Apple Context Machine Podcast
Apple Weekly Report #108 2007-12-15: The iPhone on Top, and Opera Guns for Microsoft
December 16th, 2007 at 2:00 PM - Podcasts by Bryan Chaffin & Jeff Gamet
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Apple's security track record for the week was mixed, Canadians can finally start watching TV -- or more specifically, they can start watching TV shows from the iTunes Store. The iPhone was named Time's gadget of the year, Opera went Netscape on Microsoft with an antitrust case in the EU, and Apple's "Get a Mac" campaign went retro.
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Apple's security track record for the week was mixed, Canadians can finally start watching TV -- or more specifically, they can start watching TV shows from the iTunes Store. The iPhone was named Time's gadget of the year, Opera went Netscape on Microsoft with an antitrust case in the EU, and Apple's "Get a Mac" campaign went retro.
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