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Apple settles with Canadian iPod owners

Apple is offering a $45 credit to Canadian owners of older versions of its popular iPod, a move that strikes of deva ju over a similar settlement agreement reached in 2005 with U.S.-based iPod owners.

Under the proposed settlement, as reported in the Montreal-based Gazette newspaper, Apple Canada ...

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Apple working on its own Wiimote?

Microsoft may not be the only one looking to develop its own Wiimote-like game controller. Apple is researching a 3D remote of its own, according to AppleInsider.

The Apple TV and its current remote control.

(Credit: Apple)

The research, reportedly outlined in a November 2006 patent filing disclosed this week, ...

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Vodafone and Telecom Italia get the iPhone

Vodafone is the latest cell phone company to get Apple's iPhone, the company said Tuesday.

Telecom Italia also said Tuesday it's going to sell the iPhone in Italy.

Vodafone will be distributing the iPhone in 10 countries, making this the first time that Apple has sold the phone ...

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New movies to hit iTunes same day as DVD

New movie releases from a number of major and independent studios will be available on iTunes the same day they're offered on DVD, Apple announced Thursday.

Starting this week, iTunes customers will be able to purchase movies just now being released on DVD, including American Gangster and The Diving ...

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iPhone as electronic airplane boarding pass

Some airlines have been allowing BlackBerrys to be used as electronic boarding passes and soon standard cell phones will follow.

Now there is news of the iPhone being used to board a plane. Blogger Gerald Buckley writes about how he was allowed to board an American Airlines flight from San ...

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iPhone coming to Canada

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Apple's iPhone is expected to cross the Canadian border later this year, the country's largest wireless provider said Tuesday.

Rogers Communications, which is also Canada's only GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) provider, will serve as the region's iPhone carrier.

"We're thrilled to ...

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Apple gives iMac chips a boost

Following rumors last week that Apple would soon be releasing a new iMac, the Mac maker on Monday started selling an updated version of the computer, featuring a faster processor and an option for a souped-up graphics chip.

The lowest-end new iMac, which retails for $1,199, features a 2....

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Rumor: Apple to add tactile feedback to iPhone

iPhone touchscreen

The current iPhone does not give sensory feedback when a person presses keys on its touchscreen.

(Credit: CNET Networks)

An anonymous Apple employee says company executives are in talks with Immersion to license its haptic technology for use in the iPhone, according to a report at Palluxo.com.

Haptic technology ...

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Apple looks toward iPhone chat app

At its iPhone SDK event last month, Apple touted an adaption of AOL's instant-messaging client for the iPhone. Now comes news of Apple's own patent application for a chat feature.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published the application, titled "Portable Electronic Device for Instant Messaging," on ...

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The text break before dessert--a new standard?

Sure, it's not new that people get interrupted at dinner by a cell phone call. In the past, it must have been a pager, or maybe in olden days, a courier pigeon. But with the increasing number of people getting iPhones (I have to admit that a scion of ...

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