now accepting iPad apps for a “grand opening” of the iPad App Store, according to an email just sent to registered developers.
“iPad will begin shipping soon and your opportunity to be part of the grand opening of the iPad App Store starts today,” the email says.
There’s no details about when the store’s grand [...]

Security Expert: “Mac OS X Is Safer, But Less Secure”

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Tech site H-Online has an interesting story today, quoting security expert Charlie Miller about his forthcoming talk at the CanSecWest conference next week.
He says OS X is full of security holes. There are lots more than in Windows, he claims.
And yet: OS X is a safer system to use. Why? Because, in the words [...]

Apple Devotes Entire Home Page To Jerome York Obituary

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If ever you needed a sign that Apple was a different kind of technology company, this is it.
What other computer manufacturer would remove its top-selling, hype-inducing, industry-altering new product from the prime spot on its website home page, and replace it with an obituary to an investor?
This is one of those “Here’s to the [...]

Coming Soon: Steve Jobs, the Sitcom

Fake Steve creator Dan Lyons just signed a deal to bring Steve Jobs to another small screen near you.
The half-hour series called “iCon” is billed by the presser as “a savage satire centering on a fictional Silicon Valley CEO whose ego is a study in power and greed.”
Making sure the barbs prick will be the [...]

Gallery: The Best of the Best Tend to Choose Apple

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We regret not having a killer shot of Tom Brady using his Mac because he is the only active NFL quarterback with 3 Super Bowl victories on his resumè and chances are better than even (if he stays healthy) he may one day hold the title for most Super Bowl victories. Plus, he married Giselle Bundchen, and they are both Mac people.

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The Pope (Benedict XVI) is a big fan of classical music. He listens to it on an iPod. He’s THE POPE.

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12 comments

    Bruce Willis is also a Mac user. I remember reading a blog where this guys was on iChat and was speaking to Bruce on his iChat and he had screen shots to prove it. Why wouldn’t the best of the best choose a Mac, they are the best.

    I believe it was Douglas Adams (a very devoted Mac fan, bought the first one to be imported to the UK) who said “Mac users might be the %5 of the market, but I bet they are the best %5″ or something like that.

    This is fanservice, plain and simple. But I enjoy it all the same…

    I don’t look at multiple pages as this is only shooting for page hits and I’m not into that. So I guess I’m only seeing the first page.

    Shouldn’t Jay-Z be working on his HP Pavilion notebook?

    I guess this depends on how you see it. Aside from the hacker, I’d bet the reason that these “big ones” choose the Mac because they don’t want to nerd around. They want things to “just work” so they can focus on their goals and dreams instead. Take the The Pope for example – he has way too much other stuff to think about: sweet little choir boys.

    Painfully true joke aside, this is why I as a life-long “PC” converted – I found out that I could spend more time on my product than on the tool I was making my product on.

    Just like to add one thing to Cloonys picture: he is dressed like Steve Jobs!
    Apple fanboy for sure…

    @ OlsonBW: you can thank Leander for that shot of Beyoncè in the bikini; I don’t blame you for not moving off of that page.

    But you’re actually missing some pretty cool peeps inside.

    @TheBrew

    I don’t see how your joke about the Pope is painfully true. Give me any sort of evidence to prove that the Pope spends his time thinking about “sweet little choir boys.” Grow up.

    Now what I wanted to say: I’m not comfortable with any laptop being that close to water!

    This story, about all the cool non-tech folks who use macs, is like a story about celebrities who own fancy-looking sports cars and only drive them to the hairdresser on Rodeo Drive.

    Not really much of an endorsement for Ferrari’s technical superiority, neh? More like form over substance…

    Smart people like me don’t fall for sponsored propaganda.

    Jay-Z and Beyoncè, both continually fans-harassed celebrities, just seated on a public place showing his macs?. No fans around?

    @ Jared

    Yes Bruce Willis plus many many more Mac users are covered on

    Celebrity Mac users, MS fails, & more.
    http://obamapacman.com/

    @ Rik

    Yes, Jay-z was paid to shot a commercial for HP, but for some reason he chooses a mac. =)

    @ iGenius

    Sure, Kevin Mitnick, who the US Department of Justice called “most wanted hacker”, is a non-tech person.
    http://obamapacman.com/2009/09/kevin-mitnick-former-hacker-most-wanted-computer-criminal-turned-security-consultant-is-mac-user/

    Facebook is worth a few billion dollars. Sure, the founder must be non-technical. Heck, he probably coded facebook using crayons. (or not)
    http://obamapacman.com/2009/09/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-mac-user/

    @ Marraco

    Jay-z photo probably were taken at some private location such as a recording studio.

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