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iPad's Newest Use: Surgical Tool

Doctors in Japan use it as a display

(Newser) - That little iPad sure gets around. A video gaining steam from Japan shows a team of doctors using the device as a display tool during surgery. The commentary is in Japanese, and if yours is a little rusty, CrunchGear says the doctor at the end says it was useful.

We're All Guilty in 'iPad Suicides'
 We're All Guilty 
 in 'iPad Suicides' 
OPINION
Jun 2, 2010 11:18 AM CDT

We're All Guilty in 'iPad Suicides'

Foxconn workers work crazy hours to build our toys for cheap

(Newser) - At least 10 young workers at China's Foxconn factory have killed themselves this year, and you could argue that pretty much everyone reading this was in some way complicit in their deaths. Why? Because Foxconn makes products for Apple, HP, Dell, Microsoft, Nintendo and more, so odds are that at...

Steve Jobs 'Troubled' by Apple Plant Suicides

But China factory is 'no sweatshop,' says boss

(Newser) - The situation at a suicide-plagued plant making Apple components in China is "troubling" but the factory is no sweatshop, Steve Jobs told a tech conference last night. "It's a difficult situation," said Jobs, who was making his first appearance at the All Things Digital conference since 2007....

2M iPads Sold in 2 Months
 2M iPads Sold in 2 Months 
May 31, 2010 10:52 AM CDT

2M iPads Sold in 2 Months

Will be available in nine more countries in July

(Newser) - Want an iPad? Hurry up, because Apple might run out soon. Exactly one month after announcing it had sold one million iPads (in the first 28 days of release), Apple announced yesterday it has now sold two million. For the math-challenged, that’s one million iPads per month, Mashable reports....

Suicide Factory Hikes Wages 20%

Company hopes for 'morale boost' after 10 employees jumped to their deaths

(Newser) - Foxconn, the electronics manufacturer hit by suicides of unhappy workers at its main plant in China, says it will raise wages by 20%. The company, which makes parts and assembles products for Apple, Sony, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, claims the raise has been in the works for months in response to...

13th Worker Attempts Suicide at China Plant

Man survives cutting himself at tech industry supplier

(Newser) - A Foxconn Technology worker tried to kill himself today, becoming the 13th person to commit suicide or attempt to do so this year at the company, which makes high-tech products for industry giants such as Apple, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard. Police said the 25-year-old man survived after cutting himself in his...

Apple's Worth More Than Microsoft&mdash;to Gamblers
Apple's Worth More Than Microsoft—to Gamblers
Henry Blodget
May 27, 2010 12:16 PM CDT

Apple's Worth More Than Microsoft—to Gamblers

It's got a lot of growing to do

(Newser) - In case you haven't heard, Apple has passed Microsoft in market value. But is it really worth more? Sure, if you're feeling lucky, writes Henry Blodget for Business Insider . Microsoft's free cash flow is roughly double Apple's, so right now they're way out of whack, but Apple is growing much...

10th Suicide Strikes Apple Plant

Chinese worker kills himself hours after boss seeks to reassure media

(Newser) - On the same day that Apple, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard promised to look into working conditions at China's Foxconn plant, a 10th worker committed suicide, PC World reports. The death of the 19-year-old male worker also came just after the company's billionaire founder took the media on a tour of the...

Apple Is Now No. 1 Tech Company
 Apple Is Now 
 No. 1 Tech 
 Company 
sorry, microsoft
May 26, 2010 4:36 PM CDT

Apple Is Now No. 1 Tech Company

It finally overtakes Bill Gates' baby

(Newser) - A business and tech milestone today: A little after 2:30pm, Apple overtook Microsoft to become the most valued technology company in the world, reports the New York Times . Apple ended the day with a market capitalization worth $222.1 billion, vs. Microsoft's $219.2 billion. Among US companies, Apple...

Apple Music Business in Antitrust Crosshairs

Amazon says it intimidated record labels

(Newser) - The Justice Department is investigating whether something might be rotten in Apple's music business, sources tell the New York Times , focusing on whether the tech behemoth threw its weight into dissuading record labels from giving Amazon exclusives. Amazon wanted the exclusive right to sell certain songs for one day before...

Wal-Mart Unloading iPhones for $97

Probably to make room for 4G

(Newser) - Wal-Mart must really want to get rid of its iPhone 3GS stock, because it's slashed the price on the 16GB model of the phone to a mere $97—that's $100 off, and that's for a brand new one, not a refurbished model. Gee, why would Wal-Mart offer such a spectacular...

Apple Won't Accept Cash for iPads

Only those with plastic need apply

(Newser) - A tale of woe from one would-be iPad owner in Palo Alto reveals a strange fact: Apple's stores won't accept cash for the device. A disabled woman on a fixed income learned about the sales policy after saving up her 600 bucks only to be turned away at the counter,...

Apple Will Screw Publishers Like It Screwed Music
Apple Will Screw Publishers Like It Screwed Music
OPINION
May 17, 2010 10:03 AM CDT

Apple Will Screw Publishers Like It Screwed Music

Assuming anyone buys the currently crappy iPad magazine apps

(Newser) - Magazine publishers seem convinced Apple's new “Jesus Tablet” is going to save them, but they are shockingly wrong, and you'll realize why after 10 minutes on the device, writes Jacob Weisberg for Slate . Whereas on the iPhone's cramped screen, an app is genuinely better than visiting a website, the...

9th Apple Plant Worker Commits Suicide

China suicide cluster baffles manufacturer

(Newser) - A 21-year-old man who jumped out a window to his death Saturday marks the ninth suicide of a worker at Foxconn, the Taiwanese-owned manufacturer of iPhones and iPods. The deaths of young employees—combined with the fact that the company says it has prevented some 30 suicides in the past...

Hi, It's Steve Jobs. Give Me Back My iPhone

Even Apple CEO called Gizmodo personally

(Newser) - Evan as Brian Hogan pocketed a wad of cash in exchange for Steve Jobs' latest iPhone and Gizmodo was busily analyzing it, the wheels were in motion: Hogan's roommate tipped off cops to his involvement the day before the report was published, Apple honchos were pushing for criminal charges, and...

Adobe Strikes Back In Flash Scuffle
Adobe Strikes Back In
Flash Scuffle
May 13, 2010 11:04 AM CDT

Adobe Strikes Back In Flash Scuffle

Letter, newspaper ads refute Jobs' anti-Flash argument

(Newser) - Adobe isn't taking Apple's assault on Flash lying down. The company's founders released an open letter of their own today—albeit a much shorter and less combative one—and took out ads in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg reports. “We believe the question is really...

Apple Loses Another iPhone Prototype
 Apple Loses Another 
 iPhone Prototype 
BUT NOT IN A BAR
May 12, 2010 11:00 AM CDT

Apple Loses Another iPhone Prototype

TaoViet.tn posts photos, takes it apart

(Newser) - Believe it or not, yet another prototype of the new iPhone has slipped out of Apple's clutches. The Vietnamese site TaoViet.tn has posted a pile of images and a video of the new phone. The site's down, thanks to all that traffic, but you can see many of the...

Verizon, Google Building iPad Rival

Dell, Toshiba also working on tablet

(Newser) - Verizon and Google are joining forces to develop a new tablet to take on the iPad, Verizon said yesterday. The move steps up the growing rivalry between Google and Apple, and gives Verizon a shot at a share of the business rival AT&T has been getting through its exclusive...

Steve Jobs 'Fully Operational' One Year Later

Apple's leader appears to be fine after transplant

(Newser) - A year after his liver transplant, Steve Jobs appears to be the Steve Jobs of old. He's still too thin for his own liking, but Apple's leader seems to have licked the worst of his health problems, say friends (anonymous, of course) and industry observers in an assessment by Bloomberg...

iPad Wrecks Netbook Sales
 iPad Wrecks Netbook Sales 
May 6, 2010 3:45 PM CDT

iPad Wrecks Netbook Sales

44% said they bought tablet over netbook

(Newser) - Netbook mania has hit the wall hard, and Apple's shiny new tablet could be to blame. Digging through some recent Morgan Stanley research, Fortune found some interesting charts showing that the growth of netbook sales took an abrupt dive in January—a victim, the researcher concludes, of the iPad's much-hyped...

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