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November
2006
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01:12 AM
America/Los_Angeles

11.27.06: Apple working on tablet, chip deals, bringing Beatles to iTunes

Fortune's Tim Arango:

Although Apple and the Beatles were recently sparring in court, it looks likes the Beatles' AppleCorps will give iTunes limited exclusive rights to be the online store for the Fab Four.


GigaOm:

PortalPlayer, in the process of being acquired by Nvidia, is providing an applications processor for the forthcoming iPhone and a new graphics chip for future video iPods. Total value of Apple-Nvidia/PortalPlayer deals: $280 million.



Smarthouse's David Richards:


Apple researchers have built a full working prototype of a Mac tablet PC and three Companies in Taiwan are now costing a product for a potential launch in mid 2007.
Sources in Taiwan say the focus is on the home and the education environments. This could be a touch screen to control a home media center Apple plans to launch in 07.


BBC:

OS X has a bug in how it handles disk images (DMGs), which can cause system corruption and allow hackers to hijack a machine.


- Richard Koman