'Macsimum Recommended Reading' for Nov. 25
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'Macsimum Recommended Reading' for Nov. 25

"Does the World Really Need Mac Clones? From Day One of the arrival of the Apple Macintosh in 1984, many insisted Apple was missing the boat by not licensing its crown jewels, the Mac OS, to other companies. This theory had it that Apple would benefit big time as more and more computers bearing their operating system became available." -- The Tech Night Owl

"Apple authorized resellers launch Black Friday sales early" -- AppleInsider

"Steve Jobs Snubs Fan: Hero worship gets a bad rap when the head of Apple brushes off the co-owner of a Mac shareware company." -- CIO

"iPhone users are bandwidth hogs: Apple iPhone users are bandwidth hogs who are sucking up half of the world's mobile networks' bandwidth, according to bizarre figures from Admob." -- The Inquirer

"Music library disaster? How to rip songs from your iPod/Admit it: you or someone you know has had at least one disaster in which you have lost your entire music library, didn't have backups, and needed to rip it back off of your iPod. Here, we look at our favorite solution for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux users that let you do just that." -- Ars Technica

"iPhone anti-malware stuck in state of denial: Not needed, says Apple. Won't run, say developers" -- The Register

"Verizon wants Sprint to pull network claim advertisments, oh irony" -- Boy Genius Report

"Chart: iPod vs. iPhone/It took the iPod 17 quarters to reach 30 million units. The iPhone did it in 10." -- Fortune

 
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