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AS Profile Whether it is launching new products - such as the souped-up iPhone 3G S - or merely the rumour of new products, such as the much discussed but unconfirmed Apple tablet - Jobs and Apple have earned the power to set the... [08 Oct 2009]
Minority Report: Is Microsoft competing with imaginary Apple tablets?
Comment That's as long as if the rumour, based on another rumour, is true. Or, Seb Janacek says, is Microsoft fighting an imaginary opponent? Hyper-reality was rife early this year after shrink-wrapped boxes of... [01 Oct 2009]
U-turn for HP: Printers and PCs to pair up again?
News HP representatives declined to comment on the report, saying they don't comment on rumour or speculation. HP is considering a reorganisation that would see the company's printer unit combined with its personal computer... [01 Oct 2009]
Minority Report: Mac tablet? I remain unconvinced
Comment The rumour mill is in overdrive with reports - yet again - that Apple will soon unveil a Mac tablet. Now the rumour mill is yet again revving up with more and more predictions that the fabled tablet Mac... [18 Aug 2009]
Apple tablet or no Apple tablet, business is the device's natural home
News According to the rumour mill, the device will bridge the gap between the iPod Touch and iPhone, and the MacBook. In tech terms, the tablet is nothing new: Microsoft first announced tablet PC software back in 2001,... [13 Aug 2009]
Windows 7 leaked key confirmed by Microsoft
News This confirmed the rumour on Tuesday that an ISO file of Windows 7 RTM sent to Lenovo that contains a master key - a number used to verify the authenticity of the software - was leaked to the internet. [03 Aug 2009]
BBC, Google in talks over international iPlayer?
News However, we never comment on this kind of rumour and speculation. Could an international version of iPlayer be on the cards? According to media reports, BBC director general Mark Thomson is in negotiations with Google... [29 May 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.05.09
Round-Up And yet - just like that other episode of shattering disappointment - the rumour that the world's coolest consumer technology was sniffing about the world's hottest social media property hardly sounds like a realistic... [08 May 2009]
Minority Report: New iPhone this summer?
Comment As for the other item IDs revealed in the 3.0 code, more likely than not they're prototype devices Apple is testing or possibly they were just dropped in to keep the rumour mill churning and competitors guessing (though... [24 Mar 2009]
Minority Report: Rumour mill killing Apple
Comment Long one of Apple's greatest assets, the rumour mill is now a major liability for the Mac maker, says Seb Janacek. In the very first edition of this column way back in 2004, I put forward the idea that one of Apple's... [04 Feb 2009]
2008: The year in mobile
News But it wouldn't be a mobile year without an entertaining rumour or two to chew over and the prospect of an iPhone nano gave 2008 it's slice of fanciful fun. 2008 was a year of change in the mobile sphere - not least for... [30 Dec 2008]
Minority Report: How Apple will survive the downturn
Comment The former rumour was scotched when the new MacBooks failed to meet pricing expectations (the lowest Apple got was an entry-level MacBook costing $999, when many had speculated it would go as low as $800). [27 Nov 2008]
Steve Jobs: No Apple netbook, no touchscreen laptop
News Jobs also seemingly put the kibosh on any touchscreen Mac, another rumour that rears its head every now and then. In brief comments after a keynote speech to launch Apple's update MacBook lineup, CEO Steve Jobs did... [15 Oct 2008]
Minority Report: Apple - bring back the lawyers
Comment Several Mac rumour and personal technology sites published accurate pictures of the new notebook. Lest we forget, a few years ago the company instigated legal action against the very same rumour sites... [15 Oct 2008]
Minority Report: Low-cost MacBook on the way?
Comment However, the Apple rumour mill being what it is, the consensus is it's a new product of such staggeringly sexy proportions it will put another dent in the universe. As its share price plunges, Apple prepares for a big... [13 Oct 2008]
