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PARC scientist recalls Jobs' famous Xerox visits

November 11, 2011 4:30am PST

At a Churchill Club event in San Jose, Calif., former PARC engineer Larry Tesler talks about Steve Jobs' trips to Xerox's PARC, including the one where Jobs eyed the company's graphical user...

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The story behind Apple's NeXT OS in 1996

November 11, 2011 4:30am PST

At a Churchill Club event in San Jose, Calif., Jean-Louis Gassée discusses why Apple chose Steve Jobs NeXTSTEP OS over Gassée's Be OS. In hindsight, Gassée says, "Thank god that didn't happen,...

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TR Dojo: Five things every IT Pro should know about Google Sites

September 22, 2011 10:00am PDT

From working with JavaScript to setting page-level permissions, Bill Detwiler shares five things every IT pro should know about Google Sites. Once you’ve watched this TR Dojo video, you can find a...

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TR Dojo: Install OS X Lion from a bootable flash drive

September 19, 2011 8:19am PDT

Using the App Store to install OS X Lion on multiple machines, means you'll be doing a lot of waiting for the files to download. Luckily, there's a way to download the update once, but install it...

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TR Dojo: Five tips for improving Linux security

November 9, 2010 9:18am PST

Bill Detwiler shares five tips for improving Linux security, such as not logging in as root and using keyring. Once you’ve watched this TR Dojo video, you can find a link to the original...

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Apple unveils iPhone OS 4.0 with multitasking

April 8, 2010 5:08pm PDT

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces multitasking support in the newest iPhone operating system. Users will finally be able to switch back and forth between applications like Pandora and Skype without...

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Apple iPhone OS 4.0 brings folders for apps

April 8, 2010 3:41pm PDT

Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates folder creation for organizing apps in the new iPhone operating system due out in the summer.

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Apple iPhone OS 4.0 unifies in-box, enables threads

April 8, 2010 2:55pm PDT

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces new iPhone mailbox features that allow users to organize multiple e-mail accounts and individual messages by thread.

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Google demos 'Earth' app on new Android OS

January 5, 2010 3:57pm PST

At Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Senior Product Manager Erick Tseng demos Google Earth for Android. The new app mirrors the Google Earth application on the desktop. The app also...

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Product spotlight: Mac OS X Snow Leopard

September 6, 2009 2:35am PDT

See TechRepublic's view of Snow Leopard from an IT perspective. Learn the pros and cons of the latest version of Mac OS X and what it means for business users.

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Tether your iPhone on OS 3.0

June 30, 2009 2:00pm PDT

On this episode of CNET's Hacks, Brian Tong shows you a quick hack to enable tethering on your iPhone running the 3.0 software. This technically voids your contract, so use at your own risk!

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WWDC 2009 keynote wrap-up

June 8, 2009 4:57pm PDT

Brian Tong covers all the announcements from the WWDC 2009 keynote. There's the new iPhone 3G S, more iPhone 3.0 OS details, Mac OS X Snow Leopard's first public viewing, and the MacBook Pro line...

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WWDC 2009: Apple previews Safari 4

June 8, 2009 3:10pm PDT

At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's VP of Mac OS engineering, Craig Federighi, shows off improved features of Safari 4, including faster display speeds and full history search.

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WWDC 2009: Apple highlights Snow Leopard features

June 8, 2009 2:26pm PDT

At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's SVP of Mac OS engineering, Craig Federighi, demos the Snow Leopard version of the operating system. For current Leopard users, the new OS--due in...

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Palm announces WebOS platform, Mojo messaging service

April 2, 2009 1:34pm PDT

At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Palm Senior Vice President of Applications and Services Michael Abbott announced an early access program of the company's new developing platform, WebOS. The...

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iPhone OS 3.0: Leaf Trombone

March 17, 2009 4:52pm PDT

Ge Wang of Smule and friend show off their amazing musical skills using their new iPhone app, Leaf Trombone World Stage.

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iPhone OS 3.0: In-app buying

March 17, 2009 4:33pm PDT

Apple senior vice president of iPhone software Scott Forstall explains how iPhone users can buy new game levels, subscription content, and more from within an iPhone application.

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iPhone OS 3.0: Push notification

March 17, 2009 4:26pm PDT

Instant messaging and other real-time alerts will soon be available on your iPhone. Apple iPhone software guru Scott Forstall demonstrates.

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iPhone OS 3.0: Search

March 17, 2009 4:25pm PDT

Scott Forstall, Apple's senior vice president of iPhone software, shows off a new feature that will allow users to search for specific e-mail messages, applications, contacts, and other data.