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Apple's iTunes Radio - worth getting excited about?

Adam Turner Did we really want a Spotify rival from Apple rather than simply this Pandora rival?

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The new Mac Pro, with outer cover removed, will be available later this year.

Macman Apple unveils its new Mac Pro, Mac OSX Mavericks and the dramatic iOS7 operating system.

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Is Apple's MacBook Pro on death row?

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Adam Turner Denied a Haswell update, will the MacBook Pro be the next victim of Apple's war on the optical drive?

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New MacBooks, iPads and music streaming: Apple rumour round-up

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Salvador Rodriguez There is no shortage of rumours ahead of Apple's annual developer conference next week.

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Vintage Apple computer sells for record $US671,400

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Steve Lohr Apple's stock price may be well down from its peaks last year, but the market for the company's oldest computers continues to set records.

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Apple refines friendly stalker features in iOS

Apple's Find My Friends.

Adam Turner Find My Friends adds geofences so you're alerted when Elvis has left the suburb.

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Why don't Apple laptops have touchscreens?

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Farhad Manjoo Touch-enabled computers are here to stay. What's Apple waiting for?

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Will Visa/Samsung deal force Apple's hand on NFC?

Samsung plans will make smartphones with built-in Visa PayWave.

Adam Turner How long will Apple wait before adding NFC payments to the iPhone?

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Apple, Beats discuss music streaming service

Poornima Gupta and Ronald Grover Apple has held talks with Beats on a potential partnership involving Beats' planned music-streaming service, sources say.

'People will give up a MacBook Air for this': Google challenges Apple with high-end laptop

A Chromebook Pixel.

Glenn Chapman Google unveils a touchscreen notebook computer designed for high-end users, throwing down a gauntlet for Apple and its MacBooks.

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How Apple nixed the netbook

Farhad Manjoo We have Apple to thank for the demise of the netbook.

Apple sells 25 billion songs at iTunes store

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Apple has announced that the number of digital songs downloaded from its iTunes Music Store has topped 25 billion.

Apple still has 'magic', says CEO

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Apple remains ahead of its rivals in the ability to innovate and "create magic", says CEO Tim Cook.

Apple cuts MacBook prices

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Apple has cut the price of the base version of its 13-inch MacBook Pro laptop with Retina display as it revamps its top-end laptops.

Amazon says music catalogue open to Apple users

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Amazon says its 22-million song music catalogue is now "optimised" for users of Apple devices, making it easier for iPhone owners to circumvent the iTunes Store.

Apple's App Store goes down for users worldwide

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Lauren Indvik Some users who tried to download apps from Apple's App Store on Thursday found themselves unable to do so.

Windows: it's beginning to look a lot like Apple

Apple logo and Microsoft Windows logo.

Farhad Manjoo The first thing you'll notice about Windows 8 is that it isn't one operating system. It's two.

Hands on: Apple Maps turn-by-turn

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Adam Turner Will turn-by-turn sat-nav directions help restore our confidence in Apple Maps?

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Apple unveils 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display

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Salvador Rodriguez Apple has added another machine to its line of Retina high-resolution display products, announcing the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina.

Apple takes wraps off ultra-thin iMac

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Christina Warren It's not just the iPad mini and 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro that Apple unveiled today, it also updated its iMac configuration.