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Apple's iTunes online music and video store may soon add the option to rent rather than buy movies for download, according to a <i>Financial Times</i> report. If Apple is indeed close to offering online movie rentals, a big question facing its customers and competitors is whether the films will have restrictions similar to those obtained from other pay-per-view sources.

Report: iTunes May Hang Out Movie Rental Shingle

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Citing Safari's increasing market share (currently 4.9%, according to Apple) and Apple's desire to see increased adoption of its innovative browser platform, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple has ported Safari to Windows (XP and Vista).

WWDC: Safari For Windows

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Apple's iTunes and Amazon.com's Unbox service have been offering movie downloads for several months; both have upgraded their offerings with set-top boxes designed to move those movies to the TV set -- Apple TV and TiVo. The Apple TV unit requires Macintosh OS X or Windows XP computer with iTunes installed, and a high-speed Net connection.

Apple TV vs. TiVo: Ready to Rumble

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Pennsylvania's Wilkes University is one of the first colleges in the country to become a bubble of apples: an all-Mac campus, switching from Windows-based PCs to Apple's new Intel-based units. University officials began the transition last fall and expect the process to be completed two years from now. Apple is providing volume discounts to help finance the PC phase-out.

Extreme Apple Makeover: College Edition

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The Holy Grail of mobile personal electronics is having all functions on one slim device: voice calls, photography, music, mobile Internet access, personal organizer, calendar, and maybe a few little PC applications on the side. However, most multifunction devices released so far fall short in some way -- too big, low resolution, not enough music storage.

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