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Top 10 worst tech predictions of all time
With the changing of the calendar, everyone becomes a Nostradamus, expounding their tech predictions for 2008. In order to put this flood of prophecies into some context, here are some of the worse predictions of all time.
Reviews
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Apple Boot Camp (beta)
Apple gives the people what they want: Windows on Macs. Geeks proved it could be done through a variety of complicated hacks and now Apple makes it a breeze with a free download. We take Boot Camp for a test run.
Features
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Format wars: the tech that should have won
Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Do you cry yourself to sleep because BeOS never hit the big time? Fret no more -- superdork Captain Tech is here to travel back in time and save the format losers that should have triumphed.
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Apple Mac OS X on x86: a first test
Steve Jobs might not approve, but Apple's latest operating system can be installed on any x86 hardware. How well does it function? Read our preliminary labs test to find out.
News
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Finally, Apple answers call for iPhone
In one of the most anticipated gadget announcements in recent years, Apple Computer at Macworld on Tuesday introduced the "iPhone," a mobile device that CEO Steve Jobs promised will reinvent the phone.
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Measuring the iPod effect
According to popular consensus, the much beloved iPod has boosted Apple Computer's Mac sales and may ultimately help the company get into phones.
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Celebrating three decades of Apple
In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.
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Apple aims to protect Rosetta mark
Apple Computer has applied for a trademark for Rosetta, the translation technology that will act as a bridge as Apple moves to Intel chips beginning next year.
The Explain Series
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Get (laptop) smart before you buy
Win the numbers game and get the laptop that's perfect your needs as well as your budget!
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Microsoft Windows® 7. Your PC, simplified.
Windows® 7 has been designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier.
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Whereis® maps
If you’d like to get to know more of Australia, and do it safely, then check out Whereis® maps.
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Commonwealth Bank Mobile Banking
Bank anywhere, anytime. Learn more.
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Nokia Navigation
The introduction of GPS adds a new dimension of 'social navigation'.
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| Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB | 35 plans |  1% |
| Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB | 35 plans |  3% |
| Nokia N97 | 42 plans | 4% |
| Sony Ericsson Satio | 6 plans | 1% |
| Nokia 5800 XpressMusic | 35 plans | 1% |
| Apple mobile phones | 4% |
| Nokia mobile phones | 5% |
| Sony Ericsson mobile phones | 1% |
| Samsung mobile phones | 1% |
| Blackberry mobile phones | 1% |
