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If you’re like me and are curious about the announcements that Apple will make, you have probably read all the rumors that are floating around the internet. Well, let me throw my two cents in the hat.

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In quite possibly the stupidest move Apple has made since the hockey puck mouse, Apple has now removed a Knowledge Base page that advised Mac users to have Antivirus software installed on their machines.

Macworld reports:

“We have removed the KnowledgeBase article because it was old and inaccurate,“ Apple spokesman Bill Evans, told Macworld. “The Mac is designed with built-in technologies that provide protection against malicious software and security threats right out of the box.“

Yeah, so does Windows, and look how well that worked for them.

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Apple’s latest round of hardware updates brought not only a phenomenal line of notebooks but a new port, the Mini DisplayPort.  Apple wants to build momentum for this connection by offering fee-free licensing to any developer interested in using the connection in a product.

The Mini DisplayPort is new in many ways for Apple, and for the industry as a whole. It fully supports the VESA DisplayPort protocol, which includes very high resolutions while maintaining a slender profile. It also is being incorporated in products across the board at Apple, unlike previous proprietary versions of VGA and DVI on older MacBooks. You can even expect new iMacs and probably new Mac Minis to have one of these minuscule ports hidden somewhere.

Currently, Apple has the 24 inch Cinema Display, which uses the Mini DisplayPort. Apple also sells converters from Mini DisplayPort to other standards such as VGA and DVI. But it seems that Mini DisplayPorts will be popping up in more places than previously thought. The best part is that everyone wins. Developers get to use a small but powerful display connection without having to worry about extra fees, and consumers get more products to choose from.

Read [Mini DisplayPort] Via [ArsTechnica]

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I keep chipping away at my wife to let me get an iPhone for Christmas, and one of my selling points is the wealth of applications that are available for the device. “It will just make our lives better,“ I tell her. As reported by Mac Rumors, the actual number of applications stands at 9,676 as of this writing, due to various things such as trademark infringement and discontinued apps (pulled and released). Games continue to dominate the App Store with 24% of all apps, followed by entertainment (11.6%) and utilities (10.9%). Games also seem to dominate the top 100 paid and top 100 free apps.

Now let’s look at this from an outside perspective.

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We are swiftly approaching Black Friday. Or, as I like to call it, the best work day of the year. The highways are empty, clients don’t call, and the boss is usually gone so I can play Call of Duty 4 multiplayer with my coworkers all day long.

A lot of you, however, will be out shopping. Over the past couple of weeks, the Dabbledoo sites have been reporting on numerous developer deals and “leaked” retail ads, so we’ve collected the best of them here for you in one neat article, organized by retailer and product type. As Friday approaches, we’ll continue to update this list, so be sure to check back often.

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We all know by now that Mark Papermaster (that is just a cool name, so I am going to use it as much as possible) was an Apple employee for all of 5 days before IBM sued him and asked for an injunction for him to just stop it. IBM threw a temper tantrum of Biblical proportions, saying he signed a “Non competition agreement.“

First off, most of us can agree that since Apple decided to switch to Intel processors, IBM and Apple are now competitors in the microprocessing space. IBM is a manufacturer of small chips that do various functions in small, medium and large PCBs or printed circuit boards. Apple also makes and uses these chips. From my skewed and prejudice position, this makes them competitors. I think Apple does a better job, but that is neither here nor there.

This makes it a great fit for Papermaster to join Apple.

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Apple has taken a consumer friendly stance by announcing the ability for Apple Store management to match competitor prices this holiday season.

About time.

As reported by ifoAppleStore…

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Earlier today, I got an e-mail from Apple marketing this Friday as the “1 day not to miss.“

As we all know, this Friday is “Black Friday,“ the annual day that retailers offer amazing deals. Apple, as expected, will be running a promotion as well on Friday, but few details are known about the event.

Apple has also posted the same ad (pictured above) to their retail website.

The event is marketed as “Our biggest shopping event of the year,“ which it likely will be.

Last year’s promotion included many great deals, including iMacs starting at $1148, MacBooks starting at $1048 ($51 off) and some smaller discounts on iPods.

Be sure to check in with Appletell this Friday for complete details.

• Apple: Wait, no, stop, you don’t need Antivirus software
• Apple releases list of most downloaded iPhone games of 2008
• What is going to happen at Macworld 2009?

Apple recently started promoting their new laptops as the “world’s greenest family of notebooks.“ They began running an ad tonight, which was followed by a new page on their website focusing on the new MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, and the highly recyclable unibody enclosure and the mercury and arsenic free components that have been used.

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There are a plethora of reasons for me to be thankful this year, and my top five would have nothing to do with Apple. This Thanksgiving week will be filled with turkey, stuffing, corn, pie and family, but I’ll stay on topic and give my top five reasons to be thankful for Apple in 2008.

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