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Navigon releases MyRegion apps for U.S.
Navigon has released its new MyRegion series, which offers apps for the east, west, and center of the U.S. Additional maps are available via in-app purchase.

Cable channel taps Fake Steve Jobs writer for tech CEO satire
Cable channel Epix has announced an original series about a tempestuous Silicon Valley CEO, and it’s enlisted Fake Steve Jobs’s alter ego Dan Lyons to write it.

Apple offers updates for Samsung, Brother printers
The printer driver updates, released this week, containing the latest printing software for Snow Leopard users with hardware from Samsung and Brother, respectively.

Google announces AT&T-compatible Nexus One
Google on Tuesday announced the availability of a Nexus One model compatible with AT&T’s 3G network.

Alex eReader available for pre-order
If you’ve been anxious to get your hands on the Alex eReader from Spring Design, you won’t have to wait much longer. The e-reader, which sports an unusual, double-display design, is now available for pre-order and will be shipping on April 14.

Twitter to roll out ‘@anywhere’ service
The new service, unveiled at the South By Southwest conference, will allow Twitter users to connect to their accounts through third-party Websites.

Sophiestication releases Articles Wikipedia reader
Sophiestication (maker of the apps Groceries and Tipulator) released its Wikipedia reader apps, Articles. The UI-friendly program supports multiple pages and offers easy ways to search in several languages.

FCC’s national broadband plan: What’s next?
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission officially released the nation’s first national broadband plan Tuesday, but the document will be just the start of a long process.

Apple delays ship dates for some iPad accessories
The Apple Store online is now showing shipping delays for some iPad accessories such as the Keyboard Dock and the iPad Case.

Twitter in China? In due time, Twitter founder promises
A Twitter exec promised that a Chinese version of the microblogging service is coming, some day.

PayPal app now lets you ‘bump to send money’
You can now send money to your friends (and your cooler enemies) just by ‘bumping’ your iPhone with theirs.

BlackBerry users willing to swap for an iPhone
Almost 40 percent of BlackBerry users would switch camps to an Apple iPhone, a recent study into smartphone brand loyalty shows.

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Google Developer takes on Apple
Tim Bray has lashed out on what he really thinks about Apple and the iPhone

Developer for Google, Tim Bray, has recently spoken out on his blog about what he truly thinks about Apple and the iPhone.

Macs taking over Windows
VMware has released a new beta of Fusion software, telling people to ditch their PC

New features in this beta version of Fusion make the program run more smoothly, according to VMware. They also boost the graphics performance for games and 3D apps.

Improved USB support via “EasyConnect” makes it even easier to appoint a certain USB device to either your Mac or another machine, and also remembers your preferred settings for each different USB device,…

Mac’s taking over Windows
VMware has released a new beta of Fusion software, telling people to ditch their PC

New features in this beta version of Fusion make the program run more smoothly, according to VMware. They also boost the graphics performance for games and 3D apps.

Improved USB support via “EasyConnect” makes it even easier to appoint a certain USB device to either your Mac or another machine, and also remembers your preferred settings for each different USB device,…

Mac and iPod sales on the up
January and February Mac sales increase by an average of 39 per cent

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster studied NPD Group data and found that Apple Mac and iPod sales are on the rise. According to the NPD Group data on US retail sales, Apple saw increased in sales after poor performance in 2009.

For nearly 16 months Apple has seen no rise in the sale of iPod units, but the NPD data shows that sales rose seven per cent in the past two…

Apple sees over 120,000 iPad pre-orders on first day
The pre-order of the iPad was a huge success on first day, but can Apple keep the numbers up?

Although the numbers for the pre-order were staggeringly high on Friday, they significantly dropped afterwards. Figures show that pre-orders went from 25,000 per hour to about 1,000 per hour on Saturday and Sunday. These figures do not include the orders made in Apple Stores.

Based on the amount of iPads sold in the first six hours, analysts have predicted that Apple…

Twitter tool to help put tweets on your website
‘@anywhere’ puts Twitter on external web pages

Twitter plans to launch a new platform that lets web publishers display ‘tweets’ on their sites more broadly and easily than is possible today via the company’s APIs (application programming interfaces).

TalkTalk switch staff from PCs to Apple laptops
Largest enterprise rollout for Apple

Broadband provider TalkTalk is planning to scrap desktop PCs for all its office staff and bring in MacBook Pro laptops from Apple.

One-letter ‘.co.uk’ domain names on the way
Registered trademarks to get first pick

Domain names comprising just one or two letters will be made available in the UK from June, Nominet has revealed.

Mac sales jump nearly 40 per cent
Apple’s retail sales rebound from early 2009’s poor performance

Retail sales of Apple ’s Mac computers jumped 43 per cent in February compared with the same month in 2009, and 36 per cent year-over-year in January, research company NPD Group said today.

Can the iPad make it as an e-textbook reader for students?
One analyst says the idea makes sense, calling e-texts a “killer app”

Apple’s iPad’s potential as an e-textbook reader for students remains debatable.

Happy 25th Birthday ‘Dot Com’: A Look Back
The first dot-com registered this week in 1985 — revisit the histories of the first five domains registered

The Internet is filled with nostalgia on Monday as geeks all over the world celebrate the 25th anniversary of the registration of the first dot-com domain. On March 15, 1985, a small Massachusetts-based computer manufacturer Symbolics, Inc. registered Symbolics.com. It would be more than a month before the second dot-com was registered, and there wouldn’t be 100 registered dot-coms until November 30, 1987.

New Aperture update fixes video issues
Aperture SlideShow Support Update 1.1 fixes slideshows in Aperture

Yet another fix for Aperture 3 users came down the pipeline on Monday in the form of Aperture SlideShow Support Update 1.1.

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Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.6.3 Build 10D571 to Developers

The train of Mac OS X 10.6.3 developer seeds continues today, with Apple pushing out Build 10D571 to developers for testing. iPhone in Canada offers the details, which include a request that developers f…

Intel Debuts Xeon 5600 Series Processors Appropriate for Mac Pro

Intel today announced the launch of its new Xeon 5600 series processors, bringing to market a number of new four-core and six-core processors that Apple could choose to utilize in an update to its Mac Pro…

NPR and Wall Street Journal Preparing to Launch iPad-Optimized Sites

MediaMemo reports that National Public Radio and The Wall Street Journal are preparing to roll out iPad-optimized versions of their websites as the device launches in the U.S. on April 3rd. Similar to si…

Amid Weakened NAND Flash Demand, Apple Reportedly Looking to Negotiate Long-T…

DigiTimes reports that industry demand for NAND flash memory of the type used in iPhones, iPod touches, and now iPads has been relatively weak of late, but Apple has been reluctant to enter into deals wit…

Shipping Windows on iPad Accessories Slipping as Pre-Orders Mount

9 to 5 Mac noticed yesterday that shipping windows for several of Apple’s forthcoming iPad accessories have begun to slip well past the device’s own April 3rd launch date.

First we noticed the iPad case making a slight shift f…

Initial Sales of Original iPhone, Droid, and Nexus One Compared

In an interesting blog post today, mobile analytics firm Flurry offers estimates of unit sales for Motorola’s Droid and Google’s Nexus One smartphones over their first 74 days of availability, the amount of time it took for Apple to reach one…

10% of Microsoft Employees Using iPhones

The Wall Street Journal over the weekend profiled iPhone usage among employees of Apple’s longtime rival Microsoft, noting that approximately 10,000 Microsoft employees, representing about 10% of the comp…

Apple Hires Expert in Wearable Computing

Computerworld reports that Apple recently hired Richard DeVaul, an expert in wearable computers, to the position of “Senior Prototype Engineer”. The move appears to signify efforts by Apple to remain at …

iPad Opening Weekend Pre-Orders Pegged at Roughly 150,000 Units

Fortune continues following an organized effort being made to track iPad pre-orders in the U.S., noting that demand for Apple’s new tablet device has significantly tapered off since Friday’s pre-order launch and settled in the neighborhood of…

Apple’s Rivalry With Google Gets Personal

The New York Times walks through the timeline of the current Google and Apple rivalry and reveals that the competition has become quite personal.

Yet according to interviews with two dozen industry watchers, Silicon Valley in…

Apple’s iPad Battery Replacement Program Forgoes New Battery, Replaces iPad

Several MacRumors readers have noticed that Apple has posted information on its iPad Battery Replacement Service, which allows users to receive a replacement should their device’s battery no longer hold a…

Tim Cook Receives Bonus of $5 Million and Stock for Performance During Jobs’ …

Apple today filed a Form 8-K submission with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing a bonus of $5 million and 75,000 shares of Apple stock paid to Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook in recog…