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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 [...]

My Personal iPhone Wait Line — My Desk!

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I’m watching the iPhone lines get longer and longer while I’m shackled to my desk all day. I’ll be lucky if I get out of here late afternoon. I’ll probably head to a mall in South San Francisco in the vain hope it’ll be less of a zoo than downtown San Francisco.

Who else is stuck at work?

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Leander Kahney

Leander Kahney is the editor of Cult of Mac, and author of three books about technology culture: Inside Steve’s Brain, the New York Times bestseller about Steve Jobs; Cult of Mac; and Cult of iPod. Leander has written for Wired, MacWeek, Scientific American, and The Guardian in London. Follow Leander on Twitter @lkahney and Facebook.

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7 comments

    I feel your pain, about being tied to the desk. Here in Dallas the lines are getting longer at the Apple stores (there are 4 in the area). I am paying a high shool kid to stand in line for me. He is at one of two AT&t stores in the area and just got in line. He is number 6 with 4 hours to go. I will tap him out at 5 local time and it will be the best 25 bucks I have spent this week. After all it is 90+ outside today in the Dallas area.

    Good iPhoning

    Im stuck here too…Imhearing all these people in my department say that their wives or kids are gonna pick theirs up……but Im just working all day…..Im hoping this wont be like a PS3 or Xbox 360 laund and that Apple actually has supplied enough of their product….I think they had enough hype without needing to throw in a product shortage.

    I’m at the desk, waiting for the online store to open…

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    [...] Leander and I are stuck inside during the glory that is is iPhone day, have no fear: Friends are here. Our pals over at GeekSugar [...]

    [...] Leander and I are stuck inside during the glory that is is iPhone day, have no fear: Friends are here. Our pals over at GeekSugar [...]

    Been mirroring your images lately, or, is that some reversed keyboard? :P

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