Apple Weekly Report #117: New MacBooks, EU Slaps Microsoft with More Fines

March 5th, 2008 at 2:00 PM - Podcasts by Bryan Chaffin & Jeff Gamet

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Apple finally updated the MacBook Pro, Microsoft was hit with another hefty EU fine and published an open letter to it's employees and Yahoo, and Congress is considering contract-free cell phone legislation. iTunes is now the number two music retailer, and Apple is hosting a special iPhone SDK event in a few days.

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Apple finally updated the MacBook Pro, Microsoft was hit with another hefty EU fine and published an open letter to it's employees and Yahoo, and Congress is considering contract-free cell phone legislation. iTunes is now the number two music retailer, and Apple is hosting a special iPhone SDK event in a few days.

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The Context Machine Fodder
• Apple Updates MacBook Pro: Faster, Better Graphics, More
• Apple Updates MacBook: Faster Processors, Larger Hard Drives
• Microsoft Fined Another $1.35 Billion by EU
• Microsoft Publishes Open Letter to Employees (and Yahoo!)
• Microsoft Drops HD DVD Support for Xbox 360 -- No Word on Blu-ray Support
• Congressman Proposes Bill to Require Contract-Free Phones
• iPhone Native Development Launches at Event on March 6th
• iTunes #2 Music Retailer in US, Total Music Spending Down
• TMO on Twitter!

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Bass by Boom, for TMO.
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