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• Apple's iPad will be more popular than PCs in 2020

  By Karen Haslam | 01 June, 2012 08:09

  Piper Jaffray analysts think that in the long run any cannibalising of Mac sales by iPads will pay off because by 2020 the market share of tablets will be great than PCs, and the iPad will have the biggest share.

• Apple wins battle over nano-SIM standard

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 June, 2012 12:19

  Apple has won a battle over the standard for a smaller SIM card, use of which would leave more room for other components in future phone designs.

• Online services increased their effort to protect user data, EFF says

  By Loek Essers | 01 June, 2012 12:13

  While some online services are stepping up their efforts to protect private user data from government requests, there is plenty room for improvement, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said on Thursday. It is time for all companies that hold private user data to make public commitments to defend their users against government overreach, the foundation said.

• Apple's Tim Cook: iPad will replace the PC 'for some people'

  By Karen Haslam | 31 May, 2012 07:11

  Following his claims that nobody wants a refrigerator-toaster, Apple CEO Tim Cook has reiterated his belief that the tablet and PC should never converge, and revealed that he does see the iPad replacing the PC in some cases.

• Don't buy a new TV, wait for Apple's - analyst

  By Ashleigh Allsopp | 31 May, 2012 18:39

  Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has advised potential television buyers to wait for Apple’s upcoming HDTV.

• Analysis: How Facebook could integrate with iOS, OS X

  By Lex Friedman | 31 May, 2012 19:45

  Speaking at the All Things D conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook essentially sent Facebook a friend request. "I think the [Apple-Facebook] relationship is very solid," Cook said. "We have great respect for them. I think we can do more with them."

• Windows 8 update: All the latest news, rumours and rumblings

  By Tim Greene | 31 May, 2012 21:31

  Rumours of a version of Office for Apple iPads get more and more specific, with the latest claiming that the software will launch Nov. 10.

• Apple's Tim Cook: Siri is some people's 'best friend' but it can do much more

  By Karen Haslam | 31 May, 2012 07:10

  Siri is “one of the most popular features of our most popular phone” according to Apple CEO Tim Cook. But: “There’s more that it can do”. Cook also noted that for some people, Siri has become their “best friend”.

• Intel: Ultrabooks offer more choice, better value than MacBook Air or iPad

  By Melanie Pinola | 01 April, 2012 06:03

  With the superhigh-resolution third-generation iPad selling like hotcakes, and a refresh of the MacBook Air expected soon, Windows-based laptops are seemingly becoming a dying breed in this "post-PC," Apple-dominated era.

• Steve Jobs interview: One-on-one in 1995

  By Computerworld (US) staff | 07 October, 2011 09:13

  In April of 1995, Steve Jobs, then head of NeXT Computer, was interviewed as part of the Computerworld Honors Program Oral History project. The wide-ranging interview was conducted by Daniel Morrow, executive director of the awards program.

• Symantec: Building on specialisation

  By Patrick Budmar | 29 July, 2011 08:41

  ARN caught up with Symantec Pacific region vice-president and managing director, Craig Scroggie, during Symantec Partner Engage 2011 to talk about the security vendor’s channel strategy, partners specialising and the current security landscape.

• Q&A: Why Apple's co-founder is hot on solid state storage

  By Lucas Mearian | 14 October, 2009 03:59

  Earlier this year, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak accepted the position of chief scientist at start-up solid state drive company Fusion-io. It's the first time since 1972, when he worked in Hewlett-Packard Co's calculator division, that he's held a technologist's position for a company that wasn't his own.

• Q&A: Microsoft's Windows marketing chief says Apple's 'scared'

  By Eric Lai | 09 June, 2009 08:51

  Do you love Microsoft Corp.'s recent TV ads? Hate its "Apple Tax" marketing campaign? Then meet Brad Brooks. As Microsoft's corporate vice president for Windows consumer product marketing, Brooks approved both campaigns as part of his goal of burnishing Windows 7's image in advance of its October launch (and tarnishing Apple's).

• News feature: How Intel became famous

  By Patrick Budmar | 28 May, 2012 08:27

  Intel is a household name and one of the most recognisable brands in the world, but there was a time when neither the company nor its products were seen as very exciting.

• The new iPhone 5: rumours, tech specs, Liquidmetal, 3D cameras, 4-inch display and more

  By Mark Hattersley | 20 May, 2012 11:46

  The iPhone 5 launch is rapidly approaching. At least we all think it is, Apple is famously secretive regarding new products: launching new iPhones, computers and whizz-bang devices on an (largely) unsuspecting public out of the nowhere.

• WWDC 2012 forecast: Cloudy with a chance of new MacBooks

  By Ian Paul | 16 May, 2012 04:16

  Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is less than one month away, and speculation is high about whether Apple will announce new iCloud features, refreshed MacBook Pros, overhauled versions of iOS and OS X and maybe even a new smartphone during the conference.

• Where did I come from? The origin(s) of my MacBook Pro

  By Josh Fruhlinger | 08 May, 2012 06:52

  I remember when I bought my first new Mac. The label on the box read something like "Assembled for Apple in California." Famously, that has now changed: Apple computers (and iPhones, and iPads) are assembled in China, and the conditions of the workers there came under scrutiny when Mike Daisey's one-man show about his trip to Foxconn factories there was featured on NPR's This American Life -- scrutiny that continued despite revelations that Daisey fabricated some of the incidents he described.

• The IT paradox: A diminished role in technology, but greater clout in the business

  By Nicholas D. Evans | 08 May, 2012 00:08

  There is a paradox in the technology that IT employs and deploys. As it becomes easier to use and simpler to manage, it is actually increasing in complexity. And there is a paradox within this paradox concerning how IT relates to the business. More on that in a bit.

• Opinion: Windows RT may be Microsoft's answer to Apple and Google in the BYOD game

  By Rob Enderle | 04 May, 2012 23:42

  There is an interesting post from the Microsoft Windows team on the Windows On ARM (WOA) version of Windows 8 that was recently renamed Windows RT-which reminded me why I'll never do Microsoft naming again. Windows RT is targeted directly at the iPad users who are bringing that product into the enterprise today on a wave of trend we are alternatively calling consumerization of IT or Bring Your Own Device ( BYOD) because we evidently can't come to a consensus on just one term.

• Smartphone screens are getting bigger

  By Matt Hamblen | 03 May, 2012 20:11

  Smartphone screens are getting larger, although vendors will likely continue to offer many sizes to woo a wide variety of users.

• The enterprise app store: 10 must-have features

  By Shane O'Neill | 26 April, 2012 06:52

  Is 2012 the year app stores will break out in the enterprise?