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Apple Computer is likely to officially announce iTV, while the long-awaited full video iPod and a cell phone are either near or at the manufacturing phase, but may not be ready to be announced at Macworld Expo. These predictions come via a research note to clients from American Technology analyst Shaw Wu. He also said that Apple will announce improved Windows capability.

Analyst: vPod, iPhone May Sit Out Macworld Expo

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Yesterday, Bill Gates was supposed to give the best keynote talk in his history, but given I write this column the week before it is published I have no idea whether he actually delivered the goods. Steve Jobs doesn't do his thing until after the column publishes and most of you are still in the dark -- probably along with many of his own folks -- with regard to what he is going to say.

Microsoft Opens CES With Vista, Kicks Apple Butt, and Has Fun Doing It!

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Kreg Steppe, a self-professed geek, has an alter ego: worldwide disc jockey with a following. Well, OK, it was just one guy who was dying to meet him at the Podcast and New Media Expo in Ontario, Calif. But still -- Steppe has a fan. Steppe, of Rock Hill, S.C., is the costar of Technorama, a podcast he records weekly with a friend in Wisconsin.

Growing Podcast Is Larger Than Life

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When I'd see people at the gym or Safeway or walking down the street, oblivious to everyone and everything except the music pouring out of those telltale white ear buds, I'd scoff at the isolationism. However, when my wife gave me an iPod shuffle, you know what I did, don't you? Yes, I stood in virtual line with the throng of new iPodites who temporarily brought down Apple's online store.

No Living Room Is Safe From iPod

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A Taiwan consumer electronics company said Friday that it will seek US$100 million in damages from Apple Computer after winning a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Apple over its MP3 digital music players. Luxpro decided on the suit after Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission ruled that Luxpro had not copied Apple's design in launching three MP3 players, according to a Luxpro statement.

Taiwan's Luxpro Countersues Apple for $100 Million

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2006 established fairly standard growth patterns for Web browsers: up for Safari and Firefox, down for Internet Explorer. The downward trend took Internet Explorer to its lowest market share percentage for the year at 79.64 percent. Internet Explorer's loss turned into gains for Safari and Firefox. Safari ended the year at 4.24 percent, and Firefox came in at 14 percent.

Firefox, Safari Gain on Internet Explorer in '06

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A civil lawsuit containing new assertions about Apple Computer's stock options practices is putting the fabled company and CEO Steve Jobs under more intense scrutiny. The lawsuit claims that Apple improperly made grants to three senior executives in August 1997, a day before the company announced a major investment from Microsoft that boosted Apple's stock.

New Lawsuit Intensifies Scrutiny of Apple, Jobs

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Apple Computer's iPods dominated holiday sales of MP3 players, increasing their market share from last year, according to preliminary data from research firm NPD Group. From Nov. 19 to Dec. 23, the devices accounted for 57.3 percent of all MP3 players sold at a panel of electronics stores that notably didn't include Apple's own retail outlets.

iPods Dominate Holiday MP3 Player Sales