iPod

Dr. Dre, a cultural tastemaker, is precisely what Apple needs

Still no answer on end user certificates

Jobs didn’t just sell Macs and iPods, he made beautiful objects—a revolutionary idea in his industry

Peter Nowak on how it may be easy to hate Apple, but it’s still misguided

Very few companies in any sector have achieved the level of influence Apple has under Jobs

Followers of the English language may note that if, in the government’s estimation, there is no difference between a “copyright levy”—collected by the government from those who make a specific purchase for use toward to a specific purpose—and a “tax,” there would seem consequently to be even less room to claim a difference between an “airport user fee” and a “tax.”

David Akin explores the tenuous reasoning behind the government’s latest radio spots.

Berlusconi strikes again, Justin Bieber as wedding singer, and B.C. investigates the alleged bunny killer

How good can laptops and MP3s get? Digital music gets a rethink.

I paid a combined $550 last year for an Asus netbook AND an 8G iPod Touch, Steve Jobs! The “big” one has a camera and can run Flash and Skype—in fact, it can run all those applications, and many others besides, at the same time! Meanwhile, the little one fits in a pants pocket; it’s pretty much the futuristic miniaturized version of the product you rolled out with such fanfare today. I was already fairly sure I didn’t personally have room in my life or budget for your tablet device (isn’t it funny how Apple can make everyone forget there’s a recession?), but I thought maybe there was a chance of some kind of crazy breakthrough in data pricing or mesh computing or gesture recognition or something. Like, maybe you would have something more fundamental to show us than just an overgrown, overpriced iPod?

One moment your guests are enjoying the new Air record, then—yoink—someone’s hijacked the playlist

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